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
A Striking Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Stunning Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Completed in the 1960s, this compelling studio ink drawing is executed in ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cat, Dog and Goat - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cat, Dog and Goat is an original drawing in pencil on creamy-colored paper realized by an unknown artist in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Figure - Original Etching on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1950
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original modern artwork realized the half of the XX Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original Etching on paper.
Hand-signed in p...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Native Mexican Woman (Cuban Miami artist pastel)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Alex (Cuban, b.1949). Indigenous Mexican Woman, 1982. Pastel and charcoal on wove paper, sheet measures 23 x 33 inches. 31 x 40.5 inches on backing board...
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1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper, Pastel
$630 Sale Price
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Figure in an Interior - Original Lithograph by André Marius Aillaud - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Figure in an Interior is an original lithograph realized by André Marius Aillaud (1909-1972) in 1938.
Hand signed by the artist on the back of the paper.
Good condition, included a...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Veduta Prospettica di un Ponte - Drawing by Carlo and Adolfo Coppedè - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding drawing realized fro Expo Roma by Carlo and Adolfo Coppedè in 1911.
Charcoal on paper mounted on stretcher.
Includes a beautiful iron frame by Roberto Fallani, realized...
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1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Mermaid - Original ink and pencil drawing, 1953
Located in Paris, IDF
Marie LAURENCIN
Mermaid, 1953
Original ink and pencil drawing
Signed by artist stamp
On paper 24.5 x 19.5 cm (c. 9.6 x 7.6 inch)
Very good condition, marks of the manipulation on ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil, Charcoal
Grand Canyon —vintage drawing, original 'Superman' artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leonard Nowak, 'Grand Canyon', conté crayon and India ink, c. 1940s. Signed in ink, lower left. Original cartoon drawing, on textured, off-white wove dra...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, India Ink
The Grapes Harvest - Original Ink Drawing by Lac Man
Located in Roma, IT
Original China ink drawing on ivory colored cardboard, representing grapes harvest, resembling a dramatic and satiric scene. Hand-signed on the lower right corner, in black ink, by "...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Erotic Scene - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1970s.
Hand-signed on the lower, with another drawing on the rear.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Flowers - Drawing by Albert Fernand-Renault - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is a drawing realized by Albert Fernand-Renault in the early 20th Century.
Pencil on paper.
Stamped signed.
Good Conditions with diffused foxing.
The artwork is realized ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
At the bus station. 2021, paper, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the bus station
2021, paper, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Ansis Butnors (1977)
Education:
J. Rozentals Art School in Riga – 1989. – 1996.
Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department – 19...
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2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Birds in Morocco - Original Drawing by Helen Vogt - Mid-20th Century
By Helen Vogt
Located in Roma, IT
Birds in Morocco is an original drawing realized by Helen Vogt in mid-20th Century.
Watercolored pen drawing on paper.
Fair conditions. Foxings.
Includes frame (fair condition) :...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
Hotel de la... - Drawing by Charles Des Bordes - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil and watercolor realized by Charles Des Bordes in the early 20th Century.
Glued on cardboard cm 31x20.
Good condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Wire Haired Girl and Cat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Wire Haired Girl and Cat
Pen and ink with watercolor, c. 1930
Signed with the Estate stamp "B"
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
By descent to his son Edward
...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French Gouache Portrait Study of Three Navajo and Kumeyaay Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Portrait Study of Three Navajo and Kumeyaay Figures
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Woman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Black marker drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the 1960s.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Figure of Man - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1930s
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Man is a Colored lithograph on japan paper realized by Jean Cocteau (1889 -1963) in 1930 ca.
French draftsman, poet, essayist, playwright, librettist, film director.
Exc...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
"Let's Rodeo" Colorful Abstract Modern Cowboy Pastel Portrait Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract modern pastel drawing of a cowboy by Texas artist Robert Sandman. The work features a man dressed in vibrant clothes holding a cowboy ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Pastor - Drawing attr. Maximilien Luce - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pastor is a modern artwork realized in the early 20th Century and attributed to Maximilien Luce.
Hand-signed
Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
$580 Sale Price
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French Gouache Study of Hopi Kachina Mask and Taos Pueblo Textile
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Study of Hopi Kachina Mask and Taos Pueblo Textile
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Nude - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1932
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pen drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1932.
Not signed..
Published on "Il Selvaggio", n.12, p.83, 1932.
Very good condition.
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Bull engaging the muleta (Bull Fight)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bull engaging the muleta (Bull Fight)
Signed with the Estate stamp lower left (See photo)
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Marbella Gallery Inc., NYC
Refer...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude - Original Pencil on Paper by André Meaux-Saint-Marc - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman is an original pencil drawing realized by André Meaux-Saint-Marc (1885 - 1941).
Pencil drawing on brown paper in good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Jazz Age Dancer Illustration by Broadway Designer Mabel E. Johnston
Located in New York, NY
Mabel E. Johnston
Untitled, c. 1930s
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Sight: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
Framed: 21 1/8 x 17 1/4 x 1/2 in.
Signed lower right: Mabel E. Johnston
The first tidb...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Couple at Party - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Couple at Party is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1940s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a little paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 192...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Standing Female Nude Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Figure Study Ink Drawing of a Standing Female Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Exhibiting a spare and except...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century Cityscape Modern
Located in New York, NY
"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century Cityscape Modern
Max Arthur Cohn (1903-1998)
6th Avenue Elevated
19 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches
Watercolor on paper
Signed an...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Moroccan Female Players - Original Ink by Helen Vogt - 1930
By Helen Vogt
Located in Roma, IT
Moroccan female players is an original blue china ink drawing realized by Helen Vogt, in 1930.
The state of preservation is very good.
Not signed.
Sta...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$333 Sale Price
20% Off
Nudes - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
China ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
On recto and verso.
Not signed.
Very good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
A Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Reclining Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Reclining Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Exhibiting a spare and exceptional use of brushwor...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Characters - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1932 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1932 ca.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Standing Female Dancer
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Standing Female Dancer by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Exhibiting a spare and exceptional use of brushwo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Pensive: Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative painting by John Emanuel
By John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
Less is more from the studio of John Emanuel
Image 21" x 15"
Originally from Bury, in the North of England, John Emanuel works in Porthmeor, Cornwall. He has received no formal art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Characters - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Black marker drawing realized my Mino Maccari in 1950s.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Canal in Venice, English Watercolour
Located in Harkstead, GB
A very atmospheric watercolour capturing the light and shimmer of a Venetian canal. One of two views of Venice by the artist that I am offering - please see my other listing.
Dennis Page (born 1926)
Venice Balcony
Signed
Watercolour
8½ x 12 inches including the frame
16¾ x 21 inches with the frame
Painter, mainly in watercolour who was born in Hampstead, London. He studied art at Harrow and the Central School of Arts & Crafts, where his tutors included Mervyn Peake...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$556 Sale Price
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Camille Hilaire - Nature - Signed Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Camille Hilaire - Nature
Signed Original Lithograph
Edition: 38 x 26 cm
Framed
Edition: 17/175
Camille Hilaire
(1916-2004)
Camille Hilaire began painting from a young age. At fif...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
6th Avenue El at 8th St NYC Cityscape American Scene Social Realism Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
6th Avenue El at 8th St NYC Cityscape American Scene Social Realism Mid-Century
Max Arthur Cohn (1903-1998)
6th Avenue El at 8th Street
13 x 18 inches
Watercolor on paper, c. 1930
...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Watercolor and Charcoal on Paper Image of a Boy by Margo Hoff, Titled Sun Child
By Margo Hoff
Located in Chicago, IL
A brightly colored, Mid-Century, watercolor and charcoal on paper image of a boy by notable artist Margo Hoff, titled "Sun Child". Image size: 31" x 22". Framed size: 34" x 25". ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
The Lady - Drawing - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Lady is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in mid-20th century.
Pencil and watercolor on paper
Good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Figure - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Drawing in carbon Pencil.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions except for aged...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Bird - Drawing by Benn - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is a drawing in pastel on paper realized by Benn (Bencjon Rabinowicz) in 1970.
Hand signed on the lower, dated.
Good conditions.
Benn (Bencj...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Gerald Holding His Knees
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivalled influence on artists and image-making.
...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
Seymour Fogel (1911-1984)
Mural Study, untitled
11 x 49 1/4 inches (sight)
Tempera on board
Provenance:...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
Portrait of a Woman
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Portrait of a Woman, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower right, unframed. 24.25" H x 19" W. Provenance: Fr...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Nude Women - Original Drawing in Pencil by Jeanne Daour - Mid-20th Century
By Jeanne Daour
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour.
The state of preservation is good with some folding along the top margin.
Hand-signed on the lower left.
I...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Break Free - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Break Free is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara artist in the early 20th century
China ink on paper
Good condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Golf Bags, Caddy with Golf Bag on His Back
Located in Missouri, MO
Framed Size: approx 17 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches
Fred Conway (1900-1973)
"Golf Bags, Caddy with Golf Bag on His Back"
Pen/Ink/Watercolor on Paper
Site Size: approx. 10 x 13 inches
Framed Size: approx. 17 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches
A member of the faculty of the Washington University Art School from 1929 to 1970, Frederick Conway...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Original Painting. New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal WPA Mid Century American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal WPA Mid Century American Scene
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Perplexed Gentleman
New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1939
13 1/4 X 8 ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Board
Snow in Forest, Mid-Century Winter Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Snow in the Forest, 1945
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower right
19 x 23.75 inches
24 x 29 inches, framed
Clarence Holbrook C...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Nasturtiums" Chiura Obata, Japanese American, Red and Blue Delicate Flowers
By Chiura Obata
Located in New York, NY
Chiura Obata
Nasturtiums, circa 1940
Signed and stamped lower left
Watercolor on paper
15 x 9 5/8 inches
Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in Tokyo. He also studied with Kogyo Terasaki and Goho Hasimoto.
In 1903, Obata moved to San Francisco and began working as an illustrator for The New World and The Japanese American, two of the city's Japanese newspapers. He also did work as a commercial designer. Obata helped establish the East West Art Society in San Francisco in 1921, which sought to promote cross-cultural understanding through art. This goal was reflected in his embrace of the Nihonga style, which fused traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting with the conventions of western naturalism.
He spent much of the 1920s painting landscapes throughout California, and among his favorite subjects were mountain landscapes. In 1927, he visited Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, creating over a hundred paintings and sketches of the high country. Obata stayed in the USA until the death of his father in 1928.
Between 1928 and 1932, he worked in Tokyo as a painter and transformed his California landscape watercolors...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Entertainment, 20th century American family scene watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
The Entertainment, c. 1955
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
20 x 30 inches
Exhibited: 1955 May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art
"The first district schools were log houses...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Chinese Calligraphy and Bamboo - China Ink - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Chinese Calligraphy and Bamboo is a drawing realized in the mid-20th Century.
China Ink on paper.
Good conditions except for small cuts on the margins.
The artworks represent the ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Beachside Village, Maine, 20th century landscape watercolor, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1967)
Beachside Village, Maine
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
10 x 14 inches
17.75 x 21.75 inches, framed
A major painter of American ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Hunger - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Hunger is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in early 20th century
Pencil and china ink on paper
Good condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Dahlias" Chiura Obata, Japanese American, Red and Blue Delicate Floral Work
By Chiura Obata
Located in New York, NY
Chiura Obata
Dahlias, 1940
Signed, dated and stamped lower right
Watercolor on paper
15 x 9 5/8 inches
Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in Tokyo. He also studied with Kogyo Terasaki and Goho Hasimoto.
In 1903, Obata moved to San Francisco and began working as an illustrator for The New World and The Japanese American, two of the city's Japanese newspapers. He also did work as a commercial designer. Obata helped establish the East West Art Society in San Francisco in 1921, which sought to promote cross-cultural understanding through art. This goal was reflected in his embrace of the Nihonga style, which fused traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting with the conventions of western naturalism.
He spent much of the 1920s painting landscapes throughout California, and among his favorite subjects were mountain landscapes. In 1927, he visited Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, creating over a hundred paintings and sketches of the high country. Obata stayed in the USA until the death of his father in 1928.
Between 1928 and 1932, he worked in Tokyo as a painter and transformed his California landscape watercolors...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
beggars spanish modernism colored pencils
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ricard Opisso - Beggars - Colored pencils
Measurements drawing 21x31cm.
Frame measures 39x48 cm.
Damaged paper at bottom.
Anti-reflective glass.
Son of Alfredo Opisso y Viñas, journalist, historian and critic, and of Antonia Sala y Gil, his sister Regina Opisso, was also a writer. He comes from an enlightened family full of artists. His paternal grandfather was Josep Opisso y Roig, journalist and director of the Diari de Tarragona, father of the also writers Antonia Opisso y Viña and Antoni Opisso y Viña. His maternal great-grandfather was the painter Pere Pau Montaña, his maternal grandfather the fabulist Felipe Jacinto Sala and his maternal uncle, the painter Emilio Sala y Francés. His nephew was Arturo Llorens y Opisso, a writer better known under his pseudonym Arturo Llopis.
Although he was born in Tarragona, his family moved to Barcelona when Opisso was only two years old. In modernist Barcelona at the end of the 19th century, Opisso worked as an assistant to Antonio Gaudí in the works of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona since 1892. He was linked to the group Els Quatre Gats, along with Ramón Casas...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
$2,669 Sale Price
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The Figures - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th century.
China ink on paper
Good condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
'Classical Modern', Stylized Figural by Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Dawn O'Malley (American, 20th century), circa 1975 and with certification of authenticity stamped verso.
A bright and harmonious figural painting in the Mycenaean style ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Casein, Oil Pastel
Modern figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mino Maccari, Flor David, Gabriele Galantara, and Alberto Ziveri. 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 Modern figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0.25 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 $11 and tops out at $648,500, while the average work sells for $409.