Charles Bargue Figure Drawing

[Borsheim Arts Studio]

Pencil Drawings After Drawings by Charles Bargue

by Kelly Borsheim

About a century and a half ago artist Charles Bargue [French Painter, ca. 1825/6/7 - 1883], perhaps in collaboration with his contemporary Jean-Léon Gérôme [1824 – 1904], created a series of drawings, primarily of sculptures, with the intent to teach young artists how to see and draw line, shapes, and tone. These copies shown here were drawn by Kelly Borsheim, an American sculptor working in Italy. All drawings are for sale, unless noted otherwise. Please contact the studio or one of the galleries, if interested in an original figure drawing by Kelly Borsheim. Thank you.

[male figure drawing after Charles Bargue]

"Reclining Man", pencil/graphite drawing 2008
after Charles Bargue
7" x 12.5"
Available: $125

"Parthenon Horse", pencil/graphite drawing 2007
after Charles Bargue
Approx. 8.5 x 11"
Available: $350

[Belvedere male torso drawing after Charles Bargue]

"Belvedere Torso", pencil/graphite drawing 2007
after Charles Bargue
18.5 x 12.5"
SOLD (Private Collection, Indianapolis)

This is the torso that influenced Michelangelo so much. It is on exhibit at the Vatican in Italy.

"Hand with Whetstone", pencil/graphite drawing 2007
after Charles Bargue
SOLD (Private Collection, Texas)

"Profile of a Young Girl", pencil/graphite drawing 2006
medium grey Canson paper
after Charles Bargue
12" x 9"
Available: $350

Art, like mathematics, is simply determining the relationship between things.