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Medium: Paper
Mouth Smoking
Located in London, GB
Imbued with a darkly humorous iconography, Rafael Melendez's Neo-conceptualist creations captivate the contemporary art scene. Mouth Smoking (2022) epitomizes the audacious, influent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Laid Paper
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nina Narimanishvili - Where? … In the Heart
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil pastel, pencil & ink on paper
Nina Narimanishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Nina has been painting since childhood and over time...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Ink, Oil Pastel, Paper
Royal Academy Series-3, Pen & Ink on Paper, Modern Artist Atul Bose "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Atul Bose - Royal Academy Series-3
Pen & Ink on Paper, 15 x 11.2 inches (Unframed Size)
1924-26 (Delivered Unframed in as is condition)
Atul Bose was a master artist whose creative journey spanned several decades and left an indelible mark on the Indian art scene. He was born in 1898 in a small village in Bengal and showed an early aptitude for art. Despite facing financial difficulties, he pursued his passion and enrolled in the Government School of Art in Calcutta.
Bose's early works were influenced by the Bengal School of Art, which was a movement that sought to revive traditional Indian art forms. However, over time, Bose developed his own unique style that blended elements of Indian art with European modernism. He was particularly influenced by the works of artists like Paul Cezanne and Georges Braque.
Bose spent two years, 1924-6, at the Royal Academy. He was heavily influenced there by the post-impressionist Walter Sickert. He refused an invitation to help decorate the pavilion at the British Empire Exhibition in 1924 with Mukul Dey...
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1920s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Le Fondeur De Bronze By Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
1865-1953 French
Le fondeur de bronze
Signed "Levy Dhurmer" (lower right)
Pastel on paper
French painter Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer was one of the leading artists of...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"A Funny Day" Figurative Painting, Watercolor, Landscape, Beach, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Painting: Watercolor on Paper, Framed
Dimensions: 11 x 14 in, Framed 17 x 21 in
Unique
Signed on Verso, includes a certificate of authenticity.
Elena Chestnykh was born in Novosibir...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Basilica di Santa Maria from the Grand Canal, Venice
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and sepia wash on light wove paper, 5 1/8 x 4 inches (128 x 100 mm), signed in brown ink and dated in black ink below the image. Scattered light foxing and uniform toning. Adhered to nonarchival white cardstock, creating minor cockling, and obscuring the verso.
Alberto Prosdocimi (1852-1925) was an Italian watercolorist and celebrated mansucript illuminator known for his atmospheric cityscapes and interior views of Venice. His canal scences are simple yet masterful, filled with languid motion...
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Late 19th Century Italian School Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Drawing 14, Series Drawing - Large Format, Charcoal On Paper Panting
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork is unframed and will be shipped rolled in a tube
Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk.
Krzysztof Gliszczyński born in Miastko in 1962. Graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in 1987 in the studio of Prof. Kazimierz Ostrowski. Between 1995 and 2002 founder and co-manager of Koło Gallery in Gdańsk. lnitiator of the Kazimierz Ostrowski Award, con-ferred by the Union of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP), Gdańsk Chapter. Dean of the Painting Faculty of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in the years 2008-2012. Vice Rector for Development and Cooperation of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in the years 2012-2016. Obtained a professorship in 2011. Currently head of the Third Painting Studio of the Painting Faculty of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts. He has taken part in a few dozen exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He has received countless prizes and awards for his artistic work. He is active in the field of painting, drawing, objects, and video.
Artist Statement
In the 1990s I started collecting flakes of paint – leftovers from my work. I would put fresh ones in wooden formworks, dried ones in glass containers. They constituted layers of investigations into the field of painting, enclosed in dated and numbered cuboids measuring 47 × 10.5 × 10.5 cm. I called those objects Urns. In 2016, I displayed them at an exhibition, moulding a single object out of all the Urns. The Urns inspired me to redefine the status of my work as a painter. In order to do it, I performed a daunting task of placing the layers of paint not in an urn, but on a canvas, pressing each fresh bit of paint with my thumb. In the cycle of paintings Autoportret a’retour, the matter was transferred from painting to painting, expanding the area of each consecutive one. Together, the bits, the residua of paint, kept alive the memory of the previous works. It was a stage of the atomization of the painting matter and its alienation from the traditional concepts and aesthetic relations. Thus, the cycle of synergic paintings was created, as I called them, guided by the feeling evoked in me by the mutually intensifying flakes of paint. The final aesthetic result of the refining of the digested matter was a consequence of the automatism of the process of layering, thumb-pressing, and scraping off again. Just like in an archaeological excavation, attempts are made to unite and retrieve that which has been lost. This avant-garde concept consists in transferring into the area of painting of matter, virtually degraded and not belonging to the realm of art. And yet the matter re-enters it, acquiring a new meaning. The matter I created, building up like lava, became my new technique. I called it perpetuum pictura – self-perpetuated painting. Alchemical concepts allowed me to identify the process inherent in the emerging matter, to give it direction and meaning. In a way, I created matter which was introducing me into the pre-symbolic world – a world before form, unnamed. From this painterly magma, ideas sprung up, old theories of colour and the convoluted problem of squaring the circle manifested themselves again. Just like Harriot’s crystal refracted light in 1605, I tried to break up colour in the painting Iosis. Paintings were becoming symptoms, like in the work Pulp fiction, which at that time was a gesture of total fragmentation of matter and of transcending its boundaries, my dialogue with the works of Jackson Pollock and the freedom brought by his art. The painting Geometrica de physiologiam pictura contains a diagram in which I enter four colours that constitute an introduction to protopsychology, alchemical transmutation, and the ancient theory of colour. It this work I managed to present the identification of the essence of human physiology with art. But the essential aspect of my considerations in my most recent paintings is the analysis of abstraction, the study of its significance for the contemporary language of art and the search for the possibilities of creating a new message. For me, abstraction is not an end in itself, catering to the largely predicable expectations of the viewers. To study the boundary between visibility and invisibility, like in the work Unsichtbar, is to ask about the status of the possibilities of the language of abstraction. The moment of fluidity which I am able to attain results from the matter – matter...
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Early 2000s Conceptual Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Encuentros 4¨, 1996, Work on paper, 19.7x25.6 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Encuentros 4', 1996
aquatint on paper
19.7 x 25.6 in. (50 x 65 cm.)
ID: 1D199607
Hand-signed by author
______________________________________________...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Aquatint
Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Encuentros 3¨, 1996, Work on paper, 19.7x25.6 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Encuentros 3', 1996
aquatint on paper
19.7 x 25.6 in. (50 x 65 cm.)
ID: 1D199606
Hand-signed by author
______________________________________________...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Aquatint
Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Encuentros 1¨, 1996, Work on paper, 19.7x25.6 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Encuentros 1', 1996
aquatint on paper
19.7 x 25.6 in. (50 x 65 cm.)
ID: 1D199604
Hand-signed by author
______________________________________________...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Aquatint
Landscape with Shepherd - Drawing - 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with Shepherd is a drawing in watercolor and pencil, realized by an Anonymous artist in the late 19th century.
Hand-signed, illegible.
Good conditions.
The artwork is re...
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19th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Mountain Climbers" - Mountain Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mountain Climbers" - Mountain Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Serene mountain landscape by Margie Westcott (American, 1931-2018). The viewer stands...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Green Boobs with Magenta Nipples Watercolor on Paper 22x30 Green Power
By Nina Bovasso
Located in New York, NY
The "ink dispersion " technique I began decades ago has evolved from abstraction into this figurative imagery.
Working quickly while the paint is wet and allowing the water in water...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Fred Hughes and Diana Vreeland in New York, Ink and Watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fred Hughes and Diana Vreeland in New York, by Manuel Santelices
Ink and watercolor on paper
Image size: 12 in. H x 9 in. W
Unframed
2023
The worlds of fashion, society, and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Paper
The Gatehouse, St. Mary Abbey, York
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and wash in sepia and brown on heavy wove paper, 5 13/16 x 8 1/2 inches (146 x 215 mm). Scattered uniform age tone and discoloration throughout. Brown ink spot with associated sp...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
'Man Stretching', Paris, Louvre, Académie 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 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Gouache, Paper
Chimera I
Located in London, GB
Michael Leonard, (British b.1933), Chimera I, 1975, Graphite pencil on paper, initialled (lower left), signed and dated (lower right), 15cm x 14cm, (35cm x 32cm framed)
Michael Leon...
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1970s Post-War Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Seven Geishas, Painting by Walasse Ting
By Walasse Ting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Walasse Ting, Chinese/American (1929 - 2010)
Title: Seven Geishas with Flowers
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Chinese Ink and Acrylic on Rice Paper, Stamped upper middle
Paper Size...
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1980s Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Rice Paper, Acrylic
#2209F, David Jones, Contemporary drawing, Minimalist drawing, original art
Located in Deddington, GB
#2209F by David Jones [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Ink on Paper
Image size: H:41.5 cm x W:29.5 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:41.5 cm x W:29.5 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
#2209F is an original meditative life drawing by David Jones. A technique the artist has developed to create these beautifully composed and minimal figurative...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
“Tsingtao, China 1912”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache on paper of a Tsingtao, China street scene in 1912 executed by the American illustrator, William Henry Drake. Copyrighted and signed and dated 1912 lower left. Condition is good. Recently professionally matted. Unframed. Overall mat size is 16 by 12 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York estate.
William Henry Drake
Born: 1856 New York
Died: 1926 Los Angeles
Nationality: American
Education: Académie Julian, Art Students League of New York
Known for: Painting, illustration
Awards: National Academy
Biography:
Drake studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Henri Lucien Doucet.
Back from Europe, he studied at the Cincinnati School of Design, and would often go to the zoo, where he could draw the animal...
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1910s Academic Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Gouache
Trees - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Trees is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions
No signature.
The artwork is through confident strokes.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper
Figurative Ink Painting N.3 'Glass of Wine' by Dmitry Samygin
Located in Paris, FR
Figurative Ink on Cotton paper
Painting N.3 'Glass of wine' 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 Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Ink
"Au Marche" Inks on Paper 8" x 12" inch (1983) by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Au Marche" Inks on Paper 8" x 12" inch (1983) by Inji Efflatoun
Signed and dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitions of...
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20th Century Post-War Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Figure Bending Over
Located in New York, NY
Image dimensions: 5 ½ x 3 ½ inches
Framed dimensions: 12 ⅛ x 10 ⅜ inches
Inscribed at lower left: JS 220
Our drawing is also referred to as Young Boy Adjusting His Sandal, and is illustrated in the catalogue for Sargent's 1928 exhibition of drawings at Grand Central Art Galleries in New York. It is an example of an early study from life executed c. 1874-8.*
Sargent drew continuously from an early age and had benefited from the emphasis on drawing at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence where he entered the life class in 1870. He arrived in Paris on May 16th, 1874, with a large portfolio of drawings...
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1870s American Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Dressing Room 3 - 5"x7" Black Leopard Print Dress Painting, Artwork On Paper
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This delicate black and leopard print dress is an artwork on paper blending paint, pencil and collage elements. Composition, intuitive mark-making and loose textured detail make for an outcome both expressive and refined. The perfect addition to a personal art collection. Frame it for a small and intimate space or add a large matte to make it more of a statement piece.
(Frames shown are for reference only)
To view more...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil
Biblical Scene, (2 Jewish Men) 1930s Modernist Ink Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.”
An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name.
Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s avant-garde group, Painted on anything handy. Ben-Zion often used cabinet doors (panels) in his work. Other members of group included Ilya Bolotowsky, Lee Gatch, Adolf Gottlieb...
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Early 20th Century Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Nude 10, Ellen Williams, Original Figure Drawing, Nude Portraiture, Affordable
Located in Deddington, GB
This original drawing by artist Ellen Williams is one in a series of elegant minimal nude studies, using a singular line to interpret the curves of a body.
Ellen Mae Williams, artis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College Art LGBTQ+ Female Blue Birds Paradise
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:
Paradise Island, 148x111.5cm, ink, acrylic paint and mixed media on paper, 2013
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabel's own words:
Paradise island
It truly was paradise on paradise island. No plastic bottles touched these shores, no human hand had exploited the rich minerals and resources of the land, no complicated administrative tasks affected the residents. The birdmen who lived there were united in one common purpose, and that was to wait for The Egg. They waited day and night in a fever of excitement, hours and days and sometimes weeks went past and they did not grow weary, this only increased their anticipation. They stretched their arms to the sky and called for The Egg to bless them by falling. Deep in the hearts of the birdmen was a thing never spoken of and rarely even aknowledged to themselves, a common secret, that when The Egg actually fell it was not as good as the anticipation of it.
*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.
About Isabel Rock and her work:
Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations.
Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel’s hair brush that gives incredible fine lines and was purchased on her travels in India.
Born in Hammersmith, London in 1981, Rock knew her destiny was to be an artist. Studying Fine Art Printmaking at The University of Brighton and graduating with First Class Honours in 2004 she went on to do a Masters Degree at The Royal College of Art in London, continuing her studies in printmaking and drawing, graduating in 2008.
Her first solo show at Bearspace Gallery in Deptford, London in April 2009 sold out and was the beginning of a career that continues to rise. Rock participated in the first ever India Art Fair represented by Art 1821...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
City View by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Landscape painting
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED
City View by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Watercolour and ink on paper
17.8 x 22.9 cm (7 x 9 inches)
Signed with Estate stamp
Executed circa 1904
Provenance
Priv...
Category
Early 1900s Fauvist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Blue Nudes VI, Ink on Paper Blue & White Drawing, Figurative Study Dancing Women
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Blue Nudes VI" (2019) by SarahGrace
Ink on Paper Drawing, Blue & White, Women, Faces, Holding Hands, Dancing, Roses, Figurative Study
Drawing / Nude / Human Figure / Flora / Figura...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Modella" Matita cm. 50 x 70 1962
Located in Torino, IT
Disegno espressionista
Figura femminile
Artista Italiano che ha dedicato la vita all'arte
Edgardo CORBELLI (Torino, 1918 – 1989)
MUSEI
Orléans, Francia, Musée Collégiale Saint Pierre le Puellier
Salon de...
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1960s Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Shouldn't Have, Watercolor, Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude, Woman, Pose
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Shouldn't Have" (2020) by SarahGrace
Watercolor and Ink on Paper; Blue, White & Black, Contour Sketch, Woman Posing, Face, Pose, Portrait, Figurative Study, Pastel palette, Self Portrait, Women Artists, Women in Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Trout stream in Oxfordshire
Located in Harkstead, GB
A lovely vibrant watercolour capturing a shimmering English river
John Newberry (born 1934)
Stream at Wytham, Oxford
Signed
Watercolour
4¼ x 5¾ inches unframed
9 x 11 inches with fr...
Category
1990s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Georgian Contemporary Art by Elene Melikidze - Happy Toys
Located in Paris, IDF
Drawing, charcoal on paper
Elene Melikidze is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives & works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She started painting since childhood in various media. Her other ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Fiesta - Original Ink on Paper Artwork with Black Figures and Gold Leaf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Juana Céspedes specializes in original art that draws inspiration from the infectious exuberance of dance. Her captivating artwork features individuals gracefully suspended in ethereal white space, forming mesmerizing semi-abstract compositions of shapes, clusters, and lines. Drawing from her beloved hometown of Barcelona, Céspedes envisions the harmonious mingling of souls as city squares overflow with jubilant dancers rejoicing in the arrival of sun-drenched days. Through the medium of watercolor, the artist skillfully captures the fluidity of human movement, while her meticulously crafted handmade paper adds depth and evokes the essence of the urban landscapes that fuel Céspedes' creativity.
This one-of-a-kind 12-inch square artwork is painted on handmade paper. It is unframed. Céspedes uses ink and gold leaf to display the splendor of movement. Convenient local Los Angeles delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping are also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included with this original work.
Provenance: Artplex Gallery
The artist’s journey spans 21 years during which Céspedes has developed a unique style always revolving around two major themes: urban space and human bodies. “Dance inspires me. I love its contagious joy. I’m often carried away by the image of swing dancers on an endless journey, from partner to partner—a journey that started in Harlem and found its way across the world.”
As a self-taught artist, Céspedes’ work is an inspiring example of outsider art. Her life is a story of resilience. The artist was orphaned at thirteen and Céspedes was left to contend with life as the eldest of a family of seven in rural Andalucía. Her pursuit of art brought a meditative calm to her life but with no connection to the art world, Céspedes did not show her work as she developed her unique style.
Céspedes decided to infiltrate the artistic circle of Barcelona after years of solo creation. She joined the Agrupacion de Acuarelistas de Catalunya where masters helped her see the liberating power of abstract watercolor, with its ebbs and flows.
Céspedes’ work has been shown in more than 60 solo and collective exhibitions and awarded internationally.
REPRESENTATION
Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2023 "Fluid Histories, Culture and Style", Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 "The Optics of Vision", Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY
The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
Finalist in the 8th edition of the Premio de Pintura Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2018 Solo exhibition at Casa Usher Llibreters, Barcelona, Spain
Work selected at LV edition of the Ynglada-Guillot Prize at Fundacion Vila Casas, Museo Can Framis, Barcelona, Spain
2017 Collective exhibition as part of Mini Print Internacional, Cadaqués, Spain
Selected work at 15è Premi BBVA de Pintura Ricard Camí, Terrassa
Selected work at LIV edition of the Ynglada-Guillot Prize at Vila Casas Barcelona...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cyclop - Black Marker By Drawing by F. Codognotto - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Cyclop is an artwork realized by Ferdinando Codognotto in 2023.
Black marker on paper.
Handsigned and dated in the lower right part.
33x24 cm, no frame.
Excellent conditions.
Category
2010s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting - man outside tall building
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
signed original acrylic painting on board, unframed
size: 6.75 x 7.5 inches
condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal for an unframed work
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...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nina Narimanishvili - Alleviation
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper
Nina Narimanishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Nina has been painting since c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Boys on Blue Bed II" Dark Blue Toned Sensual Homoerotic Figurative Watercolor
By Steve Louis
Located in Houston, TX
Dark blue toned homoerotic figurative watercolor painting by contemporary Houston, Texas artist Steve Louis. The work features two nude men stretched out o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Landscape - Drawing by Jean Chapin- 1950s
By Jean Chapin
Located in Roma, IT
Arab country is a watercolor realized by Jean Chapin in the 1950s.
42x33 cm, no frame.
Signature stamp on the yellowed paper.
Good condition, except for slight folding.
Jean ...
Category
1950s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
The Searchers (Figurative Chalk Drawing of a Dog on Vintage Book Pages)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative chalk drawing of black Greyhound dog and red birds on vintage collaged book pages
'The Searchers' by Louise Laplante in 2022
chalk on vintage collaged book pages
28 x 46 1/2 inches unframed, 32 x 52 inches in natural wood frame with non-glare plexi
This graphic, figurative drawing in black chalk with collaged antique...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Robert mapplethorpe portrait, Watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Robert Mapplethorpe Portrait, by Manuel Santelices
Watercolor on paper
Image size: 15 in. H x 10.5 in. W
Unframed
2022
The worlds of fashion, society, and pop culture are explored ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Blossom Light from Blood- Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Blossom Light from Blood is a Drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022.
China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper.
Hand-si...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
Standing figure, 1992 Ballpoint Ink Drawing on an Envelope (Phone Bill)
By Marc Baseman
Located in Surfside, FL
Marc Baseman is a visual artist. Marc Baseman has had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including at The Harwood Museum of Art, University of New Mexico.He has been exhibiting with Dickinson Roundell and Edward Nahem in New York, and Nahem has helped him find an eager audience among collectors in London and Europe. Marc Baseman has Exhibited with these artists:
Larry Bell, Lynda Benglis, Vija Celmins, Ronald Davis, Wes Mills, Lee Mullican...
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1990s Outsider Art Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
WAIT A MINUTE
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "WAIT A MINUTE" is an original artwork made from pencil and ink on paper by Jasjyot Singh Hans. This piece measures 13"h x 13"w framed.
Jasjyot Singh Hans is an illustrator unendingly inspired by an explosive neon mix of fashion, music and pop culture. He has a constant regard for things past and a voracity for all that is current. He studied animation film design at the National Institute of Design...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Ink
Original The WHO 1970 Tommy Fillmore East drawing for their Tommy Poster art
Located in Southampton, NY
A new coffee table book has just been released titled "Poster Child" The Psychedelic Art & Technicolor Life of David Edward Byrd. This original drawing is featured on page 89 of the book. An image of the book cover can be seen in this listing.
This beautifully matted & framed original art...
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1970s Art Deco Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Vellum
Modernist Pastel Drawing by Illustrator Phil May
Located in Larchmont, NY
Phil May Kurman (American, 1911-1953)
Untitled, 20th century
Pastel on paper
Sight: 7 x 4 1/2 in.
Framed: 15 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 1 in.
Category
20th Century Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Bremen #2 - Black and white figurative drawing on paper
By Andy Mister
Located in East Quogue, NY
Photorealistic black and white drawing of rock concert goers - Graphite on paper by Andy Mister. Offered framed.
The work of Andy Mister explores the boundary between mechanical and manual reproduction. Working with images appropriated from vintage photographs and deftly mimicking the Xerox aesthetic of punk zines and album covers, removing their specific historical context. Mister’s drawings question how meaning is created or lost through the act of “copying.” Mister says of the arrangement of his images, “It's something like my bedroom as a teenager, filled with images clipped from magazines: bands or writers that I admired interspersed with random images I found aesthetically interesting. I am interested in the relationship between images and connections that the viewer creates when encountering them, connections that I cannot control.”
Andy Mister received a BA in English Literature and Philosophy from Loyola University of New Orleans, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. His artwork has been exhibited at Hirschl & Adler Modern, Turn Gallery, Joshua Liner Gallery, Morgan Lehman Gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Ships at the Harbor - Nautical Seascape with Seagulls in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Ships at the Harbor - Nautical Seascape in Charcoal on Paper
Detailed and layered harbor scene by Maude Folmar Ramsey (American, 1908-1993). The viewer is looking out at the harbor, across the water from the docks, buildings, and ships. The pillars, buildings, and masts are jumbled together in a pleasing manner that is almost abstract. Despite the simplified shapes, this piece is full of detail. This piece is executed in a rectilinear style frequently seen in American mid-century modern compositions.
Signed in the lower right corner "Maude Folmar"
Presented in a wood frame with a double mat.
Frame size: 25.25"H x 29.25"W
Image size: 17"H x 21.5"W
Maude Love (Folmar) Ramsey (American, 1908-1993) studied at the School of Fine Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the director of the Laguna Gloria Art Museum from 1968-1972. Ramsey was one of the charter members of the “Waterloo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
The Cavalry Drummer on Horseback British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cavalry Drummer
(thought to be the Household Cavalry wearing the uniform of HM Queen Elizabeth II)
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
original acrylic painting on board, unframed
size: 11 x 16 inches
condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal for an unframed work
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Mean Hippies (Drawing with Rattlesnake Warrior and Red Rebels) Outsider Art
By Alex O'Neal
Located in Surfside, FL
Paper measures 21 X 33 inches
Born and raised in Mississippi, Alex O'Neal graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In the Eighties, his formal education overlapped regular visits with Mississippi self-taught artists, including Mary T. Smith, Luster Willis, and Son Ford Thomas. He later immersed himself in art brut collections and European art brut in Switzerland, Germany, and France. His work is also inspired by African-American self-taught outsider art. O'Neal's drawings and paintings have been shown at The Drawing Center, New York; BRIC, Brooklyn; P.S.122, New York; Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY; Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta; Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS; Centre d’Art des Pénitents Noirs, Aubagne, France; Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans; Chicago Cultural Center; Ecomuseu, Valls d'Aneu, Spain; Amory Arts Center, West Palm Beach; Huntsville Museum of Art, AL; Rockefeller Art Center, SUNY Fredonia; ART LA; Field Projects, New York; LOG at Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC; and Linda Warren Projects, Chicago. His work is in volumes 16, 38, and 104 of New American Paintings. His paintings and drawings idiosyncratically depict circumstances that associate Americans, i.e. dysfunction, nature worship, cults, homegrown terrorism, Hollywood, reverence for Native America. There is formal influence from stylization found in Romanesque fresco, early American portrait painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Circulo Grande - Original Ink on Paper Artwork with Black Figures and Gold Leaf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Juana Céspedes specializes in original art that draws inspiration from the infectious exuberance of dance. Her captivating artwork features individuals gracefully suspended in ethereal white space, forming mesmerizing semi-abstract compositions of shapes, clusters, and lines. Drawing from her beloved hometown of Barcelona, Céspedes envisions the harmonious mingling of souls as city squares overflow with jubilant dancers rejoicing in the arrival of sun-drenched days. Through the medium of watercolor, the artist skillfully captures the fluidity of human movement, while her meticulously crafted handmade paper adds depth and evokes the essence of the urban landscapes that fuel Céspedes' creativity.
This one-of-a-kind 12-inch square artwork is painted on handmade paper. It is unframed. Céspedes uses ink and gold leaf to display the splendor of movement. Convenient local Los Angeles delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping are also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included with this original work.
Provenance: Artplex Gallery
The artist’s journey spans 21 years during which Céspedes has developed a unique style always revolving around two major themes: urban space and human bodies. “Dance inspires me. I love its contagious joy. I’m often carried away by the image of swing dancers on an endless journey, from partner to partner—a journey that started in Harlem and found its way across the world.”
As a self-taught artist, Céspedes’ work is an inspiring example of outsider art. Her life is a story of resilience. The artist was orphaned at thirteen and Céspedes was left to contend with life as the eldest of a family of seven in rural Andalucía. Her pursuit of art brought a meditative calm to her life but with no connection to the art world, Céspedes did not show her work as she developed her unique style.
Céspedes decided to infiltrate the artistic circle of Barcelona after years of solo creation. She joined the Agrupacion de Acuarelistas de Catalunya where masters helped her see the liberating power of abstract watercolor, with its ebbs and flows.
Céspedes’ work has been shown in more than 60 solo and collective exhibitions and awarded internationally.
REPRESENTATION
Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2023 "Fluid Histories, Culture and Style", Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 "The Optics of Vision", Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY
The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
Finalist in the 8th edition of the Premio de Pintura Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2018 Solo exhibition at Casa Usher Llibreters, Barcelona, Spain
Work selected at LV edition of the Ynglada-Guillot Prize at Fundacion Vila Casas, Museo Can Framis, Barcelona, Spain
2017 Collective exhibition as part of Mini Print Internacional, Cadaqués, Spain
Selected work at 15è Premi BBVA de Pintura Ricard Camí, Terrassa
Selected work at LIV edition of the Ynglada-Guillot Prize at Vila Casas Barcelona...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Modernist Abstract Nude Figurative Painting in India Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern abstracted nude figurative study in bold black ink by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed in the top left corner under the mat, "L Nadalini"...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Nude - Mixed Media Drawing, Figurative, Subtle, Sketchy style, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Drawing on paper
MICHAL BAJSAROWICZ (born in 1963)
He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, achieving his diploma in 1992 at the studio of prof. B. Wegner. His mainly w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
Nude - Mixed Media Drawing, Figurative, Subtle, Sketchy style, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Drawing on paper
MICHAL BAJSAROWICZ (born in 1963)
He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, achieving his diploma in 1992 at the studio of prof. B. Wegner. His mainly w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
Streetcar - Contemporary ink drawing, Young art, Minimalism, Social commentary
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Studies at Painting Departament at Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. Finalist of Competit...
Category
2010s Minimalist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Art Deco Wheeler Williams Classical Nude Figure Study
Located in Larchmont, NY
Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972)
Study for Dawn, 1947
Pencil on paper
9 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.
Signed lower right: Wheeler Williams, 1947
Inscribed: Study fo Dawn [illegible] "Dawn & Twilight"
A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
He graduated with honors...
Category
1940s Art Deco Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Portrait of a guy
Located in Yerevan, AM
Portrait of a guy, 2021, 28x22 cm
Category
2010s Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Canvas
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