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
Quadrants Quadrille
By Irene Zweig
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Quadrants Quadrille' from Irene Zweig, where intellect, science, mathematics and order are at play in shades of calm blue, silver, grey and white, in the abstract mixed media painti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wood, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Untitled - Drawing by Fred Bugs - 2020s
Located in Roma, IT
Fred Bugs
Untitled
Artwork mixed media on paper
Year: 2021 to 2023
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
'Lilly in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Lilly in Charcoal' 2023
Abstract expressionism black and white photography of Charcoal abstract drawing and Lilly.
Photograph shot using mid-century large format film camera Linhof...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Quantum, a highly detailed geometric black ink drawing on clay-coated panel
By Jenifer Kent
Located in New York, NY
This mesmerizing ink drawing on clay-coated panel by Jenifer Kent shows off the artist's meditative process as she hand-draws, without assistance from a straight edge, a network of l...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Wood Panel
Manuel Facal, Etching on paper, "Fondo V" (Original, 1985) Sunset, Yellow, Green
Located in Carballo, ES
Esta obra se trata de un grabado original del famoso artista Manuel Facal (A Coruña, 1943), perteneciente al grupo Atlantica, el grupo de artistas más fam...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Etching
Evolve * Develop * Learn From Past
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Evolve * Develop * Learn From Past
Gouache and metallic ink on 1957 Encyclopedia page
Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / Geometric Abstraction / Gestural Abstraction / Abstra...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Magazine Paper
French Futurist Abstract Figure Mid 20th Century Signed Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Futurist Abstract Figure
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
Signed lower right
gouache painting on paper, unframed
measurements: 12 x 6 inches (overall sheet measures 15.5 x 11.25 inches)
provenance: private collection of the artists work, Provence, France
Condition report: very good, colour strong, clean throughout, minor rippling, shallow creasing around corners and edges of sheet, image clean
Vibrant French futurist...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$656 Sale Price
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Colorfall III-abstraction art, made in garnet red, light blue, aubergine color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in garnet red, light blue, aubergine color on Yupo paper. The work is 20 by 26 inches in size, framed in fine-quality so...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$1,200 Sale Price
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Abstraction - XXI Century, Contemporary Abstract Watercolor Painting, Colorful
Located in Warsaw, PL
Tadeusz Czarnecki is a Polish artist born in 1960.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Glyphs II" Abstract Painting 20" x 28" inch by Ahmed Yousry
Located in Culver City, CA
"Glyphs II" Abstract Painting 20" x 28" inch by Ahmed Yousry
Medium: ecoline on paper
Ahmed Yousry was born in Alexandria in 1993. In 2017, he graduated from the Faculty of Fine Ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama I - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama I - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
Landscape and Calligraphy on rice paper by Michael Pauker (American, 20th c).
Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner in red pencil, "XXVII - 40 (artist's signature) 2007."
Mat Size: 10"H x 20"W
Paper Size: 5.63"H x 14.38"W
“I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957, and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989, he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY
2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper
$556 Sale Price
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Monochrome abstract drawing. Funny Silver Mood - 4 -
Located in Zofingen, AG
This monochrome abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink and silver pastel on heavy white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of insta...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Ephemeral composition II - 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
Abstract drawing n°5 - Vendanges 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
$160 Sale Price
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Josette Urso "Float" - Abstract Watercolor Painting on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso
Float, 2022
watercolor on paper
30 x 22 in.
(urso234)
Josette Urso’s paintings are driven by a sense of urgency. Working from her observations of her surrounding enviro...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Color Shape - Watercolor - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Color Shape is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s in Italy.
Original watercolor on paper.
Passepartout is included. Total dimensions: 50 x 35 cm. Imag...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"Event Horizon"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"Singularity" is a monochrome graphic work made with acrylic on cardboard using sepia. The central element of the composition is a complex, dynamic figure resembling a sphere or lens...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Composition in Orange and Red
Located in London, GB
'Composition in Orange and Red', gouache on paper, by James Pichette (circa 1970s). A dynamic, lively abstract composition by an artist known for such s...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Geometric Abstraction (unique, signed graphite drawing gifted to fellow artist)
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
Peter Halley
Untitled Geometric Abstraction, ca. 1990
Graphite and Ink
Signed in graphite pencil by Peter Halley; lower right front
Frame included: floated and framed in wood frame
U...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
Untitled IV, Abstract Expressionist Graphite and Ink on Paper by Frank Roth
By Frank Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Frank Roth, American (1936 - ) - Untitled IV, Year: 1960, Medium: Graphite and Ink on Paper, signed, dated and dedicated in pen, Image Size: 8 x 9.5 inches, Size: 11.25 x 11 in. (28...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Ink
Abstract Red Blue Yellow Flower Design on White by British Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Abstract Red, Blue & Yellow Wild Flowers on a White Background by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, B...
Abstract Expressionist British Original Watercolor Painting Shapes Patterns
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition (c.2022)
by Robert Somerton, British, born 1972.
ink/ watercolor on art paper, unframed
size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches
condition: excellent
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
17.03.2020 - Birthday in Quarantine. COVID-19 Art Painting, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - 17.03.2020 - Birthday in quarantine. From COVID-19 Art. (2020)
From COVID-19 Documentary.
17.03 is my Birthday, but this year I celebrate it in quarantine.
The...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', c. 2008 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
Christina #3, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Gail Ragains paints a live model's pose within five minutes. Her gestural ink washes come from the direct application of ink. She approaches this work ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Science * Laws of Nature (One of the Arts)
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Science * Laws of Nature (One of the Arts)
Gouache and metallic ink on 1957 Encyclopedia page
Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / Geometric Abstraction / Gestural Abstraction ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Magazine Paper
Abstraction Drawings Mix technique Lituanian Vilnius 1990 20th
Located in PARIS, FR
Dalia KASCIUNAITÉ
Vinius (Lithuania), 1947 –
7 designs
Mixed media
One drawing is signed, titled and dated at the bottom ““Sienne” / Kasciunaité Dalia / 1990”
33 x 43 cm (46 x 61 ...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding pencil on paper Abstract drawing.
Marcel Dumont was a Liège artist who painted in oils and gouache, also produced collages and was an illustrator and engraver, doing so in a number of different styles. Early on in his career, he tended to produce paintings displaying a poetic realism but this changed over time until, in 1957, he was employing geometric abstraction and later still, the influence of pop art could be discerned. His geometric style has strong linear structure which occasionally veers to expressionism and the effect of this is an interesting sense of detachment that the viewer of the work can feel and one engages with the subject on a different level than one would normally expect. A critic wrote of him," Sometimes expressionist, sometimes linear, the abstraction forms itself willingly, in Marcel Dumont's world, to leave the rectangular structure to connect to carefully prepared tones. He retains also, in his abundant output, a few poetic pop-art collages together with a number of drawings and engravings illustrating Stefan Zweig...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Original, unique signed Study for sculpture Motu Viget (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
Located in New York, NY
Mark di Suvero
Study for Motu Viget, ca. 1977
Ink wash on notebook paper. Hand signed in black marker
14 × 11 1/4 inches
Boldly signed in black marker on the lower front
Unframed
Uni...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, India Ink
Untitled II - 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 white with sizes 16 by 20 in.
Mila Akopova is New York artist.
She graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in History and Theory of Art.
Her Artwork got 3rd place at the 2020 and 2021 American Art Awards, juried by 25 best galleries and museums in America, with artist from 63 countries, in category: minimalism. Also, several works took part in exhibitions of the All-Russian Decorative Art Museum and in the Cube Moscow exhibition space . It was published as the catalog: “The game of tic tac toe, or creating a collection in one year”. Several works by Mila Akopva were created specifically for the collaboration with Vintage Dream...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
$304 Sale Price
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Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', 2004 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
Bust, Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting by Arnaldo Coen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Arnaldo Coen, Mexican (1940 -) - Bust, Year: 1969, Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated lower right and signed in pencil on verso, Size: 14 x 8.5 in. (35.56 x 21.59 cm), Des...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Morgan O'Hara, Movement of the Hands of Martha Rosler Semiotics of the Kitchen
Located in Darien, CT
Live Transmission
Morgan O'Hara's conceptually based performative drawing researches the vital movement of living beings, the human experience of time and space. It is culturally co...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Archaic Spirit - Watercolor Drawing by Martin Bradley - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Archaic Spirit is an artwork realized by the English artist Martin Bradley in 1970 ca..
Watercolour on cardboard, hand-signed on the lower left corner "Martin Bradley " and titled o...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$3,399 Sale Price
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Monotype of Abstract Rounded Type, Modern Shapes and Layers, Blue Tones
Located in Carballo, ES
Blue Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2020. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request.
The title of this works is "From the Apollonian pictori...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
EMI (Spirit): Genesis
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
EMI (Spirit): Genesis Of The Religious was created using Watercolour on 300gsm paper
Genesis is the origin or mode of formation of something.
“ In the beginning, God created the hea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 15 x 11.25 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ha...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
MANDRAGORA. From The Series Doble Standard Series. Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The more transcendental the representation, the more it tends to evoke it through its prodigies. Such is the case of the Double standard series in the words of the artist "It is a process of visual archeology through a search for human representations conditioned by their ritual, aesthetic or utilitarian meaning where a resignification of beauty patterns is proposed, a game with female representation with its multiple meanings, functions and forms”
James Bonachea...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Early Abstract Painting Red Yellow Orange on White Background by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
A rare early career experimental abstract artwork using Red, Yellow & Orange on a White Background, by leading Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefie...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor, Cotton, Wood, Cotton Canvas
Cielo de Platón 3. Painting From the series Plato’s Heaven
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The theory of Heaven is a novelty that Plato introduced to philosophy. Inspired by this concept, the artist proposes a series of works where I imagine and recreate possible worlds on...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Graphite
series "Shells", 86x44 cm, acrylic on paper
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Shells", 86x44 cm, acrylic on paper
The work is sold without a frame and mat
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$675 Sale Price
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series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
The work is sold without a frame and mat
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$375 Sale Price
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Provence Abstract mid 20th Century Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Abstract
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
Initialled lower right
gouache painting on paper, unframed
measurements: 9.5 x 14 inches (overall sheet measures 12.5 x 17.5 inc...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$598 Sale Price
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series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
The work is sold without a frame and mat
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$375 Sale Price
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French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches
condition: excellent
pr...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 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
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for form', C. 2007 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...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
GUIA UPS. Stamp. Drawing on paper. From The Series Terms and Conditions
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The project is based in the contrast of the two images, the air waybill and the postage stamp, from different times but similar in their function. The artist seeks to enlighten the c...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
series "Shells", 70x50 cm, acrylic on cardboard
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Shells", 70x50 cm, acrylic on cardboard
The work is sold without a frame and mat
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
$825 Sale Price
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Original Drawing Painting Abstract Biomorphic Art Gold Leaf Michele Oka Doner
Located in Surfside, FL
This is mixed media. I am not positive of the materials. it is a translucent, vellum, parchment type of paper. with either charcoal or ink and gold leaf (or gold paint) hand signed in pencil lower right.
It is not titled on it.
Michele Oka Doner (born 1945, Miami Beach, Florida, United States) is an American artist and author who works in a variety of media including sculpture, lithograph and woodcut prints, drawing, watercolor painting, functional objects and video. Her workes is based on flora, fauna, DNA and all sorts of exotica. She has also worked in costume and set design and has created over 40 public and private permanent art installations, including her best known artwork is "A Walk on the Beach" (1995, 1999), and its extension, "A Walk on the Beach: Tropical Gardens" (1996–2010) at the Miami International Airport. It is composed of over 9000 bronzes embedded in terrazzo with mother-of-pearl. At one and quarter linear miles, it is one of the largest artworks in the world.
Born and raised in Miami Beach, Oka Doner is the granddaughter of painter Samuel Heller. Oka Doner's father, Kenneth Oka, was elected judge and mayor of Miami Beach during her youth (1945–1964). The family lived a public and politically active life. In later years, Oka Doner co-authored, with Mitchell Wolfson Jr. Miami Beach: Blueprint of an Eden, an intimate portrayal of Miami Beach from the 1920s to the 1960s using their families as prisms to reflect the times. Reviewed as classic of social history, with material that was part of the public record of its time, it was used as a textbook in Human Geography at George Washington University in 2008.
In 1957, age 12, Oka Doner began a year-long independent project studying the International Geophysical Year (IGY). She assembled a book of drawings, writings and collages that became a template for projects realized in later years. In 1963, Oka Doner left Florida for the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her art instructor Milton Cohen...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Tingel-tangel - XXI Century, Mixed media drawing, Abstraction, Colorful
By Leszek Rózga
Located in Warsaw, PL
LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015)
He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska private atelier in 1945-46. In 1948, he began studies at the art school in Łódź (later: Academy of Fine Arts)...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Ink
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 2005 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
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', C. 1997 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...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled Geometric Abstraction Minimalist painting unique signed renowned artist
By Winston Roeth
Located in New York, NY
An exquisite work of geometric abstraction by this celebrated artist
Winston Roeth
Untitled, ca. 1996
Pastel on handmade paper
Hand signed on the front
Frame included: Floated and fr...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Handmade Paper
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
La memoria de narciso 3, 4, and 2. The memory of narcissus series.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series of works stems from the reflection on the value attributed to objects (metals and precious stones), established culturally and historically by society. By means of the tw...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Abstract Watercolor - La Guitare (The Guitar)
Located in Houston, TX
Bright colored abstract painting of a guitar, a microphone, and a keyboard with musical notes in the background. Geometrical patterns play a significant role throughout this paintin...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Bloques Desalineado 2. From The No. 1 Series. Abstract Drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rodrigo Spinel finds in drawing a way to explore the relevance of detail in the construction of images, objects and spaces. The repetition of tiny elements, such as the line in a dra...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Untitled 1980
Located in Columbia, MO
Grace Hartigan (American, 1922–2008)
Grace Hartigan’s work is defined by its bold color, gestural intensity, and a striking synthesis of abstraction and figuration. A central figure ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract abstract drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract abstract drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Martin Reyna , Mila Akopova, Jaanika Peerna, and Sumit Mehndiratta. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract abstract drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $400,000, while the average work sells for $1,502.
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