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
Impressionist Portrait of a Woman Original Gouache Watercolor Style of Picasso
Located in Soquel, CA
Impressionist Portrait of a Woman Original Gouache and Watercolor
Impressionist portrait in the style of Picasso and Matisse by Cali...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
Wild Horse, Framed Ink and Pastel Equestrian Drawing
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown
Title: Wild Horse
Medium: Pastel and ink on paper, signed lower right
Image Size: 19 x 25 inches
Frame Size: 28.5 x 34.5 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Three Women with Earrings in Pastel on Paper
By Kelvin Curry
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Three Women with Earrings Figurative in Pastel on Paper
Vivid abstracted profiles of three women wearing earrings by Black Arts Bay Area artist, Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century), circa 2000. Three women's profile in in bold cobalt blue and playful colors of fluorescent red and yellow. Black outlines and tribal designs creates even more contrast, making this piece read well from a distance. The tall and thin size of this piece makes this ideal for those difficult and odd sized walls
Signed lower left corner
Presented in new, acid-free black mat.
Mat size: 38"H x 16"W
Paper size: 30"H x 11"W
Image size: 28.50"H x 9.50"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...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Laid Paper
Freedom as Flooding Blood - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Freedom as Flooding Blood 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.
Excellen...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
The Sole Letter of Freedom - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
The Sole Letter of Freedom is a drawing realised by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022.
China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper.
Hand-signed and dated.
Excellent co...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
1933 drawing by French artist Andre Masson 'Le Cavalier Amoureux'
By André Masson
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Andre Masson (French, 1896 – 1987)
Le Cavalier Amoureux
Pastel on paper
Signed and dated ‘Andre Masson, 1933’
17.1/2 x 23.3/8 in. (44.5 x 59.2 cm.)
Frame measurements: 80 x 95cm.
Pr...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
Abstracted Nude Figurative in Pastel on Paper
By Kelvin Curry
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Nude Figurative in Pastel on Paper
Vivid abstracted figurative by Black Arts Bay Area artist, Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century), circa 2000. A woman's profile of her face and her breasts and leg is shown in bold and playful colors of fluorescent purple, orange, pink and yellow. Black outlines of organic and tribal shapes creates even more contrast, making this piece read well from a distance. The tall and thin size of this piece makes this ideal for those difficult and odd sized walls
Unsigned
Presented "floating" on foam core with black mat surround.
Mat size: 38"H x 16"W
Paper size: 29"H x 10.75"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...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Judith Brenner, Sophie Dancing 2, Original Abstract Impressionist Nude Sketch
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner
Sophie Dancing 2
Original Nude Drawing
Mixed Media on Paper
Sheet Size: H 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed
(Please note that in situ images are purely an indi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Blossom Light from Blood- Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Blossom Light from Blood is a Drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022.
China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper.
Hand-si...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
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...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Segnali e Sole - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1988
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Segnali e sole is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera on ...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
"The Hurdy Gurdy Man", Colorful Figurative Abstract Street Performer Watercolor
By Hope Tepley
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored watercolor of a 1970's California street performer, done in a colorful, expressive slap-dash style, by Hope Tepley (American, 1919-2010). Signed "Tepley" in the lower right corner. Titled "The Hurdy Gurdy...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Wheat Field - Pastel and Watercolor by A. Roedel - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Wheat Field is an original artwork in watercolor realized by the French visual artist Auguste Roedel (1859-1900).
Hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lower-left corner.
Fair...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pastel
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...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
Reg Butler Abstract Figurative Signed "Manipulator"
By Reg Butler
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Manipulator" is an abstracted figurative drawing in charcoal and graphite. The figure seems to be "manipulating" some object it holds without visual clarity as what that object is leaving it up to the viewer to fantasize about its intent. The drawing has a monumentality to it that speaks of Butler’s influence by Henry Moore, for whom he worked at one time, and echoes the style of the sculptures that Butler created. Butler most often used the female figure in his sculptures and drawings and although it is not certain, this drawing may be of a female figure engaged in some hand work with perhaps a mechanical toy that resembles a bird.
Butler trained as an architect and worked as a blacksmith before becoming Henry Moore’s assistant and developing his own talent as a sculptor. His first solo exhibition was held in 1949 at the Hanover Gallery in London. In 1952 he exhibited at the Venice Biennale and in the same year won a much publicized competition for a Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner which, however, was never made. After winning the 'Unknown Political Prisoner' competition in 1953 he became one of the best known sculptors during the 1950s and 1960s, and also taught at the Slade School of Art.
Reginald Cotterell Butler (28 April 1913 – 23 October 1981) was an English sculptor born at Bridgefoot House, Buntingford, Hertfordshire to Frederick William Butler, formerly a police constable, and Edith Barltrop. His parents were the Master and Matron of the Buntingford Union Workhouse. His father was a relative of the poet William Butler Yeats; Edith was of Anglo-French descent.
Butler studied and lectured at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1937 to 1939. He was a conscientious objector during the Second World War, being exempted from military service conditional upon setting up a small blacksmith business repairing farm implements. Butler's later work consists of lifelike models of female figures, such as Girl on a Round Base, that have something in common with Hans Bellmer and the sculpture of Allen Jones and prefigure the work of Ron Mueck...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Charcoal
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.
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Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Because You Are Dead - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Because You Are Dead is a drawing realised by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022.
China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper.
Hand-signe...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
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 ...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Tingel-tangel - 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)...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Ink
Blue and Bronze Kimono - Hand Augmented Collotype
Located in Soquel, CA
Hand-augmented collotype by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Signed "Patricia A. Pearce" in the lower right corner. There are embossed wavy lines running horizontally, with ri...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen, Color Pencil
Blue Life - Painting - 2020s
Located in Roma, IT
Gold Life is an acrylic pouring painting on canvased cardboard realized by the Italian artist Amanda Ludovisi.
Hand-signed on the back.
The art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
1971 Pat Douthwaite Charcoal drawing of a seated man, Scottish, abstract
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Pat Douthwaite (Scottish, 1939 – 2002)
Seated Man
Charcoal on paper
Indistinctly inscribed, signed and dated ‘Douthwaite 71’ (lower right)
25.1/2 x 18.1...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Set of 2 Drawings. From the covid diaries series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the covid diaries series
Watercolour on paper mix media
Overall size: 16 in H x 24 in W
Individual size: 16 in H x 12 in W
Unframed
1. While the onions pierce, Bougainvillea a...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Bitter Times, Brinjal Shrine, and Papaya Republic. From the covid diaries series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bitter Times, Brinjal Shrine, and Papaya Republic, Triptych
From the covid diaries series
Watercolour on paper mix media
Overall size: 16 in H x 36 in W
Individual size: 16 in H x 1...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Modern British drawing of abstract figures by Arthur Berridge, 1950
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Arthur Berridge (British, 1902-1957)
Abstracted figures #1 1950
Charcoal
14.1/2 x 21.1/2 in. (36.8 x 54.7 cm.)
Provenance: David Lay, Penzance
Born in Leicester in 1902, Berrid...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Kya Banaye, Kahaan Banaye?. What shall we make and where shall we make it.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the covid diaries series
Watercolour on paper mix media
Overall size: 32 in H x 12 in W
Individual Size: 16 in H x 12 in W
Unframed
*The coloured squares on the paper are wate...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Mother and Child
Located in Astoria, NY
Sarai Sherman (American, 1922-2013), Mother and Child, Ink and Ink Wash on Paper, signed lower right, giltwood frame. Image: 34.75" H x 22.75" W; frame: 38.75" H x 26.5" W x 1.5" D. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Good Friday, abstract female figure
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on paper, signature Tom Bennett freedom of rich brushwork, warm colors
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
True Story. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the covid diaries series
Watercolour on paper mix media
Size: 16 in H x 12 in W
Unframed
*The coloured squares on the paper are watercolour tablets
therefore not mentioned as...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
When the glass is broken/What is good wine?. From the covid diaries series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the covid diaries series
Watercolour on paper mix media
Size: 16 in H x 12 in W
Unframed
*The coloured squares on the paper are watercolour tablets
therefore not mentioned as...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Bronze Life - Painting - 2020s
Located in Roma, IT
Bronze Life is an acrylic pouring painting on canvased cardboard realized by the Italian artist Amanda Ludovisi.
Hand-signed on the back.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Purple Life - Painting - 2020s
Located in Roma, IT
Purple Life is an acrylic pouring painting on canvased cardboard realized by the Italian artist Amanda Ludovisi.
Hand-signed on the back.
The a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
"Is There No End to This?" Jewel Toned Abstract Figurative Painting
By Ron Hoover
Located in Houston, TX
Jewel-toned abstract figurative watercolor painting by Texas artist Ron Hoover. This painting depicts a figure of a man wearing a suit against a split background. Signed and titled b...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Compositions - Original Paintings in Watercolor - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Compositions is a collection of three original paintings in watercolor realized by an anonymous artist in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions with aged margins.
The artworks repr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Segnali gialli - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1988
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Segnali gialli is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera and...
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard, Watercolor
AhamBrahmasmi (I am Divine). Drawings From the covid diaries series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the covid diaries series
Watercolour on paper mix media
Size: 16 in H x 12 in W
Unframed
*The coloured squares on the paper are watercolour tablets
therefore not mentioned as...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
July. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the covid diaries series
Watercolour on paper mix media
Size: 16 in H x 12 in W
Unframed
*The coloured squares on the paper are watercolour tablets
therefore not mentioned as...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
March to June. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the covid diaries series
Watercolour on paper mix media
Size: 16 in H x 12 in W
Unframed
*The coloured squares on the paper are watercolour tablets
therefore not mentioned as...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Mixed Media
The Girl - Original Mixed Media by Edgar Stoebel - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The girl is a drawing in oil and tempera on paper realized by Edgar Stoebel (1909–2001).
Good conditions.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
Sheet dimen...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Cardboard
Sketch - Original Drawing in Pencil and Watercolor - 20th Century
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is an original drawing in pencil and watercolor realized by Jean Delpech in 1960s
Sheet dimension: 24 x 29 cm
The state of preservation: Aged paper with cutaways on the lowe...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled - Contemporary pencil drawing, Figurative, Black & white
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANTONI JANUSZ PASTWA (b. 1944)
Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at the Faculty of Sculpture. Obtained his diploma in 1970. Between 1974-1981 he was an assistant at profe...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Opel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Opel
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic, with silver and gold embellishment
Paper: Wove
Size image: 29.5 x 39.5 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Signature #XV
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Signature #15
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Size image: 30 x 22.5 inches
Size paper: 30 x 22.5 in...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled - Contemporary pencil drawing, Figurative, Minimalistic, Black & white
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANTONI JANUSZ PASTWA (b. 1944)
Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at the Faculty of Sculpture. Obtained his diploma in 1970. Between 1974-1981 he was an assistant at profe...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Untitled - Contemporary pencil drawing, Figurative, Minimalistic, Black & white
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANTONI JANUSZ PASTWA (b. 1944)
Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at the Faculty of Sculpture. Obtained his diploma in 1970. Between 1974-1981 he was an assistant at profe...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
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
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...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Circle Lime
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Circle Lime
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Thick wove
Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches
Size, pap...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Oak Tress #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Oak Trees #1
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Thick wove
Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches
Size, p...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Afternoon
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Afternoon
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Thick wove
Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches
Size, pape...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled - Contemporary pencil drawing, Figurative, Minimalistic, Black & white
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANTONI JANUSZ PASTWA (b. 1944)
Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at the Faculty of Sculpture. Obtained his diploma in 1970. Between 1974-1981 he was an assistant at profe...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Remains (Body in the Field 2) - Contemporary, Green, Blue, Beige, Grey
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Remains (Body in the Field 2), 2022
oil on paper
16 17/32 H x 11 13/16 W in.
42 H x 30 W cm
Signed on reverse
Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of the human body...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Figurative Abstract - Blue Face
By Kelvin Curry
Located in Soquel, CA
Street art style figurative abstract of blue face by Bay Area artist, Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century). Signed "Kelvin Curry" lower right. Unframed. Ima...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
1M 1 CENT POSTAGE DUE. Drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
1M 1 CENT POSTAGE DUE, 2023
From the series Currency
Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g.
Frame size: 43 cm H x 43 cm W x 3 cm D
Image size: 30 cm H x 30 cm W
Unique
Ivory Wood Bro...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
State of Grace
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: State of Grace
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Thick wove
Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches
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Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Merton Clivette (American, 1868-1931)
Title: Landscape
Year: Circa 1925
Medium: Gouache
Paper: Heavy Bristol type
Size image: 22.75 x 28 inches
Paper size: 22.75 x 28 inches
Signature: Signed lower left by the artist
Condition: Excellent
Frame: Unframed
About the artist.
Clivette was born in Portage, Wisconsin, in 1868 as Merton Clive Cook, the youngest of five (four sons and one daughter). His father was a retired British sea captain, and his mother was an American of French, Scottish and Iroquois Indian stock.
He stayed with a circus for about five years, traveling all over the Western United States, Canada and Mexico. They did shows for the army forts, for railroad workers and on Indian Reservations.
Clivette settled in San Francisco in 1886, when he was offered a job as a reporter and theatrical writer for the San Francisco Call. He met Frederic Remington during this period. He was the first serious artist Clivette had met and he was an inspiration to him.
Clivette had done some drawing and painting on the road during his vaudeville years, he had a natural facility for it, and he had had some formal art training as well. He had had some training in Europe and was aware of the modern art movement in Europe. Later in New York he participated in symposiums and workshops at the Art Students League. Around 1910 he gave up his stage career and began to paint full time. He was about 40 years old and was to continue to paint vigorously and prolifically for the remaining 22 years of his life, His style can be identified with the Expressionist Movement, His subjects include portraits (some quite realistic, others more generalized) Indians and horsemen, laborers, gentlemen and vamps, jungle animals and birds, fish, seascapes and landscapes.
He was an active participant in the art world of New York. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists. In 1923 he showed at the Ainslee Art Gallery at 677 Fifth Ave., in 1925 at the Spanish Society in Brooklyn and in 1927 he had a solo show at the New Gallery, 600 Madison Ave. That same year there was also a solo show of his work in Paris at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, which included a catalogue. In 1929 he exhibited at the Art Center of the Roerich Museum in a group show of work from the collection of George Hellman. In 1930 he was in a show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, "Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans" which also included the work of Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, William Glackens, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, George Luks and Mark Tobey and sculptors Gaston Lachaise and William Zorach among others. A description and critical analysis of his work in included in the book by Henry Rankin Poore...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Last Night
Located in Columbia, MO
Last Night
Ink, graphite, and oil pastel on paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Graphite
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