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Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', 2004 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on thick board
unframed: 8 x 8 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Tingel-tangel II - XXI Century, Ink drawing, Abstraction, Black & white
By Leszek Rózga
Located in Warsaw, PL
LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015)
He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska private atelier in 1945-46. In 1948, he began studies at the art school in Łódź (...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Landscape B/W" Minimalist Art on Paper - Drawing Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape BW
Mineral Oxide on Paper ( Canson Paper 300gr)
30x40 cm
2024
one of a kind
the painting can be shipped with the frame ready to hang,
or on a rigid support with passparto...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 10.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 12.75 x 10 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1935 tonal, watercolor of a steel mill by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 8 3/4" x 11 3/4". Archivally matted to 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Harold E...
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1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$585 Sale Price
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Pencil Drawing Bold Lines
By Hugo Esteban
Located in Houston, TX
Bold lines abstract pencil drawing by Spanish artist Hugo Esteban, circa 1960. Signed lower left.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 10.75 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good and impressive
provenance: all th...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
"DANGER!", Blue, Red, and White Abstract Acrylic Paint and Collage on Canvas
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This blue, red, and white wall-hanging artwork titled "DANGER!" is an original artwork by Jim Houser made of acrylic and collage on canvas. This piece measures 10"h x 10"w.
Jim Hous...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Rinzen. Abstract Mixed media painting on handmade Washi paper.
By On Hansen
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Traces of lived experiences appear in On Hansen's works, exploring the possibilities of formal abstraction and seeking an organic experience between space an...
Category
2010s Minimalist Paintings
Materials
Organic Material, Ink, Handmade Paper, Wax, Oil, Washi Paper
universe 01
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
In this work, I have used acrylic and enamel to capture the vast and mysterious beauty of the universe. Abstract swirls and galaxies represent constant evolution and cosmic dynamism....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
$942 Sale Price
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Cote D'Azur- abstraction art, made in pale pink, turquoise color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The triptych is made with alcoholic ink in pale pink, turquoise color on Yupo paper.
Each work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a s...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
$960 Sale Price
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"Red splendor"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover,
I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to the scenes of everyday life.
This painting is called "Re...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
"Happiness" - Figurative work on paper with dancers and text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Lemons"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to a summer period.
This artwork is done with oil paints on a heavy weight ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
In not so many words V : abstract work of art on paper
Located in New York, NY
Abstract work of art on paper by Iliyan Ivanov.
The artwork belongs to the series "In Not So Many Words," which consists of 12 acrylic on paper pieces created in 2022-23. All the wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 600, Teal Blue, Olive Green, Indigo Patterns, Abstract Landscape
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes and delicate lines in indigo, bright blue and olive green complement a teal grayish blue background. Signed on verso.
Exploring a world ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Iguazu-made in orange, yellow, red, blue, pink, green
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in orange, yellow, red, blue, pink and green color on Yupo paper. The work is 20 by 26 inches in size, framed in fine-qu...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
$960 Sale Price
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Untitled Geometric Abstraction (unique two sided acrylic and pencil drawing)
By James Rosati
Located in New York, NY
James Rosati
Untitled Geometric Abstraction, 1982
Two-sided Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Paper drawing
Hand signed and dated on lower right front
14 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches
This is a un...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Mixed Media
Choosing a Lane (Abstract, Biogram, Vibrant, Heart, Valve, 40% OFF LIMITED TIME)
By Kory Twaddle
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kory Twaddle
Choosing a Lane
California Driving Series # 7
Pastel, Pencil, Mixed Media on Paper
Year: 2020
Size: 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
Signed, titled and dated in (colored...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Unique drawing Geometric Abstraction on franked card conceptual art, hand signed
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Sol LeWitt
Unique Geometric Abstraction on Postcard, 1982
Original drawing done on postcard from the Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam), mailed, stamped and postmarked (franked) from Spolet...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Postcard, Mixed Media, Offset
"TORRENTS", Red and White Abstract Acrylic Painting
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This red and white abstract wall-hanging artwork titled "TORRENTS" is an original artwork by Jim Houser made of acrylic on panel. This piece mea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Panel
Yellow Landscape, Original Art on Paper , One of a kind-large size
Located in Agrigento, AG
Yellow Landscape
Original Art on Fabriano Rosaspina Paper
50x70 cm
2023
The use of natural materials such as mineral oxide powder connects the work to a dimension of respect for the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pigment
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Untitled', c. 1990's by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm, acrylic on paper
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm
The work is sold without a frame and mat
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$375 Sale Price
25% Off
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 10.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
"Undertow", Abstract, Botanical, Turquoise Blue, Watercolor Painting
Located in Franklin, MA
In "Undertow" by Sarah Alexander, vibrant turquoises and blues meander throughout this 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch abstract botanical watercolor on canvas. T...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor
Series "Composition", 50 x 35 cm, acrylic on paper
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
Series "Composition", 50 x 35 cm, acrylic on paper
The work is sold without a frame and mat
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$375 Sale Price
25% Off
Untitled - 21st Century, Black, Monochrome, Abstract Drawing, Organic, Tactile
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled, 2016
Black glue on paper (Signed on reverse)
78 7/10 H × 59 1/10 W in
200 H × 150 W cm
Berszán depicts in his works the primary turmoil where the violence of the unbinding...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Glue
Untitled 604, Light Blue, Hunter Green, Indigo Patterns, Abstract Landscape
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes in indigo, light blue and dark hunter green and delicate lines in bright colors complement a teal grayish blue background. Signed on vers...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
A 1940s, Modern Abstract Surrealist Drawing by Hananiah Harari, "Sky Traffic"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1940s Modern Surrealist Abstract Drawing, "Sky Traffic", by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Graphite on paper, dating from 1947. Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Purple and Yellow Abstract Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract composition with soft lavender and yellow watercolor tones by Les Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned, but was acquired from the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, Cal...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled No. 15 (Abstract Black & Grey Charcoal Drawing with Mat & Black Frame)
By Ralph Stout
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract black and grey charcoal drawing on thick, high quality Arches paper
Vertical drawing, 25 x 20 inch image on 30.5 x 22.5 inch Arches paper
35 x 28.5 inches in black frame wi...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer
By Roz Jennings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original Fashion Design Illustration
by Roz Jennings, British
watercolor and ink on card, unframed
size: 11.75 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good
A beautifully colorful and characte...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 11 x 7.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Untitled Minimalist painting on paper Signed by pioneering sculptor Lyman Kipp
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp
Untitled drawing, 1993
Unique Colored Ink Drawing on paper with two deckled edges
Hand signed, inscribed and dated by the artist on lower front
26 1/4 × 20 inches
Unframed...
Category
1990s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Oil
Shape 35 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist gestural, bright chartreuse & white
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 35 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral palette. Yellow-green...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
British Impressionist Painting Punt Boat On Lake Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
original watercolour painting on board, unframed
size: 10 x 12 inches
condition: overall very good, minor wear to t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lake Tahoe Panorama, Minimal Blue Tones Cyanotype Print on Watercolor Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Lake Tahoe Panorama" shows a sequence of abstracted ripples of the calm Tahoe waters.
Details:
+ Title: Lake Tahoe Panor...
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2010s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph, Rag Paper
Black White Abstraction 011 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2019
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 011 (2019)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper.
Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Pencil Tapestry with Text no. 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Pencil Tapestry with Text no. 2' is a prismacolor pencil, graphite on paper, meditative, methodical, zen like calm drawing by Gloria Matuszewski with text from the Bhagavad Gita wri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and W...
Materials
Color Pencil, Graphite
Untitled 2002
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuition. H...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
British Impressionist Painting Fishermen With Their Nets Out
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
Signed original watercolour painting on board, unframed
size: 10.5 x 14 inches
condition: overall very good, minor w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Original The Weaver Diptych-Tartan inspired-British Awarded Artist-oil on paper
Located in London, GB
"The Weaver" Series inviting viewers into a world where memory and present interweaving in a mesmerizing display of visual creativity.
- An Artist Proof's of only Three is offered as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Black White Abstraction 009 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2019
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 009 (2019)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper.
Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract Flowers Painting Blue Red Yellow Purple Colour by Modern British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Flowers Blue Red Yellow Purple Painting entitled 'When Sonny gets Blue' from Modern British Artist Margaret Francis, widow of famous Abstract Expressionist Artist, Sam Francis.
Margaret Francis received her Degree in Fine Art from Winchester Art...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Paint, Acrylic Polymer, Polymer, Polymer
British Impressionist Painting Man Fishing With Spear
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
signed original watercolour painting on artistic paper, unframed
size: 10.5 x 15 inches
condition: Fair, minor wear to the edges as is normal for ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Clinton Hill, Paris, Oct., 1951 (France), mid-century abstract gouache drawing
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images.
He lived in SoHo, New York, and was a frequent Gallery visitor.
Born in Idaho and raised on a working ranch, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
«Geometry of the Time Archipelago»
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting is ready to hang, the painting has no decorative frame.
«Geometry of the Time Archipelago» — a work from the "Mosaic of Time" series, exploring the fragility and antifr...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Geometric Shapes
Located in Jerusalem, IL
The idea of Ben Nicholson and his circle was to apply constructivist principles to public and private art. Especially, they were against ornaments and advocated for clean lines. Artworks were created with mathematical precision.
“Geometric shapes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Mixed Media
Materials
Gouache, C Print
Black White Abstraction 015 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 015 (2020)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper. Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Brightly Colored 1950s Textile Design by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful 1950s textile design (Black, yellow, blue, pink, red tones) by noted set and costume designer Andre Delfau.
Born in Paris, France in 1914, Andre Delfau became an internationally acclaimed stage, set and costume designer who worked world-wide from the 1930s to the 1980s. Delfau was a life long artist and painted independently of his noted design career. His artwork is recognized for it’s vibrant color and form, and a particularly keen use of line. He was highly influenced by the French Modern trends of Cubism and Surrealism, and his artwork is often infused with a dramatic sense of architecture and perspective.
Delfau created fashion designs for such major Paris couture houses as Balmain, Jean Patou and Balenciaga. He completed noteworthy set designs and costumes for numerous international operatic and ballet productions, including those at the Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Ballet of Great Britain, the Paris Opera, the Dance Theater of Harlem, the Ruth Page International Ballet, the Civic Ballet of Chicago, the Chicago Opera Ballet and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, among others. Most notably, Delfau designed the elaborate stage sets and costumes for the 1986 PBS television production of the Viennese operetta, "Die Fledermaus...
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1950s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper
British Impressionist Painting Sorrel Horse Trotting In Field By Stream
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
signed original watercolour painting on artistic paper, unframed
size: 10.5 x 15 inches
condition: Fair, minor wear to the edges as is normal for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Black-Bellied Plover #9
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Why is this bird with a clearly white breast so named? Because it's never in breeding plumage in Santa Barbara - I guess you have to go to the high Arctic to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Abstract Drawings and Wat...
Materials
Watercolor
Hesitation Blues (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Hesitation Blues, 1968. Ink on paper, sheet measures 13 x 23 inches; 14 x 18 inches in archival pH-neutral matting. Signed and dated lower right. Excellent condition with no damage or restoration.
Provenance: Sheila Ayers-Whitelaw
Exhibition History: Roland Ayers: Calligraphy of Dreams, Woodmere Art Museum, 07/10/2021 - 10/24/2021
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively.
In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery.
During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic.
A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe.
Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content.
Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
$3,000 Sale Price
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A Graphite on Paper Mural Study of a Rail Yard by Rudolph Weisenborn, ca. 1940
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on paper, untitled mural study, Cubist scene of a rail yard by important Chicago Modernist artist Rudolph Weisenborn, ca. 1940. Artwork size: 11 3/4" x 9 3/4". Archivally matted to 16" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Rudolph Weisenborn was born in Strassburg, Germany in 1881, but was orphaned at the age of nine. He was taken-in by Mid-Western farmer Thomas Westaby and spent his early years in Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota. Weisenborn first attended the University of North Dakota in 1898, then the Students School of Art in Denver. Various accounts have him working out west as a gold miner and cowboy.
Around 1912, he settled in Chicago and worked as a window designer for Marshall Field’s. Weisenborn is best known as the founder of the Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists. The group was founded because many artists could not get their work accepted into the mainstream Art Institute shows. Weisenborn is quoted as saying that he harbored feelings of disdain for any jury and that his own paintings were frequently rejected by conservative jurors. He was also involved and helped found other radical artist’s groups such as the Salon des Refuses, Cor Ardens and Neo-Arlimusic. In 1936, he helped found the New York-based American Abstract Artist’s Group. He created the only abstract mural for the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and also worked for the Federal Arts Project in the Easel Division. His WPA murals can be found in Crane Technical High School and Nettlehorst Elementary School in Chicago, IL. In 1945, Chicago businessman Herman Spertus...
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1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Red Landscape, Original Drawing on Paper , Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Red Landscape
Original Drawing
Mineral Oxide on Fabriano Paper
50x70 cm
2024
hand-made drawing
one of a kind
not reproducible
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
Framing options available
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Sunlight" - Abstracted Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright abstracted landscape by Maxine "Mickey" Spencer (American, 1927-2011). Strong blues and magentas create an abstracted scene, evoking a body of water with trees...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$460 Sale Price
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Abstract drawing n°14 by Julien Dinou - A4 size
By Julien Dinou
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame
Size A4
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
$160 Sale Price
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