Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
REALIST STYLE
Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world.
Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history.
By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.
Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.
Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.
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Style: Realist
Blue Flag Irises
By David Wang
Located in Soquel, CA
Clean and detailed watercolor of blue flag irises by David Wang (Chinese-American, 20th Century). Signed in the lower right corner by the artist. Presented in a double mat of cream and light purple, and a wood frame with plexiglass. Image size: 20.5"H x 28"W
David Wang is a native of Beijing, China. He gained his education from the Beijing Education College of China in 1984, where he learned various techniques in drawing, watercolor, oil painting, sculpture, graphic design, and Chinese watercolor. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts Degree, he became a fine arts teacher. During his eight years of teaching, he has taught hundreds of quality students, some becoming professional artists and cinematographers. Wang has also accomplished several major art and design projects, such as designing and creating an exhibit of the Terra-Cotta army warriors in the Forbidden City and interior designs for shopping plazas in Beijing.
In 1988, David came to the U.S as a visitor scholar and studied at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. After his studies in 1992, he continued his profession as a full-time artist. For twelve years, he had a successful career creating visual art for the Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida Studio. He worked as a senior background artist doing work from concept development to production final work. His work has achieved him credits on: "Pocahontas," "Mulan," "Tarzan," "Lilo & Stitch," "Brother Bear," and "The Princess and the Frog...
Category
1990s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cat Animal Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
452
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Cat
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (3...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Boating on the Morin River"
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Pen, ink, watercolor and wash on paper by André Dunoyer de Segonzac, France, 1922-1924. Boating on the Morin River. Measurements : with frame: 52.5x65x2 cm - 20.7x25.6x0.8 inches / w...
Category
1920s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Portrait of Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Outstanding male portrait by 20th-century American artist, Vito Tomasello.
Portrait of a young man, c.1950. Charcoal and pastel on paper, sheet measures an impressive 11 x14 inches...
Category
1940s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil, Gouache
Early 20th Century French Military Portrait, The Brave Soldier
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th Century French pastel portrait of a military officer by Marie Laforge. The painting is signed dated and dedicated bottom right. The subject's name is written but as yet un...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour Silk applied Handmade Paper. La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Signed bottom left. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Carbon Pencil, Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Silk
Thawing Time, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A tranquil winter scene unfolds in this watercolor, where a partially frozen river winds through a quiet, snow-covered forest. Tall trees frame the foreground, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Eagle, Bird, Watercolor on Paper, Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
332
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Eagle
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Jewel that is London, 1930s art deco poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
The Jewel that is London
Airbrush and gouache
26 x 33 cm
c.1930
Signed to reverse
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a Brit...
Category
1930s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Commedia dell'arte – Four Character Studies in Watercolor, 1920s
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Unidentified artist, 'Commedia dell’arte' – four character studies (Arlecchino, Pantalone, Pantalone giovane, Tartaglia), watercolor and pencil, c. 192...
Category
1920s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Peacock Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
363
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Peacock
Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$120 Sale Price
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Man in Thought
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Robert Bliss (1925-1981). Man in Thought, 1964. Graphite on canvas, 11.5 x 46 inches. Signed and dated lower left.
Right piece of basic wood strip frame i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Graphite
Hawk Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
001
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Hawk
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (3...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$120 Sale Price
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The Safe Eggs, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Brightly colored brown eggs rest on top of a rustic safe, depicting them as treasures. It is a thought-provoking still-life that questions the price of food in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Cardinal Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
423
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Cardinal
Size: 12 x 16 inch,...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
War Birds - 1920s British watercolour on silk by George Sheringham
Located in London, GB
GEORGE SHERINGHAM
(1884-1937)
The War Birds
Signed and inscribed with title on a label on the backboard
Watercolour and gold paint on silk, semi circle shape, in artist’s decorated mount
Framed
24 by 47.5 cm., 9 ½ by 18 ¾ in.
(frame size 46 by 71 cm., 18 by 28 in.)
Exhibited:
London, Leicester Galleries.
Sheringham was born in London, the son of the Rector of Christ Church, Marylebone. He studied at the Slade under Henry Tonks and later in Venice, Brussels, Berlin and Paris, holding his first one-man exhibition in Paris in 1905. On his return to London he initially supported himself with poster designs and teaching.
Before and during World War I he concentrated much of his artistic energy on painting fan leaves, often on silk. His first exhibition of fan designs and silk panels was held at the Ryder Gallery in 1909 followed by another in the following year. With enthusiastic reviews in Studio he had launched his career as a decorative designer, theatrical designer and illustrator.
Sheringham also worked as an illustrator, providing illustrations for books by Max Beerbohm and Cyrus MacMillan and others. In 1921 he collaborated with his brother Hugh on a book about fishing, The Book of the Fly Rod. He wrote Drawing in Pen and Pencil (1922), with James Laver, Design in the Theatre (1927) and with Rupert Mason and R Boyd Morrison he edited Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern Artists (1928).
As a decorator, Sheringham designed the music room at 40 Devonshire House...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Ducharme Beach
By Greg Curnoe
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Greg Curnoe (1936-1992) was a highly revered artist, bookmaker, and competitive cyclist based in London, Ontario, but beloved across the country. He represented Canada in the 1976 Ve...
Category
1980s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Fishing Village, Scotland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Fishing Village, Scotland" c.1930, is a watercolor on paper by British artist Ken Cherrington, 1886-1969. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Brentor, ' by Andrew Douglas, Watercolor Painting
By Andrew Douglas
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This late 19th century framed 14" x 27" watercolor painting by artist Andrew Douglas depicts an ominous landscape in a dark and neutral palette of browns, gray, and yellow. In the fo...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Sparrow, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
122
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Subject: Sparrow,
Size: 12 x 1...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$88 Sale Price
20% Off
The Weald Of Kent Oast Houses Elms Garden Of England Framed Watercolor Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Rowland Hilder.
British ( b.1905 - d.1993 ).
The Weald Of Kent.
Watercolor On Paper.
Signed Lower Center.
Image size 20.9 inches x 29.5 inches ( 53cm x 75cm ).
Frame size 28.7 inch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mike Tyson Portrait, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
By David Sipko
Located in Yardley, PA
This is portrait of arguably one of the most feared boxers in the history of the sport. This piece will complement your sports collection room quite nicely and demonstrate your love...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Male Nude. Charcoal Drawing
Located in Brecon, Powys
Really well executed male study
Charcoal on paper. Matted
Drawing in good order
Image 25" x 18". matted 33" x 25"
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Male nudes, sketch by Keith Vaughan
Located in London, GB
Keith Vaughan
Male nudes
Ballpoint pen sketch
17 x 13 cm
Born in 1912, Keith Vaughan was a British painter known for his modernist and semi-abstract depictions of the male figure...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Brittany Spaniel with Pheasant
By Jean Herblet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Brittany Spaniel and Pheasant" c.1950, in a watercolor on paper by Russian/French artist Jean Herblet A.K.A. Boris O'Klein, 1887-1983. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 17.5 x 13.5 inches, framed size is 21.5 x 17.5 inches. Framed in original wood frame, with brown/green velvet liner. It is in excellent condition, The velvet is slightly damaged at the upper left corner, see picture #8.
About the artist:
Boris O'Klein, born Arthur Boris O'Klein a French artist and cartoonist. An anthropomorphic artist, he is known for his numerous prints and watercolors of dogs getting up to mischief. The prints are generally called "The Naughty Dogs" or "The Dirty Dogs" or "The Dirty Dogs of Paris...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Traditional English Countryside Original Oil Painting British Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
A traditional original oil painting of the beautiful English countryside, capturing the range of trees, fields and buildings to be f...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cotton, Cotton Canvas, Gesso
A girl II - XXI century, Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing
PROVENANCE
Exhibited at Katarzyna Napiorkowska Gallery.
The Gallery is a primary representative for this artist.
The Gallery o...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Pencil, Cardboard
Feeling of spring. Paper, pastel 21x23 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Feeling of spring. Paper, pastel 21x23 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painte...
Category
1990s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Spring day Watercolor painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
A watercolor painting with flowers of apple tree.
A bright, juicy watercolor painting filled with the warmth of the spring sun. The lush petals of a blooming apple tree grow against ...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Great Tit Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
419
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Great Tit
Size: 12 x 16 inch...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled (Man Undressing)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper
Signed, c.l.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now live...
Category
1970s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Haven - Original Charcoal on Paper Nude Figure Drawing, Gold Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
Nathan Brad Hall
Haven , 2023
charcoal on paper
18h x 24w
45.72h x 60.96w cm
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
23.50h x 29.50w in
59.69h x 74.93w cm
NBH002
Framing Options Available
Nathan Brad Ha...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Back At The Stables (II)" (2024) By James Van Fossan, Original Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Back At The Stables (II)" (2024) is an original handmade charcoal and graphite drawing on paper that depicts a cowboy leaning against a sawhorse in a moment of re...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Hoppoe bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
390
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Hoopoe
Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"L'intrus" - Satirical French Illustration - Hand Colored Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Comical illustration by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1977). A doctor is giving a shot to a female patient, while a nurse tries to prevent a man from barging in.
Pencil signed "G Ho...
Category
1950s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Signed bottom right. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Silk, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
$803 Sale Price
43% Off
#4, 2007
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Joseph Piccillo's large-scale canvases contrast masculine and feminine qualities, carefully balancing strength and power beside grac...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Graphite
$18,000
Foamy Clouds Diptych in Blue, Stormy Sky Scene, Handmade Cyanotype Print, Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype diptych of foamy gorgeous clouds.
Details:
+ Title: Floating Clouds Diptych
+ Year: 2023
+ Edition Size: 20
+ Stamped and ...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Dye Transfer, L...
Kestrel Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
422
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Kestrel
Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
QUEEN MARY, LONG BEACH, CA - ORIGINAL ARTIST DESIGN CONCEPT FOR PLACEMENT
Located in Santa Monica, CA
QUEEN MARY, LONG BEACH, CA - ORIGINAL ARTIST DESIGN FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE SHIP
Watercolor and gouache on board, 20 x 36 inches. Signed and dated by the artist - Segroves, 1969. The original artist concept for the placement in Long Beach Harbor in 1969. Subsequently revised several times.
The Queen after extensive renovation has just reopened to the public on December 14, 2022
Much larger than the Titanic, At 1,019 feet long and 81,000 tons (310 meters and 73,500 metric tons), the Queen Mary was one of the largest and most elegant ships of the early 20th century.
From Wikipedia:
The RMS Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard-White Star Line and built by John...
Category
1960s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
A well-trained cocker spaniel
Located in London, GB
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe, R.A. (1901-1979)
A well-trained cocker spaniel
signed ‘C.F. Tunnicliffe’ (lower left)
charcoal and white heightening
11 ¾ x 8 ⅝ in. (29.8 x 21.9 cm.)...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Gouache
Kingfisher Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
445
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Kingfisher
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Yellow Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
443
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Yellow Bird
Size: 12 x 16 in...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mountain Landscape Painting, fjord, seascape, nordic, nature, blue, brown
Located in Oslo, NO
This serene watercolor painting captures the breathtaking beauty of a fjord landscape. Snow-capped mountains rise majestically from calm, glass-like waters, their rugged surfaces a m...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Blustery Clouds, Stormy Sky Landscape, Blue Tones, Extra Large Cyanotype, Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Blustery Clouds" is an cyanotype of the semi-abstract patterns of clouds in the sky after a storm.
Details:
+ Title: Blu...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Emulsion, Watercolor, Etching, Lithograph, Paper
Water Rail, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
49
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2022
Style: Realism,
Subject: Water Rail,
Size: 12 x 16 ...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$64 Sale Price
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Ballpoint pen drawing female face
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 44x35 cm.
Is born in Madrid on the 21st july 1951.
After attending primary school, he starts to grow an enormous tendency for drawing.
At the age of 14 he begins to work in advertising and attends to the Vallecas school of arts.
At the age of 14 he travels to Switzerland and in Geneve he gets intensly into painting and decides to dedicate himself only to it.
When he returns to Spain he enrolls Arts Studies, and at the begining of summer '66, he visits Sitges, where he'll come back year after year and where ultimately he'll set his home.
At this time he starts selling his painting in the flea market in Madrid and later in Sitges, setting himself on the street, thus completing his studies and making it economically.
While he's in Madrid he recives lessons by Pedro Mozas at Bellas Artes and starts to learn profoundly about painting.
In 1969 he starts painting portraits in the streets.
In Sitges he creates, with other friends, a great artistic atmosphere in the Paseo de la Ribera, by the sea, that today still exists.
He starts travelling through Europe, visiting and painting in Paris, London and Amsterdam.
In the middle of this bohemian epoque, he moves to the Cannary Islands during the winters for 5 years in a row, he moves in the Parque de Santa Catalina "Las Palmas de Gran Canaria" where he works and meet all sorts of people in the streets, which later would mark his pictoric line.
He becomes friend with Sidney Nagley in 1969, who organizes his first exhibition in Toronto, Canada.
Afterwards he'll leave his studies and start painting exclusively in his studio.
He gathers his first exhibition in the Ateneu of Barcelona in 1970.
He befriends with the art critic of La Vanguardia, Fernando Gutierrez and the Count of Caralt orders him a set of illustration for a new edition of Garcia Lorcas Romancero Gitano.
His first exhibition in a commercial gallery is done in the Majestic Gallery in Barcelona with a gorgeous collection of nudity drawings.
He achieves huge success and for some years he affords his painting thanks to those drawings.
During a period in Madrid, Mr Ponce de León...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
$236 Sale Price
50% Off
Robin Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
404
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Robin
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Wroclaw - Contemporary Watercolor & Ink Landscape Painting, Architecture
Located in Warsaw, PL
Mariusz Szalajdewicz (b. 1974)
Studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology, where he mastered the drawing skill. Architect and urbanist, illustrator.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
Bison, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
200
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art
Title: Bison
Size: 12 x 16 inch, (...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Lounging Nude" 1940's Charcoal Nude Drawing Bay Area Artist
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers
Lounging Nude
1940s
Charcoal on Paper
25"x19", unframed
Came from a portfolio from the estate of John Bowers
John Henry Bowers
September 9, 1921 - January 30, 2017
Joh...
Category
1940s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
Buffalo, Animal, Watercolor Art Handmade Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
9
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2022
Style: Realism,
Subject: Buffalo,
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$64 Sale Price
20% Off
Kitchen Sink Gallery, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Sunlight streams through a window, illuminating a simple domestic scene. An orange pot and a single purple-hued fig rest on a woode...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Wren, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
135
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2023
Style: Classic Art,
Title: Wren,
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$79 Sale Price
20% Off
Female Nude, Pastel and Chalk Study for a Sculpture
Located in Cotignac, FR
A chalk and crayon study for a scuplture by French female artist Marie-Josèphe Bourron. Presented in modern frame with mount under glass. Though not signed the drawing was acquired d...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Crayon, Pastel
Sepia Crayon Painting called At Full Gallop, by English Artist James Gillick
By James Gillick
Located in Stockholm, SE
This striking artwork, titled "At Full Gallop," is a testament to James Gillick's profound admiration for horses and his extraordinary skill as an artist. Executed in sepia crayon on...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Olive Trees in Field - Black and White Monotype with Greek Landscape
Located in New York, NY
George Tzannes's Olive Trees in Field is a 7.5 x 14.5 inches black and white monotype representing a Greek landscape. Olive trees populate the landscape....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
Untitled (Standing Male Nude Facing Right)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Ink on paper
Signed and dated, l.c.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now...
Category
1970s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Mountain Landscape Painting, alps, snow, brown, blue, horizontal
Located in Oslo, NO
This landscape watercolor painting by Aleksandra Strokina shows the beauty of a mountain landscape with clear and simple detail. The scene features tall, snow-covered peaks under a s...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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