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Medium: Pencil
Bourrée Fantasque #1 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #1", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet ...
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1980s American Modern Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
A colorful 1950s Textile Design by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful textile design (with blue, green, yellow & red tones) by notable 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 Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper
Halo drawing abstract
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Color pencil, ink pen and Chinese ink on wooden panel
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Wood Panel, Color Pencil
Orange and Blue Oil Pastel and Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Renelio Marin is a visual artist with a diverse range of influences and styles. Born in Cuba, he received his graduate degree from the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana in ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Gushing 3 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Gushing 3 (Abstract drawing)
Pigment and Color Pencil on Mylar. Unframed.
Gushing represents a transition between Peerna’s earlier Maelstrom series based on circular motion, and t...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Color Pencil, Pigment
Blue Melt 19 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Blue Melt 19 (Abstract drawing)
Pigment, Ice on Yupo. Unframed.
Blue Melt are works that have been created with pigment pencils and ice. Peerna starts the drawings by first markin...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Color Pencil, Pigment
Un pedazo de cielo. Painting From the series Plato’s Heaven F
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The theory of Heaven is a novelty that Plato introduced to philosophy. Inspired by this concept, the artist proposes a series of works where I imagine and recreate possible worlds on...
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Graphite
Flushing #3
Located in Westport, CT
Selena Beaudry’s work is created by marking and cutting up drawings. This has led the artist to rediscovering her visual language. Her work consists of...
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Linen, Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil
Mixed Media Tricolor Abstract Bright Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Renelio Marin is a visual artist with a diverse range of influences and styles. Born in Cuba, he received his graduate degree from the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana in ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil
"#220 – PEACE", ink, pencil, gouache, collage, vintage book, hemingway, poetry
By Amy Williams
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#220 – PEACE" is from Amy Williams' series "A Farewell to Arms" – wherein the artist works directly onto page 220 of a found copy of Ernest Hemingway's W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil
"#70 – I AM TIRED", ink, pencil, gouache, collage, vintage, hemingway, poetry
By Amy Williams
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#70 – I AM TIRED" is from Amy Williams' series "A Farewell to Arms" – wherein the artist works directly onto page 70 of a found copy of Ernest Hemingway'...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil
Love Affair 9 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Love Affair 9 (Abstract drawing)
Colour pencil on two layers of Mylar — Unframed.
Love Affairs" is a series of drawings on two layers of thin, translucent paper resembling ice. Each...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Color Pencil
Abstract Cubist Charcoal Drawing of a Standing Woman
By Valery Kleveroy (Klever)
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white portrait of a woman done in a style that combines abstraction and cubism, much like the work of Fernand Leger. Signed and dated in lower left corner.
Artist Biography:
Valery Kleverov was born in Engels, Russian Federation, Soviet Union June 28, 1939 the son of a fighter test pilot in the Soviet Air Force. He exhibited an independent, rebellious, and highly artistic temperament from a young age. Conscription into the Red Army at the standard age of (18) was first and last straw in the young artist’s battle with the State, he lasted only a few months before making an unauthorized parachute jump over a forest to go permanently AWOL. After 3 weeks hiding in the woods, he eventually made his way to Leningrad, dropped his first name and the “ov” from the end of his name and began his life as the underground artist known as “KLEVER”. He fell in with a close-knit group of young anti-authoritarian rebels who eventually became known to the world as the “Non-Conformists”, a small gang of free thinkers mainly from Leningrad and Moscow who rebelled against State control of artistic expression and of free thought. In the Soviet Union, not only religion was outlawed - art, literature, music and dance were all subject to heavy censorship and state oversight. Among paintings historical, religious, abstract, anti-Soviet and erotic subjects were all against the law.
From 1966 to 1977 Klever made a reputation for himself as one of the non-conformists most overtly critical of the Soviet state. Many of his paintings from this period can be described as nothing less than heroic- they are truly remarkable visual essays on the evils of the national security/surveillance state, propaganda and manipulation of cultural symbols, suppression of artistic and religious freedom, revisionist history, and unfilled promises for the future. All of them were painted stored and exhibited not only at great risk to the artist and his associates, but also to anybody who sought to view them. In spite of the secrecy, the KGB discovered the existence of these pieces and began to follow Klever’s every move. There were surprise visits to his studio, harassment wherever he went, friends and family being questioned all a direct result of his determination to express himself artistically against Soviet control. From this time forward Klever had an exhibit which was open for viewing at all times inside the apartment of Bob Kashilohov as part of a network which paralleled the Samizdat network for sharing of forbidden literature.
Klever was arrested for his participation in the most important non- conformist exhibitions which took place during his time there. These were the Bulldozer Exhibition in Moscow, 1974, (so named because the KGB bulldozed the exhibition and destroyed much of the work) and the Nevski Dom exhibition in Leningrad, 1975. These exhibitions represented some of the early cracks in the foundations of the Soviet state’s control over the population’s basic aspirations for economic, personal and creative freedom that ended with collapse in 1991. Repercussions of the Bulldozer exhibition were that some of the painters were arrested or even killed. Approximately 70 artists were arrested, including Klever. Media outcry in the west allowed most of the artists to be released within a week. Two weeks later another exhibition was allowed to proceed and became known as “Half Day of Freedom” in the Soviet Union.
The Nevsky exhibition caused a huge sensation and was a watershed moment in the cultural history of the Soviet Union. People lined up for 30 blocks long over the course of the two week exhibition to see the forbidden works. Klever showed a large collection of explicit anti-Soviet paintings...
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20th Century Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Charcoal
Magic Carpet Ride 4 (Navajo Inspired, Geometric Design, Black and White Artwork)
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This detailed artwork on paper puts emphasis on design and composition. A navajo inspired pattern is created using traditional design elements. The high contrasting, geometric patter...
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2010s Contemporary Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil
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...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Color Pencil, Graphite
South, Texas Landscape Surrealist Drawing of a Cigar and a Crop Duster
By Jack Boynton
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist landscape of South Texas. The subject matter is a cigar that is suppose to look like a bull with a crop duster in the background. The drawing is done in graphite with brig...
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1980s Surrealist Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
Warren 85. 18 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Warren 85. 18 (Abstract Painting)
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed.
Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work ...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled 02 - Contemporary Art, Abstract, Drawing on Canvas, Grey, Monochrome
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 02 (Remains of the Remains), 2021
Graphite on canvas
78 37/50 H x 55 6/50 W in.
200 H x 140 W cm
The new series of large-sized paintings, signed by Zsolt Berszán, created i...
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Graphite
Swallows by the water. 1976, paper, pencil, 45. 5 x 40. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Swallows by the water. 1976, paper, pencil, 45. 5 x 40. 5 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1947, she bega...
Category
1970s Modern Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
8-8-22, Impressionist, abstracted landscape drawing with colored pencil
Located in New York, NY
Sandy Litchfield brings her magical abstracted landscapes to a new medium in her recent colored pencil drawings. Loose, delicate lines scramble over one another, bringing a diffuse, ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Cielo de Platón 4. Painting From the series Plato’s Heaven
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The theory of Heaven is a novelty that Plato introduced to philosophy. Inspired by this concept, the artist proposes a series of works where I imagine and recreate possible worlds on...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Graphite
Cielo de Platón 2. Painting From the series Plato’s Heaven
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The theory of Heaven is a novelty that Plato introduced to philosophy. Inspired by this concept, the artist proposes a series of works where I imagine and recreate possible worlds on...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Graphite
Cielo de Platón 1. Painting From the series Plato’s Heaven
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The theory of Heaven is a novelty that Plato introduced to philosophy. Inspired by this concept, the artist proposes a series of works where I imagine and recreate possible worlds on...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, 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...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Carpet Ride - Navajo Rug, Geometric Pattern, Black, White, Brown, Artwork
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This detailed artwork on paper puts emphasis on design and composition. A Navajo inspired rug motif is created using traditional design elements with a contemporary outcome. Symmetry...
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2010s Contemporary Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Color Pencil
Black_X - 21st Century, Abstract, Drawing, Black, White, Monochrome
By Alina Aldea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Black_X, 2016
pencil, white pastel on black cardboard
27.55 H x 19.68 W in.
70 H x 50 W cm
Alina Aldea's drawings project all the possible forms which appear to rapidly disappear, w...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
Black_VIII - Contemporary, Drawing, Black, Monochrome, Abstract
By Alina Aldea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Black_VIII, 2016
pencil, black pastel on black cardboard
27.55 H x 19.68 W in.
70 H x 50 W cm
Alina Aldea's drawings project all the possible forms which appear to rapidly disappear...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
Black_XIV - Contemporary, Black, Monochrome, Abstract, Drawing, 21st Century
By Alina Aldea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Black_XIV, 2017
Pencil, black pastel on black cardboard
27.55 H x 19.68 W in.
70 H x 50 W cm
Alina Aldea's drawing projects all the possible forms which appear to rapidly disappear,...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil
Emotional Color Chart 170 (Abstract painting)
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Emotional Color Chart 170 (Abstract painting)
Pencil and Acrylic on Fabriano-Pittura paper - Unframed.
This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is ins...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
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 Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Balancing Act 1 (Abstract painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Gouache, graphite and ink on Rives paper - Unframed
This work (unframed) incorporates graphite, ink, and gouache, and is a combination of intuition-based and planned execution.
Ba...
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Gouache, 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 Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Graphite
"#51 – WE THINK", ink, pencil, gouache, vintage book page, hemingway, poetry
By Amy Williams
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#51 – WE THINK" is from Amy Williams' series "A Farewell to Arms" – wherein the artist works directly onto page 51 of a found copy of Ernest Hemingway's ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil
6-29-22, Impressionist, abstracted landscape drawing with colored pencil
Located in New York, NY
Sandy Litchfield brings her magical abstracted landscapes to a new medium in her recent colored pencil drawings. Loose, delicate lines scramble over one another, bringing a diffuse, ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Maeve D'Arcy "Snapshot" 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...
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
4th floor (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
4th floor (Abstract Painting)
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed.
Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
Expressive abstract artwork. Minimalistic Graphic Drawing. Vibration of Strokes
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Vibration of Strokes" is intuitive abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink, pencil and pastel on watercolour paper. It conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations.
"Every time I draw such abstract lines, a flow of energy moves my hand. For this to happen freely, I need to be calm and focused at the same time. I draw very quickly to keep expression and spontaneity. I never know what the result will be. The process of drawing like this is a kind of magic that turns an invisible impulse into a reflection on paper. Each drawing is unique and one of a kind."
Sve Gri...
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Pencil
Emotional Color Chart 135 (Abstract Painting)
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Emotional Color Chart 135 (Abstract Painting)
Pencil and acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed.
This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is in...
Category
2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Maeve D'Arcy "Pajama Party" 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...
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Maeve D'Arcy "Gold Plated" 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...
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Maeve D'Arcy "Soccer Skills" 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...
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, 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 Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper
Untitled, by Clemens Briels Pencil on paper, framed
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, by Clemens Briels
Pencil on paper
2008
Image size: 11 H cm. x 10.5 W cm.
Framed: 20.7 H cm. x 20 W cm.
Clemens Briels is a painter born in the Netherlands in 1946. At a yo...
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Early 2000s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Colby 10 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Colby 10 (Abstract painting)
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper - Unframed
Peter Soriano is an abstract artist who divides his time between New York City and Penobscot, ...
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
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 Pencil 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 Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Apple and Iceberg Painting in Acrylic, Colored Pencil, Graphite on Paper, 2023
Located in Orange, CA
Apple and Iceberg, 2023
Additional information:
Medium: Acrylic, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensions: 13 1/4 x 13 7/8 in
Todd Hebert (b. 1972 in Valley City, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Paper, Gouache, Graphite
Untitled (Līnea Study), 2022
Located in Washington, DC
Original work by Mary Early. Graphite, wax crayon, and sumi ink on Arches paper, 12.25 x 16".
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival 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 Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Color Pencil, Graphite
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 Pencil 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 Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Tipping Point #7 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Tipping Point #7 (Abstract drawing)
Pigment pencil on Mylar - Unframed.
This work is from a series titled Tipping Point. This drawing has been created eyes closed. It captures an a...
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Pencil
Study after Big Bang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Carroll Dunham (1949 - )
Title: Study after Big Bang
Date: 2016
Medium: Pencil on paper, signed and dated upper left
Size: 18.25 x 13.87 in. (46.36 x 35.23 cm)
Frame Size: 27...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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 Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Asian Calligraphic Shapes Over Biomorphic Forms
By Paul Rand
Located in Miami, FL
Legendary Graphic designer Paul Rand was also a Fine Artist/Painter. In the present work, " Untitled: Asian Calligraphic Shapes Over Biomorphic Forms," Paul explores the relationship...
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1950s Minimalist Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
4th floor (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
4th floor (Abstract Painting)
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed.
Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from...
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2010s Abstract Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
"Art Deco Sailboat in Abstract Landscape #740, " Crayon signed by S. Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Art Deco Sailboat in Abstract Landscape #740" is an original colorful crayon drawing on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza, signed in pencil in the lower right corner. The sailboat of the title is in the center, set against a deep blue sky upon a dark green sea. It is framed by a abstract shapes of bright color that flow into one another in curving lines. The horizon line is maintained throughout the composition, and the effect is something like looking through a kaleidoscope.
Art size: 8 1/2" x 7 1/4"
Frame size: 16 1/4" x 14 1/2"
Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings...
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1950s Art Deco Pencil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil
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