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
Abstract drawing n°17 by Julien Dinou - A4 size
By Julien Dinou
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame
Size A4
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #15
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original hand-cut, layered paper and ink on illustration board by Charles Clary measuring 15"h x 12"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Charles Clary was born in 1980 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
Multi Colored Grid Abstract
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant multicolor abstract with linear grid patterns by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009).
Signed "Les Anderson" lower right.
Presented in a new grey mat.
Image...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$324 Sale Price
35% Off
Shape 32 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist work on paper, neutral gray & white
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 32 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral pal...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Signed Chinese Calligraphy Drawing, (Memorial Sloan Kettering Art Coll.), Framed
Located in New York, NY
Zhang Hui (b. 1969)
Untitled Calligraphy Drawing (from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Art Collection), 2007
India ink on hand made fine art paper
Signed and dated in graphite pencil on...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Starfall. Item 6
Located in Zofingen, AG
The series of drawings is called Starfall. I was inspired by space, the starry sky, clouds and natural phenomena. I also like to play with linear rhythms and spots of color.
Paintin...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Color
Africa (mountain)- abstract art, made in yellow, orange, blue, pink, grey, green, brown
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in yellow, orange, blue, pink, grey, green and brown color on Yupo paper. The work is 20 by 26 inches in size, framed in...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Andra Samelson, Red Square, Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2018
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Black & Gold Glyphs III by Cheryl R. Riley, metallic abstract geometric symbols
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Black & Gold Glyphs III by Cheryl R. Riley
Metallic abstract geometric symbols
Gouache and metallic ink on 140# cold press watercolor paper
Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
17.04.2020 - We are LIVE! COVID-19 Documentary Art Painting, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - 17.04.2020 - We are LIVE! COVID-19 Documentary art. (2020)
17.04.2020 - Our life in quarantine has stabilized and adapted to new conditions.
Many people contin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract composition by Julien Dinou - Pastel on paper 64x49 cm
By Julien Dinou
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Gouache
$528 Sale Price
20% Off
Thomas Anderson Abstract Expressionist painting on paper, unique, signed, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Thomas Anderson
Abstract Expressionist painting on paper, ca. 1987
Mixed media watercolor, gouache and marker on paper
Signed in black marker lower right front
Unique
Frame included
...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Permanent Marker
A.103-013- abstract geometric black ink drawing on mylar
Located in New York, NY
abstract geometric black and white ink drawing on mylar framed in white frame
For over twenty years now Patrick Carrara has lived in Brooklyn, where he has maintained a studio and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Archival Ink
Drawing No. 33, 2024 (Flamingo Collection), Abstract Painting
By John Diehl
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Thin black lines divide a triangle into segments. The minimalistic piece captures artist John Diehl's blend of geometric precision and freehand artistry, marked by simplicity and structural elegance. The artwork is part of his Flamingo Project, where he explored nomadic art-making by creating and exhibiting art in remote desert locations rather than traditional galleries. John started the series in early 2024 from Palm Springs and culminated in Wonder Valley.The artwork measures 12 by 9 inches, matted and framed to 14 by 11 inches, with a 6 3/4-inch by 5 11/16-inch mat opening and the signature placed beneath the mat.
About the Artist
Artist John Diehl creates large minimalist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Space', 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
Imagination Meets Reality 2
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
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 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, Acrylic, Watercolor
G_42 - 21st Century, Drawing, Black, White, abstract, Minimalist
By Alina Aldea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
G_42, 2021
white ink on black cardboard
(signed on reverse)
27 9/16 H x 39 3/8 W in.
70 H x 100 W cm
Alina Aldea's drawings project all the possible forms which appear to disappear ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Cardboard
Winter Hues, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I love to use textures in my watercolors and will often paint with sticks, rough painters brushes and use granulation medium to create texture. Most of my watercolors are painted fro...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sattva 39 (Abstract painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Sattva 39 (Abstract painting)
Encaustic on Okawara paper - Unframed.
Adams works on panel and paper, using a mixture of paint, encaustic and graphite as well as elements of monotyp...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
Robert Goodnough, Seated Girl, original hand signed charcoal drawing
Located in New York, NY
ROBERT GOODNOUGH
Seated Girl, 1961
Charcoal Drawing on Paper
23 3/4 × 18 inches
Hand signed in charcoal on the front
Unframed
Unique
This is an exquisite, rare poignant early Robert ...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Black White Abstraction 013 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2019
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 013 (2019)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper.
Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
U 45 - white abstract geometric minimalist 3D composition with folded paper
Located in New York, NY
Anna Kruhelska is a visual artist and architect working across fields of art and design. She creates abstract, three-dimensional paper wall reliefs that startle in their intricacy an...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
Abstract drawing n°13 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
20% Off
French Abstract Figure Mid 20th Century Signed Graphite and Watercolour
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Nude Female Figure
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
Signed right left
Watercolour and graphite on paper, unframed
measurements: 11 x 7.5 inches (overall sheet measures 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
200 Valor Real. Bill From The Series Terms And Conditions 2.0. Abstract drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The project stems from a reflection on the value of work, time, and effort dedicated to constructing images as complex and full of meaning as those found on banknotes. The meticulous...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting by Sid Gross 1959
By Sidney Gross
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Abstract expressionist gouache painting by American artist, Sid Gross.
Date: 1959
Gouache on paper, signed and dated lower right
Image Size: 18.5 x 12 inches
Frame Size: 28 x 22 ...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Crescendo
Located in New York, NY
Crescendo is a maquette created as a preliminary inspirational small model for a large painting from my series 7 Finely Tuned. The form, comprised of a series of curvilinear segment...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Doble Standard 14. From The 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm, acrylic on paper
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm
The work is sold without a frame and mat
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$375 Sale Price
25% Off
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: 9 x 9 inches
condition: very good and impressive
provenance: all the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists studio and are all featured in the artists Catalogue Raisonne.
Jacques, Paul, Firmin Coulais is a French painter born on March 22 , 1955 in Fenioux ( Deux-Sèvres ) and died at the age of 56, the June 25 , 2011 in Niort (Deux-Sèvres). Born into a farming family, he was the seventh of eight children.
Suddenly becoming a quadriplegic at the age of six following poliomyelitis, he overcame this handicap by building with determination an independent life centered on artistic practice and an intense social life. For more than thirty years his house and his workshop have been the center of attraction for many artists, art lovers or simply friends of Niort and all of France.
Coulais began to paint with his mouth, as an autodidact. In 1978, he made the acquaintance of a plastic art teacher who advised him and engaged him on the path of watercolour. The freedom granted to him by this technique as well as the flexibility of its application fascinate him. This meeting and the friendship shared with his teacher, lead him and very quickly direct his work from figurative to abstraction in a way that he explores and that he will then find in the works of Kandinsky and Paul Klee.
Admitted to the School of Fine Arts in Angoulême, he studied there from 1981 to 1984 and obtained the National Superior Diploma in Plastic Expression at the age of 31. A few years later, Jacques Coulais exhibited at the Museum of Niort and since then, his career has been punctuated by his participation in numerous exhibitions organized very regularly in various French cities as well as abroad.
In the 1990s, the AAPBP, Association of Mouth and Foot Painting...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Color of unloved #1 & #2 diptych-abstract art in red, yellow, black, white
By Lena Cher
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Abstraction art, made in orange, yellow, turquoise and black. Can be positioned in horizontal or vertical mode, be part of diptych and as a proper art piece.
Lena Cher...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Epoxy Resin
Yellow Picking - abstract nature inspired minimal collage of 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
Abstract Composition
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original compact mid century watercolor in its original frame presentation.
The work is signed "Schwab" with an illegible first initial.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Follow the pink rabbit - line drawing woman figure
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork were done with oil, acrylic, ink and watercolor. The work are 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (black) with a styrene face on a mat board in whi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil
Two women dancing indoors
By Jose Caballero
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
Golden wooden frame with glass pane
68.5 x 57.5 x 4 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Geometría Fractal 1. From the series Plato’s Heaven Painting
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Graphite
1948 Black & White Abstraction by Woman Institute of Design Artist Lois Field
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare 1948 black & white drawing from woman artist, Lois Field, who studied at the New Bauhaus in Chicago. Artwork size: 3" x 4". Handsomely framed to 9" x 11".
In 1923, Lois F...
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Bavaria, Stamp drawing. 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 change in the use of the image, to reflect on how some languages disappear due to the globalization and new ones emerge with unified visual parameters. Formerly the stamps told stories from a country, a place through their image, nowadays the air waybill is a contract with terms and conditions.
Rodrigo Spinel...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
The Card Player - Contemporary Art, Collage, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Card Player, 2019
collage on paper
11 13/16 H x 15 3/4 W in.
30 H x 40 W cm
The artist’s collages describe a series of characters composed of different materials – cardboards, t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on thick board
unframed: 8 x 8 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Allegory of Light - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Allegory of Light For Struggling Blossoms is a Drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022.
China ink and acrylic on ivory-color...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
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: 10.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Abstract calligraphic drawing. Splash
Located in Zofingen, AG
This abstract calligraphic drawing is made with Chinese ink and silver pastel on heavy white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of in...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink
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
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
The Cubist - Contemporary Art, Collage, Green, Bordeaux, Funny, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Cubist, 2019
collage on paper
11 13/16 H x 15 3/4 W in.
30 H x 40 W cm
The artist’s collages describe a series of characters composed of different materials – cardboards, textil...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #13
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 15"h x 9"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Charles Clary was...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
Doble Standard 8. From The 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Abstract Cubist Charcoal Drawing of a Standing Woman
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white portrait of a woman done in a style that combines abstraction and cubism, much like the work of Fernand Leger. Signed and dated in lower left corner.
Artist Biography:
Valery Kleverov was born in Engels, Russian Federation, Soviet Union June 28, 1939 the son of a fighter test pilot in the Soviet Air Force. He exhibited an independent, rebellious, and highly artistic temperament from a young age. Conscription into the Red Army at the standard age of (18) was first and last straw in the young artist’s battle with the State, he lasted only a few months before making an unauthorized parachute jump over a forest to go permanently AWOL. After 3 weeks hiding in the woods, he eventually made his way to Leningrad, dropped his first name and the “ov” from the end of his name and began his life as the underground artist known as “KLEVER”. He fell in with a close-knit group of young anti-authoritarian rebels who eventually became known to the world as the “Non-Conformists”, a small gang of free thinkers mainly from Leningrad and Moscow who rebelled against State control of artistic expression and of free thought. In the Soviet Union, not only religion was outlawed - art, literature, music and dance were all subject to heavy censorship and state oversight. Among paintings historical, religious, abstract, anti-Soviet and erotic subjects were all against the law.
From 1966 to 1977 Klever made a reputation for himself as one of the non-conformists most overtly critical of the Soviet state. Many of his paintings from this period can be described as nothing less than heroic- they are truly remarkable visual essays on the evils of the national security/surveillance state, propaganda and manipulation of cultural symbols, suppression of artistic and religious freedom, revisionist history, and unfilled promises for the future. All of them were painted stored and exhibited not only at great risk to the artist and his associates, but also to anybody who sought to view them. In spite of the secrecy, the KGB discovered the existence of these pieces and began to follow Klever’s every move. There were surprise visits to his studio, harassment wherever he went, friends and family being questioned all a direct result of his determination to express himself artistically against Soviet control. From this time forward Klever had an exhibit which was open for viewing at all times inside the apartment of Bob Kashilohov as part of a network which paralleled the Samizdat network for sharing of forbidden literature.
Klever was arrested for his participation in the most important non- conformist exhibitions which took place during his time there. These were the Bulldozer Exhibition in Moscow, 1974, (so named because the KGB bulldozed the exhibition and destroyed much of the work) and the Nevski Dom exhibition in Leningrad, 1975. These exhibitions represented some of the early cracks in the foundations of the Soviet state’s control over the population’s basic aspirations for economic, personal and creative freedom that ended with collapse in 1991. Repercussions of the Bulldozer exhibition were that some of the painters were arrested or even killed. Approximately 70 artists were arrested, including Klever. Media outcry in the west allowed most of the artists to be released within a week. Two weeks later another exhibition was allowed to proceed and became known as “Half Day of Freedom” in the Soviet Union.
The Nevsky exhibition caused a huge sensation and was a watershed moment in the cultural history of the Soviet Union. People lined up for 30 blocks long over the course of the two week exhibition to see the forbidden works. Klever showed a large collection of explicit anti-Soviet paintings...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Charcoal
Gestural Ink Drawing #56, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Gail Ragains displays a figurative abstract of a nude woman. Gail approaches the composition with spontaneous bursts of expression, followed by thought...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Untitled 06 - Contemporary, Abstract Drawing on Canvas, Organic, Minimalist
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 06, 2016
Wax crayon on canvas
(Signed on reverse)
78.74 H x 59.05 W in.
200 H x 150 W cm
Zsolt Berszán treats the first layer of the drawing as a substrate, as a surface on...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Wax Crayon
GUIA FEDEX Tracking. 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Doble Standard 10. From The 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Doble Standard 7. 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Cote D'Azur- abstraction art, made in pale pink, turquoise color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The triptych is made with alcoholic ink in pale pink, turquoise color on Yupo paper.
Each work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a s...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Geometría fractal 2. The memory of narcissus series . Watercolor Painting
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Double Diddle Phlebotomy Movement #16
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 15"h x 12"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame.
Charles Clary wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Illustration Board
Clausen. Stamp. Drawing 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
La memoria de narciso 5. The memory of narcissus series Watercolor Painting
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
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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