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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.

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Style: Contemporary
Georgian Contemporary Art by Giorgi Kukhalashvili - Hunting
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper Giorgi Kukhalashvili is a Georgian artist born in 1982 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He's founder of the organiza...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Georgian Contemporary Art by Giorgi Kukhalashvili - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on cardboard Giorgi Kukhalashvili is a Georgian artist born in 1982 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He's founder of the organization...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

radiotower (original)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "radiotower" is original artwork made from pencil, marker, acrylic, watercolor on paper by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 18"h x 14"w. Miriam Singer grew up i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Pencil

Poisonous plant study
Located in Fairfield, CT
Graphite on paper. Framing included
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Detail
Located in Fairfield, CT
Graphite on paper. Framing included (26.25" x 21.75" framed).
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

“Untitled (PPR 355)” Contemporary Abstract Colorful Geometric Patterned Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract geometric colorful patterned work on paper by Texas-based artist Max Manning. The work features organic and geometric shapes in yell...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

“Untitled (PPR 363)” Contemporary Abstract Colorful Geometric Patterned Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract geometric colorful patterned painting by Texas-based artist Max Manning. The work features organic and geometric shapes in blues, pi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Portrait of a Boy - Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a boy is an original drawing in pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1982. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The artist depicts a delicate...
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1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Become Children Again - Painting by Lis Art - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera on paper realized by Experimentart Lis in 2022. Excellen condition. His particular works recall the contemporary style. The extraordinary and explosive artist evokes distan...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera, Watercolor

Nude of Boy - Original Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Boy Nude is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Good condition on a white cardboard, one margin with tear type notepad. Monogram...
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1980s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

"Macbeth Stagecraft I" Watercolor on cartoon 10" x 14" in by Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Macbeth Stagecraft I" Watercolor on cartoon 10" x 14" in by Salah Abdel Kerim Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and sisters. In 1938 he meets the famous painter Hussein Bikar and he becomes his student in the Faculty of Arts in Qena. He remained much attached to his professor all through his life. In 1940 he meets Hussein Youssef Amin and the Group of Contemporary Art at the secondary school of Farouk First in Abasya district in Cairo when he was introduced to surrealism for the first time. In 1943 he becomes a student at the Faculty of Fine Arts and graduates with excellence and honors in 1947. In 1948 he becomes an assistant to the interior decoration section at the FFA. He is then sent to a mission in Paris in 1952 and he becomes a student to Paul Colin and A.Marie Cassandre for publicity and theatre design. He then moves to Rome in 1956 to study cinema design. In 1957 he received the international prize in painting from San Vito Romano, Italy, and obtains his Ph.D. from Centro Sperimental di Cinemato Grafia. Back in Egypt in 1958, he is appointed professor at the FFA where he started experimenting with his masterpieces sculptures in wrote iron...
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20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Cardboard, Watercolor

J.W. Anderson fall 23. Watercolor fashion drawing on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
J.W. Anderson fall 23, by Manuel Santelices Ink and watercolor on paper Image size: 15" H x 11" W inches. Unframed 2023 Manuel Santelices explores the world of fashion, society, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Archival Paper

The Boats and Boatmen - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Boats and Boatmen is a beautiful pen drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized in the mid-20th Century and attributed to Herta Hausmann. Good conditions applied on cardboard. Th...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

"The Fairy" by Anna Pennati - from William Blake and George Byron poems
Located in Milano, MI
Inspired by William Blake's poem "The Fairy" Exhibited in Milan (Italy) in 2005. Part of a series o 10 Exclusively on 1stdibs measures are referred to the painting. Passepartout is ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic

“”Along the Hudson”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a finely executed watercolor and gouache on archival paper by the American Watercolor Society artist, Robert Dumas Barrett. The scene is along the Hudson...
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1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Georgian Contemporary Art by Giorgi Kukhalashvili - Sea Gods
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on cardboard Giorgi Kukhalashvili is a Georgian artist born in 1982 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He's founder of the organization “Language of Art". In 2002, he fini...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Woman with Blossoms, 2021_America Martin_Ink on Paper_Figurative/Portrait/Floral
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman with Blossoms" Ink on Paper 33.75” x 31” Framed AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Mexican Artist portrait signed work on paper original art acrylic abstract
Located in Miami, FL
Juan Sebastian Barbera (Mexico, 1964) 'Untitled', 2013 acrylic on paper Guarro Biblos 250g. 44.1 x 30 in. (112 x 76 cm.) Unframed ID: BAR-121 Hand-signe...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Raven 1, realist gouache on paper miniature bird portrait, 2023
Located in New York, NY
We are thrilled to present one of our first works on paper of 2023 by Dina Brodsky - the striking Raven, in her signature tondo format. Like most of her miniature works, the charm ex...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Mexican Artist portrait signed work on paper original art acrylic abstract
Located in Miami, FL
Juan Sebastian Barbera (Mexico, 1964) 'Untitled', 2013 acrylic on paper Guarro Biblos 250g. 44.1 x 30 in. (112 x 76 cm.) Unframed ID: BAR-120 Hand-signe...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Jenna Starter
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

La Raccourcie
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Pink tree
Located in Fairfield, CT
Pencil and acrylic on watercolor paper. Framing is an additional $630.
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Blue tree
Located in Fairfield, CT
Pencil and acrylic on watercolor paper. Framing is an additional $630.
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

'Ebren Ha Dor, September, Softening'. Framed contemporary landscape, rural sky
Located in Penzance, GB
'Ebren Ha Dor, September, Softening'. Contemporary landscape painting, Cornwall Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang _________________ The dancing light and rapidly changing skies,...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Ju Black Wig
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Guy
Located in Spetses, GR
Alekou is creating a series of figurative artworks on paper, inspired by various real characters. Sometimes in color, using crayons,watercolors acrylics and charcoal or just in B&W. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Just Banana
Located in New York, NY
Oil Pastel on black paper cutout.
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Drawings from Mt Gretna XXIX
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Cosmos
Located in Denver, CO
David B. Smith Gallery is proud to present Cosmos, by Laura Ball, the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Featuring 18 new watercolor paintings, Ball’s deep connection ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite

Man with Blossoms, 2021_America Martin_Ink on Paper_Figurative/Portrait/Floral
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Man with Blossoms" Ink on Paper 33.5” x 31” Framed AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America is ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

"Landscape" Abstract Seascape Contemporary Art Made in Italy -Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
landscape oil on paper The painting is sold flat with a frame, the total size of the artwork ready to hang is 69x49 cm 2019 The major creative focus of Marilina Marchica has alway...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

The Bend
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Sonia B. Ochre
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

“Untitled (PPR 357)” Contemporary Abstract Colorful Geometric Patterned Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract geometric colorful patterned painting by Texas-based artist Max Manning. The work features organic and geometric shapes in green, orange, blues, black, and whi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Tossed
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Model On Black: Mixed media painting on paper by Angela Lyle
Located in Brecon, Powys
This mixed media on paper is a subtle study of the model, soft and flowing. Angela was born in 1946 and studied art at Kingston Art College, London. Her early career was predominan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

An Interior Language XXVIII
Located in New York, NY
About the Series: “Sensitive Material” In this Work on Paper Series, started in 2020, Claire Gilliam continues her exploration of Visual Language. She uses a common motif, the Latin ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wood, Paper, Ink

Marya Disrobes
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Pencil, Ink

Requiem For May 68 - Drawing by Parimah Avani-2022
Located in Roma, IT
Requiem For May 68 is a painting realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022. China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored Canson paper. Hand-...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Acrylic

Coy One
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of 'Four Figures from the Bay...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Marie Reaches
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Sahar Silhouette
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Savanna 2 (Elephant)
Located in Hudson, NY
This new series of painting is an exciting transition for Kinney as he is best known for assemblage and sculpture. “Anim”, the Latin root word of animal, means life, soul or breath. ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Rag Paper

Butterflies & Exuberant Flowers_America Martin_Ink on Paper_Floral/Still Life
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Butterflies and Exuberant Flowers" Ink on Paper 33.75” x 28” Framed AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Ang...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

"North Broad" Abstract cityscape, geometric pattern, triangle, mixed media panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "North Broad" is an original artwork made from pencil, marker, acrylic gouache collage on panel by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 6"h x 6"w and is signed on the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Panel, Permanent Marker, Pencil

Lisa Day Night
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil, Acrylic, Gouache

Back Cover
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Joy Three
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Selby with Hat
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Ink, Archival Paper

For Jeannette's Mother
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

A Memory Of What Was Said
Located in New York, NY
This unique work of ink on paper is framed in a black frame with Anti Reflective glass. It is currently on exhibition at the Hearst foundation building in Manhattan as part of the Ar...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wood, Paper, Ink, Acrylic, ABS

"Traces" , 2 Minimalist Black an white Drawings, Large Size , Original art
Located in Agrigento, AG
Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives, she graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna in 2008. Her research is oriented towards a reflecti...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Gateway to the Caverns of Universal Knowledge (Seraph Mandala)
Located in Denver, CO
David B. Smith Gallery is proud to present Cosmos, by Laura Ball, the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Featuring 18 new watercolor paintings, Ball’s deep connection ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite

Lillies in Clay Pot_America Martin_Ink on Paper_Floral/Still Life_Black + White
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Lillies in Clay Pot" Ink on Paper 32” x 45.75” Framed AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

The Burning One (Leopard Gates)
Located in Denver, CO
David B. Smith Gallery is proud to present Cosmos, by Laura Ball, the artist’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Featuring 18 new watercolor paintings, Ball’s deep connection ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite

"Linear Landscape" Abstract Landscape Drawing Ready to hang
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape mixed media on vintage paper 97x37 cm 2019 the artwork have a frame 50x110 cm The major creative focus of Marilina Marchica has always been with urban architecture and ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Graphite

At the Shore
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Contemporary drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary drawings and watercolor paintings 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 drawings and watercolor paintings 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, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Leo Guida, Reginald K. Gee, David Barnett, and Luis Miguel Valdes . Frequently made by artists working with Paper, 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 Contemporary drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 0.79 inches across are also available. Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings 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 $60 and tops out at $295,000, while the average work sells for $1,201.

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