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Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
"You In That Dress" oil pastel, legs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This 14in x 11in original oil pastel work by Lauren Rinaldi ships in the pictured archival custom frame measuring 15in x 12in. Lauren Rinaldi works using unbiased portraits of women...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Shore - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Shore is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s. Watercolor drawings. Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Figure - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s. Watercolor drawings. Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Albero - Etching by Leo Guida - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Albero is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1973 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original print. Aquatint and etching. Hand-signed , date...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Etching, Aquatint

The Ship - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Ship is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s. Watercolor drawings. Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Dwight Baird Diamond Dust from the Baseball Collection
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In the original artwork Diamond Dust, Canadian artist Dwight Baird masterfully captures the thrilling moment of suspense in a baseball game as a player slides into second base. The p...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Barca de Refugiados, Figurative Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Barca de Refugiados, 1999 by Celso Castro Crayon and pastel on archival paper Image size: 45 H in. x 59 in. W On the back of the painting: Maranones "Lunes 23 de mayo 2016" Pencil...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Pencil, Crayon, Pastel

Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Colour Market Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a sheet of notebook. No Signature. Reynold Arnould was born in Le...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Laboratory _ Journal _ Day _ 00200 - Drawing, Floral, Black, White
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Laboratory_Journal_Day 00200, 2022 black ink on white paper 27 9/16 H x 39 3/8 W cm 70 H x 100 W cm The drawings signed by Alina Aldea show the meticulousness and perfection of micr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Portrait - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s. Watercolor drawings. Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s. Watercolor drawings. Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s. Watercolor drawings. Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

CONDENSE
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "CONDENSE" 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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pencil

Samurai - Grey, White, Collage, Surrealism, Paper
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Samurai, 2021 Collage on paper 50.4 H x 35 W cm Signed on the right side down Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, populated by thousands of pieces of paper, textiles, pieces of plastic, found or made objects, which intertwine on the paper support and as in a well-controlled and thought puzzle give birth to a new universe. The new series of collages...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

Jenna Lyons, Portrait Painting
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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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

In the Garden - China Ink drawing - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
In the garden is an original artwork realized by Brunello Serena in 1970s Ink drawing on paper. Includes metal frame: 35 x 2 x 39 cm Hand signed on the lower margin.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Giuseppe Zanotti High Heel, Fashion, Watercolor Painting
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Vase with gladioli in August " (contemporary floral piece inspired by Van Gogh)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This still-life painting depicts a bouquet of yellow, red and dark pink gladioli in a vase on the wooden table. This painting allow me to discover a wider palette, exploring new co...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Paper

Talluah Bankhead 3 and Pola Negri II Diptych. From The Dis-enchanted series.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Talluah Bankhead 3 and Pola Negri II Diptych, 2016 From The Dis-enchanted series Ink on paper Overall frame size: 20 in. H x 32 in. W x 1 in D Individual size: Image size: 16.5 in....
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Man on the Road - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Man on the road is an original drawing in pen realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The man is depicted with a delic...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Maori - Contemporary Figurative Watercolor Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
The Aquarele is in a simple Ikea frame behind Plexiglas Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Perfect Stranger (The One Time Encounter) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Women
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 t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Red Repose, bold abstracted woman female figure, collage jewelry chains in hair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These collages were created first in the presence of a model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alone, furiously tearing and pasting images from magazines, v...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Charcoal, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Laid Paper, Magazine Paper

Beaches in Cap Skiring No.1 by Calo Carratalá - Pencil, Senegal, trees, river
Located in Paris, FR
Beaches in Cap Skiring No.1 is a unique oil pencil on cardboard, glued on wooden frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 80 × 139 × 4 cm (31.5 × 54.7 × 1....
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Wood Panel, Cardboard, Pencil

Prayer - Drawing by David Euler - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal, Gouache, Pastel on paper. In this mixed media drawing, a balled headed human figure is sitting on the ground in a meditative posture appearing to...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Untitled (Conference of the Birds)
By Beatriz Vidal
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Beatriz Vidal, 'Untitled (Conference of the Birds)', gouache and watercolor, 1998. Signed and dated in the image, lower right. A meticulously r...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

It's Hard To Understand - Contemporary Ink Ecoline Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Alessandro Michelle Yellow, Portrait.
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

The Pilgrim - Green, Red, Collage, Contemporary Art, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Pilgrim, 2022 collage, tempera, ink on paper 56.5 H x 40.5 W cm Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, populated by thousands of pie...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Tempera

The Reaper - Blue, Black, Paper, Collage, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Reaper, 2022 collage, tempera on paper 56.5 H x 40.5 W cm Signed on reverse Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Tempera

Cloud Catcher - Original Children Book Illustration Painting for "Burdock Field"
Located in Salzburg, AT
Original Illustration for published children's book "Burdock Field" - "Lopianowe Pole" by Grazyna Rigall, signet by artist, It is in a plain Ikea fra...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pencil

The Scientist - Contemporary Art, Collage, Paper, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Scientist, 2022 collage, spray on paper 50 H x 35 W cm Signed on right side down Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, populated b...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Spray Paint

"Hope" by Frida Willis - Contemporary Minimal Colorful Young Child Watercolor
Located in Carmel, CA
Frida Willis (Swedish, born 1971) "Hope" 2024 Watercolor, Ink, Paper The artist signed the bottom right of the artwork. "Hope" by Frida Willis captures a striking and delicate portr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Aeron's Gift
Located in Columbia, MO
Aeron’s Gift Oil on panel 24 x 18 inches Framed: 32.5 x 26.5 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

"Two Pears in Love" by New York artist SACHA
Located in New York, NY
SACHA (American, b. 1965) Two Pears in Love, 2008 Pencil on paper 20 x 16 in. Signed lower left: Sacha 2008 NYC Inscribed lower right: "Two Pears In Love" Alejandro Jose Franco or b...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Dead King 26 [20th Century German Führer]
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "Dead King 26 [20th Century German Führer]" is an original artwork by Kate Glasheen made of pen and ink on archival paper. T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pen

Cleo McGee Grading Papers
Located in Dallas, TX
“What he has learned from the art of the museums, Cobb has fully assimilated and modified in the development of his own personal vision. And while enriched by these historical perspe...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Water Love - Figurative Ink and Cyanotype Painting - New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

"14th Century Romanian Peasant" skeleton, garlic cloves, lavender, illustration
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "14th Century Romanian Peasant" is an original artwork made from micron pen on bristol board by Kate Glasheen. This piece is shipped in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Board, Pen

Jettisoned, Hand Colored Lithograph, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Donald Owen Colley Jettisoned, 2016 hand colored lithograph 15h x 22.50w in 38.10h x 57.15w cm DOC002 Photography is the frozen look… whereas art is the sustained look. One of the m...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Archival Ink, Lithograph

Streetcar Situation Green A/P 1/1 -figurative, playful, pop-art, limited edition
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This artist’s proof (1/1) is a playful homage to the beloved image of a Toronto streetcar. Pop Artist Charlie Pachter was inspired to create a series of prints on streetcars for one of his first exhibitions in the seventies. This serigraph features the detailed outline of a streetcar angled across three panels—the back and front of a streetcar painted green appears on either side—top and bottom. The backdrop is neutral, bordered in gold. Pachter is a much-admired Canadian artistic polymath, his colourful pop artwork merging playful even irreverent elements with deeply iconic imagery. “….a good art critic would compare it with Warhol’s soup cans...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Screen

Dreaming - Contemporary Ink Ecoline Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Woman Red Profile - Watercolor on paper - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Red Profile is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s in Italy. Watercolor on paper. Fair conditions: some foxing traces along the s...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Proenza Schouler, fashion show model Fall 2021
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Pen

John Kennedy and Caroline Bessette NY Daily News Cover, Watercolor Painting
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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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache, Pencil

Untitled
By Beth Erze
Located in Kansas City, MO
Beth Erze Title: Untitled Year: 2017 Medium: Crayon, Wax Crayon, Pencil on Paper Size: 7.5 x 6.25 inches Signed by the artist COA provided
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Wax Crayon, Pencil

Last Garden - Contemporary, Figurative Art, Red, Orange, Nude, Male
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Last Garden, 2016 collage on cardboard 27 9/16 H x 39 3/8 W in. 70 H x 100 W cm The artist's reference to fundamental myths of humanity and their analysis from the perspective of co...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Cardboard

Untitled (Drill Drawing Series II) #3
Located in Dallas, TX
In his sculptures, drawings and paintings, Michael O’Keefe employs unpredictable processes as a means to discover content. He couples accident and chance with unconventional methods,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Six Goats, Modernist Goat Animal Portrait Series
Located in Soquel, CA
Playful portraits of six goats, a series arranged in panels, by Karen Druker (American, 1945). Signed "Druker" in the lower right corner. Presented in an off-white mat. No frame. Ima...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil

"It Always Rains on a Sunday" Woman in Purple Dress in Kitchen Interior
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "It Always Rains on a Sunday" is an original artwork made from oil on panel by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece is shipped with the picture white frame and measures 10”h ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Wood Panel

Prada Men's Fall Fashion show, Watercolor Painting
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Jansem drawing, Grandma drawing, contemporary artist, Jansem grandma portrait.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
La Veille Dame, ink on paper by Jean Jansem (1920-2013). Stephanie's gallery's certificate of authentic available. Signed Jansem lower right.
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Heart Flowers - Drawing by Enrico Josef Cucchi - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Heart Flowers is an original China ink and pencil drawing realized by the Italian artist Enrico Josef Cucchi in 2020. Hand-signed and dated on the lo...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil

Dead King 27 [20th Century Iraqi President]
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "Dead King 27 [20th Century Iraqi President]" is an original artwork by Kate Glasheen made of pen and ink on archival paper....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pen

THE MIND BEATENS (ORIGINAL DRAWING)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original color drawing on paper. Hand signed lower front by Roberto Matta. Image size 12 x 16 inches. Frame size approx 23.25 x 27.5 inches. Artwork is in overall excellent co...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

Angle with Flowers - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Angle with Flowers is a modern artwork realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Ink drawing on paper. Leo Guida has been able to weave a productive interview on art and...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Low Gap Shelter, Georgia, [ 34.77624, -83.8245 ]
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing titled "Low Gap Shelter, Georgia, [ 34.77624, -83.8245 ]" is an original artwork by Sarah Kaizar made of silver leaf, pen and ink. Drawing from her experience hiking the Appalachian trail...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pen

Oxford all night party 1983 after a picture by Dafydd Jones, Painting
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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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

Contemporary figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary figurative drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Leo Guida, Luis Miguel Valdes , Reginald K. Gee, and Renato Garza Cervera. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 1.25 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 $60 and tops out at $70,894, while the average work sells for $907.

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