Abstract Figurative 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
Modernist Nude Figures
Located in Indianapolis, IN
Born in Rome, Italy, Emanuel Romano became a painter, illustrator, muralist and teacher in New York City where from 1944 to 1945 he taught at the City College of New York. One of his...
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1940s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
double-sided marker drawing spanish abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
One side signed. Lower right corner slightly bent.
Measures 29x20. Frameless.
Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who knew how to ...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
$180 Sale Price
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Head I, 1973 - 20th C. Ink Drawing of Woman's Head, Abstract Expressionist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925–1996)
Head I
1973
Ink on paper
Signed and dated lower right
12 x 10 inches
15.75 x 13.5 inches, framed
Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Oklahom...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Behold, Halsey Chait, Large Abstract India Ink Drawing on Paper, Circle
By Halsey Chait
Located in New York, NY
"Behold" by Halsey Chait
India Ink on 250 Lenox 100 Cotton Rag Paper
Halsey Chait's drawings develop according to the rules and mathematics that govern the growth processes of life ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, India Ink, Rag Paper
Colors - Figurative Abstract
By Kelvin Curry
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstract work by Bay Area artist Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century). Signed "Kelvin Curry" lower left. Unframed. Image size, 15"H x 11.25"W.
Born in Oakland, California Kelvin Curry's creative destiny was clear early in life. Initially using black and white graphite as his medium and later expanding into mixed media to bring about multi-dimension; as well as a sense of rhythm and grace in the abstract female figure. Kelvin Curry studied fine arts at San Jose State University and has been making and exhibiting art all his life. Curry has a keen understanding of the arts, particularly the black arts movement in and around the Bay Area. Kelvin has exhibited his work in hundred of juried festivals, exhibits, and galleries throughout the country. Visitors from countries such as South Africa, Japan, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and China have chosen his work to adorn their homes in their native lands. Collectors include Randy Crawford, Nancy Wilson...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
$460 Sale Price
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Signed and dated watercolour painting by Henry Moore, 1981 'Four ideas'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Henry Moore O.M., C.H. (British, 1898-1986)
Four Ideas for Sculpture
Signed and dated ‘Moore/81’ (lower right)
Pencil, watercolour, crayon, charcoal and ball point pen on paper
24.5 ...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil
"Indian Dance", Multicolor Abstract Geometric Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and colorful abstract geometric watercolor with multicolor connected forms cascading in a dynamic vertical composition by Ellwood Graham (American, 1911-2007). Signed "GRAHAM" in the upper right corner, and "Ellwood Graham" on verso. Circa 1961-1966. The title "Indian Dance...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen, Pencil
$920 Sale Price
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Woman on a Patio
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman on a Patio
Pastel on paper, c. 1915
Unsigned
Provenance: Gift of the artist to his wife, Mary Hess Buehr
By decent to the artist's niece, daughter of Will...
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1910s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Saved Beauties:Embroidery of time
Located in Zofingen, AG
Meet a new piece from my portfolio - a magical combination of painting and embroidery. This painting is an exploration of texture and color, with each stitch complementing the brush ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$662 Sale Price
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Mid-Century "Green & Blue Nude" Oil Pastel Drawing
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Hooper
"Green and Blue Nude I"
5/1963
Oil pastel on paper
8.5"x11" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
Jack Meredith Hooper (August 26, 1...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
The Thinker
Located in Miami, FL
A large charcoal-on-paper rendering by arguably one of America's most influential artists. It comes from the pioneering Allan Stone Galleries, who ...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
$68,000 Sale Price
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Sutherland Project VII: Cubist Abstract Graphite Drawing with Antique Frame
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative abstract cubist style drawing in an antique wood frame, inspired by artwork by Graham Sutherland
“Sutherland Project VII” by Hudson Valley artist, David Dew Bruner, made ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
3.2 M (ACTION COMICS). Drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
As a reflection on the value we give to objects, this series exposes examples of objects that we use daily and for different reasons ended up gaining very high prices. By redrawing t...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Reclining Nude Male Figure, figural expressionist New York artist ink drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996)
Reclining Male Figure (For Nick)
1971
India ink on paper
Inscribed, signed and dated
10.25 x 14 inches
18.5 x 21 inches, framed
Joseph Glasco was...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
The Blue Earth II, CoBrA movement, Mid-20th Century Danish Watercolor
By Carl-Henning Pedersen
Located in Beachwood, OH
Carl-Henning Pedersen (Denmark, 1913 - 2007)
The Blue Earth II, 1971
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower right, signed, dated and titled verso
30.5 x 21.5 inches
Carl-Henning Pedersen was born in Copenhagen in 1913. At an early age he began taking part in politics, first in the youth association of social democrats and later in the youth association of communists, which better suited his revolutionary activist nature against fascism. In 1933, he attended the public high school of Humblebaek where he met the painter Else Alfelt, who he would marry in 1934 and with whom he would have two daughters. For many years the family divided its time between Copenhagen and the city of Bovbjerg, located on the North Sea, where Carl and Else had a studio. Between 1935 and 1940, Pedersen started to sketch and paint.
He exhibited for the first time, together with his wife, in “Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling” (The Artists' Fall Exhibition) in Copenhagen in 1936. Pedersen associated with the young painters close to abstract movements, and like them, worked under difficult conditions. He went to Paris in 1939, where he encountered the work of Picasso, Matisse and Chagall.
Between 1940 and 1945, he contributed to the journal Helhesten. In the same journal, Pedersen published the text "Arte astratta o arte immaginaria," that supplied the most complete and precise definition, up to that point, of the work principles of the young generation of painters, of which he was a part. This definition, in many ways, was close to that which would be the program of the group Cobra. Between 1945 and 1960, the Danish artists went abroad and, along with Dutch and Belgian artists, founded the group Cobra, which was active between 1948 and 1951. During this period in 1948, Pedersen participated in the Biennial of Venice. He exhibited extensively with Cobra in shows such as its first important show which was held at the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam in 1949, “International Experimental Art.” Afterwords, Pedersen distanced himself from the group and began to travel frequently. His destinations included Greece, Italy, France, Switzerland, Norway, Lapland, Iceland, Turkey, Nepal, and Jerusalem.
He received the Eckersberg Award in 1950 from the Royal Danish Academy of Art. In 1952, he participated in “Contemporary Drawings from 12 Countries, 1945/1952,” an exhibition held at the Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo, Ohio, the exhibition also traveled to other museums in the United States, while in 1955, he took part in the group exhibition “Expressionism 1900/1955,” at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis (also a traveling exhibition throughout the United States).
He participated in the 1952, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1964, and 1967 editions of “The Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture” at the Museum of Art of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. The same museum also honored him with solo exhibitions in 1961 and 1968. In 1966, he exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of New York in the show “European Drawings” that also traveled to Hawaii, Canada, Argentina, and Germany. In 1967, he showed at the “2. Internationale der Zeichnung” in Darmstadt, and then in 1968, he participated in the Premio Marzotto and the “Exhibition of Expressionist Art after 1950” at the Kunstmuseum of Lucerne, which then toured in Romania, Australia, Belgium, and Finland.
Pedersen received the medal of Prince Eugen in 1980, and he participated in the exhibition “Danish Artists, Carl-Henning Pedersen, Else Alfelt, Egil Jacobsen...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$8,400 Sale Price
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Untitled No. 15 (Abstract Black & Grey Charcoal Drawing with Mat & Black Frame)
By Ralph Stout
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract black and grey charcoal drawing on thick, high quality Arches paper
Vertical drawing, 25 x 20 inch image on 30.5 x 22.5 inch Arches paper
35 x 28.5 inches in black frame wi...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Nude Female Figures (Nude Women Study)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Martin Friedman (1896-1981). Two Nude Figures, ca. 1960. Charcoal on paper, image measures 17 x 22.5 inches; 24 x 30 in original custom chestnut frame ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Figurative Composition / - Expressive Signs -
Located in Berlin, DE
Max Neumann (* 1949 Saarbrücken) and Eta Bender (*1948 Heidelberg), Figurative Composition, around 1970. Mixed media on tracing paper, mounted on thin backing paper, 29.6 cm x 21 cm,...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
The Whisper - Drawing by Jean-Luis Forain - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Whisper is a drawing on paper realized by Jean-Luis Forain in the Late 19th Century.
Pencil drawing.
Monogrammed in pencil on the lower.
Good conditions.
Louis Henri Forain, ...
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Late 19th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Remains (Body in the Field 21) - Contemporary, Blue, Green, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Remains (Body in the Field 21 ), 2022
oil on paper
16 17/32 h x 11 13/16 w in.
42 H x 30 W cm
Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of the human body through the prism...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Portrait of Young Woman, Raoul Dupoux
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Raoul Dupoux (1906-1988)
Title: Untitled
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Watercolor and pastel on wove paper
Size: 26 x 27 inches
Condition: Good
Inscrip...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
$2,000 Sale Price
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Infanta IV: Figurative Cubist Abstract Graphite Drawing with Antique Frame
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative abstract cubist style drawing inspired by the Infanta Margarita in an antique gold frame
“Infanta IV” by Hudson Valley artist, David Dew Bruner, made in 2015
23 x 18 inch...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Remains (Body in the Field 7) - Contemporary, Green, Grey, Blue, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Remains (Body in the Field 7), 2022
oil on paper (signed on reverse)
16 17/32 H x 11 13/16 W in.
42 H x 30 W cm
Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of the human body...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Vintage Abstracted Expressionist Figurative Ink Drawing -- "How I REALLY Feel"
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Abstracted Expressionist Figurative Ink Drawing -- "How I REALLY Feel"
Wonderful and evocative abstract expressionist ink drawing of a off-center standing male with slap-das...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Vacances à Tramery
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper
Francine Ledieu is a French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who specialized in Sacred art. In the ’80s, Francine was a student of Jean Bertholle from the Saint Roch Academy. The artist had personal exhibitions at Maison Mansart from 1989 to 1993 and at Étienne de Causans Gallery in 1997. In 1998 & 2009 she exhibited at La Petite Galerie...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Paper
Tingel-tangel II - XXI Century, Ink drawing, Abstraction, Black & white
By Leszek Rózga
Located in Warsaw, PL
LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015)
He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska private atelier in 1945-46. In 1948, he began studies at the art school in Łódź (...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
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...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$1,320 Sale Price
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Follower of Rosetti - 1874 Watercolour, The Loot
Located in Corsham, GB
This evocative watercolour and pencil work, inspired by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, depicts a soldier and maiden exploring a chest within an atmospheric, arched interior. The artist's us...
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Late 19th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled-048 nude pastel by Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
Hans Burkhardt regularly created pastels from life models, and this is a lovely example of that. He regularly maintained an interest in figural work throughout his long and diverse c...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Infanta XLVIII (Abstract Figurative Graphite Drawing in Antique Pewter Frame)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract graphite drawing on paper in vintage pewter frame
5.75 x 4.5 inches
This abstract figurative graphite drawing on paper was inspired by academic...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Judith Brenner, Sophie Dancing 1, Original Figurative Art, Abstract Sketch Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner
Sophie Dancing 1
Original Figurative Drawing
Acrylic Paint, Pan Pastel, Ink and Watercolour Pencil on Paper
Sheet Size: 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.
Sophie Dancing 1 is an original nude drawing by Judith Brenner.The figure is continuously moving and the final work is a composition made in an attempt to capture the rhythm of the dance. This abstract-impressionistic work is evocative of Francis Bacon’s style...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Henri Matisse Drawing 'Femme souriante' Pen and India Ink Drawing on Paper 1942
Located in Miami, FL
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
'Femme souriante'
This beautiful Henri Matisse Drawing 'Femme souriante'' was conceived in July of 1942. It is in excellent condition, signed and dated 'H...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Modern Black and White Abstract Figurative Pencil Drawing Study of a Seated Man
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white pencil drawing sketch of an abstract male figure by Cuba-born artist Alberto Godoy. The work features Godoy's iconic robust figure. The d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Embrace - Original Abstract Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Expressionist Portrait of Napoleon in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red with Black, White and Orange - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C).
Unsigned, from a collection of his works. (Certified to be by the artist)
Paper size: 22.5"H x 15"W
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg, Alice Robertson Carr, Deborah Eve Alastra...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$1,080 Sale Price
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The Lovers "The Eyes Have It" Figurative Abstract Watercolor and Pencil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Lovers "The Eyes Have It" Figurative Abstract Watercolor and Pencil on Paper
A whimsical figurative painting by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Pencil
Seated Nude Figure
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Gestural watercolor of a colorful seated nude figure by California artist Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed and dated "Doris Warner, 5/71" on ...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
$1,720 Sale Price
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Tingel-tangel III - XXI Century, Mixed media drawing, Abstraction, Colorful
By Leszek Rózga
Located in Warsaw, PL
LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015)
He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska private atelier in 1945-46. In 1948, he began studies at the art school in Łódź (later: Academy of Fine Arts)...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Ink
The Silvery Song of Resistance - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
The Silvery Song of Resistance is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022.
China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper.
Hand-signed and dated.
Excelle...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
Modern British drawing of abstract figures by Arthur Berridge, 1950
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Arthur Berridge (British, 1902-1957)
Abstracted figures #2 1950
Blue crayon
14.1/2 x 21.1/2 in. (36.8 x 54.7 cm.)
Provenance: David Lay, Penzance
Born in Leicester in 1902, Ber...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Segnali - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1988
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Segnali is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera on ivory-c...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
Untitled
By George Condo
Located in Ottikon, CH
Provenienz:
-Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
-Galerie Gmurzynska Zürich
-Privatsammlung Schweiz
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
$18,000
Abstract Expressionist Gestural Oil Pastel Drawing Women Figures Anthony Triano
Located in Surfside, FL
Anthony Thomas Triano (1928–1997) was an abstract expressionist painter, sculptor, illustrator and teacher. His works feature natural forms, espe...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
HUMAN ATMOSPHERE Retro-study 5 - contemporary artwork, emerging artist
Located in London, GB
In this collection, British painter Michael Pemberton (b. 1974) suggests we each have a personal HUMAN ATMOSPHERE. An ether where we truly exist, unseen by the naked eye but as real ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Reclining Nude - Blue Abstract Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract figurative reclining nude by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Nadalini work. Unframed (First image shows w...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
$716 Sale Price
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French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Une Rue d’Assise
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper
Francine Ledieu is French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who specialized in Sacred art. I...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Judith Brenner, Solfrid Dancing 2, Original Contemporary Figurative Nude Sketch
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner
Solfrid Dancing 2
Original Figurative Drawing
Acrylic Paint, Pan Pastel, Ink and Watercolour Pencil on Paper
Sheet Size: 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Plea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Landscape verso Forest interior / - Landscape as a space of imagination -
Located in Berlin, DE
Herbert Seidel (1906 Berlin - 1974 Rüdersdorf), Landscape verso Forest interior, around 1950. India ink on grained, bleached paper, 40.5 x 58 cm, signed “Herbert Seidel” in pencil on...
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1950s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
Uniquely Unfit for Constraints, 40"x26" abstract gesture w female figure
Located in Brooklyn, NY
RINY artists Audrey Anastasi and C.Dimitri collaborated to create contemporary collage works.
Born of the Covid pandemic, the team started working remotely, mailing artwork to each ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper
$1,280 Sale Price
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Abstract female in blues and yellow by Modern British 20th C artist, Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A really striking and original work by mid century Modern British artist, Ewart Johns (1923 - 2013). This eye-catching piece depicted in contrasting yellows and blues was executed i...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Rue des Fossés, Saint Valery
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper
Francine Ledieu is a French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who specialized in Sacred art. In the ’80s, Francine was a student of Jean Bertholle from the Saint Roch Academy. The artist had personal exhibitions at Maison Mansart from 1989 to 1993 and at Étienne de Causans Gallery in 1997. In 1998 & 2009 she exhibited at La Petite Galerie. Francien Ledieu had three exhibitions at La Capitale Gallery in 2001, 2004, and 2007. She also showed her paintings at L’Oeil du Huit in 2011, 2013, 2016 & 2019. She participated in many group exhibitions as at Strasbourg Contemporary Art Fair in 2005. She exhibited also at Réalités Nouvelles in 2006, 2007, 2010 & 2011. She also worked in stained glass and mosaics in France. She achieved artworks in 1963 at Saint-Henri Pontoise chapel, Saint-Pierre des Louvrais church in Pontoise in 1969 & Mosaic in the same year at Jean Moulin...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Paper
French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Landscape
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on craft paper
Francine Ledieu is a French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who specialized in Sacred art. In the ’80s, Francine was a student of Jean Bertholle from the Saint Roch Academy. The artist had personal exhibitions at Maison Mansart from 1989 to 1993 and at Étienne de Causans Gallery in 1997. In 1998 & 2009 she exhibited at La Petite Galerie. Francien Ledieu had three exhibitions at La Capitale Gallery in 2001, 2004, and 2007. She also showed her paintings at L’Oeil du Huit in 2011, 2013, 2016 & 2019. She participated in many group exhibitions as at Strasbourg Contemporary Art Fair in 2005. She exhibited also at Réalités Nouvelles in 2006, 2007, 2010 & 2011. She also worked in stained glass and mosaics in France. She achieved artworks in 1963 at Saint-Henri Pontoise chapel, Saint-Pierre des Louvrais church in Pontoise in 1969 & Mosaic in the same year at Jean Moulin...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Untitled 16
Located in BARCELONA, ES
In apparent disagreement with the state of grace of human anatomy, Nicola Cucchiaro goes to the very origins of artistic endeavor. His production consists of combining and displacing...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Woman with Red Sash
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
An influential critic, writer and teacher, Philip Leslie Hale was an American Impressionist with an experimental, avant-garde approach to painting. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of author Edward Everett Hale and the younger brother of artist Ellen Day Hale, Philip was raised in a lively intellectual atmosphere. He probably received his first artistic training from his paternal aunt Susan Hale, after which he entered the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School under Edmund Tarbell, an American Impressionist painter who greatly influenced Hale’s style. A year later in 1884, the young artist moved to New York City, where he enrolled at the Art Students League and studied under Kenyon Cox and J. Alden Weir. There, his fellow students included Theodore Butler and William Howard “Peggy” Hart.
In 1887, Hale traveled to Paris with Theodore Butler and Susan Hale, where he furthered his artistic training at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Académie Julian. During this first year, he studied with Jules-Joseph Lefebvre, Gustave Boulanger and Henri Lucien Doucet...
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1890s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Rue Rameau Paris
Located in Paris, IDF
Crayon on paper
Francine Ledieu is French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who specialized in Sacred art. In...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper
French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Plateau d’Assy
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper
Francine Ledieu is a French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who specialized in Sacred art. In the ’80s, Francine was a student of Jean Bertholle from the Saint Roch Academy. The artist had personal exhibitions at Maison Mansart from 1989 to 1993 and at Étienne de Causans Gallery in 1997. In 1998 & 2009 she exhibited at La Petite Galerie...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Paper
A Fine Watercolor and Pencil "Mexican Shark Fisherman" within a Pine Frame
By Francis De Erdely 2
Located in LA, CA
Francis De Erdely (Hungarian/American, 1904-1959) “Mexican Shark Fishermen” water color and Pencil on Paper within a pine frame and protective glass, circa 1930.
Signed: ‘De Erdely’...
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Early 20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glass, Wood, Pencil, Paper
Chinese Contemporary Art by Wu You - Half Memory Half Expectation
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink & colour on paper - The artwork comes with COA
Framed 171 x 51 x 4 cm
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Large Abstract Expressionist Painting of Head, 20th Century New York Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925–1996)
Head
1970
Ink on paper
Signed and dated lower right
39.5 x 30 inches
43 x 32.25 inches, framed
Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Woman Milking a Cow" Ink on Handmade Amate Paper signed by Miguel Castro Leñero
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Woman Milking a Cow" is an original ink painting/drawing on handmade amate paper by Miguel Castro Leñero. The artist wrote his initials lower right. The piece depicts a seated figur...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
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