This is a selection of drawings not included in a collection. Not all the drawings are dated or signed; often it was necessary to estimate a date based on style or subject matter.
There is not always a clear distinction between drawings and paintings. For purposes of this site, media such as ink, crayon, felt tip and pencil have been treated as drawings while watercolours, oils and acrylics have been treated as painting; but Carl freely mixed these media so that sometimes what should strictly be a painting looks more like a drawing. Categories should therefore be taken with liberal application of condiments.
Some drawings Carl saw fit to organize in bound collections and for these this site creates a third category on the grounds that Carl considered the selection he had made and the organization significant, meaning the artist’s own view on the matter should be respected.
1961-63 Pencil on paper
cm x cm
This is the cartooning course Carl took by correspondence. Corrections by the instructor in red
1964-73 Felt tip pen on paper cm x cm
(Fishing Boats on Stormy Seas) 1964-73 cm x cm
1966-89 two pen and Ink drawings on paper cm x cm and cm x cm
(Two Faces) 1966-89 pencil on paper cm x cm
(Daniel in the Lions Den) 1966-89 ink and wash on paper cm x cm
They sailed…; 1969 ink on coloured paper; 24.7 cm x 30.4 cm (approx.); initialed.
The quotation is from “Columbus” by Joaquin Miller (1841-1913) Given the date, this may have been an exercise for the Famous Artists’ Commercial Art and Illustration course, in which case it probably represents an exercise on book illustration.
Untitled (Three Wise Men) – Christmas Card, about 1970; coloured ink on card stock/poster paint on card stock; initialed.
Ink and ink wash, 1970.
32.2 cm x 41 cm (approx.)
Signed, dated.
Ink and watercolours on heavy art board
25.3 cm x 22.8 cm (approx.)
Unsigned and undated.
1972 coloured pencil on paper
28.8 cm x 13.7 cm (approx.)
signed
Untitled (Late Fall); 1972 wax crayon on coloured paper; 23.1 cm x 22.3 cm (approx.); signed.
Flying Dutchman; 1973 silver pencil and silkscreened coloured ground on paper; 20.4 cm x 25.4 cm (approx.); signed.
Untitled (Mother with Two Children); 1976 pastels on silkscreened coloured paper; 30 cm x 38 cm (approx.); initialed.
Untitled – Woodland Scene; 1976 coloured pencil on card stock; 13.9 cm x 18.8 cm; – initialed dated
Fish Nets; 1977 coloured pencil on heavy paper; 21.8 cm x 23.0 cm (approx.); dated, signed
Untitled (Colombian Mother and Child); 1977 pastels over coloured base on art paper; 19 cm x 24 cm (approx.); dated, initialed
Without a title it is difficult to decide the meaning of that column of light in the second picture, but that there was a symbolic intention is likely. The child is clearly female, so I won’t go as far as to speculate on a Madonna and Child theme, yet it seems to have spoken to Carl at a deep level. He framed the work himself and it has hung in the family home for many years.
Romanian Jews in Austria coloured pencil.
both on paper, unsigned, probably 1980s
Javanese Women; 1984; coloured pencil on coloured paper; (edges torn); initialed dated.
Eastern Vendor in Tooled Copperware; undated pen and coloured pencil on paper; unsigned, titled on bottom, which was subsequently cut off but preserved in same folder.
1990 Bus Stop on Pender Street – pen on paper – cm x cm – initialed, dated
Fern Designs – pen on paper – unsigned undated
Untitled – Female head in circle with roses – pen on paper
Untitled – male face – pen and coloured pencil on paper
Untitled – Man with falcon – pen on paper
All unsigned and undated
New Herring, Butcher, Clog Maker, Ice Skaters
1986-90; Acrylics and gold paint on wood block; 12.5 cm x 10.7 cm and 10.7 cm x 12.5 cm
Nineteen Thirties Design; Coloured pencil on art paper, 1972; initialed
Clowns; Coloured pencil on art board, 1973, signed
Arbutus Trees in British Columbia; Coloured Pencil on Art Board, undated.
Blind Woman with Cat; Coloured Pencil on Art Paper, 1974
Untitled; Coloured Pencil on Art Board, 1974; 24.8 cm x 29.2 cm (approx.); Dated, Signed;
The Art of Carl van den Bosch 