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Medium: Graphite
Maeve D'Arcy "Extra Layers" Abstract Acrylic Work on Paper
By Maeve D'Arcy
Located in New York, NY
This contemporary abstract acrylic painting on paper features intricate mark-making formations in black and white. D'Arcy’s train of thought is impulsive and random, the marks are in...
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Maeve D'Arcy "Spatial Audio" Abstract Acrylic Work on Paper
By Maeve D'Arcy
Located in New York, NY
This contemporary abstract acrylic painting on paper features intricate mark-making formations in black and white. D'Arcy’s train of thought is impulsive and random, the marks are in...
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Asteraceaes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
graphite and gesso on panel
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gesso, Panel, Graphite
Untitled I, Minimalist Tempera and Graphite Drawing by Juhachiro Takada
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Juhachiro Takada, Japanese XXth
Title: Untitled I
Year: 1982
Medium: Tempera with Graphite on Paper
Size: 22 x 28 inches
Frame: 29 x 35 inches
Category
1980s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Graphite
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled 1, Op Art Drawing by William Schwedler
Located in Long Island City, NY
This abstract composition by William Schwedler includes several geometric forms and shapes that are placed alongside straight, angled lines.
Untitled 1
Artist: William Schwedler, A...
Category
1970s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
A 1950s Red, White & Blue Textile Design by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1950s bright, geometric textile design (In red, white & blue) by stage and costume designer Andre Delfau.
Born in Paris, France in 1914, Andre Delf...
Category
1950s American Modern Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper
Maeve D'Arcy "April Pink Moon" Abstract Acrylic Work on Paper
By Maeve D'Arcy
Located in New York, NY
This contemporary abstract acrylic painting on paper features intricate mark-making formations in black and white. D'Arcy’s train of thought is impulsive and random, the marks are in...
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Maeve D'Arcy "Serve Immediately" Abstract Acrylic Work on Paper
By Maeve D'Arcy
Located in New York, NY
This contemporary abstract acrylic painting on paper features intricate mark-making formations in black and white. D'Arcy’s train of thought is impulsive and random, the marks are in...
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Untitled 2, Drawing by William Schwedler
Located in Long Island City, NY
This abstract composition by William Schwedler includes several geometric forms and shapes that are placed alongside straight, angled lines.
Untitled 2
Artist: William Schwedler, A...
Category
1970s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Screech of ice series 43 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
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 two hands and letting them to do the control...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Storm Horizontal 82 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Storm Horizontal 82 (Abstract drawing)
Graphite and color pencil on Mylar. Unframed.
So many different storms, so hard to capture.
Beginning in the wake of hurricanes Irene and S...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Color Pencil, Graphite
A Cheerful 1950s Textile Design by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful textile design in orange, blue, red and yellow tones depicting an abstract polychrome Wedge Star pattern by set and costume designer Andre ...
Category
1950s American Modern Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper
$385 Sale Price
54% Off
Prospectus 1 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Prospectus 1 (Abstract Drawing)
Graphite on paper, Unframed.
Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such as graphit...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Storm Horizontal 82 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Storm Horizontal 82 (Abstract drawing)
Graphite and color pencil on Mylar. Unframed.
So many different storms, so hard to capture.
Beginning in the wake of hurricanes Irene and S...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Color Pencil, Graphite
Lux on the 5th (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Lux on the 5th (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, charcoal and graphite on paper - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Adrienn Krahl’s paintings expre...
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic, Graphite
Screech of ice series 42 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Screech of ice series 42 (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 Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
A Captivating 1950s Textile Design by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating 1950s textile design in black and brown ochre tones with wedge star pattern by noted set and costume designer Andre Delfau.
Born in Par...
Category
1950s American Modern Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper
Prospectus 1
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, Unframed.
Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such as graphite, charcoal, paint on traditional...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Hai (Abba) (Hebrew translation: Hey Father)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hai (Abba) (Hebrew translation: Hey Father)
Signed in ink lower left by the artist’s widow “AL” (Adele Lozowick)
Original label from early exhibition verso at The Art Corner
Graphit...
Category
1960s American Modern Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
The Sound of Birds is a Screech With Pain
Located in Bozeman, MT
Humberto Ramirez was born in Guadalajara, México, 1982. Lives and works in Guadalajara. His recent work explores human behavior from primitive perspective...
Category
2010s Minimalist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
German Neo Expressionist Graphite Drawing Erwin Pfrang Nolan Eckman Gallery NYC
Located in Surfside, FL
Erwin Pfrang, German (b. 1951)
Graphite on paper
Partner Exchange (2001)
Framed 21 X 14.5 sheet 13.75 X 7.25
Erwin Pfrang (born 1951, in Munich) is a German painter and printmaker.
Pfrang studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1974–79. Later he spent many years as an independent artist in Montepulciano, Val d’Orcia and Catania, Italy, interrupted by stays in Munich and Augsburg. He presently lives and works in Berlin. Erwin Pfrang is the grandson of the Munich folk comedian Konstantin Pfrang.
Carla Schulz-Hoffmann makes an attempt at characterising the painter: “An artist such as Erwin Pfrang inhabits an alternative world, a tiny microcosm of subjectivity, and lives that life uncompromisingly, with all the limitations and hardships that it entails. Among twentieth-century artists a comparable stance can be encountered perhaps in Jean Fautrier, but certainly in Otto Wols. His oeuvre relates in its figuration to Bosch or James Ensor and his oil painting to Lucian Freud in its painterly quality. Erwin Pfrang is represented by gallerists Fred Jahn, Munich (Exhibition: Don’t Forget Your Mask: Don’t (Part I: Don’t Forget Your Mask), Forget (Part II: Don’t Forget Your Mask), Your Mask (Part III: Don’t Forget Your Mask)Artists: Imi Knoebel, Barry Le Va, Karel Appel, Alexi Tsioris, William N. Copley, Isa Genzken...
Category
Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Chthonic. Contemporary Ink and Graphite Drawing
Located in Brecon, Powys
Chthonic is derived from Ancient Greek and concerns the underworld and this painting by Wayne Summers shows a contemporary depiction of something decidedly other worldly. This is a p...
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
Käepigistus Delf 7, Handshake Series
By Juri Koll
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Watercolor & Graphite on Canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Graphite
$384 Sale Price
20% Off
Käepigistus Teal 1, Handshake Series
By Juri Koll
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Watercolor & Graphite on Canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Watercolor, Graphite
$288 Sale Price
20% Off
Minimal, black and white, graphite drawing: 'FIND'
By Judi Tavill
Located in New York, NY
“My biomorphic abstractions range from intimate to immersive in scale, referencing our interconnectedness.
Building curvilinear ceramic sculpture and then drawing intertwined graph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Untitled
By Jack Tworkov
Located in New York, NY
Jack Tworkov
'Untitled,' 1974
Graphite and colored pencil
14 x 16.75 inches (image)
20 x 23 inches (sheet)
21 x 24 inches (frame)
Signed
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Graphite
$13,000
Sistema Exobioletal (Exobiolethal System)
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original drawing. Humberto Ramirez was born in Guadalajara, México, 1982. Lives and works in Guadalajara. His recent work explores human behavior from primitive perspective...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Crying Words
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
On paper, acrylic paint and marking implements; graphite and Art Graf, a water-soluble kinetic media in tailor’s squares that easily fits into the hand to use the edges or the flat s...
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tissue Paper, Graphite
Seamed
Located in Columbia, MO
JENNIFER VIVIANO
Seamed
2018
Chalk pastel and graphite on paper
8 x 22 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Graphite
Profil Orange
Located in CANNES, FR
Paco Rabanne ( 1934 -2023 )
" Profil Orange "
41 X 31 cm
49 X 39 cm framed .
colored pencil , Gouache, felt-tip pen
and graphite on paper .
signed and dated 1990.
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen, Color Pencil, Graphite
Rimandati (Postponed to Exams) - Original Drawing - 2009
Located in Roma, IT
Rimandati is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2009.
Mixed media on paper: graphite, acrylic, spray, pencils.
Hand signed by the artist.
Title, date, techi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pencil, Graphite
Untitled - Mixed Media Drawing - 2009
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in 2009.
Mixed media on paper: graphite, acrylic, spray, pencils.
Hand signed by the artist.
Title, date, techiniqu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pencil, Graphite
Untitled
By Wes Mills
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Graphite on paper
Signed by the artist lower right.
Framed - 14 1/4" x 14 1/4" Artwork - 6 1/2" x 6 3/4"
Category
1990s Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$3,200
Black Sky (The Cave Series), 4
Located in New York, NY
Black Sky (The Cave Series), 4
graphite on paper
77 x 112 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Minimal, black and white, graphite drawing: 'Torque'
By Judi Tavill
Located in New York, NY
“My biomorphic abstractions range from intimate to immersive in scale, referencing our interconnectedness.
Building curvilinear ceramic sculpture and then drawing intertwined graph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Audrey Stone, #64 Hot Spot, 2011, Thread, Rag Paper, Graphite
By Audrey Stone
Located in Darien, CT
Being nearsighted from a young age, Audrey Stone is drawn to seeing things up close; her work entails detail in the making and her desire for visual intimacy. How craft and art are d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Thread, Rag Paper, Graphite
Minimal, black and white, graphite drawing: 'Expanse'
By Judi Tavill
Located in New York, NY
“My biomorphic abstractions range from intimate to immersive in scale, referencing our interconnectedness.
Building curvilinear ceramic sculpture and then drawing intertwined graph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Minimal, black and white, graphite drawing: 'PICK'
By Judi Tavill
Located in New York, NY
“My biomorphic abstractions range from intimate to immersive in scale, referencing our interconnectedness.
Building curvilinear ceramic sculpture and then drawing intertwined graph...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Spacial Balance Series, " Original Watercolor & Pencil Works by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spacial Balance" is a series of four works by David Barnett in watercolor and pencil, all signed "David Barnett '68." Each is a different experiment in line, color, and balance.
Sp...
Category
1960s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Tilde, Original Abstract Drawing
Located in Boston, MA
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Tilde
8.0 x 5.0 x 0.1, 3.0 lbs
Graphite on paper
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"Tilde - is from a series of graphite works depicting forms cast in iron. The sculpture rests in a field, wallowing in peace and serenity. This is one of many conceptual studies for art in public places. As a sculptor I love to draw. Drawing can sometimes be like stone carving. I lay down a block of graphite then using a eraser like a chisel to carve away to reveal the form."
About the Artist:
The early work of de Musée...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Black Sky (The Cave Series), 2
Located in New York, NY
Black Sky (The Cave Series), 2, 2015
graphite on paper
77 x 112 cm
Category
Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Mug and Bottle in Colored Pencil, Graphite, Pastel & Watercolor on Paper, 2021
Located in Orange, CA
Mug and Bottle, 2021
Additional information:
Medium: Colored pencil, gouache, graphite, pastel, and watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 26 1/8 in
Todd Hebert (b. 1972 in Valle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Color Pencil, Paper, Pastel, Watercolor, Graphite
Snowman (White) Painting in Acrylic Gouachem, Watercolor on Paper, 2020
Located in Orange, CA
Snowman (White), 2020
Additional information:
Medium: Acrylic gouachem graphite, and watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 9 x 11 1/2 in
Todd Hebert (b. 1972 in Valley City, ND)
North D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Bottle (Dark Green) Painting in Acrylic, Graphite & Watercolor on Paper, 2022
Located in Orange, CA
Bottle (Dark Green), 2022
Additional information:
Medium: Acrylic, gouache, graphite, and watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in
Todd Hebert (b. 1972 in Valley City, ND)...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Papaver
Located in Phoenix, AZ
graphite and gesso on panel
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gesso, Panel, Graphite
Ecliptic 3"=1' abstract gold leaf pastel
Located in Palm Desert, CA
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Michael Davis
My sculptures and installations are physically and symbolically multilayered mechanisms that react to environments and man-made inventions from the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Halo
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Halo, Drawing, study for a sculpture. ARTIST'S STATEMENT Michael Davis My sculptures and installations are physically and symbolically multilayered mechanisms that react to environ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Disintegration 1
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is created from a photo of one of my sculptures, manipulated on the computer, printed on a laser print then drawn on with graphite and charcoal.
Keywords: abstract, bold, plastic
Artist Biography:
Toby Zallman...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite, Laser
I Found It Just Like You Find Anything Else, I Stopped Looking
By Nancy Charak
Located in Morton Grove, IL
oil stick and graphite on 140# Fabriana Artistico paper
signed by artist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor
FLD 26/2808 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
FLD 26/2808 (Abstract painting)
Graphite on Arches Ingres paper - Unframed.
Image's size: 55 x 55 cm/21.6 x 21.6"
The simplest reading of Henderson’s work is that he is a painter ...
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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 Expressionist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Screech of ice series 43 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Screech of ice series 43 (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 Expressionist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
BP18, BORINGCAPITALIST, 2019 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
BP18, BORINGCAPITALIST, 2019 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, graphite on paper - Unframed.
Daniel Gottin's interest and concept are to examine the subject...
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
BP37, INEXISTENTEIDEEN, 2019 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
BP37, INEXISTENTEIDEEN, 2019 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, graphite on paper - Unframed.
Daniel Gottin's interest and concept are to examine the subject...
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
FLD 26/2808 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
FLD 26/2808 (Abstract painting)
Graphite on Arches Ingres paper - Unframed.
Image's size: 55 x 55 cm/21.6 x 21.6"
The simplest reading of Henderson’s work is that he is a painter ...
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Screech of ice series 42 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Screech of ice series 42 (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 Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Thaw 3 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Thaw 3 (Abstract drawing)
Graphite and colored pencil on two layers of plastic paper. Unframed.
Thaw Series is a new series of drawings where the artist continues her work touchin...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Color Pencil, Graphite
Screech of ice series 43 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Screech of ice series 43 (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 Expressionist Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
BP18, BORINGCAPITALIST, 2019 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic, graphite on paper - Unframed.
Daniel Gottin's interest and concept are to examine the subjective nature of perception, and playfully responds t...
Category
2010s Abstract Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Charles Houghton Howard was born in Montclair, New Jersey, the third of five children in a cultured and educated family with roots going back to the Massachusetts Bay colony. His father, John Galen Howard, was an architect who had trained at M.I.T. and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and apprenticed in Boston with Henry Hobson Richardson. In New York, the elder Howard worked for McKim, Mead and White before establishing a successful private practice. Mary Robertson Bradbury Howard, Charles’s mother, had studied art before her marriage. John Galen Howard moved his household to California in 1902 to assume the position of supervising architect of the new University of California campus at Berkeley and to serve as Professor of Architecture and the first Dean of the School of Architecture (established in 1903). The four Howard boys grew up to be artists and all married artists, leaving a combined family legacy of art making in the San Francisco Bay area that endures to this day, most notably in design, murals, and reliefs at the Coit Tower and in buildings on the Berkeley campus.
Charles Howard graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1921 as a journalism major and pursued graduate studies in English at Harvard and Columbia Universities before embarking on a two-year trip to Europe. Howard went to Europe as a would-be writer. But a near-religious experience, seeing a picture by Giorgione in a remote town outside of Venice, proved a life-altering epiphany. In his own words, “I cut the tour at once and hurried immediately back to Paris, to begin painting. I have been painting whenever I could ever since” (Charles Howard, “What Concerns Me,” Magazine of Art 39 [February 1946], p. 63). Giorgione’s achievement, in utilizing a structured and rational visual language of art to convey high emotion on canvas, instantly convinced Howard that painting, and not literature, offered the best vehicle to express what he wanted to say. Howard returned to the United States in 1925, confirmed in his intent to become an artist.
Howard settled in New York and supported himself as a painter in the decorating workshop of Louis Bouché and Rudolph Guertler, where he specialized in mural painting. Devoting spare time to his own work, he lived in Greenwich Village and immersed himself in the downtown avant-garde cultural milieu. The late 1920s and early 1930s were the years of Howard’s art apprenticeship. He never pursued formal art instruction, but his keen eye, depth of feeling, and intense commitment to the process of art making, allowed him to assimilate elements of painting intuitively from the wide variety of art that interested him. He found inspiration in the modernist movements of the day, both for their adherence to abstract formal qualities and for the cosmopolitan, international nature of the movements themselves. Influenced deeply by Surrealism, Howard was part of a group of American and European Surrealists clustered around Julien Levy. Levy opened his eponymously-named gallery in 1931, and rose to fame in January 1932, when he organized and hosted Surrealisme, the first ever exhibition of Surrealism in America, which included one work by Howard. Levy remained the preeminent force in advocating for Surrealism in America until he closed his gallery in 1949. Howard’s association with Levy in the early 1930s confirms the artist’s place among the avant-garde community in New York at that time.
In 1933, Howard left New York for London. It is likely that among the factors that led to the move were Howard’s desire to be a part of an international art community, as well as his marriage to English artist, Madge Knight...
Category
20th Century American Modern Graphite Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
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