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Modern Nude 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
Three Shy Women - Original charcoal drawing, Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Baptiste VALADIE Three shy women, 1970 Original charcoal drawing Handsigned bottom right On vellum 58 x 44 cm (c. 23 x 18 inch) Excellent condition
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1970s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

'Woman in Red', California Modernist, San Francisco Bay Area Modernism, Thiebaud
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Gilberg' and painted circa 1955. A woman, drawn in variegated shades of ruby and garnet red, poses on a bed with incised details. Born in Oakland, Robert Geor...
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Paper

Lady with Flowers, Nude Drawing, Ink on canvas by Indian Modern Master "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar - Lady with Flowers - 39 X 30 inches (unframed size) Ink on Canvas Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : Legendary master artist Lt. Prokash Karmakar from Be...
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Early 2000s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Ink, Archival Ink

Studies of Juliet - Original signed charcoals drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Gaston COPPENS (1909 - 2002) Studies of Juliet Original charcoal drawing Signed in the bottom right Stamp of the artist on the back On drawing paper 52 x 43 cm (c 21 x 17 inch) Ex...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Dreaming Nude - Original charcoals drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Gaston COPPENS (1909 - 2002) Dreaming Nude Original charcoal drawing Stamp signature Stamp of the artist on the back On wove paper 37 x 31 ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

"The Model"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
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1910s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Erotic Series II, Nude Drawing, Female, Ink on Magazine paper "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Erotic Series II - 9 x 7 inches (unframed size) Ink on Magazine Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Figures, female torsos in frontal nudity, a crouching ...
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2010s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Magazine Paper

Seated Nude, Pastel Drawing on Paper by Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983) Title: Seated Nude Year: 1923 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed and dated l.r. Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 ...
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1920s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Reclining Women, Nude Drawing, Ink on paper by Master Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar – Untitled – 7 x 5 inches (unframed size) Ink drawings at the back of a card . Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : Legendary master artist Lt. ...
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Early 2000s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Mid Century Life Study Nude Figurative
By Emily Farnham
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist life study drawing by Emily Farnham (American, 1912-2004). Signed and dated lower right corner. 1949. Image, 22”H x 16”W. Measures 32" H x 24" W x 2" D. Shipped without gl...
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1940s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

Portrait Drawing of a Man
Located in Houston, TX
Charcoal drawing of a bust of a nude man by Otis Huband in 1972. Signed and dated by artist. Artist Biography: Otis Huband was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1933. He began st...
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1970s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Reflection:Contemporary Limited Edition Etching
Located in Brecon, Powys
Signed Limited Edition , 6 /25 , etching by this collected Scottish artist. Very pretty, mounted unframed. Ian Laurie was born in 1933 and is a self taught artist who made the transition from industry to artistry around 40 years ago when he & his wife opened a gallery specialising in original, hand made prints by artists working in that medium. His own hobby of sketching soon became etching and it wasn't long before he was producing his own limited edition etchings...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Etching

Impressionist Nude Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Drawing of a female nude in a dynamic pose with trees in the background completed in various tones of grey. Signed and dated by artist 1972. Artist Biography: Otis Huband was born ...
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1970s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Green Vase:Contemporary Limited Edition Etching
Located in Brecon, Powys
Signed Limited Edition Etching, 15 of 25, from this well collected Scottish artists studio. Very understated. Ian Laurie was born in 1933 and is a self taught artist who made the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Etching

Lilac Body: Mixed media painting on paper by Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
Subtle portrait from this accomplished English artist. Angela was born in 1946 and studied art at Kingston Art College, London. Her early career was predominantly spent designing ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

Essence of Line, Ink Nude Study, Early 20th Century Drawing, Signed and Dated
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper, signed and dated '34 lower left Image size: 9 3/4 x 15 inches (24.75 x 24.5 cm) Mounted and framed A unique drawing, this work is typical of Brodzky's early nudes with its economy in the use of the line and the seemingly relaxed, informal pose of the model. The spontaneous feel of many of Brodsky's drawings does in a way indicate that the works, such as the present drawing, are purely sketches and studies. In fact, Brodsky was known for making perhaps twenty or thirty drawings at a sitting and of those he preserved perhaps only a handful, only those that 'pass his rigorous censorship sum up qualities resulting from the perfect collaboration of hand and eye and sensibility' (Forty Drawings by Horace Brodsky, by James Laver, 1935, p.15). Laver continued to write that 'Brodsky preferred a pose that showed the body from an unexpected angle, daringly foreshortened or with the weight of the various parts freed from the monotony of the standing pose. He liked to see his models from above, the limbs relaxed, and.... he made many of his drawings from a step-ladder drawn up close to the platform on which the model is lying'. Horace Brodsky Horace Ascher Brodzky (30 January 1885 – 11 February 1969) was an Australian-born artist and writer most of whose work was created in London and New York. His work included paintings, drawings and linocuts, of which he was an early pioneer. An associate in his early career of many leading artists working in Britain of his period, including Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Mark Gertler, and members of the Vorticism movement, he ended his life relatively neglected. Brodzky was born in Kew, Melbourne in 1885 to the Australian journalist Maurice Brodzky (a Jewish immigrant to Australia from Poland), and his wife Flora, née Leon. In his youth he assisted his father in the production of the magazine Table Talk. Brodzky studied initially at the National Gallery School in Melbourne. In 1904 his father was bankrupted after exposing corruption, and Horace moved with his family to San Francisco. In 1908, Brodzky went to London where he studied during 1911 at the City and Guilds South London Technical Art School. He became an acquaintance and follower of Walter Sickert. Amongst his friends was Henri Gaudier-Brzeska who created in 1913 a portrait bust of Brodzky (now in the Tate Gallery, London), and whose biography he wrote in 1933. Brodzky is said to have been so engrossed in talk when he visited Gaudier-Brzeska's studio in the King's Road, that he missed the last bus to Herne Hill where he lived. Brodzky travelled to Italy with the poet John Gould Fletcher and this led to his first London exhibition, "Paintings and Sketches of Italian and Sicilian Scenes" (c. 1911), of which one painting was selected for the 1912 Venice Biennale. He was in fact the first Australian to be exhibited at the Biennale. In 1914 his work was exhibited along with that of other Jewish artists, including Mark Gertler and David Bomberg, in the Whitechapel Gallery. Brodzky became a member of The London Group. During this period he was a pioneer of the technique of linocut, in which medium he has been said to have "excelled". His early oils reveal the influence of both Gertler and Bomberg. Among his works of this period are portraits of Jacob Epstein and Jacob Kramer. In 1915 Brodzky moved to New York, with an introduction to the art patron John Quinn. There he worked as a poster artist and an arts journalist, and in 1917 helped Quinn organize a New York exhibition of Vorticist artists. In 1919 he married Bertha Greenfield; they were to have three sons. In 1920 Egmont Arens...
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1930s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Seated Couple
Located in Santa Fe, NM
A rare 1963 Ink on Paper drawing of an enraptured couple by Milton Hebald, beautifully executed on a lovely blue Italian rag paper. Drawn during his years in Rome where he had been awarded the prestigious 'Prix de Rome Fellowship to the American Academy' three years in a row - 1955, 1956 and 1957. Hebald is regarded as one of the most important American figurative sculptors...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Tempera, Paper

" Debardeur bleu " . Marrakech . Nude Male Erotic
Located in CANNES, FR
Yves Saint Laurent ( 1936-2008 ) " Débardeur bleu " circa 1973 . from le Prince de Babylone color pencil , Felt-Tip pen , colored pencil and graphite on paper . 27 X 21 cm . NUDE ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil

" Pierre Bergé " erotic faun French Fashion Legend
Located in CANNES, FR
Yves Saint Laurent Drawing made in Morocco during 70's by YSL "le prince de Babylone " Famous & Unique " . French Fashion Legend Felt-tip p...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil, Graphite

Lying Nude - Original drawing, Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Suzanne VALADON Lying Nude, 1920 Original drawing Handsigned in pencil and dated 1920 On Arches laid paper 46 x 60 cm (c. 18 x 24 in) Good condition, light foxing, papier slightly...
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1920s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Carbon Pencil

Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
Located in Surfside, FL
Reclining Nude.Early modernist line drawing, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940, gouache painting, signed with initials, framed. (size includes frame). Work is reminisce...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

"Spiritual Self-Portrait" Watercolor, Ink, Portrait, Nude, Linear Grid, Colors
Located in Detroit, MI
"Spiritual Self-Portrait" is a portrait of the artist by the artist. She has presented herself nude gazing boldly and directly at the viewer not so much challenging, but inviting dia...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Nude Drawing, Charcoal on Paper by PadmaShree Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - 10 x 12.5 inches (unframed size) Charcoal on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Extr...
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1990s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Shower Study II, 20th Century, David Hockney, Drawing, Modern British
Located in London, GB
David Hockney Shower Study 2, 1963 signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 'Shower Study 2 DH. '63' (lower right) wax crayon and graphite on paper 12 3/8 x 9 7/8 in (31.4...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Wax Crayon, Graphite

Modern nude drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern nude 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 nude 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, Gaston Coppens, Jeanne Daour, and Prakash Karmarkar. Frequently made by artists working with Pencil, and Paper 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 nude drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0.25 inches across are also available. Prices for nude 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 $55 and tops out at $648,500, while the average work sells for $393.

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