Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Crayon
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Color Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pen
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Graphite, Cardboard
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Tempera
1870s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Pencil
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Oil Pastel, Watercolor
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Pencil
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Lithograph
1990s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Monotype
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Watercolor
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Conté, India Ink
Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
1990s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Archival Paper
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Tempera
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Oil
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Lithograph
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Clay, Panel, Graphite
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Color Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Pastel, Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1990s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ballpoint Pen
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil