Modern Still-life 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
Still Life of Seashells
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Still Life of Seashells, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower right, unframed. 20" H x 25.5" W. Provenance:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Vase of Flowers on Chartreuse Tablecloth, " Watercolor signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Vase of Flowers on Chartreuse Tablecloth" is a watercolor signed by Sylvia Spicuzza. This watercolor is of a simple flower arrangement. There are red tulips, blue, red, and pink chr...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Japan Issue Fortune Magazine Cover Proposal Japanese Mid-Century Illustration
Located in New York, NY
Japan Issue Fortune Magazine Cover Proposal Japanese Mid-Century Illustration
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994)
JAPAN ISSUE
Fortune cover proposal, c. 1936
14 1/4 x 12 inches (sight)
Framed 19 3/4 X 17 3/4 Inches
Gouache on board
Signed lower left
BIOGRAPHY:
Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994) began his career as a textile designer. He became a freelance illustrator in 1932 after winning several House Beautiful cover illustration contests.
In addition to 24 Fortune magazine covers, four New Yorker covers, several for House Beautiful, Collier’s, and other magazines he did numerous illustrations for Life magazine from the 1930s – 60s.
‘Tony was Mr. Versatility for Fortune. He could do anything, from charts and diagrams to maps, illustrations, covers, and caricatures,’ said Francis Brennan, the former art director for Fortune.
Over the course of his career, Antonio won several important design awards, designing a U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Steel Industry and designing the Bicentennial Medal...
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1930s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Board
Steamed Eggplant still life with sicilian eggplant and mustard color kettle
Located in Brooklyn, NY
pastel on toned sanded paper signed and dated on bottom left . part of the artist's restless still life series
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Wildflowers #1
By Nancy Lasar
Located in Westport, CT
Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”.
The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Graphite
Original Painting Published Fortune Mag Cover 1935 Jewels Jewelry Illustration
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Published Fortune Mag Cover 1935 Jewels Jewelry Illustration
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Fortune cover published, Decembe...
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Board
Still Life - Drawing by Suzanne Tourte - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a Pencil Drawing realized by Suzanne Tourte (1904-1979).
Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a white cardboard passpartout (37.5...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Still Life - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an Ink and tempera drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white envelope.
Titled on the lower right corner, another s...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Tempera
Blue Waterlily
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance
The artist;
By bequest to his nephew, Sergio Stella, 1946;
By descent in the family, until the present
Joseph Stella’s artistic career defies easy categorization. He was ...
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20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
Lush #2
By Nancy Lasar
Located in Westport, CT
Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”.
The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Monotype
$4,000
Still Life - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the 1950s.
Monogrammed in pencil.
Good condition with diffused foxing.
Mino Maccari (1898-1989) wa...
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1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
$671 Sale Price
24% Off
Porcelain Service - Original Ink and Watercolor - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Porcelain service is an original china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colored paper realized by a French Anonymous Artist of the late 19th Century.
In very good conditions.
This artwork represents porcelain drinking service...
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19th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Flowers Composition - China Ink and Watercolor by G. Bourgogne -Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers Composition is an original china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper realized by Gustave Bougogne (1888-1968).
In very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 24 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Still Lives - Watercolors on Paper by Simon Goldberg - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Lives include two original drawings in watercolor on paper realized by Simon Goldberg (1913-1985), Hand-signed on the lower right on the first art...
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Early 20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Eastern Bluebird
Located in Columbia, MO
Hannah Reeves
Eastern Bluebird
2024
13 x 11 framed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Photographic Paper, Acrylic
Still Life of Seashells
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Still Life of Seashells, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower right, unframed. 20" H x 25.5" W. Provenance:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Rhumba
By Nancy Lasar
Located in Westport, CT
Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”.
The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Monotype
$4,000
In the Underbrush
By Nancy Lasar
Located in Westport, CT
Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”.
The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Early Morning Mist
By Nancy Lasar
Located in Westport, CT
Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”.
The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Hyacinth watercolor by Jessie Bone Charman
Located in Hudson, NY
American artist Jessie Bone Charman (1895-1986) was known for her expressive still-life paintings, landscapes and marine scenes, as well as her abstract watercolors.
The framed dim...
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Reflection in the Swale
By Nancy Lasar
Located in Westport, CT
Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”.
The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Graphite
Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache Pink & Black Color on Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Flowers and pixel design. Sealed on the back with design studio name and number 268
We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this design studio based in Alc...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Over the Top
By Nancy Lasar
Located in Westport, CT
Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”.
The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Graphite
Zig Zag Zoom
By Nancy Lasar
Located in Westport, CT
Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”.
The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Graphite
Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache Orange & Green Color on Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Bamboo design. Sealed on the back with design studio name and number 972
We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this design studio based in Alcoy (Spain), ...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
BaranasiGhat, Ink on paper by Indra Dugar, inspired by Master Artist NandalalBose
By Indra Dugar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Indra Dugar - Baranasi Ghat - 10.5 x 8 inches (unframed size)
Ink on paper
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Baranasi Ghat : Exemplary rare drawings by Shri Indra Dugar from the N...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, India Ink
Dancing Animal Critters on a Top Hat, Bear, Frog, Owl, Crane Bird, Bee, Snail
Located in Miami, FL
Enter the whimsical world of famed children's book illustrators husband and wife team Alice and Martin Provensen. On top of a heavy tree trunk sits a...
Category
1980s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
"Daisies #2"
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...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Still Life of Seashells
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Still Life of Seashells, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower right, unframed. 20" H x 25.75" W. Provenance...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Leaves & Berries" giclée print after ca. 1950s original watercolor and collage
Located in Milwaukee, WI
14.75 x 17.75 inches, artwork
22.88 x 25.75 inches, frame
Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art ...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Giclée, Watercolor
Checks and Balance
By Nancy Lasar
Located in Westport, CT
Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”.
The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Graphite
Composition, Original Modern Still Life Gouache Painting by Fernand Leger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fernand Leger's depiction of a still life with a pitcher and bowl of fruit starts in simplistic and tangible reality on the right side of the composition before quickly devolving int...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The New Glory Penny
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
The New Glory Penny
1962
Signed and dated, l.r.
Pencil on paper
23.35 x 27.5 inches, sheet
Contact gallery for price.
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Price Upon Request
Four Men on Unicycles (Army Plaza at 5th Ave., New York City)
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
Framed Size: 31 x 40 inches
DONG KINGMAN (1911-2000)
Long acknowledged as an American watercolor master, he has received an extraordinary number of awards and honors throughout h...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
UNTITLED No. 26
Located in New York, NY
Avant-Garde
Argentine
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Charcoal, Watercolor, Pencil
Price Upon Request
Modern still-life drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern still-life 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 still-life 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 blue, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Nancy Lasar, Ian Hornak, Sylvia Spicuzza, and Jan Matulka. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, 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 still-life drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for still-life 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 $88 and tops out at $375,000, while the average work sells for $1,450.
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