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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
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

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

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Paper, Ink, Gouache

The Bird - Ink and Watercolor by Maria Ginzburg - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
The Bird is an original drawing in Ink and Watercolor, realized by Maria Ginzburg the 2000s. The status of preservation Good. The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident a...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

"The sunflower field", Floral Hand-Embroidered Surreal Vintage Photograph
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This brightly colored mixed media artwork titled "The sunflower field" is an original artwork by Han Cao made of embroidery thread and a vintage photograph. Wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Thread, Found Objects, Photographic Paper

WAIT A MINUTE
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "WAIT A MINUTE" is an original artwork made from pencil and ink on paper by Jasjyot Singh Hans. This piece measures 13"h x 13"w framed. Jasjyot Singh Hans is an illustrator unendingly inspired by an explosive neon mix of fashion, music and pop culture. He has a constant regard for things past and a voracity for all that is current. He studied animation film design at the National Institute of Design...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pencil

SOFTEN
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "SOFTEN" is an original artwork made from pencil and ink on paper by Jasjyot Singh Hans. This piece is 5 frames measuring 11.5"h x 9.5"w each. Jasjyot Singh Hans i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pencil

LOVER 2 LOVER
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "LOVER 2 LOVER" is an original artwork made from pencil and ink on paper by Jasjyot Singh Hans. This piece measures 26"h x 20"w framed.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pencil

"Pink" oil pastel, figurative nude, high heels, lingerie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Pink" is an original oil pastel on arches paper work by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece ships float-mounted in the pictured archival custom white frame. The finished framed dimensions ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Oil Pastel

Cubist Composition - Drawing by Gianpaolo Berto - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Drawing in pencil and black market pens realized by Berto in 1967. Hand signed and dated. In very good condition, includes a coeval wooden frame. 
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

With Head In The Clouds - Contemporary Figurative Ink 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

Posing Figures Sketch - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Posing figures sketch is an original artwork realized in the 1970s. by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker

Pig Face - 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

Untitled - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Ink Drawing, Female Nude
Located in Warsaw, PL
AGNIESZKA ZAKRZEWSKA (born in 1974) Agnieszka Zakrzewska graduated from the Faculties of Painting and Graphic Arts of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She paints, makes illustrati...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

ROBOT - Original Children Book Illustration Painting for "Stupid Funio"
Located in Salzburg, AT
Original Illustration for published children's book "Stupid Funio"" - "Glupi Funio" by Grazyna Rigall, signet by artist, It is already framed - in a wooden frame behind glass Gra...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Ragazzo for Boys, Boys, Pride, Triptych. Watercolor figurative
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ragazzo for Boys, Boys, Pride, 2018 Watercolor, pencil and black ink on archival paper Individual size: 9.75 in. H x 13.5 in W Overall size: 29.2 H x 13.5 W Unframed Drawing on paper...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pencil

Afternoon - Contemporary, Orange, Yellow, Male, Sun, Figurative, Summer, Sunbath
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Afternoon, 2015 Collage on cardboard 27 9/16 H x 39 3/8 W in. 70 H x 100 W cm On a orange background a naked men is lying on the bed. In a very relaxed and ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Cardboard

The Reading Girl - Drawing by Paul Collomb - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Reading Girl is two drawings on paper realized in the mid-20s by Paul Collomb. There are two drawings one on the front and the second on the rear of the sheet. Hand-signed on t...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

"Tell Your Ride", Line Drawing, Car, Acrylic, Graphite, Color Marker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This still-life drawing titled "Tell Your Ride" is an original artwork by James Oliver made of acrylic, graphite and color marker on canvas board. This piece measures 12" x 12" frame...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Graphite

Backstage, charcoal and mixed media collage, female performer, dark psychology
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

In the Tub with Socks and Gloves, Contemporary Interior Figurative Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful and playful depiction of a woman in a bathtub wearing frilly green socks by Gary Ermoloff (American, b. 1949). The artist's background in fashio...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

?! Apollo Daphne - Contemporary, Love, Myth, 21st Century, Green, Violet, Yellow
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
?! Apollo Daphne, 2017 Acrylic, acrylic marker, collages on cardboard (signed, front right corner) 20 5/64 H x 28 11/32 W in. 51 H × 72 W cm The artist...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Cardboard

M-108533 - Charcoal Drawing by N. Gattamelata - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Shadow is a mixed colored drawing realized by Nazareno Gattamelata in the second half of the XX century. Hand signed by the artist on the upper left margin. The artwork is framed (...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Boat on the Marañón River, Jungle series - Contemporary Drawing, work on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Boat on the Marañón River is a drawing by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, from the "Jungle" series. This piece of art portrays a man boating down the river Marañón - a tr...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Human Architect
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor, ink, marker & colored pencil on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has bee...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Color Pencil

Portrait - Drawing by Enotrio Pugliese - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal, watercolor and white lead on cardboard. Hand signed in pencil. Good condition except for some minor folds and some signs of time.
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Watercolor

Balenciaga Fall, fashion show model 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

"(Un)Becoming", Figurative Oil Pastel and Pen Drawing of Legs, Michelle Obama
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative drawing titled "(Un)Becoming" is an original artwork by Lauren Rinaldi made of oil pastel and ballpoint pen on Arches paper. This piece measures 18"h x 11"w framed. T...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Ballpoint Pen

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Rag Paper

Cell 02 - Contemporary, Black, White, Drawing, Conceptual
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Cell 01, 2019 Black ink on white cardboard (signed) 39 3/8 H x 27 9/6 W in. 100 H x 70 W cm The drawings signed by Alina Aldea reveal the meticulousness and perfection of microscopi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Cardboard

Triptych - Pencil Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Triptych is an original Contemporary artwork realized by the Italian Artist Leo Guida in 1970s Original Pencil Drawing on paper. The work is in very good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Im_mortelle, Original Contemporary Watercolor Painting, Floral, Bas-relief
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Watercolor Painting, Unique Work. Handmade artwork. Ready to Hang. Medium : Watercolor on Archival Fine Art paper Artist : Deniz Bayav Subject : Im_mortelle (Title) ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Knob Maul Shelter, Virginia, [ 37.0008, -8140446 ]
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Knob Maul Shelter, Virginia, [ 37.0008, -8140446 ]" is an original pen and ink, and acrylic wash artwork by Sarah Kaizar measuring 24"h x 30"w framed. It’s an off-beat, diverse com...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pen

Tallulah Bankhead. Drawing From The Dis-enchanted series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Tallulah Bankhead, 2016 From The Dis-enchanted series Ink on paper Image size: 16.5 in. H x 11.6 in. W Frame size: 20 in. H x 16 in. W x 1 in D Th...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Meeting - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Pastel Drawing
By Magdalena Rytel-Skorek
Located in Warsaw, PL
Magdalena Rytel-Skorek (born in 1976) She studied at the Faculty of Graphic Design at the European Academy of Arts in Arts in Warsaw. She graduated in 2001 from the studio of prof. J...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Sybil in the Forest - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sybil in the Forest is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic mo...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Day of the Painter - Allegorical Drawing with the Artist and Multiple Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
"Descriptions I have heard or read of my work, most of which either delight or offend me, are: allegorical, apocalyptic, provocative, prophetic, dream-like, surreal, fantastic, weird, frightening, disturbing, demanding, despairing, disgusting, irrelevant, inspiring, old, new-old, fascinating, morbid, medieval, bizarre, cathartic, mystery-plays (I like that), and well drawn." - David Becker David Becker Day of the Painter graphite on paper 22h x 34w in 55.88h x 86.36w cm DB0017 David Becker Exhibitions 2017 Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2012 Eye Teeth Group Show, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI 2011 Art Chicago 2011, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 David Becker Retrospective, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2009, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL The 184th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, NYC Selections, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008 Art Chicago 2008, Represented by Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Unruly Muse, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006 Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL 2005 SOFA NY (Sculptural Objects Functional Art), Ann Nathan Gallery, 7th Regiment Armory, NY, NY Art Chicago in the Park, Butler Field, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Palm Beach³, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, FL 2004 Contemporary Prints: National Academy Museum Collection, National Academy of Design, NYC Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange, Manning, Riddoch, & Ballart Gallery, Australia Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2003 Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Fantastic & Visionary Art, touring exhibit: Orange Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia National Academy of Design 178th Annual Exhibition, NY, NY 2002 Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art of the 20th Century, Ann Nathan Gallery, Park Ave. Armory, NY, NY Outsider Art Fair, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC Self and Other Portraits, Wisconsin Artists, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI Return of the Men, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2001  Beyond the 50's, May 4 - July 1, Exhibit A, A Gallery of Art & Design, Birmingham, Michigan Outsider Art Fair, January 26-28, The Puck Building @ Houston & Lafayette Sts., NYC "FANTASTIC ART", April/May, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW, Australia. David Becker: Etchings and Engravings, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, solo exhibition of prints, February. 2000  Four person exhibition, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, Oct. 31 - Nov. 27, 2000. 1999 National Academy 174th Annual Exhibition, NY University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI Treasures Revealed: 19th and 20th Century American Works on Paper, National Academy, NY 1995 Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints, Bhopal, India Contemporary Prints, Selections from John Szoke Gallery, NYC, Drew University, Madison, NJ Collection Update, 1994, National Academy of Design Museum, NY 1994 David Becker and Robert Sholties, Peconic Gallery, Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY In Black and White: Works by Four Printmakers, Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs Aesthetics of Athletics: Sports, Games, and Exercise, Charles A. Wustum Musem, Racine, WI GMI IX Award Winners, Art Center Gallery, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg 1993 Take Home a Nude benefit auction, NY Academy of Art Graduate School Of Figurative Art, NY 1993 American Prints: Last Half 20th Century, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washingtion, DC Outstanding American Prints, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha,WI National Academy of Design 168th Annual Exhibition, NY David Becker: Etchings, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA Portraits, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 1992 The Print Fair, 7th Regiment Armory, NY 1991 166th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NY Alma College Collection, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan Modes of Expression, Potsdam College, SUNY, Potsdam, NY 1990 With Nothing On, Prints and Drawings of the Nude, New Orleans Museum of Art, LA Prints by Printmakers, Staller Art Center, SUNY-Stonybrook, NY Publications/Reviews 2007 November 60 Years of North American Prints: 1947-2007, Boston U. Art Gallery, Boston, MA 2003 July 11 Isthmus, Madison, “Welcome to My Nightmare,” by Robert Cozzolino. 2001 March 14 The Wall Street Journal, "Time Off: A Week of Diversions." Review of Progressive Printmakers (LVM) exhibition. 2001 February Isthmus, Madison, "America's Printland," by Jennifer Smith. 2001 February Capital Times, "The Crowned Prints," by Kevin Lynch. 1999 July Progressive Printmakers: Wisconsin Artists & the Print Renaissance. 1995 – 1999 Who’s Who in America. 1993 Summer The Journal of the Print World, review. March 14 The New York Times, review. March 12 The Daily Oklahoman, review. 1990 Dec. 13 The Capital Times, review. April 28 The Washingtion Post, review. March 25 The New York Times, review. Summer The Journal of the Print World, review. Selected Collections - additional collections available on request Arkansas Arts Center Foundation, Little Rock, AR Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Brooklyn Museum, NYC Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI Elvehjem Museum of Art, U of Wisconsin-Madison Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI Library of Congress, Washington, DC Metropolitan Museum, Miami, FL Museo de Arte Moderno, Cali, Columbia National Academy, NY, NY National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC New York Public Library, NY Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA United States Information Agency, Prague, Czech. Alberta College of Art, Alberta, Canada Albion College, Albion, MI Alma College, Alma, MI Art Center, South Bend, IN AT&T Corporate HQ, Plainfield, NJ Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA Bradley University, Peoria, IL Columbia Green Community College, Hudson, NY Columbus State University, Columbus, GA Davidson College, Davidson, NC Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA Georgia State University – Atlanta Hope College, Holland, MI Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Madison Art Center, Madison, WI Marui Imai Inc., Sapporo, Japan Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI Minot Art Association, Minot, ND North Carolina Print/Drawing Society, Charlotte, NC North Texas State University – Denton Ohio University – Athens Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma State University, OK Quad Graphics, Milwaukee, WI Silvermine Guild of Arts, New Canaan, CT Springfield College, Springfield, MA St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY State University of New York – Fredonia State University of New York – Potsdam Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ University of Colorado-Boulder University of Dallas, TX University of Louisville, Louisville, KN University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada University of North Dakota – Grand Forks University of South Dakota – Vermillion University of Tennessee – Knoxville West Chester State College, West Chester, PA Western Kentucky University – Bowling Green Private Collections Carla Leighton, New York, NY Marc Hauser, Chicago, IL Michael John Hofer, Chicago, IL Drs. Mark & Helene Connolly, River Forest, IL Jamie Kalikow, New York, NY Dianne & Jim Blanco, Chicago, IL Denise Roberge, Palm Desert, CA Tish & Philip Messinger, Creskill, NJ Brian Wesphal & Michael McVicker, Chicago, IL Ralph Privoznik, Lafayette, IN Candice Groot, Evanston, IL Shoemaker/Ruud Collection, Chicago, IL Braden Berkey and Robert Bartlett, Chicago, IL Bill and Karyn Silverstein, Highland Park, IL Steve Weitz, Lovettsville, VA Mary Allice Wimmer, Madison, WI Ann & Robert Avery...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Graphite

Dead King 13 [5th Century Korean Lord]
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Dead King 13 [5th Century Korean Lord]" is an original ink drawing on archival paper by Kate Glasheen measuring 20.75”h x 16.75”w when framed. The piece shi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper

Gahn Portrait # 121, Darren Vigil Gray, pastel on paper, black, red, Apache
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Gahn Portrait # 121, Darren Vigil Gray, pastel on paper, black, red, Apache painting on paper signed and titled by the artist on the front
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paint, Paper

Martin Wong drawing 1976
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Martin Wong, Jan Rowen, 1976: Included in the Martin Wong Catalog Raisonne, this 1970s Wong drawing features the artist’s friend, Jan Rowen captured intimately. A poignant insight in...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Undulating Flowering Ovum
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Undulating Flowering Ovum" by Hunter Stabler is an original ink and graphite on hand-cut paper mounted to plexiglass piece of artwork. The piece ships in the pictured wood frame an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite

Cell 05 - Contemporary, Drawing, White, Black, Organic, Minimalist, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Cell 05, 2021 black ink on white paper 39 3/8 H x 27 9/16 W in. 100 H x 70 W cm The drawings signed by Alina Aldea show the meticulousness and perfection of microscopic observation...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Sybil in the Forest - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sybil in the Forest is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic mo...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Erotic Scene - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989...
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Giambattista Valli Haute couture. 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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Ink

Meridional VI - Contemporary, Drawing, Yellow, Blue, Red, Green, Butterfly
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Meridional VI, 2013 Tempera on Paper 27.55 H x 39.37 W in. 70 H x 100 W cm The series "Meridional" from 2014 shows colorful landscapes under some occasional exemptions. The trees...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Egg Tempera

"It Flows Through Her" - Original Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"It Flows Through Her" - Original Ink on Watercolor Paper This raw ink drawing by California artist, Angela Stone (American, b. 1983), shows a woman's profile reflection in raven b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Hercules after Carracci IV - 21st Century, Yellow, Grey, Male, Lion
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Hercules after Carracci IV, 2014 Tempera on paper (Signed) 27 3/5 H × 39 2/5 W in. 70 H × 100 W cm On the subject of his new works the artist stated: “There is not enough orange, ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Egg Tempera

Nude - China Ink and Watercolor by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in colored china ink and watercolors on ivory...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

"His Own Self", Figurative Painting, Gouache and Watercolor, Still Life, Skull
By Michael Reedy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative painting titled "His Own Self" is an original artwork by Michael Reedy made of gouache and watercolor. This piece measures 12"h x 12"w.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Pygmalion (Triptych) - Nude, 21st Century, Blue, Figurative Drawing, Tree
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Pygmalion (Triptych), 2014 Acrylic marker on paper (Signed) 28.34 H x 60.23 W in. (28.34 H x 20.07 W in. each) 72 H x 153 W cm (72 H x 51 W cm each) Contemporary art uses the past ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

It Is Lazy - Contemporary Ink, Ecolina 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

Dead King 32 [21st Century American President]
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "Dead King 32 [21st Century American President]" is an original artwork by Kate Glasheen made of pen and ink on archival pap...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pen

Dead King 29 [18th Century Polynesian King]
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "Dead King 29 [18th Century Polynesian King]" 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

Dead King 24 [10th Century Mongol Khagan]
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "Dead King 24 [10th Century Mongol Khagan]" 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

Secret Garden 3 - 21st Century, Flowers, Drawing, Black, White, Contemporary
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Secret Garden 3, 2019 White ink on black cardboard 39 3/8 H x 27 9/6 W in. 100 H x 70 W cm The drawings signed by Alina Aldea show the meticulousness and perfection of microscopic o...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Cardboard

"Some far away speech" Still life, Ink and watercolor
By Brian Spolans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Some far away speech" is an original ink and watercolor work on paper by Brian Spolans. The piece ships framed as pictured and measures 20.5in x 28.5in. Alternative custom framing...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Mashipacong Shelter, New Jersey, [ 41.25216, -74.68594 ]
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Mashipacong Shelter, New Jersey, [ 41.25216, -74.68594 ]" is an original pen and ink, and acrylic wash artwork by Sarah Kaizar measuring 24"h x 30"w framed. It’s an off-beat, diver...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pen

"Floored", Figurative Oil Pastel Drawing of Legs, Boots, Portrait
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This figurative drawing titled "Floored" is an original artwork by Lauren Rinaldi made of oil pastel on Arches paper. This piece measures 18"h x 11"w framed. The piece ships in the p...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Contemporary figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

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