SITES WITH INTERESTING
CONTE CRAYON DRAWINGS
First Posted June 9, 2007
NOTES: The sites with drawings using all or mostly "sketching" Conte Crayons (earth colors, white, and black) and those using all or primarily the "colorful" Conte Crayons are listed separately. 2) Initials McG = posted by Brian McGurgan
Vin = posted by Jean Vincent
(Note: Drawings are listed in order of when they were found, earliest at the top)
DOUBLE PORTRAIT DRAWING by John Vanderlyn
"Probably Conte crayon"
Portrait of Mrs. Daniel Strobel, Jr. (Anna Church Strobel) and Her Son George, ca. 1799
To me this is interesting because, if the drawing was done with Conte crayons, it was one of the earliest (as they were invented in 1795). (Vin)
SEVERAL DRAWINGS by Heinrich Schwemminger (Vienna - 1803-1884)
There are several drawings on this page, most of which are by Heinrich Schwemminger. They were drawn with Conte crayons along with other materials (chalk, graphite, watercolor).
Just a few of the drawings were done using graphite only. (Vin)
PORTRAIT DRAWINGS by "Jessica" - who at least at the time her blog (on another site) was started, was a teenager still in school.
There are several drawings on the page (you can click on them to see larger versions), some made with sanguine Conte crayon on colored paper.
On her blog she says she is interested in art, music (she intends to be a conductor), and writing. She lives in a small town in Alaska. Her blog is called Confessions of a Portrait Artist. (Vin)
DRAWINGS by Kell Alexander Black
There are some interesting drawings here done with Conte crayons and pastel and also Conte crayons and charcoal. (Vin)
CONTE CRAYON DRAWING by Louis-Léopold Boilly (French, about 1820)
Three Young Artists in a Studio
"Black chalk with white chalk heightening and stumping on beige paper," but other drawings by Boilly have been referred to as Conte crayon drawings, and I am guessing that they are all what we now think of as "Conte crayon" drawings. Let me know if you know that this is not a good assumption. (Vin)
CONTE CRAYON DRAWINGS by Fernando Casas
Conte crayons on paper. These are really interesting. Keep scrolling the page to the right to see all of the Conte crayon drawings; there are three of them. The other drawings, done in other mediums, are also very interesting. (Vin)
CONTE DRAWING by Han van Meegeren
The Washerwoman
Conte crayon and chalk
Covington Fine Arts Gallery, Inc.
This drawing is for sale - I doubt it will remain on the site after it has been bought. (Vin)
DRAWING by Charles Sheeler with Conte Crayons
Interior with Stove, 1932 (Vin)
WILDLIFE CONTE DRAWINGS by Pablo Dominguez
Two Drawings
Pablo Dominguez -Charcoal/Conte - Wildlife Art
The two small thumbnail pictures at the top of the page (side by side) are both Conte drawings. You can see a bigger picture if you click on the small one, but I wish it were bigger still. They're very nice. (Vin)
CONTE DRAWING by Jason Gathorne-Hardy
STUDY OF SOW'S HEAD II
At Redfern Gallery
Study of Sow's Head II. Conte crayon on paper (Vin)
CONTE CRAYON DRAWINGS by Georges Seurat
(French, 1859-1891)
(McG)
CONTE CRAYON DRAWING by Norman Rockwell
A Norman Rockwell drawing with Conte Crayons:
Teenager Studying (1960) (Vin)
DRAWINGS by SEURAT, ANGRAND, and MILLET
On the Metropolitan Museum of Art site, there are drawings made with Conte crayons by:
Georges-Pierre Seurat
Charles Angrand
Jean-Francois Millet
CLICK ON SMALL PICTURES to get to LARGER PICTURES -- Then, TO SEE EVEN BIGGER PICTURES, click on the the word ENLARGE. (Vin)
CONTE CRAYON DRAWINGS - NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
I love the drawings shown on the National Portrait Gallery site. I'm going to put links below to three of them. Two were done with Conte crayons, and the third with "pastels" (see explanation below).
PORTRAIT OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
by Harrison Fisher
Sanguine conté crayon and white paint on paperboard, 1927
PORTRAIT OF ZELDA FITZGERALD
by Harrison Fisher
Sanguine conté crayon on paperboard, 1927
PORTRAIT OF BEAUFORD DELANEY
by Georgia O'Keeffe
This is beautiful. It looks like it was done with Conté "sketching" crayons, though it was done with "pastels." I think that a similar effect could be achieved with the Conté crayons. (Vin)
JEAN MARC EHANNO'S CONTE CRAYON DRAWINGS
Jean Marc Ehanno's website contains several modern works in black and gray Conté crayon. Also, take a look at his pastel paintings by following the links on the upper left-hand side of the page. The pastel paintings are similar but incorporate small amounts of muted color. (McG)
(Note: Drawings are listed in order of when they were found, earliest at the top)
CONTE CRAYON DRAWING David Macri on his blog called "Macri's Art."
"Mt. Frosty" (Vin)
CONTE CRAYON DRAWING by Lauren Jackson
She has some other Conte artwork on the site, but my favorite of all is the one at the top of this page - The man in the blue shirt; perhaps I should say the "blue man in the blue shirt." I like it. (Vin)
ALASKA NATIVE ARTISTS USING CONTE CRAYONS
I came across some beautiful drawings - very mysterious, very interesting - done with the "colorful" kind of Conte Crayons used in a subtle, yet dramatic, way.
They are on the Alaska Native Artists site ('Native Art by Native Artists").
I found pictures done with Conte crayons on two different pages. Click on the pictures to see them in a larger size. On this page all the pictures except the last one were done with Conte Crayons. http://www.alaskanativeartists.com/new_page_5.htm
On this page, the picture by Wanda Culp entitled "Aak'w Tribe" was done with Conte crayons on black paper. http://www.alaskanativeartists.com/new_page_4.htm
These are inspiring pictures - So quiet yet dramatic. (Vin)
ROBERT COX, AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTIST
There are many small pictures of his works on this page, all of which, which clicked on, lead to a somewhat larger version. The Artist Statement is on the left-hand side of the page, beginning about 2/3 of the way down the page. He says that Conte crayon is his medium of choice, so I am assuming (though it doesn't say, as far as I can see) that the drawings shown are all made with Conte crayons. He writes that "a signature of my conte crayon drawings are the addition of Kente cloth strips." If I understand what he says after that, he doesn't actually paste on the cloth strips, but draws them on (they aren't really on there, in other words, but he makes it looks as if they are). The "cloth strips" are only shown on some of the drawings, so possibly the other drawings shown are not Conte drawings? I enjoyed looking at these pictures. (Vin)
JANE EVERETT
On this page there are drawings and paintings of racehorses. There are other pages with different subjects. The only subjects where she has used Conte crayons are: Winter Birds, Life Drawings, and Equus Caballus (racehorses).
The artist has both oil paintings and drawings on the site, and several of the drawings were done with graphite and Conte crayons. Also there are some oil paintings that incorporate Conte. The thumbnail-size pictures at the top of the pages can be clicked on to get to different subjects (there are text links to the same pages above the pictures). Scroll down each page to see the the drawings and paintings. (Vin)
STANISLAV SZUKALSKI
There are three Conte crayon drawings of Mr. Szukalski's shown on this page. They're all very "odd" looking, yet very carefully done and rather fascinating. I like the drawings of people best; perhaps the other drawing would look better at its actual size (16" x 20"). Prepare yourself for a unique way of depicting people (one is actually supposed to be a "Centaur"). The commentary on the left side of the page is interesting, too. (Vin)
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