Abstract Still-life 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
William Cruikshank (1848-1922) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Study of Game
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour study of a game bird and hare in a pantry interior. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a part gilt frame.
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Late 19th Century Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Vibrant abstract picture of jar and flowers by Modern British artist Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A beautiful and peaceful abstract still life painting done in pastel. Vibrant colours such as red, yellow, blue and green burst through the picture to create a living and loving peac...
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20th Century Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Daisies and Sunflowers - Still Life Oil Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Daisies and Sunflowers - Still Life Oil Pastel on Paper
This fun, quirky oil pastel by a David Mark (American, 20th C) features bright, abstract yellow and white flowers with contra...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
First Heirloom (cherry tomato), abstract pastel fruit still life
Located in New York, NY
Fresh from the summer harvest, we’re delighted to serve a new crop of demure fruit and vegetable diptychs from Abstractionist, Daisy Craddock. Daisy’s lush pairings of skin and flesh...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Abstracted Still Life of White and Yellow Flowers
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstracted watercolor still life with white and yellow daisies on a soft purple and blue background, on heavy paper by Les Anderson (American, 1928-2009). This piece is uns...
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Early 2000s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$211 Sale Price
35% Off
Still Life with Grinder - Tempera by Enotrio Pugliese - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with Grinder is an modern artwork realized by the artist Enotrio in the late 20th Century.
Mixed colored tempera on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Sketches by ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Modern Black and Yellow Abstract Organic Botanical Charcoal Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Black and yellow abstract charcoal drawing by Houston artist Paul Forsythe. The piece features an abstract, organic shape floating against a white background. Currently hung in a lig...
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1990s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Charcoal
Colorful Expressionist Still Life with Watermelon and Pears
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid watercolor still life with colorful expressionist pink and purple hues, of a bright table with watermelon, pears, and flowers on heavy paper by Monterey artist Les Anderson (Am...
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Early 2000s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$276 Sale Price
35% Off
Coffee Espresso #12 Coffee on Paper Drawing by Eliza Southwood, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
Coffee Espresso #12 by Eliza Southwood [2022]
Coffee Espresso #12 is an original drawing in coffee on paper by artist Eliza Southwood. It features one cyclist painted in coffee, com...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Coffee
3.3M, 1000 REVERSE RIGHT "WATERMELON GRAND". 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 Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Moros, orange and yellow abstract pastel monochrome diptych of a blood orange
Located in New York, NY
Daisy Craddock's Moros is an abstracted still life of a Blood Orange, rendered in oil pastel. Drawn from life, Craddock considers her diptychs to be literal depictions of her fruit a...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Doble Standard 12. From The Doble Standard Series. Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The more transcendental the representation, the more it tends to evoke it through its prodigies. Such is the case of the Double standard series in the words of the artist "It is a process of visual archeology through a search for human representations conditioned by their ritual, aesthetic or utilitarian meaning where a resignification of beauty patterns is proposed, a game with female representation with its multiple meanings, functions and forms”
James Bonachea...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Doble Standard 6. From The Series Doble Standard Series. Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The more transcendental the representation, the more it tends to evoke it through its prodigies. Such is the case of the Double standard series in the words of the artist "It is a process of visual archeology through a search for human representations conditioned by their ritual, aesthetic or utilitarian meaning where a resignification of beauty patterns is proposed, a game with female representation with its multiple meanings, functions and forms”
James Bonachea...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Geometría fractal 3. The memory of narcissus. Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series of works stems from the reflection on the value attributed to objects (metals and precious stones), established culturally and historically by society. By means of the tw...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Doble Standard 17. From The Doble Standard Series. Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The more transcendental the representation, the more it tends to evoke it through its prodigies. Such is the case of the Double standard series in the words of the artist "It is a process of visual archeology through a search for human representations conditioned by their ritual, aesthetic or utilitarian meaning where a resignification of beauty patterns is proposed, a game with female representation with its multiple meanings, functions and forms”
James Bonachea...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Doble Standard 9. From The Doble Standard Series. Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The more transcendental the representation, the more it tends to evoke it through its prodigies. Such is the case of the Double standard series in the words of the artist "It is a process of visual archeology through a search for human representations conditioned by their ritual, aesthetic or utilitarian meaning where a resignification of beauty patterns is proposed, a game with female representation with its multiple meanings, functions and forms”
James Bonachea...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Doble Standard 5. From The Series Doble Standard Series. Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The more transcendental the representation, the more it tends to evoke it through its prodigies. Such is the case of the Double standard series in the words of the artist "It is a process of visual archeology through a search for human representations conditioned by their ritual, aesthetic or utilitarian meaning where a resignification of beauty patterns is proposed, a game with female representation with its multiple meanings, functions and forms”
James Bonachea...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
La memoria de narciso 4. The memory of narcissus series . Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series of works stems from the reflection on the value attributed to objects (metals and precious stones), established culturally and historically by society. By means of the tw...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Doble Standard 4. From The Series Doble Standard Series. Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The more transcendental the representation, the more it tends to evoke it through its prodigies. Such is the case of the Double standard series in the words of the artist "It is a pr...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
Doble Standard 3. From The Series Doble Standard Series. Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The more transcendental the representation, the more it tends to evoke it through its prodigies. Such is the case of the Double standard series in the words of the artist "It is a pr...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
La memoria de narciso. Painting From the series The memory of narcissus
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series of works stems from the reflection on the value attributed to objects (metals and precious stones), established culturally and historically by society. By means of the tw...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Cardboard
GUIA USPS. Tracking, Drawing on paper. From The Series Terms and Conditions
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The project is based in the contrast of the two images, the air waybill and the postage stamp, from different times but similar in their function. The artist seeks to enlighten the c...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Ann Bridges, The Woods are Lovely, Dark and Deep, Original Landscape Painting
By Ann Bridges
Located in Deddington, GB
Ann Bridges
The Woods are Lovely, Dark and Deep
Original Still Life Painting
Oil based ink
Image size: 27 x 27 cm
Sheet size: 39 x 39 cm
Framed Size: 43 x 43 cm.
Sold Framed (Dark Gr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Still Life" Abstract Drawing 20" x 12" inch by Nazli Madkour
Located in Culver City, CA
"Still Life" Abstract Drawing 20" x 12" inch by Nazli Madkour
Madkour was born on 25 February 1949 in Cairo, Egypt.
She has held solo exhibitions since 1982 in many galleries in Egypt and elsewhere, and her works are held in collections including those of the Egyptian Modern...
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20th Century Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Rosa Bianca, green and purple abstract pastel fruit portrait, 2018
Located in New York, NY
A produce portraitist, Daisy Craddock's abstract oil pastel diptychs capture the skin and flesh of her subjects. Daisy Craddock examines her fruits and ...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Staro. 2019. acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 50x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
This abstract work represents artist's perception of the starry night, where the sky is an absorbing darkness with no limits. Expressive lines coming from the center radiate the ener...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,295 Sale Price
20% Off
Big Candy Grid
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Big Candy Grid' features abstracted candy shapes with vivid and florescent colors within a dazzling contemporary "pop art" composition. Monotype ev edition...
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1990s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Monotype
Bouquet II, Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
By Abigail Frank
Located in Boston, MA
Bouquet II, Oil Painting on Canvas
Unframed, ready to hang with a wire on the back. Artist signature on the back.
Abstract, Flora, Texture, Drip, Pastel, Contrast, Light, Layers, Co...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Shield, Kiowa, Central Plains, c. 1850, " Original Watercolor by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shield, Kiowa, Central Plains c. 1850" is an watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. It is an illustration of a painted shield from the Kiowa Native America...
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1990s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
06A411
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Books often appear in my work. Books are those containers of wisdom, of knowledge, of culture
Words used to describe the piece: representational, books, humor, s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Abstract Still Life by Evelyn Mills Cory
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract Still Life c/1935-1945)
Gouache and watercolor on paper
17 3/4" x 24"
21 1/2" x 27 1/2" x 1 1/4" framed
Signed "E Cory" lower right.
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1930s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Olafur Eliasson, Herbarium - Collage of Dried Water Lilies, Contemporary Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Olafur Eliasson (Danish-Icelandic, b. 1967)
Herbarium, 2021
Medium: Collage of dried and pressed Nympheas Ellisana water lilies (Latour-Marliac) on Lanaquarelle handmade paper, in fl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Handmade Paper
Untitled (cacti)
By Peter Marks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Peter Marks (1935 -2010)
Peter Marks was born in New York City on January 18, 1935. A lifetime New Yorker, Marks gradu...
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Early 2000s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Improversation #3
Located in Miami, FL
Gallery tags on verso. Work is frame an in very good condition.
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1950s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Abstract still-life drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract still-life drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add still-life drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including David Dew Bruner, Dick Wray, Daisy Craddock, and Les Anderson. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract still-life drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 2.75 inches across are also available. Prices for still-life drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $38 and tops out at $35,000, while the average work sells for $1,700.