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Study standing male figure or Evelyn De Morgan’s oil painting ‘The Valley of Shadows’

Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn

Study of a Standing Male Figure for Evelyn De Morgan’s painting ‘The Valley of the Shadows’, by Evelyn De Morgan (née Pickering) 1897. Tonal study in in conté crayon, charcoal and pastel on brown wove paper. This quick sketch of a male figure which appears in the far distance of Evelyn’s composition, standing in the shadows of angelic light as he forges forward on his journey along the rocky path of life’s hardships, focuses primarily on the form of the figure and the way light hits it.

Double female nude study for ‘Night and Dawn’

Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn

Study of two nude figures for Night and Dawn. Charcoal and pastel on dark grey paper.

Study of seated female for ‘The Hour Glass’

Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn

Study of a seated female nude in chair for ‘The Hour Glass’. Pastel on grey paper.

Study of seated male figure for ‘The Gilded Cage’

Artist: De Morgan, Evelyn

Study of a Seated Man for Evelyn De Morgan’s painting ‘The Gilded Cage’. Evelyn De Morgan (née Pickering). Circa 1880-1919. Tonal study in in conté crayon and pastel on brown wove paper. The model for this study was Alessandro di Marco, a well-known model active in London from the late 1860s until the turn of the century.