Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Color: Beige
Stone upon Stone 13 Abstract Painting Geometric Yellow Melissa Dupont
Located in Madrid, ES
My first works are digital, in that aspect each decision can be rethought and changed as many times as necessary. Unlike my previous works, this was the first time that I was faced with a blank paper...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Toma Yovanovich Mid Century Abstract Landscape Colorful Watercolor Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid-Century Modern abstracted landscape watercolor painting by American artist Toma Tovanovich (1931- 2016).
Tovanovich's work is found in many public and private collections all...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
"Wreath Study", Watercolor, Abstract, Contemporary Art, Emerging Artist
Located in Houston, TX
"Wreath Study", is a contemporary abstract painting made with watercolor on paper, and was painted by emerging artist from Houston, Texas, Grayson Chandler...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Canopy Study
Located in Houston, TX
Canopy Study is a contemporary abstract painting made with watercolor, gouache, and acrylic on paper, and was painted by emerging artist from Houston, Texas, Grayson Chandler...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Chromatic research and movement"abstract, yellow , orange, cm. 24 x 33 1954
Located in Torino, IT
abstract, yellow ,orange,grey,geometric,1954
Edgardo CORBELLI (Turin, 1918 - 1989)
From the traditional composition of the 1930s, the painting of Corbelli leads to technical and exp...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Snow Fence", contemporary abstract winter landscape, acrylic & spray on paper
By Mel Reese
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An acrylic and spray paint abstract drawing of that moment when the snow has just fallen and sticks to the colorful picket fences within town. Fresh and fluffy.
This drawing was pro...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Aubrey Penny, Original Pastel Drawing, Molecular Biology Series
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original drawing signed and dated by Aubrey Penny.
Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who worked in a variety of mediums. Owner of the No...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Abstract Pastel Crayon Drawing Color Abstract, Seasonal Letter John Von Wicht
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: Virginia Field, arts administrator; New York, N.Y. Assistant director for Asia House gallery. (she was friends with John von Wicht, Bernard Childs, John Ford and Andy Warhol)
Johannes Von Wicht was born in Holstein, Germany on February 3, 1888. His mother moved the family to Oldenburg when Von Wicht was in elementary school and he began to visit the artist Gerhard Bakenhus. Von Wicht’s mother had arranged for him to apprentice at the studio of master painter F.W. Adels. There he learned to prepare paints with linseed oil and later commented on the lasting impression of colors throughout his career. Interior of a Farmhouse was his first painting completed in 1907. Gerhard Bakenhus was able to include the painting to in the Bremer Kunsthalle exhibition in 1908. Due to the critical success of this piece Von Wicht was accepted to the private art school of the Grand Duke of Hesse in Darmstadt. Fundamental themes of simplicity, nature, and poetry were instilled in the students. The students also studied ancient art, Chinese and Japanese calligraphy, as well as Mathias Grünewald, Albrecht Dürer, Martin...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pastel
N°4 Star Script
Located in Wien, 9
“I have been living in Berlin as a painter for 45 years and since then a lot of water has flowed down the Spree, many ‘big’ and little names, many art scenes, a lot of noise and lots of hope have come along.
There was the great period of 1920-1933, when Berlin was a real and free art city, when the public still visited the exhibitions and the painters had not yet invented the publicity. There was the ’12th Reich’, which eliminated art. And there came the laborious new beginnings after 1945.
When I was a beginner, around 1925, I plunged rather carelessly into the lively art scene: first exhibition in the then very turbulent jury-free show. In 1927, for the first time, I succeeded in conquering a wall space in the academy on Pariser Platz, where Liebermann led a strict regiment. Many young exhibitions were organized and critically acclaimed (Paul Westheim). Paul Cassirer showed three generations in two beautiful exhibitions, I was one of the youngest. My first collective exhibition was in the Galerie Möller in 1928, after which I received a master studio in the ‘Akademie der Künste’ for three years. In the printing workshop on the Steinplatz I learned the etchings on the same press, on which I still create the plates at our university today. This was followed by further exhibitions, again at Möller in 1931, etchings in the gallery Gurlitt in 1932, in the Szczecin Museum, whose director Riezler acquired several pictures that were destroyed during the Nazi era. The Kronprinzenpalais had also bought a picture and the Kupferstichkabinett some etchings. Everything went ahead, and then, with one hit, it was over. In 1934, all free, progressive exhibitions were closed and the associations liquidated (Künstlerbund, Sezession). The end of painting. I learned ceramics and painted tiles and tiled stoves; The war...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching, Lithograph
Ornamental Composition
Located in Wien, 9
“I have been living in Berlin as a painter for 45 years and since then a lot of water has flowed down the Spree, many ‘big’ and little names, many art scenes, a lot of noise and lots of hope have come along.
There was the great period of 1920-1933, when Berlin was a real and free art city, when the public still visited the exhibitions and the painters had not yet invented the publicity. There was the ’12th Reich’, which eliminated art. And there came the laborious new beginnings after 1945.
When I was a beginner, around 1925, I plunged rather carelessly into the lively art scene: first exhibition in the then very turbulent jury-free show. In 1927, for the first time, I succeeded in conquering a wall space in the academy on Pariser Platz, where Liebermann led a strict regiment. Many young exhibitions were organized and critically acclaimed (Paul Westheim). Paul Cassirer showed three generations in two beautiful exhibitions, I was one of the youngest. My first collective exhibition was in the Galerie Möller in 1928, after which I received a master studio in the ‘Akademie der Künste’ for three years. In the printing workshop on the Steinplatz I learned the etchings on the same press, on which I still create the plates at our university today. This was followed by further exhibitions, again at Möller in 1931, etchings in the gallery Gurlitt in 1932, in the Szczecin Museum, whose director Riezler acquired several pictures that were destroyed during the Nazi era. The Kronprinzenpalais had also bought a picture and the Kupferstichkabinett some etchings. Everything went ahead, and then, with one hit, it was over. In 1934, all free, progressive exhibitions were closed and the associations liquidated (Künstlerbund, Sezession). The end of painting. I learned ceramics and painted tiles and tiled stoves; The war...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Ana Zanic "Origin Aqueous (W-2022-3-2)" - Large Abstract Watercolor Painting
By Ana Zanic
Located in New York, NY
Ana Zanic
Origin Aqueous (W-2022-3-2), 2022
watercolor on yupo paper
40 x 26 in.
(zan252)
This contemporary abstract watercolor painting feat...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
No. 377
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...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
No. 343
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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
8 RV (Abstract Drawing)
By Xanda McCagg
Located in London, GB
8 RV (Abstract drawing)
Watercolor on paper. Unframed.
McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underlying aesthetic voc...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Expressionist Biomorphic Coloured Pencil Drawing.
Located in Cotignac, FR
1980s abstract expressionist biomorphic coloured pencil drawing on paper by Belgian artist André Pierret, signed bottom right.
André Pierret was born ...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil
No. 370
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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
No. 228
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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
'Submerging, ' by Lisa Miceli, Watercolor on Paper Painting
By Lisa Miceli
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 15" x 22" watercolor on paper painting by Lisa Miceli depicts an imaginative abstracted landscape. This painting is part of the "latticeWorks Series."...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Composition - Original Drawing by Vedan - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original drawing in watercolor by Vedan in the mid 20th century.
Good condition
Hand-signed.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced comp...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
No. 375
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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
No. 374
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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Pencil, Paper, Watercolor
Pyramid I Abstract Geometric Painting Pink Melissa Dupont
Located in Madrid, ES
My first works are digital, in that aspect each decision can be rethought and changed as many times as necessary. Unlike my previous works, this was the first time that I was faced with a blank paper...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Spring (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Gina Werfel
Located in London, GB
Spring (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Acrylic and mixed media on paper - Unframed
Werfel employs expressive, lyrical gestures that create b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled 2003 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2003 (Abstract Drawing)
Pastel, acrylic and pencil on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and h...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
Ana Zanic "Origin Aqueous (W-2022-3-1)" - Large Abstract Watercolor Painting
By Ana Zanic
Located in New York, NY
Ana Zanic
Origin Aqueous (W-2022-3-1), 2022
watercolor on yupo paper
40 x 26 in.
(zan251)
This contemporary abstract watercolor painting feat...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Mohammedan World - Holiday Magazine Cover (unpublished)
Located in Miami, FL
Rudolph de Harak was a graphic and environmental designer and art director for Seventeen Magazine and teacher at Cooper Unio Yale and Parsons School o...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tape, Laid Paper
'Gates of Summer' - geometric abstraction - monotype - grid - Agnes Pelton
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Gates of Summer" is a lithographic monotype on Rives BFK paper featuring hues of orange and yellow. This work is framed in a gold frame measuring 21.25 by 18.5 inches.
Claire Whitehurst is inspired by the works of Ruth Asawa, Louise Bourgeois, Agnes Pelton, Hilma af Klimt, Alma Thomas...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph, Monotype
Untitled (Ref 19013) (Abstract Drawing)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Untitled (Ref 19013) (Abstract Drawing)
Ink on paper - Unframed.
Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings delig...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Abstract drawing n°17 by Julien Dinou - A4 size
By Julien Dinou
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame
Size A4
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
BARK
Located in Houston, TX
David Hutchinson
BARK, 2021
Unique archival inkjet print
24 x 18 inches (16 x 45.7 cm)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Inkjet
CDV 8 - earth tone geometric abstract circle with burn holes on paper
Located in New York, NY
Nathalie Palomino is a French self-taught artist practicing pyrography on paper. Her perpetual quest for light and transparency in her works pushes her to multiply the perforations o...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
Abstract Composition - Original Mixed Media by Jean Delpech -Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original drawing in mixed media on ivory-colored paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
The state of preservation of the artwork is good. Not signe...
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Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
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...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Uniquely Unfit for Constraints, 40"x26" abstract gesture w female figure
Located in Brooklyn, NY
RINY artists Audrey Anastasi and C.Dimitri collaborated to create contemporary collage works.
Born of the Covid pandemic, the team started working remotely, mailing artwork to each ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Stone Upon Stone 1 Melissa Dupont Orange Abstract Geometric Painting
Located in Madrid, ES
My first works are digital, in that aspect each decision can be rethought and changed as many times as necessary. Unlike my previous works, this was the first time that I was faced with a blank paper...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Mystery - abstract painting, made in grey, blue color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcoholic ink in grey, blue color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a styrene face on ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Pions (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Pions (Abstract work on paper)
Watercolour on paper - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
French abstract artist Jérémie Iordanoff blends the visual languages of Western Modernist...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract drawing n°2 by Julien Dinou
By Julien Dinou
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame
Size A4
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Abstract drawing n°3 by Julien Dinou - A4 size
By Julien Dinou
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame
Size A4
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Bringing light where all see darkness, black and white, lines, paper, infinity
Located in Madrid, ES
The drawings of endless patterns of ink, like cosmic fractals mixed with collages and cutting technique. With simple materials I make reflections on a sense of life ́s mystery. My dr...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Soft Rock, pastel pink abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Seated Girl
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT GOODNOUGH
Seated Girl, 1961
Charcoal Drawing on Paper
23 3/4 × 18 inches
Hand signed in charcoal on the front
Unframed
Unique
This is an exquisite, rare poignant early Robert ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in 1973.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right marg...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Finite Field (Abstract painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Finite Field (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies dra...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolor on hot press paper - Unframed
This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit a...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Stone upon stone 14 Yellow Geometric Abstract Painting Melissa Dupont
Located in Madrid, ES
My first works are digital, in that aspect each decision can be rethought and changed as many times as necessary. Unlike my previous works, this was the first time that I was faced with a blank paper...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Light Blue and Brown Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Composed of two contrasting sections of light blue and brown, this piece has layers of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Paper, Watercolor
Long color stack 1 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Long color stack 1 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman, and Eva Marie Saint"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Ashley John is proud to offer this artwork by:
Albert Hirschfeld (1903 - 2003)
Albert Hirschfeld is known for his pen and ink personality caricatures of theatre people. He worked a...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled 2002 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2002 (Abstract Drawing)
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Cracked Up (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Cracked Up (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured pain...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Cracked Up (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Cracked Up (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured pain...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Guna TT (Abstract painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Guna TT (Abstract painting)
Encaustic on Shikoku paper - Unframed.
The title, Guna, is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘string, thread or strand’ and was inspired by Adams yoga practice.
...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
"Second Theme" 1949 Abstract Mid 20th Century Geometric Non-Objective Hard Edge
Located in New York, NY
"Second Theme" 1949 Abstract Mid 20th Century Geometric Non-Objective Hard Edge
Burgoyne A. Diller (American, 1906-1965) "Second Theme" 1949. Pencil and crayon on paper. Signed and dated 'D. 49' (lower right). Image: 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York. David K. Anderson Grandchildren's Trust.
BURGOYNE DILLER (1906-1965) Recognized as the first American painter to embrace the tenets of Neo-Plasticism, Burgoyne Diller made an important contribution to the development of non-objective art in the United States. Working in a hard-edged geometric style, he produced paintings, drawings, and collages that paved the way for the development of American Minimalism during the 1960s and 70s.
Born in New York City in 1906, Diller began painting and drawing as a teenager growing up in Battle Creek, Michigan. Later, while attending Michigan State University in East Lansing on an athletic scholarship, he made weekend visits to the Art Institute of Chicago, where he familiarized himself with Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting. He was especially drawn to the landscapes and still lives of Paul Cézanne, who modeled color to create structure and volume.
In 1929, Diller moved to Manhattan and enrolled at the Art Students League, where his teachers included such progressive-minded painters as Jan Matulka, Hans Hofmann, and George Grosz. Hofmann's concept of the "push-pull" effect of form and color exerted a strong influence on his early work, as did his growing familiarity with Analytical and Synthetic Cubism, German Expressionism, and other vanguard European styles. Diller had the opportunity to see some of this work firsthand, but he also kept abreast of developments abroad by reading journals such as Cahiers d'Art.
Diller completed his studies at the League in 1933, the year he had his first solo exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Gallery in New York. It was around this time that his paintings began to show the influence of the reductive, pared-down geometric compositions of the Dutch Constructivist Piet Mondrian and the equally restrained compositions of Kasimir Malevich and El Lissitsky...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil
Untitled 2 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed
Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic unity that can exist between seemingly disparate elements, such as graphic patterns and gestural markings.
Tétot is inspired by the search for unexpected harmonies. He could be placed in an aesthetic lineage with Hans Hofmann and Shirley Jaffe...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
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 ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolor on hot press paper - Unframed
This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit a...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract abstract drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
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