Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Color: Yellow
Firemen of the Communism - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Firemen of the Communism is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good condition with slight folding.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 19...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Jolly - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Jolly is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1930s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Italian ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pen
Profiles - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Profiles is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Itali...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pen
The Old and Soldier - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Old and Soldier is a pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1950s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good condition except for a cut on the right margins.
Mino Macca...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pen
The Exhibition - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Exhibition is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
The Saloon - China Ink by Maurice Van Moppes - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Saloon is an original drawing in china ink realized by Maurice Moppes (1904-1957) in the early 20th century.
Monogrammed on the lower "MVM".
The artwork is depicted through d...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Nude from the Back - Pencil Drawing - Mid-20th Century
By Paul Garin
Located in Roma, IT
Nude from the back is a pencil drawing attributed to Paul Grain and realized in the 1950s.
Good conditions.
Included a Passepartout: 41 x 51 cm.
The artwork represents a nude wom...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
gravesend, oler woman w city scape window yellow tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on toned paper
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive ...
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2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Medusa Mask - Black China Ink, Pencil and Watercolor Drawing - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
"Medusa Mask" is an original black China ink, pencil and watercolor drawing on paper glued on ivory-colored cardboard, signed and dated by Eugene Berman, ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Pencil
The Portrait Of A Boy - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait Of A Boy is an original Drawing in pencil on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in mid 20th century.
Hand-signed on the lower in pencil.
Good conditions.
M...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
The Dance - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Dance is an original Drawing in china ink on paper realized by Mino Maccari in mid 20th century.
Good conditions with some foxing.
Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Italian write...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
The Dance - Original Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Dance is an original Drawing in pen on paper realized by Mino Maccari in mid 20th century.
Good conditions with some foxing.
Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Italian writer, pai...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Portrait of Padreterno- Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Padreterno is an Original Drawing in pencil and watercolor on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lo...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, Black, Yellow colour by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Sakti Burman
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sakti Burman
(a) Untitled - 7.5 x 9.5 inches (Unframed size)
Watercolour on Paper
(b) Untitled - 3 x 6 inches (Unframed size)
Pen on Paper , 1992
(c) Untitled - 4.5 x 9 inc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Paper, Pen
Nude 1947 - Original China Ink by Tibor Gertler - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Nude 1947 is an original China ink realized by Tibor Gertler in 1947.
Good conditions, mounted on a white cardboard.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Tibor Ger...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Official Palettes - Original Drawing on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1930s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Official Palettes is an original drawing on paper, realized by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989) around the 1930s.
Black China Ink (fountain...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Sketch for Il Selvaggio - Original Drawing on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1933
Located in Roma, IT
Bozzetto per Il Selvaggio (Sketch for Il Selvaggio) is an original drawing on paper, realized around by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989) in ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Nude Woman - Original Pen and Watercolor by André MeauxSaint-Marc - 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is a pen and watercolor drawing realized by the artist André MeauxSaint-Marc (1885-1941)
Good conditions except for aged margins and cutting.
Beautiful nude standing created through deft black strokes...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Nude - Original India Ink Drawing by Herta Hausmann - 1940 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in China ink realized in 1940 ca, by Herta Hausmann.
With the stamp of the artist's atelier on the rear.
Very good conditi...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Female Silhouette - Watercolor Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Female Silhouette is an original drawing on paper, realized around the 1970s by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Roman Arch - Screen Print by Marco Orsi - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Arch (Arch of Constantine) is an original screen print on paper realized by the Italian artist Marco Orsi (1926 - 1999).
Hand-signed on the lower rig...
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1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Screen, Paper
On the Street - Pen Drawing on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Per strada (On the Street) is an original pen drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Black Ch...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
The Voyeurs - Black Marker Drawing on Paper - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original black marker drawing on ivory-colored paper realized by Leo Guida the 1970s.
The state of preservation of the artwork is good. Not signed.
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
The Bedroom - Pen Drawing by Leo Longanesi - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
The Bedroom is an original pen drawing realized by Leo Longanesi in 1937.
The little drawing is in good conditions, sigled and numbered on the lower lef...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Otium - China Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Otium is an original china ink drawing on paper, realized in the 1960s by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
China ink drawing on ivory-col...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Figures - Ink and Watercolor by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original artwork realized by Leo Guida.
Watercolor drawing on ivory paper.
Good conditions.
Not signed.
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
New Yorker - Ink- watercolor and Pencil Drawing by A. R. Hallman - 1956
Located in Roma, IT
New Yorker is original artwork in China ink and tempera on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman in 1956.
Hand-signed on the lower...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Ink, Watercolor
Ilja Grigorevič Ėrenburg and Massimo Bontempelli in Montparnasse - 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Ilja Grigorevič Ėrenburg and Massimo Bontempelli in Montparnasse is an original drawing in pencil on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold ...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Drinkers - Pencil and Blue Pastel Drawing - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
The Drinkers is an original modern artwork realized in the 1920s by a French artist.
Original Pencil and Blue Pastel Drawing on tissue ivory paper.
Passepartout is included (dime...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pastel
Sleeping Woman - Pen Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping Woman is an original modern artwork realized the half of the XX Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original pen drawing on paper.
Hand-...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tissue Paper, Pen
Souvenir de Bonheur - Original Ink on Paper - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Souvenir de Bonheur is an original modern artwork realized the 1930s.
Original black China ink on paper.
The work is an Italian postcard; on the back of the work there is the labe...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Decorated Vase - Original Mixed Media on Paper by G. Fourmaintraux - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Decorated Vase is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of the XX Century by the French artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux (Desvres, 18...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Costume di Massagrogna - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper stuck on ivory colored cardboard, 1820 c.a.
Hand-signed on lower-right and hand-titled "Costume di Massagrogna", with autograph caption black ink ...
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1820s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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