Artists working in drawing
Alberto Giacometti said that “drawing is the basis of everything" – and indeed, when it comes to art, drawing is a key starting point: for painting, for learning how to represent the world, even for sculpture in order to understand how forms fit together…
For a long time, drawing was not considered an art form in its own right. Instead it was simply part of an artist's training or the preparatory stages for creating a final artwork. Over time, drawing has gradually showed itself to be an complex and diverse discipline that is worthy of attention.
Artists and theorists specialised in drawing focussed on this practice to redefine it and expand its scope. What was before mostly referred to with the prefix “preparatory" took on a variety of forms and clearly demonstrated that the medium should be considered as an important part of the visuals arts.
Drawing has always been a part of the history of art, from the very first instance of visual art in prehistoric caves to the 21st century. It has continued to evolve depending on the time period and place, just like painting and sculpture. However, it was in the 19th century, when drawing began to be recognised as a medium in its own right that it became even more diverse.
Drawing forms the basis of many artistic practices, including designers, architects, stylists, graphic artists, and illustrators, but above all, it is also a real means of artistic expression in the same way as other forms of visual arts.
Visual artists were able to raise it to the rank of an artistic discipline by exploring new and varied drawing techniques and by using different media.
Whether done with Indian ink, gouache, watercolour, pen, pencil, marker pen or charcoal, drawing is, like any other artistic practice, subject to standards and classified according to a number of artistic movement. Drawings can be described as abstract, figurative, graphic, geometrical, and hyper-realistic.
On Artsper, you'll find artists specialised in drawing who work in a wide range of styles and embody the diversity that is present in contemporary drawing: you'll discover Mario Kolaric's minimalist works, Izumi Kato's intriguing portraits, Eduardo Arroyo's sketches, or Ernest Pignon-Ernest's street art style…
Discover the styles & movements
Georges Laporte
La Sainte-Victoire
Georges Laporte
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 32 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.6 inch
$561
Au-delà des mers
Georges Laporte
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 23 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 9.1 inch
$393
La cabane gardiane
Georges Laporte
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 9.4 inch
$393
Les pins parasols
Georges Laporte
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 9.4 inch
$393
Melinda Infante
Grises @melindainfantes infante.ch
Melinda Infante
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,010
Ivan Peev
Nils-Udo
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Tropical Landscape
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Fine Art Drawings - 26.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.4 x 14 x 0 inch
$673
Sunset in Mountain
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Painting - 25.5 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 10 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$505
During the War
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 42.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 16.7 x 0 inch
$561
Mountains
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 13.8 x 0 inch
$651
Flower Vase
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 19 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 7.5 x 0 inch
$224
Landscape
Jean-Raymond Delpech
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 27.2 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 10.7 x 0.1 inch
$314
Notte
World 3.0 n°4
Notte
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,683
Jacques Villon
Sans Titre
Jacques Villon
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 21.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 8.5 x 0 inch
$5,049
Les Joueurs des Cartes (The Card Players)
Jacques Villon
Print - 47 x 58.4 cm Print - 18.5 x 23 inch
$9,500
Sans titre (Un poème dans chaque livre Paul Eluard) Ref BDNW3059
Jacques Villon
Print - 41 x 28 cm Print - 16.1 x 11 inch
$1,683
La Chasse au Tigre (Ginestet-Pouillon 641)
Jacques Villon
Print - 36.8 x 48.3 cm Print - 14.5 x 19 inch
$5,000
Henri Fehr
Etude de "La bataille de Näfels"
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 44 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 17.3 x 0.1 inch
$632
Portrait de jeune fille
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 27 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,034
Danceuse
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 18.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 7.3 x 0 inch
$575
Étude d'homme au chapeau
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 59 x 40 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.2 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$804
Jeune femme
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 22 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$690
Attablée au bar
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$690
Nature morte au vase de roses et jeu de cartes
Henri Fehr
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$954
Adriana Carambia
De la série Los escritos
Adriana Carambia
Painting - 140 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,805
Ed Ruscha
Two jumping fishes
Ed Ruscha
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 100 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$8,751 $7,876
René Gruau
Chat sur un fauteuil
René Gruau
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 49 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 19.3 inch
$841
Etude de femme au béret
René Gruau
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 37 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 14.6 inch
Sold
František Kupka
Composition with Triangles
František Kupka
Painting - 14.5 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 5.7 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$173,894
The Woman
František Kupka
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$16,828
Composition
František Kupka
Fine Art Drawings - 20.4 x 15.2 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 6 x 0.4 inch
$95,361
A Study for the “Tale of Pistils and Stamens”
František Kupka
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 20.8 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.4 inch
$32,199
Portrait of a Woman
František Kupka
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 34.5 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 13.6 x 0.4 inch
$129,018
Orphic composition
František Kupka
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 20 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 7.9 inch
Sold
Black Geometrical Composition
František Kupka
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 6.7 x 0 inch
Sold