Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
The Picnic - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Picnic is a beautiful pen drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized in the mid-20th Century by an anonymous artist.
Good conditions with some folding.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Study for "Man and Woman in the Cathedral"
By David Smith
Located in New York, NY
Felt-tip pen and ink and pencil on paper. Dated and extensively annotated in ink on recto.
Study for the same-titled steel sculpture, 1956, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Felt Pen
Sans titre
Located in PARIS, FR
Magnificent abstract work on paper by Swiss artist Albert Chubac measuring 81 x 61.5 x 3 cm
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Acrylic
Sans titre
Located in PARIS, FR
Magnificent abstract work on paper by Swiss artist Albert Chubac measuring 65 x 82 x 3 cm
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Sans titre
Located in PARIS, FR
Magnificent abstract work on paper by Swiss artist Albert Chubac measuring 63.5 x 79 x 3.5 cm
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Acrylic
Black Flower - Original Drawing by Mario Surbone - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Black flower is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1987 by Mario Surbone.
Colored mixed media (watercolor and carchoal) on paper.
Hand signe...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lunar fantasy - Mixed Media Drawing - Late-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lunar fantasy is an original contemporary artwork realized by Anonymous artist in the late 20th Century.
Mixed media (oil and graphite on canvas).
Not signed.
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Mixed Media
Abstract Composition - Original Mixed Media Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Anonymous artist in mid-20th century.
A colored mixed media (pencil, tempera and white lead) artwork on paper.
Includes gil...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Tempera
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Tempera
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
The Sea - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Sea is an original drawing in tempera on Canvas, realized by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century.
The status of preservation Good.
The artwork is depicted skillfully th...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Red Square, Green Square, Modern Gouache on Paper on Fabriano Cotton Paper
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Pinchbeck, English (1931 - 2000) - Red Square, Green Square, Year: 1981, Medium: Gouache on Paper on Fabriano Cotton Paper, signed, and dated in pencil, Image Size: 18 x 25.5...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Yellow, Red and Purple Square, Modern Gouache on Fabriano Cotton Paper
Located in Long Island City, NY
Peter Pinchbeck, English (1931 - 2000) - Yellow, Red and Purple Square, Year: 1981, Medium: Gouache on Fabriano Cotton Paper, signed, and dated in pencil, Image Size: 18 x 25.5 inc...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Composition - Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original modern artwork realized in 1970 by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original drawing in watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed by th...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract Composition - Watercolor by Jean Delpech - Mid-20th Century
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
"Abstract Composition" is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
The state of preservation of the artwork is good.
The artwork represents ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Reconstruction - Original Tempera on Paper signed Raymond Belloe - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Reconstruction is an original drawing in tempera applied on paper signed "Raymond Belloe".
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good except for aged margins.
Sheet dime...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Shadows - Original Pencil and Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1965
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Shadows is an original modern artwork realized the 1965s by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original pencil and watercolor drawing on Ivory cardboard.
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Composition - Original Watercolor by Umberto Maria Casotti - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Composition" is an original watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Umberto Maria Casotti.
In excellent conditions.
Illegible Hand-signed of the Artist, on the lower right.
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Composition - Original Watercolor on Paper - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original drawing in watercolor on paper in 1950 ca. Hand-signed and at bottom right. Unreadable signature.
sheet dimension: 32 x 24
Good conditions.
Passepartout...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Arabesques Tropicales - Watercolor Drawing - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Arabesques Tropicales" is an original watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated cardboard by Anonymous Artist of XX Century, perhaps Jean Piere (written on the back of the drawing), in...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Sans titre
Located in PARIS, FR
Magnificent abstract work on paper by Swiss artist Albert Chubac measuring 63.5 x 79 x 3.5 cm
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Figure - Etching by Sergio Barletta - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original etching on cardboard, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1960.
Numbered 2/2 and hand-signed on the lower left; dated on the lower right.
In very good conditions.
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Surrealist Composition - Mixed Media Drawing- 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Surrealist Composition" is a drawing in mixed media on paper, ink and watercolor, realized by Anonymous Artist of the XX Century.
The state of preservation of the artwork is very ...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Watercolor
Surreal Landscape - Ink drawing and Chacography on Paper - 1981
By Michel Gigon
Located in Roma, IT
Surreal Landscape is an original artwork realized by Michel Gigon in 1981.
Mixed media on cardboard (chalcography and ink). Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner. Very...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Sans Titre
Located in PARIS, FR
Work on cardboard signed lower left by Swiss artist Albert Chubac, measuring 68 x 53 cm.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard
Sculpture Motives
By Henry Moore
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Henry Moore. "Sculpture Motives" is a semi-abstract, figurative drawing, ink, watercolor, and wax crayon on paper in beige, white, and black platte by British modern art...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon, Ink, Watercolor
"Abstract With Clouds, " Original Pink Ink signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Abstract With Clouds" is an original ink drawing on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza, stamped with her signature in the lower right. The drawing is done entirely in pink with a combination ...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Reclining Woman, Watercolor, Brown by Indian Padma Bhushan Awardee "In Stock"
By Somnath Hore
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Somnath Hore - Reclining Woman - 8.5 x 12 inches ( unframed size)
Watercolour on paper
Inclusive of shipment mounted not framed, Should you wish to receive the same framed and shipp...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bourrée Fantasque #12 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on Étoile
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #12 Blue", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 b...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Bourrée Fantasque #8 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #8", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet of the same name for the New York...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Bourrée Fantasque #7 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #7", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet of the same name for the New York...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Bourrée Fantasque #6 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #1", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet of the same name for the New York...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Bourrée Fantasque #5 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #5", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet ...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Sketch for 'The X & Its Tails'. 1967
Located in Palo Alto, CA
This work is registered as an authentic work by Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) in the archives of the Calder Foundation (NY), under application number A.24492. Created in 1967, this original pen and red ink drawing on paper is initialed ‘CA’ in blue ink in the lower right by Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) with a handwritten dedication, also in blue ink, ‘To Alvin Lane’ along the lower center.
The Sketch for ‘The X & Its Tails’ is an original study and preliminary drawing made by Calder preceding his large-scale sculpture for the Detroit Institute of Arts. Sketches for models and sculptures are rare and this is no exception; according to Alvin S. Lane, collector and friend to Calder, “To the best of my knowledge there were very few, if any, preliminary drawings done by Calder that were on the market, but he was good enough when he did two for commissions to send the drawings to me as a present [including this Sketch for ‘The X & Its Tails’]. I included one of them here to show that although his drawings usually have a flowing steady line, his preliminary drawings are sloppy scribbles” (23).
Provenance:
~ Gift of artist
~ Private Collection (Riverdale, NJ)
Catalogue Raisonné and COA:
Sketch for 'The X & Its Tails,' 1967 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work).
1. Registered with the Calder Foundation, NY under application number A.24492.
2. Elvehjem Museum of Art. The Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Untitled Abstraction with Gold by Annemarie Graupner
Located in Hudson, NY
Minimalist work by Annemarie Graupner, in a charming hand-carved wood frame. Perfect for an intimate nook.
About this artist: Swiss artist Annemarie Graupner, granddaughter of the S...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Modern Abstract Neutral-Toned Watercolor Landscape of a Spacious House
By Bertha Davis
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract watercolor drawing of a house by Texas artist Bertha Davis. The work features a loosely rendered neutral-toned depiction of a spacio...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Whirl
Located in Buffalo, NY
Ellen Steinfeld is a sculptor, a painter and has worked in several different media. She graduated with a degree in painting and design from Carnegie Mellon University and earned a graduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She has received numerous large-scale public and private commissions including an 18’ steel sculpture for the atrium of Roswell Park Cancer Institute and a commission to design 16 large stained glass windows for Christ Church in Detroit. Works in various media have been selected and incorporated into public spaces including schools, hotels, hospitals, museums, airports, stadiums and corporate collections. Her work was selected to represent New York State for the Absolut...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor
Synchromist Abstraction watercolor by Jay Van Everen
Located in Hudson, NY
Jay Van Everen was a pioneering early American abstractionist known for his affiliation with the Synchromists. His abstract color studies would take him to the forefront of the Ameri...
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1920s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Charles Houghton Howard was born in Montclair, New Jersey, the third of five children in a cultured and educated family with roots going back to the Massachusetts Bay colony. His father, John Galen Howard, was an architect who had trained at M.I.T. and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and apprenticed in Boston with Henry Hobson Richardson. In New York, the elder Howard worked for McKim, Mead and White before establishing a successful private practice. Mary Robertson Bradbury Howard, Charles’s mother, had studied art before her marriage. John Galen Howard moved his household to California in 1902 to assume the position of supervising architect of the new University of California campus at Berkeley and to serve as Professor of Architecture and the first Dean of the School of Architecture (established in 1903). The four Howard boys grew up to be artists and all married artists, leaving a combined family legacy of art making in the San Francisco Bay area that endures to this day, most notably in design, murals, and reliefs at the Coit Tower and in buildings on the Berkeley campus.
Charles Howard graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1921 as a journalism major and pursued graduate studies in English at Harvard and Columbia Universities before embarking on a two-year trip to Europe. Howard went to Europe as a would-be writer. But a near-religious experience, seeing a picture by Giorgione in a remote town outside of Venice, proved a life-altering epiphany. In his own words, “I cut the tour at once and hurried immediately back to Paris, to begin painting. I have been painting whenever I could ever since” (Charles Howard, “What Concerns Me,” Magazine of Art 39 [February 1946], p. 63). Giorgione’s achievement, in utilizing a structured and rational visual language of art to convey high emotion on canvas, instantly convinced Howard that painting, and not literature, offered the best vehicle to express what he wanted to say. Howard returned to the United States in 1925, confirmed in his intent to become an artist.
Howard settled in New York and supported himself as a painter in the decorating workshop of Louis Bouché and Rudolph Guertler, where he specialized in mural painting. Devoting spare time to his own work, he lived in Greenwich Village and immersed himself in the downtown avant-garde cultural milieu. The late 1920s and early 1930s were the years of Howard’s art apprenticeship. He never pursued formal art instruction, but his keen eye, depth of feeling, and intense commitment to the process of art making, allowed him to assimilate elements of painting intuitively from the wide variety of art that interested him. He found inspiration in the modernist movements of the day, both for their adherence to abstract formal qualities and for the cosmopolitan, international nature of the movements themselves. Influenced deeply by Surrealism, Howard was part of a group of American and European Surrealists clustered around Julien Levy. Levy opened his eponymously-named gallery in 1931, and rose to fame in January 1932, when he organized and hosted Surrealisme, the first ever exhibition of Surrealism in America, which included one work by Howard. Levy remained the preeminent force in advocating for Surrealism in America until he closed his gallery in 1949. Howard’s association with Levy in the early 1930s confirms the artist’s place among the avant-garde community in New York at that time.
In 1933, Howard left New York for London. It is likely that among the factors that led to the move were Howard’s desire to be a part of an international art community, as well as his marriage to English artist, Madge Knight...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
KAN TAI-KEUNG Spring Mountain 1978 Modern Chinese WC Sumi Painting blue green
By Kan Tai-Keung
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
This painting is illustrated in color in the the book, "PAINTINGS BY KAN
TAI-KEUNG 1970-1979" page 51. Published by S S Design & Production, Hong
Kong, 1980.
A copy of this book will accompany the painting.
Born in Panyu, Guangdong, in 1942, Kan Tai-Keung was deeply influenced by his grandfather, Yao Sheung, and became passionate about painting from childhood on. He moved to Hong Kong in 1957, and worked as an apprentice tailor there for ten years. In 1964, Kan started to learn watercolour painting and sketching with his uncle Han May-Tin. Later he took a Chinese ink painting course from Lui Shou-kwan and an applied design course from Wucius Wong...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper
Hecuba
Located in Greenwich, CT
Abstract black and ink wash on paper drawing.
The powerful legacy of Reuben Nakian has earned him a coveted place in the history of American art. No other sculptor of the twentieth ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Biomorphic Abstraction" original watercolor painting by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In the 1960s, Sylvia Spicuzza made several watercolor abstractions with biomorphic qualities like the one presented here. While being a playful abstraction, the watercolor also seeps...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Ebb and Flow" original pastel drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this pastel drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a rhythmic view resembling waves and rolling hills. The colors of the repeating patterns and softness of the undulati...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Petie (Duck)" conte crayon drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a duck in a watery landscape, rendered in her elegant modernist style. Other forms in the drawing appear to shoot up like le...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
Abstract Figure - Czech Art
Located in London, GB
The work is hand signed in ink by the artist "b.ost" in the lower right corner, and hand dated "36" next to the signature.
The drawing was created in 1936.
Provenance: Collection So...
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1930s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Art Deco Abstract, " Conte Crayon in Black & Sepia signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this drawing,"Art Deco Abstract," Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with abstracted biomorphic forms in her elegant modernist style. Dominant in the image are two lilies, their ...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
Pattern, Original Abstract Painting on Paper (Mixed Media)
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This image is a digital drawing that represents patterns and shapes. It explores muted colors and decorative lines to make a beautiful image.
Keywords: drawing, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Digital
Abstract Composition by Lélia Pissarro - Tempera, abstraction
Located in London, GB
Abstract Composition by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963)
Tempera on paper
7.5 x 21 cm (3 x 8 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Lélia Pissarro
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the artist.
Artist biography:
From a young age, Lélia’s interest in drawing and painting was nurtured by her grandfather while she sat beside him at his easel, captivated. He taught her the fundamental Impressionist and Post-Impressionist techniques he had learnt from his father and brothers before him and watched as her skills blossomed rapidly. Standing readily on the shoulders of giants, Lélia sold her first painting to New York art dealer Wally Findlay, when she was only four years of age.
When Lélia turned 11 she moved to Paris to live with her parents where, with the guiding support of her father’s teachings she began to broaden her skill sets. Under the watchful eye of her father Hughes Claude Pissarro, she became exposed to new environments and learnt to experiment with abstract styles and subjects. At age 14 Lélia submitted some of these works to the exhibition ‘Salon de la Jeune Peinture’ at the Luxembourg Museum in Paris. Being underage, however, she had to submit these works secretly under the pseudonym Rachel Manzana Pomié.
With her parents dividing their time between France and California, Lélia found herself moving between Tours, Paris and San Francisco, all the while studying fine art and psychology at the University des Beaux Arts. She eventually settled in Paris to teach art at the Moria School and study oil painting conservation under the guidance of a teacher from the Louvre museum. During this time she began to present her work in solo exhibitions in Paris, Lyon, Mulhouse and Rennes.
In 1988 Lélia married English art dealer David Stern and moved to London. Their three children Kalia, Lyora and Dotahn, all paved their own way in the art world. From 1995 Lélia participated in a series of exhibitions entitled Pissarro – The Four Generations, which were held in galleries in London, Tel Aviv, Boston, Austin, San Francisco, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Los Angeles as well as a number of museums in Japan in 1998 and the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2000. In 1999 Lélia also became one of the founders of the Sorteval Press, a group of artists dedicated to developing techniques in etching and printmaking. Their first exhibition took place at the Mall Gallery in London.
In 2005 following a long break in painting because of cancer, Lélia started a journey into modern art creating a number of different series: Circles, Shoes, Animals, exploring these until she reached the point of abstraction and minimalism. Developing innovative techniques, she began incorporating in her work new materials such as gold, wax and encaustic paint.
To coincide with a major exhibition at Stern Pissarro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Untitled (Abstraction IV Geometric)
By Arthur Dove
Located in London, GB
Dove uses ink to render angular and rounded shapes, he then fills in these shapes with gouache using loose brush marks which create a sensitive textural landscape. The transparency o...
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1940s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Light Black Blur #2" Charcoal Cross-Hatch Drawing Canvas 1978 Monumental Piece
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Scott
"Light Black Blur #2"
1978
Charcoal on unprimed canvas sprayed with custom fixative
177.25x83.25" unstretched
Signed on reverse
Installation: This piece is intended to be stretched and stapled to the wall without a frame.
Excellent Condition - Minor wear consistent with age and history.
This canvas is a testament to the artist's meticulous craftsmanship and creative vision. The intricate charcoal cross-hatch arches create a captivating play of light and shadow, each mark bearing the artist's hand. To enhance and preserve this piece, the artist has applied multiple layers of their custom-made a fixative. This carefully curated process not only protects the delicate charcoal work but also adds depth and texture to the piece. The result is a mesmerizing work of art that begs viewers to explore its intricate details and reveals new dimensions with each look.
About the work:
Working on large unstretched canvases, Jack Scott draws charcoal arcs in a freehand style. Through placement and density the arcs create patterns of light and dark, vibrating with a luminescence unanticipated by the rawness of the materials. In previous works the arcs coalesced into amorphous forms—romantic sensations suggesting clouds, smoke or fog. With his recent works Scott introduces a concrete graphic form, large bisecting arcs that are giant magnifications of the minutely rendered arcs. Environmental romanticism yields to a bolder sensibility, as these shapes bear relationship to configurations favored by Minimalists and hard-edge abstractionists. However, Scott’s web of soft, undulating arcs subverts the large-scale coolness of the primary form. In this sense the artist’s works remind one of Rothko, whose monumental forms were also conceived through a diffused or soft-edge development.
The method of building up freehand forms is remarkable considering the massive scale favored by the artist. From this standpoint his drawing seems imbued with a medieval intensity, displaying a feeling for concentration and handcraft that is often absent from contemporary art.
—Hal Fischer
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal
Early Modern Colorful Red, Blue, Yellow, & Green Geometric Abstract Line Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract geometric drawing by early Houston. TX artist Robert Preusser. The work features bursts of lines and colors that create movement throughout the composition. Signed and date...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Casein
Odalisque, Surrealist Charcoal on Paper Drawing by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
A black and white charcoal drawing on paper by cubist and surrealist artist Benjamin Benno.Rather than depicting fruit or flowers on a table like a tra...
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
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