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: Red
"Stripe Drawing #8" Contemporary Original Abstract Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
My drawings and paintings are an examination of three major elements - color, surface and mark making. These nonrepresentational pieces give me the freedom to concentrate on and inve...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Nature Morte
Located in Belgrade, MT
This colorful lithograph is part of my private collection.
It is a limited edition , 1 print available, signed and numbered 25/150. It is in very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
"Stripe Drawing #9" Contemporary Original Abstract Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
My drawings and paintings are an examination of three major elements - color, surface and mark making. These nonrepresentational pieces give me the freedom to concentrate on and inve...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Autumn Red - abstract nature inspired minimal collage of polymer clay on paper
Located in New York, NY
The new works of Mylinh Nguyen designed from polymer resin, bring us into a nature whose refinement commands admiration. From the physiognomy of living or extinct plant species, the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Clay, Polymer
untitled-#1 blue, green, transparent yellow on bright red
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled painting/collage 2022
acrylic and painted silkscreen mesh on 140 lb. cold press paper 30x22” unframed
blue, green, transparent yellow on bright red
irregular texture surface...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 6 (Abstract painting)
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 6 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Fabriano-Terra paper - Unframed.
"This work is part of a series titled ""Drawing for 3 configurations', emphasising 3 colours. It derives from the series Color as Adjective, a series of drawings...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 24 (Abstract painting)
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Drawing For 3 Horizontal Configurations 24 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Fabriano-Terra paper - Unframed.
"This work is part of a series titled ""Drawing for 3 configurations', em...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Rouge 20171 (Abstract painting)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Rouge 20171 (Abstract painting)
Ink on paper - Unframed.
Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France.
Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canv...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Rouge 20170 (Abstract painting)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Rouge 20170 (Abstract painting)
Ink on paper - Unframed.
Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France.
Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canv...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
NALB
Located in Westport, CT
Since 1974, Louise P. Sloane has been actively engaged in the studio as an abstract painter.
Her work focuses upon geometric forms, grids and patterns. These detail oriented pieces ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
RosesLavender
Located in Westport, CT
Since 1974, Louise P. Sloane has been actively engaged in the studio as an abstract painter.
Her work focuses upon geometric forms, grids and patterns. These detail oriented pieces ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
RedsAquaBlue
Located in Westport, CT
Since 1974, Louise P. Sloane has been actively engaged in the studio as an abstract painter.
Her work focuses upon geometric forms, grids and patterns. These detail oriented pieces ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
By Emily Berger
Located in London, GB
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm.
She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Rouge (Abstract painting)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Rouge (Abstract painting)
Ink on paper - Unframed.
Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediums so the color...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
A12 - I am having so much fun (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
A12 - I am having so much fun (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The artist created this series shortly afterward arriving in NY.
His interest was to see what respons...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Bury (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Bury (Abstract Painting)
Oil on paper - Unframed
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving between t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Untitled 10 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 10 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed
Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
By Emily Berger
Located in London, GB
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm.
She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Liminal Icon (Monument I), (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Liminal Icon (Monument I), (Abstract Painting)
Mixed media on paper - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Although the initial inspiration for a painting might come from a fl...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Cut-Up Paper 2001 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Cut-Up Paper 2001 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
Pedersen works with acrylic paint.
When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Red Swash (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Red Swash (Abstract painting)
Oil on gessoed Arches paper. Unframed.
For Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks....
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Abstract in Red and Ochre', AWS, NWS, Who’s Who in American Art, Albuquerque
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Carole Barnes AWS' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1985.
Carole Barnes has exhibited widely and with success and is the r...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Gouache
Bury (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Bury (Abstract Painting)
Oil on paper - Unframed
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving between t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Red Swash (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Red Swash (Abstract painting)
Oil on gessoed Arches paper. Unframed.
For Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks....
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Untitled 10 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 10 (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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
A12 - I am having so much fun (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
A12 - I am having so much fun (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The artist created this series shortly afterward arriving in NY.
His interest was to see what respons...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
By Emily Berger
Located in London, GB
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm.
She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Red Swash (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Red Swash (Abstract painting)
Oil on gessoed Arches paper. Unframed.
For Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks....
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Untitled 10 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 10 (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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Liminal Icon (Monument I), (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Liminal Icon (Monument I), (Abstract Painting)
Mixed media on paper - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Although the initial inspiration for a painting might come from a fl...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
By Emily Berger
Located in London, GB
Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm.
She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Rouge (Abstract painting)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper - Unframed.
Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediums so the colors will dissipate and interm...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled 10 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
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 seemi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Chinese Contemporary Art by Xiong Longdeng - Serie Brain Storm 10
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on Chinese paper
Xiong Long-Deng is Chinese artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Qingzhen & Beijing, China. He is graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, College of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Contemporary Art by Xiong Longdeng - La Couronne
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on Chinese paper
Xiong Long-Deng is Chinese artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Qingzhen & Beijing, China. He is graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, College of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Contemporary Art by Xiong Longdeng - Serie Parallel Universe
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on Chinese paper
Xiong Long-Deng is Chinese artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Qingzhen & Beijing, China. He is graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, College of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Contemporary Art by Xiong Longdeng - Serie Brain Strom 11
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on Chinese paper
Xiong Long-Deng is Chinese artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Qingzhen & Beijing, China. He is graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, College of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Contemporary Art by Xiong Longdeng - Serie Parrallel Universe 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on Chinese paper
Xiong Long-Deng is Chinese artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Qingzhen & Beijing, China. He is graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, College of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Contemporary Art by Xiong Longdeng - Magnolia
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on Chinese paper
Xiong Long-Deng is Chinese artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Qingzhen & Beijing, China. He is graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, College of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Contemporary Art by Xiong Longdeng - Serie Parallel Universe 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on Chinese paper
Xiong Long-Deng is Chinese artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Qingzhen & Beijing, China. He is graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, College of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Contemporary Art by Xiong Longdeng - Serie Parallel Universe 5
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on Chinese paper
Xiong Long-Deng is Chinese artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Qingzhen & Beijing, China. He is graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, College of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Contemporary Art by Xiong Longdeng - Serie Parallel Universe 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on Chinese paper
Xiong Long-Deng is Chinese artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Qingzhen & Beijing, China. He is graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, College of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Contemporary Art by Xiong Longdeng - Serie Brain Storm 9
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on Chinese paper
Xiong Long-Deng is Chinese artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Qingzhen & Beijing, China. He is graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, College of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Contemporary Art by Xiong Longdeng - Serie Parrallel Universe 7
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on Chinese paper
Xiong Long-Deng is Chinese artist born in 1966 who lives & works in Qingzhen & Beijing, China. He is graduated from the Department of Oil Painting, College of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cut-Up Paper 2001 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
Pedersen works with acrylic paint.
When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often reducing the composition to minimal, ha...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
A12 - I am having so much fun (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The artist created this series shortly afterward arriving in NY.
His interest was to see what responses the paintings evoke.
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Hot Core, mythical, spiritual, abstract patterns, colorful, red, watercolor
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media
The energy of this work is only possible painting with both hands, standing and working with music. The underlying structure is created with oil pastel using...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Ecuadorian Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, ink, glue & pencil on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Glue, Pencil
"Red Galaxy"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964)
Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Oil Pastel on Amate Paper 1
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Oil pastel drawing on amate paper, unique,
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Oil Pastel Drawing on Amate Paper 4
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Oil pastel drawing on amate paper, unique,
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Gouache, colored pencil, graphite, and pastel on paper
Signed and dated in black ink, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Born in Peekskill, New Yo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache, Color Pencil, Graphite
Abstract abstract drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
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