Old Master Pencil Drawing
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Vellum, Pencil
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
18th Century Old Masters Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
1740s Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Pencil
18th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pencil
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Pencil
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
19th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Watercolor
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
Early 1800s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
Early 1800s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Pencil
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
Late 18th Century Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Early 1800s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pencil
1750s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
1730s Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Laid Paper, Pen, Carbon Pencil
17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Watercolor, Pencil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Washi Paper, Color Pencil
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Color Pencil, Ink, Watercolor
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
Early 1900s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Pencil
1820s Old Masters Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Carbon Pencil
1760s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Carbon Pencil
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Pencil
19th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Carbon Pencil
1890s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Pastel, Pencil
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Chalk, Ink, Pencil
1910s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Carbon Pencil, Ink
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor, Vellum, Pencil
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Laid Paper, Pencil
Mid-19th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Pencil
Early 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Crayon, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
1920s Old Masters Nude Paintings
Paper, Pencil
1920s Old Masters Nude Paintings
Paper, Pencil
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Paper
Late 20th Century American Renaissance Drawings
Paper
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Chalk, Paper, Pencil
Late 17th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pencil
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Ink
1740s Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Pencil
1770s Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Pencil
1680s Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Pen, Pencil
Early 19th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings
Pencil
1840s Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Carbon Pencil
1850s Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Carbon Pencil
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Charcoal, Pencil
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A Close Look at Old-masters Art
Encompassing centuries of change in Europe between 1300 and 1800, from booms of prosperity to bloody revolutions, Old Masters describes a wide range of artists. The informal term was derived from the title of an artist who trained in a guild long enough to become a master, such as Leonardo da Vinci, who studied in a Florence painters’ guild. However, Old Masters paintings, prints and other art is now used to refer to work made by any artist with a high level of skill in painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking who worked during this era.
The 15th century’s expansive trade and commerce spread culture across borders. A vibrant period of art emerged, bolstered by studies of anatomy and nature that influenced a new visual realism. From Raphael and Michelangelo in the Renaissance to Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer in the Dutch Golden Age, artists expressed emotion, naturalism, color and light in new ways. El Greco and Paolo Veronese were leaders in the dramatic style of Mannerism, while Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens demonstrated the movement and meticulous detail of Baroque art.
Historically, most attention was concentrated on male artists, but recent research and exhibitions have elevated the impactful work of women such as Rachel Ruysch and Artemisia Gentileschi. In late-18th-century France, female artists like Adélaïde Labille-Guiard and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun were prominent names. Nevertheless, access to the academies and guilds was highly restricted for women, and even those able to establish practices were expected to adhere to portraits and still lifes rather than the grand history paintings being created by men.
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Finding the Right Drawings-watercolor-paintings for You
Revitalize your interiors — introduce drawings and watercolor paintings to your home to evoke emotions, stir conversation and show off your personality and elevated taste.
Drawing is often considered one of the world’s oldest art forms, with historians pointing to cave art as evidence. In fact, a cave in South Africa, home to Stone Age–era artists, houses artwork that is believed to be around 73,000 years old. It has indeed been argued that cave walls were the canvases for early watercolorists as well as for landscape painters in general, who endeavor to depict and elevate natural scenery through their works of art. The supplies and methods used by artists and illustrators to create drawings and paintings have evolved over the years, and so too have the intentions. Artists can use their drawing and painting talents to observe and capture a moment, to explore or communicate ideas and convey or evoke emotion. No matter if an artist is working in charcoal or in watercolor and has chosen to portray the marvels of the pure human form, to create realistic depictions of animals in their natural habitats or perhaps to forge a new path that references the long history of abstract visual art, adding a drawing or watercolor painting to your living room or dining room that speaks to you will in turn speak to your guests and conjure stimulating energy in your space.
When you introduce a new piece of art into a common area of your home — a figurative painting by Italian watercolorist Mino Maccari or a colorful still life, such as a detailed botanical work by Deborah Eddy — you’re bringing in textures that can add visual weight to your interior design. You’ll also be creating a much-needed focal point that can instantly guide an eye toward a designated space, particularly in a room that sees a lot of foot traffic.
When you’re shopping for new visual art, whether it’s for your apartment or weekend house, remember to choose something that resonates. It doesn’t always need to make you happy, but you should at least enjoy its energy. On 1stDibs, browse a wide-ranging collection of drawings and watercolor paintings and find out how to arrange wall art when you’re ready to hang your new works.