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"Dove Diptych" Black and White Diptych Painting, Watercolor on Board, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Annika Connor is a modern-day Renaissance woman. Primarily known as a Contemporary Romantic painter, her work uses strong symbolism and passionate imagery to ignite the imagination. ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paint, Board

No. 13
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Piccillo is a skilled draftsman, and his nuanced use of shadow and scale highlight this ability. Joseph Piccillo’s signature graphite and charcoal drawings...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Charcoal, Graphite

The Tiger - China Ink on Paper by Maria Ginzburg - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
The Tiger is an original artwork realized by the Italian contemporary artist Maria Ginzburg in 2018. Original China ink on paper. Hand-signed in china ink on the lower right corn...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Blue Curaçao - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Mr. Bubbles - Anarchy - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Studio 54 - Cherry Blossom - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Sea Fan - Green Meets Blue - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
Two small octopi are inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an ext...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Studio 54 - Code Blue - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Mr. Bubbles - Plum Bob - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Multiply and Divide, Dandelions, Bunny Rabbit, Animal, Gray, Black
Located in Kent, CT
This graphite drawing on Bristol paper depicts a rabbit surrounded by floating bits of dandelions that have gone to seed against a dark black background. Fox's excellent use of material allow her to blend multiple images together, creating a seamless image with layers of narrative complexity. Framed in a solid white float frame. 8 x 8 inches (unframed), 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (framed). Signed, dated and titled on verso. Francine Fox works in many mediums including oil paint, watercolor, gouache, graphite and ink to produce striking and unsettling works of great beauty and psychological complexity. Fox incorporates art historical references, organically composed diagrams and personal and cultural vocabularies into her work. From the artist's statement: "I strive to produce work that is at once both striking and unsettling and intend the compilation of my formal and conceptual elements to parallel and reveal the intricacies of gray areas between seemingly dissonant traits. The gray areas I depict most frequently can be classified as the shared liminal compartments in Venn Diagrams, the middle sections along continuums or circumstances when the correct answer is both yes and no. While it is easier to think and understand in terms of binaries, these types of thought processes tend to oversimplify. The murky places in between are often harder to comprehend, and yet they are also more relatable and interesting because of their complex, confusing, and sometimes unresolved nature. My goal is not to clarify gray areas; rather, I hope to lure viewers into contemplation of the causes of the wonder and discomfort surrounding liminals. My work frequently returns to the gray areas between the themes of physical and metaphysical, evidence and faith, chaos and order, and identity philosophies rooted in either individualism or collectivism. My paintings and drawings create records of the perceived significance and beauty of these transitional spaces through the mediums of graphite, charcoal, watercolor, gouache, oil paint and digital painting. Within my body of work, the imagery includes figures, gently anthropomorphized animals, traditional and contemporary semiotics, and depictions of invisible forces through modified and invented charting symbols. My influences range from Walton Ford, Martin Wittfooth...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Graphite

Cat - Drawing by Novella Parigini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Cat is an artwork realized by Novella Parigini (Chiusi 1921 - Rome 1993) Polychrome chalk on black paper. 83x63 cm frame included. Hand signed in t...
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1970s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Paraguayan Ink Drawings from the Chaco #9, Paper, Indigenous Artists, Rare
Located in Houston, TX
THE GALLERY PURCHASED AND FRAMED THE DRAWINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE INDEGINIOUS ARTISTS IN THE CHACO.. PROCEEDS WILL GO BACK TO THE ARTIST TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY AND ART CAREER. Framed 16" x 18 " The drawings are floating on a mat behind conservation glass. More detailed images can be provided. Articles can be found by Googling " Fondation Cartier Paraguay" One of Efacio Avarez's drawing was displayed in Asuncion. See photo below. Also shown are other drawings available. These are Ink Drawings from Paraguay which are very difficult to obtain. I heard about them from a South American collector who is on the Top 200 Art Collectors in the World List. Most of the research is in Europe. These are done by the indigenous people in the Chaco Region of Paraguay. Efacio Alvarez...
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2010s Folk Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

The Matador
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Matador" is a gouache on paper by Elaine de Kooning. The artwork is signed lower left, "E. de K." The framed piece measures 15 3/8 x 17 1/4 x 3/4 in....
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Colored Drawing with Ceramics and Horse Pop Folk Art 1980s
Located in Surfside, FL
Michael Lucero (born 1953) is an American sculptor. His work has been exhibited in the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Mint Museum. Lucero works with multiple mediums and usually work...
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1980s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Crayon, Wax Crayon

Horses in a Pasture
Located in Austin, TX
By Tom Shefelman 13" x 19" Watercolor on Paper
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20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Antique Horse Study; Legs and Rumps, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Study "Legs and Rumps, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur l (Dutch, 1812-1874) Pencil on paper Signed and Dated "W Verschuur 1838" 10 x 6 1/2 (17 1/2 x 14 frame) inches In his time Wouterus Verschuur was an acclaimed and celebrated painter of horses. Through careful observation he learned to capture their physique and movement to perfection. As a true-born romanticist he was also interested in their character, thereby painting powerful carthorses in their stable, thoroughbred saddled horses during an afternoon ride or harnessed horses in action. He was born to an Amsterdam jeweler and received his training from the landscape and cattle painters Pieter Gerardus van Os and Cornelis Steffelaar. As part of this education Verschuur had to copy works by the 17th century painter Philips Wouwerman. Like Wouwerman, Verschuur's subjects consist mostly of stable scenes, landscapes with horses and coastal landscape. These works reflect the enduring influence of the northern Baroque masters on nineteenth century art, revealing the artist's close study of his Dutch and Flemish predecessors harking back to Peter Paul Rubens. Showing talent from a very early age, at 15 Verschuur had a painting exhibited at the "Exhibition of Living Masters" at Amsterdam in 1828. In 1832 and 1833 he won the gold medal at the annual exhibition at Felix Meritis. In 1833 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam. In 1839 he joined the artists' society, Arti et Amicitiae. His reputation was also considerable abroad. He was often featured in the annual exhibitions which travelled the large European cities at that time. In 1855 Napoleon III purchased one of his paintings at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. The Verschuur horse revels in its physicality, like a quintessential Baroque horse...
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1830s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Dogs 2 - Contemporary Drawing, Figurative, Black & white, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
ZDZISŁAW WIATR (born 1960) He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, at the Faculty of Graphic Arts in Katowice, where in 1986 he received a diploma with the honourable m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Antique Horse "Heads, Hooves, Rump 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Horse Study "Heads, Hooves and Rump, 1838" Wouterus Verschuur (Dutch, 1812-1874) Pencil on paper Signed and Dated "W Verschuuur 1838" 10 x 6 1/2 (17 1/2 x 14 frame) inches In his time Wouterus Verschuur was an acclaimed and celebrated painter of horses. Through careful observation he learned to capture their physique and movement to perfection. As a true-born romanticist he was also interested in their character, thereby painting powerful carthorses in their stable, thoroughbred saddled horses during an afternoon ride or harnessed horses in action. He was born to an Amsterdam jeweler and received his training from the landscape and cattle painters Pieter Gerardus van Os and Cornelis Steffelaar. As part of this education Verschuur had to copy works by the 17th century painter Philips Wouwerman. Like Wouwerman, Verschuur's subjects consist mostly of stable scenes, landscapes with horses and coastal landscape. These works reflect the enduring influence of the northern Baroque masters on nineteenth century art, revealing the artist's close study of his Dutch and Flemish predecessors harking back to Peter Paul Rubens. Showing talent from a very early age, at 15 Verschuur had a painting exhibited at the "Exhibition of Living Masters" at Amsterdam in 1828. In 1832 and 1833 he won the gold medal at the annual exhibition at Felix Meritis. In 1833 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy in Amsterdam. In 1839 he joined the artists' society, Arti et Amicitiae. His reputation was also considerable abroad. He was often featured in the annual exhibitions which travelled the large European cities at that time. In 1855 Napoleon III purchased one of his paintings at the Exposition Universelle* in Paris. The Verschuur horse revels in its physicality, like a quintessential Baroque horse...
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1830s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Motherhood
Located in Wien, 9
Xenia Ostrovskaya was born on August 7, 1989 in Leningrad, Soviet Union. She lives and works in Vienna. The artist explores ideas of heritage and belonging in her work, juxtaposing t...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic

Paraguayan Ink Drawings from the Chaco #8, Paper, Indigenous Artists, Rare
Located in Houston, TX
THE GALLERY PURCHASED AND FRAMED THE DRAWINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE INDEGINIOUS ARTISTS IN THE CHACO.. PROCEEDS WILL GO BACK TO THE ARTIST TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY AND ART CAREER. Framed 16" x 18 " The drawings are floating on a mat behind conservation glass. More detailed images can be provided. Articles can be found by Googling " Fondation Cartier Paraguay" One of Efacio Avarez's drawing was displayed in Asuncion. See photo below. These are Ink Drawings from Paraguay which are very difficult to obtain. I heard about them from a South American collector who is on the Top 200 Art Collectors in the World List. Most of the research is in Europe. These are done by the indigenous people in the Chaco Region of Paraguay. Efacio Alvarez...
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2010s Folk Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Fold Up Flute
Located in Paris, IDF
Collage, pen, pencil, paint on paper, pen drawing on verso Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His wor...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen, Permanent Marker, Pencil

"Stand Down" Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Tammy Liu-Haller's "Stand Down" is an original, handmade charcoal and graphite drawing that depicts a dark cow looking directly at the viewer.
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2010s Photorealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Graphite

Paraguayan Ink Drawings from the Chaco #7, Paper, Indigenous Artists, Rare
Located in Houston, TX
THE GALLERY PURCHASED AND FRAMED THE DRAWINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE INDEGINIOUS ARTISTS IN THE CHACO.. PROCEEDS WILL GO BACK TO THE ARTIST TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY AND ART CAREER. Framed 16" x 18 " The drawings are floating on a mat behind conservation glass. More detailed images can be provided. Articles can be found by Googling " Fondation Cartier Paraguay" One of Efacio Avarez's drawing was displayed in Asuncion. See photo below. These are Ink Drawings from Paraguay which are very difficult to obtain. I heard about them from a South American collector who is on the Top 200 Art Collectors in the World List. Most of the research is in Europe. These are done by the indigenous people in the Chaco Region of Paraguay. Efacio Alvarez...
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2010s Folk Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Taurus (Bull)
Located in Hudson, NY
This new series of painting is an exciting transition for Kinney as he is best known for assemblage and sculpture. “Anim”, the Latin root word of animal, means life, soul or breath. ...
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2010s Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Sumi Ink, Rag Paper

Animal - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Animal is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a yellowed paper. Monogrammed and dated on the lower margin. Reynol...
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1970s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Paraguayan Ink Drawings from the Chaco #4, Paper, Indigenous Artists, Rare
Located in Houston, TX
THE GALLERY PURCHASED AND FRAMED THE DRAWINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE INDEGINIOUS ARTISTS IN THE CHACO.. PROCEEDS WILL GO BACK TO THE ARTIST TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY AND ART CAREER. The drawings are floating on a mat behind conservation glass. More detailed images can be provided. Articles can be found by Googling " Fondation Cartier Paraguay" One of Efacio Avarez's drawing was displayed in Asuncion. See photo below. These are Ink Drawings from Paraguay which are very difficult to obtain. I heard about them from a South American collector who is on the Top 200 Art Collectors in the World List. Most of the research is in Europe. These are done by the indigenous people in the Chaco Region of Paraguay. Efacio Alvarez...
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2010s Folk Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Black Tit, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
119 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Year: 2023 Style: Classic Art,...
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2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Horses and Carriage - China Ink and Watercolor - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Horses and Carriage is an original artwork realized by a French artist in 1940s. China ink watercolored drawing on ivory paper. Good conditions.
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1940s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Bison in Snow, Animal Picture, American School, John Aldrich Ruthven, signed
Located in Greven, DE
John Aldrich Ruthven American Painter Bison in a Snow Blizzard Watercolor and Gouache on Paper signed lower left
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20th Century American Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Watercolor

Lusitano #1, monochromatic horse black and white, dramatic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on fine printmaking paper made with oil based etching inks and oil paint. One of a recent series of horse images reflecting my interest in the mo...
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2010s Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Monotype, Archival Paper

Paraguayan Ink Drawings from the Chaco #5, Paper, Indigenous Artists, Rare
Located in Houston, TX
THE GALLERY PURCHASED AND FRAMED THE DRAWINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE INDEGINIOUS ARTISTS IN THE CHACO.. PROCEEDS WILL GO BACK TO THE ARTIST TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY AND ART CAREER. The drawings are floating on a mat behind conservation glass. More detailed images can be provided. Articles can be found by Googling " Fondation Cartier Paraguay" These are Ink Drawings from Paraguay which are very difficult to obtain. I heard about them from a South American collector who is on the Top 200 Art Collectors in the World List. Most of the research is in Europe. These are done by the indigenous people in the Chaco Region of Paraguay. Richart Peralta makes his living by ink drawing and working in the Mennonite community who helps out the Indigenous people throughout Paraguay. Notice the detail in the fine lines and in some drawings no line touches another. The artists draw scenes from their daily life such as the jungle. Deforestation has become a big problem for the Chaco region. Bic Ink from France donates the ink and the paper. Fondation Cartier Exhibit : The Fondation Cartier is pleased to welcome Efacio Álvarez...
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2010s Folk Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Motor Functions
Located in Paris, IDF
Original artwork on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featured in many solo ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil

Paraguayan Ink Drawings from the Chaco #2, Paper, Indigenous Artists, Rare
Located in Houston, TX
THE GALLERY PURCHASED AND FRAMED THE DRAWINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE INDEGINIOUS ARTISTS IN THE CHACO.. PROCEEDS WILL GO BACK TO THE ARTIST TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY AND ART CAREER. The drawings are floating on a mat behind conservation glass. More detailed images can be provided. Articles can be found by Googling " Fondation Cartier Paraguay" These are Ink Drawings from Paraguay which are very difficult to obtain. I heard about them from a South American collector who is on the Top 200 Art Collectors in the World List. Most of the research is in Europe. These are done by the indigenous people in the Chaco Region of Paraguay. Richart Peralta makes his living by ink drawing and working in the Mennonite community who helps out the Indigenous people throughout Paraguay. Notice the detail in the fine lines and in some drawings no line touches another. The artists draw scenes from their daily life such as the jungle. Deforestation has become a big problem for the Chaco region. Bic Ink from France donates the ink and the paper. Fondation Cartier Exhibit : The Fondation Cartier is pleased to welcome Efacio Álvarez...
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2010s Folk Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Paraguayan Ink Drawings from the Chaco #6, Paper, Indigenous Artists, Rare
Located in Houston, TX
THE GALLERY PURCHASED AND FRAMED THE DRAWINGS DIRECTLY FROM THE INDEGINIOUS ARTISTS IN THE CHACO.. PROCEEDS WILL GO BACK TO THE ARTIST TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY AND ART CAREER. The drawings are floating on a mat behind conservation glass. More detailed images can be provided. Articles can be found by Googling " Fondation Cartier Paraguay" One of Efacio Avarez's drawing was displayed in Asuncion. See photo below. These are Ink Drawings from Paraguay which are very difficult to obtain. I heard about them from a South American collector who is on the Top 200 Art Collectors in the World List. Most of the research is in Europe. These are done by the indigenous people in the Chaco Region of Paraguay. Efacio Alvarez...
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2010s Folk Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

"Cheyenne Wyoming Frontier Days"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Pepper Brown (1926-1999) Alpine Artist Image Size: 9 x 13 Frame Size: 16 x 20 Medium: Ink Drawing Dated 1942 "Cheyenne Wyoming Frontier Days" Harry Hart W...
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1940s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Chabellard - Signed & Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour, Hung Rabbit
Located in Corsham, GB
Tight brushwork depicts an intricate study of the spoils of hunting, a rabbit. The artwork is neatly signed n the bottom left-hand corner, and well presented in a cream mount with a ...
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20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

'Where Hummingbirds Swim, ' by Lisa Miceli, Watercolor on Paper Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 27" x 14" watercolor on paper by artist Lisa Miceli depicts the abstracted movement of birds, figures, and aquatic imagery that the artist uses...
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2010s Abstract Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Sitting Ducks
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Patricia Hunter - American Title: Sitting Ducks Year: 1985 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 18 x 24 inches. Matted size: 24 x 30 inches Signatur...
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1980s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

The Chicken, 1940s Abstract Geometric Pen Ink Drawing, Red, Black, Cream
Located in Denver, CO
"The Chicken", is ink on paper by Denver artist Edward Marecak (1919-1993) from the 1940's of an abstract depiction of a chicken in black and red. Presented in a custom black frame, outer dimensions measure 23 ¾ x 19 ¾ inches. Image size measures 15 ¾ x 11 ½ inches. Drawing is clean and in very good condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. Provenance: Estate of the Artist, Edward Marecak Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: Born to immigrant parents from the Carpathian region in Slovakia, Marecak grew up with his family in the farming community of Bennett’s Corners, now part of the town of Brunswick, near Cleveland, Ohio. When he turned twelve, his family moved to a multi-ethnic neighborhood of Poles, Czechs, Slovaks and Slovenians in Cleveland. His childhood household cherished the customs and Slavic folk tales from the Old Country that later strongly influenced his work as a professional artist. During junior high he painted scenery for puppet shows of "Peter and the Wolf," awakening his interest in art. In his senior year in high school he did Cézanne-inspired watercolors of Ohio barns at seventy-five cents apiece for the National Youth Administration. They earned him a full scholarship to the Cleveland Institute of Art (1938-1942) where he studied with Henry George Keller whose work was included in the 1913 New York Armory Show. In 1940 Marecak also taught at the Museum School of the Cleveland Institute. Before being drafted into the military in 1942, he briefly attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art near Detroit, one of the nation’s leading graduate schools of art, architecture, and design. A center of innovative work in architecture, art and design with an educational approach built on a mentorship model, it has been home to some of the world’s most renowned designers and artists, including Eero Saarinen, Charles Eames, Daniel Libeskind and Harry Bertoia. Marecak’s studies at Cranbrook with painter Zoltan Sepeshy and sculptor Carl Milles were interrupted by U.S. army service in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Following his military discharge, Marecak studied on the G.I. Bill at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center from 1946 to 1950, having previously met its director, Boardman Robinson, conducting a seminar in mural painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Although he did not work with Robinson at the Fine Arts Center, who had become quite ill - retiring in 1947 - he studied Robinson’s specialty of mural painting before leaving to briefly attend the Cranbrook Academy in 1947. That same year he returned to the Fine Arts Center, studying painting with Jean Charlot and Mary Chenoweth, and lithography with Lawrence Barrett with whom he produced some 132 images during 1948-49. At the Fine Arts Center he met his future wife, Donna Fortin, whom he married in 1947. Also a Midwesterner, she had taken night art courses at Hull House in Chicago, later studying at the Art Institute of Chicago with the encouragement of artist Edgar Britton. After World War II she studied with him from 1946 to 1949 at the Fine Arts Center. (He had moved to Colorado Springs to treat his tuberculosis.) Ed Marecak also became good friends with Britton, later collaborating with him on the design of large stained glass windows for a local church. In 1950-51 Marecak returned to the Cleveland Institute of Art to complete his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. A year later he was invited to conduct a summer class at the University of Colorado in Boulder, confirming his interest in the teaching profession. In 1955 he received his teaching certificate from the University of Denver. Vance Kirkland, the head of its art department, helped him get a teaching job with the Denver Public Schools so that he and his family could remain in the Mile High City. For the next twenty-five years he taught art at Skinner, Grove, East, George Washington and Morey Junior High Schools. Prior to coming to Colorado, Marecak did watercolors resembling those of Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent and Charles Burchfield. However, once in Colorado Springs he decided to destroy much of his earlier ouevre, embarking on a totally new direction unlike anything he had previously done. Initially, in the 1940s he was influenced by surrealist imagery and Paul Klee, and in the West by Indian petroglyphs and Kachinas. His first one-person show at the Garrett Gallery in Colorado Springs in 1949 featured paintings and lithographs rendered in the style of Magic Realism and referential abstraction. The pieces, including an oil Witch with Pink Dish, foreshadowed the output of his entire Colorado-based career, distinguished by a dramatic use of color, intricacy of execution and attention to detail contributing to their visual impact. He once observed, "Each time I start a new painting I always fool myself by saying this time keep it simple and not get entangled with such complex patterns, color and design; but I always find myself getting more involved with richness, color and subject matter." An idiosyncratic artist proficient in oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache and casein, he did not draw upon Colorado subject matter for his work, unlike many of his fellow painters in the state. Instead he used Midwest landscape imagery, bringing to life in it witches and spirits adapted from the Slovakian folk tales he heard growing up in Ohio. A number of his paintings depict winter witches derived from the Slovak custom in the Tatra Mountains of burning an effigy of the winter witch in the early spring to banish the memory of a hard winter. The folk tale element imparts a dream-like quality to many of his paintings. A devote of Greek mythology, he placed the figures of Circe, Persephone, Sybil, Hera and others in modern settings. The goddess in Persephone Brings a Pumpkin to her Mother, attired as a Midwestern farmer’s daughter, heralds the advent of fall with the pumpkin before departing to spend the winter season in the underworld. Train to Olympus, the meeting place of the gods in ancient Greece, juxtaposes ancient mythology with modernity creating a combination of whimsy and thought-provoking consideration for the viewer. Voyage to Troy #1 alludes to the ancient city that was the site of the Trojan Wars, but has a contemporary, autobiographical component referencing the harbor of the Aleutian Islands recaptured from the Japanese during World War II. In the 1980s Marecak used the goddess Hera in his painting, Hera Contemplates Aspects of the Art Nouveau, to comment on art movements in the latter half of the twentieth century Marecak’s love of classical music and opera, which he shared with his wife and to which he often listened while painting in his Denver basement studio, is reflected in Homage of Offenbach, an abstract work translating the composer’s musical colors into colorful palette. Pace, Pace, Mio Dio, the title of his earliest surrealist painting, is a soprano aria from Verdi’s opera, La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny or Fate, a favorite Marecak subject). His Queen of the Night relates to a character from Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute. In addition to paintings and works on paper, he produced hooked rugs, textiles and ceramics. He likewise produced designs for ceramics, tableware and furniture created by his wife Donna, an accomplished Colorado ceramist. Both of them generally eschewed exhibitions and galleries, preferring to quietly do their work while remaining outside of the mainstream. He initially exhibited at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in 1948 receiving a purchase award. The following year he had his first one-person show of paintings and lithographs at the Garrett Gallery in Colorado Springs. In the 1950s and early 1960s he participated in group exhibitions at the Print Club (Philadelphia); Amarillo Public Library (Texas); annual Blossom Festival Show (Canon City, Colorado); Adele Simpson’s "Art of Living" in New York; Denver Art Museum; and the Fox Rubenstein-Serkey Gallery (Denver); but he did not have another one-person show until 1966 at the Denver home of his friends, John and Gerda Scott. They arranged for his first one-person show outside of Colorado held two years later at the Martin Lowitz Gallery in Beverly Hills and Palm Springs, California. That same year his work was featured at the Zantman Galleries in Carmel, California. Thereafter he became an infrequent exhibitor after the 1970s so that his work was rarely seen outside his basement studio. In 1980 he, his wife and Mark Zamantakis exhibited at Denver’s Jewish Community Center, and four years later he had a one-person show at the Studio Gallery in Denver. In 1992 he was included in a group show at the Rule Modern and Contemporary Gallery in Denver, and a year later received a large, posthumous retrospective at the Emmanuel...
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1940s Abstract Geometric Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

The Cheshire Cat - Drawing by Enrico Josef Cucchi - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
The Cheshire Cat is an original China ink drawing realized by the Italian artist Enrico Josef Cucchi in 2020. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right....
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Odilon Redon "The Bat"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Odilon Redon: 1840-1916 Well listed very important French artist. He is considered a symbolist, but it is hard to pigeon hole him into one category. He is known for his drawings of creatures and animals based...
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Late 19th Century Symbolist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Arabian nights The Thousand and One Nights Donkey Scheherazade, Islam
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
This is a masterfully rendered and brilliantly designed scene from the Arabian Nights. page 33 from Random House. We are not sure if this is by Gustaf Tenggren. However, there are su...
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1950s Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

William Taunton (1834-1907) - 1969 Watercolour, Drover and Cattle
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour depiction of a cattle drover on horseback moving a herd of cows along a woodland path. Signed to the lower right. On wove.
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20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

L'Ucello Study - Original Charcoal Study of a Bird on Toned Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Tina Figarelli is a classically trained artist whose favorite subject matter in her artwork is ideas with a strong narrative. Tina leaves the viewer hin...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Charcoal, Archival Paper

Mona
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"In addition to the formal harmony of the painting, I particularly pay attention to its ambiguity" -Paul Pretzer Signed and numbered: 9 / 50
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph

VI Rose Nose Cat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
VI Rose Nose Cat Colored chalks on black paper, 1977 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Titled lower left (see photo) Part of a series entit...
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1970s American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

"Polo Player" circa 1960s Watercolour by 'Wooster'
Located in Bristol, CT
Watercolour depicting a polo player w/ upright mallet Signed, 'Wooster' (LL) Art Sz: 10-1/4"H x 6"W Frame Sz: 14-1/2"H x 10-1/2"W in coral mat w/ hunter green frame
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1960s Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Horses - Original Black Watercolored Ink Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Horse" is an original black watercolored ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, signed by Germaine Nordmann (1902-1997). In excellent conditions. Sheet dimension: 15.3 x 24.3 cm. Th...
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20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Black Bear with Legs
Located in Denver, CO
This is a framed original drawing on paper. Adonna Khare is an America Artist mainly focused on carbon pencil on paper drawings. She received her Masters of Fine Art from California...
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2010s Photorealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil

Wildlife painting of black bird sitting by enlightened british painter
Located in Milan, IT
Peter Paillou (c.1720 – c.1790) was a British artist best known for his paintings of birds, many of which were used as book illustrations. He gained repute in the 18th century as a natural history painter and illustrator. He was employed by two leading naturalists and antiquarians of the time, Taylor White (1701-1772) and Thomas Pennant (1726-1798). He illustrated the latter's British Zoology and decorated the hall at Downing, Pennant's house in Flintshire, with several pictures of birds...
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18th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Watercolor

Black Crow (2021)
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Watercolor and salt on cold press paper Black crow portrait with blue highlights on gold yellow background Hand-signed by artist Framing available Certifica...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

Daydreaming in Tiger Land, large watercolor and gouache
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Daydreaming in Tiger Land" is a watercolor and gouache on paper by artist Jacquie Marie Vaux. It is signed at the lower right c...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

A Figure from Behind - Original Pastel on Paper by Helen Vogt - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
A Figure from Behind is an original modern artwork realized in 1935 by Hélène Vogt (1902 - 1994). Original white pastel on black paper. Passepartout is included (cm 50 x 35). The ...
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1930s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Pastel

Aquarelle on Canvas
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Daniela Nikolova Medium: Aquarelle on canvas Size: 39.3" x 19.6"
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21st Century and Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Legs For Days - Three Octopuses in Gyotaku Style Japanese Sumi Ink Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Three outstretched octopuses in shades of blue and red are seen here in Jeff Conroy's work entitled "Legs for Days". To achieve this remarkable painting, the artist inks the octopus...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

David Truman, Out of Darkness, Horse Art, Original Drawing, Equestrian Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Out of Darkness [2019] Original Figurative Graphite on paper Size: H:38.5 cm x W:49.0 cm x D:0.2cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Out Of Darkness is created by using graphite pencils on 300gsm 140lb Bockingford paper. The original photograph that was used as reference was taken by myself, of a horse emerging from the darkness of it's stable. David Truman...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Kiss Fieritas
Located in Madrid, ES
In his drawings, with an apparently naive line and almost always in black and white, he creates a very recognizable universe of his own around fragility, unconditional love and self-...
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2010s Other Art Style Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

the egg farmer, fantasy man among ostriches
Located in Brooklyn, NY
*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Archival Paper

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