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Standing Figure in Graphite, Circa 1930s
By Clyde Follett Seavey
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1920-1930s graphite on paper drawing of a female nude is by San Francisco artist Clyde Follett
Category
1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Recumbent Female Figure 20th Century Ink
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th century figurative drawing is by American sculptor David Warner (1957-2021). Warner
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Expressionist Figure in Watercolor, Circa 1950s
By Richard Van Wingerden
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mid 20th century watercolor on paper is by Dutch-Californian Expressionist Richard Van Wingerden (1893-1969). A WPA artist, Van Wingerden studied with Thomas Hart Benton at the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Interior with Bay Area Figure, Charcoal
Ink, 1971
By Jack Freeman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Freeman (1938-2014). Freeman studied at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, landscape and figure drawing
Category
1970s Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink
Standing Male Figure in Charcoal, Circa 1960s
By Alysanne McGaffey
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950-60s charcoal on paper male figure is by Bay Area artist Alysanne McGaffey (1931-2018
Category
1960s Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Delicate Figure Study in Charcoal, Circa 1920s
By Clyde Follett Seavey
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1920s-1930s charcoal on paper drawing is by San Francisco artist Clyde Follett Seavey (1920
Category
1920s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Female Figure Sketch in Graphite, Late 20th Century
By Anna Poole
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 20th century graphite on paper figure is by Swedish artist Anna Poole (1960-2012). Poole
Category
Late 20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Mid Century Sleeping Figure in Ink, Mid Century
By Helen Sewell Rennie
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1930-1950 ink on peach paper figure of a woman in a chair is by Washington D.C. artist Helen
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Male Figure Study, Ink on Paper, Mid 20th Century
By Richard Van Wingerden
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mid 20th century ink on paper nude drawing of three male figures is by Dutch-Californian
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Seated Female Figure in Ink and Charcoal, 20th Century
By Rip Matteson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mid- late 20th century ink and charcoal on paper is by Oakland artist Rip Matteson (1920-2011). Matteson was educated at U.C. Berkeley, C.C.A.C, Scuola di Belle Arte in Rome, th...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink
Bruno Civitico 1978 Signed Pastel and Watercolor Drawing of a Nude Figure
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A 1978 pastel and watercolor drawing of a nude figure by Italian-American artist Bruno Civitico
Category
Vintage 1970s American Neoclassical Revival Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Laurel no. 1", figure line drawing of nude female lounging
By Mel Reese
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ink drawing of female nude lounging on her stomach with her legs up.
This is 1 of 3 drawings of
Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Chantel no. 2", figure line drawing of nude female lounging
By Mel Reese
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ink drawing of female nude lounging on the floor.
This is 1 of 2 drawings of Chantel I created
Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Chantel no. 1", figure line drawing of nude female standing
By Mel Reese
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ink drawing of female nude standing and leaning against a wall.
This is 1 of 2 drawings of Chantel
Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Sydney no. 1", figure line drawing of nude female sitting
By Mel Reese
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ink drawing of female nude sitting in a chair.
This is a drawing of Sydney I created during a
Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Laurel no. 2", figure line drawing rear view of nude female lounging
By Mel Reese
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ink drawing rear view of a female nude lounging with her legs spread.
This is 1 of 3 drawings of
Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Antique Framed Nude Male Figure, Graphite on Paper, Signed Sfb
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique graphite sketch of a male nude figure, signed Sfb.
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Laurel no. 3", figure line drawing of nude female lounging with her plants
By Mel Reese
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ink drawing of a female nude lounging amongst her plants.
This is 1 of 3 drawings of Laurel I
Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Aarron no. 2", figure line drawing of nude male sitting holding an object
By Mel Reese
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ink drawing of male nude sitting while holding an object because it's fun.
This is 1 of 2 drawings
Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Sarah no. 2", figure line drawing of nude female lounging with socks on
By Mel Reese
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ink drawing of a female nude lounging with her socks on because her feet were chilly during the
Category
2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Colorful Abstracted Nude Figure 1970
s Pastel
By Jack Freeman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1970's pastel on paper abstracted nude figure is by San Francisco painter Jack Freeman (1938
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Colorful Seated Nude Figure 20th Century Pastel
By Jack Freeman
Located in San Francisco, CA
(1938-2014). Freeman studied at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, landscape and figure drawing with
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Standing Nude Figure in Pastel, 20th Century
By Seymour Tubis
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mid to late 20th century pastel on paper nude drawing is by Santa Fe artist Seymour Tubis
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Draped Nude Figure in Graphite, 1960-1961
By Hugh Wiley
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1960-1961 graphite on paper figure is by Northern California artist Hugh Wiley (1922-2013
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Figure Holding Drapery" Modernist Interior with Nude, 1952
By Forrest Hibbits
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1952 tempera on paper board shadowy nude entitled "Figure Holding Drapery" is by California
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Illustration Board
Abstracted Nude Figure Study 1995 Ink Wash and Colored Pencil
By Rip Matteson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1995 ink wash and colored pencil on paper nude figure study is by Oakland artist Rip Matteson
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Monochromatic Nude in Shadow, Ink on Paper Figure, 20th Century
By Jack Freeman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Freeman (1938-2014). Freeman studied at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, landscape and figure drawing
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
War On Terror, Collage, Drawing, Nude, Text, Human Figure, Signed, Framed
By Sarah Maple
Located in New York, NY
UNIQUE Collage, mounted on yellow plexiglass, 16" x 11 3/4" on 16 x 20in Plexi.
Sarah Maple graduated with BA in Fine Art from Kingston University London in 2007 and in the same yea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Plexiglass
Untitled (Figure Drawing)
By Jacob Kainen
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower right: "Kainen".
Category
1960s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Expressionist Female Figure in Ink, Mid 20th Century
By Richard Van Wingerden
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mid 20th century watercolor on paper Expressionist figure drawing is by Dutch-Californian
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Monochromatic Expressionist Figure in Ink, Mid 20th Century
By Richard Van Wingerden
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mid 20th century watercolor on paper Expressionist figure is by Dutch-Californian
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Contemporary Modern Framed Charcoal Drawing Signed Drewe Nude Figure Drawing
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a lovely, framed, original charcoal drawing, of two seated nudes, signed
Category
Late 20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Drinking Orchids (2022), figurative, woman, nude, figure drawing, rice paper
By Rebecca Johnson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
, pink, yellow color palette
Female figure with orchids, sun, flowers, garden
Nude portrait, bust figure
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Rice Paper, Pigment
Spring Awakening (2022), figurative, woman, nude, figure drawing, pastel sketch
By Rebecca Johnson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
forms
Nude portrait, afro, bust, abstract mark making; figure drawing, contour line drawing, model
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Rice Paper, Pigment
Wax Poetic (2022), figurative, woman, afro, nude, figure drawing, sketch, sun
By Rebecca Johnson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
, feminine, sun, orchids, contour, line drawing, figure drawing, sketch
"Wax Poetic" by Rebecca N. Johnson
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Rice Paper
Pose Three Study II - Black, White and Red Nude Figure Drawing in Pen and Ink
By Katherine Filice
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Pose Three Study II," is a black and white, pen and ink drawing by award winning artist, Katherine
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Untitled (7) Figural Expressionist Nude Charcoal Drawing
By Steven Harvey
Located in Surfside, FL
: 27 1/4" x 20 1/4"
without frame 15.25" X22.75"
EDUCATION
New York Studio School of Painting , Drawing
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Nude Female Figure Black and White Pencil Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Nude female figure drawing using a pencil. The piece is framed in a black frame with a plum-colored
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Nude Figure
By M. Lambert
Located in Houston, TX
Pencil drawing of view of nude male statue with bronze casting to leg by French artist M. Lambert
Category
1930s Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
17th century Italian figure drawing - Male Nude - Pencil paper Italy
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (17th century) - Male nude.
34 x 24 cm without frame, 42 x 32 cm with frame
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Nude, " Black
White Charcoal Figure Drawing Portrait signed by Estherly Allen
By Estherly Allen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Nude" is a charcoal figure drawing by Estherly Allen. The artist signed the piece. It depicts a
Category
1970s Neo-Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Framed 1977 Pastel - Nude Figure
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a double card mount and contemporary wood frame. ;Signed 'B' and dated. On wove.
Category
20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Abstract Pen Contour Line Drawing of a Nude Figure Hunched Over Reading a Book
By Gertrude Barnstone
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract pen contour line drawing of a nude figure hunched over reading a book. The piece is
Category
1960s Abstract Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Nude Figure in Pencil and Ink
Located in Houston, TX
Mesmerizing pencil and ink drawing of nude figure, circa 1920.
Original artwork on paper displayed
Category
1920s Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Signed Nude Figure Charcoal on Paper
Located in Astoria, NY
Contemporary School, Nude Figure, Charcoal on Paper, signed "Agorr" lower right, ebonized wood
Category
20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Abstract Figure Study of a Nude Woman Oil Painting
By Jamie Marin-Price
Located in Surfside, FL
: "Les Fentres Qui Parle", Roubaix, France
2002 : "Drawings" Marin-Price Galleries, Washington, D.C., USA
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Abstract Figure Study of a Nude Woman Oil Painting
By Jamie Marin-Price
Located in Surfside, FL
: "Les Fentres Qui Parle", Roubaix, France
2002 : "Drawings" Marin-Price Galleries, Washington, D.C., USA
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Abstract Figure Study of a Nude Woman Oil Painting
By Jamie Marin-Price
Located in Surfside, FL
: "Les Fentres Qui Parle", Roubaix, France
2002 : "Drawings" Marin-Price Galleries, Washington, D.C., USA
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Abstract Figure Study of a Nude Woman Ink Watercolor Painting
By Jamie Marin-Price
Located in Surfside, FL
: "Les Fentres Qui Parle", Roubaix, France
2002 : "Drawings" Marin-Price Galleries, Washington, D.C., USA
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Abstract Figure Study of a Nude Woman Ink Watercolor Painting
By Jamie Marin-Price
Located in Surfside, FL
: "Les Fentres Qui Parle", Roubaix, France
2002 : "Drawings" Marin-Price Galleries, Washington, D.C., USA
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Sydney H. Shepherd (1909-1993) - Framed Charcoal Drawing, Female Figure Study
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower left. Presented in a fine black and gilt frame with a crisp white mount. On paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Clarissa Impatient - Watercolor, Nude Figure in Coastal Landscape by W R Flint
By William Russell Flint
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
painting depicts a young woman - Clarissa - standing semi-nude and barefoot in the wet sand on the beach
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Figure" 1992
By John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
JOHN EMANUEL [b.1930] ‘Figure’, 1992, ink [monotype], signed [rev.], 12 x 8 cm [framed]. Provenance
Figure Study
Located in London, GB
John R. Grabach, (American 1886-1981), Figure Study, Charcoal on paper, signed (centre), 75cm x
Category
1950s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Untitled Figure (No. Forty-Two)
By Adam Markovic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
drawing into a sort of dance, where my body movement mimics that of the figure. I become physically
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal
Ewart Johns (1923-2013) - 1990 Watercolour, Seated Figure, Greens
Reds
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a card mount and simple wood frame. Signed and dated. On paper.
Category
20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Selection of Figural Nude Drawings or Gallery Wall
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of figural nude drawings, circa 1930s-1950s. Perfect to start or add to your gallery wall
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
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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.
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