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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Mystic Louisiana Marsh Landscape in Blue Tones, Limited Edition Cyanotype Print
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Exquisite landscape of a "Mystic Louisiana Marsh". Details: + Title: Mystic Louisiana Marsh + Year: 2025 + Edition Size:...
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2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype

Original pencil Drawing Depicting Apollo and Daphne From 1807
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jonas Carl Linnerhielm (1758–1829) Apollo and Daphne Signed and dated “J. C. L. 1807” Pencil on cardboard
18.4 × 14.2 cm (7 ¼ × 5 ⅝ in); image 16.8 × 13.2 cm (6 ⅝ × 5 ¼ in) framed 3...
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Early 1800s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Cardboard, Pencil

Flower in Bowl - Abstract Cool Tone Botanical Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Cat Animal Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
466 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2025 Style: Classic Art Title: Cat Size: 12 x 16 inch, (30...
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2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Neptune Flower Arrangement - Abstract Botanical Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Waterside Village Scene with Boats and Church Bosham Sussex 1970s Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Waterside Village Scene with Boats and Church Bosham Sussex 1970s Watercolour By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on board, unframed Size: 10.5 inches (height) x 14...
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20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Moon Flower Potted Plant - Lively Abstract Colorful Botanical Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Carrie Bradshaw says good bye. From the Art, Culture & Society series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him. The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

'Look Homeward, Angel', Anthony Perkins Costume, Broadway, Motley, Academy Award
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Look Homeward, Angel', Anthony Perkins Costume, Broadway, Motley, Academy Award, LACMA, Guggenheim Museum ----------------- Initialed lower right, 'DJ', for Dorothy Jeakins (Ameri...
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1950s Other Art Style Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Watercolor, Graphite

Studio di piede (study of foot) – Florentine School 18th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Red chalk on cream laid paper, 6 3/8 x 7 inches (160 x 176 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition with minor toning and some modern notations in pencil on the verso, as well as ...
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Early 18th Century Italian School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Laid Paper

Plants in Pottery Pots - Original Abstract Colorful Botanical Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Handwritten letter on American Indian Theme II card signed to CBS News cameraman
Located in New York, NY
Roy Lichtenstein Handwritten note on card ink on paper hand signed by Roy Lichtenstein The card reads "Thank you so much for the wonderful prints Very kind of you to send them to me Best regards, Roy Lichtenstein This card depicts Roy Lichtenstein's American Indian Theme II (from American Indian Theme Series), 1980, Woodcut in colors on Suzuki handmade paper Provenance: This card was acquired from Dan Pope, a longtime CBS photographer and cameraman, who had amassed a superb collection of autographs by visual artists over many decades. This work has been elegantly floated and framed in a museum quality wood frame under UV plexiglass. Measurements: Framed 14.75 inches vertical by 11.5 horizontal by 1.5 inches depth Card (image) Roy Lichtenstein Biography Roy Lichtenstein was one of the most influential and innovative artists of the second half of the twentieth century. He is preeminently identified with Pop Art, a movement he helped originate, and his first fully achieved paintings were based on imagery from comic strips and advertisements and rendered in a style mimicking the crude printing processes of newspaper reproduction. These paintings reinvigorated the American art scene and altered the history of modern art. Lichtenstein’s success was matched by his focus and energy, and after his initial triumph in the early 1960s, he went on to create an oeuvre of more than 5,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, murals and other objects celebrated for their wit and invention. Roy Fox Lichtenstein was born on October 27, 1923, in New York City, the first of two children born to Milton and Beatrice Werner Lichtenstein. Milton Lichtenstein (1893–1946) was a successful real estate broker, and Beatrice Lichtenstein (1896–1991), a homemaker, had trained as a pianist, and she exposed Roy and his sister Rénee to museums, concerts and other aspects of New York culture. Roy showed artistic and musical ability early on: he drew, painted and sculpted as a teenager, and spent many hours in the American Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Modern Art. He played piano and clarinet, and developed an enduring love of jazz, frequenting the nightspots in Midtown to hear it. Lichtenstein attended the Franklin School for Boys, a private junior high and high school, and was graduated in 1940. That summer he studied painting and drawing from the model at the Art Students League of New York with Reginald Marsh. In September he entered Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus in the College of Education. His early artistic idols were Rembrandt, Daumier and Picasso, and he often said that Guernica (1937; Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid), then on long-term loan to the Museum of Modern Art, was his favorite painting. Even as an undergraduate, Lichtenstein objected to the notion that one set of lines (one person’s drawings) “was considered brilliant, and somebody’s else’s, that may have looked better to you, was considered nothing by almost everyone.”i Lichtenstein’s questioning of accepted canons of taste was encouraged by Hoyt L. Sherman, a teacher whom he maintained was the person who showed him how to see and whose perception-based approach to art shaped his own. In February 1943, Lichtenstein was drafted, and he was sent to Europe in 1945. As part of the infantry, he saw action in France, Belgium and Germany. He made sketches throughout his time in Europe and, after peace was declared there, he intended to study at the Sorbonne. Lichtenstein arrived in Paris in October 1945 and enrolled in classes in French language and civilization, but soon learned that his father was gravely ill. He returned to New York in January 1946, a few weeks before Milton Lichtenstein died. In the spring of that year, Lichtenstein went back to OSU to complete his BFA and in the fall he was invited to join the faculty as an instructor. In June 1949, he married Isabel Wilson Sarisky (1921–80), who worked in a cooperative art gallery in Cleveland where Lichtenstein had exhibited his work. While he was teaching, Lichtenstein worked on his master’s degree, which he received in 1949. During his second stint at OSU, Lichtenstein became closer to Sherman, and began teaching his method on how to organize and unify a composition. Lichtenstein remained appreciative of Sherman’s impact on him. He gave his first son the middle name of “Hoyt,” and in 1994 he donated funds to endow the Hoyt L. Sherman Studio Art Center at OSU. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Lichtenstein began working in series and his iconography was drawn from printed images. His first sustained theme, intimate paintings and prints in the vein of Paul Klee that poked lyrical fun at medieval knights, castles and maidens, may well have been inspired by a book about the Bayeux Tapestry. Lichtenstein then took an ironic look at nineteenth-century American genre paintings he saw in history books, creating Cubist interpretations of cowboys and Indians spiked with a faux-primitive whimsy. As with his most celebrated Pop paintings of the 1960s, Lichtenstein gravitated toward what he would characterize as the “dumbest” or “worst” visual item he could find and then went on to alter or improve it. In the 1960s, commercial art was considered beneath contempt by the art world; in the early 1950s, with the rise of Abstract Expressionism, nineteenth-century American narrative and genre paintings were at the nadir of their reputation among critics and collectors. Paraphrasing, particularly the paraphrasing of despised images, became a paramount feature of Lichtenstein’s art. Well before finding his signature mode of expression in 1961, Lichtenstein called attention to the artifice of conventions and taste that permeated art and society. What others dismissed as trivial fascinated him as classic and idealized—in his words, “a purely American mythological subject matter.”ii Lichtenstein’s teaching contract at OSU was not renewed for the 1951–52 academic year, and in the autumn of 1951 he and Isabel moved to Cleveland. Isabel Lichtenstein became an interior decorator specializing in modern design, with a clientele drawn from wealthy Cleveland families. Whereas her career blossomed, Lichtenstein did not continue to teach at the university level. He had a series of part-time jobs, including industrial draftsman, furniture designer, window dresser and rendering mechanical dials for an electrical instrument company. In response to these experiences, he introduced quirkily rendered motors, valves and other mechanical elements into his paintings and prints. In 1954, the Lichtensteins’ first son, David, was born; two years later, their second child, Mitchell, followed. Despite the relative lack of interest in his work in Cleveland, Lichtenstein did place his work with New York dealers, which always mattered immensely to him. He had his first solo show at the Carlebach Gallery in New York in 1951, followed by representation with the John Heller Gallery from 1952 to 1957. To reclaim his academic career and get closer to New York, Lichtenstein accepted a position as an assistant professor at the State University of New York at Oswego, in the northern reaches of the state. He was hired to teach industrial design, beginning in September 1957. Oswego turned out to be more geographically and aesthetically isolated than Cleveland ever was, but the move was propitious, for both his art and his career. Lichtenstein broke away from representation to a fully abstract style, applying broad swaths of pigment to the canvas by dragging the paint across its surface with a rag wrapped around his arm. At the same time, Lichtenstein was embedding comic-book characters figures such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck in brushy, expressionistic backgrounds. None of the proto-cartoon paintings from this period survive, but several pencil and pastel studies from that time, which he kept, document his intentions. Finally, when he was in Oswego, Lichtenstein met Reginald Neal, the new head of the art department at Douglass College, the women’s college of Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The school was strengthening and expanding its studio art program, and when Neal needed to add a faculty member to his department, Lichtenstein was invited to apply for the job. Lichtenstein was offered the position of assistant professor, and he began teaching at Douglass in September 1960. At Douglass, Lichtenstein was thrown into a maelstrom of artistic ferment. With New York museums and galleries an hour away, and colleagues Geoffrey Hendricks and Robert Watts at Douglass and Allan Kaprow and George Segal at Rutgers, the environment could not help but galvanize him. In June 1961, Lichtenstein returned to the idea he had fooled around with in Oswego, which was to combine cartoon characters from comic books with abstract backgrounds. But, as Lichtenstein said, “[I]t occurred to me to do it by mimicking the cartoon style without the paint texture, calligraphic line, modulation—all the things involved in expressionism.”iii Most famously, Lichtenstein appropriated the Benday dots, the minute mechanical patterning used in commercial engraving, to convey texture and gradations of color—a stylistic language synonymous with his subject matter. The dots became a trademark device forever identified with Lichtenstein and Pop Art. Lichtenstein may not have calibrated the depth of his breakthrough immediately but he did realize that the flat affect and deadpan presentation of the comic-strip panel blown up and reorganized in the Sherman-inflected way “was just so much more compelling”iv than the gestural abstraction he had been practicing. Among the first extant paintings in this new mode—based on comic strips and illustrations from advertisements—were Popeye and Look Mickey, which were swiftly followed by The Engagement Ring, Girl with Ball and Step-on Can with Leg. Kaprow recognized the energy and radicalism of these canvases and arranged for Lichtenstein to show them to Ivan Karp, director of the Leo Castelli Gallery. Castelli was New York’s leading dealer in contemporary art, and he had staged landmark exhibitions of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg in 1958 and Frank Stella in 1960. Karp was immediately attracted to Lichtenstein’s paintings, but Castelli was slower to make a decision, partly on account of the paintings’ plebeian roots in commercial art, but also because, unknown to Lichtenstein, two other artists had recently come to his attention—Andy Warhol and James Rosenquist—and Castelli was only ready for one of them. After some deliberation, Castelli chose to represent Lichtenstein, and the first exhibition of the comic-book paintings was held at the gallery from February 10 to March 3, 1962. The show sold out and made Lichtenstein notorious. By the time of Lichtenstein’s second solo exhibition at Castelli in September 1963, his work had been showcased in museums and galleries around the country. He was usually grouped with Johns, Rauschenberg, Warhol, Rosenquist, Segal, Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Indiana and Tom Wesselmann. Taken together, their work was viewed as a slap in the face to Abstract Expressionism and, indeed, the Pop artists shifted attention away from many members of the New York School. With the advent of critical and commercial success, Lichtenstein made significant changes in his life and continued to investigate new possibilities in his art. After separating from his wife, he moved from New Jersey to Manhattan in 1963; in 1964, he resigned from his teaching position at Douglass to concentrate exclusively on his work. The artist also ventured beyond comic book subjects, essaying paintings based on oils by Cézanne, Mondrian and Picasso, as well as still lifes and landscapes. Lichtenstein became a prolific printmaker and expanded into sculpture, which he had not attempted since the mid-1950s, and in both two- and three-dimensional pieces, he employed a host of industrial or “non-art” materials, and designed mass-produced editioned objects that were less expensive than traditional paintings and sculpture. Participating in one such project—the American Supermarket show in 1964 at the Paul Bianchini Gallery, for which he designed a shopping bag—Lichtenstein met Dorothy Herzka (b. 1939), a gallery employee, whom he married in 1968. The late 1960s also saw Lichtenstein’s first museum surveys: in 1967 the Pasadena Art Museum initiated a traveling retrospective, in 1968 the Stedelijk Musem in Amsterdam presented his first European retrospective, and in 1969 he had his first New York retrospective, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Wanting to grow, Lichtenstein turned away from the comic book subjects that had brought him prominence. In the late 1960s his work became less narrative and more abstract, as he continued to meditate on the nature of the art enterprise itself. He began to explore and deconstruct the notion of brushstrokes—the building blocks of Western painting. Brushstrokes are conventionally conceived as vehicles of expression, but Lichtenstein made them into a subject. Modern artists have typically maintained that the subject of a painting is painting itself. Lichtenstein took this idea one imaginative step further: a compositional element could serve as the subject matter of a work and make that bromide ring true. The search for new forms and sources was even more emphatic after 1970, when Roy and Dorothy Lichtenstein bought property in Southampton, New York, and made it their primary residence. During the fertile decade of the 1970s, Lichtenstein probed an aspect of perception that had steadily preoccupied him: how easily the unreal is validated as the real because viewers have accepted so many visual conceptions that they don’t analyze what they see. In the Mirror series, he dealt with light and shadow upon glass, and in the Entablature series, he considered the same phenomena by abstracting such Beaux-Art architectural elements as cornices, dentils, capitals and columns. Similarly, Lichtenstein created pioneering painted bronze sculpture that subverted the medium’s conventional three-dimensionality and permanence. The bronze forms were as flat and thin as possible, more related to line than volume, and they portrayed the most fugitive sensations—curls of steam, rays of light and reflections on glass. The steam, the reflections and the shadow were signs for themselves that would immediately be recognized as such by any viewer. Another entire panoply of works produced during the 1970s were complex encounters with Cubism, Futurism, Purism, Surrealism and Expressionism. Lichtenstein expanded his palette beyond red, blue, yellow, black, white and green, and invented and combined forms. He was not merely isolating found images, but juxtaposing, overlapping, fragmenting and recomposing them. In the words of art historian Jack Cowart, Lichtenstein’s virtuosic compositions were “a rich dialogue of forms—all intuitively modified and released from their nominal sources.”v In the early 1980s, which coincided with re-establishing a studio in New York City, Lichtenstein was also at the apex of a busy mural career. In the 1960s and 1970s, he had completed four murals; between 1983 and 1990, he created five. He also completed major commissions for public sculptures in Miami Beach, Columbus, Minneapolis, Paris, Barcelona and Singapore. Lichtenstein created three major series in the 1990s, each emblematic of his ongoing interest in solving pictorial problems. The Interiors, mural-sized canvases inspired by a miniscule advertisement in an Italian telephone...
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1980s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Postcard, Lithograph, Offset

"Pigeons" Group of Birds in Layered Hand Cut Paper and Watercolor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Pigeons" is an original piece by Nayan and Vaishali made from watercolor on layered hand-cut paper. This piece measuures 11.75”h x 9.5”w x 1"d framed, and is shipped in the featured...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Art Deco Fashion Illustration Ink Drawing by G. Ferro
Located in Atlanta, GA
This original Art Deco Fashion Illustration by G. Ferro is a striking ink and wash drawing on vellum paper by French artist G. Ferro. The stunning Art Deco composition captures a dap...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

SKULL TIGER
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. Acrylic markers on paper. The magic flow reality... The painting will be shipped directly from Thailand – safely and promptly."
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2010s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Permanent Marker

British Estuary Ferry Shed and Distant Harbour with Figures Watercolour Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: British Estuary Ferry Shed and Distant Harbour with Figures Watercolour Painting By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on artists paper Size: 11 x 15 inches Condition...
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20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Indian Paradise Flycatcher" Delicate Miniature Bird in Watercolor Layered Paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Indian Paradise Flycatcher" is an original piece by Nayan and Venus made from watercolor on layered hand-cut paper. This piece measures 11.75”h x 9.5”w x 1"d framed, and is shipped ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

BLACK HORSE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto. Acrylic markers on paper. The magic flow reality... The painting will be shipped directly from Thailand – safely and promptly."
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2010s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Permanent Marker

Seaside Promenade with Deckchairs Summer Crowd and Ocean View Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seaside Promenade with Deckchairs Summer Crowd and Ocean View Watercolour Painting By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Signed: Lower right Medium: Watercolor on artists paper Size: 11...
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20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (homage to Ellsworth Kelly) 1950s watercolor signed by Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana Untitled homage to Ellsworth Kelly (Acquired from the studio of Robert Indiana), 1959 Watercolor and pencil on Plover Bond paper This is an original, hand signed and d...
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1950s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Graphite

Attrib. Cornelius Varley (1781-1873)-Mid 19th Century Watercolour, Majestic Tree
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine landscape painting attributed to Cornelius Varley (1781-1873), featuring a majestic tree rendered with rich, detailed foliage against a backdrop of rolling hills and a tranqui...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

American 20th century landscape painting of Eccleston Abbey UK by Horton, pastel
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Samuel Horton (American, 1865–1936) Eccleston Abbey Pastel on paper Signed lower left ‘W. S. Horton’, further signed ‘Horton’ on an old label to the reverse 18 × 23¾ in. (45....
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20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolor painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic

Red Cascade - Cypress Gardens - contemporary, abstract, acrylic on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The kaleidoscope of colours and the dynamic form of nature are expressed in this joyful celebration of nature. Rendered in right red, yellow, blue, green, orange and yellow—the colou...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Monoprint

'Winter Landscape', Monet, French Impressionist Salon des Indépendents, Paris
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Paulemile Pissarro' (French, 1884-1972) and created circa 1935; titled, verso, 'La Cloture en Hiver' (The Fence in Winter). Formerly in the collection of Katia P...
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1930s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

'Sunset Landscape', Hamburg, Rivne, Volhynia, Rivne Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'G. Kosmiadi' for Georg Kosmiadi (Ukranian-German, 1886-1967) and dated, '66'; additionally signed verso, 'Georg Kosmiadi', inscribed with serial number and dated...
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1960s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

A Whimsical 1950s Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait Study, Composite Drawings
Located in Chicago, IL
A Whimsical 1950s Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait Study (Composite Drawings) by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A humorous and visually striking sheet of a...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Seated Male, Torso)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, 1930s Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model (Torso) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Paper

Torso 03 - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you. Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

"Wanderer 17" Collaged Papers with Pastel, Acrylic and Graphite on Wood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece, titled "Wanderer 17" is an original artwork by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through". made of collage, charcoal, pastel, acrylic, and graphi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Wood, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite

'Peacock Among Magnolia', Chinese Painting in Period Gilt Frame
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Framed dimensions: 15.5 H x 13 W x 1.75 D inches An elegant, 19th-century Chinese School gouache scroll painting fragment showing a richly-plumed peacock standing among magnolia and...
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19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Seated Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930s p...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

English School 19th Century Watercolour - Lady in a Blue Dress
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely detailed watercolour and gouache study of a seated lady in a blue dress with gum arabic details. Unsigned. Well presented in an ornate gilt-effect frame with ribbon and foli...
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19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Fenêtres de Paris by Libby Bothway
Located in Coltishall, GB
Libby Bothway's detailed and captivating pen illustration, captures the essence of iconic Parisian architecture. The monochrome drawing vividly showcases three adjoining classical Pa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Big Town, Large Colorful Abstract Geometric Painting, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kenneth Marcus Hugh (American, 1916-2011) Big Town Watercolor on paper Signed lower left 48 in. h. x 60 in. w., image 48.5 in. h. x 60.5 in. w., framed Kenneth Marcus Hugh was born ...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Frammenti" Original Drawing Large Size- Art by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: Fragments Artist: Marilina Marchica (1984, Agrigento – Italy) Year: 2024 Medium: Charcoal on high-quality Fabriano paper Size: 50 x 70 cm Frame: Custom handmade frame availabl...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

British Chalk Pencil Sketches of A Bull Lying Down With White Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
John Rabone Harvey ( 1966 - 1922) graphic and chalk deep green artist paper , unframed artist paper : 5.5 x 7 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good condition Ha...
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Mid-19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Graphite

Abstract painting, Ex-Museum of Modern Art Collection (MoMA label) Signed Framed
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam Untitled Abstract Expressionist mixed media painting, Ex-Museum of Modern Art Collection, 1968 Watercolor and Aluminum Paint on Fiberglass Paper. (Framed with Museum of M...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Fiberglass, Paint, Watercolor

Nocturnal Nature Fritillarias, Bleeding Hearts - Botanical Cyanotype, 2021-'23
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary floral cyanotype painting in watercolor, gouache, India ink, and cyanotype on Hot Press watercolor paper, meticulously detailed flowers, including fritillarias, ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Theatrical Costumes - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1950s. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Some minor folds, otherwise ver good condition.
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Magical Summer Dance at Dusk – Watercolor by Hilding Werner (1921)
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this poetic lakeside scene, Hilding Werner transports the viewer to a tranquil Scandinavian summer night at the turn of the century. Four couples dance gaily upon a wooden raft or...
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1920s Romantic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Coastal Blue Cyanotype of Day Time Seascape, Cold Waves, Nautical Painting Shore
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Day Time Seascape in Blue" is a handmade cyanotype print portraying the vibrant reflections of the Sun as seen from the c...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph

Robin Hoods Bay Headland and Shoreline Under Cloudy Sky Yorkshire 1983
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Robin Hoods Bay Headland and Shoreline Under Cloudy Sky Yorkshire 1983 By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed Size: 8.75 inches (height) x 11 inches...
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20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Dexter's Choice State II, signed mixed media watercolor (unique variant), Framed
Located in New York, NY
Larry Zox Dexter's Choice, State II, ca. 1990 Mixed media, Watercolor pochoir, and Oil stick Wax, Water-Based Crayons, on heavy Arches museum watercolor rag paper with deckled edges ...
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1990s Color-Field Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil, Watercolor, Graphite, Monoprint

Head I, 1973 - 20th C. Ink Drawing of Woman's Head, Abstract Expressionist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925–1996) Head I 1973 Ink on paper Signed and dated lower right 12 x 10 inches 15.75 x 13.5 inches, framed Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Oklahom...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

1900's French Impressionist Watercolor Portrait Lady Overlooking Balcony Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Garden View French School, early 20th century signed with initials lower corner watercolour painting on artist paper, framed Glass covering framed: 13 x 10.5 inches board: 10 x 8...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

SKULL DOG
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by Daria Kusto. AcrIcrylic on Wotercolor Paper. The magic flow reality... The painting will be shipped directly from Thailand – safely and promptly."
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2010s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Miniature Mid 19th Century Watercolour - A Token of Affection I
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine 19th-century miniature portrait of a well-dressed gentleman. Purchased with another portrait depicting the gentleman's wife. Unsigned. Smartly presented in its original b...
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Miniature Mid 19th Century Watercolour - A Token of Affection II
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine 19th-century miniature portrait of an elegant lady. Purchased with another portrait depicting the lady's husband. Unsigned. Smartly presented in its original brass frame....
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Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Amarillo By Morning - Desert Landscape Nature Painting on Handmade Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Michaela Jean is an accomplished painter, devoted gardener, and mother from Southern California (USA). Her lifelong passion for art and nature began in childhood, inspired by her gra...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

Gold Flora Shadows Magnolia - Metallic Botanical Cyanotype Painting Flowers 2023
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary botanical cyanotype painting in watercolor, gouache, India ink, gold pigments and tea-toned cyanotype on cotton watercolor paper, meticulously detailed flowers a...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pigment, Tea

A Stylish, 1940s Art Deco Cubist Drawing of a Seated Female- The Telephone Call
Located in Chicago, IL
A Stylish, 1940s Art Deco Cubist Drawing of a Seated Female, "The Telephone Call", by Note Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-19940. A striking charcoal drawing executed...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Newsprint

Costa Rica Beach Foam, Shoreline Seascape, Minimal Blue, Limited Edition Print
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype of a Sandy Shore with Foam. Details: + Title: Sandy Shore with Foam + Edition Size: 100 + Stamped and Certificate of Aut...
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2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Emulsion, Monotype, Paper

A Fine 1930s Modern, Art Deco Female Drawing, Portrait of a Sleeping Young Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn, 1930s Art Deco Modern Female Figure Study, Portrait of a Sleeping Young Woman by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exquisite studio portrait ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm, acrylic on paper
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm The work is sold without a frame and mat
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Summer Landscape near Sundsvall, 1911
Located in Stockholm, SE
In this radiant drawing from 1911, Swedish artist Oskar Lycke captures the quiet grandeur of a summer landscape near Sundsvall in northern Sweden. The view stretches across a serene ...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Ink

A Very Finely Drawn 1930s Figure Study of a Young Male Nude- Shoulder & Arm
Located in Chicago, IL
A Very Finely Drawn 1930s Figure Study of a Young Male Nude Model (Shoulder, Arm & Torso) by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Jazz Band III, Modern Ink Painting by Charles Burdick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Burdick, American (1924 - ) - Jazz Band III, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Ink on paper, signed l.l., Size: 7 in. x 5.5 in. (17.78 cm x 13.97 cm), Frame Size: 14 x 13 inches
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

A Northern Vision in Miniature
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisitely detailed drawing by Swedish artist Oscar Lycke captures a rustic settlement nestled in the golden highlands of northern Sweden, most likely depicting the traditional...
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1910s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil

Historic Miniature Watercolor of Historic Toll Bridge at Bathampton
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Historic Toll Bridge at Bathampton by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurements: 3.75 inches (height) x 4.25 inches (width) Condition: Very good and highly presentable Provenance: From a large private collection of this artists work in Bristol, England. Description: This evocative watercolor by Jack Grunwell captures the Bathampton Toll Bridge, a charming historic landmark nestled along the Kennet and Avon Canal near Bath, England. Bathampton, a picturesque village, is known for its scenic waterways, Georgian heritage, and tranquil rural charm. Grunwell’s use of warm golden hues for the tollhouse and the reflective shimmer of the water creates a sense of nostalgia and serenity. The architecture, with its distinctive red roof and Georgian-style windows, showcases the character of 18th and 19th-century buildings that once served as essential river crossings for travelers and traders. Bathampton is steeped in history, with connections to Jane Austen, the Kennet and Avon Canal, and the grandeur of Bath’s Georgian architecture. This scene perfectly encapsulates the timeless beauty of the English countryside, making it an ideal piece for collectors who appreciate historic British landscapes, waterways, and heritage architecture. Key Features: Historical Significance: Depicts Bathampton’s Toll Bridge and historic tollhouse, an important local landmark. Rich Color Palette: Warm ochres, deep greens, and soft blues create a beautifully balanced composition. Architectural Charm: The traditional riverside building with Georgian influences adds to its period authenticity. Tranquil Setting: A peaceful riverside view, ideal for lovers of English countryside art...
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20th Century English School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Drawings and Watercolor Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs

Revitalize your interiors — introduce drawings and watercolor paintings to your home to evoke emotions, stir conversation and show off your personality and elevated taste.

Drawing is often considered one of the world’s oldest art forms, with historians pointing to cave art as evidence. In fact, a cave in South Africa, home to Stone Age–era artists, houses artwork that is believed to be around 73,000 years old. It has indeed been argued that cave walls were the canvases for early watercolorists as well as for landscape painters in general, who endeavor to depict and elevate natural scenery through their works of art. The supplies and methods used by artists and illustrators to create drawings and paintings have evolved over the years, and so too have the intentions. Artists can use their drawing and painting talents to observe and capture a moment, to explore or communicate ideas and convey or evoke emotion. No matter if an artist is working in charcoal or in watercolor and has chosen to portray the marvels of the pure human form, to create realistic depictions of animals in their natural habitats or perhaps to forge a new path that references the long history of abstract visual art, adding a drawing or watercolor painting to your living room or dining room that speaks to you will in turn speak to your guests and conjure stimulating energy in your space.

When you introduce a new piece of art into a common area of your home — a figurative painting by Italian watercolorist Mino Maccari or a colorful still life, such as a detailed botanical work by Deborah Eddy — you’re bringing in textures that can add visual weight to your interior design. You’ll also be creating a much-needed focal point that can instantly guide an eye toward a designated space, particularly in a room that sees a lot of foot traffic.

When you’re shopping for new visual art, whether it’s for your apartment or weekend house, remember to choose something that resonates. It doesn’t always need to make you happy, but you should at least enjoy its energy. On 1stDibs, browse a wide-ranging collection of drawings and watercolor paintings and find out how to arrange wall art when you’re ready to hang your new works.

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