Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
"Obscured Text V, " Mixed Media Kite, 2019
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Muslin, Silk, Wood, Watercolor, Rice Paper
Emotional color chart 092 (Abstract Painting)
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Emotional color chart 092 (Abstract Painting)
Pencil and acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed.
This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is in...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Composition No.236
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic ink on Italian archival paper - artwork can be shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Ink, Archival Paper
Dinosaur Me & Baby
By Erez Yardeni
Located in London, GB
'Dinosaur Me & Baby' abstract composition, mixed media on soft board, Japanese ink, oil, pencil and gouache by Erez Yardeni (2018). The scribblings of a c...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Oil, Gouache, Board, Pencil
Octave (Abstract drawing)
By Kim Uchiyama
Located in London, GB
Octave (Abstract drawing)
Watercolour on Arches paper - Unframed
Uchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. She often develops as many as eight compositions at one time, movi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
11.7 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
Located in London, GB
11.7 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Casein and ink on paper - Unframed
Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and t...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Casein
016 Nr. 2, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
016 Nr. 2, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper, mounted on paper - Unframed.
Image's size: 20.8cm/12.6cm/8 x 5 inches.
Daniel Gottin's interest and concept are to examine th...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled (ID 1276) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (ID 1276) (Abstract Painting)
Oil and pastel on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonie...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Paper, Pastel
Untitled (ID 1290) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (ID 1290) (Abstract Painting)
Pastel and acrylic on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harm...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
Cut-Up Paper I.26 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Cut-Up Paper I.26 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
Pedersen works with acrylic paint.
When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often r...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Cut-Up Paper I.15 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Cut-Up Paper I.15 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
Pedersen works with acrylic paint.
When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often r...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'Pointillist Abstract', Paris, Étretat, New York, Whitney Museum, MoMA, PAFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Manfred Schwartz (American, 1909-1970) and painted circa 1960.
Paper dimensions: 15 x 19.75 inches.
Born in Lodz, Poland, Manfred Schwartz immigrated to Am...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pen
Mystery - abstract painting, made in black, grey, green color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink and alcoholic ink in black, grey and green color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a styrene...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, India Ink
Pink dreams II - abstraction art, made in gray, pink, fuchsia color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work is made with alcoholic ink in pink, grey - blue color on Yupo paper.
It is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold) with styrene face on a double m...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled 13 - Abstract Gouache on Paper
Located in Paris, FR
"Untitled 13" is a gouache on paper by contemporary Russian artist Dmitry Samygin.
Minimalist and geometric drawings.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Survey 2 (Abstract Drawing)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Survey 2 (Abstract Drawing)
Acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
This work is part of an ongoing series started in 2012 and titled Survey.
McGlynn is interested in how a minimall...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 1 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed
Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic un...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled 10 - Abstract Watercolor on Paper
Located in Paris, FR
"Untitled 10" is a watercolor on paper by contemporary Russian artist Dmitry Samygin.
Minimalist and geometric drawings.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Not yet 004 (Abstract Painting)
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Not yet 004 (Abstract Painting)
Pencil and acrylic on Canson-Montval paper - Unframed
This artwork conveys a color and emotional language and is inspired by the series Color as Adj...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Covers 13-Red Yellow A (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Red Yellow A (Abstract Painting)
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She us...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Covers 13-Red Yellow (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Red Yellow (Abstract Painting)
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She uses...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled 12 - Abstract Gouache on Paper
Located in Paris, FR
"Untitled 12" is a gouache on paper by contemporary Russian artist Dmitry Samygin.
Minimalist and geometric drawings.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Swing (Abstract drawing)
By Kim Uchiyama
Located in London, GB
Swing (Abstract drawing)
on Arches paper - Unframed
Uchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. She often develops as many as eight compositions at one time, moving on to the...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Balance (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Balance (Abstract painting)
Ink, oil pastel and charcoal on paper - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Adrienn Krahl’s paintings express a profound sense of drama and emoti...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Ink
Untitled (Ref 19016) (Abstract Painting)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Untitled (Ref 19016) (Abstract Painting)
Ink on paper - Unframed.
Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings deli...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cut-Up Paper 2005 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Cut-Up Paper 2005 (Abstract Drawing)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
Pedersen works with acrylic paint.
When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often r...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 2012 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2012 (Abstract Painting)
Ink and acrylic on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Ink
Maelstrom Series 68 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Maelstrom Series 68 (Abstract drawing)
Pigment pencil on Mylar. Unframed.
The Maelstrom Series include the most iconic and known of Peerna's works.
Starting from the center on a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Color Pencil
4.4 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
Located in London, GB
4.4 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Gouache on paper - Unframed.
Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and the anim...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Weeds (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Weeds (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed.
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic world...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Hangar (Ref 20194) (Abstract painting)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Hangar (Ref 20194) (Abstract painting)
Ink on paper - Unframed.
Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediums...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Composition - Colored Pencils by Badino - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original colored pencils realized by Badino in 1970s.
Good condition.
Hand-signed by the artist and dated on the lower right corner.
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Autumn leaf fall - abstract painting, made in orange, green, broun color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The diptych is made with alcoholic ink in orange, green, brown turquoise color on Yupo paper.
Each work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (black) with a s...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Patina, " Mixed Media Kite, 2021
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Muslin, Wood, Watercolor, Rice Paper, Mixed Media
Survey 4 (Abstract painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Survey 4 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
This work is part of an ongoing series started in 2012 and titled Survey.
McGlynn is interested in how a minimal...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"NGC-3201, " Acrylic on Canvas, 2019
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how reality is mediated by digital image.
Entitled "NGC-3201," this vibrant drawing offers a representation of the globular cluster NGC-3201. Using an image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
Cut Space (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Cut Space (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Screech of ice series 41 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Screech of ice series 41 (Abstract drawing)
Colored pencil and graphite on plastic paper. Unframed.
Screech of Ice is a new series of drawings made by holding a bunch of pencils in...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Color Trac #26 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Color Trac #26 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, impasto compositi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Gilded: abstract expressionist blue & white painting/drawing on paper, framed
By Paula Cahill
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Free shipping with code ART2021SHIP through December! This is an abstract framed work on paper with blue and white gestural, expressive lines. The work itself measures 10" x 13" and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
P1.14 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
P1.14 (Abstract Painting)
Gouache on Japanese paper. Unframed.
This gouache paint on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements of found colored papers ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled 8 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 8 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and oil on paper. Unframed.
Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Portrait of Aiko
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Seiichi Hara (Japanese). Portrait of Aiko, 1972. Pencil, gouache on paper. Sheet measures 16 x 20 inches. Signed lower right and en verso. Custom frame of hardwood with welded steel ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
Cut-Up Paper I.27 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Cut-Up Paper I.27 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
Pedersen works with acrylic paint.
When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often r...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled Quarantine #1 (Abstract Painting)
By Irene Nelson
Located in London, GB
Untitled Quarantine #1 (Abstract Painting)
Watercolour and ink on paper - Unframed.
This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt.
The works of San Francisco Bay Area-based abstract paint...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Guna TT (Abstract painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Guna TT (Abstract painting)
Encaustic on Shikoku paper - Unframed.
The title, Guna, is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘string, thread or strand’ and was inspired by Adams yoga practice.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
Stem in Black #1 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Stem in Black #1 (Abstract painting)
Charcoal & Oil stick on paper - Unframed.
Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, im...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
M272 (Abstract new media)
By Jesús Perea
Located in London, GB
M272 (Abstract new media)
Digital creation, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag de 308 gr - Unframed.
Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Digital
Untitled 9 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 9 (Abstract painting)
Pigment, silica medium and gouache on paper - Unframed.
Marcy Rosenblat describes herself as having an affinity for process art, a method of art maki...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pigment
Nodus (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Nodus (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, ink, oil pastel and graphite on polypropylene paper - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Adrienn Krahl’s paintings express a profound sens...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
Adjacent 2 (Abstract drawing)
By Xanda McCagg
Located in London, GB
Adjacent 2 (Abstract drawing)
Pencil and paint stick on paper. Unframed.
This work on paper is about Minimalism and exploring minimalist ideas of small moments where one thing has ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Paper, Pencil
French Abstract Contemporary Art by Daniel Cayo - Untitled No.21
By Daniel Cayo
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, framed
18 x 24 cm - 30 x 40 cm with white mat passe-partout
Unique copy
Signed on the front
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Color stacks plural 4 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Color stacks plural 4 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary st...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ice blossoms (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Ice blossoms (Abstract Painting)
Oil on paper - Unframed
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Unfurling (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Unfurling (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed.
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Pink dreams - abstraction art, made in gray, pink, fuchsia color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work is made with alcoholic ink in pink, grey - blue color on Yupo paper.
It is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold) with styrene face on a double m...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Red Swash (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Red Swash (Abstract painting)
Oil on gessoed Arches paper. Unframed.
For Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks....
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Untitled 753 (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 753 (Abstract work on paper)
Watercolour on paper - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
French abstract artist Jérémie Iordanoff blends the visual languages of Weste...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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