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Tom Richardson
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I had a website with PDFs of public domain drawing books. I’ll share those and other things
An old blog is at https://figure-drawings.blogspot.com/ Books at Lulu https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/figuredrawing
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Lot - WILLY POGÁNY (1882-1955) Young Woman. [RUBAIYAT]
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July 11, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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#figurepainting #nudeart
The cover of WILLY POCANY'S Oil Painting Lessons showing a female figure with a drapery
July 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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John S. Barrington, the 1950s Artist Behind the UK’s First Male Pin-Up Mag
Barrington’s drawings and sculptures of the male body made him the godfather of physique photography, and saw him arrested for his ‘obscene’ work
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July 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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John S. Barrington - Wikipedia
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July 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Lot - WILLY POGANY (1882-1955) "Nude (using slow-drying oil)."
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July 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The Mythic Art of Willy Pogany — DMR Books
The Hungarian artist, Willy Pogany, created art in various styles and illustrated a wide array of subjects. However, from the beginning of his career until the end, Willy was renowned for his artworks...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Willy Pogany - Wikipedia
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July 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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“Loose leaf portfolio” anyway here’s another page from the book #figuredrawing #recliningnude #figuresketch
Sketches of women reclining
July 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Four samples of the drawings in the book
Several of the heads from the book, line drawing of a man looking to his right with surprise Several of the heads from the book, shaded drawing of a man looking to his right with surprise Line drawing of a bearded man looking left Shaded drawing of a bearded man looking left
July 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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I came across a copy of this book and purchased it for the most I ever spent for one of these drawing books. It has 200 Illustrations. Originally Published in 1759. The original owner of this book took the portfolio of prints and had them bound.
Back cover, the text reads, "The School of Raphael or the Student's Guide to Expression in Historical Painting With 200 Illustrations Originally Published in 1759 These prints of the human head, showing the range of emotions and expressions, were engraved by the most skilled artists of the day from tracings and drawings made by Nicholas Dorigny from the famous cartoons that Raphael designed in the eatly 1500s to be made into tapestries for the Sistine Chapel. The tapestries are still exhibited on occasion, the cartoons were stored away in the Netherlands and only acquired by Chates I of England after Peter Paul Rubens informed the King of their existence. The cartoons themselves were admired because they were from the hand of Raphael and his studio and they were considered the artistic equivalent of Michelangelo's ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Dorigny was commissioned to make prints of the cartoons because his of his fame as an engraver of the work of Raphael. He spent eight years on the project. The prints were widely circulated and the fame of the cartoons spread. The engravings of the heads were finally compiled into this book in 1759 when the art world was eager for new books of art instruction showing how to depict the range of human expression. Designed and edited by Tom Richardson."
July 3, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Saint Paul Preaching at Athens from the Royal Collection Trust www.rct.uk/collection/s...
you can see the woman on the right in the Royal Collection color image is the one reproduced in the book.
Head of a woman Head of a woman
July 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Here's a Wikipedia page about the cartoons en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael...
Raphael Cartoons - Wikipedia
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July 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM