Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
MODERN STYLE
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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Style: Modern
Lively Water Music (Nautical Style Chalk Drawing of Dolphins and Ocean Waves)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative nautical themed collaged drawing of two dolphins and graphic ocean waves
chalk on vintage collaged book pages.
Artwork measures 60 x 26 inches unframed
This modern, graph...
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2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Horse in landscape - Original pencil drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Marie LAURENCIN
Horse in landscape
Original pencil drawing
Signed with the stamp of the artist
On paper 10 x 16 cm (c. 3.93 x 6.2 in)
Good condit...
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Early 20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
untitled (Exotic Bird in Fantastic Landscape)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Painting of Exotic Birds in Fantastic Landscape leaning against a wall))
Graphite on paper
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right
Pr...
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1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Brown Surrealist Portrait of a Crow
By Dick Wray
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist portrait of a crow dressed in women's clothing. Framed in a wooden frame with a cream colored mat.
Artist Biography: Dick Wray, a native Houstonian,born in Heights Hospi...
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1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jerusalem
Located in Storrs, CT
1931. Pencil, ink and watercolor. 9 1/4 x 15 (framed 18 1/2 x 24 1/2). Signed and dated in pencil. Housed in a silk mat and an elegant carved gold leaf frame.
Twelve of the artist'...
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1930s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, India Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled (Cows in Autumn)
By Milton Avery
Located in Greenwich, CT
This work is accompanied by a letter of opinion from the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, New York.
signed Milton Avery (lower right)
Born in Sand...
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1940s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Two Horses
Located in Missouri, MO
"Two Horses" by Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975)
Signed Lower Right
Without Frame: 7" x 10"
With Frame: 16.25" x 19.25"
Thomas Hart Benton was born in Neosho, Missouri on April 15, 1889. Even as a boy, he was no stranger to the "art of the deal" or to the smoke-filled rooms in which such deals were often consummated. His grandfather had been Missouri's first United States Senator and served in Washington for thirty years. His father, Maecenas Benton, was United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri under Cleveland and served in the United States House of Representatives during the McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt administrations. Benton's brother, Nat, was prosecutor for Greene County, Missouri, during the 1930s.
As soon as he could walk, Benton traveled with his father on political tours. There he learned the arts of chewing and smoking, and while the men were involved in their heated discussions, Benton delighted in finding new cream colored wallpaper on the staircase wall, at the age of six or seven, and drew in charcoal his first mural, a long multi-car freight train.
As soon as he was eighteen, even though his father wanted him to study law, Benton left for Chicago where he studied at the Art Institute during the years 1907 and 1908. He continued his studies in Paris, where he learned delicious wickedness, aesthetic and otherwise.
Once back home, he became the leader of the Regionalist School, the most theatrical and gifted of the 1930s muralists and as Harry Truman described him,"the best damned painter in America."
Detractors said that Benton was "a fascist, a communist, a racist and a bigot"; the ingenious structure, powerful use of modeling and scale and the high-colored humanity of the murals and easel paintings are retort enough. He was a dark, active dynamo, only 5 ft., 3 1/2 in. tall. He was outspoken, open, charmingly profane; he had a great mane of hair and a face the texture of oak bark. He wore rumpled corduroy and flannel, and walked with the unsteady swagger of a sailor just ashore. He poured a salwart drink, chewed on small black cigars and spat in the fire.
Benton was once described as the "churlish dean of regionalist art...
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20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Margaret Macadam: Juggler, c. 1930 art deco watercolour drawing
Located in London, GB
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1930s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Elephant Family - Handsigned Original Ink Drawing
By Laszlo Tibay
Located in Paris, FR
Laszlo TIBAY
Elephant Family
Original India ink and lavish drawing
Handsigned
Bearing the stamp of the artist
On light board 20x 25cm (c. 7.8 x 10inch...
Category
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Margaret Macadam, 'Spring: Lady With An Afghan Hound' (c.1930) design
Located in London, GB
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1930s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Majestic Horse
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Missouri, MO
Hoi Lebedang
"Majestic Horse" c. 1950s
Original Mixed Media on Paper
Signed "Lebedang, Paris" Lower Right
Site Size: approx 13 x 20 inches
Framed Size: ...
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1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Early Horses VII, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper, Black by Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Early Horses VII - 18.5 x 29 inches (unframed size)
Charcoal on Paper
( Framed & Delivered )
Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist painters and rose ...
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1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Bird with Native American Indian Costume - Original watercolor, Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Charles le Bars
Bird with Native American Indian Costume
Original watercolor
Handsigned
On heavy paper 20.5 x 15.5 cm (c. 8 x 6 inch)
Excellent condition
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Late 20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cat and Mouse : Catch me if you can - Handsigned Original Ink Drawing
By Laszlo Tibay
Located in Paris, FR
Laszlo TIBAY
Cat and Mouse : Catch me if you can
Original India ink and lavish drawing
Handsigned
Bearing the stamp of the artist
On light board 30 x 20 cm (c. 12 x 8 inch)
Excell...
Category
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Cat Ready to Play - Handsigned Original Ink Drawing
By Laszlo Tibay
Located in Paris, FR
Laszlo TIBAY
Cat Ready to Play
Original India ink and lavish drawing
Handsigned
Bearing the stamp of the artist
On light board 30 x 20 cm (c. 12 x 8 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
The Cat Brothers - Handsigned Original Ink Drawing
By Laszlo Tibay
Located in Paris, FR
Laszlo TIBAY
The Cat Brothers
Original India ink and lavish drawing
Handsigned
Bearing the stamp of the artist
On light board 20 x 30 cm (c. 8 x 12 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Family of Cats with Kitten - Handsigned Original Ink Drawing
By Laszlo Tibay
Located in Paris, FR
Laszlo TIBAY
Family of Cats with Kitten
Original India ink and lavish drawing
Handsigned
Bearing the stamp of the artist
On light board 20 x 30 cm (c. 8 x 12 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
2010s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Sketch for "The Horses" - Original Pencil Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Drawing on paper.
With beautiful vintage golden frame.
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 50 years ago b...
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Modern animal drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern animal drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add animal drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Sunil Das, Laszlo Tibay, Giselle Halff, and Wilhelm Lorenz. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern animal drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 1.78 inches across are also available. Prices for animal drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $66 and tops out at $95,000, while the average work sells for $634.