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Medium: Watercolor
A Seraph (no. 1)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Framed dimensions 18.5 x 17.5 inches
One of two original drawings of seraphim created for the British firm of stained-glass designers Shrigley and Hunt. The drawings are by the cele...
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1880s Victorian Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Watercolor
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a watercolor drawing Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Blue dress : Antique Greek costume - Original watercolor drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne LALIQUE
Blue dress : Antique Greek Costume
Original India ink and watercolor drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier on the back
On ve...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
Figures on the Beach, Mid Century East Java Indonesia Coast Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century landscape watercolor of figures on a beautiful beach in Indonesia, and early work by Sufi artist Amang Rahman Jubair (Indonesian, 1931-2001). Four tall palm trees tower o...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Carillon - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
The Carillon is an original modern artwork realized in the 19th Century.
Original colored china ink and watercolor on paper.
Excellent conditions.
The Carillon is a small format...
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1880s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Ross Bleckner Group of 3 Figure Drawings (attrb.)
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Ross Bleckner (American, b. 1949)
Group of 3 Double Sided Drawings
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Largest: 24 x 18 in.
Smallest: 22 3/4 x 18 in.
Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, New York; drawing all the time without being aware that other artists existed. He was the middle child between two sisters; his father manufactures electronic parts He attended New York University where Sol Lewitt, Chuck Close and others were his teachers. He graduated in 1972, then spent a year at the California Institute of Arts. His contacts in the next few years were very fortuitous; Sol Lewitt and Chuck Close, Carl Andre, David Salle, Julian Schnabel, etc.
Bleckner is on the nervous side, beset by self-doubt, insomnia, and gloom. He is unpretentious, although he is bluntly handsome, with olive complexion, and a compact build. He is "10 percent that is superficial and 90 percent that has to do with the depths and that is threatened by living. He is a very complicated individual. He is a very, very morose, deeply feeling, hardworking artist- he takes a lot from within himself - but always, no matter how successful he is, he feels he is going to fall into those depths." 1
Bleckner first exhibited his work in New York in 1974. The following year he was given his first one-man show; he was included in the 1975 Whitney Biennial.. Since about 1985 has addressed many of his paintings to the subject of AIDS- both documenting it as a historical phenomenon and commemorating specific individuals who have died.
Written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California.
Bio sourced from the Archives of askArt.
Sources include:
Ross Bleckner's Mood Indigo by Lisa Liebmann, in ARTnews, May 1993...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite, Paper
Long Blue Dress : Antique Greek costume (Antigone) - Original watercolor drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne LALIQUE
Long Blue Dress : Antique Greek Costume (Antigone)
Original carbon pencil and watercolor drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier on the back
On vellum 37.5 x 26 (c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Carbon Pencil
Reclined Nude - Watercolor on Paper by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original watercolor on paper.
Good conditions.
The artwork...
Category
1970s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Memorial to Mr. Morris / woman's head study - drawing painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Memorial to Mr. Morris' is created with stabilo pencil, ink, gouache, walnut ink and charcoal on paper. Comes in an archival crystal clear storage sleeve. The young woman's head wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
View of Henningsvaer Lofoten - Watercolor by Armin Guther - 1986
By Armin Guther
Located in Roma, IT
View of Henningsvaer Lofoten is an Original Watercolor realized by Armin Guther in 1986.
Good condition, included a white cardboard passpartout (50x40 cm).
Hand-signed and dated on...
Category
1980s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Troop Movement - Original Ink and Watercolor by Gaspard Gobaut - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Troop Movement is an original artwork realized by the artist Gaspard Gobaut (1814-1882).
Original ink and watercolor drawing on ivory cardboard.
Good conditions. Passapourt includ...
Category
19th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
The Port - Original China Ink and Watercolor by H. Hausmann - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Port is an original drawing in china ink and watercolor realized by Herta Hausmann (1892-1972).
Hand-signed on the lower right.
Good conditions.
This interesting drawing repre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Talia in Fruitvale / woman with hat - red & gold - drawing painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Talia in Fruitvale' , head study of a young woman in a hat in mainly yellow and red, is created with mixed media on paper, including stabilo pencil, gouache, ink, dry point pigment,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Charcoal
Whimsical Illustration Hiking Cartoon, 1938 Mt Tremblant Ski Lodge William Steig
Located in Surfside, FL
Lighthearted Illustration of Outdoor Pursuits This one being cross country hiking signed "W. Steig"
Provenance: from Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan, Commissioned by Joe Ryan for the bar at his ski resort, Mount Tremblant Lodge, in 1938.
Mont Tremblant, P.Q., Canada
Watercolor and ink on illustration board, sights sizes 8 1/2 x 16 1/2 in., framed.
In 1938 Joe Ryan, described as a millionaire from Philadelphia, bushwhacked his way to the summit of Mont Tremblant and was inspired to create a world class ski resort at the site. In 1939 he opened the Mont Tremblant Lodge, which remains part of the Pedestrian Village today. This original illustration is on Whatman Illustration board. the board measures 14 X 22 inches. label from McClees Galleries, Philadelphia, on the frame backing paper.
William Steig, 1907 – 2003 was an American cartoonist, sculptor, and, in his later life, an illustrator and writer of children's books. Best known for the picture books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto, he was also the creator of Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988.
Steig was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1907, and grew up in the Bronx. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants from Austria, both socialists. His father, Joseph Steig, was a house painter, and his mother, Laura Ebel Steig, was a seamstress who encouraged his artistic leanings. As a child, he dabbled in painting and was an avid reader of literature. Among other works, he was said to have been especially fascinated by Pinocchio.He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at 15 but never completed college, though he attended three, spending two years at City College of New York, three years at the National Academy of Design and a mere five days at the Yale School of Fine Arts before dropping out of each.
Hailed as the "King of Cartoons" Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. Steig, later, when he was 61, began writing children's books. In 1968, he wrote his first children's book. He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969), won the Caldecott Medal. He went on to write more than 30 children's books, including the Doctor DeSoto series, and he continued to write into his nineties. Among his other well-known works, the picture book Shrek! (1990) formed the basis for the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek (2001). After the release of Shrek 2 in 2004, Steig became the first sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel. Along with Maurice Sendak, Saul Steinberg, Ludwig Bemelmans and Laurent de Brunhofff his is one of those rare cartoonist whose works form part of our collective cultural heritage.
In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor DeSoto directed by Michael Sporn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. As one of the most admired cartoonists of all time, Steig spent seven decades drawing for the New Yorker magazine. He touched generations of readers with his tongue–in–cheek pen–and–ink drawings, which often expressed states of mind like shame, embarrassment or anger. Later in life, Steig turned to children's books, working as both a writer and illustrator.
Steig's children's books were also wildly popular because of the crazy, complicated language he used—words like lunatic, palsied, sequestration, and cleave. Kids love the sound of those words even if they do not quite understand the meaning. Steig's descriptions were also clever. He once described a beached whale as "breaded with sand."
Throughout the course of his career, Steig compiled his cartoons and drawings into books. Some of them were published first in the New Yorker. Others were deemed too dark to be printed there. Most of these collections centered on the cold, dark psychoanalytical truth about relationships. They featured husbands and wives fighting and parents snapping at their kids. His first adult book, Man About Town, was published in 1932, followed by About People, published in 1939, which focused on social outsiders. Sick of Each Other, published in 2000, included a drawing depicting a wife holding her husband at gunpoint, saying, "Say you adore me."
According to the Los Angeles Times, fellow New Yorker artist Edward Sorel...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Harley Miller - Large 1999 Watercolour, Rail Freight in Scotland
Located in Corsham, GB
A Scottish landscape depicting a Safeway freight train crossing an old bridge and travelling past water and mountains. Heather and a stag can be seen in the foreground. Signed and da...
Category
20th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$321 Sale Price
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Untitled
Located in New York, NY
This is a pencil and watercolor drawing of a male figure by Pol Anglada offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Untitled
2023
Pencil and watercolor on paper
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Abstract Figurative Nude Gouache Painting of Red Haired Female
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful figurative drawing by Texas artist William Anzalone. The drawing depicts a nude woman in solitude taking off her robe. Signed by the artist at the bottom right. Framed in a beautiful black modern frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 16 in. x W 13 in.
Artist Biography: William Anzalone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1935. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1953-1958) in Boston, earning a B.A., M.A. and the Rotch Prize in architecture. In 1956 he attended Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, studying architectural design. In 1958 he also attended the Museum School at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Anzalone married his wife, Louise, in 1956 and they had one daughter, Toni. The Anzalone’s moved from the East Coast to Houston, Texas in 1959. Soon after arriving in Texas, Anzalone began lecturing at the University of Houston, and also began an association with the gallery Meredith Long...
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Late 20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Augustus Edwin John original watercolour drawing of cave people, British
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This is one of a number of drawings that was accompanied by a signed letter from Augustus Edwin John which read as follows `Alderney Manor/ Nr Parkstone, Dorset / Dear Hodge, I send ...
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20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Marinajo del Molo- Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Marinajo del Molo" (Sailor of the pier), hand-signed on lower-left margin. Very good conditions. Including an ivory colored cardboard p...
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1820s Old Masters Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Enchanted Love - Original Watercolor Etching by B. Nocchi - 1821
Located in Roma, IT
Enchanted Love is an original water colored etching realized by artist Bernardino Nocchi in 1821.
Signed on the plate on the lower left.
The state ...
Category
1820s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
The Musical Band - Drawing By Norbert Meyre - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Musical Band is an original Drawing on paper realized by the French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century.
Drawing in mixed media.
The artwork is represented through deft...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Reclined Nude - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original modern artwork realized in the Early 20th Century.
Original pencil and watercolor drawing on colored cardboard, glued on white cardboard (50 x 35 cm)
...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Village - Original Watercolor and Pen by Paul Albert Moras - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Village is an original drawing in watercolor and pen realized by the French artist Paul Albert Moras in 1926. Hand-signed on the lower right and dated.
The state of preservation is very good.
Included a Passepartut: 27.5 x 37.5 cm.
The artwork represents a brilliant landscape, created through soft and precise strokes with poetical hatching which made the village picturesque, with delicate coloring and lighting. The artwork characterized by a well-balanced drawing of houses...
Category
1920s Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Sketch - Drawing by Henry Gabriel Ibels - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is a China Ink and watercolor Drawing realized by Henry Gabriel Ibels in 1919.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Hand-signed, dated on the lower right corner.
Henri-Gabri...
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1910s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Cityscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Cityscape is a Pencil and Watercolour Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, Franc...
Category
1970s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
$331 Sale Price
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Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour - Gathered by the Duck Pond
Located in Corsham, GB
Rural scene in watercolors. Presented in a gilt-effect frame with card mount. Unsigned. On watercolour paper.
Category
Late 19th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$244 Sale Price
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Woman In Blue; contemporary figurative oil painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Just released form the artists studio a 1997 Gouache.
Category
1990s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Follower of Rosetti - 1874 Watercolour, The Loot
Located in Corsham, GB
This evocative watercolour and pencil work, inspired by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, depicts a soldier and maiden exploring a chest within an atmospheric, arched interior. The artist's us...
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Late 19th Century Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Henry John Sylvester Stannard RBA (1870-1951) - Watercolour, Flushing Pheasants
Located in Corsham, GB
An original sporting watercolour by the listed British artist Henry John Sylvester Stannard RBA (1870-1951). Well presented in a wash-line mount and gilt-effect frame. Signed to the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Man and Moon - Original Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Man and Moon is an original painting in mixed media on paper realized by Sergio Barletta in 1961.
Applied on passepartout:65 x 49.5 cm.
Hand-signed on the lower left and dated on t...
Category
1960s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Watercolor
Long Red Dress : Antique Greek costume (Antigone) - Original watercolor drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne LALIQUE
Long Red Dress : Antique Greek Costume (Antigone)
Original carbon pencil and watercolor drawing
Signed with the stamp of atelier on th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Carbon Pencil
Greek Islands - Mixed Media by Robert Sauterne - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Greek Islands is a drawing in mixed media (pencil, ink and watercolor) on cardboard realized by Robert Sauterne.
The State of preservation is good, with a small stain along the left...
Category
20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Suzanne LALIQUE - XVIII Century Women Costume- Original signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Suzanne LALIQUE
XVIII Century Women Costume
Original carbon pencil and gouache on vellum
Signed with the stamp of atelier on the back
On vellum 31 x 24 (c. 12 x 9.4 in)
Very good c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Carbon Pencil
The Abandoned Train Car
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Abandoned Train Car" c. 1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted Californian artist Dan (Daniel Stookey) Lutz, 1906-1978. It is signed at the lower right corner. The artwork size is 14 x 20.75 inches, framed size is 27.35 x 33.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Daniel Stookey Lutz was born in Decatur, Illinois on July 7, 1906 to Florence Stookey and Samuel Milton Lutz, who owned a music store in Decatur. His father was a noted violinist and his mother a fine watercolorist and occasional painter. He came of age in the 20s but he matured, as the country did, under the pressures of the Great Depression. He was twenty-three when the stock market fell in the fall of 1929. Fortunately for Lutz, he had already commenced his studies at Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) when the panic of Black Thursday occurred.
After four years of studies at the AIC, Dan Lutz...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of a shirtless man in sun...
Category
1990s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Sole Tree - Drawing by Mareal Abougit - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Sole Tree is a drawing realized by Mareal Abougit (1903-1985) in 1974.
Pencil, pastel and watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower left.
Good conditions with slight...
Category
1970s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pastel, Watercolor
The Gardens in Rome - Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1741
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolour on paper.
Hand dated.
Good condition except for some foxing.
Category
1740s Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
In Monte Carlo. Watercolor, Realistic, Classic, Marine, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary watercolor painting on paper by Polish artist Wlodzimierz Karczmarzyk. Marine painting depicting boats on a water. Artwork's style is sketch-like but realistic at the sa...
Category
Early 2000s Other Art Style Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Whimsical Fishing Illustration Cartoon 1938 Mt Tremblant Ski Lodge William Steig
Located in Surfside, FL
Lighthearted Illustration of Outdoor Pursuits This one of a fisherman signed "W. Steig"
Provenance: from Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan, Commissioned by Joe Ryan for the bar at his ski resort, Mount Tremblant Lodge, in 1938.
Mont Tremblant, P.Q., Canada
Watercolor and ink on illustration board, sights sizes 8 1/2 x 16 1/2 in., framed.
In 1938 Joe Ryan, described as a millionaire from Philadelphia, bushwhacked his way to the summit of Mont Tremblant and was inspired to create a world class ski resort at the site. In 1939 he opened the Mont Tremblant Lodge, which remains part of the Pedestrian Village today. This original illustration is on Whatman Illustration board. the board measures 14 X 22 inches. label from McClees Galleries, Philadelphia, on the frame backing paper.
William Steig, 1907 – 2003 was an American cartoonist, sculptor, and, in his later life, an illustrator and writer of children's books. Best known for the picture books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto, he was also the creator of Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988.
Steig was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1907, and grew up in the Bronx. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants from Austria, both socialists. His father, Joseph Steig, was a house painter, and his mother, Laura Ebel Steig, was a seamstress who encouraged his artistic leanings. As a child, he dabbled in painting and was an avid reader of literature. Among other works, he was said to have been especially fascinated by Pinocchio.He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at 15 but never completed college, though he attended three, spending two years at City College of New York, three years at the National Academy of Design and a mere five days at the Yale School of Fine Arts before dropping out of each.
Hailed as the "King of Cartoons" Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. Steig, later, when he was 61, began writing children's books. In 1968, he wrote his first children's book. He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969), won the Caldecott Medal. He went on to write more than 30 children's books, including the Doctor DeSoto series, and he continued to write into his nineties. Among his other well-known works, the picture book Shrek! (1990) formed the basis for the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek (2001). After the release of Shrek 2 in 2004, Steig became the first sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel. Along with Maurice Sendak, Saul Steinberg, Ludwig Bemelmans and Laurent de Brunhofff his is one of those rare cartoonist whose works form part of our collective cultural heritage.
In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor DeSoto directed by Michael Sporn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. As one of the most admired cartoonists of all time, Steig spent seven decades drawing for the New Yorker magazine. He touched generations of readers with his tongue–in–cheek pen–and–ink drawings, which often expressed states of mind like shame, embarrassment or anger. Later in life, Steig turned to children's books, working as both a writer and illustrator.
Steig's children's books were also wildly popular because of the crazy, complicated language he used—words like lunatic, palsied, sequestration, and cleave. Kids love the sound of those words even if they do not quite understand the meaning. Steig's descriptions were also clever. He once described a beached whale as "breaded with sand."
Throughout the course of his career, Steig compiled his cartoons and drawings into books. Some of them were published first in the New Yorker. Others were deemed too dark to be printed there. Most of these collections centered on the cold, dark psychoanalytical truth about relationships. They featured husbands and wives fighting and parents snapping at their kids. His first adult book, Man About Town, was published in 1932, followed by About People, published in 1939, which focused on social outsiders. Sick of Each Other, published in 2000, included a drawing depicting a wife holding her husband at gunpoint, saying, "Say you adore me."
According to the Los Angeles Times, fellow New Yorker artist...
Category
1930s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Mata Hari - Charcoal and Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Mata Hari is an original charcoal and watercolour drawing on paper, realized around the early 1970s by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Si...
Category
1970s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Charcoal
Landscape - Watercolor on Paper by Jean Delpech - 1950s
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
"Landscape" is a drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimension: 15 x 23.5 cm.
The ar...
Category
1950s Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a Watercolour artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980) in 1960.
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (35x51 cm).
Hand-signed...
Category
1960s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Turn of the Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful turn of the century figurative landscape by F.S. Mediary (American, Late 19th Century/Early 20th Century). Presented in a giltwood frame. Signed "F.S. Mediary" lower right....
Category
1890s American Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$380 Sale Price
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Mode Drawing : Three Dresses for Spring - Original watercolor & Gouache drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Rosy ANDREASI-VERDIER (1934-2015)
Mode drawing : Three Dresses for Spring
Original gouache and watercolor drawing
Bears the "Rosy Andreasi Verdier" Archives stamp bottom right
On ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Girl in Blue Kayak
Located in Burlingame, CA
Blue Kayak Canoe with a girl navigating a serene river scene from important Bay Area figurative contemporary artists Mary Robertson, who is associated with the Bay Area Figurative Sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Mode Drawing : Fall Elegant Dresses - Original watercolor & Gouache drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Rosy ANDREASI-VERDIER (1934-2015)
Mode drawing : Fall Elegant Dresses
Original gouache and watercolor drawing
Bears the "Rosy Andreasi Verdier&qu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Country Houses - Original Watercolor on Paper by Pierre Segogne - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Country Houses is an original Modern Artwork realized in the half of the 20th Century in France by Pierre Segogne (? - 1958).
Original watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed on the lowe...
Category
1950s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Costume di Massagrogna - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper stuck on ivory colored cardboard, 1820 c.a.
Hand-signed on lower-right and hand-titled "Costume di Massagrogna", with autograph caption black ink ...
Category
1820s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Provocation - Mixed Media by M. Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Provocation Woman is an original artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the 1960's.
Watercolor, charcoal and pastel drawing.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower margin.
Hand-writ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Pastel
Thamar - Watercolor by Unknown Master - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Thamar is an original drawing in watercolor on cardboard realized by Toha in 1923 ca.
The state of preservation of the artwork is good.
Titled on the lower left.
Hand-signed and d...
Category
1920s Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Gioncataro - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Gioncataro is an amazing original artwork, watercolour on ivory-colored paper, realized by the talented artist Michela De Vito in 1820 ca.
Hand-titled "Gioncataro" in pencil on the ...
Category
1820s Old Masters Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Allegory - Original Watercolor on Paper by Jean Delpech - 1960s
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
"Allegory" (1937) is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimension: 14.6 x 23.2 cm.
The artwork represents beautiful allegory with gloomy color, dark watercolor...
Category
1960s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Competition - OriginalMixed Mediar by Angelo Griscelli - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is original drawings in mixed media on paper, realized by Angelo Griscelli (1893-1978).
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
The artwork represents a woman ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Charcoal
The Arrest of Giorgio Morandi - Drawing by M. Maccari - 1943
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Arrest of Giorgio Morandi is an original Drawing in watercolor and ink on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1943.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
On 23 May 1943 th...
Category
1940s Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
LOVE (Woman in Blue) - Original signed watercolor - 1993
Located in Paris, IDF
Sacha CHIMKEVITCH (1920-2006)
LOVE (Woman in Blue), 1983
Original watercolor and charcoals drawing
Signed and dated bottom right
On vellum 75 x 54 cm (c. 30 x 22")
Excellent condition
Category
1980s Realist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
$477 Sale Price
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"Warm Evening Solitude"
By John P. Nicolson
Located in Southampton, NY
For your consideration here is a wonderful original watercolor by the Scottish born artist John P. Nicolson also known as John Nicolson. Executed circa 1915 in the style of Winslow H...
Category
1910s Academic Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Exploring the Lake District, watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Exploring the Lake District
Watercolour
20 x 28 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mini...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen
General Merch Way Down in Chinatown - Vintage Illustration in Ink
Located in Soquel, CA
General Merch Way Down in Chinatown - Vintage Illustration in Ink
This illustration, inked in intricate detail by Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999), shows two men with long brai...
Category
1950s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Snow - Watercolour landscape, Figurative, Winter, Pastel colors, Realistic
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANDRZEJ PAŃKOWSKI Architect and painter. Professor of the architectural drawing at the Institute of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture of the Faculty of Architecture. His watercolors we...
Category
Early 2000s Other Art Style Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Neaples - Original Ink and Watercolor - Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Naples is an original watercolor on paper, realized in XIX century, by an anonymous artist whose signature seems to be N.S. (hand-written in pencil on lower left corner)
Good condit...
Category
19th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Watercolor figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Watercolor figurative drawings and watercolors available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add figurative drawings and watercolors created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, yellow and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Mino Maccari, Leo Guida, Alexander Warren Montel, and Michela De Vito. Frequently made by artists working in the Modern, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Watercolor figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available Prices for figurative drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $11 and tops out at $1,595,000, while the average work can sell for $700.
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