Contemporary Portrait 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
Period: 1980s
Chiquito Futbolista de Tanger 1982
Located in Milan, IT
Sanguine on paper. Signed and dated in Roman numerals at lower right. In the upper right corner is the title.
Claudio Bravo Camus was a Chilean painter best known for compositions (...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Untitled - Drawing by Julio Galan - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a contemporary arteork realized by Julio Galan in 1988.
Mixed colored pastel on paper.
Hand signed and dated on the higher margin.
Provenanc...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Heroin
Located in Wien, 9
Karl Anton Fleck's portraits captivate through reduction to the essential, as well as distortion and the use of details and symbols. The striking stroke creates clear contours and th...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Communism Came to Me to Boredom - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1980
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Communism Came to Me to Boredom is a charcoal and watercolor Drawing and Pastel realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1980s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
Face - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1980
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Face is a Pastel Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1980s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a little cardboaard.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Ju...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
original Ronald Shap oil pastel character portrait - Ol' California
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel character portrait by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. "Ol' California." 17x23 inches....
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Mixed Media Piece by Mexican Artist "Untitled"
Located in Troy, NY
This portrait of a woman in a green blouse shows Jorge Alzaga's beautiful skill with pastels. The way Alzaga used pastel adds a certain kind of softness to the portrait while still a...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Pencil
Portrait of a boy - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981s. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artwork represents a fresh and beautiful nude male portrait...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Running Man - Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
The Running Man is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The ...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Confrontation - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Confrontation is an original Drawing in Pencil artwork realized by Antony Roland.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced com...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Boy - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing pen realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
In the foreground the figure is de...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Teens at the Beach - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Teens at the beach is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artwork represents fre...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Sleeping - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping is an original Drawing in Pencil artwork realized by Antony Roland.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composit...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Teens at the Beach - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Teens at the beach is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1982. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The three boys are represent...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Figure - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original Drawing in Pencil artwork realized by Antony Roland.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Boy - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artist want to define a ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Boy - Original Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing in pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
In the foreground the figure...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Boy on a Cliff - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Boy on a cliff is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
In the foreground the figure is...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Boy - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artist depicts a delicat...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Boy with Glasses - Original Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Boy with glasses is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981s. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artwork represents a yo...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Three Boys - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Three boys is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland.
In the foreground the threefigures are depicted with a delicate and harmonious style.
Good conditions.
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Boy - Original Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artist want to define a w...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Boys Lying Down - Original Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Boys lying down is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
In the foreground the figures a...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of Boy - Original Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Boy is an original drawing pen realized by Anthony Roaland in early 1980s.
The artist want to define a well-balanced composition, through a harmonious style.
Good cond...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Boy with Glasses - Original Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Boy with glasses is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981s. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artwork represents a you...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Boy at the Beach - Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Boy at the beach is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The boy is represented with a ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Teens at the beach - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Teens at the beach is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1982. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The three boys are represe...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Running Man - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Running Man is an original drawing in pencil realized by Anthony Roaland.
The artwork represents a fresh and beautiful nude male. Behind the landscape is depicted with simple an...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Boy - Original Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artist represents the fi...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Boy - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artist depicts a delicat...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Boy - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
The artwork represents a fre...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Large black and white drawing by Yvon Pissarro titled Farmhand in a Cowshed
Located in London, GB
Farmhand in a Cowshed by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937)
Graphite on paper
56 x 76 cm (22 x 30 inches)
Signed lower left Yvon Vey
Provenance
Studio of the arti...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Sketch - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1984
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is an original artwork realized in 1984 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original pencil and blue pen drawing on ivory-colored paper, included a c...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Pencil
Portrait of a Boy - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin.
In the foreground the boy is...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Signals - Lithograph by Leo Guida - 1984
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Signals is an original artwork realized in 1984 by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original lithograph on cardboard.
Hand-signed on the lower left in pen...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Fashion Model full figure in profile
Located in Miami, FL
Fashion Illustration. Work is unframed. Free standing heavy watercolor paper loosely hinged to board. Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Portrait - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawings in China ink on paper.
Good conditions but age...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Abstract Composition - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1985
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized in 1985 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original colored china ink and pastels drawing on ivory-c...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pastel
SEDUCTRESS Signed Watercolor, Erotic Fashion Portrait, Modern Boudoir Art
Located in Union City, NJ
SEDUCTRESS is a unique original mixed media watercolor and graphite on paper, hand drawn and painted by the Dutch artist Nico Vrielink. SEDUCTRESS portrays a dark haired young woman wearing an off-shoulder evening gown and long elegant evening gloves looking sideways over her shoulder, seductively posing on a modern settee, her warm coral pink lipstick, rose lavender eye shadow and warm rose blushed cheeks enhancing her passionate mood. SEDUCTRESS is an erotic fashion portrait of expressive, modern boudoir art...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite, Paper, Mixed Media
"Julius Caesar" original art for Penguin book cover
Located in Miami, FL
An uncanny and unexpected pose characterizes this work as Julius Ceasar warily looks over his shoulder and blood-stained toga. Signed lower right "M. Gl...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Watercolor
Female Figure - Pencil - 1980s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original Contemporary artwork realized by Leo Guida in 1980s.
Original Drawing on paper.
An inscription is present in pencil on the on the lower left corner.
...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Antivirus flowers - Figurative Pastel Drawing, Colorgul, Vibrant, Still life
By Hanna Bakuła
Located in Warsaw, PL
HANNA BAKUŁA (born in 1950) Polish painter, stage designer and writer. Bakuła graduated with honors from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where she studied under such polish masters as J. Tarasin, E. Eibisch, A. Kobzdej. In 1981 she moved to New York and settled down on Manhattan. She painted, designed scenography and costumes for the avant-garde theatre "The Kitchen". These designs were praised by "The New York Times" as the best of the Off Broadway projects and won the first prize. She received a scholarship from the Guggenheim Foundation. In 1989 she came back to Poland. Since 1996 years Bakuła has organized Franz Schubert...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Mouse Trap in Lions Den" Abstract Oil Pastel on Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mouse Trap in Lions Den" is an original oil pastel drawing on rag board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. This colorful, gestura...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Board
Geronimo
By Tomas Lasansky
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large, unique pencil drawing and collage by Tomas Lasansky from circa 1990. A portrait of the Apache leader who fought against Mexico in the historic Apache wars. Signed in lower r...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Ada in the Woods
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
Ada in the Woods, 1984
pencil on paper
22 1/4 x 15 in. (56.5 x 38.1 cm)
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Lady In Gown
Located in New York, NY
Signed, l.r.
Graphite on paper
Contact gallery for price
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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