Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
While “expressionist” is used to describe any art that avoids naturalism and instead employs a bold use of flattened forms and intense brushwork, Expressionist art formally describes early-20th-century work from Europe that drew on Symbolism and confronted issues such as urbanization and capitalism. Expressionist artists experimented in paintings and prints with skewed perspectives, abstraction and unconventional, bright colors to portray how isolating and anxious the world felt rather than how it appeared.
Between 1905 and 1920, Austrian and German artists, in particular, were inspired by Postimpressionists such as Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh in their efforts to strive for a new authenticity in their work. In its geometric patterns and decorative details, Expressionist art was also marked by eclectic sources like German and Russian folk art as well as tribal art from Africa and Oceania, which the movement’s practitioners witnessed at museums and world’s fairs.
Groups of artists came together to share and promote the themes now associated with Expressionism, such as Die Brücke (The Bridge) in Dresden, which included Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and investigated alienation and the dissolution of society in vivid color. In Munich, Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), a group led by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, instilled Expressionism with a search for spiritual truths. In his iconic painting The Scream, prolific Norwegian painter Edvard Munch conveyed emotional turmoil through his depiction of environmental elements, such as the threatening sky.
Expressionism shifted around the outbreak of World War I, with artists using more elements of the grotesque in reaction to the escalation of unrest and violence. Printmaking was especially popular, as it allowed artists to widely disseminate works that grappled with social and political issues amid this time of upheaval. Although the art movement ended with the rise of Nazi Germany, where Expressionist creators were labeled “degenerate,” the radical ideas of these artists would influence Neo-Expressionism that emerged in the late 1970s with painters like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente.
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Style: Expressionist
A slight instant between life and death
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated lower left
Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-reflective glass)
Frame size 38.5 x 29.6 x 3.3 cm
This work includes a c...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Ojemine
Located in London, GB
Signed lower left
Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-reflective glass)
Frame size 37.2 x 29.8 x 4 cm
This work includes a certificate o...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
Horse - 21st Century, Figurative Drawing, Animal, Expressionist, Brown, Black
Located in Berlin, DE
Horse, 1982
Colored pencil on paper (Signed, front lower left)
27.55 H x 39.37 W in.
70 H x 100 W cm
Dinu Rădulescu's drawings illustrate, in their maj...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Mermaid &Tonic mythical sea creatures humor soft light color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Part of an ongoing series of mermaids by the artist on toned archival paper signed and dated on bottom
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Buttercream Acrobats circus performers humorous subject male female dynamic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
this is a soft pastel on red toned heavyweight archival paper , framing under glass recommended for display.
full figured women like Botero
theme: circus, food, cake, relationships,...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Artist and Model, colorful nude male dog monoprint chine colle
By Jenny Toth
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Woodcut and hand-painted paper collage
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Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink, Mixed Media
Die Ganze Unwahrheit
Located in London, GB
Signed lower left
Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-reflective glass)
Frame size 38.4 x 29.8 x 4 cm
This work includes a certificate o...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
The Few
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated upper right
Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-reflective glass)
Frame size 38.5 x 29.6 x 4 cm
This work includes a ce...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
'Leaving the Garden of Eden', Mid-century American Expressionist, Adam and Eve
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'John T Stephens' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965; additionally inscribed, verso, with title, 'Leaving the Garden of Eden' and signed.
Paper dime...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Acrylic, Gouache, Laid Paper
Funambulist
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated lower right
Framed (matte black wooden frame, black raised float mount on foam core, UV anti-reflective glass)
Frame size 38.4 x 29.6 x 3.3 cm
This work includes a ...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Notre Dame de Paris
By Lucien Génin
Located in London, GB
'Notre Dame de Paris', gouache on paper, by Lucien Génin (circa 1930s). An absolutely charming and now, historic depiction from the 1930s, of the most famous cathedral in France. It is one of the most widely recognised symbols of the city of Paris and the French nation. As the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Paris, Notre-Dame contains the cathedra of the Archbishop of Paris. Approximately 12 million people visit Notre-Dame annually, making it the most visited monument in Paris. While undergoing renovation and restoration, the roof of Notre-Dame caught fire on the evening of 15 April 2019. Burning for around 15 hours, the cathedral sustained serious damage. The government of France hopes the reconstruction can be completed by Spring 2024, in time for the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Unlike the actual cathedral, this artwork is in good condition, is newly framed and glazed and signed by the artist in the lower left hand corner. Upon request a video may be provided.
About the Artist: After the devastation of the First World War, Lucien Génin (1894 - 1953) left his provincial home in the autumn of 1919 to find his fortune among the lively Parisians in the heart of Montmartre. Génin befriended the painters Frank Will, Gen Paul, Émile Boyer, Marcel Leprin...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Gouache
20th Century German Expressionist drawing by Carl Hofer
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Der Traum (The dream)
pencil on paper
Signed with monogram ‘CH’ (lower right)
13 x 13 in. (33 x 33 cm.)
Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent.
Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Nude - XXI Century, Contemporary Charcoal Figurative Drawing, Sitting Female
By Marta Łebek
Located in Warsaw, PL
Marta Lebek is a Polish artist born in 1978. She currently lives and works in Spain.
She studied at the School of Fine Arts and specialized in the departm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Jugged Hare, blue swimmer water monochromatic
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates...
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Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Monotype, Archival Paper
Chinatown, San Francisco
By Edward Wilson Currier
Located in London, GB
'Chinatown, San Francisco', gouache on fine art paper, by Edward Wilson Currier (1903). Spofford Alley in San Francisco's Chinatown is best known for an address (number 36) where Dr. Sun Yat-Sen plotted the overthrow of China's last dynasty. During Prohibition, it was the site of turf battles over local bootlegging and protection rackets. Today it is lined with seniors' community centres. However, the quiet alley livens up in the evenings when a Chinese orchestra strikes up a tune, mah-jongg games begin with a cascade of clicking tiles, and barbers and florists use the pretence of sweeping their doorsteps to gossip. In this artist's depiction, a man smokes a long-stemmed Chinese pipe under the awning and colourful lanterns hanging from the wooden supports while a child looks on. The artwork is interesting from several standpoints including architectural, cultural and historical. Shortly after this work was painted, the neighbourhood was completely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake that levelled most of the city. From 1910 to 1940, Chinese immigrants were detained at the Angel Island...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache, Paper
"Luisa on the sofa" Watercolor and black ink cm. 33 x 46 1965
Located in Torino, IT
woman, , Italian painter,Red,Black
Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989)
From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical and expressive re...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Church of Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet in Paris
By Lucien Génin
Located in London, GB
'The Church of Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet, Paris', gouache on art paper by Lucien Génin (circa 1930s). In Paris' 5th Arrondissement the site in which Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet is ...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Gouache
Sleepwalking #15, dark tones, monochromatic, mysterious
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstr...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Contemporary Figurative Ink Portrait, "Half and Half"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original portrait ink drawing by San Diego artist, Charlene Mosley.
Its dimensions are 7.25 x 9.5. It comes in a black frame.
The artist has depicted a femin...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Signed J Raine Expressionist Figurative Animal Ink Drawing 20th century
Located in Florence, IT
This drawing represents a man laying on the floor with a snake entering througt his mouth, around him there are another man terrified by the horrorific scene and a dog barking. The l...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Paper
Etching with Hand Watercolor Painting Jules Pascin Pencil Signed
By Jules Pascin
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: German Expressionist
Subject: Figures
Medium: etching, watercolor paint
Surface: Paper
This is hand signed lower right.. there does not seem to be an edition size although there is a handwritten number lower left
sheet measures 12.5 x 19.88. plate size about 9 x 13.5
Julius Mordecai Pincas (March 31, 1885 – June 5, 1930), known as Pascin Jules...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor, Etching
'Reclining Nude', Mid-century German Expressionist, Düsseldorf, Venice Biennale
By Kurt Craemer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signer lower right, 'Craemer' for Kurt Craemer (German, 1912-1961) and dated 1954.
Born in Saarbrucken, Craemer first attended the Academy of Cologne in 1928 where he worked under Friedrich Ahlers-Hesterman. He later traveled to Paris with his teacher, where he was introduced to the work of Henri Matisse. From 1930-33, Craemer lived in Düsseldorf where he studied at the Art Academy under Paul Klee. With the Nazi's ascent to power late that year, Craemer moved to Italy and lived there at the Art colony in Ischia until the end of the war when he moved to Positano.
Throughout the 1950's, Kurt Craemer continued to live in Italy exhibited with success internationally, including at the Venice Biennale...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Nude - XXI Century, Contemporary Gouache and Charcoal Figurative Drawing, Female
By Marta Łebek
Located in Warsaw, PL
Marta Lebek is a Polish artist born in 1978. She currently lives and works in Spain.
She studied at the School of Fine Arts and specialized in the departm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
French 20th Century drawing of Dancers at the Jazz club
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Raymond Moretti (French, 1931 – 2005)
Dancers at a jazz club
Crayon on paper
Signed and dated ‘Moretti 60’ (lower left)
17 x 23.1/4 in. (43 x 59 cm.)
Raymond Moretti was a French ab...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Crayon
The Artist In His Atelier, Mid Century, Ecole De Nice
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid Century work on card by Sylvain Vigny. Depicting an artist (self portrait?) in his studio with his subject and muses, like Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Reminiscent of the drawings of Picasso and Matisse who were his contemporaries and neighbours on the Cote D'Azur at this period. The painting is signed and dated bottom left. In period chrome edged frame, currently under glass.
If Sylvain Vigny had stayed in Paris in 1934 instead of moving to Nice on the Côte d’Azur, his highly imaginative and original work might be better known. Comparisons with better-known modernist artists including Maurice de Vlaminck, Georges Rouault and Raoul Dufy set him in an appropriate and favourable context.
A self-taught artist, he grew up in Vienna and emigrated to France in the 1920s, living in Paris from 1929 to 1934. After he had moved to Nice early in 1934, he exhibited in galleries along the Mediterranean coast and in Switzerland, with major exhibitions in New York in 1938 and at the Galerie Bernheim Jeune in Paris in 1948.
Sylvain Vigny was part of an important artistic community in Nice, which included Jean Moulin who owned the Galerie d’Art Roman, the artist Jean Cassarini, writers Pierre and Jacques Prévert, filmmaker Nikos Papatakis, and jazz musician Django Reinhardt...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Cardboard
David Smith Sulzer Engineering Works I Switzerland Watercolor Modern British Art
By David Smith
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
the sculptor, charcoal and pastel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
narrative depiction of sculptor at work
Pastel and charcoal on toned paper unframed
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet ...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal, Archival Paper, Pastel
The Final Stretch
By Maurice EMPI
Located in London, GB
'The Final Stretch', pastel on weighted art paper, by Maurice Empi (circa 1980s). One can almost feel the excitement of the horse race from this exuberant and colourful work of art. ...
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
"The Artist as a Winged Angel" - George Dureau, New Orleans, Nude Portrait
Located in New Orleans, LA
A large, powerful image of legendary New Orleans artist George Dureau in which this time he depicts HIMSELF as an angel! Two of his iconic dwarves accompany him. Dureau was indisput...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
Twilight narrative pastel painting bright color beach scene couples
Located in Brooklyn, NY
soft pastel on toned paper .
This work is mounted on archival foam board with clear plastic to protect surface. Framing under glass is recommended
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Archival Paper, Pastel
Politician - Watercolor and Ink - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Politician is an original china ink and drawing watercolor realized in 1923 by an Artist of expressionist school.
Fair conditions (yellowing of paper and tears).
Unreadible signat...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor, Ink
George Grosz NYC City Scene Modernism Watercolor German Expressionism Weimar
By George Grosz
Located in New York, NY
George Grosz NYC City Scene Modernism Watercolor German Expressionism Weimar
George Grosz (Germany, 1893-1959) "City Scene," 17 x 12 inches, signed and dated “33” lower left, watercolor on paper. This drawing, created while Grosz was living in NYC. Period frame, It has been authenticated by Ralph Jentsch, the globally recognized Grosz expert.
Provenance: Hirschl & Adler and 511 Gallery...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
News Vendor, New York - China Ink Drawing on Paper by G. Grosz - 1932
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
News Vendor, New York is an original drawing, ink on paper, realized by George Grosz in 1932, signature stamp and Grosz Estate stamp on the reverse n°4-56-7.
Certificate by Ralph Jentsch.
Provenance George Grosz Estate.
In very good conditions.
Here representing a man selling news angrily and a man with paper in his hand with indifference and calm look with a time devilish smile. critically demonstrated an allegorical and deeply pessimistic kind representation of Grosz's moral perspective regarding war.
George Grosz (1893 -1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Untitled 539, 1990s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
German Expressionist drawing of abstracted figures by Carl Hofer
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Abstract figures
Pencil on paper
8.1/4 x 9 in. (21 x 23 cm.)
With studio stamp (on the reverse) and signature of the artist’s wife Elizabeth Hofer
Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent.
Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
German Expressionist drawing by Carl Hofer of lovers
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Die Liebenden (The lovers)
Black ink and remnants of crayon on paper
Signed with monogram ‘CH’ (lower right)
13.3/4 x 9.3/4 in. (35 x 24.8 cm.)
P...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Crayon, Ink
The Secret Ladder - Original Pencil and Pastel on Paper - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
The Secret Ladder is an original modern artwork realized in the Second half of the XIX Century by a French Artist.
Original pencil drawing and colore pastels on ivory paper.
Passep...
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1880s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil, Pastel
German expressionist drawing by Carl Hofer' Whispering'
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Einflusterung (Whispering)
Charcoal and pencil on paper
Signed and inscribed ‘Einflusterung’ (lower middle)
17.1/4 x 13.3/8 in. (43.8 x 34 cm.)
Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent.
Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Ink and pastel on canvas
Created in 2019 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015, She has lived and worked in P...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Canvas, Pastel, Ink
German Expressionist figurative drawing by Carl Hofer 'Sisters'
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Schwestern II (Sisters)
Charcoal and pencil on paper
Signed with monogram ‘CH’ (lower right)
17.1/4 x 13.3/8 in. (43.8 x 34 cm.)
Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent.
Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal, Pencil, Paper
German expressionist drawing of bathers by Carl Hofer 'Die Badegasten'
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Die Badegaste II (The bathers)
Black crayon on paper
19.1/4 x 15 in. (49 x 38 cm.)
With studio stamp (on the reverse) and signature of the artist’s wife Elizabeth Hofer
Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent.
Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Crayon
British 20th Century watercolour on paper 'Adam and Eve'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Derrick Latimer Sayer (British, 1917 – 1992)
Adam and Eve
Ink and watercolour/ gouache on paper
Signed ‘DEK Sayer 12/44’ (lower right)
13.5/8 x 10.1/2 in. (34.7 x 26.5 cm.)
Sayer st...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
German Expressionist drawing by Carl Hofer of one of his models
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Das Modell (The artist’s model)
Black crayon on paper
Signed with monogram ‘CH’ (lower right)
18 x 14.1/8 in. (45.8 x 36 cm.)
Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent.
Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
German Expressionist drawing by Carl Hofer of a mother and child
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Mother and son
Black crayon on paper
10.1/2 x 7.3/4 in. (26.7 x 20 cm.)
With studio stamp (on the reverse) and signature of the artist’s wife Elizabeth Hofer
Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent.
Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper
Untitled 564, 1990s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Cafe Scene Positano, ca. 1994
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Untitled 523, 1980s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
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1980s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Diver, 1995
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennet...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Monotype
The Fifth Wheel - 1934 - China Ink Drawing on Paper by G. Grosz - 1934
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
The Fifth Wheel is an original drawing, pencil on paper, realized by George Grosz in 1934, signature stamp and Grosz Estate stamp on the reverse n°6-75-4...
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
'Three Figures', Mid-century German Expressionist, Düsseldorf, Venice Biennale
By Kurt Craemer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signer upper right, 'Craemer' for Kurt Craemer (German, 1912-1961) and dated 1954.
Born in Saarbrucken, Craemer first attended the Academy of Cologne where he worked under Friedrich Ahlers-Hesterman in 1928. He then traveled to Paris with his teacher, where he was introduced to the work of Henri Matisse. From 1930-33, Craemer lived in Düsseldorf where he continued his studies at the Art Academy under Paul Klee. With the Nazi's ascent to power late that year, Craemer moved to Italy and lived there at the Art colony in Ischia until the end of the war when he moved to Positano.
Throughout the 1950's, Kurt Craemer continued to live in Italy exhibited with success internationally, including at the Venice Biennale...
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Cafe Couples Eating Ice Cream, 1990s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Aggressive Reflection, dreamlike still life female form expressive
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Platinum
Girls at the Lunch Counter
Located in Soquel, CA
Drawing of three girls sitting at a counter by Allie William “Bill” Skelton (American, 1942-1986). Signed and dated "A B Skelton '77" in the lower right corner. Presented in a simple black wood frame with glass. Image size: 20"H x 16"W
Allie William “Bill” Skelton (American, 1942-1986) was a painter and sculptor active in San Francisco who was involved in the gay art...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Ink and pastel on paper
Created in 2020 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015, She has lived and worked in Pa...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Oil
20th Century German Expressionist drawing of figures in a dream by Carl Hofer
By Carl Hofer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955)
Figures from a dream
Pencil and charcoal on paper
Signed with initial ‘CH’ (lower right)
17 x 13 in. (43.2 x 33 cm.)
Provenance: These works come fr...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
Abstract Drawing Watercolor Painting Totem Column Jewish American Modernist WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Miniature Abstract Totem. Signed with initials.
Provenance: Virginia Field, Arts administrator; New York, N.Y. Assistant director for Asia House gallery. (she was friends with John von Wicht and Andy Warhol)
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.”
An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name.
Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s avant-garde group, Painted on anything handy. Ben-Zion often used cabinet doors (panels) in his work. Other members of group included Ilya Bolotowsky, Lee Gatch, Adolf Gottlieb, Louis Harris, Yankel...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor
Cafe on Port, 1990s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
The voyage
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Renate Dollinger (German/American, born 1924)
Title: The Voyage
Year: Circa 1970
Medium: Gouache and watercolor
Paper: Watercolor
Image size: 15.5 x 21.5 inches
Signature: ...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Expressionist figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Expressionist figurative drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Parmis Sayous, Zsolt Berszán, Anastasia Kurakina, and Stephen Basso. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Expressionist figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 1.2 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 $88 and tops out at $70,500, while the average work sells for $1,600.