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Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
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36 Years (Tree Rings Series)
Located in New York, NY
Steven L. Anderson 36 Years, 2015 marker and pen on paper 8 x 8 inches The Tree Rings artworks are made on paper which is torn and reassembled, scratched, a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper, Permanent Marker

63 Years (Tree Rings Series)
Located in New York, NY
Steven L. Anderson 63 Years, 2015 marker and pen on paper 16 x 16 inches The Tree Rings artworks are made on paper which is torn and reassembled, scratched,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper, Permanent Marker

Stromboli- Drawing by Pedro Cano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Stromboli is an artwork realized by Pedro Cano, 1980s.  Pastel and watercolor on paper.  h 72 x 92.5 cm with frame ; Sheet 49 x 70 cm. Hand signed and ti...
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1980s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Watercolor

Parish route (original)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Parish route" is original artwork made from pencil, marker, acrylic, watercolor on paper by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 18"h x 22.5"w. Miriam Singer grew ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Pencil

Dark Sky III
Located in Santa Fe, NM
13x22" image size monotype, unframed. Shrink-wrapped on poster board, paper size total 22x30". I document the essence of the landscape everyday. I am interested in those untouched v...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Monotype

Dark Sky II
Located in Santa Fe, NM
13x22" image size monotype, unframed. Shrink-wrapped on poster board, paper size total 22x30". I document the essence of the landscape everyday. I am interested in those untouched v...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Monotype

"SECRET GARDEN 1", watercolor, flowers, foliage, day, night, sky, sparkling, wet
Located in Toronto, Ontario
SECRET GARDEN 1 is a new watercolor on Fabriano paper by Fleur Thesmar. The artwork measures 22x30". Note the complexity of the composition, the suggestion of one specific place in a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

Sketched Female Nude - Original China Ink on Paper by A. Matheos
Located in Roma, IT
Sketched Female Nude is an original artwork realized by the Greek French artist Alkis Matheos in the XX Century. Original china ink on paper. Hand-signed by...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Figure in the Landscape - Pen on Paper by Mogniat-Duclos - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure in the Landscape is an original colored drawing in pen on ivory-colored paper, realized by Bertrand Mogniat-Duclos. In very good conditions. This artwork is a very beautiful...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

CIM Glass Palace in Rome - Original Watercolor by A. Ciarrocchi - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
CIM Glass Palace in Rome is an original drawing artwork in watercolor on ivory paper realized by the Italian artist Arnoldo Ciarrocchi in 1948 ca.. Hand-signed on the lower right. ...
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1940s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Stylized Female Nude - China Ink on Paper by A. Matheos
Located in Roma, IT
Stylized Female Nude is an original artwork realized by the Greek French artist Alkis Matheos in the XX Century. Original china ink on paper. Hand-signed by...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Louis XIV - Original Ink on Paper by A. Matheos
Located in Roma, IT
Louis XIV is an original artwork realized by the Greek French artist Alkis Matheos in the XX Century. Original china ink on paper. The name of the artist appears on the lower rig...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Landscape - Original Pencil and Watercolor by E.C. Jodelet - Mid 20th Century
By Emmanuel Charles Jodelet
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original artwork realized by Emmanuel Charles Jodelet in the half of the XXCentury. Original watercolor with pencil. Hand-signed on the lower left corner: Jodelet. The original stamp of Emmanuel Jodelet Vente is present on the back of the sheet. Very good conditions. Beautiful fresh artwork representing a landscape with a building in the center of the composition and two figures on the foreground. The colors are very soft and realized with strokes of very light watercolor. The artwork has been realized by Emmanuel Charles Jodelet (Augerans, 1883 - Paris, 1973) was a French painter that realized portraits, landscapes and still life paintings. He was an illustrator and a watercolorist that study with Bernard Naudin and Charles Guérin...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Watercolor

Two More for Joy, Jane Peart, Contemporary digital drawing, Animal art
Located in Deddington, GB
Two more for Joy by Jane Peart [2021] limited_edition and hand signed by the artist Digital drawing on paper Edition number 100 Image size: H:35 cm x W:24 cm Complete Size of Unfram...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Digital, Paper

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Window onto the Sea, Original Drawing, Contemporary Landscape, Architecture
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
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Located in London, GB
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Landscape - Marker and Watercolor by E. Pavarino - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
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Georgetown (Church in the Mountains, Colorado), Modernist Landscape Ink Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Georgetown, Colorado, vintage 1938 WPA era ink drawing/painting on paper of a church set in a rocky mountain landscape by Charles Bunnell (1897-1968). Black on a creamy white paper, signed and dated lower right, titled lower left. Presented in a custom frame with all archival materials, outer dimensions measure 16 ¼ x 14 ½ x 1¼ inches. Image size is 7 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches. Drawing is clean and in good vintage condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. Provenance: Estate of Charles Ragland Bunnell Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: Charles Bunnell developed a love for art as a child in Kansas City, Missouri. Around 1915, Bunnell moved with his family to Colorado Springs, Colorado. He served in World War I and later used his GI Training to study at the Broadmoor Art Academy (later renamed the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center) during 1922 and 1923. In 1922, he married fellow student, Laura Palmer...
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