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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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Style: Abstract
Abstract drawing in chocolate tones. Minimalistic graphics. Talking Lines .3.
Located in Sempach, LU
"Talking Lines" This intuitive abstract drawing in chocolate tones is made with Chinese ink and pastel on thick kraft paper. It conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

XYLOCOLLISION #5 by Oleg Ustinov - Abstract drawing, color pencils, 2021
Located in Basel, BS
Xylocollision is a series of graphics made by contemporary artist Oleg Ustinov in 2021. Works are drawn with both hands and several pencils at the same time. Pencils here resemble l...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Color Pencil

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Landscape
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache 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. Francien Ledieu had three exhibitions at La Capitale Gallery in 2001, 2004, and 2007. She also showed her paintings at L’Oeil du Huit in 2011, 2013, 2016 & 2019. She participated in many group exhibitions as at Strasbourg Contemporary Art Fair in 2005. She exhibited also at Réalités Nouvelles in 2006, 2007, 2010 & 2011. She also worked in stained glass and mosaics in France. She achieved artworks in 1963 at Saint-Henri Pontoise chapel, Saint-Pierre des Louvrais church in Pontoise in 1969 & Mosaic in the same year at Jean Moulin...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Found Objects, Handmade Paper

Profil Orange
Located in CANNES, FR
Paco Rabanne ( 1934 -2023 ) " Profil Orange " 41 X 31 cm 49 X 39 cm framed . colored pencil , Gouache, felt-tip pen and graphite on paper . signed and dated 1999.
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Felt Pen, Color Pencil, Graphite

Sposobb #2 by Oleg Ustinov - Abstract painting, mixed media on paper, 2013
Located in Basel, BS
Sposobb #2 is an abstract work by contemporary artist Oleg Ustinov, made in 2013 for the artist's ongoing project "IDM" (Intelligent Dance Music). In “IDM” Oleg explores the dialogue...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Abstract drawing in chocolate tones. Minimalistic graphics. Talking Lines .5.
Located in Sempach, LU
"Talking Lines" This intuitive abstract drawing in chocolate tones is made with Chinese ink and pastel on thick kraft paper. It conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Sposobb #3 by Oleg Ustinov - Abstract painting, mixed media on paper, 2013
Located in Basel, BS
Sposobb #3 is an abstract work by contemporary artist Oleg Ustinov, made in 2013 for the artist's ongoing project "IDM" (Intelligent Dance Music). In “IDM” Oleg explores the dialogue...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Pastel 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. ...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

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 ...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Untitled #2 by Oleg Ustinov - Abstract drawing, color pencils on paper, 2021
Located in Basel, BS
The series of pencil drawings by contemporary artist Oleg Ustinov can can be described as "acid abstraction" — a reassembled skeleton of abstract painting, the method of creating whi...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Color Pencil

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: 8.5 x 5.75inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we hav...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

XYLOCOLLISION #19 by Oleg Ustinov - Abstract drawing, color pencils, 2021
Located in Basel, BS
Xylocollision is a series of graphics made by contemporary artist Oleg Ustinov in 2021. Works are drawn with both hands and several pencils at the same time. Pencils here resemble l...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Color Pencil

Untitled #8 by Oleg Ustinov - Abstract drawing, color pencils on paper, 2021
Located in Basel, BS
The series of pencil drawings by contemporary artist Oleg Ustinov can can be described as "acid abstraction" — a reassembled skeleton of abstract painting, the method of creating whi...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Color Pencil

"Colorful profusion of flowers"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to the scenes of a summer period. This painting is called "Colorful profusion...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Candies Man
Located in BARCELONA, ES
MARC GONZ   THE HIDDEN GAZE     When confronted with the universe of Marc Gonz, we discover creations that seem to be the result of a working session of a hy...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drawing 435
Located in Paris, IDF
Indian ink and acrylic paint, marker on archival paper Shipped in a tube Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Ma...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Saint Valery, Le Castel
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink 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. Francien Ledieu had three exhibitions at La Capitale Gallery in 2001, 2004, and 2007. She also showed her paintings at L’Oeil du Huit in 2011, 2013, 2016 & 2019. She participated in many group exhibitions as at Strasbourg Contemporary Art Fair in 2005. She exhibited also at Réalités Nouvelles in 2006, 2007, 2010 & 2011. She also worked in stained glass and mosaics in France. She achieved artworks in 1963 at Saint-Henri Pontoise chapel, Saint-Pierre des Louvrais church in Pontoise in 1969 & Mosaic in the same year at Jean Moulin...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

"Traces" Original Abstract Drawing on Paper By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Traces Frammenti Mineral Oxide on Paper (Fabriano Elle) 100x70 cm 2023 Marilina Marchica's research delves into the relationship between Man and Nature and the emotional implicati...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drawing 442
Located in Paris, IDF
Charocoal and acrylic on paper Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion M...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drawing 438
Located in Paris, IDF
Charocoal and acrylic on paper Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion M...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drawing 439
Located in Paris, IDF
Charocoal and acrylic on paper Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion M...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic

Black and white sketch of two women by Modern British artist Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A really eye-catching black and white figurative work by Modern British artist Ewart Johns (1923 - 2013) Ewart Johns (British, 1923 – 2013) Sketch for two women sitting Felt tip on...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Felt Pen

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Winter in Forbidden Zone
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink 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 ...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Untitled 2304 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2304 (Abstract Drawing) Oil on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge wh...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drawing 437
Located in Paris, IDF
Charocoal and acrylic on paper Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion M...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper, Charcoal

"The center"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover, This expressive vibrant abstract painting with green dominant color is called "The center" was done with acrylic paints on a professional heavy weight paper (300 gr...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drawing 441
Located in Paris, IDF
Charocoal and acrylic on paper Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion M...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic

Edge of the Universe - British Abstract art watercolour painting St Ives Newlyn
Located in London, GB
This British abstract watercolour is by noted artist David Gwyther Irwin. Painted circa 1990 it is one of a series of paintings and is entitled Edge of the Universe. A superb paintin...
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

C - 8
Located in Milano, IT
A meditative suspended calm of color, recalling an iconic theme. Painting through dynamic and oblique forms mixing western and oriental zen colors as the sides of the paintings expan...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drawing 433
Located in Paris, IDF
Marker and acrylic paint on archival paper Shipped in a tube Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Scie...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

"The yellow of the lemons"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover, I enjoy working on semi-abstract artworks with a touch of impressionism. This is the one of the artworks which was inspired by the beauty of the south of France and ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Calligraphic Brush Drawing. Free flow movement
Located in Sempach, LU
"Free flow movement" is an improvised gestural drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and ocher pastel on thick white paper. "Every time ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

"Red splendor"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover, I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to the scenes of everyday life. This painting is called "Re...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Fardeaux
Located in Paris, IDF
Pencil, black & brown chalk 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 specia...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil, Chalk

Expressive Monochrome Drawing. Abstract Gesture. Non-objective
Located in Sempach, LU
This expressive monochrome drawing is made with Chinese ink and pastel on heavy white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of instant impulse and the charge of energy! ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink, Pencil

C - 1 (2023)
Located in Milano, IT
A meditative suspended calm of color, recalling an iconic theme. Painting through dynamic and oblique forms mixing western and oriental zen colors as the sides of the paintings expan...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil

Untitled 2305 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2305 (Abstract Drawing) Gouache and paper on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023 From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

C - 13
Located in Milano, IT
A meditative suspended calm of color, recalling an iconic theme. Painting through dynamic and oblique forms mixing western and oriental zen colors as the sides of the paintings expan...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil

Expressive abstract artwork. Minimalistic graphics. Expressively Fast .3.
Located in Sempach, LU
"Expressively Fast" This intuitive abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink and pastel on watercolour paper. It conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. "Every time I draw such abstract lines, a flow of energy moves my hand. For this to happen freely, I need to be calm and focused at the same time. I draw very quickly to keep expression and spontaneity. I never know what the result will be. The process of drawing like this is a kind of magic that turns an invisible impulse into a reflection on paper. Each drawing is unique and one of a kind." Sve Gri...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drawing 435
Located in Paris, IDF
Indian ink and acrylic paint, marker on archival paper Shipped in a tube Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Ma...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper

"Just bananas"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to the scenes of everyday life. This painting is called "Just bananas". This...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Thank you, Dotahn by Lélia Pissarro - Work on paper, Abstract
Located in London, GB
Thank you, Dotahn by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Tempera, watercolour and gold leaf and powder on paper 26 x 17 cm (10 ¹/₄ x 6 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower left, Lélia Pissarro. Titled and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Modern British, 1971 abstract ink on paper by Edmond Kapp, caricaturist, reds
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edmond Xavier Kapp (British, 1890 – 1978) No Question! Ink on paper Signed and dated ‘Kapp ‘71’ (lower left), titled on the reverse 14.3/4 x 11.7/8 in. (37.5 x 30.3 cm.) Edmond Kapp was born in Islington, London, on 5 November 1890, of American and German Jewish parentage. He gave himself the middle initial ‘X’ – sometimes said to stand for Xavier – to distinguish himself from his father Emil Kapp, who was a wine merchant. However, his parents called him ‘Eddie’ while his wife and friends knew him as ‘Peter’. During his early years, Kapp was continually ill and, while convalescing, entertained himself by drawing at home. As his health improved, he attended Dame Alice Owen’s School, Islington (1903-10), with periods at Berlin University (1909) and L’Institut Français pour les Etrangers, Paris (1909). He then read Languages at Christ’s College, Cambridge (1910-13), though spent most of his time writing and drawing. Kapp took a studio in London, and worked intensively until the outbreak of the First World War, contributing to the Daily News, the Onlooker and other periodicals. During the war, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment on the Western Front, and then in Intelligence, rising to the position of Staff Captain on Haig’s Staff. Finally, he founded and directed the Neutral Press Counter-propaganda Section. In 1919, Kapp returned to London and, after abortive periods at three art schools, worked alone. In that year, he made his name with an exhibition of caricatures, held at Furst’s Gallery, London, and accompanied by a catalogue introduced by Max Beerbohm. This soon led to contracts with three London periodicals and a book of caricatures, Personalities, published by Martin Secker. Through the 1920s and 30s, his drawings of musicians...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

C - 1 2021
Located in Milano, IT
A meditative suspended calm of color, recalling an iconic theme. Painting through dynamic and oblique forms mixing western and oriental zen colors as the sides of the paintings expa...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil

Abstract Boat Composition - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media by George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...
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1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

C - 5
Located in Milano, IT
A meditative suspended calm of color, recalling an iconic theme. Painting through dynamic and oblique forms mixing western and oriental zen colors as the sides of the paintings expan...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil

Untitled 2311 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2311 (Abstract Drawing) Oil on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge wh...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Black, white Homage to Piccaso painting by Modern British artist Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A really eye-catching black and white figurative work by Modern British artist Ewart Johns (1923 - 2013) 'A Homage to Picasso' Ewart Johns (British, 1923 – 2013) Homage to Picasso P...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled 2308 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2308 (Abstract Drawing) Oil and paper on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Untitled 2310 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2310 (Abstract Drawing) Oil on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge wh...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Abstract Landscape - Mendham Suffolk 1965 - British Abstract landscape painting
Located in London, GB
This superb vibrant British Abstract painting is by noted artist John Piper. It was painted 27th October 1965 at Mendham and is a watercolour and gouache composition. The stunning palette and brushwork make this a really colourful and engaging painting. It is in excellent condition as it is behind glass. A lovely example of Piper's work with echoes from the sixties. Signed lower right. Inscribed lower middle 'Mendham 27 X 65'. Provenance. Illustrated in black and white on the back cover of Marlborough/Aldeburgh Festival show catalogue 'John Piper, Suffolk Churches and Landscapes', 1966. Condition. Watercolour and gouache, 21 inches by 14 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a generous surround float mounted frame and behind glass, 28 inches by 21 inches and in good condition. John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (1903-1992) was an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets. His work often focused on the British landscape, especially churches and monuments, and included tapestry designs, book jackets, screen-prints, photography, fabrics and ceramics. He was educated at Epsom College and trained at the Richmond School of Art followed by the Royal College of Art in London. He turned from abstraction early in his career, concentrating on a more naturalistic but distinctive approach, but often worked in several different styles throughout his career. Piper disliked the regime at the Royal College of Art and left in December 1929. Piper and his wife lived in Hammersmith and held a joint exhibition of their artworks at Heal's in London in 1931. Piper also wrote art and music reviews for several papers and magazines, notably The Nation and Athenaeum. One such review, of the artist Edward Wadsworth's work, led to an invitation from Ben Nicholson for Piper to join the Seven and Five Society of modern artists. In the following years Piper was involved in a wide variety of projects in several different media. As well as abstract paintings, he produced collages, often with the English landscape or seaside as the subject. He drew a series on Welsh nonconformist chapels, produced articles on English typography and made arts programmes for the BBC. He experimented with placing constructions of dowelling rods over the surface of his canvases and with using mixtures of sand and paint. With Myfanwy Evans, Piper founded the contemporary art journal Axis in January 1935. As the art critic for The Listener, through working on Axis and by his membership of the London Group and the Seven and Five Society, Piper was at the forefront of the modernist movement in Britain throughout the 1930s. In 1935 Piper and Evans began documenting Early English sculptures in British churches. Piper believed that Anglo-Saxon and Romanesque sculptures, as a popular art form, had parallels with contemporary art. Through Evans, Piper met John Betjeman in 1937 and Betjeman asked Piper to work on the Shell Guides he was editing. Piper wrote and illustrated the guide to Oxfordshire, focusing on rural churches. In March 1938 Stephen Spender asked Piper to design the sets for his production of Trial of a Judge. Piper's first one-man show in May 1938 included abstract paintings, collage landscapes and more conventional landscapes. His second in March 1940 at the Leicester Galleries, featuring several pictures of derelict ruins, was a sell-out. Piper had first met Myfanwy Evans in 1934 and early the next year, when his wife Eileen left him for another artist, Piper and Evans moved into an abandoned farmhouse at Fawley Bottom in the Chilterns near Henley-on-Thames. The farmhouse had no mains electricity, no mains water and no telephone connection. They married in 1937. They gradually converted the farm's outbuildings to studios for their artworks, but it was not until the 1960s that they could afford to modernise the property. Piper was an official war artist in World War II and his wartime depictions of bomb-damaged churches and landmarks, most notably those of Coventry Cathedral, made Piper a household name and led to his work being acquired by several public collections. Piper collaborated with many others, including the poets John Betjeman and Geoffrey Grigson on the Shell Guides, the potter Geoffrey Eastop...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

"The Provencal coast"
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 seasides of the south of France. P...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Black and White III, Line Drawing. Abstract Works on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Black and White III, Line Drawing, 2022 From the Series Line Drawings Parachute Lines and Epoxy on paper Size: 153 H x 153 W cm. Unique Black wood frame Unpacked: 40 kg Approx. Hand...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Epoxy Resin, Paper

"The French coast"
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 seasides of the south of France. P...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

"Garden lemon trees"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover, I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to a summer period. This artwork called "Garden lemon trees"...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Mediterranean Blue Sea Waves, Handmade painting ink, Calming Ripples, Limited
Located in Carballo, ES
Blue Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2020. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request. The title of this works is "From the Apollonian pictori...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Abstract drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract drawings and watercolor paintings 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 drawings and watercolor paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Martin Reyna , Mila Akopova, Jaanika Peerna, and Sumit Mehndiratta. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint 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 drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings 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 $1 and tops out at $400,000, while the average work sells for $1,408.

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