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
Black White Abstraction 019 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 019 (2020)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper. Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Nancy Cohen "Make Visible" Paper Pulp and Handmade Paper
By Nancy Cohen
Located in New York, NY
Line is the operative formal element in the work shown here, but there are many other lines in play. Pieces walk a line between drawings that might be tapestries or sculptures or pa...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper
Black White Abstraction 006 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2019
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 006 (2019)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper.
Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Prospectus 1 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Prospectus 1 (Abstract Drawing)
Graphite on paper, Unframed.
Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such as graphit...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
1967 "Abstract 7" Ink Brush Drawing NYC Artist Michael Knigin Mid Century
Located in Arp, TX
Michael Knigin
Abstract 7
1967
Ink brush drawing on paper
10.5"x14" unframed $675
Signed and dated in ink lower left
Came from artist's estate
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks.
Michael Knigin, painter, printmaker, muralist, photographer, and teacher, was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 9, 1942. He received his BFA in 1966 from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia. In 1964 he was awarded a Ford Foundation Grant, which enabled him to study printmaking at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop and collaborate with Rufino Tamayo. Knigin was a full professor at the Pratt Graphic Center in Manhattan between 1967 and 2003. From 1968 through 1972, he also co-owned and directed the Chiron Press where he worked with Andy Warhol, Louise Nevelson, Kenneth Noland, Larry Poons, and Tom Wesselman. In 1974, he served as Art and Technical Director of the Burston Graphics Art Centre in Jerusalem.
In 1988, Knigin was appointed to the NASA Art Team and was sent to the Kennedy Space Center...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Untitled - abstraction art, made in orange, turquoise, brown color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in orange, turquoise, brown color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed black with a styrene face o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi industrial drawings, (2 drawings), 20th Century, Scottish
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi CBE RA (Scottish, 1924 – 2005)
Industrial abstract; and another similar
Pencil, crayon and ink on paper
8 x 11.1/2 in. (20.3 x 29 cm.) (both)
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Ink, Pencil
Untitled
By George Condo
Located in Ottikon, CH
Provenienz:
-Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
-Galerie Gmurzynska Zürich
-Privatsammlung Schweiz
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
$18,000
1958 Ink Collage "#1"
Located in Arp, TX
James Spencer Russell
"#1"
1958
Collage with ink
Signed lower right in pencil
24"x18" framed black gallery wood frame
James Spencer Russell (1915-2000) was born in Monticello, India...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chrysler Building No 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chrysler Building No 1 by Frederic Choisel. From a series of large scale urban-scape drawings in mixed media. Atwork is 60 x 42 inches: Mixed media includes graphite, charcoal, ink, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite, India Ink, Pastel
Sedona Dream
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sedona Dream" 2004 is a pastel on paper by noted American artist Richard Benjamin Royce, born 1941. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 22.25 x 30 inches, framed is 27.25 x 33.75 inches. It is custom framed in silver aluminium frame. The artwork is in excellent condition, frame has scratches and will be replaced by a new one before shipping.
About the artist:
After getting his BA and MA in fine art at the University of Wisconsin, Richard Royce went to France to study with Stanley W. Hayter, On returning to the US he opened a studio where he produced etchings, cast paper, paintings and sculptural commissions of his own work while at the same time helping other artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Rivers, Marisol, George Segal, Raphael Soyer, Francoise Gilot and Jim Rosenquist to realize works in various media.
Selected collections
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, New York
International Paper Corporation, New York
Isla Center, University of Guam, Micronesia
Byer Museum of the Arts, Evanston, Illinois
Musee du Petite Format, Couvin, Belgique
Uyasuda Life Insurance Company, Japan
Selected solo exhibitions
1991 Prestige Gallery, Danvers, MA
1989 Watermark/Cargo Gallery.. Kingston, NY
1986 ARRAS Gallery, NYC, NY
1985 The Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA
1982 Linden Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
Keller Gallery, Salem, OR
The Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA
1970 Ventura College, Ventura, CO
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1969 Comsky Gallery, Boston, MA
Ohio University, OH
1968 Thompson Gallery, Boston, MA
The Galor Hagen Gallery, Dallas, TX
University of Southern California Gallery
Selected group exhibitions
2004 Living Space Gallery, Cornville, AZ
2001 Rodman Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
1997 Dalton Fine Art, Boston, MA
Boston Corporate Art, Boston, MA
Prestige Gallery, Atelier Royce Group Show, Danvers, MA
1996 Copley Society Gallery, Group Sculpture Show, Boston, MA
1995 Barbara’s Hang Up Gallery, Group Show, Beverly, MA
1991 Creative Framing Gallery, Boston, MA
1989 5e Exposition International "Petit Format de Papier" Cul-Des-Arts (Couvin), Belgique
1988 Premiere Triennale Mondiale D'Estampes Petit Format (Traveling show to museums throughout France)
1987 "Eight Upstate Sculptors", Woodstock Artist Assn., NY
1986 First International Biennial of Paper Art, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Dueren, Germany
1985 '85 Mini-Exhibition, Isla Center, University of Guam, Micronesia
1984 Paperworks: A National Invitational, Chevey Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
Paper, Canvas & Glass, Gallery Mack, Seattle, WA
Atelier Royce Group Show, Eclipse Gallery, New York
Contemporary Paperworks, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich, CT
1983 Paper As Images - Traveling exhibition: Six galleries throughout England
1982 Papermaking USA, American Crafts Museum, New York
Atelier Royce Group Show, State University, Purchase, NY
New American Graphics 2, Art Museum Association of San Francisco Traveling...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
The garden of delights - abstraction art, made in pink, purple, grey color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The diptych is made with alcoholic ink in pink, purple, fuchia, grey color on Yupo paper.
Each work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (black) with a styre...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Plate Six from Novecento (Mixed media lithograph with chalk pastel), Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Nam June Paik
Untitled, Plate Six from Novecento, 1992
Mixed Media: Color offset lithograph with unique chalk pastel drawing
13 3/10 × 18 inches
Hand signed, Edition 104/130
Pencil numbered 104/130, hand signed in pastel chalk on the front
Edizioni Carte Segrete, Rome, Italy
Excellent condition; held in matting which can be easily removed
The matting measures 18" x 21"
This was part of a series of works produced for the Nam June Paik retrospective at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1992, Nam June Paik: Arti Elletroniche.
This is one of the editions which bears unique hand coloring with pastel chalk.
A comparable work sold at auction in 2015 for US $12,583. (see details below):
Nam June Paik
Title Novecento
Description Nam June PAI K
Novecento 1930-1940, 1992 Pastel sur offset en couleurs, épreuve signée et numérotée 104/130 Edizioni Carte Segrete, Rome 23,5 x 39,5 cm EH Oeuvre réalisée a l'occasion de la rétrospective Paik au Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1992, Nam June Paik: Arti Elletroniche, cinema e Media Verso il XXI Secolo
Medium pastel
Year of Work 1992
Size Height 9.3 in.; Width 15.6 in. / Height 23.5 cm.; Width 39.5 cm.
Misc. Signed
Sale of Millon & Associés: Monday, June 22, 2015 [Lot 00090]
Design
Sold For 11,057 EUR Hammer
(12,583 USD)
Nam June Paik Biography
Nam June Paik was born in 1932 in Seoul. He received a BA in aesthetics from the University of Tokyo in 1956 where he also studied music and art history. After graduating, he studied for a year with composer Thrasybulus Georgiades Georgiades at the University of Munich and for two years with composer Woflgang Fortner at the International Music College in Freiburg. He attended the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt in 1957, when he met Karlheinz Stockhausen, and in 1958, when he met John Cage. Cage, and through him Marcel Duchamp, had a significant influence on Paik as he became a major force in the avant-garde through performances. In Hommage à John Cage (1959), Paik employed audiotape and performance to attack traditional musical instrumentation and compositional practices, splicing together piano playing, screaming, bits of classical music, and sound effects. Realizing that taped sound was not enough, he decided to move into performance, first by introducing performative actions into his audio works. In 1961 Paik performed Simple, Zen for Head and Étude Platonique No. 3, in which he became a volatile figure, thrashing about in unexpected patterns and sudden movements to his signature soundtracks. In 1962 Paik participated in the Fluxus International Festival of the New Music in Weisbaden. Paik's first exhibition, entitled Exposition of Music - Electronic Television, in 1963 at Galerie Parnass at Wuppertal, launched his transition from composer and performance artist to the inventor of a new art form: an engagement with the material site of television as an instrument. In the exhibition, thirteen televisions lay on their backs and sides with their reception altered; for example, Zen for TV (1963) reduced the television picture to a horizontal line and Kuba TV (1963) shrank and expanded the image on the television set according to the changing volume.
In 1964 Paik traveled to the US. He quickly settled in New York and became a leading innovator among an emerging generation of artists seeking new modes of artistic expression and distribution. That same year, Paik collaborated with Shuya Abe to create Robot K-456 (1964), a remote controlled robot that played audiotaped speeches by John F. Kennedy and defecated beans in Paik's Robot Opera (1964). In the interactive work Magnet TV (1965), Paik invited viewers to modify the television's output into swerving abstract lines through the movement of a magnet over the TV. In 1967 Paik and frequent collaborator Charlotte Moorman were arrested when Moorman performed Paik's Opera Sextronique (1967), a striptease as she played the cello at the Filmmakers' Cinematheque in New York. Paik's TV Bra for Living Sculpture (1969), which Moorman wore in performances, featured two television tubes...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Offset, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Graphite, Lithograph
Purple and Yellow Abstract Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract composition with soft lavender and yellow watercolor tones by Les Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned, but was acquired from the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, Cal...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Red Pink Blue Flowers on Yellow Background by British Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Abstract Red, Pink, Orange & Blue Wild Flowers on a Yellow Background by British Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. From the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. Frame...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gesso, Watercolor, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas, Paint, Canvas
Black White Abstraction 005 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2019
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 005 (2019)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper.
Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
1988 "Night Glow I" Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
Elaine Kaufman Feiner (1922-2018)
"Night Glow I"
1988
Watercolor and pastel on paper
30"x30" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower right, titled reverse
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Watercolor
$617 Sale Price
35% Off
Summer cocktail-abstraction art, made in ultramarine blue, rose, pink color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in ultramarine blue, rose, pink color on Yupo paper. The work is 20 by 26 inches in size, framed in fine-quality solid w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The mazes of memory-abstraction art, made in brown, light blue, aubergine color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The diptych is made with alcoholic ink on Yupo paper. Each work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed without glass on a double mat board in light blue with s...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Dorothea Tanning (1910 - 2012) - bonjour Max Ernst - Color etching - 1976
Located in Varese, IT
Color etching, edited in 1976
Limited edition of 100 copies
signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner and numbered 52/100 in lower left corner
paper size: 50 x 65 cm
excellen...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Summer cocktail-abstraction art, made in ultramarine blue, rose, pink color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in ultramarine blue, rose, pink color on Yupo paper. The work is 20 by 26 inches in size, framed in fine-quality solid w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Abstract Composition
By Cornelia Schulz
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Abstract Composition" c.1990 is an acrylic paint on paper by American artist Cornelia Schulz, b.1936. It is signed at the lower right corner. The artwork size is 14.25 x 8.35 inches, paper size is 16.15 x 10 inches, framed size is 24.25 x 15.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden white wash color frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
Cornelia Schulz (b. 1936) lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. For close to 50 years she has honed her skills in abstract paintings of complex shape and color. Her early education in the arts began at the Los Angeles County Art Institute in 1954 through 1957, the heyday of the California Ceramics Revolution. She studied sculpture in clay and wood with Renzo Fenci (1914 – 1999), and drawing from Herbert Jepson (1908 –1993). She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting (1959) and her Master of Fine Arts in welded steel sculpture (1961) from the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI).
Schulz began her teaching career at the University of California Davis Art Department in 1973, retiring as Professor Emeritus in 2002. During her tenure at the University of California in Davis, Cornelia Schulz became the first female Chair...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary Painting "No Boundaries"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original abstract oil painting on canvas by Southern California artist, Daniel Ketelhut. Its dimensions are 40" x 28" x 2". It is unframed. A certificate of a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled t-nail ink drawing, unique geometric abstraction hand signed framed
By James Siena
Located in New York, NY
James Siena
Untitled t-nail drawing (reference: two against two), 1999
Graphite on paper
Pencil signed, titled, annotated and dated on the reverse of the sheet (see photos)
also penc...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Pencil
"#56 – BOTH WOUNDED A LITTLE", ink, pencil, gouache, collage, found text, poetry
By Amy Williams
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#56 – BOTH WOUNDED A LITTLE" is from Amy Williams' series A Farewell to Arms – wherein the artist is working directly onto page 56 of a found copy of Ernest Hemingway's WWII romance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil
Post Street
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Midtown' 2012, is by Frederic Choisel. From a series of large scale urban-scape drawings in mixed media. Atwork is 60 x 42 inches: Mixed media includes graphite, charcoal, ink, past...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, India Ink, Graphite
Sequestor (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Neill is inspired by the fluid geometric qualities of curve and line, in particular how the natural qualities of the earth and sky intermingle with urban elements of object and archi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Manifest 1 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Manifest 1 (Abstract Drawing)
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 as...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Topanga Canyon - Abstract Muted Colorful Landscape Nature Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Heidi Lowell is a multidisciplinary artist based in Austin, Texas, whose practice is deeply rooted in the earth itself. Harvesting site-specific soils and plant materials from across...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ephemeral composition - abstract painting, made in black, grey color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a styrene face on a mat board in w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
#6, How hard it is to climb up other people's stairs, The Divine Comedy
Located in Burlingame, CA
#6, How hard it is to climb up other people's stairs, The Divine Comedy. The Paradise. monotype with hand coloring in ink.
From a new series of 7 monoprints with hand coloring inspi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Monoprint
Abstract White & Turquoise Flowers on Pink Background by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract White & Turquoise Flowers on Pink Background by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. Framed in a h...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gesso, Watercolor, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas, Paint, Canvas
ARIETTA 6 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
ARIATTA 6 (Abstract drawing)
Pastel and acrylic on paper - Unframed.
Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such as...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
Linda Turner, Meditation Is Play, Collage, Pattern and Decoration, Automatism
Located in Darien, CT
Linda Turner, raised both in NYC and Northern Virginia, resides in Brooklyn, NY. She achieved a BFA in Surface Design/Textile Design from the Fashion Inst...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Watercolor, Pencil
Oh Yosemite - Original Abstract Muted California Landscape Watercolor Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Heidi Lowell is a multidisciplinary artist based in Austin, Texas, whose practice is deeply rooted in the earth itself. Harvesting site-specific soils and plant materials from across...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in PARIS, FR
A magnificent work in Indian ink and "levi" ink, counter glued on strong paper and accompanied by a certificate from the Zao Wou-Ki Foundation.
Zao Wou-Ki was born in Beijing on 1 F...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Rice Paper
$166,622
Sunsets on the Hudson (Abstract Painting in Blue, Pink and Metallic Gold)
By Bruce Murphy
Located in Hudson, NY
Sunsets on the Hudson (Abstract Painting in Blue, Pink and Metallic Gold), 2019 by Bruce Murphy
38 x 42 inches, unframed, enamel paint on archival paper
Signed, verso
This gestural ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Enamel
Etude 3 - abstract calligraphy ink drawing / painting on paper, black & white
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Nazanin Moghbeli is a Persian American artist with training in Persian calligraphy, miniature painting, and music. She borrows techniques from Iranian calligraphy to create abstract ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
Abstract Geometric Illusory Line Art in Ink on Paper by Geraldine Heib
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Geometric Illusory Line Art in Ink on Paper by Geraldine Heib
In this line abstract by Jerry O'Day (American, 1912), lines intersect and layer in straight and rounded ways giving a sense of movement to the piece. O'Day uses simple ink on paper and pure geometric form in the Minimalist style of the 1960s.
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Mat size: 39"H x 27"W
Paper size: 30"H x 20"W
Image size: 27"H x 16"W
Jerry O'Day is also known as Geraldine Heib. Born in Oakland, California, on June 17, 1912. Geraldine Heib assumed the name Jerry O'Day at an early age. She grew up in Washington and studied in Seattle at the Cornish School of Fine Arts. Upon moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1938, she further studied with Bufano as a muralist for two years. O'Day wed sculptor David Lemon and had a gallery in a converted cod fishery in Belvedere from 1942 until 1963. At that time, the couple moved to a houseboat in Sausalito, where she remained until her demise on March 30, 1986.
Post War California artist, Jerry O'Day studied at the Cornish School of Fine Arts in Seattle; studied with Beniamino Bufano for two years. She lived in the artist's colony at the Cod fishery with artist David Lemon on Belvedere Island in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1942 - 1963.
Solo Exhibitions: City of Paris, Rotunda Gallery; Lucien Labaudt Gallery, 1963; Torrance Gallery, San Anselmo, 1955; Marin Art Gallery, Sausalito, 1956; Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1962; East & West Gallery, Fillmore Street, San Francisco; Landmarks Gallery, Marin County, 1991.
Selected Group Exhibitions: 65th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1945; Fourth Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1963.
Source:
David J Carlson...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled Geometric Abstraction (unique two sided acrylic and pencil drawing)
By James Rosati
Located in New York, NY
James Rosati
Untitled Geometric Abstraction, 1982
Two-sided Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Paper drawing
Hand signed and dated on lower right front
14 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches
This is a un...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Mixed Media
Light Blue and Brown Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Composed of two contrasting sections of light blue and brown, this piece has layers of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects
$1,720 Sale Price
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Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Burton Wasserman
Untitled Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction, 1967
Color pencil on thin vellum paper
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the front
Frame Included: elegantly ...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Vellum
"This Place is a Dream (Jungle)" - botanical - cyanotype - green - plants
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is an abstract botanical work on paper featuring hues of green. It is framed in a simple white box frame behind UV Plexiglas. The unframed work measures 60 by 88 inches.
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Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glitter, Acrylic, Archival Paper
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.
Konrad Cramer (1888-1963)
Abstract
Mixed media on paper
17 x 12 inches
...
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
1950s British black and white abstract by Norman Edgar Hubert
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Norman Edgar Hubert (British, 1906 – 1985)
Geometric abstract in black and white
Signed and dated ‘E Hubert 55’ (on the reverse)
Gouache on black paper
25.3/8 x 20.3/4 in. (64.3 x 53 cm.)
Abstract painter, born Norman Edgar Hubert in Billingshurst, Sussex, and one of the mysterious curiosities of modern British painting. He was at school at Sherborne, and after studying art at University of Reading, 1924–6, was at the Slade School of Fine Art, 1926–9 (gaining a certificate for drawing, 1926–7). Henry Tonks was among his teachers and he shared rooms with William Townsend, in whose journals he appears. Although he socialized with such painters as Geoffrey Tibble, William Coldstream and Rodrigo Moynihan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
The work is sold without a frame and mat
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$375 Sale Price
25% Off
2, Modern Abstract Tempera Painting by Y. Brandolini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda, South African/Italian (1929 - )
Title: 2
Year: 1984
Medium: Tempera on Paper, signed and dated
Size: 40 in. x 25 in. (101.6 cm x 63.5 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Abstract MIxed Media Drawing Vibrant Modernist Color Watercolor Painting
By John Wood
Located in Surfside, FL
John Wood (b. 1945, Utah) is a Bay Area artist who currently resides in Emeryville, CA. He received his BFA in painting from the University of Utah in 1971, and an MFA from the Cranb...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
6A, Modern Abstract Tempera Painting by Yasmin Brandolini
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large minimal abstract painting on paper by Yasmin Brandolini.
Artist: Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda, South African/Italian (1929 - )
Title: 6A
Year: 1984
Medium: Tempera on Paper, sig...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
series "Shells", 86x44 cm, acrylic on paper
By Tatiana Nega
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Shells", 86x44 cm, acrylic on paper
The work is sold without a frame and mat
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$675 Sale Price
25% Off
"Cloud", Contemporary abstract painting on linen, natural pastel and peach tones
Located in Dallas, TX
"Cloud" is an elegant and contemporary abstract layered painting with peach, neutral and orange tones on an elegant white linen canvas. Emma's artwork is inspired by the Parisian lux...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Pigment, Linen, Raw Linen
"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction
James Daugherty (1887 – 1974)
Untitled
9 x 16 inches
Initialed lower right
Dated November 1, 1966 lower ...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
sbc 198 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 198 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper — Unframed
Susan Cantrick's abstract paintings explore the pre-verbal realm of thought through structured visual responses. Her process ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract Flowers Painting Blue Red Yellow Purple Colour by Modern British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Flowers Blue Red Yellow Purple Painting entitled 'When Sonny gets Blue' from Modern British Artist Margaret Francis, widow of famous Abstract Expressionist Artist, Sam Francis.
Margaret Francis received her Degree in Fine Art from Winchester Art...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Paint, Acrylic Polymer, Polymer, Polymer
Rocio Rodriguez "8-Jul-13" Abstract Oil Pastel on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Rocio Rodriguez
July 8, 2013, 2013
pastel, oil pastel, charcoal and pencil on paper
18 x 24 in.
This original oil oil pastel drawing on paper by Rocio Rodriguez features abstracted ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Pencil
"Untitled Study"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Rolph Scarlett (1889 - 1984)
A major exponent of non-objective painting, Rolph Scarlett's career and art...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Green Tree, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
-Painted on artist-quality acid-free 140 lb. watercolor paper. -Professional quality artists with watercolor paints. (Daniel Smith),Archival Ink -Acid-Free paper. -Size: 11" x 14"...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Black landscape 14 - round textural abstract nature inspired sculpted paper
Located in New York, NY
Anne-Charlotte Saliba's artistic universe is largely inspired by nature, its abyssal dimension as well as its vegetal or mineral forms. Her sculpted artworks are a confrontation of s...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
Mystification - abstraction art, made in gold, brown, grey, blue
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in gold, blue,gray, brown color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a styrene face on a dou...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
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