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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
We don't know 2022. Paper/mixed media, 29.5x20.9 cm.
Located in Riga, LV
We don't know 2022. Paper/mixed media, 29.5x20.9 cm. Liga Kalnina Artist Liga Kalnina(1990) is born in Riga, Latvia. Her artist interests is mainly realistically based -landscap...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 15
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 14
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 9
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 8
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 7
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper

Indispensable Losses 2
Located in Dallas, TX
Michael O’Keefe’s sculptures, drawings, and paintings depict figurative narratives born from unpredictable processes. He couples innovative methods with unconventional tools to crea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Dancers at the Bar 6
By Michael Costello
Located in Buffalo, NY
Boxers, Ballerinas and Bible Stories “ are a suite of drawings wherein one model plays a series of interactive roles with his or her self. Contemporary graphic novels and the Pop cul...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Paper

Nocturnal Creatures
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Nocturnal Creatures, 2021, ink and watercolor on watercolor paper. Black and White, girl with cats, moon, figurative. Framed, frame size 11.25 x 9.25 x 1.25
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

L'inizio dell'inizio - Drawing by KEZIAT - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Pen on round canvas. Certificate of authenticity by the Artist.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Chemistry 1
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Chemistry 1," 2019. Acrylic on paper. Chemistry set, cartoon, offset, sign painting, orange, blue, green, pink, neon, black, and white. ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Chemistry 2
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Chemistry 2," 2019. Acrylic on paper. Chemistry set, cartoon, offset, sign painting, orange, black, and white.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Pump
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Pump," 2017. Acrylic on paper. Figurative, high heel, sign painting, yellow, teal, blue, black, and white.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Venus of the Lilacs
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Venus of the Lilacs, 2020, watercolor, ink, mirror paint, and salt on Arches paper. Venus of Willendorf, fertility goddess, pink, purple, silver, a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Deep Blue Venus
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Deep Blue Venus, 2020, watercolor, ink, mirror paint, and salt on Arches paper. Venus of Willendorf, fertility goddess, blue, cobalt blue, and whit...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Deep Plum Venus
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Deep Plum Venus, 2020, watercolor, ink, mirror paint, and salt on Arches paper. Venus of Willendorf, fertility goddess, pink, purple, black, silver...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Italian Contemporary Art by Federica Frati - Santo Rocco
Located in Paris, IDF
Etching Federica Frati is an Italian artist born in 1977 who lives lives and works in Brecia, Italy. She is graduated from art school Foppa where she learned the main artistic techn...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Etching

"Yo-Yo Champion, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Yo-Yo Champion" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. It features a man practicing yo-yo tricks in his home...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Found Objects

"Mars and Venus" by Anna Pennati, acrylic on canvas, 2015
Located in Milano, MI
"Marte e Venere" - 2015 Never Exhibited Exclusively on 1stdibs measures are referred to the painting.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - The Future of Children
Located in Paris, IDF
Pen, ink, marker, pencil, watercolor & colored pencils on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. Hi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen, Permanent Marker, Color Pencil

46 and 2, 2020, gel pen, graphite, paper, collage, skull, drawing, framed, web
Located in Jersey City, NJ
46 and 2, 2020, gel pen, graphite, paper, collage, skull, hammer, floral, flower, drawing, framed, web, pink, blue, yellow
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Pen, Graphite

Water (Octopus Spirit), 2017, figurative, blue, drawing, tribal, MarYah
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Water (Serpent Spirit), 2017, figurative, blue, drawing, tribal, MarYah
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Water (Rabbit Spirit), 2017, figurative, blue, drawing, tribal, MarYah
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Water (Dove Spirit), 2017, figurative, blue, drawing, tribal, MarYah
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Water (Caracal Spirit), 2017, figurative, blue, drawing, tribal, MarYah
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Fire (Ocelot Spirit), 2017, figurative, yellow, orange, drawing, tribal, MarYah
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Fire (Koala Spirit), 2017, figurative, yellow, orange, drawing, tribal, MarYah
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Fire (Orangutan Spirit), 2017, figurative, orange, drawing, tribal, MarYah
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Fire (Hawk Spirit), 2017, figurative, yellow, orange, drawing, tribal, MarYah
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Fire (Horse Spirit), 2017, figurative, yellow, orange, drawing, tribal, MarYah
Located in Jersey City, NJ
China marker on smooth bristol paper. Jay Golding’s realistic portrait and figure drawings/paintings are inspired primarily by Indigenous culture and heritage but are not limited to...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

'Speak to My Heart No. 2' - figurative - black & white - cut paper - embrace
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is a black and white figurative work made of cut paper. Jerushia Graham is an Atlanta-based artist whose work straddles various media, including printmaking, book arts a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper

nude painting woman watercolour
Located in IT
erotic portrait nu naked woman after the bath Original tempera watercolor on paper 51x41cm hand signed
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Tempera, Watercolor

The Treasury Edition: Spidey Spectacular #1
Located in Montreal, Quebec
As a kid, comic books were a form of entertainment and escape. The ideal of future monetary value in these objects was far from my kid mind. I'd crease the pages, handle the covers w...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Paper, Acrylic

Baggage Claim (Bag 1)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Baggage Claim (Bag 1) Watercolor on Arches paper, 2020 Signed with the artist's initials Signed with the artist's "Yummy" blindstamp Exhibited: LA Art, 2020 Condition: Excellent Arc...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Dancers III
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Whether obscured by the smoky nightclub lighting or enlivened by the strong color of the Mardi Gras dancers, David Remfry’s life-size watercolors evoke a kaleidoscope of movement. M...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Drooling Ain't Fun, Caricature Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
William Anthony was born in 1934, in Forth Monmouth, NJ. and grew up in Washington State. Education 1958 Yale, New Haven, CT, B.A European History 1959-60 San Francisco Art Institu...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

The Rape of Persephone by Bernini, Galleria Borghese -Original Sepia Ink Drawing
Located in Chicago, IL
The loose hash marks come together in this colored pen drawing taken from Bernini's sculpture titled "The Rape of Persephone" in the Galleria Borghe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen

Winged Figure
Located in Miami, FL
Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003) Title: Winged Figure Signed and dated 'Chadwick 68' (lower right) Pen, ink, watercolor and pencil on paper 19 1/8” x 25 3/8” (48.5 x 64.5 cm) Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 25 February 1987, lot 352; Alwin Galleries, London; Private Collection, U.K. Lynn Chadwick (British, born November 24, 1914–died April 25, 2003) found international recognition when he became the youngest person ever to win the Venice Biennale’s prized sculptor award. His career spanned over 50 years, but he did not always plan on being an artist. He was born in London, and studied at the Merchant Taylor School in France. After moving back to England, he worked for several architects in London during the 1930s. Working as an architectural draughtsman helped Chadwick to hone his drawing and compositional skills. After serving in the British army during World War II, Chadwick returned to the architectural business, this time working with famed architect, Rodney Thomas. While creating these transformative...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen, Watercolor, Ink

Self Portrait at 80 - Realist Charcoal on Paper Drawing, Artist Self Portrait
Located in Chicago, IL
Facial expressions are used to convey information from one person to another. Here the viewer has a sense of how the artist feels about celebrating his 80th birthday. A master with vine charcoal, David Becker uses it with precision. With a rich range of value and strong darks, Becker captures his own fine details with exacting clarity. This piece is floated and framed with a simple wooden frame. David Becker Self Portrait at 80 vine charcoal on paper 35.75h x 25w in 90.81h x 63.50w cm DB0031 David Becker Exhibitions 2017 Figure8, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 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 requestArkansas 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 Wisconson-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 Tennesse – 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 Shomaker/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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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Meeting 2022. Paper/mixed media, 29.5x20.8 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Meeting 2022. Paper/mixed media, 29.5x20.8 cm Liga Kalnina Artist Liga Kalnina(1990) is born in Riga, Latvia. Her artist interests is mainly realistically based -landscapes, ar...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Pencil

Chess players 2022. Paper/pencil/corrector, 21x29.7 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Chess players 2022. Paper/pencil/corrector, 21x29.7 cm Liga Kalnina Artist Liga Kalnina(1990) is born in Riga, Latvia. Her artist interests is mainly realistically based -landsc...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Pencil

"Orion" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, mythology
Located in Milano, MI
This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past. These are s...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

"Icarus" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, mythology
Located in Milano, MI
This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past. These are s...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

"Green melody" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, mythology
Located in Milano, MI
This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past. These are s...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

"Dancer" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, mythology
Located in Milano, MI
This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past. These are s...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

"Alchemy in rose" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, mythology
Located in Milano, MI
This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past. These are s...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

The Connoisseur
Located in Surfside, FL
William Anthony Born 1934, Forth Monmouth, NJ. and grew up in Washington State. Education 1958 Yale, New Haven, CT, B.A European History 1959-60 San Francisco Art Institute, CA 1961...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Summer in the Mountains
Located in Paris, IDF
Black paper & white pen Graphic work Kamsar Ohanyan is an Armenian artist born in 1991 who lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia. He studied in Yerevan at State Pedagogical Universi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen, Paper

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Old Lock
Located in Paris, IDF
Black paper & white pen Graphic work Kamsar Ohanyan is an Armenian artist born in 1991 who lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia. He studied in Yerevan at State Pedagogical Universi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen, Paper

Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - Come In
Located in Paris, IDF
Black paper & white pen Graphic work Kamsar Ohanyan is an Armenian artist born in 1991 who lives and works in Yerevan, Armenia. He studied in Yerevan at State Pedagogical Universi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen, Paper

'Speak to My Heart No. 6' - figurative - black & white - cut paper - embrace
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is a black and white figurative work made of cut paper. Jerushia Graham is an Atlanta-based artist whose work straddles various media, including printmaking, book arts and fiber arts...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper

Chinese Contemporary Art by Li Qing-Yan - Animal Love
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on handmade paper
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper, Ink

Circulus VI. Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Amazing, fantastical images pepper the entire painting. It for all the world looks like a piece of Wedgwood porcelain has come to life and the characters are playing in a new reality...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic

Where will you go? Nude drawing. 2021. Paper, mixed media, 70x48 cm
Located in Riga, LV
In the recent years Maris Abilevs has been exploring the beauty of female shapes by using mixed media and various drawing techniques raging from expressive sketching to neat lines.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Riga 2022. Paper/pen/mixed media, 14.8x19.4 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Riga 2022. Paper/pen/mixed media, 14.8x19.4 cm Liga Kalnina Artist Liga Kalnina(1990) is born in Riga, Latvia. Her artist interests is mainly realistically based -landscapes, ar...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Pen

Ophelia # 4, hand painted mixed media portrait photography on paper, framed
Located in Dallas, TX
This gorgeous artwork on paper was created initially with a screen print base of the model, then Rosie hand finishes the work with a unique splash and painted composition. Some call ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite, Screen

Read the Signs #3
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Read the Signs #3 Watercolor on Yupo paper, 2013 Signed lower right (see photo) Series: Read the Signs (22 watercolors) Depicts the artist's relative Jaylen ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

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