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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
7.21 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
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...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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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...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Dolphin Dance 17 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 17 (Abstract painting) Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Vellum

P1.13 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
P1.13 (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

Eckige Masse 061 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Eckige Masse 061 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed. In her work, Lee is responding to her emotional experiences within her physical surroundings. Co...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Gravitational wave (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Gravitational wave (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper. Unframed. As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

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

022 o.T., 2017 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic, adhesive tape on paper - Unframed. Daniel Gottin's interest and concept are to examine the subjective nature of perception, and playfully responds to the characteristics of...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Tape, 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

Covers 13-Black B (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed. Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard e...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Handmade Paper

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

FLD 26/2808 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Graphite on Arches Ingres paper - Unframed. Image's size: 55 x 55 cm/21.6 x 21.6" The simplest reading of Henderson’s work is that he is a painter with the sensibility of a sculpto...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Sixteen Street 7.15 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Sixteen Street 7.15 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Gouache on paper - Unframed. Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Untitled 743 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 743 (Abstract Painting) Watercolour on paper - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. French abstract artist Jérémie Iordanoff blends the visual languages of Western Mo...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

016 Nr. 2, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
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 the subjec...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Roundism – 30-01-18, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism – 30-01-18 In line with my previous graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism – 11-01-18’ I rendered the model figure with such highlighted tones as if the skin was lube...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Truly Madly Deeply
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper - Unframed. This artwork is on un-stretched canvas as per the artist's aesthetic's choice and does not need to be stretched at arrival. This work will be shipped ro...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

19.6.17 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Pen and inkjet on paper - Unframed. Richard Caldicott drawings have a minimal esthetic, an architectural character, created with only one or two lines. Pastel tones, softened colors...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pen

UNTITLED
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media on paper. Center square is silver and reflects light in prismatic pattern. Hand signed by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authent...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

UNTITLED
UNTITLED
$750 Sale Price
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Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor on Canson paper 300 g The artwork will be shipped rolled up in a tube Doïna Vieru is an Ecuadorian-Moldavian artist born in 1978 who lives & works in France, Paris. She a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Framed Watercolor Painting on Handmade Indian Paper: Blackbird C
Located in New York, NY
Guillermo Bublik is an Argentinian/American painter based in New Jersey. His works are easily recognizable by their bold combinations of colors and abstract geometric forms. Commonly...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor on Canson paper 300 g The artwork will be shipped rolled up in a tube Doïna Vieru is an Ecuadorian-Moldavian artist born in 1978 who lives & works in France, Paris. She a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Abstract Work on Paper by Clay Johnson, Untitled (#727)
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled (#727)' 2023 by American artist, Clay Johnson. Acrylic on Arches paper, 20 x 16 in. This colorful abstract painting features bands of colors in red, blue, beige, orange, pi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Effloresce (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Oil on paper - Unframed Framed on request Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving between them as each begins to form, then isolating a work to bring to completion. Her saturated surfaces are luminous, with alternate glossy and matte layers, but also bear rough nail marks that scar and deconstruct the work. These etched lines and marks relate to an image and idea, and are often the underlying structure, the submerged language of a work. Her use of reds and pinks link to flesh and blood...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Untitled 3 (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...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache, Pigment

Color Trac #27 (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

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

M272 (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

Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor on Canson paper 300 g The artwork will be shipped rolled up in a tube Doïna Vieru is an Ecuadorian-Moldavian artist born in 1978 who lives & works in France, Paris. She a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled 9 (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

L.I.C.
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, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Untitled
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ink on paper in a simple white frame.
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Untitled
Untitled
$520 Sale Price
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Untitled 2 (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

Perspective (Ref 20206)
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

Emotional Color Chart 135
Located in London, GB
Pencil and acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed. This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is inspired by the series Color as Adjective, a seri...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

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

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

Increspature - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Increspature is a beautiful artwork realized by  Maurizio Gracceva in the 2014. Colored mixed media on plywood.  Title, date, techinique and sign on the back. Author of numerous p...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plywood, Pastel, Acrylic

Inquietudine - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Inquietudine is a beautiful artwork realized by  Maurizio Gracceva   in the 2012. Colored mixed media on plywood Title, date, techinique and sign on the back. Author of numerous p...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plywood, Pastel, Acrylic

Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor on Canson paper 300 g The artwork will be shipped rolled up in a tube Doïna Vieru is an Ecuadorian-Moldavian artist born in 1978 who lives & works in France, Paris. She a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Contrivance, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Contrivance" is colorful abstract grid of loose rectangle plots inspired by man-made, redundancies in suburban architecture and life. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes w...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Untitled - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a beautiful artwork realized by  Maurizio Gracceva   in the 2014 Tempera on plywood Hand signed by the artist. Date, techinique and sign on the back. Author of numero...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plywood, Tempera

Allontanamenti - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Allontanamenti is a beautiful artwork realized by  Maurizio Gracceva  in the 2014.  Tempera on plywood.  Title, date, techinique and sign on the back. Author of numerous philosoph...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plywood, Tempera

Per lo più distesi - Drawing by Maurizio Gracceva - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Per lo più distesi is a beautiful artwork realized by  Maurizio Gracceva  in the 2022. Ink on paper.  Hand signed by the artist. Title, date, techinique and sign on the back. Aut...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Composition - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a beautiful artwork realized by  Maurizio Gracceva   in the 2014. Colored acrylic and pastel on plywood.  Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.  Author of n...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plywood, Pastel, Acrylic

Tectonic V
Located in Brecon, Powys
Part of the Tectonics Series from Cornwall based artist Caro Woods. This mixed media work is available individually or as part of a set of four. Image 6" x 6". Behind glass
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

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

"Homage to Daniel Smith: Flowers at the Edge of the Pond, " by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Homage to Daniel Smith: Flowers at the Edge of the Pond" is an original watercolor and iridescent acrylic painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This piece is an abst...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Cut-Up Paper II.3
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed. Pedersen works with acrylic paint. When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often reducing the composition to minimal, har...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Quarantaine 20064
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

Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Watercolor on hot press paper - Unframed This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit at Meyer's favorite hotel in Amsterdam. Melissa...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled (Ref 18067)
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

Abstract Landscape #8, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I like to delve into the abstract using the influence of nature that surrounds me. This watercolor is painted on 140lb Arches hot pressed paper using artist quality watercolors. It c...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

0118.5
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 ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Wax

Warren St 8
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

7.21 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Casein

Not yet 002
Located in London, GB
Pencil and acrylic on Canson-Montval paper - Unframed. This artwork conveys a color and emotional language and is inspired by the series Color as Adjective, a series of drawings and...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

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

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Paper, Pastel, Oil

Untitled (Ref 19016)
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

Rainy Day 04 - nature contemporary green abstract acrylic and pigment on board
Located in Dallas, TX
Emma's artwork is inspired by the Parisian luxury world of fashion, textures and pure colour. "Rainy Day 04" is a stylish and contemporary bright emerald green abstract painting. It ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Lacquer, Acrylic, Board, Pigment

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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