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"Colorful Geometric Abstraction, " Simon Samsonian, Armenian Artist
Located in New York, NY
Simon Samsonian (1912 - 2003)
Colorful Geometric Abstraction, 1981
Oil on paper
16 x 22 inches
Signed and dated lower right
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
This survivor of the Armenian genocide wound up in a Cairo orphanage in 1927. He rose to fame as one of Egypt’s great modernists, but after moving to Long Island late in life he withdrew into anonymity. Now his compelling story is being told. Art historians are finally beginning to realize that the power of abstraction in its early years was a zeitgeist not limited to the major European centers of the avant-garde — Paris, Munich, and Moscow — but one that quickly rippled to major cities throughout the world. Within a few decades that original shock of a new vision had inspired thousands of artists from different cultures — particularly those the Middle East — whose translations were not slavish imitations of works by seminal figures like Picasso, Braque, Malevich, and Kandinsky but creative variants colored by their respective cultures.
This essay focuses on an extraordinary Armenian artist, his harrowing survival of the genocide, his rise to fame in Cairo, and his creation of a unique style of abstraction. Art historians have typically formed a chorus that teaches the history of abstraction like this: Just before and during the World War I era, several avant-garde artists emerged to create shockingly different new forms by which artists could express themselves. In Paris, Picasso and Braque broke out with cubism, quickly followed by Mondrian. In Moscow, Malevich created Suprematism, the ultimate hard-edge geometric abstraction. And in Munich, Kandinsky emerged as the father of Abstract Expressionism. Within these few short years a zeitgeist was sensed throughout the art world. American pioneers, too — particularly Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell — felt this explosive freedom of expression. When Europe was recovering after World War I it became clear that Paris would retain its title as capitol of the art world, lasting through the Roaring Twenties and even through the Great Depression. But the end of World War II changed everything. A parallel war had been won by a group of irascible young Abstract Expressionists in New York — led by Pollock, Rothko, DeKooning, and Kline. No sooner had Paris been liberated from the Germans than Picasso, Matisse, Breton, and Duchamp surrendered to the Americans. From that point on New York would be the epicenter of the art world.
But a lens that focuses myopically on the war between the avant-garde of Paris and New York misses the wider narrative of multiple aesthetic modernities that developed in the several decades following World War I. For Armenian artists the matter is even more complex owing to the genocide of 1915 where more than 1.5 million people — seventy-five percent of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire — were massacred. Those not shot on the spot were sent on death marches through the Mesopotamian desert without food or water. Frequently, the marchers were stripped and forced to walk naked under the scorching sun until they dropped dead.
As a child Samsonian witnessed the murder of his parents and most of the members of his family. Soon thereafter, his older sister, Anahid, quickly shepherded him into a line of children being rescued by Greek nuns. But they became separated and he lost her, too. He was sent to a Greek orphanage in Smyrna (now Izmir), on Turkey’s west coast. Because he only knew his first name, the orphanage gave him a last name based on the place where they found him — Samsun — a major port on Turkey’s north coast on the Black Sea. His birth date was unknown, too. According to Samsonian’s vague recollections he assumed he was about three or four years old at the onset of the genocide, which would place his birth year in 1911 or 1912. In 1922, when Samsonian was about 10, the Turks ended their war with the Greeks by putting Smyrna to the torch in what has been called the “Catastrophe of Smyrna.” Once again, the child was on the run, escaping the fire and slaughter. He found temporary refuge in Constantinople, but within a year that major port would fall to the Turks, too, and become renamed as Istanbul. This time, Samsonian was whisked away to an orphanage in Greece founded by the American charity, Near East Relief — which is credited with saving so many Armenian orphans that the American historian Howard M. Sachar said it “quite literally kept an entire nation alive.
Any understanding of Samsonian’s approach to modernism requires careful consideration of the impact of his early years because his art is inseparable from the anguish he experienced. In 1927, when he was a teenager, he was transferred to Cairo, Egypt, then a cosmopolitan city hosting a sizable portion of the Armenian diaspora. There he lived with thirty-two other children on the top floor of the Kalousdian Armenian School. Upon graduating in 1932 he won a scholarship to attend the Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute — an Italian art school in Cairo — where he won first prize in final examinations among one hundred students. He found work with an Armenian lithographic printer and he returned to the Kalousdian Armenian School to teach drawing. In 1939 he married one of his students, Lucy Guendimian.
The Cairo in which Samsonian matured as an artist was home to many prominent art collectors after World War I. In this receptive environment Samsonian exhibited widely and won many awards. Beginning in 1937 and for the next thirty years he exhibited annually at the prestigious Le Salon du Caire hosted by the Société les Amis de l’Art (founded in 1921). After World War II he hit his stride as a modernist in Cairo, counting among his peers other artists of the Armenian diaspora such as Onnig Avedissian, Achod Zorian, Gregoire Meguerdichian, Hagop Hagopian...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 6
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolour on Canson paper
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Abstract composition" mixed media on paper cm. 26 x 20
By Dora Maar
Located in Torino, IT
Black,White,Picasso,abstract
Atelier stamp lower right
Dora Maar, original name Henrietta Theodora Markovitch (Marković), (born November 22, 1907, Paris, France—died July 16, 1997, ...
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1950s Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Loud Color, Expressionist Drawing on Watercolor Paper in Vivid Tones, Text Art
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful expressionist style drawing by Juanjo Saez. Juanjo's pictorial work is an exploration of color, texture, and movement, creating vibrant compositions that capture ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon, Watercolor
Sandstorm - abstraction art, made in brown, beige color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in brown, beige color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed black with a styrene face on a mat boar...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Andy Warhol Soup Can Drawing
By Andy Warhol
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Marking(s); notes: signed; 1975
Materials: marker on paper
Dimensions (H, W, D): 7.5"h, 5"w; 15.5"h, 13"w mat
Additional Information: Signed drawing is done on a half title from Andy Warhol's book, "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again."
Andy Warhol’s Soup...
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1970s Pop Art Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Joan Miró (1893-1983) - Les essències de la terra - hand-signed lithograph- 1969
By Joan Miró
Located in Varese, IT
Color lithograph
Edited in 1969
Limited edition of 200 copies
Signed in pencil by the artist
Numbered as: 107/200
Paper size: 75.7 x 58 cm
Framed size: 90.5 x 72.5 cm
Excellent cond...
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1960s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Handwritten Letter to the Artist's Parents (unique hand signed postcard franked)
By Carl Andre
Located in New York, NY
Carl Andre
Handwritten Letter to the Artist's Parents, 1974
Letter handwritten with black marker on postmarked, stamped postcard (hand signed by Carl Andre)
Boldly signed @ - the art...
Category
1970s Minimalist Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Offset, Postcard, Lithograph
Landscape BW, Original Art on Paper , Ready to Hang, by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape BW
Mineral Oxide on Paper
55x74 cm
framed 68x88 cm
Original Art
Ready to Hang
The use of natural materials such as mineral oxide powder connects the work to a dimension...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pigment
'Mid-century Abstract', NYMoMA, Paris, XXXII Venice Biennale, MALI, Lima, Peru
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Midcentury Biomorphic Abstract', NYMoMA, Paris, XXXII Venice Biennale, MALI, Lima, Peru
Signed, lower right, 'E.R. Larrain' for Emilio Rodríguez Larraín (Peruvian, 1928-2015), and inscribed 'Roma, Nov 1963, Enero 1964'. (Rome, Nov 1963-January 1964). Verso titled, "L'Homme C'est Sujet à Errer" (Man Tends to Wander), and bearing the artist's self-portrait in india ink and wash.
Exhibited: XXXII Venice Biennale, 1964. (original exhibition label verso)
Previously with Staempfli Galleries, New York. This painting is registered in the Archives of American Art as 'Staempfli Gallery, inventory #775'.
A monumental and historically distinguished work by this groundbreaking Peruvian Modernist who drew inspiration from Peruvian indigenous and pre-colonial culture. The paintings of Emilio Rodríguez Larraín are held in the permanent collections of museums worldwide including the Musée de la Ville de Paris, Peru's Museo de Arte de Lima and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This painting was selected by the Peruvian Government for exhibition at the XXXII Venice Biennale in 1964 and is the largest single recorded work by the artist.
Emilio Rodríguez Larraín received his Bachelors of Architecture in 1949 from Peru's Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería and held his first solo exhibition in Lima after visiting Europe in 1950. In 1951, he returned to Europe in the company of the artists Alfredo Ruiz Rosas and Joaquín Roca Rey...
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1960s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fiberboard, Laid Paper, Oil
French Abstract Contemporary Art by Daniel Cayo - Untitled No.17
By Daniel Cayo
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, framed
10 x 15 cm - 18 x 24 cm with white mat passe-partout
Unique copy
Signed on the front
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Soul Flowers 39 Symbiosis, Forest Life, Trees, Doorways, Windows Black and White
Located in Kent, CT
A small outlined figure walks on a bridge looking up at a meticulously rendered forest with trees with tiny leaves and windows and doorway portals peeking out from the branches and t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Thunderbolts - Contemporary Drawing Lightning Snowflake Branches Pattern, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary drawing in ink, colored pencil and graphite on archival Fabriano Artistico Paper, carefully drawn dots and lines in soft shades of indigo blue with yellow, teal ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Landscape, Original Black Drawing on Paper , Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape BW
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 Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
'Cubist Still Life', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Cubist Still Life', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Juan Gris (1887-1927) and Georges Braque's ...
Category
1940s Modern Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Original Drawing Painting Abstract Biomorphic Art Phoenix Bird Michele Oka Doner
Located in Surfside, FL
This is mixed media. I am not positive of the materials. it is a translucent, vellum, parchment type of paper. with either charcoal or ink, hand signed in pencil lower right.
It is not titled on it.
Michele Oka Doner (born 1945, Miami Beach, Florida, United States) is an American artist and author who works in a variety of media including sculpture, lithograph and woodcut prints, drawing, watercolor painting, functional objects and video. Her workes is based on flora, fauna, DNA and all sorts of exotica. She has also worked in costume and set design and has created over 40 public and private permanent art installations, including her best known artwork is "A Walk on the Beach" (1995, 1999), and its extension, "A Walk on the Beach: Tropical Gardens" (1996–2010) at the Miami International Airport. It is composed of over 9000 bronzes embedded in terrazzo with mother-of-pearl. At one and quarter linear miles, it is one of the largest artworks in the world.
Born and raised in Miami Beach, Oka Doner is the granddaughter of painter Samuel Heller. Oka Doner's father, Kenneth Oka, was elected judge and mayor of Miami Beach during her youth (1945–1964). The family lived a public and politically active life. In later years, Oka Doner co-authored, with Mitchell Wolfson Jr. Miami Beach: Blueprint of an Eden, an intimate portrayal of Miami Beach from the 1920s to the 1960s using their families as prisms to reflect the times. Reviewed as classic of social history, with material that was part of the public record of its time, it was used as a textbook in Human Geography at George Washington University in 2008.
In 1957, age 12, Oka Doner began a year-long independent project studying the International Geophysical Year (IGY). She assembled a book of drawings, writings and collages that became a template for projects realized in later years. In 1963, Oka Doner left Florida for the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her art instructor Milton Cohen...
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Early 2000s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
American Contemporary Art by Katherine Filice - With Only The Moonlight To Guide
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink, chalk & mica on sculpted paper
Framed 25 x 29 x 2 in, white wood frame
Katherine Filice is an award-winning American abstract artist born in 1963 who lives and works in Hollist...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Ink
"Through the Trees" Watercolor Mid-20th Century Modern Excellent Provenance
By Arthur Dove
Located in New York, NY
"Through the Trees" Watercolor Mid-20th Century Modern Excellent Provenance
Arthur Dove (1880-1946)
"Through the Trees"
5 x 7
Watercolor on paper, 1938
Singed lower center
Framed: 1...
Category
1930s American Modern Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition 2 of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash. The charc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Suprematist composition red circle and black square - line drawing woman figure
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with acrylic and watercolor in red and black color on watercolor paper 360g. The work is 11 by 15 inches in size framed (black) with a s...
Category
2010s Minimalist Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
'Abstracted Figure', Sydney, Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Bonorat' and painted circa 1980
An elegant, modernist figural painting and early work by this Sydney-based Mexican artist who studied at the National School of Fine Arts in Mexico City (1982-84) and, subsequently, at the Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paulo, Brazil (1986).
STUDIES
1982-1984 Painting and Drawing Ateliers – National School of Fine Arts, Mexico City
1985-1986 Artistic Experimentation – Carrillo Hill Museum, Mexico City
1986 Metal Engraving – Museum of Modern Art Sao Paulo Brazil
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1986 Art Gallery of Santos Municipal Cultural Centre, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1988 Art Gallery of Porto Alegre Municipal centre, R.S. Brazil
1991 Gallery Casa de la Cultura, Morelia Mexico
1994 The Beatty Gallery, Sydney
1996 The Beatty Gallery, Sydney
1996 Michael Burke Gallery, Brisbane
1997 The Beatty Gallery, Sydney
2019 ‘Golden Trinity’, Thienny Lee Gallery, Sydney
2019 ‘Continuous Thread, GAFFA Gallery, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1985 Mail Art Network Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto Japan
1987 Banespa Cultural Centre, Sao Paulo Brazil
1988 IV National Contest of Fine Arts, Cubatao Brazil
1992 NCA Gallery, Sydney
1994 The Beatty Gallery, Sydney
1994/5/6 Selected for the “Fisher’s Ghost” Art...
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1980s Modern Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
1988 pencil drawing by British 20th Century artist William Scott
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Scott (British, 1930 – 1989)
Lyrical
Pencil on paper
Signed ‘W Scott’ (lower right), further inscribed and dated ‘October 23 1988 / Lyrical… by William Scott’ (on the reverse...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Truly Madly Deeply (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Truly Madly Deeply (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
This artwork is on un-stretched canvas as per the artist's aesthetic's choice and does not need to be stretched ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Landscape BW, Original Art on Paper , Ready to Hang, by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape BW
Mineral Oxide on Paper
55x74 cm
framed 68x88 cm
Original Art
Ready to Hang
The use of natural materials such as mineral oxide powder connects the work to a dimension...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pigment
Abstract painting with shapes and forms "Dialogue"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract artwork makes part of my small collection of abstract paintings created in various soft neutral earth tones. Main colors of this collection are grey, brown...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 615 - Teal Olive Grass Green Blue Abstract Watercolor Landscape, 2021
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully ordered patterns and geometric shapes in dark indigo and light olive grass green, and delicate lines in bright prismatic colors complement a light teal blue background in t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
New York City 11 original work on japanese paper color pastel collage charcoal
Located in Miami, FL
Bernardo Navarro Tomas (Cuba, 1977)
'Untitled', 2017
mixed media on Japanese paper
12.3 x 17 in. (31 x 43 cm.)
ID: NAA-311
Hand-signed by author
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Oil Pastel
Teal and Orange Abstract Painting with Chine Colle and Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
A vibrant contemporary teal and orange painting (Monotype) and found object collage composition of stamps, money, various types of paper, and watercolor by Michael Pauker (American, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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 Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Frammento, Drawing, large size, Ready to Hang By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Frammento Casa di Famiglia
Title: Fragment
Artist: Marilina Marchica
Dimensions:
Artwork: 70x110 cm
Frame: 80x120 cm
Description:
This is an original, non-reproducible piece by Mar...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Charcoal Drawing
By John Haley
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstract expressionist drawing in shades and tones of grays and black by John Haley (American, 1905-1991), c.1956-7. Signed lower left corner. Presented in 3" mat. Condition: Very good: some edge wear consistent with age. Image size: 25"H x 19"W.
A feature of the artwork of John Charles...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite, Paper
series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
The work is sold without a frame and mat
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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 Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
No. 315
By Clara Fialho
Located in Westport, CT
Brazilian artist, Clara Fialho, is based in New York. Her abstract work with bright and exuberant colors is inspired by her Latin heritage.
She received her BFA from the prestigious...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
'Omvetya III'. Blue white shore ocean beach cottage abstract nature drawing
Located in Penzance, GB
'Omvetya III (Sea Carrots, Sennen)'
Original Artwork. Unframed
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The evening light is drawing low soft shadows in the dunes at the salted edge of the Atlantic. 'Omvety...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Mixed Media, Pencil, Carbon Pencil, Photogram
1958 Ink Collage "#1"
Located in Arp, TX
James Spencer Russell
"#1"
1958
Collage with ink
Signed lower right in pencil
24"x18" framed black gallery wood frame
James Spencer Russell (1915-2000) was born in Monticello, India...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Shape 29 (2019)
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 29 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only.
Abstract geometric art, acrylic on 300gsm archival paper. Abstract green shape innovated by the artist.
Fr...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Nancy Cohen "Make Visible" Paper Pulp and Handmade Paper
By Nancy Cohen
Located in New York, NY
Line is the operative formal element in the work shown here, but there are many other lines in play. Pieces walk a line between drawings that might be tapestries or sculptures or pa...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper
John Sennhauser Geometric Abstract Pen and Ink Drawing, 1944
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original pen and ink drawing by New York Abstract Artist, John Sennhauser (1907-1978)
Signed lower right "J. Sennhauser" and dated '44.
Titled and dated on the verso: "Line in Motion...
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Mid-20th Century Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Flower Arrangement In Ochre Glazed Pot - Mixed Media Abstract Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Bold Graphic Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting Richard Snyder NYC Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Richard Snyder (American, born 1951)
Untitled
Mixed media painting including charcoal and watercolor
Hand signed to lower right
Dimensions: 30.0" W x 22.5" H x 0.1" D
Richard Snyder is particularly known for his large-scale abstract expressionist paintings exhibiting vibrant colors, often applied in an irregular manner with large gestural brushstrokes. He also was an accomplished sculptor and was amongst the downtown New York art-furniture scene spawned in the 1980s by the Soho gallery ‘Art et Industrie’ founded by Rick Kaufmann. Downtown New York, circa 1977-1980 was a hothouse of creative impulses that flew in the face of restrictions and ran headlong toward riotous expression. Punk, hip-hop, graffiti or neo-expressionism,
Kaufmann looked around for new talent that could create a new kind of art furniture. He felt the design of the day was so standardised, and he wanted to give voice to young artists and bring new ideas to market.
After receiving a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Snyder made his career in the fields of art and design, practicing sculpture, painting, furniture design and fabrication, interior design, cabinetmaking, construction and industrial design. Along with extensive experience in a wide variety of materials and processes, Snyder also possesses a wide range of visual and experiential vocabulary acquired in his many travels through the Americas, Africa, the Middle East and Central and Southeast Asia. Snyder considers his objects to be not just about form, function, color, material and process, but rather to be fantasies with spirit, magic and story. During his seventeen years with the Art et Industrie gallery, Snyder participated in five solo shows and more than twenty group shows, which established him as a major player in the American Art Furniture movement. His pieces have appeared in numerous publications and media around the world; and they are included in numerous private collections worldwide as well as in the permanent collection of The Art Institute of Chicago. Snyder guest-lectures at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, the New School in New York, and SUNY Purchase.
He was included in the seminal Magen H Gallery retrospective of Art et Industrie—a New York Movement. Art et Industrie was the first to exhibit Studio Alchemia, Shiro Takahama, and Ron Arad.
The retrospective included artists such as Forrest Myers, Terence Main...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache
Green and white capsule - line drawing figure with gold disk and stripes
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The diptych were done with oil, gold leaf pen 18 kt in green and gold color on watercolor paper 300g. The works are 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold o...
Category
2010s Minimalist Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pouring My Heart Out II
Located in New York, NY
About the Series: “Sensitive Material”
In this Work on Paper Series, started in 2020, Claire Gilliam continues her exploration of Visual Language. She uses a common motif, the Latin ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Paper, Ink
Sutherland Project VII: Cubist Abstract Graphite Drawing with Antique Frame
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative abstract cubist style drawing in an antique wood frame, inspired by artwork by Graham Sutherland
“Sutherland Project VII” by Hudson Valley artist, David Dew Bruner, made ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Paintings n2, n3, n5, n4 from the Impermanence series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 4 Paintings, 2024 by Rosario Briones
From the Impermanence series
Inks on paper.
1. Impermanence Series n2
2. Impermanence Series n3
3. Impermanence Series n5
4. Impermanence ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Flying Bird
Located in San Francisco, CA
We're pleased to showcase Mexican Master Rufino Tamayo's work on paper. Flying Bird portrays a bird flying over the mountains. Rufino Tamayo created this modernist and minimalist dra...
Category
1960s Minimalist Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Graphite
Magic Carpet Ride 3 - 9"x12" Original Art, Geometric Pattern, Black White Brown
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This detailed artwork on paper puts emphasis on design and composition. Using pencil, colour pencil and ink, a Navajo inspired rug motif is created using traditional design elements....
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil, Ink
American Contemporary Art by Katherine Filice - Soulmates No. 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink, chalk & mica on sculpted reclaimed paper
Framed 26 x 17.75 x 2 in, white wood frame
Katherine Filice is an award-winning American abstract artist born in 1963 who lives and wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Ink, Mica
AN OLD TREE
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "AN OLD TREE" is an original artwork by Jim Houser made of collage on panel. This piece measures 4"h x 4"w.
Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Panel, Paper
Untitled 588, Gray Blue, Light Indigo, Olive Green, Navy Leaf Patterns
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
Carefully ordered patterns and geometric shapes in indigo, navy blue and olive green with delicate prismatic rainbow lines complement a soft grayish blue background. Signed on verso....
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
“Untitled #1”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper by the California artist, Edward Darrell Crisp. Signed by the artist in pencil lower right margin. Dated in penci...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Set of 4 drawings Bauhaus architecture From the 23
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 4 drawings Bauhaus from "23" 2022
From the series Terms and conditions
Gliceé printed on Hahnemule Fiber Matt paper, intervened by the artist.
Edition of 10
Overall size:
F...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Color
"Pensiero rosa" Tecnica mista su carta cm.30 x 23 1950
By Dora Maar
Located in Torino, IT
Pensiero Rosa, splendida cornice nera 1930
Opera astratta di Dora Maar periodo dopo Picasso,queste opere descrivono gli stati d'animo e paesaggi mentali dell'artista
Dora MAAR (Pari...
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1950s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Now, where was I?. Abstract mixed media painting on Awagami paper
By On Hansen
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Now, where was I? 2022 by On Hansen
Oil wax, acrylic, graphite, organic ink, and crayon on Awagami paper
Image size: 35.03 in. H x 25.59 in. W
Unframed
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Category
2010s Minimalist Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Ink, Wax, Acrylic, Washi Paper
Untitled 05 - Series 2019, Contemporary Abstract Painting, Textile Lightness
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is framed behind glass.
About Prymon’s Exhibition Dopaminum and his paintings:
”Dopaminum” - Tomasz Prymon
Dopamine – colloquially referred to as the hormone of love ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
LOVE STAR OF DAVID
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gouache painting on paper. Hand signed lower front by Yaacov Agam. Image size 20.25 x 18.5 inches. Sheet size 29 x 22.2 inches. Frame size approx 33 x 31 inches.
Cert...
Category
1970s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Two Palms" by Frida Willis - Stunning Minimalist Colorful Watercolor Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Frida Willis (Swedish, born 1971)
"Two Palms" 2024
Watercolor, Ink, Paper
The artist signed the bottom right of the artwork.
"Two Palms" by Frida Willis is a stunning minimalist wat...
Category
2010s Minimalist Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Colorful Abstract Watercolor Collage Work on Paper, Sweet Life I by a.muse
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
In an Art Brut style Sweet Life I, 2022 by a.muse is an abstract watercolor collage․ This work on paper is a collection of memories of summer, fragments of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Thread, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Ink, Board
7.10.24 #12 - Colorful Abstract Watercolor Minimalist Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint in fluent b...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Play of Angels, unique signed watercolor & gouache color field painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
Jules Olitski
Play of Angels, 2000
Watercolor and gouache on all-rag paper
Signed and dated 2000 by the artist on the front
Frame included (elegantly floated and framed in light wood...
Category
Early 2000s Color-Field Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache, Rag Paper, Permanent Marker
Soul Flowers 60 Eternal City, Spiral, Staircase, Black and White Flower Pattern
Located in Kent, CT
A surreal scene with spirals, floral shapes and meticulously rendered black and white patterns. This drawing is entirely hand-drawn using only pen and paper.
Framed in a solid black...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
French Abstract Contemporary Art by Daniel Cayo - Untitled No.29
By Daniel Cayo
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, framed
10 x 15 cm - 18 x 24 cm with white mat passe-partout
Unique copy
Signed on the front
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Underworld
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
Underworld, 2025
Alcohol ink and watercolor ink on Yupo paper
14 x 11 inches
This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed. External, visible frame and glass in s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, 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 Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction
James Daugherty (1887 – 1974)
Untitled
12 ¼ x 15 ¼ inches
Initialed and dated February 21, 1966 lower ri...
Category
1960s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 2000 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 Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
7.10.24 #22 - Jewel Tone Emerald Peridot Watercolor Minimalist Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Delicate strokes and natural hues shape Shiri Phillips' watercolor, ink, and colored pencil artworks, showcasing her exploration of minimalism and organic forms. Departing from her u...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
“Untitled #2”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper by the California artist, Edward Darrell Crisp. Signed in pencil lower right margin. Dated in pencil lower left m...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Familiar Marks, Unfamiliar Places Number 11
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging artwork titled "Familiar Marks, Unfamiliar Places Number 11" is an original artwork by Kelly Knaga made of photography, digital print, an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Digital
Contemporary Mid Century Inspired Blue & Green Toned Neighborhood Aerial Pastel
Located in Houston, TX
Mid century inspired aerial landscape pastel drawing by contemporary artist R. Michael Wommack. The work features a birds eye view of a planned neighborhood at night with glowing swi...
Category
2010s American Modern Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
'Omvetya II'. Blue white shore ocean landscape abstract nature drawing
Located in Penzance, GB
'Omvetya II (Cargeen, Towards Treryn Dinas)'
Original Artwork. Unframed
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Softly dancing seaweed, patiently awaits the return of the salty sea to fill the tidal pools. ...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Mixed Media, Pencil, Carbon Pencil, Photogram
"Landscape BW" Original Drawing , Abstract art made in Italy- Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape BW
Mineral Oxide on Paper
90x70 cm
framed Option
Original Art
Ready to Hang
The use of natural materials such as mineral oxide powder connects the work to a dimension o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pigment
Five Morandi Bottles (Abstract Black-and-White Still Life Drawing in Graphite)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract black-and-white still life drawing of bottles on a surface by David Dew Bruner
graphite on paper
19.5 x 38.5 x 1.75 inches
Framed in vintage frame, hangs flush to the wall
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Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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