Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

German, 1808-1894

Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner was born in Weimar in 1808, as the son of a piano teacher and a singer. He studied both painting and architecture in his youth, before deciding that the former was his true vocation. It was Werner’s depictions of architectural monuments that first brought him recognition. He exhibited in Dresden and this attracted the attention of the Director of the Academy of Fine Arts and the subsequent award of a travelling scholarship. Encouraged by Goethe, Werner decided to go to Italy. There he spent the next 20 years honing his skills in Rome, Venice, Bologna and Florence. It was not until 1852 that Werner made his first trip to the Orient, visiting the Holy Land and Egypt. In 1864 he visited Egypt again, travelling the whole length of the Nile. On his return he also visited Jaffa, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron, Beirut and Damascus, taking detailed sketches for his future compositions. The en plein air works by Werner have an immediate spontaneity that is lost in a piece finished back at the studio. Werner was amongst the first Westerners to venture into this region and he must have been amazed by the mysticism of the culture and ancient sites that he found there. He totally immersed himself into the society and his works certainly capture the vitality and excitement of the everyday moment. Werner sketched and then painted mostly architectural and landscape scenes, usually in watercolor although he is known to have painted a small number of oils. His historically interesting works are remarkable for their realism and precision of detail. He was also skillful in his depiction of light. Some of his best works are those of Jerusalem, particularly the Dome of the Rock which, unusually, he depicted from the inside - most travellers tended to paint it from a distance. It was impressive that Werner was inside at all since most non-Muslims were not allowed to enter the sanctuary. Werner exhibited regularly throughout his career, from 1858 at the Berlin Artists Society, from 1861 at the Berlin Academy and from 1870 at the Dresden Academy. He also exhibited in London from 1860–78, once at the Royal Academy and frequently at the New Watercolor Society, of which he was an associate and later a member. In addition he was a member of the Venice Academy and exhibited his works in Italy. His paintings can be found in several major European galleries and museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Venice Museum and the National Gallery in Berlin. In 1882, at the age of 74 Werner became a watercolor professor at Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. In 1891 he returned to Rome. He died in 1894 in Leipzig aged 85.

Artist: Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerRuins of the Ancient Aqueducts by Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner - 1872, 1872

$9,394

Ruins of the Ancient Aqueducts by Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner - 1872

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in Roma, IT

Ruins of the Ancient Aqueducts is an original artwork realized by Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (Weimar, 4 October 1808 – Leipzig, 10 January 1894) in 1872. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Hand-signed and dated on the lower left corner: C. Werner 1872. Good conditions. Prov. Collection Dr. Peter Nicolaus (1940-2020). Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (4 October 1808 – 10 January 1894) was a German...

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1870s Modern Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerThe Barbers, 19th Century Orientalist Graphite Sketch

$1,863

The Barbers, 19th Century Orientalist Graphite Sketch

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

Graphite on Paper Image size: 12 ¼ x 19 ½ inches (36 x 50 cm) Acid free mount Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Carl Werner was born in Weimar in 1808, the son of a piano teacher and ...

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Mid-19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerAlleyway in Cairo - Original 19th Century Graphite Sketch

$1,568

Alleyway in Cairo - Original 19th Century Graphite Sketch

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

CARL FRIEDRICH HEINRICH WERNER 1808 - 1894 Alleyway in Cairo Graphite on Paper Acid free mount Image Size: 16 ¾ x 10 ¾ inches SKETCHES OF CARL WERNER EXHIBITION AT OUR GALLERY Ca...

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19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerEntrance to the Al-Azhar Mosque, 19th Century Orientalist Sketch

$1,960

Entrance to the Al-Azhar Mosque, 19th Century Orientalist Sketch

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

Graphite on Paper Image size: 20 ¾ x 14 ¾ inches (53 x 37.5 cm) Acid free mount Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Carl Werner was born in Weimar in 1808, the son of a piano teacher a...

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Mid-19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerAt the Fountain, Graphite Orientalist sketch, Mid-19th Century

$1,591

At the Fountain, Graphite Orientalist sketch, Mid-19th Century

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

Graphite on Paper Image size: 15 x 19 ¼ inches (38 x 49 cm) Acid free mount Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Carl Werner was born in Weimar in 1808, the son of a piano teacher and a...

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Mid-19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerVaulted Interior, 19th Century Orientalist Sketch, Graphite on Paper

$1,568

Vaulted Interior, 19th Century Orientalist Sketch, Graphite on Paper

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

Graphite on Paper Image size: 19 x 14 inches (48.25 x 35.5 cm) Acid free mount Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Carl Werner was born in Weimar in 1808, the son of a piano teacher and...

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Mid-19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerSaddler's Workshop in Cairo, Graphite on Paper, 19th Century Orientalist

$2,744

Saddler's Workshop in Cairo, Graphite on Paper, 19th Century Orientalist

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

Graphite on Paper Image size: 12 ½ x 16 ¼ inches (31.75 x 41 cm) Acid free mount Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Carl Werner was born in Weimar in 1808, the son of a piano teacher ...

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Mid-19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerPurchasing a Hawk, 19th Century Graphite Orientalist

$2,744

Purchasing a Hawk, 19th Century Graphite Orientalist

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

CARL FRIEDRICH HEINRICH WERNER 1808 - 1894 Purchasing a Hawk Graphite on Paper Carved giltwood frame Image Size: 12 x 18 ½ inches SKETCHES OF CARL WERNER EXHIBITION AT OUR GALLERY...

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19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerStreet Tailors in Cairo - Original Sketch, 19th Century

$2,744

Street Tailors in Cairo - Original Sketch, 19th Century

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

CARL FRIEDRICH HEINRICH WERNER 1808 - 1894 Street Tailors in Cairo Graphite on Paper Image Size: 13 ¾ x 19 ¾ inches Acid free mount SKETCHES OF CARL WERNER EXHIBITION AT OUR G...

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19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerThe Jewellers, 19th Century Orientalist Graphite Sketch

$2,940

The Jewellers, 19th Century Orientalist Graphite Sketch

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

Graphite on Paper Image size: 21 x 13 3/4 inches (53.25 x 35 cm) Carved gilt frame Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Carl Werner was born in Weimar in 1808, the son of a piano teacher...

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Mid-19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerView of the Dome of the Rock, 19th Century Orientalist Sketch

$3,528

View of the Dome of the Rock, 19th Century Orientalist Sketch

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

Graphite on Paper, unsigned Image size: 14 x 20 inches (35.5 x 51 cm) Acid free mount Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Carl Werner was born in Weimar in 1808, the son of a piano teac...

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Early 19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerDwelling by the Nile - Original Sketch for Orientalist Painting, 19th Century

$2,538

Dwelling by the Nile - Original Sketch for Orientalist Painting, 19th Century

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

CARL FRIEDRICH HEINRICH WERNER 1808 - 1894 Dwelling by the Nile Graphite on Paper Carved giltwood frame Image Size: 8 ¾ x 15 ¼ inches SKETCHES OF CARL WERNER EXHIBITION AT OUR...

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19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerDome of the Holy Rock, 19th Century Graphite Orientalist

$5,076

Dome of the Holy Rock, 19th Century Graphite Orientalist

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

CARL FRIEDRICH HEINRICH WERNER 1808 - 1894 Dome of the Rock Graphite on Paper, unsigned Image Size: 17 ¼ x 14 inches Hand made gilt frame Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner was born in...

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19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Carl Friedrich Heinrich WernerA Moment's Rest, 19th Century Graphite Orientalist

$3,921

A Moment's Rest, 19th Century Graphite Orientalist

By Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

Located in London, GB

CARL FRIEDRICH HEINRICH WERNER 1808 - 1894 A Moment's Rest Graphite on Paper Gilt Frame Image Size: 10 x 17 ¼ inches SKETCHES OF CARL WERNER EXHIBITION AT OUR GALLERY 1st - 9TH D...

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19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Ilonka KaraszChildren Snow Sledding in Central Park - New Yorker Cover Study, circa 1930 - 1960

$15,000

H 16.85 in W 12.25 in

Children Snow Sledding in Central Park - New Yorker Cover Study

Located in Miami, FL

Hungarian/American artist/illustrator depicts a charming scene of sledding in the snow in Central Park. The work is abstract in its design as it's functional in its narrative - Unpublished New Yorker...

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1940s Modern Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Chapel and houses along a lake, New England Landscape - American School, 19th C, 1905

$250

H 10 in W 8 in

Chapel and houses along a lake, New England Landscape - American School, 19th C

Located in Middletown, NY

Watercolor and pencil on buff wove watercolor paper, 10 x 8 inches (255 x 203 mm). In good condition with overall minor toning. Some watercolor paint splatters on the verso, contem...

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Early 1900s American Modern Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil

Sarah Sophia BealeTwo views of the sea, Dorset, 1891

$375

H 10.04 in W 6.89 in

Two views of the sea, Dorset

By Sarah Sophia Beale

Located in Middletown, NY

Two watercolor compositions on one sheet of watercolor paper, 10 x 6 7/8 inches (255 x 175 mm), the full sheet. Signed illegibly and dated in pencil on the lower right corner of the ...

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Late 19th Century English School Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil, Ink

Hananiah HarariA 1930s Modern Surreal Abstract Drawing "Figure Abstract" by Hananiah Harari, 1936

$750

H 11 in W 14 in D 0.13 in

A 1930s Modern Surreal Abstract Drawing "Figure Abstract" by Hananiah Harari

By Hananiah Harari

Located in Chicago, IL

A Striking, 1930s Modern Surrealist Abstract Drawing, "Figure Abstract" by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Graphite on paper, dating from 1936....

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Sarah Sophia BealeWoods and Country Manor, 1895

$350

H 4.93 in W 7.01 in

Woods and Country Manor

By Sarah Sophia Beale

Located in Middletown, NY

A bucolic woods landscape with an ivy-covered country manor. Watercolor and graphite on heavy gauge watercolor paper, 4 7/8 x 7 inches (125 x 178 mm), the full sheet. In very good c...

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Late 19th Century English School Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Graphite

Sarah Sophia BealeWhilton, 1880

$250

H 9.26 in W 11.89 in

Whilton

By Sarah Sophia Beale

Located in Middletown, NY

Watercolor and pencil on watercolor paper, painted along the top portion of a sheet measuring 9 1/4 x 11 7/8 inches (235 x 302 mm), the full sheet. Titled in pencil in the lower left...

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Late 19th Century English School Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil

Thomas Hart BentonPlanting (Spring Plowing) - Watercolor Landscape Painting with Figures, c. 1939, c. 1939-1940

$475,000

H 18 in W 21.75 in

Planting (Spring Plowing) - Watercolor Landscape Painting with Figures, c. 1939

By Thomas Hart Benton

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Planting (Spring Plowing)", a vibrant watercolor and graphite on paper by Thomas Hart Benton, circa 1939-40, embodies the artist's signature Regionalist style. The work depicts a ru...

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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Howard Daum"Factory Along the River" Howard Daum, Modernist Factory Landscape, Industry, 1937

$1,250

H 12 in W 13.75 in

"Factory Along the River" Howard Daum, Modernist Factory Landscape, Industry

By Howard Daum

Located in New York, NY

Howard Daum Factory Along the River, 1937 Signed and dated lower right Watercolor and pencil on paper 12 x 13 3/4 inches Provenance The artist Ashby Gallery, New York Carl Ashby, Ne...

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1930s American Modern Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Alphons Leopold MielichOrientalist Watercolour Painting of a Desert Scene by Alphons Leopold Mielich, Late 19th Century

$16,464

H 18.12 in W 16.15 in D 1.58 in

Orientalist Watercolour Painting of a Desert Scene by Alphons Leopold Mielich

By Alphons Leopold Mielich

Located in London, GB

Orientalist Watercolour Painting of a Man Riding a Camel by Alphons Leopold Mielich Austrian, late 19th Century Frame: Height 46cm, wi...

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Late 19th Century Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Jan Matulka1930s Surrealist Still Life Drawing of Alarm Clock and Mandolin by Jan Matulka, circa 1930

$265

H 14 in W 16.5 in D 0.13 in

1930s Surrealist Still Life Drawing of Alarm Clock and Mandolin by Jan Matulka

By Jan Matulka

Located in Chicago, IL

A captivating 1930s Surrealist graphite still life drawing of an alarm clock and mandolin by notable New York Modern artist, Jan Matulka. Artwork size: 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Archivally matted to 14 x 16 1/2 inches. Estate stamped. Provenance: Estate of the artist. An innovative drawing by Matulka reminiscent of the famed series of Modern works by the American painter and contemporary of Matulka, the New York artist Stuart Davis. In 1927, Davis began work on a series of five paintings based on a still life he had created by nailing an eggbeater, an electric fan, and a rubber glove to a table in his studio. Using this group of incongruous and unlikely items, he created his first truly abstract works. An example of these paintings, Egg Beater...

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1930s Modern Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Sarah Sophia BealeWheat stooks, English countryside, 1890

$650

H 11.74 in W 9.77 in

Wheat stooks, English countryside

By Sarah Sophia Beale

Located in Middletown, NY

Watercolor and pencil on heavy gauge watercolor paper, 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches, (298 x 248 mm) the full sheet. In good condition with fresh, detailed brushwork and saturated pigments. ...

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Late 19th Century English School Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil

Hananiah HarariA 1940s Modern Surreal Abstract Drawing "Counterweights" by Hananiah Harari, 1948

$750

H 12 in W 9 in D 0.13 in

A 1940s Modern Surreal Abstract Drawing "Counterweights" by Hananiah Harari

By Hananiah Harari

Located in Chicago, IL

A Striking, 1940s Modern Surrealist Abstract Drawing, "Counterweights" by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Graphite on paper, dating from 1948. ...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

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