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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
016 Nr. 2, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
016 Nr. 2, 2018 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper, mounted on paper - Unframed. Image's size: 20.8cm/12.6cm/8 x 5 inches. Daniel Gottin's interest and concept are to examine th...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

015 Nr. 1, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
015 Nr. 1, 2018 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper, mounted on paper - Unframed. Image's size: 20.8cm/12.6cm/8 x 5 inches. Daniel Gottin's interest ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Flock 3
Located in Deddington, GB
Flock 3 by Nigel Bird [2021] original Pencil on paper Image size: H:70 cm x W:70 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:70 cm x W:70 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Untitled 2002 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2002 (Abstract Drawing) Pastel on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

"Snow Fence", contemporary abstract winter landscape, acrylic & spray on paper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An acrylic and spray paint abstract drawing of that moment when the snow has just fallen and sticks to the colorful picket fences within town. Fresh and fluffy. This drawing was pro...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper

1967 "Abstract 8" Ink Brush Drawing NYC Artist Michael Knigin Mid Century
Located in Arp, TX
Michael Knigin Abstract 8 1967 Ink brush drawing, with acrylic paint on paper 10.5"x14" unframed $675 Signed and dated in ink lower left Came from ar...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink

Color Trac #26 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Color Trac #26 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, impasto compositi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Flock 2
Located in Deddington, GB
Flock 2 by Nigel Bird [2021] original Pencil on paper Image size: H:69 cm x W:69 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:69 cm x W:69 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Blood and Light (2021)
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Drawing / Geometric Abstraction / Mythology and Religion / Bright and Vivid Colors / Black and White Enamel, ink, colored pencil and alcohol ink on paper....
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Enamel

Substraction II Abstract Geometric Painting Melissa Dupont
Located in Madrid, ES
The series bodies in space was born from my interest in architecture and the games of perception. I use color as a construction element where the volumes are made visible through col...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plastic

4.29 15 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
4.29 15 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Gouache on archival paper - Unframed. Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Archival Paper

Terra Incognita 7 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita 7 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on 300lb. Arches hotpress paper - Unframed Snow sees her work as a constant play between order and chaos, logic and emotion. She combi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Maelstrom Series 67 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Maelstrom Series 67 (Abstract drawing) Pigment pencil on Mylar. Unframed. The Maelstrom Series include the most iconic and known of Peerna's works. Starting from the center on ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mylar, Pencil, Pigment

11.7 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
11.7 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Casein and ink on paper - Unframed Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and t...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Casein

Prism 63 Blue Geometric Abstract Painting Melissa Dupont
Located in Madrid, ES
The series bodies in space was born from my interest in architecture and the games of perception. I use color as a construction element where the volumes are made visible through col...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plastic

"Icy Fog", contemporary abstract landscape, acrylic, crayon & spray on paper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An acrylic, caran d'ache, and spray paint abstract drawing of that moment in winter when the air becomes so bitter cold that it almost seems to freeze around you. This drawing was p...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Crayon, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Untitled 2 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2 (Abstract painting) Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic unity that can exist between seemingly disparate elements, such as graphic patterns and gestural markings. Tétot is inspired by the search for unexpected harmonies. He could be placed in an aesthetic lineage with Hans Hofmann and Shirley Jaffe...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Moiré Indigo (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Moiré Indigo (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper and Netting - Framed. Image's dimensions: 32 x 29 cm/12.5 x 11.4". The Moiré project is an exercise in optical and formal aesthet...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

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

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Paper, Pencil

0118.5 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
0118.5 (Abstract Painting) Pigmented wax and ink on Shikoku paper - Unframed Working on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice. For almost thirty ye...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Wax

0118.13 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
0118.13 (Abstract Painting) Pigmented wax and ink on Shikoku paper - Unframed Working on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice. For almost thirty y...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Wax

Warren St 18 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Warren St 18 (Abstract Drawing) Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano is a Philippines-born French-American abstract artist wh...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Pierced (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Pierced (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic worl...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Guna TT (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Guna TT (Abstract painting) Encaustic on Shikoku paper - Unframed. The title, Guna, is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘string, thread or strand’ and was inspired by Adams yoga practice. ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Encaustic

Dashing into the day 3 (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Dashing into the day 3 (Abstract work on paper) Acrylics, ink and oil on paper - Unframed. This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. Knaut builds her compositions slowly over time, a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Breath
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Breath" by Carolyn Coalson, watercolor, 10 X 10 inches (Framed size: 17.5 x 17.5) “Every day brings a challenge. A new year is too big a chunk to deal with. So I’ll just do what ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

“Freedom Towers” Blue Toned Abstract Surrealist Architectural Archway Drawing
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 ...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Windswept (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and mixed media on paper - Unframed. Werfel employs expressive, lyrical gestures that create bursts of movement and energy. Her color choices create a range of tones from th...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Paris - Ober (Blue Tarp) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Paris - Ober (Blue Tarp) (Abstract painting) Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tenden...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Untitled 11 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 11 (Abstract painting) Pigment, silica medium and gouache on paper - Unframed. Marcy Rosenblat describes herself as having an affinity for process art, a method of art mak...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache, Pigment

16 RV (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
16 RV (Abstract drawing) Watercolor on paper. Unframed. McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underlying aesthetic vo...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

“Acadian Gateway I” Red Toned Abstract Surrealist Architectural Archway Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Surrealist architectural landscape drawing by Houston, Texas artist Patrick Palmer. The work features a prominent, brutalist archway set against a blended red sky. Currently hung in ...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

'Soldier Protects The Queen'. Botanical environmental mixed media painting
Located in Penzance, GB
'Soldier Protects The Queen' Original Artwork, Unframed ______________________ The sculptural strength of the agave, holding proud and protective, around the flashes of silken bloss...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media

M377 (Abstract new media)
Located in London, GB
M377 (Abstract new media) Digital creation, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag de 308 gr - Unframed. Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Digital

Covers 13-Black B (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Black B (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...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

Stem in Black #1 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Stem in Black #1 (Abstract painting) Charcoal & Oil stick on paper - Unframed. Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, im...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

BP18, BORINGCAPITALIST, 2019 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
BP18, BORINGCAPITALIST, 2019 (Abstract painting) Acrylic, graphite on paper - Unframed. Daniel Gottin's interest and concept are to examine the subject...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Graphite

"Purple Fall", contemporary abstract winter landscape acrylic & crayon on paper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An acrylic and caran d'ache abstract drawing of that special, soft purple light that shimmers on the snow at sunset in winter. This drawing was produced during my November 2017 resi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Untitled ( ID 1277) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled ( ID 1277) (Abstract Painting) Oil on paper - Unframed In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that eme...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

The occupation of Space 9 Melissa Dupont Abstract Geometric Watercolor
Located in Madrid, ES
The series bodies in space was born from my interest in architecture and the games of perception. I use color as a construction element where the volumes are made visible through col...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plastic

Untitled (Ref 19013) (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (Ref 19013) (Abstract Drawing) Ink on paper - Unframed. Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings delig...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Abstract American Modernism Mid-Century WPA Era Drawing Woodstock 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Abstract American Modernism Mid-Century WPA Era Drawing Woodstock 20th Century, Sight size is 16 x 12 inches. The drawing is currently at the framers. A photo will be posted asap. A...
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1930s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Pulse (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Pulse (Abstract drawing) Watercolour on Arches paper - Unframed Uchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. She often develops as many as eight compositions at one time, movin...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Covers 13 Red Orange (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13 Red Orange (Abstract painting) Gouache on handmade paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape t...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

M271 (Abstract new media)
Located in London, GB
M271 (Abstract new media) Digital creation, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag de 308 gr - Unframed. Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Digital

Substraction III Geometric Painting Blue Melissa Dupont
Located in Madrid, ES
The series bodies in space was born from my interest in architecture and the games of perception. I use color as a construction element where the volumes are made visible through col...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plastic

7.30 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
7.30 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed. Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Inverted Pyramid I
Located in Madrid, ES
My first works are digital, in that aspect each decision can be rethought and changed as many times as necessary. Unlike my previous works, this was the first time that I was faced w...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

Evergreen Lane (Abstract print)
Located in London, GB
Evergreen Lane (Abstract print) Etching - Unframed. This print is last in edition. This etching refers to a Steamboat Springs, Colorado street. It...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Etching

Covers 20 Red A (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Covers 20 Red A (Abstract Drawing) Gouache on handmade Khadi paper - Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape t...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Untitled (ID 1276) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (ID 1276) (Abstract Painting) Oil and pastel on paper - Unframed In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonie...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Oil

Covers 13-Blue Black (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Blue Black (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...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Mood. 2019. Paper, watercolor, 15.5x23.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mood. 2019. Paper, watercolor, 15.5x23.5 cm Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collections in Latvia, USA, S...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

8 RV (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
8 RV (Abstract drawing) Watercolor on paper. Unframed. McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underlying aesthetic voc...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Clench (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Clench (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic world...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Locus 2- intricate white gold 3D abstract geometric drawing and collage on paper
Located in New York, NY
Finesse and delicacy are what characterize best Antonin Anzil’s artistic practice. Paper as a medium seems incompatible with the idea of engraving or sculpturing; and yet. Using a sh...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper

Strata Aqua
Located in Boston, MA
Artist commentary: Underwater seabed deposits slide under the seams of the tectonic plates to become new rock. Words that describe the piece: Underwater, geology, rocks, aqua, wate...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Digital

Tipping Point #7 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Tipping Point #7 (Abstract drawing) Pigment pencil on Mylar - Unframed. This work is from a series titled Tipping Point. This drawing has been created eyes closed. It captures an a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mylar, Pencil

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