Examples: hands in art

One of my art teachers once said that hands are more emotional and complicated than a head. Many artists attached to a head and draw it more often than anything else.

What hands can tell us? At least a story, depict a character or show emotions. The grip is unpredictable, flexible, and any gesture is unique because every time it's changing. I tried to collect here some examples of hands' drawings from old and new masters. I enjoy to study it and come back to these images from time to time. I hope you will find it useful. In the end, I included some of my recent drawings.

I will be happy to get your comments and upvotes. Maybe you also can share here some of your drawing of hands.

Let's start with classics

Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528)

Boy's hands, 1506

Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640)

An anatomy study

Mikhail Vrubel (1856 - 1910)

1882

Josef Hegenbarth (1884–1962)

Maximilien Luce (1858-1941)

Ben Shahn (1898 - 1969)

Henry Spencer Moore (1898 -1986)

A.Tassos (1914 - 1985)

Eduardo Chillida Juantegui (1924-2002)

Jerome Witkin (1939)

Dave McKean

Matt Rota

Tim Gough

Victor Melamed (1977)

Alessandro Martoz Martorelli (1990)

And some of mine drawings today

Source of all these beautiful examples: https://all-drawings.livejournal.com/