Charcoal Drawings

The charcoal paintings date back to 23,000 BCE when early humans used burnt sticks to sketch pictures of animals and figures on cave walls. Many cultures, from Native Australians to sub-Saharan African peoples, provide evidence of these types of paintings. Since charcoal could be quickly manipulated and cleaned away, it was the ideal medium for playing with shape and composition. It's one of the most adaptable mediums, and it can be found on several surfaces.

Artists invented procedures throughout the Renaissance that required a charcoal drawing to be ‘fixed,' so that it did not fall away with time. Charcoal drawings became famous as independent works of craft in the late nineteenth centennial, and many of these discoveries would include a significant number of charcoal drawings of people. Charcoal painting is still commonly used in nearly all art schools and is regarded as a coveted method.

Charcoal favors broad, and robust craftsmanship, with an emphasis on mass and movement rather than linear accuracy, due to the softness of its drawing edge. A considerable number of such sketches have survived, including works by Albrecht Dürer, Paulus Potter, and several 16th and 17th-century Italian artists. During the nineteenth and twentieth centennial, as well as into the twenty-first, charcoal drawings were manufactured. Many notable examples can be discovered in the works of French artists like Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, along with German artists Ernst Barlach and Käthe Kollwitz in the nineteenth- and twentieth-centennial.

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  • Edgar Degas, French, Dancer, Original Charcoal on Paper, Signed
    Price$40,000

    Edgar Degas, French, Dancer, Original Charcoal on Paper...

    King Art & Antiques
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    $40,000
  • Important Albert Sterner charcoal sketch, Symbolist, 'Nun and Nude'
    Price$650

    Important Albert Sterner charcoal sketch, Symbolist, 'N...

    King Art & Antiques
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    $650
  • (6) DRAWINGS & HAND-COLORED PRINTS VIEWS OF ITALY & MONACO
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    $200 - $400

    (6) DRAWINGS & HAND-COLORED PRINTS VIEWS OF ITALY & MON...

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    $200 - $400
    Austin Auction Gallery
    1 Bid
    Current Bid
    $150
  • Chaumiere sous la Neige by Paul-Emile Pissarro, Watercolor & Charcoal
    Estimate
    $5,000 - $7,000

    Chaumiere sous la Neige by Paul-Emile Pissarro, Waterco...

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    $5,000 - $7,000
    Rhoswens
    0 Bids
    Starting Bid
    $2,500
  • Maynard Dixon (1875 – 1946) – The Liar (1908)
    Estimate
    $20,000 - $30,000

    Maynard Dixon (1875 – 1946) – The Liar (1908)

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    $20,000 - $30,000
    Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
    0 Bids
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    $18,000
  • Maurice Clarke, The Cover
    Estimate
    $200 - $400
  • Charcoal Drawing
    Price$1,275

    Charcoal Drawing

  • Charcoal Drawing
    Price$1,275

    Charcoal Drawing

  • Charcoal Drawing
    Price$1,875

    Charcoal Drawing

  • Charcoal Drawing
    Price$1,275

    Charcoal Drawing

  • Charcoal Drawing
    Price$1,275

    Charcoal Drawing

  • CHARCOAL DRAWING
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    $877.50 - $1,170

    CHARCOAL DRAWING

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    $877.50 - $1,170
  • CHARCOAL DRAWINGS
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    $3,150 - $4,200

    CHARCOAL DRAWINGS

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    $3,150 - $4,200
  • Charcoal Drawing of Bust
    Price$1,475

    Charcoal Drawing of Bust

  • FRAMED ABSTRACT CHARCOAL DRAWING ON PAPER
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    $1,500 - $2,000

    FRAMED ABSTRACT CHARCOAL DRAWING ON PAPER

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    $1,500 - $2,000
  • FRAMED ABSTRACT CHARCOAL DRAWING ON PAPER
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    $1,500 - $2,000

    FRAMED ABSTRACT CHARCOAL DRAWING ON PAPER

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    $1,500 - $2,000
  • LAURENT BOCCARA CAT CHARCOAL DRAWING
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    $350 - $650

    LAURENT BOCCARA CAT CHARCOAL DRAWING

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    $350 - $650
  • Oskar Kokoschka Charcoal Drawing
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    $1,500 - $3,000

    Oskar Kokoschka Charcoal Drawing

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    $1,500 - $3,000
  • Maurice Chabas Charcoal Drawing
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    $300 - $600

    Maurice Chabas Charcoal Drawing

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    $300 - $600
  • Signed Charcoal on Paper Drawing
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    $100 - $200

    Signed Charcoal on Paper Drawing

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    $100 - $200
  • FRAMED SEA GROVE STRIPES CHARCOAL DRAWING
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    $400 - $600

    FRAMED SEA GROVE STRIPES CHARCOAL DRAWING

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    $400 - $600
  • FRAMED SEA GROVE STRIPES CHARCOAL DRAWING
    Estimate
    $400 - $600

    FRAMED SEA GROVE STRIPES CHARCOAL DRAWING

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    $400 - $600
  • Hollis Williford, two charcoal drawings
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    $1,000 - $1,500

    Hollis Williford, two charcoal drawings

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    $1,000 - $1,500
  • LAURENT BOCCARA STILL LIFE CHARCOAL DRAWING
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    $350 - $650

    LAURENT BOCCARA STILL LIFE CHARCOAL DRAWING

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    $350 - $650
  • FRAMED SEA GROVE STRIPES CHARCOAL DRAWING
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    $400 - $600

    FRAMED SEA GROVE STRIPES CHARCOAL DRAWING

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    $400 - $600
  • LARGE AMERICAN SCHOOL CHARCOAL DRAWING
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    $300 - $500

    LARGE AMERICAN SCHOOL CHARCOAL DRAWING

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    $300 - $500
  • ÊOskar Kokoschka Charcoal Drawing
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    $1,200 - $1,600

    ÊOskar Kokoschka Charcoal Drawing

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    $1,200 - $1,600
  • MAURICE NEUMON 1905 CHARCOAL & PENCIL DRAWING
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    $2,500 - $3,500

    MAURICE NEUMON 1905 CHARCOAL & PENCIL DRAWING

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    $2,500 - $3,500
  • MAURICE NEUMON 1905 CHARCOAL & PENCIL DRAWING
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    $2,500 - $3,500

    MAURICE NEUMON 1905 CHARCOAL & PENCIL DRAWING

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    $2,500 - $3,500
  • Charcoal Figural Drawing Illegibly Signed
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    $100 - $200

    Charcoal Figural Drawing Illegibly Signed

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    $100 - $200
  • LAURENT BOCCARA STILL LIFE CHARCOAL PAPER DRAWING
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    $600 - $800

    LAURENT BOCCARA STILL LIFE CHARCOAL PAPER DRAWING

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    $600 - $800
  • CARLO TRAVAGLIA  MALE NUDE CHARCOAL DRAWING, 1957
    Estimate
    $600 - $800

    CARLO TRAVAGLIA MALE NUDE CHARCOAL DRAWING, 1957

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    $600 - $800
  • 18th CENTURY BLACK AND WHITE CHARCOAL DRAWING
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    $1,100 - $2,100

    18th CENTURY BLACK AND WHITE CHARCOAL DRAWING

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    $1,100 - $2,100
  • Paul Cadmus Female Nude Charcoal Drawing
    Estimate
    $600 - $800

    Paul Cadmus Female Nude Charcoal Drawing

    Est.
    $600 - $800
  • Signed Charcoal on Paper Drawing
    Estimate
    $50 - $100

    Signed Charcoal on Paper Drawing

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    $50 - $100
  • Setter Hunting Dog charcoal drawing 1932
    Estimate
    $200 - $400

    Setter Hunting Dog charcoal drawing 1932

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    $200 - $400
  • Cham Original Drawing Ink and Charcoal on Paper
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    $200 - $400

    Cham Original Drawing Ink and Charcoal on Paper

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    $200 - $400
  • The Charcoal Drawings of Nicolai Fechin, 1978
    Estimate
    $500 - $1,000

    The Charcoal Drawings of Nicolai Fechin, 1978

    Est.
    $500 - $1,000
  • Pair of Charcoal Italian Male Nude Drawings from 1880
    Price$3,500

    Pair of Charcoal Italian Male Nude Drawings from 1880

  • Richard Gilkey ''Drawing #24'' (Bird Nest) Charcoal
    Estimate
    $1,000 - $2,000

    Richard Gilkey ''Drawing #24'' (Bird Nest) Charcoal

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    $1,000 - $2,000
  • Early 20th Century Charcoal Architectural Drawing from France
    Price$675

    Early 20th Century Charcoal Architectural Drawing from ...