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Medium: Paper
Pencil Skirt - 5"x7", Black & White, Pencil Skirt, Original Artwork On Paper
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Small artwork is intimate and can personalize spaces. It can be moved around easily and is a great way to build up an art collection. Using paint and pencil, this black and white cla...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
NYC Cityscape American Scene Social Realism Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
NYC Cityscape American Scene Social Realism Mid-Century
Max Arthur Cohn (1903-1998)
New York City Skyline
14 x 21 1/2 inches
Watercolor on paper, c. 1...
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1930s American Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pastel Drawing on Paper from the Series "Visual Diaries" by Contemporary Artist
Located in Vilnius, LT
The series of works "Visual Diaries" represents drawings on paper, featuring expressive abstractions or figurations created daily by the artist. Each work’s title includes the creati...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Figures by River Landscape British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures by River
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
signed original watercolor painting on thick artist paper, unframed
size: 10 x...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Colours Of The Night #1, 11"x14", Fashion Art Print, Figurative, Woman
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Colors Of The NIght 1: This figurative art print on paper captures the essence of timeless style. A neutral, atmospheric background creates an evening-like ambiance. Personalize your space with a sense of quiet sophistication.
Hand signed on back. This is #1 from a series of 4 art...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Man in a blue and brown coat and Fashion for our Future, Diptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache, Ink, Watercolor
Prada Men's Fall Fashion show and Olivier Rousteing and His Collection, Diptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Artist Tracey Emin Working. Watercorlor on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
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2010s Pop Art Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Anna Cleveland as Rita de Acosta in Thom Browne. Ink and watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
3.2 M (ACTION COMICS). Drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
3.2 M (ACTION COMICS), 2023 by Rodrigo Spinel
From the series Currency
Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g.
Frame size: 43 cm H x 34 cm W x 3 cm D
Imag...
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2010s Abstract Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Jugged Hare, blue swimmer water monochromatic
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Monotype, Archival Paper
Sister Corita Kent, "Love You" Unique signed watercolor painting on paper Framed
Located in New York, NY
Sister Mary Corita Kent
Love You, ca. 1975
Original signed watercolor painting on paper
Signed in graphite pencil on the recto
Floated and framed in white wood frame
This is a unique work
Measurements:
Framed:
5.5" x 5.5" x 1.5"
Artwork alone: 4" x 4"
Extremely difficult to find unique watercolor works on paper on the market by Sister Corita...
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1970s Pop Art Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Village Scene, Cornwall England - 19th Century, Impressionist Landscape Drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
A lovely and very fresh watercolour on paper by John Baragwanath KING (1864—1939)
This village scene is signed lower left, and measures 25 x 38 cm. It is presented in its original frame - the framed is 39 x 51cm
Born in Cornwall, the artist trained first as an engineer before turning to art, and exhibited in London, Manchester and Paris. He lived at 'Westbourne', St Austell...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Alter Ego" - Original Watercolor Hand-Painted Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Alter Ego" - Original Watercolor Hand-Painted Etching on Paper - 35/120 Edition Variable
In this highly detailed hand painted etching, artist Claus Sievert (American, 1949-2009) depicts a clown gazing into a handheld brass mirror holding a mask with matching face paint. The clown sits in what appears to be a dressing room surrounded with various costumes. This etching is uniquely hand painted in watercolor and gouache. The clown's eyes are hand drawn with added details throughout the face and hair.
Signed, numbered, and titled along the bottom edge of paper, "35/120 E.V. "Alter Ego" Claus Sievert"
Presented in a new white mat with foam core backing.
Mat size: 24"H x 20"W
Paper size: 18.38"H x 15"W
Image,
Claus Sievert, (American, 1949–2009) nicknamed “The Tree Guy," was a German-born American printmaker and illustrator, who studied etching in an art college in Brunswick, Germany, in 1971. He began his career as an art teacher in Germany, teaching printmaking, art history, advertising design, and visual communication, and became a full-time artist in 1981.
Sievert created limited-edition etchings from copper plates and a hand-turned press which he then individually hand-colored.
Sievert’s work won awards, illustrated a children’s book by Leo Tolstoy, was commissioned by the Sierra Club and Golden Gate National Recreation Area to illustrate their publications, and he had his images published in several calendars. He was known for his prints highlighting forms and the beauty of nature. His art was also featured in Ansel Adams Gallery, Muir Woods...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Etching
Vibrant Alan Davie Scottish Colorful Surrealist British Pop Art Village Painting
By Alan Davie
Located in Surfside, FL
Alan Davie, Scotland (1920-2014).
Gouache painting with watercolor
'Village Myth'
Hand signed ('with love') lower left,
1982
Dimensions: with frame 37.5"H x 30.25"W; image, 28"H x 22.5"W.
James Alan Davie (1920 – 2014) was a Scottish painter and musician.
Davie was born in Grangemouth, Scotland in 1920, the son of Elizabeth (née Turnbull) and James William Davie, an art teacher and painter who exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1925. During this formative period Davie discovered the poetry of Walt Whitman and T.S. Eliot, whose prose is echoed in letters home as well as his own verses.
Alan Davie studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1937 to 1941. An early exhibition of his work came through the Society of Scottish Artists.
After the Second World War, Davie played tenor saxophone in the Tommy Sampson Orchestra, which was based in Edinburgh and broadcast and toured in Europe. He also earned a living making jewellery during the postwar period. Davie began teaching basic design in the jewellery department at London’s Central School of Arts and Crafts led by the Scottish artist William Johnstone, where colleagues included artists Nigel Henderson, Eduardo Paolozzi, Richard Hamilton and Patrick Heron. In 1961, Davie’s jewellery was featured in The International Exhibition of Modern Jewellery at London’s Goldsmith’s Hall, a milestone in the history of jewellery making in Britain where an impressive roster of international and British artists including Alexander Calder, Naum Gabo, Victor Pasmore and John McHale...
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1980s Pop Art Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Red Mountain
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper - Framed 58.8 x 79 x 3 cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Paper
"Summer and the Setting Sun" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Summer and the Setting Sun" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a landscape with the sun setting in the distance.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connectic...
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2010s Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Contemporary Drawing With Colored Pencils And Ink On Fabriano Paper. "Visions"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Contemporary drawing work that combines the use of colored pencils and ink on a layer made with natural dyes from leaves and flowers. It is a surreal and fantastic drawing that seeks...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Color Pencil
Contemporary figurative art acrylic painting of a woman on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork presents a striking and abstract portrayal of a seated woman rendered with bold and expressive brushstrokes. This painting makes part of the series dedicated to "Women"....
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Rooftops (Framed 1970's New York Cityscape Landscape Drawing by William Clutz)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted New York City landscape drawing of urban rooftops and tree tops
"Rooftops", created by William Clutz in 1977
30 x 20 inches, charcoal and pastel on paper
33 x 25 inches in light wood frame
This framed pastel on paper was made in 1977 by William Clutz. It features an abstracted depiction of New York City rooftops as seen from a high window. Of particular note is the artist's technique with pastel; a wonderful texture and motion is created by closely woven striated lines. Sunlight reflects off brown rooftops and peaking green tree tops. The charcoal and pastel drawing is framed in a natural light wood frame with non-reflective glass and wire backing for installation.
About the Artist:
Renowned as the “impressionist of the contemporary metropolis”, William Clutz uses the city, in its entirety, as his subject. Pedestrians crossing streets become stars of the stage; the hustle and bustle of traffic and surrounding buildings are the chorus; each play their part in the overall composition. Lighting and color shift this observation of the everyday into a remarkable wonder. “It is surely Clutz”, wrote Gerrit Henry in Art News, 1979, “an artist who has rejected the niceties of representation in favor of the quintessence.” The young artist moved to New York City in 1955 and just four years later had his first solo exhibit at the Condon Riley Gallery. Clutz went on to show in major uptown galleries such as David Herbert, where, notably in 1962 he received a NYTimes review titled, Return of the Figure. That same year, his role in the revival of figuration was further solidified with inclusion in the MoMA group show, Recent Painting USA, The Figure. This was a pivotal turning point from which emerged a 50-year exhibiting career.
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Born: Gettysburg, PA 1933
Mercersburg, PA 1933-1951
New York City 1955-1996
Education
Painting: Thomas Danaher(WPA artist) 1944-51
Mercersburg Academy, PA 1947...
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1970s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Charcoal
Guardian Cowboy And Horseman The Camargue France Original Framed Pastel Drawing
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Rattenbury Skeaping.
English ( b.1901 - d.1980 ).
Guardian, Cowboy And Horseman Of The Camargue, 1970.
Pastel On Paper.
Signed & Dated Lower Right.
Paper size 15.2 inches x 2...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Such Young Love The Anticipation Of A Kiss One Of The Last Pre-Raphaelites
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Noel Laura Nisbet.
English ( b.1887 - d.1956 ).
Such Young Love. The Anticipation Leading To A Kiss.
Watercolor.
Signed Lower Right.
Image size 17.3 inches x 13.8 inches ( 44cm x 35cm ).
Frame size 25.4 inches x 20.9 inches ( 64.5cm x 53cm ).
Available for sale; this original painting is by Noel Laura Nisbet and dates from around 1930.
The watercolor is presented and supplied in its original frame that has an Arts and Crafts aesthetic.
This antique painting is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is ready to hang and display.
The watercolor is signed lower right.
Noel Laura Nisbet was an English oil and watercolor artist, who painted figures, landscape, fantasy and romantic scenes. She created some wonderful original Pre-Raphaelite-influenced works which are now much sought-after.
She was the youngest daughter of Hume Nisbet, a Scottish artist, author and traveller, whose support and generosity enabled her talent to flourish. The family moved from Scotland to London in 1887 and Noel was born in Harrow on 30 December that year. Noel attended the Notre Dame Convent school in Clapham, then studied art at South Kensington, under L.C. Nightingale, where she won three gold medals and the Princess of Wales Scholarship (established on 1863 to reward the most distinguished female art student in the UK and what is now the Republic of Ireland). Noel’s elder sister Margaret also became an artist.
In 1910 Noel married Harry Bush, who she had met as a fellow art student. They went on to have two daughters. Harry was away for most of the Great War, and Noel stayed with her daughter Hazel in Bath Cottage in Speen. A few years later her father set up his artistic daughters in two matching houses, with purpose-built attic studios, on an estate then being built in south west London. The address of Noel Nisbet...
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Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Early 20th century Dutch looking children having fun by Austrian painter
Located in Woodbury, CT
Karl Feiertag (c.1874-1944) was an Austrian painter. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Franz Rumpler, Kasimir Pochwalski, and J...
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Early 1900s Victorian Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
'Mending', African American Woman Folk Artist, Houston, Dallas, Blues Museum Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, in fabrics bowl, 'Ruth Mae McCrane' (American, 1929-2002) and dated upper center, in calendar, February 1989.
Ruth Mae McCrane taught...
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1980s Folk Art Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Abstract Figurative Work on Paper, Portrait of Paris
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
Portrait of Paris, 2019 by a.muse is a colorful mixed-media painting on paper, an homage to the Trojan prince in Greek mythology.
Acrylic, pastel, and watercolor sticks, the paintin...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Oil Pastel
Boy with a dog. Figurative ink drawing, Minimalistic, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative marker on paper painting by Polish artist living in Belgium Hanna Ilczyszyn. Artwork depicts person sitting on a chair petting a dog. Painting is monochromati...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
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 Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Pencil, Color Pencil
"Back At The Stables (II)" (2024) By James Van Fossan, Original Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Back At The Stables (II)" (2024) is an original handmade charcoal and graphite drawing on paper that depicts a cowboy leaning against a sawhorse in a moment of re...
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2010s Realist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Lauren in Balenciaga. From the Fashion series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
" Le Fumeur de pipe "
Located in CANNES, FR
Paco Rabanne ( 1934 -2023 )
Grand couturier et parfumeur franco - espagnol . Il a marqué
l'univers de la mode dans les années 60.
En 1963 , Lauréat de la Biennale de Paris avec une s...
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Early 2000s Art Deco Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Felt, Felt Pen, Graphite
Art Class on the Beach, Vintage Bay Area Coast Figural Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
A charming and colorful vintage coastal figurative landscape watercolor by Bay Area artist Sewall Smith (American, 1904-1988), c.1960s-1970s. This coastal scene depicts a plein air art class on the beach, with a group of figures busy working at their easels.
Signed "Sewall Smith" lower right.
Displayed in a new mat and vintage wood frame.
Image size: 10.5"H x 13.25"W
Edmund Sewall Smith, known as Sewall Smith or E. Sewall Smith, was a Berkeley, California based architect and artist known for watercolor paintings with nautical themes. A well known architect, Smith moved from Niagara Falls, New York to California in 1944. He flourished as an artist in the Bay Area in the 1970’s, exhibiting extensively in the East Bay throughout this time. Exhibitions included venues such as UC Berkeley, El Cerrito...
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1970s American Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Woman Seated', 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.
A mid-century graphite drawing of a fashionably-dressed woman shown seated and re...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"The Providers" (2023) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting of Chickens
Located in Denver, CO
"The Providers" (2023) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts two chickens sitting in a coop.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-based artist celebrated for ...
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2010s Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Boy with a cat. Figurative ink and crayons drawing, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative ink and crayons on paper painting by Polish artist living in Belgium Hanna Ilczyszyn. Artwork depicts a boyl with cat in his arms. Drawing is mostly in black ...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Ink
SIESTA - original ultramarine large nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Siesta", 100x70cm / 39x27.5in Nude in Interior, pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse.
Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florida, US.
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"Siesta" is a serene and visually arresting addition to the "Nude in Interior" series. It conveys a quiet intimacy and relaxation, perfectly encapsulated in its title. The reclining female figure, with legs elegantly extended upward, creates a sense of balance between stillness and subtle energy. The interplay of ultramarine tempera and the warm-toned paper once again demonstrates the artist’s ability to use limited color palettes to great emotional and visual effect.
The ochre-like background provides a sunlit, tranquil atmosphere that pairs beautifully with the cool, calm energy of the ultramarine tempera. The artist’s choice of medium emphasizes contrast while imbuing the piece with a harmonious duality—warmth in the environment and coolness in the figure. The fluidity of the brushstrokes aligns with the theme of relaxation, while the vertical drips lend a dreamlike quality, as if the figure is melting into her surroundings. The looser strokes in the background contrast with the more defined lines of the figure, highlighting her as the focal point.
The unconventional reclining pose, with legs extended upward, adds visual interest and a sense of lightheartedness to the piece. It suggests a playful yet completely relaxed moment, as though the figure is unwinding and stretching in the midst of a private, comfortable setting. The verticality of the legs and the drips juxtaposes with the horizontal lines in the background, creating a sense of structure and stability. This geometric balance anchors the composition and enhances the overall sense of calm. The artist has included abstract horizontal strokes in the background, reminiscent of blinds or a window. These subtle details suggest an interior space filled with sunlight and add depth without detracting from the figure’s prominence.
The title, "Siesta," reinforces the narrative of rest and tranquility. The figure’s pose is unapologetically casual and unguarded, evoking the vulnerability and freedom found in moments of private repose. While other works in the series explore themes of introspection, passion, or desire, this piece focuses purely on physical and emotional relaxation. It offers a more subdued, meditative perspective, providing variety to the series while maintaining its stylistic coherence.
The reclining nude is a recurring motif in art history, seen in works by Titian, Ingres, and Modigliani. However, this piece’s contemporary execution—fluid, minimalist, and abstracted—ties it more closely to modernist traditions, particularly the gestural energy of Egon Schiele or Matisse’s reclining nudes. The artist’s decision to leave much of the environment abstract enhances the piece’s timeless quality. The figure feels anchored in both a specific space (suggested by the window-like strokes) and an almost dreamlike, universal realm.
"Siesta" is a masterful exploration of rest and serenity, demonstrating the artist’s ability to convey mood through form, color, and composition. The elegant simplicity of the figure, combined with the abstracted interior elements, invites the viewer to share in this peaceful moment. Its balance of gestural abstraction and classical themes makes it both timeless and distinctly modern. This piece is a beautiful representation of intimacy, calm, and the universal human experience of seeking rest.
Artist Statement
"I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now.
As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space.
My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair.
Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper
Follower of Francis Wheatley, 19th century portrait of young maiden with flowers
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really charming, early 19th century portrait of a young maiden carrying a basket of flowers. The face is beautifully painted with a slight blush to her cheeks and striking touches ...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Pencil
"Untitled 1, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 1" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an urban landscape with human silhouettes.
Category
2010s American Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Reclining Nude 2" Robert Gilberg 1950s Ink Brush Drawing on Japanese Rice Paper
Located in Arp, TX
Robert Gilberg (1911-1970)
"Reclining Nude 2"
c.1950s
Ink on Japanese rice paper with writing
21.75"x9.75 unframed
Signed in pencil lower right
Category
1950s American Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper
Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
Located in Surfside, FL
This has young ISraeli pioneers dancing with the flag as typical of works of the late British mandate Palestine era early state of Israel.
Genre: Modern
Subject: Figurative (stained glass style)
Medium: Mixed media gouache on paper
Hand signed lower left
Alexander Raymond Katz, Hungarian / American (1895 – 1974)
Alexander Raymond Katz was born in Kassa, Hungary, and came to the United States in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In the late 1920s, he worked as a director of the Poster Department at Paramount Studios. He was appointed the Director of Posters for the Chicago Civic Opera in 1930.
During the Great Depression, notable architect Frank Lloyd Wright urged Katz to become a muralist. In 1933, he was commissioned to paint a mural for the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. In 1936, he painted the mural History of the Immigrant for the Madison, Ill., post office. Katz’s works were included in various exhibitions and now are part of several museum collections, including those of the Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Jewish Museum, New York. His murals, bas-reliefs and stained glass designs adorn more than 200 Jewish synagogues in the United States.
Katz and other Jewish artists in Chicago who expressed Jewish and Biblical themes were inspired by the artist Abel Pann (1883-1963). Pann, who is regarded as the leading painter of the Land of Israel, exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago in 1920.
Early in his career, Katz began to explore the artistic possibilities inherent in the characters of the Hebrew alphabet. He developed aesthetic and philosophical interpretations of each letter and became the leading innovator and pioneer in the field of Hebraic art.
Katz applies this concept in the woodcut Moses and the Burning Bush. Hebrew letters appears in Moses’ head, his cane and inside the flame. The initial of Moses’ name crowns his head. The letter in the flame is the first letter of the name of God. A combination of images and Hebrew letters appeared commonly in illustrations of the scene Moses and the Burning Bush in the Haggadah, the book of Passover.
The symbolism of the burning bush corresponds to the motifs of A Gift to Biro-Bidjan. Among the fourteen participating artists were notable Chicago modernists Todros Geller, Mitchell Siporin...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Aprender a caminar y salir del pozo gravitacional, Triptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
An everyday situation, from our memory, from the memory of childhood in a non-place, that is to say, an enigmatic ephemeral place, a space that is delimited and that grows, that mult...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
Sonia Spider Quenell, Watercolor portrait on archive paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Devdariani - A Children's Dream
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media, acrylic and ink on paper
Nino Devdariani is a Georgian artist born in 1970 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her inspiration is the perception of positive and ne...
Category
2010s Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Varicose Wyn. Work on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Varicose Wyn, 1989 - 2012 by Judith Mason
Pencil on paper
Frame size: 12 H x 10.5 W x 1 D in.
Image size: 9 H x 7.5 W in.
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Judith Mason born Judith Seel...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
One Red One (Abstract Still Life Drawing of Black & Red Flowers in a Vase)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, still life chalk drawing of flowers in a vase against collaged vintage book pages
'One Red One' by Louise Laplante in 2024
pastel on collaged vintage book pages
27.5 x 29...
Category
2010s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
"Helene" Nude, Figurative, Miniature ink on wood, pendant
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This miniature drawing may be displayed on a wall or worn on a chain.
Bio // ROBERT KRAIZA (pronounced: cry-zuh) is an illustrator and fine artist who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied Media Arts and Animation at the Art Institute of Philadelphia. Interested in many media, he often paints in monochrome watercolor on a small scale, inspired by the Victorian era and whimsical dreams in both his art and personal aesthetic. Depicting fantasy worlds from the hidden life of nineteenth century witches to miniature children...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink, Wood
Descent
Located in Chicago, IL
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis
personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my
narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I
use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered
reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art
historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an
Everyman who is at odds with society and his self.
Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its
overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their
tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow
seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid.
This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world
through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light.
-BIO-
Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Rap Dixon - Baseball Outfielder, Original Gouache Painting on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Herbert Alphonso Dixon, AKA Rap, was an outfielder for the Negro Baseball League on several different teams for a total of sixteen seasons. He had the honor of being the first African American player to hit a home run at the famed Yankee Stadium in 1930. Lawrence has captured the ball player here in all his glory. The watercolor is floated in a cream shadowbox and framed in black measuring 34 x 15 inches.
Margie Lawrence
Rap Dixon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
Face III - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Face III, ca. 1960
Ink on paper
11 x 8.5 cm 4 1/3 x 3 1/8 in.
23 x 20 cm 9 x 7 7/8 in. (Frame included)
Unique work
Exhibition History: Leonor Fini: Small Faces, April...
Category
1960s Surrealist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Possibilities of a New Day" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Possibilities of a New Day" (2023) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a landscape.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-based artist celebrated for her pl...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antique Italian artist - 18th/19th century figure drawing - The writer
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian artist (18th-19th century) - Study for a writer.
17 x 25.5 cm, with passe-partout.
Pencil drawing on paper, without frame.
- Work signed indistinctly lower left (under pas...
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Late 18th Century Baroque Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
New York City #10 Original Signed Work Japanese Paper Color Pastel Charcoal Ink
Located in Miami, FL
Bernardo Navarro Tomas (Cuba, 1977)
'New York City #10', 2017
mixed media on japanese paper
12.3 x 17 in. (31 x 43 cm.)
ID: NAA-310
Hand-signed by author
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Pastel
Desire - original blue female nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Desire", nude, ultramarine tempera on colored paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series.
Shipped rolled in a tube, Fast shipping anywhere in the world - 7 days.
En...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Archival Paper
Pigs on a Trolley - Vintage Picture Book Two-Page Spread Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Pigs on a Trolley - Vintage Picture Book Two-Page Spread Illustration
A two-page spread in India ink pen and watercolor by Irene Pattinson (Ameri...
Category
1950s American Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Mercurio / Mercury
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely, early drawing of the Roman god Mercury.
Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper, with a partial crown and shield watermark, 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (184x 123 mm) (matrix). In go...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
Walking Tall (Respect) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Construction
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
FREE Shipping Worldwide
Ships in a well-protected tube.
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
In a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Where the River Runs" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Where the River Runs" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a dead tree next to a creek on a stormy day.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-based ar...
Category
2010s Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Capitola Beach, California - Original Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Capitola Beach, California - Original Watercolor on Paper
Beautiful watercolor painting of Capitola Beach by Ken L. Stephens (American, 20th Century). A couple sits by the water, wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Boy with a White Cat', Philadelphia Woman Artist, Moore College of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Anne Jenkins' (American, 1923-2023) and dated 1958.
An elegant and psychologically penetrating study of a young boy, shown seated and holding a white cat.
Born...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Laid Paper
Surrealist Mermaid Orchestra Large Painting Royal College Art Women LGBTQ+ Blues
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
"House Studies Series V", Layered Paper and Drawing Collage, Architectural
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This layered paper and drawing collage titled "House Studies Series V" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. Through a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.030
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.030 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Flying 446.030 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintin...
Category
1970s Feminist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Untitled
By Archie Gunn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left
Category
1920s Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Spaulding Mountain Lean-To, Maine, [ 44.99577, -70.34134 ]
By Sarah Kaizar
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing titled "Spaulding Mountain Lean-To, Maine, [ 44.99577, -70.34134 ]" is an original artwork by Sarah Kaizar made of pen and ink, and acrylic wash. Drawing from her experience hiking the Appalachian trailing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen, Acrylic
![Spaulding Mountain Lean-To, Maine, [ 44.99577, -70.34134 ]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_1882/a_51063221570561547944/7_ME_spaulding_mountain_leanto_master.jpg?width=240 "sarah kaizar")
Gentlemen and Scottie dog at Chess Board
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Medium: Charcoal on Paper
Sight Size 18.00" x 34.50", Framed 23.5" x 40.25"
This is a preliminary drawing. It’s a masterful drawing that was mounted long long ago and so you’ll see a fold down the center. This was a proposal for a Maxwell House...
Category
1930s Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
The Sleep - Blue, Black, Collage, Paper
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Sleep, 2022
collage, colour wax, acrylic, tempera on paper
50 H x 70 W cm
Signed on reverse
Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon, Acrylic, Tempera
She Gets Her Way (Couple with Vase)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This drawing is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
Crayon on paper, 11 ½ x 9 inches (image), 14 x 11 inches (sheet), Signed...
Category
1930s American Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper
Autumn verso Summer Landscape / - Imagined Landscape -
Located in Berlin, DE
Seidel, Herbert (1906-1974), Autumn verso Summer Landscape, 1953
Herbert Seidel (1906 Berlin - 1974 Rüdersdorf), Autumn verso Summer Landscape, 1953. India ink on grained, bleached p...
Category
1950s Abstract Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
1.0 M (DETECTIVE COMICS) and 1.2M BAT MAN, Diptych. Drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
1.0 M (DETECTIVE COMICS) and 1.2M BAT MAN, Diptych, 2023 by Rodrigo Spinel
From the series Currency
Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g.
Overall Frame size: 43 cm H x 68 cm W x 3 c...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Telephone Pole Worker
38 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches
Oil on pap...
Category
1930s American Realist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
India Naga Tribe Watercolour 19th Century Company School Painting Indian
Located in Norfolk, GB
Untitled - Rongmei Naga Tribe India
Watercolour on Paper
c 1860
Mounted Unframed: 38 x 45 cm
Image size: 24.5 x 31 cm
Provenance: Private UK Collection
This is a fabulous and rare 19th century watercolour from India in a style that is often referred to as Company School Painting...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Meeting Place" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Meeting Place" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a landscape with tall trees and a river running through it.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bottle Bag (Lady Selborne, Pretoria, South Africa)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Tshidiso Andrew Motjuoadi (1935-1968) Bottle Bag (A Penny for a Bottle). 1963. Ink on handmade paper laid down on plywood board, panel measures 20.5 x 28.75 inches. Signed and dated ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
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