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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Color:  Gray
C 20th Portrait of Female Nude by Hollywood favourite Vargas: 'Reclining Nude'
Located in London, GB
Alberto Vargas was a Peruvian artist best known for his drawings and paintings of pin-up girls that were featured in many notable publications in the 20th century including Esquire a...
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Late 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

"Spring Spirit Garden, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Spirit Garden" is an original watercolor painting on Japanese rice paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece utilizes the wet-on-wet ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Rice Paper, Watercolor

"Electric Dragon, " a Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Electric Dragon" is an original watercolor painting signed lower center by the artist David Barnett. It depicts a bright red dragon with electric yellow shapes emanating from it. ...
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1960s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

FOOTBALL STATUE THROUGH THE TREES - UC BERKELEY 1921 ORIGINAL YEARBOOK PASTEL
Located in Santa Monica, CA
PEDRO J. LEMOS (American, 1882-1954) FOOTBALL STATUE THROUGH THE TREES - UC BERKELEY 1921 - THE ORIGINAL YEARBOOK PASTEL Pastel drawing on colored paper 12 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches. Full signature in pastel, Pedro J Lemos. In good condition. A few bits of old tape at the corners, verso. THE 1921 UC BERKELEY YEARBOOK CONTAINED SEVERAL LEMOS PASTEL REPRODUCTIONS. Pedro de Lemos was an important proponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. He produced some of the finest color woodcuts of the period as well as fine pastels, paintings and architecture. He was also an instructor and director of the Stanford University Art Department, From Wikipedia: Pedro Joseph de Lemos (25 May 1882 – 5 December 1954) was an American painter, printmaker, architect, illustrator, writer, lecturer, museum director and art educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to about 1930 he used the simpler name Pedro Lemos or Pedro J. Lemos; between 1931 and 1933 he changed the family name to de Lemos, believing that he was related to the Count de Lemos (1576–1622), patron of Miguel de Cervantes. Much of his work was influenced by traditional Japanese woodblock printing and the Arts and Crafts Movement. He became prominent in the field of art education, and he designed several unusual buildings in Palo Alto and Carmel-by-the-Sea, California..... In 1911 he began teaching decorative design at the San Francisco Institute of Art.[8] In late 1912 he was one of the founders the California Society of Etchers, and the following year he started offering the Institute's first classes in printmaking. Some of his students, such as William S. Rice and John W. Winkler (1894-1979), went on to achieve significant fame as printmakers. He helped organize the California print...
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1910s Tonalist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

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

"Untitled wp20" Abstract Painting 22" x 18" inch by Gayatri Gamuz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled wp20" Abstract Painting 22" x 18" inch by Gayatri Gamuz Watercolor on archival paper In search of silence, in search of the self. Her work em...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Early Jean Cocteau, Self Portrait, ink drawing, 1922
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889 – 1963) Self portrait, Le Voyageur dans les glaces (the traveller in the ice) Executed in 1922 Inscribed and dated ‘Juillet 1922, Lavandon’ (lower right) Indian Ink on paper 9.1/2 x 7.1/2 in. (24 x 19 cm.) Bibiography: Jean Cocteau ‘Dessins...
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20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Paper

Mid Century White Pine Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive botanical watercolor of a White Pine tree by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" lower left. Unframed. Image size: 22"H x 15"W Doris Ann Warner began ...
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1960s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

The Boy Who Came From the Sea - narrative, abstracted figurative work on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Rising above a strip of inky black, a black rag doll figure rendered in calligraphic brushstrokes meets three curved lines resembling waves in this pain...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Ink, Latex

Antonia's Line (for Marleen Gorris) - black and white, abstract ink on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Antonia's Line, named after the Dutch film written and directed by Marleen Gorris. The film has been described as a "feminist fairy tale," tells the story of the independent Antonia ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Latex

Figurative Ink Painting N.2 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin
Located in Paris, FR
Figurative Ink on Cotton paper Painting N.1 'Vessels II' by Dmitry Samygin H.27 x 19.5 cm About Dmitry Samygin Furniture and Product Designer. His approach relies on simple forms and clarity in ideas with carefully chosen materials to expose the essence of an object. His products exemplify humanistic design, comfort in everyday use and ergonomic function. He is a prize-winner in international competitions. He has taken part in exhibitions in Paris, Milan and Moscow, collaborates with European and Russian production, architectural and design companies. Since 2021 Dmitriy's design has been presented in a permanent exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Moscow. Dmitry's graphics and designs are in private collections all over the world. Samygin's Awards 2023 I+D / Design Now / winner (product design & decor) 2021 Red dot / Modul 2021 I+D magazine award / Shelter (covers for the sculptures of Moscow State Architectural Museum) 2020 Best 2020 AD Russia 2019 Andrew World...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Cotton, Paper, Ink

Figurative Ink Painting N.1 'Vessels' by Dmitry Samygin
Located in Paris, FR
Figurative Ink on Cotton paper Painting N.1 'Vessels' by Dmitry Samygin H.27 x 19.5 cm About Dmitry Samygin Furniture and Product Designer. His approach relies on simple forms and clarity in ideas with carefully chosen materials to expose the essence of an object. His products exemplify humanistic design, comfort in everyday use and ergonomic function. He is a prize-winner in international competitions. He has taken part in exhibitions in Paris, Milan and Moscow, collaborates with European and Russian production, architectural and design companies. Since 2021 Dmitriy's design has been presented in a permanent exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Moscow. Dmitry's graphics and designs are in private collections all over the world. Samygin's Awards 2023 I+D / Design Now / winner (product design & decor) 2021 Red dot / Modul 2021 I+D magazine award / Shelter (covers for the sculptures of Moscow State Architectural Museum) 2020 Best 2020 AD Russia 2019 Andrew World...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Cotton, Paper, Ink

Blue Jay, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
58 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Subject: Blue Jay, Size: 12 x 1...
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2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Not Art, Word Art Calligraphy Painting, Acrylic Vivid Background, Red and Green
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Not Art" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. The hand-drawn render is reminiscent and inspired by the word art...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

White Iris & Spring Flowers Bouquet, Mid Century Floral Still Life
By Harriette Draper Gale
Located in Soquel, CA
White Iris & Spring Flowers Bouquet, Mid Century Floral Still Life Beautiful mid century floral watercolor still life of a bouquet with white irises and other blooming flowers by H...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Sparrow, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
65 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Subject: Sparrow, Size: 12 x 16...
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2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

"Structures D04" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Art Deco Portrait of a Young Blonde
By Franc Root McCreery
Located in Buffalo, NY
A beautiful pastel portrait by American female modern artist Franc Root McCreery Franc Root McCreery (1888-1957) Born: Dodge City, Kansas, US Franc Root M...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

Gold Finch, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
73 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Subject: Gold Finch...
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2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Wren, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
81 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art, Subject: Wren, Size: 12 x 16 in...
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2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

"Symbiotic String III" Paint on paper nature soft shapes neutral curves contrast
Located in Hamburg, HH
“Symbiotic Strings” is a series of three small studies of acrylic on paper created in 2024 by Amanda Andersen. Minimal forms grow into each other with a simplicity and serenity simi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Graphite

C - 3
Located in Milano, IT
A meditative suspended calm of color, recalling an iconic theme. Painting through dynamic and oblique forms mixing western and oriental zen colors as the sides of the paintings expan...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Color Pencil, Pigment

C - 5
Located in Milano, IT
A meditative suspended calm of color, recalling an iconic theme. Painting through dynamic and oblique forms mixing western and oriental zen colors as the sides of the paintings expan...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

C - 4
Located in Milano, IT
A meditative suspended calm of color, recalling an iconic theme. Painting through dynamic and oblique forms mixing western and oriental zen colors as the sides of the paintings expan...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Color Pencil, Pigment

C - 22
Located in Milano, IT
A meditative suspended calm of color, recalling an iconic theme. Painting through dynamic and oblique forms mixing western and oriental zen colors as the sides of the paintings expan...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Color Pencil, Pigment

"Symbiotic String I" Paint on paper, nature soft shapes, neutral curves contrast
Located in Hamburg, HH
“Symbiotic Strings” is a series of three small studies of acrylic on paper created in 2024 by Amanda Andersen. Minimal forms grow into each other with a simplicity and serenity simi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Graphite

"Symbiotic String II" Paint on paper, nature soft shapes neutral curves contrast
Located in Hamburg, HH
“Symbiotic Strings” is a series of three small studies of acrylic on paper created in 2024 by Amanda Andersen. Minimal forms grow into each other with a simplicity and serenity simi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Graphite

The Parade Ring at the Races
Located in London, GB
'The Parade Ring at the Races', gouache and pastel on art paper, by Maurice Empi (circa 1970s). The Parade Ring, otherwise known as the paddock, is the pla...
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1970s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Gouache

News From a Faraway Land, Original Drawing, Interior Scene, Vase, flowers
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work. The work has been treated with an anti-UV varnish and it is not framed. Medium : Oil based color pencils on Hahnemühle Fine A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Archival Paper, Color Pencil

Gloom infinite I
Located in MADRID, ES
Drawing in gouache, made on a sheet of paper with lithographs from the 19th century (on the back), found in antique shops in Brussels, Belgium. Bela Silva's work, so organic and col...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

New Moon
Located in MADRID, ES
Drawing in gouache, made on a sheet of paper with lithographs from the 19th century (on the back), found in antique shops in Brussels, Belgium. Bela Silva's work, so organic and col...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

'Ebren Ha Dor, Tremenus'. Framed contemporary landscape, rural sky blue nature
Located in Penzance, GB
'Ebren Ha Dor, Tremenus'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang _________________ The dancing light and rapidly changing skies, hung high a...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper

San Jose Hills Watercolor on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
San Jose Hills Watercolor on paper An Americana view of the Hills around San Jose by Robert Sugita (American, b- 1938). A Cupertino artist, Robert went ...
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1980s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

"Structures D06" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

"Structures D10" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

"Structures D09" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

"Structures D08" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

"Structures D07" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

"Structures D05" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

"Structures D01" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

"Structures D03" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

"Structures D02" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Vibrant sketch of nude woman with fetish accessories in wa...
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1980s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Gouache

Études Botaniques #22
By Michele Zuzalek
Located in Washington, DC
Original watercolor in Indigo on handmade deckled edge paper.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

John Cantiloe Joy, 19th Century seascape, maritime interest
Located in Harkstead, GB
A wonderful example of the rare and intricate work of John Cantiloe Joy (1806-1866) Shipping off the Norfolk coast with figures on the shore Watercolour over traces of pencil 6½ x 1...
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19th Century Victorian Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Octopus In Its Own Ink
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mixed Media Collage Pigment Ink on Cotton Mounted Birch Board , Encaustic Beeswax Finish. Thomas’s professional photo career began at the age of seventeen with extensive apprentices...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

Études Botaniques #20
By Michele Zuzalek
Located in Washington, DC
Botanical in India ink on handmade deckled edge watercolor paper. 11 1/4 x 17
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Ink, India Ink

Texas
Located in Milano, IT
Texas 2014 Collage e acrilico su carta CM 70x50 Con la mano e con fuoco, sul metallo. Con la mano e col pensiero sulla carta. Il disegno è inscindibile dalla scultura e non può es...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Paper, Glue

Scultura elegante
Located in Milano, IT
Scultura elegante 2013 Collage e acrilico su carta CM 70x50 Con la mano e con fuoco, sul metallo. Con la mano e col pensiero sulla carta. Il disegno è inscindibile dalla scultura ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Glue, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Vintage French Watercolor - Red Vines
Located in Houston, TX
Eye catching watercolor of bright flowering vines covering a towering column along the serene Riviera, circa 1920. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a white mat ...
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1910s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

New York City
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This is a rare watercolor by Mykola Krychevsky - his first impressions when he arrived to New York in 1955. It is possible that this is the skyline he saw from Empire State Building....
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761. A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Engraving, Watercolor

Oxford cityscape #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Oxford Cityscape #1" 1972 is a watercolor by noted architectural British artist, Ken Messer 1931-2017. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 20 x 11.25 inches, framed is 26,85 x 17.75 inches. It is custom framed in his original wooden gold and green frame. Artwork and frame are in very good condition. About the artist. After attending City of Oxford High School for Boys, where he excelled at rugby and cricket, he started work as an accountant in the city. He then moved on to become a steward for the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). In the 1960’s Mr Messer was involved in a car accident which would end his sporting career and change his working life. When he left his job with BOAC he became a graphic designer at Pergamon Press, owned by Robert Maxwell, which allowed him time to pursue his real passion which was painting watercolours. He rose through the ranks at Pergamon to become studio manager and when he could progress no further he decided to become a full time artist, a role from which he never retired. He quickly became well-known for his paintings of Oxford...
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Late 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Portrait of a Young Boy
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is from my private collection. It is artist pencil signed and numbered. It is in very good condition.
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Early 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Lithograph

Window onto the Sea, Original Drawing, Contemporary Landscape, Architecture
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work. The work has been treated with UV-resistant varnish and it is not framed. Medium : Watercolour, Soft Pastel and Oil based col...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Pastel, Watercolor

'At the Park', Metropolitan Museum, NY MoMA, AIC, ASL, Whitney Museum, Toledo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, in graphite, 'Rainey Bennett' (American, 1907-1998) and dated 1958; titled, verso, 'Romantic Landscape' and accompanied by original ...
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1950s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Ink

Whisper the Word watercolor on paper
By Michele Zuzalek
Located in Washington, DC
"Whisper the Word" is a delicate and evocative watercolor painting that invites viewers into a world of soft whispers and subtle emotions. The dominant colors of pink, fuchsia, and g...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Graphite

Benoît Gilsoul "The Cruelties of Life", original watercolor & charcoal on paper
Located in Glenview, IL
"The Cruelties of Life (Le Cruautés de la Vie)" by Belgian artist Benoît Gilsoul an abstract watercolor and charcoal on paper representing several contorted human figures juxtaposed...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Charcoal

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.

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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