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
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...
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1970s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Gouache
The Hen Coop - 1940s Modern British watercolour by Pamela Spencer
Located in London, GB
PAMELA MARY SPENCER
(1924-2012)
The Hen Coop
Signed and dated 1946
Watercolour and pencil, unframed in conservation mount only
30 by 28 cm., 11 ¾ by 11 in.
Provenance:
The artist’s estate.
Pamela Spencer was the niece of Sir Stanley Spencer RA and Gilbert Spencer...
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1940s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
"Pansies" original crayon drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this small painting, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a simple trillium flower, the white petals framed by blue-green leaves.
4.5 x 8 inches, artwork
13 x 15 inches, fram...
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1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Crayon
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
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Gouache, Board
Cactus Flower
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Silverpoint and crayon on paper
4 11/16 x 3 inches
11.9 x 7.6 cm
Framed dimensions 8 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches
Provenance
The artist;
By bequest to his nephew, Sergio Stella, 1946;
By desc...
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20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Still life - Drawing by Serge Fotisnky - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Still life is an artwork realized by Serge Fotinsky in 1947.
Original drawing in pencil.
Signature lower right.
20 x 27 cm.
Good conditions escept ...
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1940s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
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...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Flowers - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Hav...
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1970s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
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
Eastern Bluebird
Located in Columbia, MO
Hannah Reeves
Eastern Bluebird
2024
13 x 11 framed
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Photographic Paper, Acrylic
Joseph Stella Flower Study
Located in Norwood, NJ
Joseph Stella (1877-1946, American, Italian) "Flower Study". Crayon and pencil on paper. Signed lower left. Image 6 7/8” x 4 /34”. Framed 12 1/2” x 10”. Gallery label Beadleston Gallery N.Y. N.Y.
Joseph Stella (American, June 13, 1877–November 5, 1946) was a Futurist painter known for his association with the American Precisionism movement and his works depicting industrial America. Stella was born in Lucano, Italy. In 1896, he relocated to New York, NY, to study medicine. After becoming interested in art, Stella left his medical studies and began to study art at the Art Students League of New York. While there, he studied under William Merritt Chase. During this time, Stella's early works featured a Rembrandt style...
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20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
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 ...
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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
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Paper, Watercolor
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 ...
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2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Graphite
KK Kozik, Bookstack 2, 2016, Conté, Rag Paper
By KK Kozik
Located in Darien, CT
KK Kozik is an artist living and working in Sharon, CT and Brooklyn, NY.
Her paintings have ben exhibited widely in the United States and abroad and have been reviewed in publicat...
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2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Rag Paper
"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...
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1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
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...
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1980s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
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 ...
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2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Monotype
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 ...
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2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Monotype
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 ...
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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 ...
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2010s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Monotype
"Still Life with Artist's Hand" original watercolor signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This still life is an unusual example of Sylvia Spicuzza's work, as most of her most significant output are geometric and biomorphic abstract images. The objects in the image - a sea shell, a pitcher, a heavy necklace - are objects the artist likely had at home and staged for the image. But of particular significance is the insertion of the artist's hand, as though she was reaching into the still life while she was painting. The hand has been a significant symbol of the artist throughout art history as a source of creation: Albrecht Dürer's 'Self Portrait at the Age of Twenty-Eight' (1500) highlights the artist's hand much like traditional images of Christ giving gestures of blessing. Likewise, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's 'Self Portrait as a Soldier' (1915) shows the artist in military uniform but with a severed hand as a symbol of helplessness during the First World War. Another important comparison, given Spicuzza is a Midwestern artist, is Ivan Albright's magic realist work 'That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door)' at the Art Institute of Chicago. The massive painting...
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1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
"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 ...
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1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Giclée, Watercolor
Clifford Ellis Snow Laden Branch Watercolour Modern British Art 1950s
Located in London, GB
From a series of works we have listed by Clifford Ellis and his wife Rosemary Ellia. To see them or our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it ...
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1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Pen
Bouquet in a Glass Vase - a pastel by Hobson Pittman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Hobson Pittman
(American, 1900-1972)
Still Life
Pastel on paper, 22 x 17 inches (sight)
FRAMED: 30 x 24 inches
Signed at lower right: "Hobson Pittman"
Born in Epworth, North Carolina, Hobson Pittman moved with his family to Tarboro, North Carolina, in 1906. From 1912 to 1916 he attended the Rouse Art School in Tarboro. He moved to Pennsylvania in 1918, and attended the Pennsylvania State College (1921-22) and the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh (1925-26). Between 1920 and 1931 he spent summers in Woodstock, New York, and studied chiefly with Albert Heckman (1893-1971). From 1931 to 1957 Pittman was the director of art at the Friends' Central Country Day School in Overbrook, Pennsylvania, and from 1949 to 1972 he taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
Pittman was member of the Woodstock Art Association, the Philadelphia Water Color Club, and the Philadelphia Art...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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...
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1960s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, India Ink
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
Still Life with Flowers and Bowl, Acrylic Paint and Pastel by Jose Canes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Canes (aka Dore), Spanish (1931 - )
Title: Still Life with Flowers and Bowl
Medium: Acrylic and Pastel on Paper, signed 'Dore' l.r.
Year: circa 1980
Size: 19.5 x 25.5 i...
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1970s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic
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), ...
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1970s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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
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Early 2000s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
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...
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1930s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
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...
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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.
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1960s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
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...
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20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
UNTITLED No. 26
Located in New York, NY
Avant-Garde
Argentine
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1970s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Charcoal, Watercolor, Pencil
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.