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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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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Abstract
French Contemporary Abstract Art - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic paint on paper if framed 50 x 40 x 3 cm
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

French Abstract Contemporary Art - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic paint on paper if framed 50 x 50 x 3 cm
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Untitled (ID 1290)
Located in London, GB
Pastel and acrylic on paper - Unframed In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets i...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Acrylic

Untitled (Ref 18067)
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper - Unframed. Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings delight the eye and activate the mind with the...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Abstract Composition T1, 1982 - gouache-mixed media, 73x102 cm, framed
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache on paper and technic mixed, signed lower left.
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

Abstract composition JCI, 1960-65 - mixed media, 85x124 cm, framed
Located in Nice, FR
Mixed media, gouache and paper, signed . James Coignard est un peintre, graveur et sculpteur français, né le 15 septembre 1925 à Tours et mort le 7 mars 2008 à M...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Untitled 08 - Contemporary, Abstract, Black, Organic, Small, Drawing
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled 08, 2015 - 2016 Mixed technique: oil paint, adhesive on paper (Signed on reverse, Framed) 8.26 H x 5.9 W in 21 H x 15 W cm Zsolt Berszán’s work speaks of repulsion and fasc...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Adhesive, Oil

Zigzags 8- abstract geometric blue ink drawing on paper
Located in New York, NY
Dana Piazza's creates abstract black and white and colorful drawings, full of the illusion of depth, movement, and three-dimensionality. His highly obsessive ink drawings on paper ar...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Abstract 36 Red Orange Yellow Green Colourful Painting from British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Margaret Francis received her Degree in Fine Art from Winchester Art School in England and her Higher Degree in Fine Art from the Chelsea School of Art ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Untitled 07 - Contemporary, Monochrome, Abstract, Black, Organic, Small, Drawing
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled 07, 2015 - 2016 Mixed technique: oil paint, adhesive on paper (Signed on reverse, Framed) 8.26 H x 5.9 W in 21 H x 15 W cm Zsolt Berszán’s work speaks of repulsion and fasc...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Adhesive, Oil

Abstract Collage Composition, 1994 - mixed media, 68x54 cm, framed
By André Pierre Arnal
Located in Nice, FR
Collage on paper and mixed media, signed lower right.
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

Untitled 01 - Abstract, Drawing on Canvas, Gray, Organic, 21st Century
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled 01, 2016 Wax crayon on canvas (Signed on reverse) 78.74 H x 59.05 W in 200 H x 150 W cm Zsolt Berszán treats the first layer of the drawing as a substrate, as a surface on ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Wax Crayon

Violent delights, violent ends - Daniel Erban, 21st century, Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Ink on paper Signed Unique work
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Abstract Composition T1
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache on paper, signed lower right.
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Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Untitled 06 - Contemporary, Abstract Drawing on Canvas, Organic, Minimalist
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled 06, 2016 Wax crayon on canvas (Signed on reverse) 78.74 H x 59.05 W in. 200 H x 150 W cm Zsolt Berszán treats the first layer of the drawing as a substrate, as a surface on...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Wax Crayon

Untitled (ID 1276)
Located in London, GB
Oil and pastel on paper - Unframed In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intui...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Paper, Pastel

Untitled 02 - Abstract Drawing on Canvas, Gray, Blue, 21st Century, Organic
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled 02, 2016 Wax crayon on canvas (Signed on reverse) 78.74 H x 59.05 W in 200 H x 150 W cm Zsolt Berszán treats the first layer of the drawing as a substrate, as a surface on ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Wax Crayon

Untitled 01 - Abstract Art, Drawing, Organic, Contemporary, Graphite, Gray
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled 01, 2016 Graphite on paper (Signed on reverse) 77.95 H x 58.66 W in 198 H x 149 W cm Zsolt Berszán’s work speaks of repulsion and fascination a...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Cut-Up Paper I.5
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed. Pedersen works with acrylic paint. When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often reducing the composition to minimal, har...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Bela Kadar Ink Drawing "A Study with Female Nude", about 1930
Located in Berlin, DE
Black and brown ink, about 1930 by Béla Kádár ( 1877-1956 ), one of the most important Hungarian artists of the 20th century. Signed lower right: Kádár Béla. Measurements: 10....
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Kiiahlo 3 Lilac Purple Modern Abstract Painting by Swedish Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Emma Lindström was born in 1989 in Gothenburg, Sweden. She has had great success internationally with her colourful, energetic work, and has exhibited i...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Cut-Up Paper II.3
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed. Pedersen works with acrylic paint. When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often reducing the composition to minimal, har...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Untitled 03 - Abstract Drawing on Canvas, Green, Contemporary, Gestural
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled 03, 2016 Wax crayon on canvas (Signed on canvas) 78.74 H x 59.05 W in 200 H x 150 W cm Zsolt Berszán treats the first layer of the drawing as a substrate, as a surface on w...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Wax Crayon

Trois bleus en diagonale.
Located in Malmo, SE
Acquired directly from the artist. Unique artwork. Artwork size: 9,5 x 17 cm. Frame size: 27 x 34 cm Frame in silver. Museum glass anti-reflective. Free shipment worldwide. “With ju...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled, 2016 White silicone on paper 78 × 58 3/10 in 198 × 148 cm Signed on reverse Berszán depicts in his drawings and paintings the primary turmoil where the violence of the un...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Silicone, Paper

Cut-Up Paper I.26
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed. Pedersen works with acrylic paint. When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often reducing the composition to minimal, har...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Abstract Composition CJ1
By Chaumard Jacques
Located in Nice, FR
Mixed media and gouache on collage, signed on the back
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Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Large French Abstract Painting, Watercolour, Signed, Red and Purple Palette
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large French Abstract Painting, Watercolour, Signed, Red and Purple Palette by Raphaelle Pia, French 20th Century artist Watercolour stuck on card, unframed Signed and dated '12-12-7...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Tectonic V
Located in Brecon, Powys
Part of the Tectonics Series from Cornwall based artist Caro Woods. This mixed media work is available individually or as part of a set of four. Image 6" x 6". Behind glass
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

Cut-Up Paper II.8
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed. Pedersen works with acrylic paint. When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often reducing the composition to minimal, har...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cut-Up Paper I.14
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed. Pedersen works with acrylic paint. When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often reducing the composition to minimal, har...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Cut-Up Paper II.7
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed. Pedersen works with acrylic paint. When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often reducing the composition to minimal, har...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Abstract Composition EQ2, 1962 - crayon, 66x48 cm, framed
Located in Nice, FR
Fusain on paper, signed lower right.
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon

Abstract Composition EQ1, 1962 - crayon, 66x48 cm, framed
Located in Nice, FR
Fusain on paper, signed lower right
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon

Cut-Up Paper I.21
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed. Pedersen works with acrylic paint. When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often reducing the composition to minimal, har...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Female #5
Located in Brecon, Powys
Another baboon face work from the very talented ant Pearce. Clever stuff. Ink on paper
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Cathexis #3 #1
Located in Brecon, Powys
Ink on paper, this intricate pen & ink work is reflective of the artists interest in the psychological state and the complex interactions within the human psyche.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Feeding the Birds, Colourful 20th Century Oil Painting, Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed verso Image size: 40 1/4 x 29 inches (102.25 x 73.5 cm) Hand made contemporary style frame Here we see a smartly dressed woman sat on a park bench, feeding a group of pigeons that surround her. Lena Gurr had a prolific career in which she painted landscape scenes and still lifes but her most noted works are ones such as these, showing everyday city scenes that were laced with social commentary. Indeed, Gurr noted that her artwork always aimed to show "the joys and sorrows of everyday life." During the course of her career Gurr's compositions retained emotional content as they evolved from a naturalistic to a semi-abstract cubist style. Discussing this trend, she once told an interviewer that as her work tended toward increasing abstraction she believed it nonetheless "must have some kind of human depth to it." Lena Gurr  Lena Gurr, born in Brooklyn in 1897, studied at the Brooklyn Training School for Teachers, the Educational Alliance Art School, the Arts Students League with John Sloan, and with Maurice Sterne in Paris as well as in Mentone and Nice, France. Gurr was a member of the Artists League of America, the National Association of Women Artists, the New York Society of Women Artists, the Brooklyn Society of Artists, Audubon Artists and the American Artists Congress. She exhibited in numerous exhibitions held by these organizations as well as the Whitney Studio Club, National Academy of Design, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum, and the 1939 World's Fair. Her work is included in the collections of the Biro-Bidjan Museum, Russia and the Library of Congress, where she has been selected as a "Curator's Choice" in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. In addition to her career as a painter, lithographer and serigrapher, she also taught art in the New York City public school system. She had three solo exhibitions at the ACA Gallery in 1935, 1939 and 1945, and a retrospective in 1963. Notable among Gurr's colleagues - many of them WPA artists - were Mary Cecil Allen...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Sending you joy"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover, This artwork makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period. This floral painting called 'Sending you joy" is done in an expressive impressioni...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Mixed Media Drawing - Mid 20th Century by Rem Raymond Coninckx Belgium
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Rem Raymond Coninckx was born on 28th March in Couvin (Belgium) 1904 and died in Dinan 1974. He was a painter, draftsman, engraver and also created metallic panels and mosaics. Conte...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media

Composition - Drawing by Carlo Montesi - 1966
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an artwork realized by Carlo Montesi in 1966.  33 x 48 cm with frame. Crayons on cardboard Handsigned and dated lower right side. Good conditions!
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon

Abstract Composition on Blue Background - Original Gouache Painting, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
André Lanskoy (1903-1976) Abstract composition on blue background Original gouache Signed lower right On paper 61 x 48 cm AUTHENTICITY : We thank the Lanskoy Committee who kindly c...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

"Provence"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover, I enjoy working on semi-abstract artworks with an impressionist touch. This is the one of the artworks which was inspired by the beauty of the south of France and in particularly, by Provence region. Please read the details below 👇: Title: "Provence" Description : south of France nature landscape (Provence) of the wildflowers, plants, shreds, trees Style: impressionism, semi-abstract Medium: oil painting on a heavyweight professional paper Fabriano ( 300 gr) I hope this artwork will fill up your space with the vibes of the South of France (Provence). It is sold without frame. Hanging fixture will be included so you can hang it on the wall. If you don't want to hang it on the wall, you can display it on the console table, buffet , sideboard, shelf, fireplace etc.. My kind advice: you can choose another floral painting from my gallery to create one singular art piece ( a diptych or a triptych). The choice to sell my art unframed is to give my customer an opportunity to pick a frame to his/her taste, space and interior. This is a unique, one of a kind original oil painting. It is signed on the front and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The painting will be carefully packed in cardboard box with layers of bubble wrap and sent out to you as soon as possible. Please, give me a couple of days to organize a shipping from France...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

No title
Located in Paris, FR
Pastel, 1952 Catalog : Polieri 1123 65.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.59 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 65.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.59 in. x 19.69 in. (image) This is one of the first experiments in...
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1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Automatism No. 11
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell Automatism No. 11 1965 Ink and oil on paper 67.3 x 61.6 cms (26 1/2 x 24 1/4 ins) Part of the Beside the Sea series, a series of oil paintings influenced by Mother...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Oil

'The Harbour' Abstract French Harbour scene, boat, water & buildings, red, blue
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Margaret Macadam, Seagull and Sailing Boat Watercolour Art Deco Design (c.1930)
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you ...
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1930s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Zigzags 16 abstract geometric blue ink drawing on paper
Located in New York, NY
Dana Piazza's creates abstract geometric drawings, full of the illusion of depth, movement, and three-dimensionality. His highly obsessive ink drawings on paper are built upon algori...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Untitled
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful original drawing by Jackson Pollock. Gouache and ink on paper. Exhibitions: Marlborough Gallery, London, 1961, n.39 Marlborough Gallery, Rome, 1962, n.41, From the catalogu...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Ink

Maurice Estève - Torero - Signed Oil and Collage on Paper
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Maurice Estève (1904-2001) Torero, 1971 Oil and collage on paper signed and dated down to towards the center Dimensions: 65 x 50 cm Bibliography: Estève, collages 1965-1973, Claude B...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Ultramarine Blue Creature - Original handsigned gouache
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Hugnet (1906-1974) Ultramarine Blue Creature Gouache on paper Signed in the lower right corner Dimensions 37,5 x 15,5 cm (15 x 6") Excell...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Two-Faced Man - Original handsigned gouache
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Hugnet (1906-1974) Two-Faced Man Gouache on paper Signed in the lower right corner Dimensions 37,5 x 15,5 cm (15 x 6") Excellent condition
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Sleeping Jellyfish - Original handsigned gouache
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Hugnet (1906-1974) Sleeping Jellyfish Gouache on paper Signed in the lower right corner Dimensions 37,5 x 15,5 cm (15 x 6") Excellent condition
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Green Freshness - Original handsigned gouache
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Hugnet (1906-1974) Green Freshness Gouache on paper Signed in the lower right corner Dimensions 37,5 x 15,5 cm (15 x 6") Excellent condition
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

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