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
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Stripe Drawing #11" 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...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Wayvox
Located in New York, NY
Wayvox, 1986
Ballpoint pen on paper
11 x 8-1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated, lower margin
At the heart of Bousfield's work lies a lyrical celebration of color and ...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Remembrance Drawing #7
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
This series of drawings deals with memories. I use a somewhat random but purposeful fluidity to create these fantastical images that are partly derived from nature. I work intuitivel...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Many-Worlds Interpretation (H.C.H.C.E.d)
By Colin Hunt
Located in New York, NY
Looking at a painting by Colin Hunt is like watching someone pass through a hole in our consciousness. As the landscape refracts through the sitter’s absence and fills that emptiness...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Power Are My Words #5 Contemporary Original Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Power Are My Words
This series looks at the emotion around words. The way we use words can be uplifting or hurtful, empowering or degrading. Words have always been a tool to suppres...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil, Pencil
Untitled-009 Abstraction in Reds mixed media painting by John Von Wicht
Located in Hudson, NY
One of a group of over 100 works personally selected by the artist and gifted to a close personal friend in 1969, this work was never matted, framed, glued, taped or exposed to light...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Play Drawing #4 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Play Drawing #4 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil
Play Drawing #8 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Play Drawing #8 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil
A GARDEN FOR ICARO - Etching on paper signed Gaetano Carboni, Italy 1970
Located in Napoli, IT
Etching on paper, signed Gaetano Carboni
A painter and engraver, Gaetano Carboni was born in 1928 in Ascoli Piceno and, between 1940 and 1950, implemented his first figurative experi...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
2018
Watercolor and ink drawing on bamboo paper
19 x 15 in. (48 x 36 cm)
Signed and dated in pencil
Unframed, excellent condition
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Bamboo Paper
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
2018
Watercolor and ink drawing on bamboo paper
19 x 15 in.
Signed and dated in pencil
Unframed, excellent condition
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Map
Located in New York, NY
2015
Monotype, ink drawing, and collage on Japanese paper
57 x 37 in. (145 x 95 cm)
Signed and dated in pencil
Unframed, excellent condition
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Monotype
"Modern Woman"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980)
Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Fish"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Ramstonev Co-operative Project (1937 - 1939)
In the late 1930s, Charles Ramsey became close friends with Charles Evans and ...
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1930s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
F6
By Julian Teran
Located in New York, NY
Julián Terán
F6, 2016
Ink on paper
19.7 x 19.7 in
(50.04h x 50.04w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Machinery"
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...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper, Watercolor
Terrace Positano, 2002
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled 518, 1990s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Paintings on paper "Nature-Universe-Tool" ( 50 pieces folder)
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
One piece made of a folder with 50 acrylic paintings on paper, with measures 29.5 x 20 cm each paper.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Thaw #8
Located in Fairfield, CT
This piece is framed.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Color Pencil, Graphite
Subway Topos #1
Located in Fairfield, CT
Bastienne Schmidt is a mixed media artist working with photography, painting and large scale drawings. She was born in Germany, raised in Greece and Italy and has lived in New York f...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Linescape 9
By Julian Teran
Located in New York, NY
Julián Terán
Linescape 9 , 2017
Ink on paper
16.5 x 35.5 in
(41.91h x 90.17w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled III
Located in Fairfield, CT
This series on paper, Topologies of Blue, possesses layers of delicate texture and structure in the blue tones, created through a process that combines inks, polymer paints, leaves, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mandala 2
Located in Buffalo, NY
This is an original drawing made up of my unique visual language of weaving glyphic lines. Please feel free to "Google" my name to see more. The drawing is Pitt Artist Pen in black i...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Barrilete 2
Located in New York, NY
Barrilete 2, 2015
Ferrite and graphite on paper
9.80h x 7.90w in
Unframed
Miriam Peralta was born in 1957 in Buenos Aires, where she also received her formal academic training at ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Wind"
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
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Switch-It #7
Located in Houston, TX
Robert Ruello
Switch-It #7, 2016
graphite, watercolor, and colored pencil on paper
20 x 15 inches
Energetic and charged with visual power, the Switch-It series is movement and transition visualized. Ruello’s formal investigation of how we move through and disrupt various environments (digital, analog, and in-between) is rendered through these graphic elements. As he notes, “As a result of this disruption, the array is no longer stable or predictable — visual illusions and shifting figure/ground relationships begin to emerge.” Ruello’s work stems from an enjoyment in the tension between the stable and the unpredictable. Though not figural, his work presents elements that are recognizable from our visual vernacular. Digital screens, popular science...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Switch-It #9
Located in Houston, TX
Robert Ruello
Switch-It #9, 2016
graphite, watercolor, and colored pencil on paper
20 x 15 inches
Energetic and charged with visual power, the Switch-It series is movement and transition visualized. Ruello’s formal investigation of how we move through and disrupt various environments (digital, analog, and in-between) is rendered through these graphic elements. As he notes, “As a result of this disruption, the array is no longer stable or predictable — visual illusions and shifting figure/ground relationships begin to emerge.” Ruello’s work stems from an enjoyment in the tension between the stable and the unpredictable. Though not figural, his work presents elements that are recognizable from our visual vernacular. Digital screens, popular science...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Halloween- earth tone color circular abstract geometric watercolor drawing
Located in New York, NY
Richard Garrison collects information from typically overlooked aspects of daily life. Observed data from places like big box stores and parking lots are systematically transformed i...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Graphite
Abstract Composition Inspired by Bach, Framed Abstract Watercolor Painting, Pink
Located in Denver, CO
Original vintage watercolor painting by twentieth century San Francisco woman artist, Hildegarde Haas (1926-2002). "Bach - English Suite No.2 in A Minor...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Preliminary drawing for a sculpture
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for a sculpture
Black crayon on paper, 1959
Signed and dated middle right (see photo)
A rare 1950's AbEx drawing.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Michael and Ala...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
In Cammino - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
In cammino is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2014.
Colored tempera on plywood.
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.
Author of numerous philo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plywood, Tempera
Composition - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2014.
Colored acrylic and pastel on plywood.
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.
Author of n...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plywood, Pastel, Acrylic
Untitled - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2014
Tempera on plywood
Hand signed by the artist.
Date, techinique and sign on the back.
Author of numero...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plywood, Tempera
Quasi Fiori - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Quasi fiori is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2014.
Colored acrylic and pastel on plywood
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.
Author of nume...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plywood, Pastel, Acrylic
ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing
Located in New York, NY
ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing
Irene Rice Pereira (1902-1971)
Abstract
12 x 6 1/2 inches
Watercolor, gouache, and ink on black paper
...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Singed roses - abstraction art, made in cherry red, garnet red, white, grey
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The triptych is made with alcoholic ink in garnet red, cherry red, gray, white on Yupo paper. It can be in both horizontal and in vertical positions.
Each ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Still Life" Abstract Drawing 20" x 12" inch by Nazli Madkour
Located in Culver City, CA
"Still Life" Abstract Drawing 20" x 12" inch by Nazli Madkour
Madkour was born on 25 February 1949 in Cairo, Egypt.
She has held solo exhibitions since 1982 in many galleries in Egypt and elsewhere, and her works are held in collections including those of the Egyptian Modern Art...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Water Bearers" Watercolor painting 10" x 14" inch (1990) by Shaker El Maadawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Water Bearers" Watercolor painting 10" x 14" inch (1990) by Shaker El Maadawy
signed & dated
Shaker El Maadawy graduated from the Faculty of Fine ...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Study for SWEEPS, " Pigment Ink on Photo Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes the recognizable to create something unfamiliar.
Each work begins with a colorized photo captured by a deep-space telescope...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Photographic Paper
"Structures D04" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
"Love me. Aime-moi. Quiéreme"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Love me. Aime-moi. Quiéreme" painting is contemporary expressive vibrant artwork.
This artwork highlights the importance of giving and taking love, the importance of love to someb...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ephemeral composition III - abstract painting, made in black, grey color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a styrene face on a mat board in w...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Increspature - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Increspature is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2014.
Colored mixed media on plywood.
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.
Author of numerous p...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plywood, Pastel, Acrylic
Tutto Sospeso - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Tutto sospeso is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2014.
Colored acrylic on plywood
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.
Author of numerous phil...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plywood, Pastel, Acrylic
Inquietudine - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Inquietudine is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2012.
Colored mixed media on plywood
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.
Author of numerous p...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plywood, Pastel, Acrylic
1980s "Rust and Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen
"Rust and Black"
1980s
18.5"x 13"
Soft pastel and pencil on paper
Initialed in pencil lower right
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
1980's "Mint, Orange, Yellow, Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen
Mint, Orange, Yellow, Black
1980s
11.75"x10.5"
Soft pastel and pencil on paper
Signed in pencil lower right
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
1980s "Olive Green and Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen
"Olive Green and Black"
1980s
19.75"x12.5"
Soft pastel and pencil on paper
Initialed in pencil lower right
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
1980's Cubist "Pink, Blue, Mint, Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen
Pink, Blue, Mint, Black
1980s
12.75"x9.75"
Soft pastel and pencil on paper
Initialed in pencil lower right
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
1980s "Yellow and Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen
"Yellow and Black"
1980s
19.75"x12.5"
Soft pastel and pencil on paper
Initialed in pencil lower right
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
1980's Cubist "Yellow, Blue, Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen
"Yellow,Blue, Black"
1980s
12.75"x10"
Soft pastel and pencil on paper
Initialed in pencil lower right
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
1980's Cubist "Orange, Brown, Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen
"Orange, Brown, Black"
1980s
11.75"x10"
Soft pastel and pencil on paper
Signed in pencil lower right
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
1981 "Orange and Blue" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen
"Orange and Blue"
1980s
11.75"x9.75"
Soft pastel and pencil on paper
Initialed and dated in pencil lower right
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
Detail Sketch from January 1986, Pure pigment collage, acrylic painting; Signed
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen
Detail Sketch from January 1986, 1991
Pure pigment collage, acrylic painting and drawing
Hand-signed by artist, Hand signed, hand initialed, annotated, dated by hand ...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
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