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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
Untitled 7 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 7 (Abstract painting) Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Oscillating resonance (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Oscillating resonance Acrylic, ink and colored pencil on polypropylene paper - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Adrienn Krahl’s paintings express a profound sense of drama...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting) Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed. Test Pattern series sets up a generic template as ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache

0118.14 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
0118.14 (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

Lux on the 5th (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Lux on the 5th (Abstract painting) Acrylic, charcoal and graphite on paper - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Adrienn Krahl’s paintings express a profound sense of drama ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic, Graphite

Untitled 2011 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2011 (Abstract Painting) Oil on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge w...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Big Melt #10 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Pigment pencil and water on mylar - Unframed. This work is from a series titled Big Melt. It has been created with pigment pencils and ice. It captures the moment when solid is turn...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mylar, Pencil

Screech of ice series 43 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Colored pencil and graphite on plastic paper. Unframed. Screech of Ice is a new series of drawings made by holding a bunch of pencils in two hands and letting them to do the control...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite

P1.15 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
P1.15 (Abstract Painting) Gouache and collage on Japanese paper. Unframed. This gouache paint with collage on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Abstract Emotional Brush Painting. Joyful Impulse
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Joyful Impulse" is an improvised impulsive drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and ocher pastel on thick white paper. "Every time ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Loll (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Loll, (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured pain...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Abstract Monochrome Brush Drawing. Streamlet
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Streamlet" is an improvised gestural drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and ocher pastel on thick white paper. "Every time I draw...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Untitled Fabric Design
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design Gouache on paper, 1920-1935 Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo) Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso (see photo) No. 05535 ...
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1930s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Cut-Up Paper 2002 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Cut-Up Paper 2002 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Pedersen works with acrylic paint. When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, 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

Diagram (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Diagram (Abstract Expressionism painting) Ink and acrylic on arches watercolor paper - Unframed Laura Newman's paintings combine geometric de...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Prison 30, unique signed drawing 1990s geometric abstraction by Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
Peter Halley Prison 30, 1995 Original graphite drawing on paper Pencil signed on the recto. Titled and dated verso. This unique work on paper was created by Peter Halley in 1995 to b...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Graphite

Abstract Calligraphic Brush Drawing. Free flow movement
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Free flow movement" is an improvised gestural drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and ocher pastel on thick white paper. "Every time ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Abstract Gestural Drawing Chalk and Charcoal Drawing, Light Sculpture Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
James O. Clark, American sculptor, art educator. Recipient Sculpture award, Creative Artists Public Service, 1978, award for sculpture, National Endowment for Arts, 1982, Graphics award, 1983; fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1989; grantee, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 1995, New York Counsel on Arts. Member selection committee Islip (New York ) Museum, 2002; Member of American Abstract Artist (associate; active 1999—2003). ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2015 ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2011 RHV Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY 2010 Mariboe Gallery, Hightstown, NJ 2009 Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY 2006 Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY 1998-9 “Tulips, Hysteria, Coordinating”, Nicholas Davies, New York, NY 1997 “James O. Clark”, Ohio University, Athens, OH 1994 The College of Saint Rose Art Gallery, Albany, NY 1991 Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY 1990 James...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Charcoal

Intermezzo 4 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Intermezzo 4 (Abstract drawing) Charcoal on paper - Unframed. Image size: 46.3 x 43.8 cm/ 18 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches. Neill creates works on canvas, linen and paper using a variety of...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Yellow Geometric Watercolor by Susan Michod
By Susan Michod
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Susan Michod, American Title: Untitled Year: 1977 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed and dated Size: 30 in. x 22.5 in. (76.2 cm x 57.15 cm)
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Untitled 4 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 4 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony b...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Jazz: Miles ʻSomeday My Princeʼ 8
Located in London, GB
Papers, oil, flashe, pencil, MSA gel. Unframed. This piece is part of a series based on trumpeter Miles Davisʼ lyrical jazz version of “Someday My Prince Will Come”, a familiar son...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Abstract Calligraphic Brush Drawing. Combing Sound
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Combing Sound" is an improvised gestural drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and ocher pastel on thick white paper. "Every time I draw such abstract lines, a flow of energy moves my hand. I paint very fast to give the spontaneous flow as much space as possible. I never know what the result will be. The process of spontaneous drawing is a kind of magic that turns an invisible impulse into a reflection on paper. I feel the vibration in and around my palms and enjoy this dance of vibrations every time I paint. Each drawing is unique and one of a kind." Sve Gri...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Ingenuity (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Ingenuity (Abstract painting) Ink, oil pastel and charcoal on paper - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Adrienn Krahl’s paintings express a profound sense of drama and emot...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Ink

Cut-Up Paper 2007 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Cut-Up Paper 2007 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Pedersen works with acrylic paint. When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Untitled 8 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and oil on paper. Unframed. Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic unity that can exist between seem...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Manifest 2 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Manifest 2 (Abstract Painting) Charcoal and water on paper. Unframed. Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Untitled 10 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic unity that can exist between seemi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting) Pastel on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerg...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Jackson 4
Located in London, GB
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from something observed, ideally ar...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Untitled 2010
Located in London, GB
Oil on postcard - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuition. H...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Postcard

HK1906YP (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Ink, enamel, collage on paper - Unframed. This work is part of one of 4 on-going series of large works on paper. The name of this series, "Yappa...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Enamel

Color Trac #24 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper - Unframed. Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, impasto compositions, on supports that are themselves...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Expressive Monochrome Drawing. Abstract Gesture. Non-objective
Located in Zofingen, AG
This expressive monochrome drawing is made with Chinese ink and pastel on heavy white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of instant impulse and the charge of energy! ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Ink, Pencil

Untitled (Ref 17136)
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper - Unframed. Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings delight the eye and activate the mind with the...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Expressive Abstract Drawing. Free Association
Located in Zofingen, AG
This calligraphic abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink and pastel on heavy white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of instant impulse and the charge of cheerful en...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

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

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Paper, Digital

Abstract drawing n°16 by Julien Dinou - A4 size
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame Size A4
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Abstract drawing n°12 by Julien Dinou - A4 size
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame Size A4
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Abstract drawing n°8 by Julien Dinou - A4 size
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame Size A4
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Abstract drawing n°9 by Julien Dinou - A4 size
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame Size A4
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Abstract drawing n°6 - Le Berger by Julien Dinou - A4 size
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame Size A4
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Abstract drawing n°4 - Oiseaux migrateurs by Julien Dinou - A4 size
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame Size A4
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Damier 20153 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Mixed media on paper - Unframed. Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediums so the colors will dissipate an...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Paysage 20163 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper - Unframed. Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediums so the colors will dissipate and interm...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Untitled (ID 1295) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Oil on paper - Unframed In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuition. Her v...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Hangar (Ref 20193)
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper - Unframed. Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediums so the colors will dissipate and inter...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Speak to Me, 2023, abstract, colorful, watercolor and acrylic on paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Brenneman is an American artist based in West Orange, New Jersey working primarily in painting. Her overarching interest lies in abstraction as a universal language and she wor...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

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

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Paper, Digital

"Othello" Gestural Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Energetic abstract expressionist watercolor painting of large black and orange splatters done by Norman Bluhm in 1962. Signed and dated in lower left corner. Hung in a black and gold...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Untitled 8 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and oil on paper. Unframed. Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic unity that can exist between seem...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

BP37, INEXISTENTEIDEEN, 2019 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic, graphite on paper - Unframed. Daniel Gottin's interest and concept are to examine the subjective nature of perception, and playfully responds to the characteristics of an a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Graphite

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

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Stem in Black #12 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal & Oil stick on paper - Unframed. Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, impasto compositions, on supports that a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

L.I.C. 2 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from something observed, ideally ar...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Energetic Gestural Drawing. Funny Silver Mood - 2 -
Located in Zofingen, AG
This spontaneous gestural drawing is made with Chinese ink and silver pastel on heavy white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of instant impulse and the charge of cheer...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Terra Incognita 5
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on 300lb. Arches hotpress paper - Unframed Snow sees her work as a constant play between order and chaos, logic and emotion. She combines playful shapes with bright colour, ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Dolphin Dance 05 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1-22”. Those brush paintings are Pri...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Vellum

Abstract Calligraphy. Energetic Gestural Drawing. Funny Silver Mood - 1 -
Located in Zofingen, AG
This spontaneous gestural drawing is made with Chinese ink and silver pastel on heavy white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of instant impulse and the charge of cheer...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Abstract abstract drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

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