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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Lull in Summer Rain
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
Kennedy Galleries, New York;
DC Moore Gallery, New York;
Private collection, Ireland, until 2012
Exhibitions
New York, DC Moore Gallery, Charles Burchfield Paintings, 19...
Category
1910s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vogue - Original Ink and Tempera by Fortunato Depero - 1929 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed lower left: “Depero”.
Certificate of authenticity by the Archive of Fortunato Depero.
In 1929, Fortunato Depero realized some proposals for internal illustrations of t...
Category
1920s Futurist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Tempera
Bucket of Champagne
Located in Nashville, TN
Bucket of Champagne, is a vibrant and dynamic painting that combines abstract expression with a hint of realism. The composition features a rich palette of reds, blues, yellows, and ...
Category
2010s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Landscape. Paper, watercolor, 42x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape. Paper, watercolor, 42x30 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1947...
Category
1970s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Silence - line drawing figure with red gloves
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The works are 15 by 11 inches in size, framed (black) with a styrene face on a mat board in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting Park Pond with Fountain
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist:
Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed
Title: The Park Fountain
Medium:
signed gouache on paper, loosely laid over c...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid 20th Century French Charcoal Drawing - Portrait of a Standing Nude Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Portrait"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
pencil/ charcoal on thick paper, unframed
paper size: 25 x 19 inches
Beautifully decorative, mid 20th century French origin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Oil
Woman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Black marker drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the 1960s.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
French Watercolor Painting of “Le Village de Pêcheurs” at Le Canon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor Painting of “Le Village de Pêcheurs” at Le Canon
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, unframed
Si...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
In Bed - Original Watercolor by Jean Demelier - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
In Bed is original watercolor drawing realized by Jean Demelier in 1968.
Hand-signed at the top left.
Very good conditions.
Included a white Passepartout: 34 x 49 cm.
Delicate and en...
Category
1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
MB 017 (Figurative Life Drawing of Female Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style life drawing of female nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 017"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 22 inches unframed
Signed, lowe...
Category
2010s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Mid Century French Drawing of a Classical Bald Male Bust
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Male Bust
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper
Size: 19 (height) x 12.5 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condition:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Nude - Pen on Ivory Paper by Fausto Ghia - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in pen on ivory paper realized by Fausto Ghia.
Hand-signed on the lower left with dedication.
The state of preservation is very good.
Included a Passep...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pen
Unique hand signed flower drawing on Michael Jackson & Bubbles print from SFMOMA
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
JEFF KOONS
Original Flower drawing on Michael Jackson and Bubbles poster (Hand Signed), 1992
Drawing done in marker on offset lithograph
25 × 39 inches
Hand signed and dated '92 in b...
Category
1990s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Felt Pen, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny Marsal
By Mariano Fortuny Y Marsal
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mariano Fortuny Marsal: 1838-1874. Very important and well listed Spanish artist. He has auction results for oil paintings over 1.1 million dollars a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Composition #17", Mixed Media Figure Drawing on Stretched Canvas with Collage
Located in St. Louis, MO
Joseph Piccillo’s meticulous charcoal and graphite drawings and paintings reveal an exquisite draftsmanship tempered by emotional sensitivity. Piccillo presents an action-based assem...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Varnish, Mixed Media, Pencil
Iris - Botanical Study
By Deborah Eddy
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor, pen and ink floral study of a purple iris, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.194...
Category
1980s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Blue Boy of the North Atlantic - Octopus on Antique Nautical Chart Gyotako Style
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on a nautical chart, in this case a pilot chart of the Northern Atlantic Ocean from 1945, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Blue Boy of the North Atlantic
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
23h x 37w in
58.42h x 93.98w cm
JEC111
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings of calligraphy, which then gave rise to printing . This tradition dates back to the mid-1800s and was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Prints were made using Sumi ink and Washi paper. It is rumored that Samurai would settle fishing competitions using Gyotaku prints...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Ballerina - Watercolor by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Hand signed lower left.
Very good condition, includes a coeval wooden frame.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on Ma...
Category
1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Gold Rush Town Columbia, California Landscape by Lillie Heebner
By L. Heebner
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful figurative landscape watercolor painting of Columbia, California, showing two men in cowboy hats. By Lillie Eesther (Hillman) Heebner, a Monterey Bay area artist. Signed "L....
Category
1970s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Basquiat 1979 Drawing (Basquiat Lounge Lizards draing)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Lounge Lizards 1979:
Impossibly rare original hand-drafted flyer by Basquiat for a performance by his close friend, John Lurie & the Lounge Lizards at Squat The...
Category
1970s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Preliminary drawing for Remy de Gourmont, Couleurs, (Colors, new tales follow...
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for Remy de Gourmont, Couleurs, published in Le Mercure de France
(Colors, new tales follow old things), 1908
Graphite and colored pencil, 1926
Signed in pencil l...
Category
1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
Cliffs at Paramé, France, 20th century seascape & landscape watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Cliffs at Paramé, France, c. 1926
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
14 x 17.5 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17...
Category
1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fauvist Shipyard
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and bold shipyard by an unknown artist. Presented in a new cream mat. Paper size: 10.25"H x 14.25"W; Mat size: 13"H x 18"W
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Colorful profusion of flowers"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to the scenes of a summer period.
This painting is called "Colorful profusion...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Fabulous, 1951 Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait of a Man by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, 1951 Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait of a Man by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork Size: 12 x 9 1/2 inches. Artwork is unframed, matted ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Strike Breakers — social realism, Great Depression
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Daniel Ralph Celentano, Untitled (Strike Breakers) pencil, c. 1934. Signed, lower right. A fine, social-realist drawing, on cream wove paper, with margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches), in...
Category
1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
G. Rushton - Framed 19th Century Watercolour, Flagon Drinker
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely painted watercolour portrait of an old man in green hat and yellow cloak, drinking from a flagon. Signed G. Rushton to the lower right. Presented in a quality gilt effect fr...
Category
19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1910's Art Deco Erte Gouache Painting Original Hand Signed Rare French Costume
By Erté
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare original signed Art Deco gouache on paper by Erte (Romain de Tirtoff)
.
This stunning theatrical costume design is signed Erte at the lower right.
The piece is 20 by 18 fram...
Category
1910s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
MB 005 (Modern, Traditional Style Figurative Life Drawing of Muscular Male Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative nude drawing on Arches paper
graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
22 x 15 inches unframed
Contemporary figurative life study drawing of a reclining male nu...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté, Graphite
Abstract geometric composition with hints of the female body.
Located in Firenze, IT
Abstract geometric composition with hints of the female body
Date: Circa 1970
Medium: Tempera on thick cardboard
Dimensions: H 64 cm x W 50 cm approx.
Description: This abstract geo...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Illustration Board
" Profil d'Homme "
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889 - 1963 )
" Profil d'homme " circa 1930 .
signé et daté .
Le Livre Blanc ( ouvrage N°1 ) de jean Cocteau
collection Anne-marie Julien .
dessin : 27 X 21 cm
enca...
Category
1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour - Traditional Geisha
Located in Corsham, GB
This early 20th century watercolour & gouache study depicts a beautiful Japanese Geisha wearing a luxurious silk kimono, adorned with delicate embroidery and hand-painting. Every par...
Category
Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Cubist Portrait of a Young Man
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Cubist Portrait of a Young Man by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A small gem, this charming studio portrait study is charc...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
1950's Big Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Peaceful Backstreets Of French Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on paper mounted in a card frame
size: 25.5 x 21 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed - wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Dancing Couple
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Attributed to Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger (Paris, 1715 – 1790)
Dancing Couple
Circa 1765–1770
Red chalk on cream paper; verso in black and red chalk
34 × 21 cm
Provenance:
...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
MB 806 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing on Paper of Two Muscular Male Nudes)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative nude drawing made with graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches unframed
This unique life study drawing of two male nude models was made by Mark...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
"Just bananas"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to the scenes of everyday life.
This painting is called "Just bananas".
This...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled 598, Gray Blue, Lavender Blue, Olive Green, Mauve, Leaf Patterns
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully ordered patterns and geometric shapes in a lavender shade of blue and periwinkle blue with a delicate navy leaf pattern complement a soft grayish blue background. Signed on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Christmas Steps and St Bartholomew’s Hospital
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Christmas Steps and St Bartholomew’s Hospital
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measure...
Category
20th Century English School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
If They Look Close Enough They'll Find Her - Figurative Watercolor Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
King's College Cambridge River Cam 1920s Art Deco Jazz Age watercolour art
Located in London, GB
Anonymous
King's College Cambridge with the River Cam and Bridge to foreground
51x63.5cm
Watercolour
c. 1920s
A fine, and large, view of King's College. The...
Category
1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Positano
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ink and watercolor drawing by Carl Palme, dated 1921 and signed "CP," captures the narrow alleys of Positano. According to a note on the reverse, it is a study for an oil painting measuring 70x60 cm. Works from the early 20th century by Carl Palme are rare, making this piece particularly significant.
Drawing 20x24cm. With frame 34x36cm
Carl Adolf Palme (1879 – 1960) was a Swedish painter, draftsman, printmaker, and author. Born in Stockholm to bank director Henrik Palme and Anna Lavonius, he grew up on the Svalnäs estate, which is now a guest home and senior residence.
Palme's artistic education began in London at the Slade School of Fine Art (1900–1901). He then studied at Wassily Kandinsky's art school in Munich from 1902 to 1904. In 1907, he moved to Paris and became the first Swedish student of Henri Matisse. Palme was instrumental in founding the Académie Matisse, a collective of young Swedish and Norwegian artists who rented a large studio in Paris. Matisse visited weekly to critique their work. This group included notable artists such as Isaac Grünewald, Sigrid Hjertén, and Einar Jolin...
Category
1920s Other Art Style Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
'Kneeling Nude', American Modernist Graphite Figural Study
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "M. Decker" for Michael Decker (American, 20th Century) and created circa 1975.
An elegant graphite and india ink figural study showing a young woman kneeling an...
Category
1970s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink
Chapel and houses along a lake, New England Landscape - American School, 19th C
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and pencil on buff wove watercolor paper, 10 x 8 inches (255 x 203 mm). In good condition with overall minor toning. Some watercolor paint splatters on the verso, contem...
Category
Early 1900s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Mid 20th Century French Charcoal Drawing - Portrait of a Standing Nude Women
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Portrait"
by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013)
pencil/ charcoal on thick paper, unframed
paper size: 25 x 19.5 inches
Beautifully decorative, mid 20th century French orig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Oil
At The Beach, Watercolor, Signature To Identify
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
At the beach.
Watercolor.
Signature to be identified.
Watercolor (at sight): 22.5 x 31.5 cm
Frame: 37.5 x 46.5 cm
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Wind River, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The first morning light stretches across the lake at Wind River, Wyoming. As the sky brightens, the woods remain shadowed, and the world slowly wakes. A crisp c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mythological combat scene with Roman soldiers on horseback.
By Virgil Solis
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and brownish black ink on grayish-cream laid paper, 6 1/2 x 8 inches (165 x 175 mm), irregular hexagonal sheet with margins. Some archival repairs along the top sheet edge, scatt...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Pen
Untitled 06 - Contemporary Abstract Painting, Colorful Framed Composition
Located in Salzburg, AT
Dominika Krechowicz is a professor at the Gdansk GUT
The Art works from this series are painted with acrylic technique on fabriano watercolor paper. They were created from 2010 to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'San Francisco and the Bay', Early California Woman Artist, Palo Alto Art Club
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Elva Senter' (American, 1891-1973) and painted circa 1975; additionally inscribed verso.
Born in Callao, Missouri, Elva Senter moved to Oklahoma with her famil...
Category
1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mid Century French Pencil Study of Various Animals
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pencil Study of Various Animals
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil and Paper
Size: 6.25 (height) x 9.75 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle of Life
By Isabel Rock
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...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
18th Century Pastel Portrait of a Gentleman
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 18th Century pastel portrait on paper of a bearded gentleman. Presented under glass in a fine period gilded carved wood frame.
A cha...
Category
Late 18th Century Rococo Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Mixed media painting in monograph, Signed & inscribed to Museum Trustees, Framed
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney
Hockney Paints the Stage (Signed and inscribed to Walker Museum trustees), 1983
Original acrylic, watercolor and ink painting done on title page of monograph (Signed an...
Category
1980s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Humorous Gentleman's Magazine cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Cartoon sketch, ca. 1955. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Unsigned with editor's notations.
From a group of sketches meant to be preliminary drafts for editor appro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Fine Late 19th Century Watercolour - Lucy
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine and detailed watercolour portrait in the realist style, entitled 'Lucy, Early Period' from an inscription to the reverse. The artist has chosen to depict the sitter in profi...
Category
19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, 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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