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Medium: Watercolor
Covers 13 - orange (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13 - orange (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses ta...
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2010s Hard-Edge Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Untitled (Sky, Faces), unique signed painting Provenance: Blum & Poe Surrealist
Located in New York, NY
Chris Vasell Untitled (Sky, Faces), 2004 Watercolor, Gouache, Acrylic on Paper, Framed with Blum & Poe label verso Hand signed on the back, bears Blum & Poe Gallery label Unique Fram...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache

Sixteen Street 7.15 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Sixteen Street 7.15 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Gouache on paper - Unframed. Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

To Break, To Blossom 25-4
Located in New York, NY
Aida experiences resilience: she paints, she breaks and she rebuilds. Watercolor, subtle and delicate, turns into great sculpture. The beauty of scars in her work — imperfect and fra...
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Test Pattern 2 (Grey Study) (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 2 (Grey Study) (Abstract Drawing) Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed. Test Pattern series sets up a generic template as a poetic prompt to consider ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache

Covers 13-Red Yellow A (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Red Yellow A (Abstract Painting) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She us...
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2010s Hard-Edge Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Yellow Geometric Watercolor by Susan Michod
By Susan Michod
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Susan Michod, American Title: Untitled Year: 1977 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed and dated Size: 30 in. x 22.5 in. (76.2 cm x 57.15 cm)
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1970s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

4.4 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
4.4 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Gouache on paper - Unframed. Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and the anim...
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Early 2000s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Anime" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Blue Watercolor on Paper, Abstract Figurative
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Souls". Watercolor on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy. This is part of an album. The price refers to the single drawing.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Dolphin Dance 17 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 17 (Abstract painting) Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #...
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Early 2000s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Vellum

1963 Greetings - Drawing by Alberto Magnelli - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Nice drawing in watercolor realized by Alberto Magnelli for Countess Pecci-Blunt in the end of 1962, to wish her a happy new year 1963. Hand signed. Very good condition except for ...
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1960s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Porch drawing 2
Located in London, GB
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from something observed, ideally ar...
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2010s Conceptual Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Colby 12 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Colby 12 (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 Conceptual Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Waterway II (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Waterway II (Abstract drawing) Watercolor on Arches paper - Unframed but mounted and hinged on foamcore backing, ready for framing. Uchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. ...
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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting) Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed. Test Pattern series sets up a generic template as ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache

Jackson 4
Located in London, GB
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from something observed, ideally ar...
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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Serie Pastel n8 by Gilbert Pauli - Pastel on paper 50x66 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on c-us frame size 73x89 cm
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Gouache, Pigment

P4.15 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
(Abstract Painting) Gouache, pencil and collage on Japanese paper. Unframed. This gouache paint with collage on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangeme...
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2010s Minimalist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Pencil

To Break, To Blossom 25-03
Located in New York, NY
Aida experiences resilience: she paints, she breaks and she rebuilds. Watercolor, subtle and delicate, turns into great sculpture. The beauty of scars in her work — imperfect and fra...
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Untitled Fabric Design
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design Gouache on paper, 1920-1935 Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo) Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso (see photo) No. 05535 ...
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1930s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

"Up North Birch Bark Series: Tree Spirit Chief, " Mixed Media by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Up North Birchbark Series: Tree Spirit Chief" is an original oil pencil and watercolor on birch bark piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. U...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Birch, Ink, Watercolor

Speak to Me, 2023, abstract, colorful, watercolor and acrylic on paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Brenneman is an American artist based in West Orange, New Jersey working primarily in painting. Her overarching interest lies in abstraction as a universal language and she wor...
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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

L.I.C. 2 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from something observed, ideally ar...
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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Veiled Series X , Abstract Expressionist Organic Drawing Watercolor Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Dorothy Gillespie (June 29, 1920 – September 30, 2012) was an American artist and sculptor who became known for her large and colorful abstract metal sculptures. Gillespie became best known for the aluminum sculptures she started to produce at the end of the 1970s. She would paint sheets of the metal, cut them into strips and connect the strips together to resemble cascades or starbursts of bright colored ribbon. The New York Times once summarized her work as “topsy-turvy, merrymaking fantasy,” and in another review declared, “The artist’s exuberant sculptures of colorful aluminum strips have earned her an international reputation.Her works are featured at her alma mater (Radford University) in Virginia, where she later returned to teach, as well as in New York (where she was artist in residence for the feminist Women's Interart Center), Wilmington, North Carolina and Florida. She enrolled both at Radford University near her hometown, and the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. The director of the Maryland Institute, Hans Schuler, helped foster her career in fine art. On June 5, 1943, aged 23, Gillespie moved to New York City. There she took a job at the B. Altman department store as assistant art director. She also joined the Art Students League where she was exposed to new ideas about techniques, materials, and marketing. She also created works at Atelier 17 printmaking studio, where Stanley William Hayter encouraged to experiment with her own ideas. She and her husband, Bernard Israel, opened a restaurant and night club in Greenwich Village to support their family. She returned to making art in 1957, and worked at art full-time after they sold the nightclub in the 1970. In 1977 Gillespie gave her first lecture series at the New School for Social Research, and she would give others there until 1982. She taught at her alma mater as a Visiting Artist (1981-1983) and gave Radford University some of her work to begin its permanent art collection. Gillespie then served as Woodrow Wilson visiting Fellow (1985-1994), visiting many small private colleges to give public lectures and teach young artists. She returned to Radnor University to teach as Distinguished Professor of Art (1997–99).[8] She also hosted a radio program, the Dorothy Gillespie Show on Radio Station WHBI in New York from 1967-1973. Gillespie began moving away from realism and into the abstraction that marked her career. Gillespie returned to New York City in 1963 to continue her career. She maintained a studio through the 70s and advocate worked towards feminist goals in the art industry, picketing the Whitney Museum, helping to organize the Women's Interart Center, curating exhibitions of women's art, and writing articles raising awareness of her cause. Gillespie numbered among her acquaintances such art-world luminaries as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson and Georgia O’Keeffe. “She had amazing stories that unfortunately are gone,” her son said. During the 1960s, she built multimedia art installations that made political statements, such as 1965’s “Made in the USA,” that used blinking colored lights, mirrors, shadow boxes, rotating figures and tape recordings to convey a chaotic look at American commercial fads. The floor was strewn with real dollar bills, which visitors assumed were fake. By the 1980s, Gillespie's work had come to be known internationally. She completed many commissions for sculptures in public places, including Lincoln Center, Rockefeller Center and Walt Disney World Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. Her work is in many collections across the United States, including the Delaware Museum, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her sculptures can also be found in the Frankfurt Museum in Germany and the Tel Aviv Museum in Israel. Group Shows Conceived and Curated by Dorothy Gillespie Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1974 included: Betty Parsons, Elsie Asher, Alice Baber, Minna Citron, Nancy Spero, Seena Donneson, Alice Neel, Natalie Edgar, Dorothy Gillespie, and Anita Steckel...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Permanent Marker

Dolphin Dance 05 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1-22”. Those brush paintings are Pri...
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Early 2000s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Vellum

L.I.C. (Blue) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. L.I.C refers to Long Island City where Soriano currently has his studio. This drawing focuses of objects and elements within it, in particular the remnants of old closets...
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2010s Conceptual Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Horse and Tree
Located in Buffalo, NY
You are viewing a modernist American watercolor painting by Robert Noel Blair Robert Noel Blair (American, 1912-2003) was an American artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and te...
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1960s American Modern Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Paper, Watercolor

"Constellations, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Constellations" is an original watercolor painting on textured paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. It is an abstract piece characterized by minimally-applied l...
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1960s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

French Contemporary Art by Frédérick Mazoir - Visiting 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Indian ink, carbon black, walnut husk, gouaches & blue oil on AMT paper
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Walnut, India Ink, Gouache, Carbon Pencil

Covers 24 Blue D Summer
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper - Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard ed...
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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

P1.15
Located in London, GB
Gouache and collage on Japanese paper. Unframed. This gouache paint with collage on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements of found colored papers th...
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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Advertising design for Pye Records Cambridge gouache Mid Century Wireless
Located in London, GB
Bowens (British, fl. mid 20th Century) Cambridge: Centre of Scientific Research Pye Group Records Pye - Nixa - Mercury - Vanguard - EmArcy c. mid-late 1950s Haig Road in Cambridge, where Pye had their factory, was subsumed into Elizabeth Way and was a long way from King's College chapel. However that iconic building is used to illustrate the Cambridge connection. EmArcy Records is a jazz record...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

To Break, To Blossom 25-02
Located in New York, NY
Aida experiences resilience: she paints, she breaks and she rebuilds. Watercolor, subtle and delicate, turns into great sculpture. The beauty of scars in her work — imperfect and fra...
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Untitled (ID 1292)
Located in London, GB
Gouache on paper - Unframed In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuition. ...
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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Open But Empty, 2023, framed abstract, colorful, watercolor and acrylic on paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Brenneman’s intimate abstractions are layers of referents of play. Beginning with a central form, her compositions topple out sequentially, each shape building on the impression of the last. Brenneman sources her forms from objects in her periphery, often in her home, rendering her paintings almost autobiographical, and forging a sense of familiarity. Brenneman received her BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, OH, and her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Tristate area, as well as internationally in Busan, South Korea, Reims, France, and St. Petersburg, Russia. Brenneman’s work is included in the permanent collections at the Aspen Contemporary Art Collection, the Cleveland Clinic, the Sprint Collection, and The Progressive Corporation. The artist is based in West Orange...
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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Deep inside (blue planet)- line drawing woman figure with circle
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The work was done with ink and watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The work is 11 by 15 inches in size framed (black) with a styrene face on a mat board in white color with size 20 by 16 inches. This is the "Many thoughts, one head" series. The series started with the picture of a figure with its hands framing the head - but without an actual head, as if hands were holding all the thoughts. Later on the head became objects - metaphors (soap, bubble, mine, alarm clock, etc.) as well as planets. Each person is an individual planet, with their own thoughts and satellites - companions. Artworks from this series got 3rd place at the 2020 and 2021 American Art Awards, juried by 25 best galleries...
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2010s Minimalist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

"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...
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1960s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

"Militair" Gray Toned Abstract Watercolor Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Gray toned abstract watercolor painting on paper titled "Militair." Back side of the paper has another painting depicting red, yellow, green, and blue abstract shapes with figurative...
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1960s Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Frames (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and watercolor on handmade Wasli paper. Unframed. Laura Newman's paintings combine geometric delineations of space, ephemeral color fields, dynamic lines and organic forms, ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Dorothea Tanning 1968 Surrealist Watercolor & Pencil, Surrealism, Three Figures
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Dorothea Tanning Untitled 11 x 10 inches Signed & dated lower right Framed A 1968 watercolor & pencil depicting three surrealist figures. PROVENANCE: Merz Kunsthandlung (Sprengler...
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1960s Surrealist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

"Angelo ribelle" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 - Watercolor on Paper, Figurative Angel
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Rebel angel". Watercolor on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy. This is part of an album. The price refers to the single drawing.
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Nature abstraction
Located in Greenwich, CT
Briggs is s significant Post War artist who can bring substantial prices and interest with his works from the 1950's. His style during this period was "action painting" and expressi...
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1950s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

A Pembrokeshire Landscape
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Mixed media Paper size: 14 x 21 inches Framed size: 28.25 x 35 inches Signed lower right
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20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Untitled (ID 1297)
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper - Unframed In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuitio...
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2010s Minimalist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Floreos
Located in Boston, MA
About the piece: Floreo, "Flower" in Spanish, has special meaning in flamenco dance. Words that describe this piece:outsider, intuitive, blue, monochrome, dynamic, action, flamenco, movement Artist Biography: Mark A. Lembo Script M Abstract Art Mark’s dynamic work blurs the distinction between alcohol ink and watercolor - working with dyes, inks, liquid acrylic, liquid watercolor, and other aqueous media; lately, he has been incorporating metallic watercolor and pearlescent ink to his work. He has used canvas, synthetic Yupo™ paper, Yasutomo Mineral Paper, and various watercolor papers. Mark’s journey into the world of creative arts started with the question, “What would Jackson Pollock’s work look like if he had used transparent watercolors?” So, it was out with the pencils, pens, and brushes, and on to the pouring of various aqueous solutions. While mostly self-taught, Mark took a series of classes at the Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA, under Joe Stoddard, as well as seminars with Robert...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Watercolor, Synthetic Paper

Bricks, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Watercolor on paper :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Loc...
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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Wave Cry Series #10, Colorful Abstract Painting by Jeff Hoare
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jeff Hoare Title: Wave Cry Series #10 Year: 1977 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed and dated l.r. Size: 22 x 30 inches Frame: 33.5 x 40 inches
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Abstract Heart
Located in Astoria, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928), Abstract Heart, Mixed Media on Paper, stamped "Studio / Domenick Capobianco" to verso, unframed. 37.25" H x 39.5" W. Provenance: From the col...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Watercolor

French Abstract Painting, Watercolour, Signed, Red and Purple Palette
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large French Abstract Painting, Watercolour, Signed, Red and Purple Palette by Raphaelle Pia, French 20th Century artist Watercolour stuck on card, unframed Signed and dated '12-12-7...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

MIchael Knigin Abstract Pop Art Surrealism Acrylic Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Michael Jay Knigin (American, 1942 – 2011) Untitled (abstract) Mixed media painting on paper, includes acrylic, watercolor and gouache Estate stamp on the ...
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20th Century Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache

Blue Water Dots
Located in London, GB
Watercolor/work on paper - Unframed. It is a “drawing” of color with a brush, line with a needle and thread and pattern and repetition. It is intuitive and playful. Holly Miller...
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Early 2000s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Thread, Paper, Watercolor

4th floor
Located in London, GB
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from something observed, ideally ar...
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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Veiled Series LX , Abstract Expressionist Organic Drawing Watercolor Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Dorothy Gillespie (June 29, 1920 – September 30, 2012) was an American artist and sculptor who became known for her large and colorful abstract metal sculptures. Gillespie became best known for the aluminum sculptures she started to produce at the end of the 1970s. She would paint sheets of the metal, cut them into strips and connect the strips together to resemble cascades or starbursts of bright colored ribbon. The New York Times once summarized her work as “topsy-turvy, merrymaking fantasy,” and in another review declared, “The artist’s exuberant sculptures of colorful aluminum strips have earned her an international reputation.Her works are featured at her alma mater (Radford University) in Virginia, where she later returned to teach, as well as in New York (where she was artist in residence for the feminist Women's Interart Center), Wilmington, North Carolina and Florida. She enrolled both at Radford University near her hometown, and the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. The director of the Maryland Institute, Hans Schuler, helped foster her career in fine art. On June 5, 1943, aged 23, Gillespie moved to New York City. There she took a job at the B. Altman department store as assistant art director. She also joined the Art Students League where she was exposed to new ideas about techniques, materials, and marketing. She also created works at Atelier 17 printmaking studio, where Stanley William Hayter encouraged to experiment with her own ideas. She and her husband, Bernard Israel, opened a restaurant and night club in Greenwich Village to support their family. She returned to making art in 1957, and worked at art full-time after they sold the nightclub in the 1970. In 1977 Gillespie gave her first lecture series at the New School for Social Research, and she would give others there until 1982. She taught at her alma mater as a Visiting Artist (1981-1983) and gave Radford University some of her work to begin its permanent art collection. Gillespie then served as Woodrow Wilson visiting Fellow (1985-1994), visiting many small private colleges to give public lectures and teach young artists. She returned to Radnor University to teach as Distinguished Professor of Art (1997–99).[8] She also hosted a radio program, the Dorothy Gillespie Show on Radio Station WHBI in New York from 1967-1973. Gillespie began moving away from realism and into the abstraction that marked her career. Gillespie returned to New York City in 1963 to continue her career. She maintained a studio through the 70s and advocate worked towards feminist goals in the art industry, picketing the Whitney Museum, helping to organize the Women's Interart Center, curating exhibitions of women's art, and writing articles raising awareness of her cause. Gillespie numbered among her acquaintances such art-world luminaries as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson and Georgia O’Keeffe. “She had amazing stories that unfortunately are gone,” her son said. During the 1960s, she built multimedia art installations that made political statements, such as 1965’s “Made in the USA,” that used blinking colored lights, mirrors, shadow boxes, rotating figures and tape recordings to convey a chaotic look at American commercial fads. The floor was strewn with real dollar bills, which visitors assumed were fake. By the 1980s, Gillespie's work had come to be known internationally. She completed many commissions for sculptures in public places, including Lincoln Center, Rockefeller Center and Walt Disney World Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. Her work is in many collections across the United States, including the Delaware Museum, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her sculptures can also be found in the Frankfurt Museum in Germany and the Tel Aviv Museum in Israel. Group Shows Conceived and Curated by Dorothy Gillespie Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1974 included: Betty Parsons, Elsie Asher, Alice Baber, Minna Citron, Nancy Spero, Seena Donneson, Alice Neel, Natalie Edgar, Dorothy Gillespie, and Anita Steckel...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Permanent Marker

Empath * Communication * Translate * Sharing (One of the Arts)
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Empath * Communication * Translate * Sharing (One of the Arts) Gouache and metallic ink on 1957 Encyclopedia page Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / Geometric Abstraction / G...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Gouache, Magazine Paper

Accomplish (To Accomplish * Goals & Task)
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Accomplish (To Accomplish * Goals & Task) Gouache and metallic ink on 1957 Encyclopedia page Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / Geometric Abstraction / Gestural Abstraction /...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Gouache, Magazine Paper

"Beaver Lake Reflections, " Original Framed Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake Reflections" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The painting is an abstract representation of the lake on which the...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Day, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Day and night belong together, just like light and dark, good and bad, sadness and happyness. This painting is part of the dyptichon "Day & Night", each 40x30 cm (both 40x60 cm), ...
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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

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)...
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21st Century and Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Gouache, Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Not Just Beige
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 Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Linen, Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil

Image it is pink, abstract watercolors
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The color harmony on paper. stamp singed lower right Pinajian. Archived numbered 1580
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Watercolor abstract drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Watercolor abstract drawings and watercolors available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add Abstract drawings and watercolors created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, yellow and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include David Barnett, Peter Soriano, Les Anderson, and Mila Akopova. Frequently made by artists working in the Abstract, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Watercolor abstract drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available Prices for abstract drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $400,000, while the average work can sell for $1,500.

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