John Quincy Adams - Early Works

Shadow silhouette president John Quincy Adams pre 1889

Shadow silhouette, full-length portrait in profile view from the left, legs crossed, on the lap a manuscript, writing on it with a quill. Early work of the artist, made after [...]

Husar 1889

Equestrian portrait of a hussar on horseback, the horse depicted during a jump. Hussar's right hand is raised, a saber dangles from it. JQAW# Z_1889_010 Pen and ink drawing on paper ?? x ?? cm Signature: Adams 29.3. [...]

18 academic drawing studies 1893-1894

Farmstead 1893

. Farmstead in mountain landscape. Wooden shingle-roofed farmhouse with plastered stone walls with arched door and two small windows. Behind, a farm building with open entrance and a threshing floor, to which a grassy ramp [...]

Academic study of a young man in suit 1893

Academic study. Chest portrait of a young man in a suit and dotted tie; front view, lowered gaze. JQAW# Z_1893_030 Charcoal on dark paper 47 x 34 cm Signature: Adams 93 Private collection Austria. This drawing is [...]

Acad. red chalk study 1894

Academic study. Head portrait of a young man with long hair; side view, energetic look, not looking at the viewer. Red chalk heightened with white. JQAW# Z_1884_070 Red chalk on paper ?? x ?? cm Signature: Adams 94 [...]

Acad. head study 1894

Academic study. Head portrait of a young lady en face, head with curled hair, tied behind, slightly turned to the right, looking towards the viewer. JQAW# Z_1894_170 Charcoal on paper 41 x 29 cm Signature: Adams Kupferstichkabinett [...]

Academic study of a young lady in a black dress 1894

Academic Study. Bust portrait of a young lady in a black dress, the shoulder area padded out, the black locks of hair falling into her face; front view, head turned slightly sideways, looking into the distance. JQAW# [...]

Academic study in oil 1895

JQAW# G_1895_020 Oil on canvas 42 x 34 cm Signature: Πdams 95 Private collection Austria Image: Private photograph Half-length portrait of an elderly woman, half-profile to the right, her head slightly lowered [...]

Market in Cracow 1895 (copy after F.A. Schönn 1869)

. For image description s. below. JQAW# G_1895_030 Oil on wood 56 x 43 cm Signature: J.Q. Лdams. 95. Unknown collection, likely USA Image: Online auction catalog Direct Auction Galleries Chicago 2024

Acad. male nude study 1894/95

Academic study. Male nude standing viewed from behind. Left leg stretched forward, head turned down. In both hands holding a long staff. JQAW# Z_1895_010 Charcoal on paper 33 x 15 cm Signature: Adams Museum der Moderne [...]

Two male nude studies 1894/96

Academic study of two male nudes. Left nude shown from left side-rear, kneeling with his right leg bent, right hand on chin, elbow resting on knee. Right nude in 3/4 front view, only the torso fully executed. Torso inclined [...]

Two academic antique garment studies 1895

Academic antique garment studies of two men. For picture description s. below. JQAW# Z_1895_030 Charcoal on paper heightened with white and brown 30 x 32 cm Signature: Adams 95 Private collection, Austria

Academic nude study with sword 1895

Academic nude study of a seated man, his right hand outstretched horizontally holding a sword vertically. JQAW# Z_1895_050 Pencil and charcoal on paper 63 x 44 cm Signature: J Πdams 95 (J Π intertwined) Unknown private [...]

Mary Adams Teltscher 1896

Almost full body portrait in sitting position, looking at the viewer. The sitter is seated on a red velvet armchair with a low, semicircular backrest. She is wearing an opulent white silk ball gown with puff sleeves that [...]

Portrait of an old woman 1897

Full-length portrait of an old woman in a seated position in profile view. The sitter is seated on a wooden box, her head slightly inclined, her hands crossed on her lap. Clothing: a dark brown dress, a wine-red shirt underneath, [...]

Venice 1898

. JQAW# G_1898_010 Oil on wood 64 x 35 cm Signature (scratched in wet paint): J Q Ɑdams. 98. Venice. Private collection USA.

Martha rebukes her vain sister (copy after Lupicini) 1899

Biblical scene. A beautiful young woman sits at a table covered with red cloth, on it a mirror, jewelry box and other precious objects. She looks at the viewer with a smile. She is dressed in a blue and white robe richly [...]

Female back nude with vase 1899

. For description see below. JQAW# G_1899_020 Pastel (mixed media) 94 x 114 cm Signature: J Quincy Ɑdams 99 I.I. Unknown private collection.

Two Elves pre-1900

. Two winged, slender naked girls, the right one in frontal view, the left one in side view, their left and right hands, respectively, intertwined, are standing in the forest looking at two butterflies. The left elf has [...]

Romeo and Juliet (copy after H.v. Angeli) pre-1900. Lost!

Romeo and Juliet scene. Juliet on a balcony, Romeo underneath her, standing on a wall, handing her a bunch of flowers. Likely faithful copy of a 1871 painting by Heinrich von Angeli (see picture background). JQAW# G_1900_020 Oil [...]

Child and Cherub pre 1900

Genre painting, bust portrait of a curly, dark-haired child on clouds, above right an angel putto. JQAW# G_1900_025 Pastel oval 54 x 48 cm Signature: according to the auction house signed, possibly J.Q. Ɑdams Unknown [...]

Girl head (saint) 1900.

Head portrait of a young girl with halo. View from the right, She is looking far from the viewer into the distance. Hair attached to the head with a braid, falling on her left side. JQAW# G_1900_030 Oil on wood 32 x [...]

Surrender (girl head) 1900.

Half portrait of a young girl with arms crossed over the chest, looking to the sky. JQAW# G_1900_040 Oil on wood 67 x 50 cm Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams. Painting lost. Photo: Künstlerhaus Archiv Vienna. Color [...]

Girl with clasped hands ca. 1900

Half portrait of a girl with clasped hands. JQAW# G_1900_050 Oil on wood 48 x 38 cm Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams Unknown private collection (USA?) No illustration available This genre-painting is documented [...]

Mother with child 1900-1905

Mother with child, in a sitting position holding the child, who embraces the mother with its left arm. Mother wears a blue robe with a white veil/cape covering her head; the child is naked. In the background an almost barren [...]

Girl with flowerbranch ca. 1900-1905

Bust portrait of a young woman with bared breast in profile left, in front of a river landscape. She holds in her left hand a branch of flowers, on which two butterflies are sitting. The young woman wears only a white cape [...]

Spring I ca. 1900-1905

. Allegory of spring. Half portrait of a girl in side view looking to the right, the brown hair pinned up, a white cloth wrapped around the torso, the shoulders bare, the hands placed together as if in prayer. Background: [...]

Spring II ca. 1900-1905

Allegory of spring. Half portrait of a girl in side view looking to the right, her red hair falling open over her back, on her head a golden laurel wreath. She wears a green-gold dress, which leaves the upper part of the [...]

May Day in Normandy ca. 1900

. for picture description see below. JQAW# G_1900_100 Oil on wood 35 x 27 cm Signature: John Q. Ɑdams unknown private collection (likely Austria)

Marshland in Grado 1900

Wide lagoon landscape crossed by canals with sparse yellow-green vegetation. In the foreground two boats on the bank of a narrow canal, moored to wooden stakes. In the left background a sailing ship with a red-white-red sail. [...]

Mizi Teltscher 1900

. JQAW# P_1900_050 Pastel oval 56 x 41 cm Signature (behind frame): J. Quincy Ɑdams 1/2 1900 Private collection USA

Angelus 1901

. For description see below. JQAW# G_1901_010 Oil on canvas 110 x 115 cm Signature: not recognizable, according to APH: sign. & dat. 1901 Unknown private collection, Austria. Image: composed of b/w reproduction (Künstlerhausarchiv) [...]

The curious 1901

A group of five children in Dutch costume curiously look in through an open window. On the inner windowsill a bowl with high wavy edge. JQAW# G_1901_030 Pastel on cardboard 86 x 53 cm Signature: J. Ɑdams 8. Nov Unknown [...]

Beer poster 1901

. Full-length portrait of a laughing young lady with raised beer mug (in her right, her left hand behind back in waitress position). She wears a red dress with white blouse and a white apron and stands in a cornfield with [...]

Alice Hauser 1901

. Three-quarter full-length portrait from rear/leftside view, the face shown in lateral profile, in front of turquoise-colored background. The sitter is wearing a black dress with black taffeta sleeves and a large taffeta [...]

Little Dutch girl 1902

Full-length portrait of a small Dutch girl in traditional costume with a light-colored hood and wooden shoes (clogs). The girl is standing on a quay wall, on the left the water of a canal, on the right a wooden fence. JQAW# [...]

Portrait of a Dutch child 1902

Half portrait of a child in side view from the right, face turned towards the viewer. The little girl is wearing a blue dress, on her head a white hood, her hair is tied in the back with long red ribbons. JQAW# G_1902_050 Watercolor [...]

Painters wife and daughter Gladys 1902

Half portrait of a mother (Adam's wife Stefanie) changing her baby (Adam's daughter Gladys). Mother in side view, facing the baby, holding it in her hands. Hair pinned up, wearing a pink house dress with butterfly motifs, [...]

Boy portrait in sailor suit 1902

Bust portrait, laterally from the right. In dark blue sailor suit with light blue white-striped envelope collar. Undershirt light blue. On his left side a dark pink ribbon. JQAW# P_1902_040 Pastel on paper on canvas, [...]

Morning hour 1903

For description see text below. JQAW# G_1903_020 Oil on wood, 39 x 48 cm Signature: John Q. Ɑdams Volendam Illustration: Auction catalog Dorotheum Vienna 28.11.1972 Lot 598 Plate 100 Unknown private collection.

Island mother ca. 1903

For description see text below. JQAW# G_1903_080 Oil on hardboard 75 x 49 cm Signature: JQ. Ɑdams Insel Mutter (accord. to auction catalog) Image: Auction catalog 34th Kunstauktion Kinsky Vienna 15.5.2001 Lot 51 catalogue [...]

Fishing boats in an harbor 1903

Several fishing boats moored to the quay wall in a harbor. Behind them are multi-storey buildings. Image foreground: harbor basin, in which the boats and their masts are reflected. JQAW# G_1903_180 Oil on cardboard 56 [...]