Abstract Landscape 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
City Landscape #3, black and white monochromatic urban architectural abstraction
Located in Brooklyn, NY
acrylic on archival Canson watercolor paper
Mauricio Trenard is an artist, educator and arts activist.
He says this series is of great interest to him, as it offers the potential
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Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
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...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - The Scenery of Coconut Grove
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper
Liu Ziyu is a Chinese artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He was graduated in 2020 from from the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Indus...
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2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
$4,800 Sale Price
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Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Market by the Sea
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper
Liu Ziyu is a Chinese artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He was graduated in 2020 from from the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Indus...
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2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
$2,400 Sale Price
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Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Under the Banana Tree
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper
Liu Ziyu is a Chinese artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He was graduated in 2020 from from the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Indus...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
$4,800 Sale Price
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HANS HOFMANN Provincetown Drawing - Pen & Ink - 1942 - Massachusetts
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Title: "Provincetown Drawing"
Medium: pen and ink on paper
Dimensions: 14 x 16 3/4 inches
Signed: Initialed and dated 1942
Provenance: Manny Silverman Gallery...
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1940s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Floral Watercolor Landscape on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Renelio Marin is a visual artist with a diverse range of influences and styles. Born in Cuba, he received his graduate degree from the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana in ...
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2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Purple Haze (Glyph)
Located in New York, NY
Purple Haze (Glyph), 2012
ink, watercolor, colored pencil, marker ink and fluid ink on synthetic paper
25 x 38 inches / 635 x 965 mm
Christina McPhee’s expansive abstract paintings, drawings, photographs, and videos test or query how can we know, and who is we? Moving from within a matrix of measurement, observation and contingent effects, her work resists characterization as product, and continually accesses fields outside itself. For her, process equals trial. Her work emulates potential forms of life, in various systems and territories, from a perspective of the non-self– a world beyond identity.
McPhee’s dynamic, performative, physical engagement with materials, in both her analogue and digital works, is a seduction into surface-skidding calligraphic gestures and mark-making. The tactics of living are in subterfuge, like the ‘dazzle ships...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Color Pencil, Watercolor
"Imbaba Bridge" Pastel on Paper 12" x 16" inch by Anna Boghiguian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Imbaba Bridge" Pastel on Paper 12" x 16" inch by Anna Boghiguian
Anna Boghiguian (Cairo, 1946) is one of Egypt's foremost contemporary artists. Of Ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
WOP 2 - 00686
By Hiro Yokose
Located in Phoenix, AZ
mixed media on paper; unframed
full sheet 22 x 30 inches
signed lower right
Neoromantic painter Hiro Yokose fuses multiple layers of wax and oil paint to create mysterious, veil...
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2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper
"For Beaver Lake Yacht Club Dinghy, " Original Watercolor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"For Beaver Lake Yacht Club Dinghy" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. This piece was designed for the yacht club's dinghy cover in 2003. ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled Drawing by William O'Brien (INV# NP4044)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
William O'Brien
Untitled Drawing (INV# NP4044)
ink on paper
11.88 x 9" (30 x 23 cm)
2004
signed by artist
provenance - The Nevica Project
Chicago-based artist William J. O’Brien is ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Lake Michigan Rocky Shore" Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lake Michigan Rocky Shore" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features abstract marks in purples and blues to represent L...
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1960s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Lake Michigan Rocks, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lake Michigan Rocks" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. The painting features an abstract representation of Lake Michgan's roc...
Category
1960s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Floral Weather Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Renelio Marin is a visual artist with a diverse range of influences and styles. Born in Cuba, he received his graduate degree from the San Alejandro School of Fine Arts in Havana in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Color Pencil
Connecticut Hills
Located in Miami, FL
This later work by Lyonel Feininger approaches almost full abstraction. It was executed in 1950 at a crucial moment in American art history. Abstract Expressionism and non-representational art were in full gear and taking the world by storm. Yet Feininger who was associated with the German expressionist groups: Die Brücke...
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1990s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
"Nile Cruise" Watercolor on Paper 12" x 16" inch by Anna Boghiguian
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nile Cruise" Watercolor on Paper 12" x 16" inch by Anna Boghiguian
Anna Boghiguian (Cairo, 1946) is one of Egypt's foremost contemporary artists. Of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Landschap
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
LANDSCAPE
1956
Gouache on paper
46,5 x 37 cm.
Signed and dated: lower right ‘Quirijn 56’
Provenance: Pri...
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1950s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Clifford Ellis Collage II Abstract watercolour gouache Mid-Century
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller."
C...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Kathleen Beausoleil, Renew, 2018, blue ink on paper, landscape drawing
Located in New York, NY
Kathleen Beausoleil lives and works in Fair Haven, NJ. Primarily working in oil paint, her works focus on what it means to be a social being. Beausoleil received a 2022 Fellowship fr...
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2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Kathleen Beausoleil, Transverse 2023, pink ink on paper, landscape drawing
Located in New York, NY
Kathleen Beausoleil lives and works in Fair Haven, NJ. Primarily working in oil paint, her works focus on what it means to be a social being. Beausoleil received a 2022 Fellowship fr...
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2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
St. Cirque Madelon, 1958
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
CHURCH COURT, ST. CIRQUE MADELON
1958
Gouache on paper
57 x 45 cm.
Signed and dated: lower left "Quirijn ...
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1980s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Dorpsgezicht
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
DORPSGEZICHT
1953
Gouache on paper
42 x 60 cm.
Signed and dated: lower right ‘Quirijn 53’
Provenance: Pr...
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1950s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
“End of Season” Abstract Blue and Grey Toned Watercolor Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract landscape watercolor painting on paper that incorporates blue and grey tones.
The painting is signed in the lower center and is currently displayed in a beautiful silver fr...
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1950s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
City Landscape #4, urban architectural abstraction
Located in Brooklyn, NY
acrylic on archival Canson watercolor paper
Mauricio Trenard is an artist, educator and arts activist.
He says this series is of great interest to him, as it offers the potential
...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Cityscape #1, urban architectural abstraction
Located in Brooklyn, NY
acrylic on archival Canson watercolor paper
Mauricio Trenard is an artist, educator and arts activist.
He says this series is of great interest to him, as it offers the potential
...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Street of Hometown
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper
Liu Ziyu is a Chinese artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He was graduated in 2020 from from the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Indus...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
$1,600 Sale Price
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Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Bound for Spring
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper
Liu Ziyu is a Chinese artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He was graduated in 2020 from from the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Indus...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
$1,600 Sale Price
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Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Harvest Season
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper
Liu Ziyu is a Chinese artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He was graduated in 2020 from from the Stroganov Moscow State A...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
$4,800 Sale Price
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Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Early Morning
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper
Liu Ziyu is a Chinese artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He was graduated in 2020 from from the Stroganov Moscow State A...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
$4,800 Sale Price
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Halisos I
By Julian Teran
Located in New York, NY
Julián Terán
Halisos I, 2012
Ink on paper
25.6 x 47.2 in
(65.02h x 119.89w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Una Pata Arriba Revisted, " Original Ink, Watercolor, & Acrylic
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"first Impressions of Mexico City #1: Una Pata Arriba Revisited" is an original watercolor, ink, and iridescent acrylic piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The pieces d...
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2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Beaver Lake with Reindeer Clouds, " Original Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beaver Lake with Reindeer Clouds" is an original mixed media watercolor piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The piece depicts Beaver Lake in the abstract, a bl...
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2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Pond and Woods - Autumn, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pond and Woods - Autumn" is an original miniature watercolor by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. The artist created this piece specifically for the antique frame it inhabits, an abstract...
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2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Backyard Abstractions, " Landscape Watercolor on paper signed by Craig Lueck
By Craig Lueck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Backyard Abstractions" is an original watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that make up Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the artist...
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Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Landscape with Sand Dune, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Landscape with Sand Dune" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower left. It depicts an abstracted landscape.
6" x 8 5/8" art
17 5/8"...
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1960s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Fall Day" Large-Scale Work on Paper of Courtyard and Trees Chinese Tradition
By Zhou Song
Located in Edgartown, MA
"Fall Day" Large-Scale Work on Paper of Courtyard and Trees Chinese Tradition
A Chinese painter cannot avoid confronting and interpreting the Classics. Whether we invoke them by he...
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1990s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Connecticut Hills
Located in Miami, FL
Executed in 1950 during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism and non-representational art, Feininger reduces a landscape to the bare minimums of lines and wash.
Moeller Fine Art
Category
1950s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Water Study 37
Located in Fairfield, CT
$3,500 plus $300 frame
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Monotype
Waves: Geometric Red White and Blue Watercolor Abstract Painting and Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Renelio Marin
Waves, 2018
28 x 39.5 in
Watercolor
Renelio Marin's watercolor waves geometric abstract waves make any room pop! This original watercolor painting and drawing is 28 x ...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$2,000 Sale Price
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Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Halisos III
By Julian Teran
Located in New York, NY
Julián Terán
Halisos III, 2012
Ink on paper
31.5 x 55.1 in
(80.01h x 139.95w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Halisos IV
By Julian Teran
Located in New York, NY
Julián Terán
Halisos IV, 2012
Ink on paper
39.4 x 59.1 in
(100.08h x 150.11w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
P18
By Julian Teran
Located in New York, NY
Julián Terán
P18, 2008
Ink on paper
13.8 x 35.4 in
(35.05h x 89.92w cm)
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$2,800
Water Study 16
Located in Fairfield, CT
$3500 + $300 frame
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Monotype
Woodblock no. 2 (Yellow Trees on Blue)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist's Statement: The contemplative nature of my work reflects both my practice of Eastern philosophy and my immersion in the history of modern and contemporary painting. The subje...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Wood
'The Harbour' Abstract French Harbour scene, boat, water & buildings, red, blue
By Gen Paul
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
A beautiful example of work by Gen Paul. 'The Harbour' is vibrant and colourful, sure to bring a splash of colour to any interior setting. The red boat in the foreground is the focal...
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20th Century Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
High Surf Orient Bay, St. Martin, Abstract Oil Monotype by Romare Bearden
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique oil monotype by Romare Bearden circa 1980. Reminiscent of the artist’s watercolor paintings, he used thinned oil to produce the crashing waves in bold bright colors.
Artist...
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1980s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Monotype
Th Fall
By Katerina Papazissi
Located in New York, NY
Katerina-Papazissi
The Fall, 2016
Pasel on paper
Her work constructs a universe where the body and nature, as well as inner reality, an inexplicable, overwhelming, material but...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Price Upon Request
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