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Style: American Modern
Women's World Magazine Cover Illustration , Children Sledding
Located in Miami, FL
Children Sledding, Women's World Magazine Cover, December 1939 Signed lower center image watercolor, gouache, pencil, and wash on paper
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1930s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Girl with Bonnet, Pastel Portrait by Thomas Strickland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Strickland, American (1923 - 1999) Title: Girl with Bonnet Year: circa 1970 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed u.r. Size: 25.5 in. x 19.7...
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1970s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Swim Team
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Jay Alan Babcock is a St. Louis-based graphic designer and painter. His work exhibits his interest in the visual language of Americana, including old ...
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2010s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Self Portrait #1, colorful gestural abstracted portrait
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on paper About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates representational images of human figures and animals, emphasizing movement in a manner reminiscent of Lucien Freud, Edgar Degas and the photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Elongated and blurry, the horse racing up a hill (Canter Fritz, 2002) and the sinister cat landing a leap (Chien Blanc, 1998) elicit a sense of foreboding enhanced by Bennett’s somber palette; his female figures too reflect a grim sense of humor with their distorted nude bodies. The face of Untitled Figure (1997), for example, is obscured by layers of dark paint. Classically trained as a painter, he initially worked in oil on canvas but discovered that monotype printing enabled him to “literally push the image around,” creating an essential element of motion. To overcome the limited scale of monotypes, however, he switched to painting on slick-surfaced plastic. Tom Bennett’s practice is rooted in the classical tradition where painting and drawing from life is highly regarded. Bennett’s work is heavily influenced by Francis Bacon, Frank Auberbauch and foremost his father, Harry Bennett, who was also an artist. Tom’s time living abroad in Spain and traveling through Eastern Europe and Africa provided the artistic freedom to explore many of the techniques and subject matter that continue to define his practice. Bennett was born and raised in Connecticut. His mediums include monotypes, oil on paper, canvas or styrene board. In a technique that Tom started over 4 years ago, several of his monotypes have been painted over with oil paint using a palette knife, brush, or his fingers to re-purpose the underlying image. These works are a testament to Bennett’s ability to quickly and concisely compose an image with expressive brush strokes, foreshortened figures and expertly rendered light. Tom’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions worldwide. Bennett lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently represented by Tabla Rasa...
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2010s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Paper, Monotype

Divers
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Jay Alan Babcock is a St. Louis-based graphic designer and painter. His work exhibits his interest in the visual language of Americana, including old ...
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2010s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Balloon Heads
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Jay Alan Babcock is a St. Louis-based graphic designer and painter. His work exhibits his interest in the visual language of Americana, including old ...
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2010s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Rosalee Sondheimer I
Located in New York, NY
Winold Reiss (1886-1953), who scholars increasingly recognize as a pivotal figure in early 20th-century American art, is known for his evocative portraits that capture the spirit and...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Board

Girl in Decorative Wrap
Located in New York, NY
Winold Reiss (1886-1953), who scholars increasingly recognize as a pivotal figure in early 20th-century American art, is known for his evocative portraits that capture the spirit and...
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Board

Portrait of Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943)
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): WINOLD/REISS
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Japanese Girl
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): WINOLD/REISS
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

"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 American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

American Modern portrait drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic American Modern portrait 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 portrait 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 and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Alfred Bendiner, Irene Pattinson, Albert Al Hirschfeld, and Andy Warhol. Frequently made by artists working with Ink, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large American Modern portrait drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 3.5 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait 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 $85 and tops out at $34,000, while the average work sells for $1,375.

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