Guido Reni, Head and Shoulders of a Youth (about 1614). Black and white chalk on blue-grey paper. © National Museums Liverpool LIVERPOOL.- A new exhibition explores why artists have drawn over the centuries – from copying other works to making life studies...

Francis Bacon, Screaming Pope. Pencil on Paper, 99,5cm*70cm, year not indicated, signed As everyone interested in Bacon’s work knows, Bacon many times, and often vehemently, denied that he made any use of drawing. This is contradicted however by an early...

Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto (Venice 1697 - 1768), Study of a Merchant Vessel. photo Sotheby's Pen and brown ink and gray and brown wash over black chalk; bears inscription in brown ink: Canaleto. 9 5/8 by 7 1/2 in; 244 by 191 mm. Estimate...

Jim Dine (b. 1935) The Glyptotek Drawings, 1987–88. Charcoal on Mylar. 17 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches (45 x 39.4 cm) Promised gift of the artist to The Morgan Library & Museum. Photograph courtesy of PaceWildenstein. © 2009 Jim Dine / Artists Rights Society (ARS),...