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Bird on the Branch - Original Watercolor - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bird on the branch is an original colored drawing in watercolor on ivory-colored paper glued on
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Original Japanese Watercolor and Woodblock Print of Orchid and Swallows
Located in Burbank, CA
original Japanese woodblock print. This is a highly finished preparatory watercolor that would have been
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1890s Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Woodcut, Watercolor

Landscape, Birds, Trees, Watercolor on paper, Mauve, Green, Blue colors"In Stock"
By Kartick Chandra Pyne
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
, Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan. 1988 : Chandigarh and Chitrakoot Art exhibition, Calcutta. 1991 : Calcutta
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Early 2000s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Birds, Nest, Shelter, Watercolor on Rice Paper, Black, Green, Pink "In Stock"
By Kartick Chandra Pyne
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Kartick Chandra Pyne - Untitled - 18.5 x 14 inches (unframed size) Watercolor on Rice paper. Signed
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Early 2000s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Rice Paper, Watercolor

Original Japanese Watercolor and Woodblock Print of a Lark, Barley and Beans
Located in Burbank, CA
the finished original Japanese woodblock print. This is a highly finished preparatory watercolor that
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1890s Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Woodcut

Bird - Watercolor Drawing by Martin Bradley - 1971
By Martin Bradley
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is an artwork realized by the English artist Martin Bradley in 1971. Watercolor on Japanese
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

TWO BIRDS
By Morris Graves
Located in Portland, ME
Graves, Morris (American 1910-2001). TWO BIRDS. Brown Ink on tan paper, not dated. Although signed
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Mid-20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

TWO BIRDS
H 18 in W 24 in
Figures and Birds Indian Mithila Folk Art
By Sita Devi
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Figures and Birds Watercolor Traditional Indian Mithila Painting artist signed. Pencil, ink
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Horse with Rising Sun, 1989. Northern Art. Geoffrey Key. Original Watercolor.
By Geoffrey Key
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
This stylised pen and wash watercolor is almost Japanese in its aesthetic feel and inspiration. It
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Late 20th Century Cubist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Early 20th Century Gouache - Birds Among Blossom
Located in Corsham, GB
brightness. Japanese birds flit around the flowers in pairs, appearing to be courting. The artist has signed
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20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

"Offering, " Morris Graves, American Modernism, Owl, Bird, Gift, Present
By Morris Graves
Located in New York, NY
of surrealism*. Most often he used birds, animals and trees as his theme, and his colors are muted
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1950s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold Leaf

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Takashimayaoisha, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
motives of the kimono contrast to the ornamental details of waves and birds of the obi. This image is
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2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

Early 20th Century British illustration of a hornbill bird by Edward Detmold
By Edward Julius Detmold
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
saw to their tuition and was a noted collector of porcelain and Japanese woodprints of plants and
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20th Century Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen, Paper

Animal Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Birds
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
divulge'. About Isabel Rock and her work: Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paint, Ink, Archival Paper, Pen

Home Two mixed media on panel by Melanie Yazzie, bear, bird, insects, blue, black
By Melanie Yazzie
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Home Two mixed media on panel by Melanie Yazzie, bear, bird, insects, blue,black MELANIE YAZZIE
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Wood, Gouache, Monoprint, Screen

House Finch in the Field (Vertical)
By Suren Nersisyan
Located in San Francisco, CA
harmonic composition depicting birds and plants. Inspired by traditional Japanese and Chinese ink paintings
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Israeli Surrealist Painting Female Circus Performer Acrobat with Cat
By Haya Graetz Ran
Located in Surfside, FL
wooden birds. Her works are executed with watercolors on paper. Her technique resembles that of
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Abstract with Cats, Original Signed Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Work
Located in Boston, MA
Watercolor on Paper Hand-signed by the artist. An abstract expressionist work filled with dynamic movement
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings a...

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Quail Hawk Study
By Jane Rosen
Located in Carmel-by-the-sea, CA
Beautiful original by Jane Rosen with numerous birds floating in layers against a subtle background
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Handmade Paper, Ink

"Traveler" drawing by Hiroshi Hayakawa
Located in Chicago, IL
Hiroshi Hayakawa was born and raised in Japan. He earned a BA in French Literature from Keio
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Color Pencil, Graphite

"Eyes Wide Open" drawing by Hiroshi Hayakawa
Located in Chicago, IL
Hiroshi Hayakawa was born and raised in Japan. He earned a BA in French Literature from Keio
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Graphite

Vanitas 17
Located in Chicago, IL
Hiroshi Hayakawa was born and raised in Japan. He earned a BA in French Literature from Keio
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Graphite

Desert Sunflowers & Petroglyphs - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
bird. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting. Under the mat, an illegible
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Infanta de la Verdad
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
bird and flowering cactus (bottom) representing life, death and the struggles in between. Intricately
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper, Graphite

Goddess and Pillar, Protector of Twins and the..- Paint by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Goddess and Pillar, Protector of Twins and the First Black Bird is a Drawing realized by Iranian
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic

Inchino- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a horse head
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
private ateliers. She has followed the two-year course in Leiden, for Sumi-e instructor (Japanese ink
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Handmade Paper, Charcoal

Mother Earth - Painting by Parimah Avani - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
, acrylic, and charcoal on traditional Japanese Kozo paper, with applied Papyrus, Plettenberg, DE
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic, Paper

Fairy- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal drawing of the head of a horse
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
(Japanese ink brush technique). Gaddoni's art has been internationally exhibited and awarded. In the
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Laid Paper

Within- 21st Century Contemporary Charcoal Drawing of a girl with braids
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
(Japanese ink brush technique). Gaddoni's art has been internationally exhibited and awarded. In the
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Laid Paper, Charcoal

Large Surrealist Painting Royal of College Art LGBTQ+ Woman artist Blue Bicycles
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
. As he lay under their branches he saw incredible birds of paradise with shimmering feathers in bright
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Paint

Infanta Madre Tierra (Mother Earth)
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
series of birds and flora motif (bottom) representing life, death and the struggles in between
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper, Graphite

Animal painting of a 'Tamanuâguacû (Ant-eater)' late 17th/18th century, Brazil
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, birds and mammals, published in Amsterdam c. 1641, in German. ​ Zacharias Wagener, or Wagenaer in
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink, Paper, Gouache

Infanta La Danza de la Muerte no. 1
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
series of birds and flora motif (bottom) representing life, death and the struggles in between
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper, Graphite

Art deco mixed media on paper - Panther in a forest of bamboos by Gaston Suisse
Located in Carouge GE, GE
Bing and a great lover of Japanese art and a bibliophile. He passed his taste for art to his son whom
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1920s Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold

'Oberon, Series 1', Instituto Allende, Carmel Art Association, NAWA, La Jolla
By Barbara Johnson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, and, as Johnson put it, “any darn thing that seems to work” to create abstracted, birds-eye-view
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold Leaf

Huge Triptych Surrealist Royal College Art Painting LGBTQ+ Artist Oranges Blues
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
had never seen beheld my eyes. The water sparkled and danced in the light, many beasts, birds
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Paint, Archival Paper, Pen

Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
By Jessie Gillespie
Located in Miami, FL
Education Movement, 1917) Spending the Day in China, Japan and the Philippines--Sally Lucas Jean and
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1910s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

'No Way Back 1, ' by Josette Simon-Gestin, Etching and Pastel Drawing
By Josette Simon-Gestin
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
her work includes women, children, birds, and other animals living in baroque fantastical situations
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Etching

'No Way Back 2' by Josette Simon-Gestin, Etching and Pastel Drawing
By Josette Simon-Gestin
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
. Frequent imagery in her work includes women, children, birds, and other animals living in baroque
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Etching, Paper

"White Doves, After Boucher, " Original Pastel signed by Alicia Czechowski
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
the piece lower right. It depicts two birds sitting in grass. 16" x 12 3/4" art 26" x 23 1/2" frame
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Antique Japanese Bird Branch Berry Watercolor Hanging Scroll Signed Painting 53"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Japanese watercolor painting on paper showing a small green bird perched on the branch of a
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Early 20th Century Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paint, Paper

Contemporary Hand-Painted Japanese Screen of Red Plum Blossom and Birds
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
The red plum blossom and birds painting of this two-panel screen is hand-painted in watercolor, on
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2010s Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Kachoga -- Flowers and Birds
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Japanese Woodblocks. Meji Period. Circa 1895. The enthusiasm for nature prints has spanned the
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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Woodcut, Watercolor

Blue Bird
By Anatole Krasnyansky
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Blue Bird' c.1990 is a dye sublimation print on aluminium by Ukrainian
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Other Medium

Blue Bird
Blue Bird
H 43.25 in W 32 in D 1.25 in
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting -- San Francisco Shore Birds
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
searching for food in the sand at the water's edge. The black outlines of the birds and abstracted water and
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Rice Paper, Watercolor

Set of Four Japanese Silk Hanging Scrolls Screens C.1920
Located in London, GB
Period. The watercolour and ink on silk depicts a large cherry blossom tree with birds and a pheasant
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

17th Century Japanese Export Lacquer Cabinet with Depiction the Dutch Tradepost
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A highly important Japanese export lacquer cabinet with depiction of the Dutch East India Company
Category

Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Copper, Gold

Set of Six Japanese 19th Century Paintings
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Set of six 19th Century Japanese Kano school paintings, circa 1860. These beautiful ink watercolour
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Antique 19th Century Paintings

Materials

Silk

Set of Six Japanese 19th Century Paintings
Set of Six Japanese 19th Century Paintings
H 17.33 in W 19.3 in D 1.97 in
Leif Rydeng, Well Listed Danish Artist, Two Bird Studies
Located in Copenhagen, DK
. Leif Rydeng 61. Watercolors on Japan paper. Measures: visible size 20 x 15 cm and 20 x 11 cm
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Vintage 1960s Danish Drawings

E W Godwin An Important Anglo-Japanese Bookcase Painted by Henry Stacy Marks
By Edward William Godwin
Located in London, GB
Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) for William Watt, a rare and important Anglo-Japanese walnut
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Antique Late 19th Century British Anglo-Japanese Bookcases

Materials

Walnut, Paint

Israeli Bird and Fish Hand Woven Itche Mambush Atelier Aubusson Style Tapestry
By Sami Briss
Located in Surfside, FL
the beginning of the 60`s that he began painting in oil and watercolours in the "petits format" which
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20th Century Folk Art More Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Partridge
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895) Kacho-ga. (Birds and Flowers) Japan, c1880 Partridge Print. Okura
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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Watercolor, Woodcut

Partridge
H 18.5 in W 15.75 in
Hawk
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895) Kacho-ga. (Birds and Flowers) Japan, c1880 Woodblock Print. 15 x 11
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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Woodcut, Watercolor

Hawk
Hawk
H 18.5 in W 15.75 in
Owl
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895) Kacho-ga. (Birds and Flowers) Japan, c1880 Woodblock Print. Okura
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Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples

Materials

Woodcut, Watercolor

Owl
Owl
H 18.5 in W 15.75 in
CoBrA, Signed Limited Edition Lithograph, L'épreuve d'Artiste 'Les Amants'
By Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (Corneille)
Located in Cotignac, FR
artist's language), the bird (the male element and the artist himself), the sun and the snake (symbols of
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Black and White, Lithograph

Purple Creeper
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895) One Hundred Flowering Plants. Japan, 1901. (Posthumous.) Woodblock Print
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Early 1900s Other Art Style Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Purple Creeper
Purple Creeper
H 15 in W 18.5 in D 0.5 in
Buttercups
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895) One Hundred Flowering Plants. Japan, 1901. (Posthumous.) Woodblock Print
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Early 1900s Other Art Style Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph, Handmade Paper, Archival Paper

Buttercups
Buttercups
H 15 in W 18.5 in D 0.5 in
Pinks
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895) One Hundred Flowering Plants. Japan, 1901. (Posthumous.) Woodblock Print
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Early 1900s Other Art Style Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Pinks
Pinks
H 15 in W 18.5 in D 0.5 in
Sativa Lily
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895) One Hundred Flowering Plants. Japan, 1901. (Posthumous.) Woodblock Print
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Early 1900s Other Art Style Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph, Handmade Paper, Archival Paper

Sativa Lily
Sativa Lily
H 15 in W 18.5 in D 0.5 in
19th Century Persian Hand Painted Ceramic Wall Tile
Located in Forney, TX
building element, beautifully colored artwork depicting bird with flowers. Provenance: From the estate of
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Antique 19th Century Persian Islamic Architectural Elements

Materials

Ceramic

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An assortment of japanese watercolor birds is available on 1stDibs. There are many Pop Art, street art and abstract versions of these works for sale. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Japanese watercolor birds available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes gray, beige, black, blue and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Hebru Brantley, Kono Bairei, Sami Briss, Isabel Rock and Jogen Chowdhury are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, synthetic resin paint and paper.

How Much are Japanese Watercolor Birds?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — japanese watercolor birds in our inventory begin at $134 and can go as high as $1,404,103, while the average can fetch as much as $1,280.