Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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
"Floral Adventure"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In my abstract artworks I manipulate paints without a preconceived plan as I am guided by what I want to express at the moment by embracing the quality of the materials to get unusu...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, 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...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Horse and bird
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
HAAN MET PAARD
1948
Gouache on paper
54 x 40 cm.
Signed: lower left
Provenance: Private collection, The...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Dancing Nature"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In this abstract floral artwork I experience the world of nature through the bright colors of a summer period.
While painting, I sought to capture the beauty of nature which is full...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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...
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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...
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Peinzende man
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
PEINZENDE MAN
1945
watercolor on paper
36 x 46 cm.
Signed and dated: lower left ‘Quirijn van Tiel 45’
Pr...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Kathedraal, 1959
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
CATHEDRAL
1959
Gouache on paper
64 x 52 cm.
Signed and dated: lower right ‘Quirijn van Tiel 59’
Provenance: Formal collection P.A. Regna...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Watercolor
Peinzende vrouw
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
WOMAN ON RIVER
1951
Gouache on paper
41,5 x 59 cm.
Signed and dated: lower right ‘Quirijn van Tiel 51’
P...
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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 ...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Bird
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
HAAN
1947
Gouache on paper
55 x 33 cm.
Signed: lower right
Provenance: Private collection, the Netherla...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Birds
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
ROOSTERS
1953
Gouache on paper
40 x 55 cm.
signed: lower right
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Painting on paper, lyrical abstraction, contemporary, music score
Located in Carballo, ES
Blue Minimal Painting. This is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2019. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request. The dimensions of the painting are 41 x 29,5 cm. W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Rue de Belle Ville, 1960
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
RUE DE BELLE VILLE II
1960
Gouache on paper
48 x 61 cm.
Signed and dated: lower right ‘Quirijn 60’
Herkomst: Private collection, The Net...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
village view, 1953
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
VILLAGE VIEW
1953
Gouache on paper
38 x 54,5 cm.
Signed and dated: lower left
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Scandinavian Danish Modernist Abstract Watercolour, Akvarel.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Scandinavian Modern abstract watercolour on paper by Hans Øllgaard. The work is signed in full and dated bottom left. There is an exhibition label to the back panel and a gallery stamp. The painting is presented in a modern silvered frame under glass with a cut card mount.
A vivid and colourful painting full of energy and movement. Very distinctive of Øllgaard's abstract style in the 1930s and to which he returned in the 1960s. We can feel the influences of his friends and fellow artists Max Ernst, Jean Arp, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Jean Miro, Piet Mondrian and Yves Tanguy. A striking and powerful work by an important artist of his day.
Hans Øllgaard, knew early on that he wanted to be a painter. After graduating in 1929 he began his studies, but as he was too young to attend the Academy of Fine Arts he became a private pupil of Aksel Jørgensen, who also became his professor at the academy, where he began in 1933.
Although he benefited greatly from teaching early on he developed his own distinctive style. Øllgaard quickly detached himself and sought connection with some of the first abstract Danish artists, Ejler Bille, Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen and Richard Mortensen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
LA landscape from Jason's kitchen
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Watercolor
"Floral Radiance"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period.
This abstract vibrant floral painting called "Floral radiance" is done in a modern contemporary exp...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Fusion"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period.
This abstract vibrant floral painting called "Fusion" is done in a modern contemporary expressive s...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Emergence. Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract painting
By Kate McKennan
Located in Brecon, Powys
Intricate and lively work
Watercolour, Acrylic paint and Ink. On paper framed
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Crayon, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Crayon
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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LA landscape from Jason's kitchen
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Crayon, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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Joshua Tree
Located in København S, DK
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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Joshua Tree
Located in København S, DK
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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Untitled
Located in København S, DK
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