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
Monday Series 16
Located in New York, NY
Friederike Oeser, a contemporary abstract painter, lives and works in Munich, Germany. For Oeser there is no hierarchy of visual value. It all has import—whether it be a trickle of w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting)
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerg...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Pions (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
French abstract artist Jérémie Iordanoff blends the visual languages of Western Modernist Abstraction with earlier, ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Oscillating resonance (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Oscillating resonance
Acrylic, ink and colored pencil on polypropylene paper - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Adrienn Krahl’s paintings express a profound sense of drama...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
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...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Balance (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Ink, oil pastel and charcoal on paper - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Adrienn Krahl’s paintings express a profound sense of drama and emotional weight. Krahl works in a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Ink
Schizophrenia. Contemporary Gouache Painting, Abstraction, Cat, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
JACEK SOWICKI (1948-2022)
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the graphics atelier at th...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Summer for everyone. Contemporary Gouache Painting, Abstraction, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
JACEK SOWICKI (1948-2022)
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the graphics atelier at th...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Celedon Mist (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Beeswax, resin and pigment on archival paper mounted on archival board matted - Unframed.
Image size: 20 cm x 31 cm, 7.75” x 12” mounted on archival board 41 cm x 51 cm, 16” x 20” m...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Resin, Paper, Wax, Pigment
Dunes in the morning. Contemporary Gouache Painting, Abstraction
Located in Warsaw, PL
JACEK SOWICKI (1948-2022)
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the graphics atelier at th...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
untitled- abstract nude woman bright color oil pastel drawing on paper
Located in New York, NY
Bruno Lassalle
Untitled, 1993
18.75 x 15.75 inches; framed in natural wood color 21.6 x 19.6 inches
oil pastels on board
signed 'LASSALLE' and dated recto; stamped verso
Bruno Lassa...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Emotional color chart 098
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Pencil and acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed.
This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is inspired by the series Color as Adjective, a seri...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper
In the Forest, green 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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
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...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Untitled (six vignettes)
By Pierre Courtin
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed lower center edge
Annotated verso: “5 Juin 1966
_____ et de soleil, de et d’oseille”
Image: 6 3/4 x 4 5/8"
Frame: 14 1/2 x 12 3/4"
Finishe...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Ambient Space (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Ambient Space (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies dr...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
M323 (Abstract Print)
By Jesús Perea
Located in London, GB
M323 (Abstract Print)
Digital creation, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag de 308 gr - Unframed.
Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and biom...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Digital
Quiver (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Quiver (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 betwee...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Guna II
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Encaustic on Okawara paper - Unframed
The title, Guna (2016), is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘string, thread or strand’ and was inspired by Adams yoga practice.
“It’s a key concept in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
Untitled 2006
Located in London, GB
Pen on tracing paper - Unframed.
Richard Caldicott drawings have a minimal esthetic, an architectural character, created with only one or two lines. Pastel tones, softened colors, a...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Not yet 004
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Pencil and acrylic on Canson-Montval paper - Unframed
This artwork conveys a color and emotional language and is inspired by the series Color as Adjective, a series of drawings and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
P4.13 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Gouache on Japanese paper. Unframed.
This gouache paint on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements of found colored papers that are in piles all over ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled (ID 1295) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Oil 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. Her v...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Cut-Up Paper I.5
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, har...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 8 (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 seem...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Cut 39 (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Ink, laquer, cutting, collage on paper - Unframed
This work is part of one of 4 on-going series of large works on paper.
The name of this series, "Cut", relates to the technique us...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Fiery Sky
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Expressionist
Subject: Landscape
Medium: Watercolor
Surface: Paper
Country: United States
Dimensions w/Frame: 16" x 28"
Murray Hantman (1904–1999) was a painter, muralist, an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
Untitled 2011
Located in London, GB
Oil 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. Her ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Warren 85. 18
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
Conference of the birds no 40
Located in London, GB
Oil on paper. Unframed.
Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions.
He looks toward elements of Western and Eastern art, literature, spirituality, poetry and music to create an environment and a mindset conducive to his process, which is connected to Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting.
Conference of the Birds...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Untitled (ID 1290)
Located in London, GB
Pastel and acrylic on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets i...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
Squares 17- abstract bright color blue green dominant color ink drawing on paper
By Dana Piazza
Located in New York, NY
Dana Piazza's creates abstract colorful drawings, full of the illusion of depth, movement, and three-dimensionality. His highly obsessive ink drawings on paper are built upon algorit...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
A20 - Make it sexy
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
Colorful Abstract Painting by Robert Kautz
By Robert Kautz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Kautz, Austrian
Title: untitled
Year: 2001
Medium: Acrylic and Mixed Media on Paper, signed
Size: 25.5 in. x 19.5 in. (59.69 cm x 49.53 cm)
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Monday Series 17
Located in New York, NY
Friederike Oeser, a contemporary abstract painter, lives and works in Munich, Germany. For Oeser there is no hierarchy of visual value. It all has import—whether it be a trickle of w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Untitled Abstraction
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction
Graphite on paper. c. 1946
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Inherited by his neighbor/caregiver
Condition: Staining at corners
...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled (Abstraction)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
aka Beni Kosh
Untitled (Abstraction)
Watercolor on paper, 1970's
Unsigned
Ben Kosh Estate Stamp verso, No. 754
Condition: Very good
Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 14 9/16 inches
Provenance: Estate the Artist
Bingham & Vance, Shaker Heights...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Purple & Yellow Modern Urban Abstract
By Carl E. Schwartz
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern and bright urban abstract in yellow & purple by Carl E. Schwartz (American, 1935-2014), c.1970s. Signed "Schwartz" lower right. Presented in a silver metal frame. Image size: ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
“Freedom Towers” Blue Toned Abstract Surrealist Architectural Archway Drawing
By Patrick Palmer
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and pink toned abstract landscape by Texas artist Patrick Palmer. The painting depicts two architectural arches against a cool and warm sunset sky. Pencil inscriptions are seen ...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Birds", Contemporary abstract painting on canvas, natural dark and golden tones
Located in Dallas, TX
"Birds" is an elegant and contemporary abstract pattern painting with dark tones and golden highlights. This compelling artwork features an intricate tapestry of overlapping, dark-hu...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Pigment, Cotton Canvas
Colored Waves - Original handsigned watercolor and tempera
Located in Paris, IDF
Ervin NEUHAUS
Colored Waves
Original watercolor and tempera on heavy paper
Handsigned bottom right
Authenticated with the stamp of the Estate sale on the back
21 x 21 cm (c. 8 x 8 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Nuance, 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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Pink, Green, Blue, & Red Geometric Abstract Mixed Media Painting of a Figure
By Don Shaw
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful geometric abstract mixed media painting by modern artist Don Shaw. The work features primary colored shapes intertwined with a crouching pink figure. Signed and dated in fro...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Ink, Watercolor
October 1, from Betty Parsons Gallery, India ink on paper, Signed Framed w/label
Located in New York, NY
Jack Youngerman
October 1, from Betty Parsons Gallery, 1964
India ink on paper, with original Betty Parsons Gallery label
Pencil signed and dated '64 on the front; also signed, title...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Imagination Meets Reality 1
Located in New York, NY
Friederike Oeser, a contemporary abstract painter, lives and works in Munich, Germany. For Oeser there is no hierarchy of visual value. It all has import—whether it be a trickle of w...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Abstract Drawing, "Graphite Study for Playground Jupiter"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original abstract graphite drawing on paper by Southern California artist, Daniel Ketelhut. Its dimensions are 24"x 18"x 1.5". It is framed. A certificate of ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
"Of His Vast Almighty Head" mixed media
Located in New York, NY
Meg Hitchcock
Supplication to the Takpo Kagyu, 2021
Text from The Aeneid, acrylic, embroidery thread, graphite
14 x 11 in.
frame size: 17.75 x 14.75 in.
(Hit004)
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Thread, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Graphite
Framed Watercolor Painting on Handmade Indian Paper: Blackbird A
Located in New York, NY
Guillermo Bublik is an Argentinian/American painter based in New Jersey.
His works are easily recognizable by their bold combinations of colors and
abstract geometric forms. Commonly...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
'Untitled', By Haley Prestifilippo, Graphite Drawing on Paper
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 7.75" x 7.75" graphite on paper framed drawing is by Haley Prestifilippo. This graphite work presents a striking contrast between detailed and abstract elements. In the upper le...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Untitled
Located in Greenwich, CT
This Vicente has a color glow akin to a Mark Rothko. Vicente explored parallel ideas to Rothko and others of the abstract expressionist and color field era. The pastel gives this w...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Cruisin' Every Path, abstract, colorful, watercolor 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Does not see, does not hear, does not speak -line drawing figure with red gloves
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Does not see, does not hear, does not speak. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 360g. The works are 14 by 11 inches in size, framed (...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing III Pink, Blue
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing III"
1990's
Pastel, pencil on paper affixed to mat board
Site measures 1.75"x1.75" silver wood frame 8.5"x8.5"
Unsigned came from arti...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Board, Pencil
Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing IV Bill Shields Pink, Green, Blue
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing III"
1990's
Pastel, pencil on paper affixed to mat board
Site measures 2.75"x2.5" silver wood frame 9.5"x9"
Unsigned came from artist'...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Board, Pencil
Ritual of Flight
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
On paper, acrylic paint and marking implements; graphite and Art Graf, a water-soluble kinetic media in tailor’s squares that easily fits into the hand to use the edges or the flat s...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Granite
The Mekong River : abstract work of art on paper
Located in New York, NY
A collage by New York artist Miranda Maher. Made with Ink, Indian marble paper and Japanese Chiyogami paper on handmade Japanese paper.
Miranda Maher’s ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
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