Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
CUBIST STYLE
Inspired by the nontraditional ways Postimpressionists like Paul Cézanne and Georges Seurat depicted the world, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque pioneered an even more abstract style in which reality was fragmented into flat, geometric forms. Cubism majorly influenced 20th-century Western art as it radically broke with the adherence to composition and linear perspectives that dated back to the Renaissance. Its watershed moments are considered Picasso’s 1907 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, in which nude figures are fractured into angular shapes, and Georges Braque’s 1908 painting show, which prompted a critic to describe his visual reductions as “cubes.”
Although Cubism was a revolutionary art movement for European culture, it was informed by African masks and other tribal art. Its artists, which included Fernand Léger, Alexander Archipenko, Marcel Duchamp, Juan Gris and Jean Metzinger, experimented with compressing space and playing with the tension between solid and void forms in their work. While their subjects were often conventional, such as still lifes, nudes and landscapes, they were distorted without any illusion of realism.
Cubist art evolved through different distinct phases. In Analytic Cubism, from 1908 to 1912, figures or objects were “analyzed” into pieces that were reassembled in paintings and sculptures, as if presenting the same subject matter from many perspectives at once. The palette was usually monochromatic and muted, giving attention to the overlapping planes. Synthetic Cubism, dating from 1912 to 1914, moved to brighter colors and a further flattening of images. This unmooring from formal ideas of art would shape numerous styles that followed, from Dada to Surrealism.
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Style: Cubist
William by Raymond Debieve, French Cubist Figurative Painting on Carton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Raymond Debieve (1931-2011)
Born in northern France as a twin to brother Michel Debieve (who also become an accomplished artist later in life), Raymond painted his entire life. His ...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Mixed Media
Julie by Rene Leroy, French Cubist Figurative Painting on Carton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Raymond Debieve (1931-2011)
Born in northern France as a twin to brother Michel Debieve (who also become an accomplished artist later in life), Raymond painted his entire life. His ...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
20th Century French Cubist Painting Portrait of Mother & Daughter
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mother & Daughter
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 18.5 x 15.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and so...
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20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Blushing Girl by Raymond Debieve, French Cubist Portrait Painting on Carton
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed.
Unframed this piece measures 12.5"H x 10"W
Raymond Debieve (1931-2011)
Born in northern France as a twin to brother Michel Debieve (who also become an accompl...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Mixed Media
A Goodnight Hug by Raymond Debieve, French Cubist Figurative Painting on Carton
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed.
Unframed (the artwork only) this piece measures 12"H x 8"W
Raymond Debieve (1931-2011)
Born in northern France as a twin to brother Michel Debieve (who also b...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Mixed Media
Hugo by Raymond Debieve, French Cubist Portrait Painting on Carton
Located in Atlanta, GA
Raymond Debieve (1931-2011)
Born in northern France as a twin to brother Michel Debieve (who also become an accomplished artist later in life), Raymond painted his entire life. His ...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Mixed Media
Cubist Charcoal Figure Drawing on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Cubist Charcoal Figure Drawing on Paper
Rich figurative drawing with wonderful depth to the composition by unknown artist. Artist has a strong command over charcoal as a medium, wit...
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1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
The Models
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early original drawing by Hans Burkhardt.
Hans Burkhardt
1904 - 1994
Hans Burkhardt was born in Basel, Switzerland in 1904, emigrating to New York in 1924.
Upon his arrival to ...
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1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Dressing Room
Located in Los Angeles, CA
HANS BURKHARDT
"DRESSING ROOM"
PASTEL, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1971
24 X 16 INCHES
FRAMED 35 X 27 INCHES
Hans Burkhardt
1904 - 1994
Hans Burkhardt was born in Basel, Switzer...
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1970s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
The Market Square - Drawing by Lucie Caradek - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Market Square is a drawing, realized in early-20th century , by the French post-impressionist painter and illustrator Lucie Caradek (1880-1936).
Mixed media on paper. Hand Signe...
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20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Dressing Room
Located in Los Angeles, CA
HANS BURKHARDT
"DRESSING ROOM"
PASTEL, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1973
26 X 17.5 INCHES
FRAMED 35 X 27
Fine condition
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1970s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Untitled - Drawing by Ossip Zadkine - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a drawing realized by Ossip Zadkine (1890 - 1967), in 1946.
Mixed media on paper.
45.50 x 61.70 cm.
Signature and year lower right.
Work archived at The Zadkine Resea...
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1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Garcon Rouge et Bleu by Raymond Debieve, French Cubist Portrait Painting Paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unframed this piece is 6.5" x 6"
Raymond Debieve (1931-2011)
Born in northern France as a twin to brother Michel Debieve (who also become an accomplished artist later in life), Ray...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Paper, Mixed Media
Color Block Abstract on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored abstract by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Eggleston's use of various mediums and techniques show through...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Cubist Nude 79
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
India Ink on paper; Provenance: Estate of artist, Vincent Vallarino Gallery
Lawrence Fine Art is pleased to present a suite of early, cubist-inspired nudes by first generation abst...
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1950s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Cubist Nude 43
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
India Ink on paper; Provenance: Estate of artist, Vincent Vallarino Gallery
Lawrence Fine Art is pleased to present a suite of early, cubist-inspired nudes by first generation abst...
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1950s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Cubist Nude 37
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
India Ink on paper; Provenance: Estate of artist, Vincent Vallarino Gallery
Lawrence Fine Art is pleased to present a suite of early, cubist-inspired nudes by first generation abst...
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Cubist Nude 52
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
India Ink on paper; Provenance: Estate of artist, Vincent Vallarino Gallery
Lawrence Fine Art is pleased to present a suite of early, cubist-inspired nudes by first generation abst...
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1950s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Cubist Nude 112
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
India Ink on paper; Provenance: Estate of artist, Vincent Vallarino Gallery
Lawrence Fine Art is pleased to present a suite of early, cubist-inspired nudes by first generation abst...
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Cubist Nude 62
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
India Ink on paper; Provenance: Estate of artist, Vincent Vallarino Gallery
Lawrence Fine Art is pleased to present a suite of early, cubist-inspired nudes by first generation abst...
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1950s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
1960's French Modernist Cubist Painting Gentleman In Red With Violin
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed & dated 1968
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuf...
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20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Cubist Mother, Pastel on Paper Drawing by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
This cubist work on paper in bold monochrome pastel is almost a piece of optical art thanks to the series of geometric shapes that build out the bodies of the two figures. In the for...
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1930s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
Twentieth Century Mask (Red), Modern Drawing by Benno 1948
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original crayon on paper drawing by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 30 x 17 inches. By the early 1930s he had established a reputation as a member of the internat...
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1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Laid Paper, Crayon
Man With Jacket & Wilted Flower in Oil Paint on Archival Paper by Zero Mostel
Located in New York, NY
This refined oil painting was realized by Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel- the three time Tony Award winning American actor, comedian, and singer- who was equally talented as a painter in ...
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1960s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Oil
Sketch for Frescoed Frieze - Pencil and Gouache by Paul Bony - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch for Frescoed Frieze is an interesting preparatory study realized by the artist Paul Bony, a famous French painter active in the last century. The artwork is in good state of p...
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1930s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Gouache
Figure Study
By Carl Holty
Located in Lawrence, NY
Signed, E Holty, (Elizabeth Holty, artist's widow) and inscribed, 1142, on verso of mount.
Provenance; Private Collection, NY; Gary Snyder Fine Art, NY.
...
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1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
'Study of a Woman', Danish Modernist Grisaille, Greek Mythology, Roskilde
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Peter Brandes' (Danish, born 1944), dated 1969 and stamped, lower right, with the artist's chop mark. Bearing artist dedication to 'K...
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1960s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Cubist Male Nude
Located in Miami, FL
This powerful Cubist male nude is rendered in long uninterrupted bold black strokes that draw our gaze like a magnet. Mercedes Matter was a female ar...
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1930s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
1931 French drawing by Cubist artist Leopold Survage of dancers
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Leopold Survage (French / Finnish 1879- 1968)
Les danseuses
Signed and dated ‘Survage / 31’ (lower right)
Pencil on paper
10.1/2 x 8.5/8 in. (27 x 22.2 cm...
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20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
1929 "Nude with Cubist Sculpture" Charcoal Female Nude Drawing UCBerkeley Artist
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers Collection
Nude With Cubist Sculpture
1929
Charcoal on Paper
18.75"x24.75", unframed
Dated in charcoal lower right
Came from a portfolio owned by artist John Bowers
John was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree by the University of California, at Berkeley.
His collection included pieces by fellow student artists and professors at UC Berkeley including Fred Reichman...
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Early 20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Frank Dobson, Study of a nude, sanguine chalk
By Frank Dobson
Located in Harkstead, GB
Frank Dobson (1888-1963)
Study of a nude viewed from behind
Signed
Sanguine chalk on paper
10 x 13½ inches
21¼ x 24¼ inches with frame
A wonderful exam...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
"Fading Light", pencil, paper, portrait, cubist, classic arts, vanitas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Fading Light" is pencil on paper measuring 12" tall by 9" wide. It's very sound structurally, with a figure composed against a classic pedestal (scrolls suggest a Greek Ionic column...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Homage to Picasso - Mixed Media by G. P. Berto - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Homage to Picasso is an original drawing realized by Gian Paolo Berto, in 1975
Watercolored China ink drawing.
Good conditions except for some shadings.
Hand signed and titled on ...
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1970s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Colorful Marketplace, Modernist Abstract Figurative Shakespeare festival
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and colorful modernist market scene with abstracted figures on heavy bond paper by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "WARNER" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new double mat of light blue and antique buff...
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Late 20th Century Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Granville - Men Sitting at a Table
By Alfred Reth
Located in London, GB
ALFRED RETH 1884-1966
Budapest 1884-1966 Paris (Hungarian/French)
Title: Granville - Men Sitting at a Table, 1915
Technique: Original Double-Sided Signed and Dated Watercolour and...
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1910s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Football Game Brooklyn Eagle's Sunday Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Provenance: Illustration House, New York, Framed in a simple and modest frame.
This is a brilliant post-Cubist work by Dutch-American illustrator Charles Verschuuren...
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1920s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
Edmund D. Kinzinger was born in 1888, to an upper-middle class family in Pforzhein, Germany. In Munich he studied at the Kirr Schule and the Staatliche Akademie, and pursued graduate studies at the Academie Modern, Paris. Before serving in the German Army, Kinzinger was a master student of Adolph Holzel at the Staatcliche Akademie, Stuttgart; he returned to study under Henrich Waldschmidt after nearly five years of artillery service.
Several of Kinzinger’s fellow students in Germany, such as Johannes Itten, would go on to be associated with the Bauhaus school. Coming into contact with all manner of artistic influences in Europe after World War One, Kinzinger’s work may be viewed as a “synthesis” of modernist styles. The influences of Abstract Expressionist, Cubist, and Futurist styles in Kinzinger’s work at this time are symptomatic of his contact with the likes of Hans Hofmann, Pablo Picasso, and Alexander Archipenko. Philip Van Keuren...
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1930s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Conté, Crayon, Paper
Spring - American Cubism
By Max Weber
Located in Miami, FL
Cubist influence mixed with soft warm colors is on full display in this charming work.
Signed twice.
6 Gallery Tags on verso
Sotheby's
Kennedy Galleries
Barbara Mathes Gallery
Sid Deutsch Gallery
The Downtown Gallery
University of Arizona Art...
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1910s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
A Couple in Architectural Cityscape
By Bela Kadar
Located in London, GB
BELA KADAR 1877-1956
Budapest 1877-1956 (Hungarian)
Title: A Couple in Architectural Cityscape, circa 1930's
Technique: Original Signed Ink Drawing on paper
size: 29.5 x 2...
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1930s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Fantasy
By Bela Kadar
Located in London, GB
BELA KADAR 1877-1956
Budapest 1877-1956 (Hungarian)
Title: Fantasy, circa 1940
Technique: Original Hand Signed Gouache on paper
size: 46.2 x 29.4 cm / 18.2 x 11.6 in
Additional Information: This work is a guache painting by the famous Hungarian artist Bela Kadar.
It is hand signed in pencil "Kadar Bela" in the lower right corner of the paper.
Exhibitions:
New York, Shepherd & Derom Galleries, Hungarian Modernism, 29 April-2 July 2010, no.12.
Tel Aviv, Galerie le Minotaure...
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1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
The Conductor
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil Pastel
Summer, 1910
By Max Weber
Located in Miami, FL
Complex study of nude figures grouping in landscape. Weber works in watercolor and pen with an electric brushstroke. Perhaps a study or a continuation for his major oil. Summer...
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Early 1900s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor
Study for Batavia (The Woodcutters)
Located in London, GB
SERGE FERAT 1881-1958
(Le Comte Sergueï Yastrebzov) Moscow 1881-1958 Paris (Russian/French)
Title: Study for Batavia (The Woodcutters), circa 1926
Technique: Original Pencil D...
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1920s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
La Plage
By André Lhote
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ANDRE LHOTE
"LA PLAGE"
PASTEL, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1927
17.75 X 24 INCHES
André Lhote
1885-1962
Lhote was born in Bordeaux, France in 1885. H...
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1930s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pastel
Analytic Session
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil Pastel
Cubist Repose
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French ...
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1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Twins
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French ...
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1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Graphite
Cubist Figure
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French ...
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1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Cubist figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Cubist 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. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Michael Loew, Miette Braive, Raymond Debieve, and Benjamin G. Benno. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Ink and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Cubist figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 5 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 $231 and tops out at $215,000, while the average work sells for $2,500.