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Medium: Oil Pastel
Reclined Nude - Drawing by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and oil pastel on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 44x34.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome ...
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1960s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Pastel
Untitled
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A unique work on paper by today's most coveted artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat.
The work is from what is arguably the artist's strongest period, 1982, with the most desirable depiction...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
“In the Dressing Room”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully executed oil pastel on archival paper by the renowned American artist Louis Kronberg. Signed lower left with the artist’s trademark Star of David symbol after his signat...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
$3,800 Sale Price
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Spanish Girl - Oil Pastel on Paper by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil pastel on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Very good condition.
Includes a coeval wooden frame cm. 52x61.5.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abr...
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1960s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Contemporary Drawing "The essential". Pastel, Ink And Colored Pencils
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Drawing based on natural pigments from leaves, flowers and bark and Pastel, Pencil, flower petals, Color and Ink on Paper. In my work there is a cross with the gaze of animals, a rem...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Pencil, Color Pencil, Paper
Mid-Century "Green & Blue Nude" Oil Pastel Drawing
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Hooper
"Green and Blue Nude I"
5/1963
Oil pastel on paper
8.5"x11" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
Jack Meredith Hooper (August 26, 1...
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1960s Abstract Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
'Standing Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académies Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
A loose, Post-Impressionist study of a woman, shown nude and standing, while resti...
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1950s Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Grazing Horse - Oil Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil pastel on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Very good condition.
Includes a coeval wooden frame cm. 52x61.5.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abr...
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1960s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Laid Paper
$2,149 Sale Price
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Colors - Figurative Abstract
By Kelvin Curry
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstract work by Bay Area artist Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century). Signed "Kelvin Curry" lower left. Unframed. Image size, 15"H x 11.25"W.
Born in Oakland, California Kelvin Curry's creative destiny was clear early in life. Initially using black and white graphite as his medium and later expanding into mixed media to bring about multi-dimension; as well as a sense of rhythm and grace in the abstract female figure. Kelvin Curry studied fine arts at San Jose State University and has been making and exhibiting art all his life. Curry has a keen understanding of the arts, particularly the black arts movement in and around the Bay Area. Kelvin has exhibited his work in hundred of juried festivals, exhibits, and galleries throughout the country. Visitors from countries such as South Africa, Japan, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and China have chosen his work to adorn their homes in their native lands. Collectors include Randy Crawford, Nancy Wilson...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
$460 Sale Price
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Ornette by African American Artist Bai, Colorful Work on Paper
Located in New york, NY
A muted color acrylic and oil pastel of an androgenous subject with Modigliani eyes, Ornette by African American artist Bai is an enigmatic portrait made on 15” x 11” etching paper. ...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Boat - Drawing by Sirio Pellegrini - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Oil pastel on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1975.
Hand signed and dated.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame cm. 49x39.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, o...
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1970s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
Male Nudes - Original Drawing on Paper by D. Ginsbourg - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
Male Nudes is an original modern artwork realized in 1921 by the French artist Daniel Ginsbourg.
Original sanguine drawing on paper. The sheet is gluew on a blue dark sheet.
Hand-s...
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1920s Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Track Star - Figurative Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Track Star - Abstracted Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper
Bold and imaginative pastel drawing of a man in a track suit by an unknown artist (20th Century). An A...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Feelings - Figurative work on paper with ballerinas and text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Nude under the Tree - Drawing by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil pastel and watercolor on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 157.5x113.5.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in R...
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1960s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Oil Pastel
Portrait - Oil Pastel on Paper by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil pastel on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Includes a coeval wooden frame realized by the Artist cm. 59x68.5.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Ab...
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1960s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
"Happiness" - Figurative work on paper with dancers and text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
“Ski Style 1960”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an original mixed media fashion illustration by the world renowned fashion artist, Kenneth Paul Block. Signed with initials bottom right. Circa 1965. ...
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1960s American Modern Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,400 Sale Price
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Abstract Expressionist Gestural Oil Pastel Drawing Women Figures Anthony Triano
Located in Surfside, FL
Anthony Thomas Triano (1928–1997) was an abstract expressionist painter, sculptor, illustrator and teacher. His works feature natural forms, espe...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Contemporary colored pencil drawing. Untitled
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper.
I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the first process of drawing, then on this surface I draw t...
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2010s Surrealist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Color Pencil
Contemporary colored pencil drawing. Untitled
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper.
I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the first process of drawing, then on this surface I draw t...
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2010s Surrealist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Color Pencil
Contemporary colored pencil drawing. Untitled
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil 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...
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2010s Surrealist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Color Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by Jean Lasnier - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Jean Lasnier in the Mid-20th Century.
Oil pastel and watercolor ink on paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
Female Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawings in oil pastel on paper.
Good conditions b...
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1970s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Mid Century "Driver with Hard Hat" Gouache and Oil Pastel Figurative 1960s SF
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield
Driver with Hard Hat
1960s
Gouache and Oil Pastel on Paper
27"x36" unframed
Gloria (Fischer) Dudfield
July 12, 1922 – May 27, 2015
Came from...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
The Bridge of Rome - Original Oil pastels by Nazareno Gattamelata - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Bridge of Rome is an original Contemporary artwork realized by Nazareno Gattamelata in the Second half of XX Century.
Original colored oil pastels on paper.
Hand signed by the artist on the lower left margin: Gattamelata.
The work is glued on a black cardboard.
Good conditions. Image Dimensions: 25 x 0.1 x 35 cm.
Nazareno Gattamelata. He frequented the Roman artistic environment that revolves around the "trident" between the poles of the Caffè Rosati and Canova in Piazza del Popolo and the Osterie of the "Bottaro" and the "King of friends" around Via Ripetta. He makes friends in particular with the poet Sandro Penna and the sculptors Francesco Coccia and Pietro de Laurentiis.
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1980s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
"Correct" - Figurative drawing on paper with text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Female Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawings in Oil Pastel on paper.
Good conditions b...
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1970s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in Oil Pastel realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historic...
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1970s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Dressing Room
Located in Los Angeles, CA
HANS BURKHARDT
"DRESSING ROOM"
PASTEL, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1971
24 X 16 INCHES
FRAMED 35 X 27 INCHES
Hans Burkhardt
1904 - 1994
Hans Burkhardt was born in Basel, Switzer...
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1970s Cubist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
$1,463 Sale Price
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Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in Oil Pastel realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historic...
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1970s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Untitled, Horse and Wagon Pastel Drawing Shtetl Judaica Scene Polish Jewish Life
Located in Surfside, FL
Simon Karczmar, Polish (1903 - 1982)
Born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1903, Simon Karczmar studied art in Paris, where he lived for twenty years. Although he left France for Israel in 1962, most of his work evokes his experiences in Eastern Europe.
Immigrated to Israel 1962 and joined Artists' Quarter in Safed.
Represented Israel at exhibitions in Mexico, Canada, U.S.A. and Europe.
In this series of images known collectively as Shtetl, Karczmar draws inspiration from his childhood memories of the vacations he spent at his grandfather's house in Lithuania. The word shtetl is Yiddish for little town and refers to the villages with significant Jewish populations that could once be found throughout Eastern Europe.
The nostalgia of Karczmar's renderings contrasts with the darker views of life for Jews revealed in the photographs by Roman Vishniac and drawings of Ephraim Moshe Lilien...
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Late 20th Century Modern Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
Figures - Mixed Media on Paper by A. Koopman - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a charcoal and oil pastel drawing on brown paper, realized by Augustus Koopman in the late 19th Century.
The artwork represents some figures under an arch.
Image dimen...
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Late 19th Century Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Pastel
"Okalikolo, " Abstract Expressionist Oil Pastel signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Okalikolo" is an original oil pastel drawing by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the left margin. This piece features an amalgamation of various abstract figures and ...
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1990s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
"The choice of Paride" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard
Located in Milano, MI
This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past.
The Judgeme...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
"Paride / Paris" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, greek mythology
Located in Milano, MI
This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past.
Paris of Tr...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
'Classical Modern', Stylized Figural by Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Dawn O'Malley (American, 20th century), circa 1975 and with certification of authenticity stamped verso.
A bright and harmonious figural painting in the Mycenaean style ...
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1970s Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Casein, Watercolor
"Region Nine Walkers, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Region Nine Walkers" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and dated it on the back. It features two blue fi...
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1990s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
"The birth of Venus" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, greek mythology
Located in Milano, MI
This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past.
Venus has b...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
"Persephone" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, greek mythology
Located in Milano, MI
This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past.
is the daug...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Oil Pastel
Cross Up
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original realist pastel drawing by American female artist Catherine Koenig.
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1990s Realist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil Pastel
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of woman with glasses. 22.5x17.5 ...
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1980s Pop Art Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
"Whew!" oil pastel signed landscape motorcycle fun adventure lake mountains bold
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Whew!" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. It depicts a man on a motorcycle doing a wheelie on a be...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
"Psalm 63:4...While I Live, " Oil Pastel signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Psalm 63:4...While I Live" is a religious original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed and titled the piece lower right. This piece illustrates...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
"The Dream" by Anna Pennati - acrylic and oil pastel on paper
Located in Milano, MI
Inspired by George Byrons's poem "The Dream"
Exhibited in Milan (Italy) in 2005.
Exclusively on 1stdibs
Original hand made
measures are referred to the painting. Passepartout is 50x...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic
"Perfection is Not The Goal" - Figurative work on paper with text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Lounging Reader" Oil Pastel Portrait on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lounging Reader" is an original oil pastel drawing on a Safeway grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and signed & dated it on the verso. This piec...
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1990s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
Ficus (Night) - Contemporary Plant Oil Pastel Painting, Vibrant Colors
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
SHOULD I STAY IN or GO OUT? Signed Oil Pastel, Seated Man, Surreal Interior
Located in Union City, NJ
SHOULD I STAY IN or GO OUT? is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
"You In That Dress" oil pastel, legs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This 14in x 11in original oil pastel work by Lauren Rinaldi ships in the pictured archival custom frame measuring 15in x 12in.
Lauren Rinaldi works using unbiased portraits of women...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
BACKYARD CHAT Signed Oil Pastel, Black Couple Sitting in Surreal Landscape
Located in Union City, NJ
BACKYARD CHAT is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. G...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Judging Hefers
Located in Columbia, MO
Nora Othic is considered one of the top regionalist painters in the Midwest. She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
"Roll" Figurative work on paper with bicycle and text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Mid-Century Danish Surrealist Pastel on Paper. "Sunset over the Docks".
Located in Cotignac, FR
Danish surrealist oil pastel on paper of a harbour scene by Poul Møller. The pastel is signed PM and dated 71 to the bottom right. Presented in a plain wood tray frame.
Provenance: ...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Cuban Artist Pastel Drawing African American Emilio Cruz Bonnie & Clyde Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Emilio Cruz (1938-2004)
Bonnie and Clyde
Pastel on paper
Hand signed lower right
Dimensions Framed H 15-7/8" W 18-1/2", Sight H 13-1/2" W 16-1/8"
Emilio Antonio Cruz (1938 – 2004) was a Cuban American artist who lived most of his life in New York City. His work is held in several major museums in the United States.
Emilio Antonio Cruz was an American Artist of Cuban descent. He was born in the Bronx on March 15, 1938. He studied at the Art Students League of New York with Edwin Dickinson, George Grosz and Frank J. Reilly and at The New School in New York City, and finally at the Seong Moy School of Painting and Graphic Arts in Provincetown, Massachusetts. As a young artist in the 1960s, Cruz was connected with other artists who were applying abstract expressionism concepts to figurative art such as Lester Johnson, Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, Bob Thompson and Jan Muller. He combined human and animal figures with imagery from archaeology and natural history to create disturbing, dreamlike paintings. Cruz received a John Hay Whitney Fellowship and awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation and from the National Endowment for the Arts.
In the late 1968, Emilio and wife Patricia Cruz moved to St. Louis to work with Julius Hemphill and the Black Artists Group. He served as director for the visual arts program, which also included painters Oliver Jackson and Manuel Hughes. In addition to artistic contributions, the couple participated in city-wide civil rights protests and rent strikes.
Cruz moved to Chicago and taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1970s, where he exhibited widely and was represented by the Walter Kelly Gallery. He wrote two plays, Homeostasis: Once More the Scorpion and The Absence Held Fast to Its Presence. These were first performed at the Open Eye Theater in New York in 1981, and later were included in the World Theater Festival in Nancy and Paris, France, and in Italy. In 1982 he returned to New York where he began to exhibit again. In the late 1980s he resumed teaching at the Pratt Institute and at New York University.
Harry Rand, Curator of 20th Century Painting and Sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, described Emilio Cruz as one of the important pioneers of American Modernism of the 1960s for his fusion of Abstract Expressionist art with figuration. Geno Rodriguez, Curator and Executive Director of The Alternative Museum, wrote in 1985, "Emilio Cruz, is a brilliant and impassioned artist whose current paintings are monumental, imbued with intelligence, fury and an apt sense of irony. They reflect the turbulent world within which we live."
Geoffrey Jacques wrote in 1990, "Emilio Cruz paints humanity’s essence. Mythology and archeology are the foremost concerns of the painter Emilio Cruz. Dinosaurs, skeletal humans and fossil-like images are used in his work as metaphoric signposts in a consideration of the basic questions of existence." Art historian and curator Paul Staiti wrote in 1997, "Emilio Cruz's Homo sapiens series is a strange and haunting genealogy of the modern soul... What is at stake here more than biopolitical culture, is the remystification of the body and mapping of consciousness ... For all the trauma, explicit and implicit, Cruz's style is masterful, classical, even beautiful."
Exhibitions
Cruz held his first solo exhibition at the Zabriskie Gallery in New York in 1963. Afterwards his work was included in many group and solo exhibitions, including the Anita Shapolsky Gallery in 1986 and 1991, museum exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1987, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1997. In 1994, Cruz's work was shown as part of the American contingent at the IV Bienal Internacional de Pintura en Cuenca, Ecuador. Other American artists exhibiting at this show were Donald Locke, Philemona Williamson, Whitfield Lovell...
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Spiritual angel oil pastel painting on heavyweight paper "Angel of Light"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Angel of Light" is a deeply spiritual artwork that carries a profound personal meaning. During times of crisis or difficult challenges, we often seek comfort in the invisible forces...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
"Beautifully Weird" - Figurative drawing on paper with text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Mel and Leslie - Vibrant Colorful Figurative Artwork on Paper Los Angeles Artist
By Danny Brown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown is a first-generation American urban artist born in Los Angeles. His parents relocated their family from Oaxaca, Mexico in search of opportunity in the United States. Dan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Ink, Paper
Abstracted Nude Figurative in Pastel on Paper
By Kelvin Curry
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Nude Figurative in Pastel on Paper
Vivid abstracted figurative by Black Arts Bay Area artist, Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century), circa 2000. A woman's profile of her face and her breasts and leg is shown in bold and playful colors of fluorescent purple, orange, pink and yellow. Black outlines of organic and tribal shapes creates even more contrast, making this piece read well from a distance. The tall and thin size of this piece makes this ideal for those difficult and odd sized walls
Unsigned
Presented "floating" on foam core with black mat surround.
Mat size: 38"H x 16"W
Paper size: 29"H x 10.75"W
Born in Oakland, California Kelvin Curry's creative destiny was clear early in life. Initially using black and white graphite as his medium and later expanding into mixed media to bring about multi-dimension; as well as a sense of rhythm and grace in the abstract female figure. Kelvin Curry studied fine arts at San Jose State University and has been making and exhibiting art all his life. Curry has a keen understanding of the arts, particularly the black arts movement in and around the Bay Area. Kelvin has exhibited his work in hundred of juried festivals, exhibits, and galleries throughout the country. Visitors from countries such as South Africa, Japan, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and China have chosen his work to adorn their homes in their native lands. Collectors include Randy Crawford, Nancy Wilson...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
$520 Sale Price
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"Figure with Kite, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Figure with Kite" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. It depicts a silhouette of a man in a hat fl...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Oil Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
Oil Pastel figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Oil Pastel figurative drawings and watercolors available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add figurative drawings and watercolors created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, pink and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Reginald K. Gee, Howard Tangye, Nazareno Gattamenata, and Leo Guida. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Modern, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Oil Pastel figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available Prices for figurative drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $11 and tops out at $1,595,000, while the average work can sell for $703.
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