"Nude Sketch No. 3" early academic figure drawing by Ben Fenske, unframed
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An academic drawing of a female nude figure sitting atop a flat surface. He highlights the body
Paper, Charcoal
Figure - Pencil Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Figure" is an original pencil drawing on paper glued on ivory-colored cardboard, by an Anonymous
Pencil
$360Sale Price|20% Off
Original Contemporary Female Nude Figurative Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
, 1926-2024), dated 2012 This nude figure drawing is calm yet expressive at the same time. The seated
India Ink
A Fine, Stylish 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Stylish 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Famed Chicago
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
A Fine, Stylish 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Stylish 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model (Back) by Famed
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago
Charcoal, Paper
A Fine, Handsome 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Handsome 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model (Back) by Famed
Charcoal, Paper
A Fine, Handsome 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Handsome 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model by Famed Chicago
Paper, Charcoal
A Fine, Expressive 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Expressive 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model by Famed Chicago
Paper, Ink
A Fine, Stylish 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Stylish 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model by Famed Chicago
Paper, Charcoal
A Fine, Expressive 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Expressive 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model by Famed Chicago
Paper, Charcoal
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago
Paper, Charcoal
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago
Paper, Charcoal
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago
Paper, Charcoal
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago
Paper, Charcoal
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago
Paper, Charcoal
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago
Paper, Charcoal
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago
Charcoal, Paper
Norman Gorbaty Pastel Figure Drawing
Located in New York, NY
to mind: movement and drawing... I am fascinated by the motion around us and often try to capture
Paper, Pastel
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original gouache and oil pastel figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Gouache, Oil Pastel
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original gouache and ink nude figure painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Ink, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel, ink and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Ink, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original gouache and oil pastel figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original ink, gouache and oil pastel figure painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache, Ink
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California impressionist
Oil Pastel
Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California
Oil Pastel, Gouache
Nude Figure of Male Striking Pose
Located in Houston, TX
Powerful French pencil sketch of nude male figure, circa 1920. Original artwork on paper displayed
Pencil
'Kneeling Nude', American Modernist Graphite Figural Study
By Michael Decker
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. An elegant graphite and india ink figural study showing a young woman kneeling and contrapposto.
Paper, Charcoal, Ink
'Seated Nude', American Modernist Graphite Figural Study
By Michael Decker
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. An elegant graphite and india ink figural study of a young woman shown seated and turned to her right.
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Preparatory drawing for Figure Composition, Carmel (CA.)
By E. Ambrose Webster
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preparatory drawing for Figure Composition, Carmel (CA) Graphite on paper, 1931 Signed with the
Graphite
"Figure Study 2" drawing by Hiroshi Hayakawa
Located in Palm Beach, FL
drawing, painting, kinetic sculpture, alternative photography and paper crafts. In recent years, he has
Graphite
"Figure Study 1" drawing by Hiroshi Hayakawa
Located in Palm Beach, FL
drawing, painting, kinetic sculpture, alternative photography and paper crafts. In recent years, he has
Graphite
$547
Posed Nude Figure Pencil Sketch 20th Modernist Century Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Figure Sketch by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century size: 25.5 x 19.75 inches
Pencil
Mid Century French Seated Female Nude Figure Pencil Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Seated Female Nude Figure Pencil Drawing Medium: Graphite pencil on toned
Pencil, Graphite
$920Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure Study (unfinished)
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated nude figure study by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). This piece is unsigned, but was
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Modernist Seated Nude Figure Study
By George Giusti
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract nude figurative drawing by George Giusti, (Italian 1908-1990). India ink on gesso
Gesso, Paper, India Ink
Pencil Male Nude Figure Study Bearded Academic French School
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
enhance the sculptural quality of the figure. Academic male nude drawings remain highly sought after by
Pencil, Graphite
$686
Charcoal Multiple Female Nude Figure Studies Academic French School
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School charcoal life drawing sheet, featuring multiple female nude figure studies executed during
Graphite, Charcoal
The human body has long been a favorite subject for artists throughout history. Nude drawings and watercolor paintings reveal the human figure but also the social ideals, traditions and cultural beliefs around people and bodies at the time they were created.
Nude drawings and watercolors offer a unique way to illustrate the human body. Drawings in pencil or ink can quickly capture movement or poses while watercolor is more expressive of a moment. Different cultures utilize the same materials differently, and each piece provides a singular glimpse into the perspectives and expectations around people’s bodies.
Artists like Francisco Goya, Gustav Klimt and Lucian Freud — who painted his friends, his lovers and his children — found acclaim and success by creatively depicting the human body. More recently, as contemporary artists have followed the figurative muse, many painters are exploring the nude as a subject for their drawings and works in watercolors.
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