Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
IMPRESSIONIST STYLE
Emerging in 19th-century France, Impressionist art embraced loose brushwork and plein-air painting to respond to the movement of daily life. Although the pioneers of the Impressionist movement — Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — are now household names, their work was a radical break with an art scene led and shaped by academic traditions for around two centuries. These academies had oversight of a curriculum that emphasized formal drawing, painting and sculpting techniques and historical themes.
The French Impressionists were influenced by a group of artists known as the Barbizon School, who painted what they witnessed in nature. The rejection of pieces by these artists and the later Impressionists from the salons culminated in a watershed 1874 exhibition in Paris that was staged outside of the juried systems. After a work of Monet’s was derided by a critic as an unfinished “impression,” the term was taken as a celebration of their shared interest in capturing fleeting moments as subject matter, whether the shifting weather on rural landscapes or the frenzy of an urban crowd. Rather than the exacting realism of the academic tradition, Impressionist paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings represented how an artist saw a world in motion.
Many Impressionist painters were inspired by the perspectives in imported Japanese prints alongside these shifts in European painting — Édouard Manet drew on ukiyo-e woodblock prints and depicted Japanese design in his Portrait of Émile Zola, for example. American artists such as Mary Cassatt and William Merritt Chase, who studied abroad, were impacted by the work of the French artists, and by the late 19th century American Impressionism had its own distinct aesthetics with painters responding to the rapid modernization of cities through quickly created works that were vivid with color and light.
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Style: Impressionist
Pro Tempore, figure painterly brushwork grey tones
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
From a series of monotypes of the figure with head turned from the viewer. The ambiguous symbolism is both personal yet universal.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Monotype, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"Jeune Femme Assise, " Original Blue Pencil Drawing by Georges d'Espagnat
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Jeune Femme Assise" is an original pencil drawing by Georges d'Espagnat. The title translates to "young woman sitting" and as indicated a young woman sits facing the viewer with her...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Charcoal Study of a Woman Reading
Located in Houston, TX
Charcoal study of a woman reading. The work is attached to a matte backing. It is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The dimensions are of the p...
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19th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Painting at the Window - British Impressionist watercolour by Austin Taylor
Located in London, GB
AUSTIN TAYLOR
(1908-1992)
Painting at the Window
Gouache
Unframed
29 by 21.5 cm., 11 ½ by 8 ½ in.
(mount size 47 by 38 cm., 18 ½ by 15 in.)
Austin Taylor was born in Bolton, Lancashire. The family emigrated to Winnipeg in Canada in 1912, and in 1917 his father, who had joined the Canadian Army...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Les ruban verts, 1897
Located in BLARICUM, NL
THEO VAN RYSSELBERGHE
Gent 1862-1926 Saint-Clair, Var
LES RUBANS VERTS
Portrait of Marquerite Mommen-Ithiers
1897
Pastel on paper
90 x 65 cm.
Signed and dated: lower right with mo...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Gouache Jardin Au Chien by Paul MASCART
Located in Pasadena, CA
Gouache by Paul Edmond Marie Joseph MASCART
Born in 1874 in Condé-sur-l'Escaut (Nord), died in Paris in 1985. Painter of the 19th-20th centuries. Frenc...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Nude Slumbers
Located in Pasadena, CA
CALBET Antoine
Born in 1860 (Lot et Garonne). Died in 1944 in Paris. 19th-20th centuries. French
Painter of genre, nudes, portraits, draftsman, illustrator.
A pupil of Michel, Alex...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$2,800 Sale Price
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Céline et Pipo dans le pré
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Accompanied by certificate no. 2772163 from the artist's archives.
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
Sea Battle - (Stories from the Edda)
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, "A Rackham" lower right
Sotheby's New York
Housed in an elegant , hi-end frame with museum glass.
Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators fr...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
"Still Life with Fruit" original charcoal drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a dark, subtle view of two apples, still clinging to their leaves. Examples like this show the ability of Spicuzza to draw i...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Sleepwalking #23, earth tone, brown, gestural, abstract brushstrokes
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
Dramatic disrupted realism imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of monochromatic monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates representational images of human figures and animals, emphasizing movement in a manner reminiscent of Lucien Freud, Edgar Degas and the photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Elongated and blurry, the horse racing up a hill (Canter Fritz, 2002) and the sinister cat landing a leap (Chien Blanc, 1998) elicit a sense of foreboding enhanced by Bennett’s somber palette; his female figures too reflect a grim sense of humor with their distorted nude bodies. The face of Untitled Figure (1997), for example, is obscured by layers of dark paint. Classically trained as a painter, he initially worked in oil on canvas but discovered that monotype printing enabled him to “literally push the image around,” creating an essential element of motion. To overcome the limited scale of monotypes, however, he switched to painting on slick-surfaced plastic.
Tom Bennett’s practice is rooted in the classical tradition where painting and drawing from life is highly regarded. Bennett’s work is heavily influenced by Francis Bacon, Frank Auberbauch and foremost his father, Harry Bennett, who was also an artist. Tom’s time living abroad in Spain and traveling through Eastern Europe and Africa provided the artistic freedom to explore many of the techniques and subject matter that continue to define his practice. Bennett was born and raised in Connecticut.
His mediums include monotypes, oil on paper, canvas or styrene board. In a technique that Tom started over 4 years ago, several of his monotypes have been painted over with oil paint using a palette knife, brush, or his fingers to re-purpose the underlying image. These works are a testament to Bennett’s ability to quickly and concisely compose an image with expressive brush strokes, foreshortened figures and expertly rendered light.
Tom’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions worldwide. Bennett lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently represented by Tabla Rasa...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Figures in a Meadow
By William Brock
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in St. John’s Wood, London in 1874, landscape and animal painter William Brock studied at the Royal Academy and Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Brock exhibited at the Royal Acade...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
4 French 19th century Pen and Ink landscapes from a sketch folder
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century landscape sketches in pen and ink .
Emile Cagniart was born in Paris where he would remain for his sixty years. Like many young a...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$1,160 Sale Price
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French 19th century Pen and Ink landscapes from a sketch folder
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century landscape sketch in pen and ink .
Emile Cagniart was born in Paris where he would remain for his sixty years. Like many young asp...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
4 French 19th century Pen and Ink landscapes from a sketch folder
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century landscape sketch in pen and ink .
Emile Cagniart was born in Paris where he would remain for his sixty years. Like many young asp...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$1,160 Sale Price
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Guess Who is Who's Clothing
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork " Guess Who is Who's Clothing" 1945 is a watercolor, ink and pastel on thin paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed a...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed a...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Voyeur
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Voyeur" 1949 is a pastel on light green paper by noted California (German/American) artist Ernst Stolz, 1901-1989. It is signed and dated at the lower right ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Brittany, Pig Fair Pastel By Louis Fortuney
Located in Pasadena, CA
Louis Fortuney (1878-1950), also known simply as “Fortuney”, was a French pastellist. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse and in Paris an...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Cadillac Corner, Venice CA
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: Cadillac Corner, Venice CA
Year: 1983
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Size image: 1...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Old Trestle, San Rafael, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Old Trestle, San Rafael, California" 1986 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Oaxaca Coast
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Oaxaca Coast" c.1990 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Turfistes et Jockeys
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Pencil on paper
Paper size: 8 x 10.5 inches
Stamped with the artist’s atelier stamp ‘ATELIER/RAOUL DUFY’ lower right
Provenance: Galerie Fanny Guillon-Laffaille, Paris.
Neffe-Dega...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Profile of Omda" (FRAMED) Portrait Drawing 14" x 10" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Profile of Omda" (FRAMED) Portrait Drawing 14" x 10" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decade...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Trampoline-WI State Fair Park" original signed drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a view of children jumping on a trampoline near the entrance to the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Fairy Tales Watercolor on Paper
By Dewitt M. Lockman
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Fairy tales,
Mixed media on paper, from the artist estate.
actual size 19"x23" framed 34"x39"
Impressionistic style watercolor, drawing, pastel on paper, from the artist Estate.
DeWitt Lockman began painting at the age of four in Brooklyn. By the age of seven, his family had moved to New York, where he worked with the animal painter James H. Beard. He later studied with Nelson Bickford and William Sartain. He was in Europe, principally in France, England, and Holland, from 1891 to 1892 and again from 1901 to 1902. In the years between the two European trips, Lockman painted little, suffering from ill-health. Resuming his artistic activities in the early years of the century, Lockman also served in the Office of Naval Intelligence from 1917 to 1918. He married Evelyn Walker in 1946. Although his oeuvre also includes still life and animal pictures, Lockman was most successful as a portraitist, painting over 500 works in that genre. President Calvin Coolidge, General of the Armies John J. Pershing, and Dr. Nicholas Murray...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper, Watercolor
$2,925 Sale Price
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"FREE PARKING" WATERCOLOR TEXAS ARTIST JOSEPHINE MAHAFFEY (1903-1982)
Located in San Antonio, TX
Josephine Mahaffey
(1903-1982)
Texas
Image Size: 5 x 3.75
Frame Size: 8.75 x 7
Medium: Watercolor
"Free Parking"
Biography
Josephine Mahaffey (1903-1982)
In 1968, she was honored at ...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Pastel #25), Pastel of Artist at Work
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
A native of Philadelphia, John Pierce Barnes began his artistic training at the Philadelphia School of Industrial Design. He then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Vogue Magazine Hi Fashion Illustration (Stephen Sprouse)
Located in Miami, FL
Vogue Magazine Fashion Illustration (Stephen Sprouse)
Antonio's mature style is on full display with a few quick strokes of the brush he is exemplifying the epitome of style and clas...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Reclining Woman
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Original Pen and Ink on Paper
Dimensions 12″ x 16″ unframed
26 x 30 Framed
Circa 1959.
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Youth. Bilateral. 1960s. Paper, watercolor, 34.5x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Youth. Bilateral. 1960s. Paper, watercolor, 34.5x25 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1947, she began her...
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1960s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
William Matthison, Trinity College Quad with Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge , particularly suitable for wedding and graduation presents, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Man`s study. 1968. Paper, pencil, 35x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Man`s study. 1968. Paper, pencil, 35x25 cm
Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator.
Born in Riga in a Russian-Polish-German family.
Vladimir Glushenkov...
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1960s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
$380 Sale Price
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La Seine à Paris by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Work on Paper, Paris scene
Located in London, GB
La Seine à Paris by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961)
Pencil on paper
22.5 x 28.3 cm (8 ⁷/₈ x 11 ¹/₈ inches)
Stamped lower right, Manzana-Pissarro
Executed circa 1930
This work i...
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1930s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Ballerina, An Original Pastel Drawing of a Ballerina
Located in Naples, Florida
Lucien Boulier 1882-1963
Lucien Boulier was born in Verdun, France in 1882. He was a student of Jean Léon Gérôme. He exhibited at the Salon d’Automne from...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Fourteen, 20x16", pastel, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Fourteen by Lu Haskew
Pastel 20x16" image size
30x26" framed
Vintage Portrait of a young person. This painting has been in the artist's family collection since Lu painted it in the 1...
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1960s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Child and Mother Chicken Greet Birth of a Chick, Children's Book Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Welcome to the World. A blue-eyed child in a wide-rimmed hat with flowers and an adult chicken greet the emergence of a chick. The charming illustration is titled " Karen and Etta ( the chicken ) have a Little Chick " Notice the whimsical touch of a piece of egg shell that sits on the chicks head like a little white hat. Signed lower right. unframed
Alice Rose[1] Provensen (née Twitchell; August 14, 1918[2] – April 23, 2018[3]) and Martin Provensen (July 10, 1916 – March 27, 1987) were an American couple who illustrated more than 40 children's books together, 19 of which they also wrote and edited.[4] According to Alice, "we were a true collaboration. Martin and I really were one artist."[4]
Biographies
Their early lives were similar. Both were born in Chicago and moved to California when they were twelve.[5] Both received scholarships to the Art Institute of Chicago, and both attended the University of California, though at separate campuses. After college, Alice went to work with Walter Lantz Studio, the creators of Woody Woodpecker, and Martin took work with the Walt Disney Studio, where he collaborated on Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Dumbo.
The pair met in 1943 when Martin, working as a creator of training films for the American military, was assigned to the Walter Lantz Studio. They were married in 1944 and settled in Washington, D.C., where they worked on war-related projects. After the war, they moved to New York City where a friend helped them get their first job, illustrating The Fireside Book of Folk Songs.[5] They illustrated several Little Golden Books including The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown (1949). In 1952, Tony the Tiger, designed by Martin, debuted as a Kellogg's mascot.
The Provensens were a runner-up for the 1982 Caldecott Medal as illustrators of A Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy Willard...
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1970s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Emile Yung Portrait, Felix Vallotton, Work on paper, 1890's, Impressionism
Located in Geneva, CH
Emile Yung Portrait, Felix Vallotton, Work on paper, 1890's, Impressionism
Portrait d'Emile Yung,
Circa 1893
Ink and charcoal on paper
26 x 18 cm / 56...
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1890s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink
Pelé Brazilian, footballer, Soccer Star, Illustration
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Bob Peak is one of the true giants of post-war American Illustration. He is a virtuoso artist, with a heightened level of skill and talent that very few living artists today possess...
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1980s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
Zoo New York City with Sea Lions
Located in Miami, FL
A charming and stylized depiction of a day at the Central Park Zoo. with World War Two uniformed visitors front and center. Sea lions put on a show in front o...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Le Ramassage des Foins by Paulémile Pissarro - Graphite drawing
Located in London, GB
Le Ramassage des Foins by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Graphite on paper
12.9 x 20 cm (5 ¹/₈ x 7 ⁷/₈ inches)
Signed lower left, Paulémile-Pissarro-
Provenance
Estate of the Artist...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Torso, Impressionist Watercolor and Graphite Drawing by Lisa Martin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lisa Martin - Torso, Year: circa 1984, Medium: Watercolor and Graphite on Paper, Size: 25 x 19 in. (63.5 x 48.26 cm)
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1980s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Preparing the Picnic
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Preparing the picnic" c.1950, is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist John Cuthbert Hare, 1908-1978. It is signed at the lower right corner by the arti...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Price Upon Request
Market Street, San Francisco
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Market Street, San Francisco" c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Price Upon Request
Impressionist figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Impressionist figurative drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Henri Duhem, Arnold A. Grossman, Emile Cagniart, and Martha Walter. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Watercolor and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Impressionist figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 3.5 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 $118 and tops out at $95,000, while the average work sells for $900.