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Medium: Paper
Sepia Crayon Painting called At Full Gallop, by English Artist James Gillick
By James Gillick
Located in Stockholm, SE
This striking artwork, titled "At Full Gallop," is a testament to James Gillick's profound admiration for horses and his extraordinary skill as an artist. Executed in sepia crayon on...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
The French Rooster
Located in London, GB
'The French Rooster', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). A Mid-Century modern depiction of the French coq, or rooster. The origin o...
Category
1960s Modern Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$2,423 Sale Price
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Untitled - Scorpion By Damien Hirst
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Untitled - Scorpion
By Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst is a British contemporary artist known for his provocative and often
controversial works that explore themes of life, death, and th...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Red Green
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 takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Isabel Rock , 'Maud' 200 x 107cm, collaged woodblock print and acrylic ink on 410gsm Somerset Satin paper.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free
In Rock's own words,
Maud
'Maud was a legend in the city. A legend that walked the streets and lived and breathed in the minds of the townsfolk so strongly that no one was sure any more if she was real or not.
The tap...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
Early 20th Century Spaniel Dog Portrait "Odin" after Edwin Landseer
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and period portrait of a beautiful spaniel done in charcoal signed "Lee" on verso, c.1913-1917. Although this is by an unknown artist it is an excellent example of Philadelphia Sketch Club quality drawing. Displayed in a distressed black vintage wood frame with mat. Image, 11"H x 13"W; frame dimensions 17"H x 19"W x 1"D. Phildelphia, PA. Gallery and Frame Makers label on verso. Based on the address and history we know the drawing to be 1913-1917.
Founded by Adolph and George Newman...
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1910s Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
$940 Sale Price
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A Three Horse Race Framed 20th Century Original Horse Racing Watercolor Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Rattenbury Skeaping.
English ( b.1901 - d.1980 ).
A Three Horse Race, 1963.
Gouache & Watercolor.
Signed & Dated Lower Left.
Image size 15.6 inches x 21.5 inches ( 39.5cm x 54...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Gouache
"Untitled 3, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 3" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts bison in a golden prairie.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$225 Sale Price
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Black Mirror - Japanese Style Gyotaku Fish Painting on Mulberry Paper Framed
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a Gyotaku method painting of two fish on a mulberry paper background. This fish impression using minimal color is akin to a fossil. The mulberry paper has a soft hue and slightly wavy texture adding the overall feel of the artwork. The artwork is framed and matted. The framed dimensions are 25 x 36.5 inches.
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression. It is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice which dates back to the mid-1800s. This form of nature printing was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Gyotaku is a Japanese method of printmaking that traditionally utilizes fish, sea creatures or similar subjects as printing "plates" in its process. The literal translation of the word is "fish stone rubbing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper
Two Game Birds - Trompe l'Oeil Style in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Game Birds - Trompe l'Oeil Style in Pastel on Paper
Two birds in a realistic style by LV Seely (19th Century). The birds are hanging by their feet, as if they have just been hun...
Category
1890s Victorian Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
$580 Sale Price
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Cattle, Goats and Sheep Grazing, Orientalist Gouache and Watercolour on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century orientalist watercolour of cattle grazing signed Aiveill bottom right.
In art history, Orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects in the Eastern world. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Robin Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
404
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Robin
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pink Flamingos in Lakeland British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Flamingo's
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
original watercolor painting on thick artist paper, unframed
size: 10.5 x 11.5 inches
condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal for an unframed work, minor staining from age/ light to the surface
provenance: from a large private collection of this artists work in the UK
The artist:
Born in Warwick in 1901, Duffield came to Bristol at the age of 23 as an artist at the studio of Mardon Son and Hall. He worked as an illustrator producing designs for cigarette cards, remaining with the company for 37 years until his retirement. He was elected an Artist Member of the Bristol Savages in 1946. He was an extremely keen and regular attender not only in the studio but at all other Savage functions. He was noted for his friendly demeanour and seldom seen without a pipe in his mouth. He was a good pianist and would play popular tunes after the Wednesday evenings’ entertainment for members to join in singing and always with his pipe in his mouth. In 1965 he was commissioned by the Gloucester Regiment to paint a portrait of Brigadier Manley Angell James, VC, DSO, MBE, MC, a Bristol man who won his VC during the first World War. The painting is now in the Imperial War Museum. Frank was made a Life Member in 1973 and died in 1982.
Frank Duffiled was a member of the artist group, known as "The Bristol Savages":
Founded in 1894 by Ernest Ehlers, he invited his fellow Bristol based artists to spend a friendly evening in his studio to work and talk. At first, meetings were held in their private studios, then as their numbers grew, in rented premises. By 1904 this led to the official founding of the Bristol Savages and the holding ever since, of similar weekly meetings between October and May each year. In 1905 the first exhibition of paintings was held at the premises of George Nichols & Co., an auctioneer in Broad Street, Bristol. During the next 14 years exhibitions were held annually in Bristol and their first permanent home was Brandon Cottage which was made available to them through the good offices of fellow member James Fuller Eberle. When the Red Lodge...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Indian Miniature watercolour on paper Mid 20th c fine detail playful Krishna
Located in Norfolk, GB
Indian miniature showing Krishna, cows and the gopis (girls)
Watercolour on paper, c mid 20th century
Size Mounted: 33 x 22 cm
Image Size: 24.2 x 13.4 cm
Signed bottom right with a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Solarium. Drawing, oil bar, ink and colored pencils
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil bar, Pencil, Petal Flowers and Ink on Paper.
The base of this drawing is 120g/m2 Fabriano paper. I use natural dyes from flowers, herbs, leaves, and tree bark as the first drawi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil, Oil Pastel
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle 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 Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour Silk applied Handmade Paper. La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Signed bottom left. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Carbon Pencil, Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Silk
Black Crow (2021)
By Rob Kaniuk
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Watercolor and salt on cold press paper
Black crow portrait with blue highlights on gold yellow background
Hand-signed by artist
Framing available
Certifica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Raven Reads the Lines: Chalk Drawing of Black Bird on Vintage Book Pages
Located in Hudson, NY
Raven Reads the Lines (Chalk Drawing of Black Bird on Vintage Book Pages) by Louise Laplante
chalk on vintage collaged book pages.
Artwork measures ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Pair of 19th century English chalk drawing on paper of Cockerel
Located in Woodbury, CT
William Huggins was born in Liverpool, England on the 13th of May, 1820. His parents were Samuel and Elisabeth Huggins. He took his first drawing lessons from the Liverpool Mechanics...
Category
1870s Victorian Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$3,160 Sale Price
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Drawing, Pastel, Ink And Colored Pencils. "Free Spirits"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper.
The base of this drawing is Fabriano paper of 120g /m2. I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the fir...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Pencil, Color Pencil
Vulture, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
287
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Vulture
Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Orange
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 takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Blue Birds
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 Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Two Ducks - Trompe l'Oeil Style in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Ducks - Trompe l'Oeil Style in Pastel on Paper
Two ducks in a realistic style by LV Seely (19th Century). The birds are hanging by their feet, as if they have just been hunted. ...
Category
1890s Victorian Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
$580 Sale Price
20% Off
Hummingbird in Flight, Colorful Miniaturist Realist Painting on Parchment
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
A captivating miniature painting by renowned artist Dina Brodsky, known for her masterful technique in gouache and watercolor. This exquisite work, painted on authentic animal parchm...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Parchment Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Harbor - Figure With Horse - Modern Figurative Nature and Landscape Drawing
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork is in simple black frames behind glass. The full signature is on the back of the drawing.
Hanna Banaszczyk is a graduate of the Faculty of Painting and Drawing at the Un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle 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 takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
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 Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
'Tropical Fish', Psychedelic Piscatorial, Aquatic
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Murray' and painted circa 1990.
A large and vibrant study of three colorful fishes shown stacked vertically.
Category
1990s Folk Art Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
Early 20thC Watercolor and Gouache. 'Gentlemen at the Races, Point to Pointing'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century watercolour of a gentleman on horseback with other riders in the background apparently signed or titled 'Count A de Monthaus'. Signed or titled bottom left. Presented in fine period gilt frame under glass.
The artist has captured a moment of pause, the gentlemen rider in his fine clothes and bowler hat regarding his surroundings as his fellow riders continue the chase behind him, possibly a 'point to point'. Monthaus has captured the stance of the standing horse as well as the movement of the other horses. He has used white to give light and definition to the costume of the rider and the background. A lovely atmospheric and dynamic watercolour very much of its period and in the spirit of equine portraiture made famous by the likes of Sir Alfred Munnings.
Sir Alfred James Munnings, KCVO PRA RI (8 October 1878 – 17 July 1959) was known as one of England's finest painters of horses, and as an outspoken critic of Modernism. Engaged by Lord Beaverbrook's Canadian War...
Category
Early 20th Century Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Gouache, Pencil
Eagle Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
353
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Eagle
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$96 Sale Price
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"Ravens" Miniature Watercolor Birds in Flight with Hand-Cut Paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Ravens" is an original piece by Nayan and Venus 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 woo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fox, Animal, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
338
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Fox
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (30...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pair of watercolours. Possibly Views From The Santa Fe Railroad
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century crayon and watercolour on paper views by American artist Edgar Alwin Payne, both signed A.E.Payne bottom right, one dated '18. Und...
Category
Early 20th Century Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Watercolor
$3,576 Sale Price
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Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil, Gouache
John Fincher Stallions Watercolor
By John Fincher
Located in New York, NY
John Fincher (American, b. 1941)
Physical Activities, c. Late 20th Century
Watercolor and collage on paper
Sight: 16 1/4 x 23 3/4 in.
Framed: 22 x 30 1/4 x 1 3/8 in.
Provenance:
Th...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Mallard duck couple diorama
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Mallard duck couple diorama" is an original watercolor and layered hand-cut paper artwork by Nayan and Vaishali measuring 10.25”h x 10.25”w framed
.
Vai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dancing Birds
By Adonna Khare
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original drawing on paper. Adonna Khare is an America Artist mainly focused on carbon pencil on paper drawings. She received her Masters of Fine Art from California...
Category
2010s Photorealist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
Kingfisher, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
253
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Kingfisher
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
One Thousand And One Nights French Orientalism Art Nouveau Decorative Period
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
A. Lesueur
French 19ème siècle
Les Mille Et Une Nuits – One Thousand & One Nights, 1892
Charcoal on paper heightened with white.
Signed & dated 1892 lower right.
Image size 23.6 inc...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Siren - Contemporary Art, Nude, Female, Nature, White, Blue, Gray, Flowers
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Siren, 2015
Collage on cardboard
27 9/16 H x 39 3/8 W in.
70 H x 100 W cm
The artist's reference on fundamental myths of humanity and their analysis from the perspective of contempo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Cardboard
"Scarlet Ibis, Red Chair" Contemporary Surrealist Painting, red bird on chair
Located in New York, NY
A red ibis perches on a red armchair in this contemporary surrealist painting by New York artist, Thomas Broadbent. The long legs of this water bird complement the design of the cha...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Landscape with Man and Goats
Located in London, GB
'Landscape with Man and Goats', gouache on paper, by Raymond Guerrier (circa 1960s). After the artist moved from Paris to the South of France, he started painting landscapes illumina...
Category
1960s Modern Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$881 Sale Price
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Three Setters on Point
By Edmund Henry Osthaus
Located in Missouri, MO
Three Setters on Point
Edmund Henry Osthaus (German, 1858-1928)
Watercolor on Paper
Signed Lower Right
18 x 27 inches
24.5 x 33.5 inches with frame
Born in Hildesheim, Germany, Edmu...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled (Four Horses)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cahuilla/Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians/Apache
Billy Soza War Soldier was a pioneering Native American artist and activist whose work powerfully reflects the intersections of Indige...
Category
20th Century Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
$7,125 Sale Price
25% Off
Animal Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Birds
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 takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Ink, Archival Paper, Pen
Animal Capers (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Animal Capers, ca. 1970 .
Ink on illustration board, image measures 20 inches. inches; illustration panel measures 21.5 inches. Unsigned.
Minor staining evident in detail photos
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively.
In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery.
During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic.
A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe.
Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content.
Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Set of Four Butterflies. French Watercolours on Silk Laid on Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Two are signed by the artist to the bottom righ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Academic Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Silk, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
$3,052 Sale Price
36% Off
Dragon Sunset
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the artist
Exhibited
The Imaginary, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California, March 10 – May 19, 2019
Framed 20.25" x 16.25" x 1....
Category
2010s Other Art Style Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Herony III - color pencil drawing of newly hatched Heron
Located in Chicago, IL
This color pencil drawing is reminiscent of a John James Audubon drawing with its precision and attention to detail, from the top of its downy head to its craggy feet. A baby heron...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Archival Paper
Grazing Cattle - Miniature Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Small landscape with cows by Carmel artist Cetin (20th Century). Two cows are grazing in the foreground. Beyond the cows, a field stretches out towards a...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Postcard
$316 Sale Price
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The Band by Gabrielle Pool. Ink drawing on paper of three adolescent giraffes
Located in Coltishall, GB
A band of brothers. A group of cool, adolescent giraffes with attitude
Gabrielle Pool’s inks on paper of wild animals from the African savannah are simple and charming. Using an u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Picasso's Dove, vibrant colorful and minimalist painting on paper
Located in Carballo, ES
Original drawing by the artist TUSET (1997, A Coruña), one of the young promises of contemporary Spanish painting. The work is original and includes a certificate of authenticity, it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Felt Pen
$810 Sale Price
20% Off
Eagle, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
321
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Eagle
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Stillness- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a rabbit in the field
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Rosanna Gaddoni
Stillness
50 x 41 cm ( framed in wood frame with museum glass)
Measurement with included frame: 57 x 65 cm
Italian artist Rosanna Gadd...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Handmade Paper
Cardinal, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
322
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Cardinal
Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Congregation - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting of Koi on Marbled Mulberry Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. Wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper
Fox amidst the Hay Bales on Misty Morning in a Field in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Fox amidst the Hay Bales on a Misty Morning in a Field in the English Countryside, by British Artist Andrew Hutchinson
Art measures 22 x 10 inches
F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Foam Board, Illustration Board
Paraguayan Ink Drawings from the Chaco #14 Paper Indigenous Sebastian Alvarez
Located in Houston, TX
Jack Meier Gallery purchased and framed these drawings from the Indigenous artist Sebastian Alvarez in 2025. A percentage of the proceeds will be sent to Sebastian Alvarez family in ...
Category
2010s Folk Art Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
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 Paper Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
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