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
Partially Ordered Set
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper - Unframed
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn with pen or pencil and which so...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled (ID 1295) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (ID 1295) (Abstract painting)
Oil on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emer...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
All over the world (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
All over the world (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleido...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
01-19 (Abstract painting)
By Macyn Bolt
Located in London, GB
01-19 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Screech of ice series 42 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Screech of ice series 42 (Abstract drawing)
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Untitled 9 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 9 (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 maki...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pigment
Dolphin Dance 30 (Abstract Drawing)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 30 (Abstract Drawing)
Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed.
This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Vellum
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Flutter (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Flutter (Abstract Painting)
Oil on paper - Unframed
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving betwee...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
OA 19
By Macyn Bolt
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and background, center and edg...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Screech of ice series 42 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Screech of ice series 42 (Abstract drawing)
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Black River 11 (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Black River 11 (Abstract work on paper)
Resin varnish, collage on paper - Unframed
Many little fragments from different sources exist within these resin works, including natural ma...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Varnish
Wave (Abstract drawing)
By Kim Uchiyama
Located in London, GB
Wave (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, moving...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1.20 (Ref 09) (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
Located in London, GB
1.20 (Ref 09) (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Gouache on paper - Unframed
Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Oscillating resonance (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Oscillating resonance (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, ink and colored pencil on polypropylene paper - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Adrienn Krahl’s paintings express a pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, 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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolor on hot press paper - Unframed
This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit a...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting)
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerg...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
A12 - I am having so much fun (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
A12 - I am having so much fun (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The artist created this series shortly afterward arriving in NY.
His interest was to see what respons...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$1,267 Sale Price
20% Off
Storm Series (Ref 844) (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Storm Series (Ref 844) (Abstract drawing)
Pigment pencil on Mylar. Unframed.
So many different storms, so hard to capture.
Beginning in the wake of hurricanes Irene and Sandy, th...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Pencil
Untitled 1914
Located in London, GB
Pastel and pencil on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets i...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Advance (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Advance (Abstract drawing)
Charcoal on paper - Unframed.
Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such as graphite, c...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Cut-Up Paper 2001 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Cut-Up Paper 2001 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
Pedersen works with acrylic paint.
When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 10 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Pigment, silica medium and gouache on paper - Unframed.
Marcy Rosenblat describes herself as having an affinity for process art, a method of art making in which predetermined system...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pigment
M252 (Abstract new media)
By Jesús Perea
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Digital
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 pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Ink
Screech of ice series 41 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Screech of ice series 41 (Abstract drawing)
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, glue, pencil & ink on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glue, Ink, Paper, Pencil, Acrylic
Small maelstrom (Ref 855) (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Pigment pencil on Mylar - Unframed.
The Maelstrom Series include the most iconic and known of Peerna's works.
Starting from the center on a tilted table, she extends her fingers ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Pencil, Pigment
Cave Quilt, (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Cave Quilt, (Abstract Painting)
Mixed media on paper - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Although the initial inspiration for a painting might come from a fleeting experien...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Blue Ice Island
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Watercolor on Arches paper
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Dye, Sumi Ink
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Covers 13-Red Yellow A (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Red Yellow A (Abstract Painting)
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She us...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled (ID 1283) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (ID 1283) (Abstract Painting)
Oil on paper. Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emer...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract painting)
By Tilman
Located in London, GB
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract painting)
Crayon on vellum. Unframed.
In a broader sense, Tilman’s works on paper function as an archive of the artist’s ideas and observations. The vis...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Vellum
Estuary 1 (Abstract Drawings)
Located in London, GB
Estuary 1 (Abstract Drawings)
Graphite and acrylic on linen - Unframed
This fluid abstract painting is intuitively made with a loaded brush graphite and acrylic on linen.
The inte...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Graphite
Rouge (Abstract painting)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper - Unframed.
Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediums so the colors will dissipate and interm...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Untitled 7 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Pigment, silica medium and gouache on paper - Unframed.
Marcy Rosenblat describes herself as having an affinity for process art, a method of art making in which predetermined system...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pigment
Pastel Blue and Purple Toned Abstract Drawing Work on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Renelio Marin is a visual artist with a diverse range of influences and styles. Born in Cuba, he received his graduate degree from the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Color Pencil
Untitled 4 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 4 (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 maki...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pigment
Terra Incognita 1 (Abstract painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita 1 (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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Weeds (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Weeds (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed.
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic world...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
BP18, BORINGCAPITALIST, 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 t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
M252 (Abstract new media)
By Jesús Perea
Located in London, GB
M252 (Abstract new media)
Digital creation, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag de 308 gr - Unframed.
Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Digital
Terra Incognita 1
By Jessica Snow
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, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
DD3.15 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
DD3.15 (Abstract Painting)
Handmade abaca paper. Unframed.
This subtle piece has been created at Dieu Donné in New York City, a non-profit studio for handmade paper art.
DD3.15 is...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper
13.1.16 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
13.1.16 (Abstract Drawing)
Pen and inkjet on paper - Unframed.
Richard Caldicott drawings have a minimal esthetic, an architectural character, created with only one or two lines. P...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
4.29 15 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Storm Horizontal 82 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Storm Horizontal 82 (Abstract drawing)
Graphite and color pencil on Mylar. Unframed.
So many different storms, so hard to capture.
Beginning in the wake of hurricanes Irene and S...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mylar, Color Pencil, Graphite
Flushing #2
Located in Westport, CT
Selena Beaudry’s work is created by marking and cutting up drawings. This has led the artist to rediscovering her visual language. Her work consists of...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Linen, Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil
M420 (Abstract Print)
By Jesús Perea
Located in London, GB
M420 (Abstract Print)
Digital creation, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag de 308 gr - Unframed.
Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and biom...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Digital
Balance (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Balance (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 emoti...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Ink
Waterway II (Abstract drawing)
By Kim Uchiyama
Located in London, GB
Waterway II (Abstract drawing)
Watercolor on Arches paper - Unframed but mounted and hinged on foamcore backing, ready for framing.
Uchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled 5 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 5 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed
Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
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 expre...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic, Graphite
Untitled 8 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 8 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and oil on paper. Unframed.
Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
0218-10
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
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 years, drawing has provided a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Wax, Pigment
Terra Incognita 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita 2 (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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
7.21 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
Located in London, GB
Casein and ink on paper - Unframed
Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and the animated image.”
Her work is in the...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Casein
Quiver (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Quiver (Abstract painting)
Oil on paper - Unframed.
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving betwee...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
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