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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19th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pen
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper, Pen
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Pencil
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pen, Paper, Ink
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Paper
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Color Pencil, India Ink
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pen
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Felt Pen
1830s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Paper, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Conté
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper, Pen
1980s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper
1980s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pen
1840s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
1840s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
Early 2000s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Paper
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Paper
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
Early 20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Color Pencil
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Conté
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper, Pen
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Chalk, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Pen, Paper
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Color Pencil, Pencil, Archival Paper, Chalk
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Conté, Paper
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper, Pen
1990s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor, Paper, Acrylic
1920s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Carbon Pencil, Gouache
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper, Pen
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Pen, Paper
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Paper
Early 20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Lithograph, Paper
1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Color Pencil
1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Magazine Paper, Paper
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Conté
Early 1900s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Paper
1980s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Pen, Paper
Early 2000s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper
1920s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Carbon Pencil, Gouache
1920s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Carbon Pencil, Gouache
1920s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pen, Ink
Early 20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Carbon Pencil