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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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pen
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Vellum, Color Pencil, Graphite
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Chalk
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Oil
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pen
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Lithograph, Watercolor
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Etching
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Tempera
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Pencil
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pen
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Charcoal
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pen
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Permanent Marker
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ballpoint Pen
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Lithograph
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Mixed Media
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
Early 18th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
18th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pen
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal
Early 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Permanent Marker
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Woodcut
2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Permanent Marker
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
1820s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pen, Pencil
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Charcoal
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Pen