Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Beige
Fat Lady
Located in Wien, 9
The artist has worked with various materials, but many of his works were created on paper. Although he began painting abstractly at an early age, Staudacher’s roots lie in the figura...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
"Ghostly Meditations (waltzing with the forgotten)" drawing collage figures text
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Enrique Chagoya
Ghostly Meditations (waltzing with the forgotten), 2012
acrylic and India ink on de-acidified 19th century paper (facing pages of etchings from a 19th century book)
1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
Furniture designer and architeFinn Juhl’s home. Watercolor and gouache on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Finn Juhl’s home, by Manuel Santelices
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Image size: 8 in. H x 11 in. W
Unframed
2021
The worlds of fashion, society, and pop culture are explored th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
Mario (Grin), 2018, Ink and pencil on paper, black and white, by Shelter Serra
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mario (Grin)
2018
16”x16.5”x1.25” inches
Sumi ink and pencil on Japanese Washi Paper
Mario, the main character from the Super Mario Bros. video game is one of the most recognizable images and a true archetype of our contemporary society. This traditional hand-drawn portrait of Mario in ink on paper, renders his likeness akin to a snapshot, or cell, removing him from the digital realm and freezing him in our tangible world of reality.
Shelter Serra’s paintings, sculptures, and drawings explore mass consumption and cultural identity. He juxtaposes subject matters that are both common and recognizable: a Campbell's Soup Can, a copper plated baseball hat, and a Hermes Birkin bag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper, Pencil
46 Years (Tree Rings Series)
Located in New York, NY
Steven L. Anderson
46 Years, 2015
marker and pen on paper
9.5 x 7.5 inches
The Tree Rings artworks are made on paper which is torn and reassembled, scratche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Permanent Marker
"Habitat Relocation Project" Etching on archival paper, botanical, floral
Located in Philadelphia, PA
intaglio with a la poupée on Somerset paper, unframed, edition of 6
Please message us directly if you are interested in a framed print.
Bio // Katie VanVliet is a sculptor and prin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching, Intaglio
Super Elastic Bubble Plastic - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Pinot Noir - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus on Mulberry Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Stolen Moments (4)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Stolen Moments (4)
Ink on Yupo paper, 2019
Signed with the artist's initials lower right (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Image size: 14 x 11 inches
Darius Steward is establishing hi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Stolen Moments, Attitude Shift #1 (Emily and Sippy Cup Smiling)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Stolen Moments, Attitude Shift #1 (Emily and Sippy Cup Smiling)
Watercolor on Twinrocker Multi Purpose paper, 2019
Signed with the artist's initials lower right
Signed with the ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Lee Hurst (3/4 Figure, Hands Together), Mixed media on Pergamenata parchment
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...
Male Nude 19, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Bill Buchman
Located in Yardley, PA
Contemporary male nude done with artists quality charcoal chalks on acid free drawing paper. :: Drawing :: Contemporary :: This piece comes wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Puppypus - Cilantro - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making over a playful background of black and white puppies. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Quicksilver - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Puppypus - Tobasco - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making over a playful background of black and white puppies. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Silly Rabbit, Trix are for Kids - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Puppypus - Pastel - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making over a playful background of black and white puppies. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Illustration Framed on Canvas: 'Wide-Eyed Babe'
Located in New York, NY
The murder of John Lennon. The birth of my children. Nixon’s resignation. Brain surgery.
Driven by the desire to express myself, and leave a physical record of my life and times, I’v...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Color Pencil
Inlands (3)
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Robbie Cornelissen is one of the leading contemporary draughtsmen in the Netherlands. Cornelissen has established a reputation for the monumental, architectural drawings that he has ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
Paper Mill - Black, Yellow, Blue, Orange, Collage
Located in Berlin, DE
Paper Mill, 2022
collage on paper
50 H x 35 W cm
Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, populated by thousands of pieces of paper, textiles, pieces of plastic, found or made objects, which intertwine on the paper support and as in a well-controlled and thought puzzle give birth to a new universe.
The new series of collages...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Liber Mystia XLIII
By Henry Hablak
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Liber Mystia XLIII" is an original artwork by Henry Hablak made of gouache, ink, and colored pencil on paper measuring 16.25"h x 12.25"w framed and 14"h x 11"w unframed.
Henry Habl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil
Poptic 26, Flower Mandala, Light Green, Orange, Blue, Pink, Yellow
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This multicolored drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Poptic 26 is a predominately light lime green, orange, yellow, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
Mayall's Object - Green, Abstract Art, Collage, 21st Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Mayall's Object, 2022
Collage on paper
22 H x 18.5 W cm
Signed on reverse
Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, populated by thousands of pieces of paper, textiles, pieces of plastic, found or made objects, which intertwine on the paper support and as in a well-controlled and thought puzzle give birth to a new universe.
The new series of collages...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - Transizione Ecologica
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Marigold, Watercolour on Paper, Orange, Green Colour by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Dileep Sharma - Marigold
Watercolour on Paper
36 x 48 inches ( Unframed Size )
About thwe Artist & his works :
Born in 1974 in Mandawar, Rajasthan, Dileep Sharma completed his MFA...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Circle Spiral 02, Mandala Drawing, Cream, Brown, Abstract, Pattern, Monochrome
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This reddish brown pigment drawing has was made with a perforated stencil laid on ivory rag paper, pounced with a sack of powdered pigment. The ordered symmetry of the shape in sienn...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment, Stencil
Hoag's Object - Yellow, Blue, Collage, 21st Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Hoag's Object, 2022
collage on paper
30 H x 30 W cm
Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, populated by thousands of pieces of paper, textiles, pieces of plastic, found or made objects, which intertwine on the paper support and as in a well-controlled and thought puzzle give birth to a new universe.
The new series of collages...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Ex Machina, Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign
Located in Cotignac, FR
A late 20th Century watercolour and pastel drawing of machines in a landscape by British artist Paul Chambers. The painting is signed bottom right and carries an exhibition label for...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache
Queen Camilla, Watercolor Portrait Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Queen Camilla, by Manuel Santelices
Ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper
Image size: 12 in. H x 9 in. W
Unframed
2023
The worlds of fashion, society, and pop culture are explored ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Paper, Watercolor
Flowering - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Flowering is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1950s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Création de Mode
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolour, ink on paper
Liubov Juravliova is a French painter born in Chisinau, Moldova in 1963 who lives and works in Argenteuil, near Paris, France She has been listed at Drouot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Y Lliwedd
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Paper size: 10 x 14 inches
Framed size: 20 x 23.75 inches
Initialled lower right
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Nude in Negligee /// Contemporary Female Artist Watercolor Figurative Nude Lady
By Emilia Castaneda
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Emilia Castañeda (Spanish, 1943-)
Title: "Nude in Negligee"
*Signed by Castaneda in pencil lower right
Circa: 1980
Medium: Original Pen & Ink and Watercolor Drawing on wove paper
Framing: Recently framed in a contemporary gold moulding from Spain and double matting from Holland. All archival
Framed size: 23.75" x 20"
Image size: 12.25" x 8.5"
Condition: In excellent condition
Biography:
Emilia Castañeda Martínez (born 7 November 1943) is a Spanish painter. She was born in Madrid, but moved to Barcelona with her family as a child. She began training in 1956 at the academy of the painter Víctor Esteban Ripaux and at Escola de la Llotja in 1959 and Escuela Massana in 1969. By the 70s she had finished her studies and became a professional painter. Her works focus on the nude, generally placed in an abstract and dreamlike background that include objects that offer clues to the story told by the central figures. Her work has been compared with that of modernists such as Gustav Klimt, Anglada Camarasa...
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen, Ink
Rooftops in Portugal
Located in Columbia, MO
Rooftops in Portugal
Ink
2023
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Dancers - Drawing by Nicola Simbari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Dancers is an original drawing in mixed media on paper realized by Nicola Simbari in 1960 ca.
In good conditions
Nicola Simbari (San Lucido, 1927) was an ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Galloping Horse
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Paper size: 10.5 x 7.5 inches
Framed size: 21.25 x 18.25 inches
Initialled lower right
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Fontainebleau - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Fontainebleau
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
12.50h x 18.25w in
31.75h x 46.35w cm
JEC120
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Spiral Form Eight, Geometric Spirograph Drawing, Reddish Brown, Cream Paper
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This geometric drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. The ordered symmetry of the spirograph drawing in reddish brown is...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1950 ca.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989)...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
William Anthony Caricature Drawing Woman with Lollipop
Located in Surfside, FL
sight size is irregular. size includes frame..
In scrawly pencil lines, William Anthony outlines figures that look like sock puppets with oversize heads and sausage-shaped limbs. An...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Anonymous Sailor Painting
Located in New York, NY
Sailor Painting
2003
Signed and dated, l.r.
Watercolor on paper
10.5 x 13.5 inches, matted
19 x 23 inches, framed
This work is offered by CLAMP in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lobster dinner at the Carlyle, Watercolor social scene New York City
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Lobster dinner at the Carlyle, by Manuel Santelices
Watercolor and Gouache on paper
Image size: 12 in. H x 9 in. W
Unframed
2023
The worlds of fashion, society, and pop culture are...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nina Narimanishvili - Country Man
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink & pencil on paper
Nina Narimanishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1999 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Nina has been painting since childhood and over time her interes...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Ink, Paper
Faces - Print by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Faces is a linocut realized by Mino Maccari in the 1940s.
50 x 30 cm.
Handisigned in the lower right part. Edition of 12 copies.
Reference; Cat. Meloni , pag 367, n.1741.
Good c...
Category
1940s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Linocut
"Ref 668", painting by Nicolas Dubreuille, 2023
Located in Paris, France
Nicolas Dubreuille is a multi-faceted abstract artist who likes to multiply mediums - sculpture, painting, drawing, photography - to explore form and colour. His artworks relate to m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Snobby - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Snobby is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
The Devil - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Devil is a watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Spring, 2009
By Matt Kinney
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Matt Kinney was born in Georgetown, Massachusetts. He attended Pratt Institute and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, graduating in 1998. After graduation, Kinney began in...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Marie Antoinette Shoes, Versailles, France . Still Life Fashion Gouache on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Marie Antoinette Shoes, by Manuel Santelices
Gouache on paper
Image size: 12 in. H x 9 in. W
Unframed
2023
The worlds of fashion, society, and pop culture are explored through the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Gouache
Aphrodite Anadyomene - 1970s - Emile Deschler - Watercolor - Contemporary
Located in Roma, IT
Aphrodite Anadyomene is an original artwork by Emile Deschler in 1976. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right margin. Original painting on green paper. Very good conditions.
Emile...
Category
1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Love and the Minotaur by Cuban Artist Jesus Nodarse
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For the Love and the Minotaur.
Figurative Pencil Drawing on archival paper. Cuban Artist Jesus Nodarse
11 x 8 inches unframed
THE MAN: Jesús Nodarse Valdés was born in Sagua la ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil
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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
Portraits - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1960s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...
Category
1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Still Life with Vera as Raphael Original Drawing
By Josef Levi
Located in Surfside, FL
In this delicate drawing, artist Josef Levi takes reference to art history by combining figures within one composition. The two characters depicted in this composition utilize the bottom half of the great artist Raphael, gradually phasing into the portrait of lovely lady named Vera.
Josef Alan Levi (1938) is an American artist whose works range over a number of different styles, but which are unified by certain themes consistently present among them. Levi began his artistic career in the 1960s and early '70s, producing highly abstract and very modernist pieces: these employing exotic materials such as light fixtures and metallic parts. By 1975, Levi had transitioned to painting and drawing still lifes. At first these were, traditionally, of mundane subjects. Later, he would depict images from art history, including figures originally created by the Old Masters. Around 1980, he made another important shift, this time toward creating highly precise, though subtly altered reproductions of pairs of female faces which were originally produced by other artists. It is perhaps this work for which he is most well known. Since around 2000, Josef Levi has changed the style of his work yet again: now he works entirely with computers, using digital techniques to abstract greatly from art history, and also from other sources.
Levi's works of art in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC, the National Gallery of Art, and the Albright-Knox Museum, among many others. Levi's art has been featured on the cover of Harper's Magazine twice, once in June 1987, and once in May 1997.
Josef Levi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959 from the University of Connecticut, where he majored in fine arts and minored in literature. From 1959 to 1960, he served to a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and from 1960 through 1967 he was in the U.S. Army Reserves.
In 1966, he received the Purchase Award from the University of Illinois in 1966, and he was featured in New Talent U.S.A. by Art in America. He was an artist in residence at Appalachian State University in 1969, taught at Farleigh Dickenson University in 1971 and was a visiting professor of art at Pennsylvania State University in 1977. From 1975 to 2007, Levi resided in New York City. He now lives in an apartment in Rome, where he is able to paint with natural light as he was unable in New York.
From 1959 to 1960, Josef took some courses of Howard McParlin Davis and Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University which initiated him into the techniques of reproducing the works of the Old Masters. His first works, created in the 1960s, were wood and stone sculptures of women. His first mature works were abstract pieces, constructed of electric lights and steel.
In 1970, Levi's materials included fluorescent light bulbs, Rust-Oleum and perforated metal in addition to paint and canvas.
By 1980, Josef Levi's art had transformed into a very specific form: a combination of reproductions of female faces which were originally depicted by other artists. The faces which he reproduces may be derived from either portraits or from small portions of much larger works; they are taken from paintings of the Old Masters, Japanese ukiyo-e, and 20th-century art. Artists from whom he has borrowed include: Vermeer, Rembrandt, Piero della Francesca, Botero, Matisse, Utamaro, Correggio, Da Vinci, Picasso, Chuck Close, Max Beckmann, Pisanello, Lichtenstein. The creation of these works is informed by Levi's knowledge and study of art history.
Josef Levi's paintings from this period are drawn, then painted on fine linen canvas on wooden stretchers. The canvas is coated with twenty-five layers of gesso in order to produce a smooth surface on which to work. The drawing phase takes at least one month. Levi seals the drawing with acrylic varnish, and then he may apply layers of transparent acrylic in order to approximate the look of old paintings. After the last paint is applied, another layer of acrylic varnish is sprayed on to protect the work.
Most of the figures in his contemporary pieces are not paired with any others.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, NY
ALBRIGHT- KNOX GALLERY, BUFFALO, NY
ALDRICH MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, RIDGEFIELD, CT
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, DC
BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, BROOKLYN, NY
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, WASHINGTON, DC
CORCORAN GALLERY, WASHINGTON, DC
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME ART...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Carbon Pencil
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...
Category
1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
'Pittenweem Harbor' Scotland by R. Stirling
Located in Hillsborough, NC
'Pittenweem Harbor' is by contemporary Scottish artist Robert Stirling, signed in lower left. Pittenweem is a fishing village on the east coast of Scotland in Fife, between St Andrew...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
City view - Drawing by Daniel Pipard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
City view is an original artwork realized in the half of 20th century by Daniel Pipard (1914-1978).
Permanent marker drawing on paper.
Hand signed on t...
Category
1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
I Love Shoes - (8.25”x9.25”, Shoe Series, Pink And Black Shoe, Framed)
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Small artwork is intimate and can personalize spaces. This classic pink and black pump is an artwork blending acrylic, pencil and color pencils in a loose style keeping it both expre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil
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