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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Casino Royal
Located in London, GB
Several Anastasia Kurakina's artworks have been included into the Vatican Museums collection since 2017 She has exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London at bp portrait ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Mimmi
Located in London, GB
Anastasia Kurakina's drawings on paper are the Vatican Museums collection since 2017 artist: Anastasia Kurakina original painting on paper one -of-a -kind hand signed Anastasi...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Tempera

Francis
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina original watercolour on paper One of a kind hand signed 2024 Collective exhibitions: 2023 London biennale, Chelsea, Old Town Hall; 2023 YICCA Inte...
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2010s Vienna Secession Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Young Elegant Lady In A Hat, Nocturne
Located in PARIS, FR
François Clément SOMMIER, known as Henry SOMM Rouen 1844 - Paris 1907 Young Elegant woman in hat, nocturnal Watercolor Signed lower right 32 x 21 cm 50 x 40 cm framed Very good cond...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Costume teatrale costruttivista" acquerello e china cm. 26 x 38 1920 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Bellissimo studio costruttivista per costume teatrale Kostantin Vialov Pittore, grafico, scenografo, artista di arti decorative e applicate. Uno dei principali artisti sovietici deg...
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1920s Constructivist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Watercolor

Italian Beauty, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Judy Mudd presents an arched doorway in Venice in a detailed impressionistic rendering. Part of her Urban collection pays homage to diverse cultural architecture. She draws enthrallment from the exquisite and cool colors of Italian design. "I wanted to capture the beauty of the accumulation of colors and the patina of the crumbling building before it is lost to history," shares Judy.


About the Artist
For Judy Mudd, creating a work of art means much more than simply reproducing something she sees. “It is more than painting a subject, it is expressing a feeling,” she explains. Judy develops her paintings with thorough reconnaissance work. She goes out on photo shoots in a variety of atmospheric conditions, sketches outdoors, takes notes, and completes color and value studies. From there, back in the studio, she lets the paintbrush guide her. In addition to being a full-time artist, Judy also conducts painting workshops and classes


Words that describe this painting: watercolor, paper, Italy, architecture, door, Venice, facade, travel, Europe, windows, canal, water, travel, arch, architecture, impressionism, travel, watercolor painting, beige


Italian Beauty...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Nudo maschile nella posa di un satiro dormiente. XIX secolo
Located in Firenze, IT
Disegno del nudo maschile. Dal 19 ° secolo Disegno su carta leggermente colorata. In buone condizioni. Il disegno rappresenta un uomo sdraiato, che si abbandona al sonno. In una posa...
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19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

Augmented Meteorite II by Oliver Ashworth-Martin - Pastel drawing, nature, plant
Located in Paris, FR
Augmented Meteorite II is a unique pastel, 23k gold leaf, cotton paper drawing by contemporary English sculptor Oliver Ashworth-Martin, dimensions including oak frame are 113 × 75 cm...
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2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gold

Marital Portrait - Drawing by Alberto Savinio - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Marital portrait is a modern artwork realized by Alberto Savinio in 1948. Pencil on paper. Hand signed by the artist and dedicated to Raffaele Carrieri. Certificate of authenticity by Ruggero Savinio...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Danseuse By Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pierre Carrier-Belleuse 1851-1932 | French Danseuse Signed “Pierre Carrier-Belleuse” (lower right) Pastel on canvas Strikingly elegant, this extraordinary pastel by French impress...
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19th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Canvas

William Drummond, Portrait Of Two Sisters, Watercolour
By William Drummond (artist)
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This beautiful portrait by British artist William Drummond (act.1800-1860) depicts two sisters within an interior. It’s a charming glimpse into the lives of these young women. Dress...
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19th Century English School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Hillside pastel by Allen Tucker
Located in Hudson, NY
Hillside (1918) Pastel on grey paper 8 ½"x7 ¾" 23 ½" x 19 ½" x 1 ½" signed "Allen Tucker March 1918" lower right. Provenance: Gift from the artist to his friend Una Brage, USA/Switz...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Figures Celebrating Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Figures by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on card size: 19.5 x 13 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Artist Cat Blue Flowers
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
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2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

Baobab N5 by Calo Carratalá - Work on paper, graphite drawing, tree, Africa
Located in Paris, FR
Baobab N5 is a unique graphite on paper mounted on a wood frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 65 × 46 cm (25.6 × 18.1 in). Dimensions of the framed ar...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Atarax by Cécile Bisciglia - Large ballpoint pen drawing on canvas, dark tones
Located in Paris, FR
Atarax is a unique drawing by contemporary artist Cécile Bisciglia. The drawing is made with ballpoint pen, acrylic and posca on canvas, dimensions are 130 × 195 cm (51.2 × 76.8 in)....
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen

Neoxpressionist / Organic painting, Soil on Hahnemühle paper, Brown.
Located in Carballo, ES
This series by the multidisciplinary artist TUSET (1997, A Coruña, Spain) titled "Land paintings (or what painting is not)", is a series of paintings that the artist had buried in th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Organic Material, Varnish, Paper

Neoxpressionist / Organic painting, Soil on Hahnemühle paper, Brown.
Located in Carballo, ES
This series by the multidisciplinary artist TUSET (1997, A Coruña, Spain) titled "Land paintings (or what painting is not)", is a series of paintings that the artist had buried in th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Organic Material, Paper, Varnish

British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting Busy Figures By Rowing Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982) original gouache painting on artist paper, unframed size: 12 x 15 inches condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal for an...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Dog 43 by David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Offset Lithograph Edition of Unknown Size 20.87 x 25.20 in 53.0 x 64.0 cm This is an original vintage David Hockney poster - it is not a later reproduction. Also available as a s...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Lithograph

Fragment of the unpredictable by F. S. Borquez - Contemporary painting, seascape
Located in Paris, FR
Requiem is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 73 × 116 cm (28.7 × 45.7 in). This painting is sold with a black shadowbox fram...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Beaches in Cap Skiring No.2 by Calo Carratalá - Pencil, Senegal, trees, river
Located in Paris, FR
Beaches in Cap Skiring No.2 is a unique oil pencil on cardboard, glued on wooden frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 80 × 139 × 4 cm (31.5 × 54.7 × 1....
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Cardboard, Wood Panel

Black Ink on white paper, Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Carballo, ES
Black And White Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2020. We can frame it in natural wood on request. The title of this works is "From the Apollonian picto...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Dog 38 by David Hockney
Located in London, GB
Offset Lithograph Edition of Unknown Size 20.87 x 25.20 in 53.0 x 64.0 cm This is an original vintage David Hockney poster - it is not a later reproduction. Also available as a ...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Lithograph

Selvas Negras n°4 by Calo Carratalá - Tropical forest landscape, work on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Selvas Negras n°4 is a unique pencil on Daler Rowney 1,4 mm paper painting by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 120 × 81 cm (47.2 × 31.9 in). Dimensions of the frame...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Requiem by Franco Salas Borquez - Black & white painting, ocean waves, seascape
Located in Paris, FR
Requiem is a unique oil on linen canvas painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 73 × 116 cm (28.7 × 45.7 in). Dimensions of the framed (black shadow box)...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Cyclone by Franco Salas Borquez - Black & white painting, ocean waves, seascape
Located in Paris, FR
Cyclone is a unique mixed technique, pigments and charcoal fixed on canvas painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 210 × 150 cm (82.7 × 59.1 in). The ar...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Charcoal, Pigment

Augmented Meteorite I by Oliver Ashworth-Martin - Pastel drawing, nature, plant
Located in Paris, FR
Augmented Meteorite I is a unique pastel, 23k gold leaf, cotton paper drawing by contemporary English sculptor Oliver Ashworth-Martin, dimensions including oak frame are 120 × 120 cm...
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2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gold

Play Drawing #6 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Play Drawing #6 Contemporary Original Pink Abstract Oil Painting This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importa...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Oil

Frontal Wave by Franco Salas Borquez - Work on paper, ocean waves, black, white
Located in Paris, FR
Frontal wave is a unique Silver ink on Canson paper painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 70 × 50 cm (27.6 × 19.7 in). Dimensions of the framed artwork...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Alma by Franco Salas Borquez - Black & white painting, ocean waves, seascape
Located in Paris, FR
Alma is a unique mixed technique, pigments and charcoal fixed on canvas, painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 160 × 245 cm (63 × 96.5 in). The artwor...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Mixed Media, Pigment

Synchromist Abstraction watercolor by Jay Van Everen
Located in Hudson, NY
Jay Van Everen was a pioneering early American abstractionist known for his affiliation with the Synchromists. His abstract color studies would take him to the forefront of the Ameri...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Flower Arrangement watercolor painting by John E. Costigan
Located in Hudson, NY
Painting measures 28" x 22" and framed 32" x 25 ½" x 2" Hand-signed "J.E. Costigan N.A." lower left. About this artist: John Costigan was a self-taught painter distinguished by hi...
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1960s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

The primitive river by Franco Salas Borquez - Contemporary painting, seascape
Located in Paris, FR
The primitive river is a unique mixed technique, pigments and charcoal fixed on canvas painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 130 × 200 cm (51.2 × 78.7 ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Paper

Tree in the wind by Guy Oberson - Work on paper, contemporary painting, chalk
Located in Paris, FR
Tree in the wind is a unique black chalk on paper painting by contemporary artist Guy Oberson, dimensions are 59 × 79 cm (23.2 × 31.1 in). The artwork is signed, sold framed and com...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Le Chien Qui Fume By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 | Russian-French Le chien qui fume (The Smoking Dog) Signed “Erté” (lower right) Gouache on paper This set design by Erté, entitled Le chien qui...
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20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Baobab N1 by Calo Carratalá - Work on paper, graphite drawing, tree, Tanzania
Located in Paris, FR
Baobab N1 is a unique graphite on paper mounted on a wood frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 65 × 46 cm (25.6 × 18.1 in). Dimensions of the framed ar...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Pyramidal Wave by Franco Salas Borquez - Contemporary painting, seascape, waves
Located in Paris, FR
Pyramidal Wave is a unique graphite on Figueras paper painting by contemporary artist Franco Salas Borquez, dimensions are 65 × 100 cm (25.6 × 39.4 in). Dimensions of the framed artw...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Mediterranean Blue Sea Waves, Handmade painting ink, Calming Ripples, Limited
Located in Carballo, ES
Blue Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2020. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request. The title of this works is "From the Apollonian pictori...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Conte Hindou En Blanc By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 | Russian-French Conte Hindou en blanc Signed “Erté”(middle right) Inscribed "No. 76 / Conte Hindou 1922" (en verso) Gouache on paper Designed f...
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20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Rodolphe by Guy Oberson - Contemporary figurative painting, portrait, man
Located in Paris, FR
Rodolphe is a unique black chalk on paper painting by contemporary artist Guy Oberson, dimensions are 140 × 120 cm (55.1 × 47.2 in). Dimensions of the framed artwork are 145 x 125 cm...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Dame D'honneur De La Princesse By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Dame d'Honneur de la princessl(Maid of Honor to the princess) Inscribed "n°1.529" (en verso) Gouache on paper In 1929, Erté maste...
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20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"Ethereum" Abstract Painting 14" x 10" inch by Amal Nasr
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ethereum" Abstract Painting 14" x 10" inch by Amal Nasr watercolor & ink on paper “New Horizon” series There is a constant quest to restore the joy of discovery and the pleasure...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Power Are My Words #2 Contemporary Original Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Power Are My Words This series looks at the emotion around words. The way we use words can be uplifting or hurtful, empowering or degrading. Words have always been a tool to suppres...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil, Pencil

Original Erte Art Deco table watercolour and ink designs, 20th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Romain de Tirtoff called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Les emotions: La Tristesse et l’Indifference Ink and watercolour Inscribed with details and signed with studio stamp (lower...
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20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Portrait of a Mother and Child by Tsuguharu Foujita
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tsuguharu Foujita 1886-1968 | Japanese-French Portrait of a Mother and Child Signed “Foujita / Paris” (lower left) Ink and watercolor on paper An artistic luminary well ahead of his time, Tsuguharu Foujita burst onto the international art scene in the early 20th century as one of the most important artists in early Japanese modernism...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Untitled wp2" Abstract Painting 22" x 18" inch by Gayatri Gamuz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled wp18" Abstract Painting 22" x 18" inch by Gayatri Gamuz Watercolor on archival paper In search of silence, in search of the self. Her work emerges from the silence within...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Mule I" Charcoal on Paper Drawing 12.5" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mule I" Charcoal on Paper Drawing 12.5" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber AHMED SABER - BIO Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor in U...
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21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

"Nude Lady" Pencil on Paper 20" x 12" inch (1954) by Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nude Lady" Pencil on Paper 20" x 12" inch (1954) by Salah Abdel Kerim Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and sisters. In 1938 he meets the famous painter Hussein Bikar and he becomes his student in the Faculty of Arts in Qena. He remained much attached to his professor all through his life. In 1940 he meets Hussein Youssef Amin and the Group of Contemporary Art at the secondary school of Farouk First in Abasya district in Cairo when he was introduced to surrealism for the first time. In 1943 he becomes a student at the Faculty of Fine Arts and graduates with excellence and honors in 1947. In 1948 he becomes an assistant to the interior decoration section at the FFA. He is then sent to a mission in Paris in 1952 and he becomes a student to Paul Colin and A.Marie Cassandre for publicity and theatre design. He then moves to Rome in 1956 to study cinema design. In 1957 he received the international prize in painting from San Vito Romano, Italy, and obtains his Ph.D. from Centro Sperimental di Cinemato Grafia. Back in Egypt in 1958, he is appointed professor at the FFA where he started experimenting with his masterpieces sculptures in wrote iron...
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20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Boat on the Marañón River, Jungle series - Contemporary Drawing, work on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Boat on the Marañón River is a drawing by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, from the "Jungle" series. This piece of art portrays a man boating down the river Marañón - a tr...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Chanel watchmaking by Guy Oberson - work on paper, contemporary, portrait
Located in Paris, FR
Black chalk on paper, 80 cm × 120 cm. Guy Oberson shades the black chalk with a multitude of vertical streaks which alters the perception of the subject, making the interpretation of...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

English Judge by Cécile Bisciglia - Large ballpoint pen drawing on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Ballpoint pen, acrylic and posca on canvas, 200 x 200 cm (6 ft. 6 x 6 ft. 6) With this series, French artist Cécile Bisciglia explores animality. Armed with ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen

Privacy Area by Cécile Bisciglia - Large ballpoint pen drawing on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Ballpoint pen, acrylic and posca on canvas, 200 x 200 cm (6 ft. 6 x 6 ft. 6) With this series, French artist Cécile Bisciglia explores animality. Armed with ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen

Baobab N7 by Calo Carratalá - work on paper, graphite drawing, sold framed
Located in Paris, FR
Graphite on paper Arches 360 gr mounted on a wood frame. Artwork sold framed with a methacrylate box, 46 cm × 65 cm. Calo Carratalá is a contemporary Spanish artist, based in Valencia, specializing in landscapes. With a passion for traveling, he has visited the Amazon, Colorado, the Alps and the Pyrenees, the forests of Norway... Always armed with sketching pad...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Paper

"Musicians" Trumpeters, Jazz, Watercolor, pencil cm.12 x 8 1946
Located in Torino, IT
Musicians" Trumpeters, Jazz Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 – Vence, 1974) He was born in Paris but spent his childhood and adolescence in Amiens, where he attended the Academy ...
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1940s French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

"The Pyramid of Marriage" Drawing 20" x 14" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Pyramid of Marriage" Drawing 20" x 14" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades and has ...
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20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

William Glackens Drawing Titled "M. Durand... Arrived on the Scene", Dated 1903
Located in New York, NY
William Glackens, 1870-1938 M. Durand... Arrived on the Scene, 1903 Ink, wash, charcoal and Chinese white on paper Signed (at lower left): W. Glackens...
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Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Arnold Rönnebeck Graphite on Paper Drawing, "I’m a Little Blackbird", ca. 1924
Located in New York, NY
Arnold Rönnebeck, 1885 – 1947 I’m a Little Blackbird..., c. 1924 Graphite on paper Estate stamp
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1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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.

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