Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Acrylic, Ink, Handmade Paper
Early 20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Ink
Late 20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Acrylic, Ink, Handmade Paper
1990s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1920s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Carbon Pencil, Gouache
1920s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor, Pen
1980s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pen
Early 20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Color Pencil, Paper
1940s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Ink
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media
1990s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
Early 20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
19th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
India Ink
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media, Charcoal, Archival Paper
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media, Charcoal, Archival Paper
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
India Ink
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media, Crayon, Charcoal, Archival Paper
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1920s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Pen
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
India Ink
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media, Charcoal, Archival Paper
1940s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Paper
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
India Ink
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Early 20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Watercolor
1920s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Pen
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Charcoal
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1940s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Aquatint, Archival Paper
Late 19th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Ink, Pen
1920s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Archival Ink, Watercolor
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Ink, Pen
Early 2000s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Ink, Pen
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Ink, Pen
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pen
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Ink, Pen
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Ink