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Medium: Pencil
Winter Waterfall - Contemporary Atmospheric Landscape Oil Pastel Painting
By Janusz Kokot
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Pencil
"The Amazing Felix" - Colorful Cat Pop Street Art by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Pencil Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett
Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction, ca. 1950
Gouache on paper painting
Hand signed on lower right front
This is a stunning original, signed vintage 1950...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Pencil Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Mixed Media, Pencil
Portico, painting on masonite, Signed, Estate of gallerist Andre Zarre, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Sonia Gechtoff
Untitled portico, from the estate of gallerist Andre Zarre, 1977
Acrylic and graphite on masonite
Signed and dated '77 in graphite on the front
Unique
Provenance: Acqu...
Category
1970s Abstract Pencil Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic, Graphite
It Came to Me in a Flash of a Light, Mixed media abstract painting on paper
By On Hansen
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Traces of lived experiences appear in On Hansen's works, exploring the possibilities of formal abstraction and seeking an organic experience between space and time through painting a...
Category
2010s Minimalist Pencil Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Ink, Wax, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Graphite paint, tissue paper, turmeric and cotton, natural yellow
Located in Carballo, ES
This new series by Danish artist Peter Kramer (1959, Roskilde, DK) based in Spain shows us a new way of working with natural and exotic elements. In this case, he uses the turmeric r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist Pencil Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Organic Material, Tissue Paper, Graphite
A sudden embrace
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Retreating from the stress and chaos of the last year, I created another landscape; populated by an army of friendly creatures. Here the burdens of coronavirus, climate change, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
French Watercolor of "Château de Cheverny" with Elegant Carriage Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of "Château de Cheverny" with Elegant Carriage Scene
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, unframe...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Pencil Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Solace - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Africa, Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (issued by The Gal...
Category
2010s Modern Pencil Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Orange Fingers - Abstract Vibrant Playful Cheetos Still Life Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Chicot: Approaching Dusk
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charbonnet received an MFA from the University of New Orleans. He has work in the public collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, The Speed M...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper, Graphite
Interlude
Located in Vancouver, CA
Julie Beugin: Urban Abstraction and Contemplative Landscapes
Julie Beugin's art vividly captures the essence of urban landscapes, focusing on the subtle details and quiet corners of...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil, Pigment
Dining Room of Howard Slatkin, 1215 Fifth Avenue, New York
Located in New York, NY
It took interior designer Howard Slatkin 33 months to recreate an 18th century European palace in an Upper East Side co-op. Set on the 14th floor of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Pencil
Arise
Located in Napa, CA
Oil, charcoal, wax, pigment, and graphite on canvas.
Alison Haley Paul is a contemporary painter of lavishly textured landscapes full of nuanced color. Her work conjures up connotat...
Category
2010s Pencil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Wax, Oil, Graphite, Pigment
$9,950
Untitled #533 by Murray Duncan – Original Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Untitled #533 by Murray Duncan – Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper
Size: 32" x 40"
Unframed, signed on the back
A striking exploration of form and movement, Untitled #527 by Murray ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Pencil Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Pencil
The Cattery by Orovida Pissarro - Animal painting
Located in London, GB
The Cattery by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Oil and pencil on canvas
61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 ⅛ inches)
Signed and dated upper right Orovida 1964
Provenance
Estate of the artist
G Hassel...
Category
1960s Modern Pencil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Pencil
I AM YOUR SASSY LOVER - Large Abstract Multicolor Artwork by Taylor Anton White
By Taylor White
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Taylor Anton White, an American contemporary artist, is known for his bold, large-scale abstract assemblages that blend traditional painting techniques with unconventional, utilitari...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Safety Focused" - Original Street Art Painting by Leading Pop Artist Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Pencil Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Board, Mixed Media, Pastel, Newsprint, Graphite
Original Parisian Vintage Jewelry Design Art by Van Cleef & Boucheron Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bow and Floral Broach Jewelry Design
circa mid 20th century
by Paul Touzet (French b. 1917)
original gouache painting, with pencil on tracing paper, un...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Pencil Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Original French Anatomical Study of a Horse's Shoulder
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Study of a Horse's Shoulder
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 20 (Height) x 13.5 ...
Category
20th Century Academic Pencil Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$486 Sale Price
30% Off
Untitled 3 (JF 24) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 3 (JF 24) (Abstract Painting)
Gesso wash, pencil, and oil on wood panel — Unframed.
Feinberg works with a variety of techniques and mediums, including painting, paper colla...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel, Pencil
Glimpse #258
Located in Napa, CA
Oil, Wax, Pigment, Charcoal, and Graphite on Canvas
Alison Haley Paul is a contemporary painter of lavishly textured landscapes full of nuanced color. Her work conjures up connotati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Wax, Oil, Graphite, Pigment
Wish Not to Be Disturbed for the Duration of Winter - Playboy Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Gahan Wilson was the Master of the macabre, and most of his work is associated with Charles Addams. The beauty of a Gahan Wilson is that is a payoff pu...
Category
1960s Conceptual Pencil Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil
Sparrow
By Beth Secor
Located in Houston, TX
Beth Secor
Sparrow, 2016
gouache, pencil and ink on paper
24-3/4 x 24-3/4 inches
Category
2010s Realist Pencil Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
$6,000
"Temporary Cure for Existential Dread No. 42" Contemporary Colorful Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful abstract landscape painting by New Jersey based artist Russ Rubin. The work features an otherworldly landscape winding in muted desert...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
House Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Color Pencil
Anatomy Drawing of a Horse - Original French Artwork Equestrian Anatomy Study
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Anatomy of a Horse
by Robert Ladou (French 1929-2014)
original drawing stuck on card in blue folder/ thick paper, unframed
drawing: 11.75 x 14.5...
Category
20th Century Academic Pencil Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil
Big Bear in Red - Abstract Candy Gummy Bear Still Life Food Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Mother and Child
Located in Columbia, MO
Mother and Child
2024
Pencil on Fabiano Tiepolo
11 x 9.5 inches
Framed: 18 x 16.5 x 1 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Pie Cooling at Window Floral Still Life (Country Calendar Illustration)
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Rudy Nappi (February 12, 1923 – March 13, 2015)
Cooling Pie Illustration, 1976.
Watercolor and pencil on illustration board measuring 6.5 x 8.5 inches.
Printer notes in margins. P...
Category
1970s Realist Pencil Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
1950s Denver Skyline Painting – Graphite & Watercolor Colorado Cityscape Art
Located in Denver, CO
A captivating midcentury cityscape titled "Denver Skyline", this original 1950s watercolor and graphite painting offers a rare industrial-era view of lower downtown Denver, Colorado....
Category
1950s American Impressionist Pencil Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
"Night scene, Haji Lane", cafe scene, blue, moody, small square, mixed media
Located in Oslo, NO
Set in the iconic Haji Lane—one of Singapore’s most eclectic and culturally rich neighborhoods—Night Scene, Haji Lane captures a fleeting night time moment as the cafes begin to clea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Pencil
Synthesized musical harp, poetic abstraction, blue and garnet canvas
Located in Carballo, ES
Vítor Mejuto introduces a geometric synthesis that breaks down painting into its most structural essence. His work, in which line, stain and shape establish a precise chromatic balan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Constructivist Pencil Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Provincetown (Cape Cod landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca.1930 double-sided abstract painting by American artist, James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982). On the Docks, Sunset. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 15 x 20.5 inches. S...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Pencil Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
$450 Sale Price
50% Off
Last Super, Abstract Art Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Abstract Original Oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Artist: Vahagn Ghaltaghchyan
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: O...
Category
2010s Impressionist Pencil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Color Pencil
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled, Nude Figurative, Pencil on Paper by Modern Artist F.N Souza "In Stock"
By F.N. Souza
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
F.N. Souza - Untitled
Pencil on Paper
15 x 22 inches 1990
( Framed & Delivered )
Francis Newton Souza was born in 1924 in Saligao, Goa. After losing his father at a very young ag...
Category
1990s Modern Pencil Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Owl Snack
By Jenny Day
Located in Bozeman, MT
Jenny Day (b.1981) is a painter and sculptor who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Vinyl, Pen, Color Pencil
$3,000
"Coyote Wreath" (2024), Collage, Print, Acrylic, Colored Pencil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Coyote Wreath" By Johanna Mueller is a unique and detailed piece which depicts a coyote, curled among iconography of the forest, structured in a Native American style flat ink style...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Dye, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Color Pencil
Peeled Elbows and Colored Confetti - Fantasy Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
Category
2010s Surrealist Pencil Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Lois Dodd, Landscape painting by renowned female artist (signed and inscribed)
Located in New York, NY
Lois Dodd
Untitled Landscape, 1990
Colored chalk on grey wove paper
Signed, dated and inscribed "For Beverly & Howard", lower right.
Original artist's frame included
This unique work...
Category
1990s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Mixed Media, Graphite
Nude Woman Drying Her Hair
Located in London, GB
'Nude Woman Drying Her Hair', crayon and pencil on fine paper (1967), by Raymond Debiève (1931 - 2011). A shapely woman has just finished bathing and is drying her hair in the privac...
Category
1960s Modern Pencil Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite
$1,779 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a woman, signed "Frank Jameson" in the back (1898-1968)
By Frank Jameson
Located in London, GB
This finely rendered pencil drawing by British artist Frank Jameson depicts a contemplative female sitter in three-quarter view. Executed with delicate, confident linework and subtle...
Category
20th Century Pencil Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Pink Lady Walking Right - Original Framed Colorful Pink Flamingo Animal Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks are the specialty of Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome. Her work is characterized by a loose and expressive style emphasizing line struct...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Original Parisian Vintage Jewelry Design Art by Van Cleef & Boucheron Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Red, Green and White Gemstone ring
Jewelry Design
circa mid 20th century
by Paul Touzet (French b. 1917)
original gouache painting, with pencil on tracing paper
unframed
overall pape...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Pencil Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Original French Anatomical Study of Equine Leg Muscles
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Study of Equine Leg Muscles
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 19.5 (Height) x 12.75 (Width)
Signed: No
Conditi...
Category
20th Century Academic Pencil Paintings
Materials
Pencil
ABSTRACT Colors Body Forms Contemporary Artist Danny Avidan NEW
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Danny Avidan’s paintings explore the tension between form and formlessness, using it as a way to reflect on the body and the creative process. His expressive gestures continuously at...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pencil, Pigment
Historic Topographical Building New York Subway Train System Landscape Drawing
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American important and historic drawing by John Avery, Ink on paper. Provenance from Kennedy Gallery. Framed. Measuring 19 by 23 inches overall and 12 by 15.5 drawing alone. ...
Category
1890s Realist Pencil Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
From One Lonely Cloud
Located in Clayton, MO
In From One Lonely Cloud color, line, shape, and texture collide with handwritten romantic fragments of prose on Kozuke ivory paper. This one-of-a-kind, unmounted encaustic monotype ...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Paintings
Materials
Wax Crayon, India Ink, Encaustic, Archival Paper, Rice Paper, Pen, Color...
"Double Fantasty" Text Based Conceptual Painting
By David Kramer
Located in New York, NY
A stylized depiction of bathers in a swimming pool, reminiscent of 1970's style advertising, this large scale conceptual text based by New York artist, David Kramer reads: "I am all ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Enamel
French Mid-Century Ink and Wash Drawing of Pine Tree with Village Background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Mid-Century Ink and Wash Drawing of Pine Tree with Village Background
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Graphite and Ink on unframed p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pencil Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pencil, Graphite
Georgian Contemporary Art by Levan Mekhuzla - 5 - On The Verge
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & pencil on cardboard
Levan Mekhuzla is Georgian artist born in 1945 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Architect by profession, he is member of Georgian Painters Unio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard, Pencil
Untitled 3 (JF 24) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 3 (JF 24) (Abstract Painting)
Gesso wash, pencil, and oil on wood panel — Unframed.
Feinberg works with a variety of techniques and mediums, including painting, paper colla...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Wood Panel, Pencil
Original French Anatomical Pencil Study Exploring Horse's Expressions
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Pencil Study Exploring Horse's Expressions
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil on Paper
Size: 19.75 (Height) x 13.75 (Width)
Sig...
Category
20th Century Academic Pencil Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Mutiny
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil and Pencil on Board
Dimensions: 29.50" x 23.25"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
Early 20th Century Pencil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Color Pencil
$55,000
Portrait of a Distinguished Military Officer in Uniform Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Distinguished Military Officer
pencil sketch on artist paper
painting: 11 x 8.5 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: good and sound condition - a few wear a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Pencil Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
$107 Sale Price
30% Off
"House Studies Series II", Layered Paper and Drawing Collage, Architecture
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This layered paper and drawing collage titled "House Studies Series II" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. Through a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite
Preliminary Study for a Saturday Evening Post Cover "Tipping the Porter"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Pencil on Paper
Sight Size 22.00" x 17.50;" Framed 30.00" x 25.50"
Signature: Unsigned
Study for Cover of Saturday Evening Post Magazine, December 18, 1937
Exhibitio...
Category
1930s Pencil Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Pencil
Untitled Abstract Expressionist watercolor, pencil signed, Japanese-American art
Located in New York, NY
Taro Yamamoto
Untitled Abstract Expressionist watercolor, ca. 1957
Watercolor wash, drips & splatter on rice paper
Pencil signed on the front
12 × 16 inches
Unframed
Mid century mod...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Pencil Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rice Paper, Pencil
002 ”BEYOND THE LOGICAL” minimalistic abstract lavender beige black painting
Located in Lahti, FI
100X120cm ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY EMMI IIDA.
ART COLLECTION 001: Intuitive, uplifting original artworks by the multi-faceted artist, musician, sound healer and holistic interior archite...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
$1,488 Sale Price
64% Off
With Blue Gray - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Stripes Color, 2012
Located in Kent, CT
In this abstract painting in oil and graphite on panel by Elizabeth Gourlay, clean and precise, carefully ordered blocks of color in shades of blue are vibrant against a calm, soft s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Graphite
After, During, Before
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Hands caught in motion."
Becca Fuhrman says of her work...
My work aims to express the small moments that make up a life; quilting memories together one by one. When I was little,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pencil Paintings
Materials
House Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite
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