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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
Maguelone I
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Artist: JOSÉ MARÍA SICILIA (Madrid, 1954). Name: “Maguelone I”, 2005. Technique: Watercolor on Japan paper. Presents label of the Estarte Gallery, Madrid. Signed and titled in th...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Josette Urso "Nest" Water Color on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso "Nest" Water Color on Paper
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache botanical Style on White Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Abstract Expressionist design. Sealed on the back with the design studio name and number . Ilegible signature We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this ...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Oddballs #4 : contemporary abstract work of art
Located in New York, NY
Drawn from her imagination, Paula Elliott’s modern abstract works of art depict mysterious objects. In her works pastel has become the principal medium combined with charcoal, pencil...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Pastel, Pencil

'In France, On A Bike' - organic abstraction - monotype - rainbow - Agnes Pelton
Located in Atlanta, GA
"In France, On A Bike" is a monotype with gouache on kozo paper featuring hues of yellow, purple, blue and pink. This work is framed in a gold frame measuring 1...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Lithograph, Monotype

1980's Cubist "Orange, Brown, Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen "Orange, Brown, Black" 1980s 11.75"x10" Soft pastel and pencil on paper Signed in pencil lower right
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Shape 32 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist work on paper, neutral gray & white
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 32 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral pal...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Sapath II, Halsey Chait, Abstract Drawing, Geometric, Circle, Black, White
Located in New York, NY
"Sapath II" by Halsey Chait Acrylic on Paper Halsey Chait's drawings develop according to the rules and mathematics that govern the growth processes of life forms and molecular stru...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Chroma VIII - Monstera, Painting, Watercolor on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
2023 / 16 x 20 / Metallic watercolor and pen on black Canson illustration board Abstract metallic bubbles form a composition derived from dream state, representative of a Monstera le...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled 2
Located in Phoenix, AZ
pastel and micro pen on paper b. 1979, Poole, Dorset, UK Danielle Hacche was born in Poole, Dorset in the Southwest of the United Kingdom. After moving to the United States with he...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Pen

Josette Urso "Lake and Sky" Water Color on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso Lake and Sky, 2022 watercolor on paper 6 x 6 in.
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Study #26, 1960s Gouache painting Signed Framed Pace & Hudson Gallery provenance
Located in New York, NY
Jack Youngerman Untitled Study #26, 1967 Gouache painting on paper (with original JL Hudson and PACE Gallery labels) Hand signed and dated '67 on the front; J.L. Hudson Gallery Label on Verso. Unique Abstract Expressionist work on paper Frame included Framed Measurements: Framed: 15 inches by 15 inches by 1.5 inch Artwork: 7.75 inches by 7.5 inches Provenance From the estate of Anne Markley Spivak J. L. Hudson Gallery Label affixed to verso (back). The J.L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, Michigan This 1967 unique, signed gouache painting by renowned abstract expressionist painter Jack Youngerman was acquired from the estate of Anne Markley Spivak. It is held in the original vintage metal frame with the original J.L. Hudson Gallery label, as well as the PACE gallery label on the verso The artwork has been newly loated and framed in a museum quality white wood frame; the original labels from the original back board have been affixed to the back to preserve provenance. Jack Youngerman Biography Jack Youngerman was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 25, 1926. He moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 1929 and studied at the University of Missouri, Columbia from 1944 to 1946 under a wartime navy training program. He graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 1947 and, that same year, he returned to Missouri to finish his Bachelor’s degree in Journalism before moving to Paris on a G.I. scholarship. In Paris, Youngerman enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, studying drawing with Jean Souverbie. He explored Paris, taking in the cathedrals, museums, and history in order to grasp a greater sense of art history. He also traveled to the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Italy, and Greece on fine art excursions. In 1948, Youngerman became friends with Ellsworth Kelly, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Cesar – fellow students at Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He married Delphine Seyrig in 1950, and later that year he had his first group exhibition at Galerie Maeght in Paris. He visited the studios of Constantín Brancusi and Jean Arp and became heavily influenced by the organic forms present in their work. He also met artist Alexander Calder through his father-in-law, Henri Seyrig, and experimental filmmaker and artist, Robert Breer...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Fig. 8 BASE VERDE and NARANJA, Diptych. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fig. 8 BASE VERDE and NARANJA, Diptych, 2025 by Rodrigo Spinel From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series Indian ink on 350g Strathmore Bristol paper Overall Frame size: 58.4 H x 85.8 W x 3 ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Time Warp
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fabric work titled "Time Warp" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery, colored pencil & acrylic paint on paper. The piece measures 15”h by 15”w framed. K...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Thread, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color Pencil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Forest After Snow
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper Liu Ziyu is a Chinese artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He was graduated in 2020 from from the Stroganov Moscow State A...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Christina, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Using gestural ink washes to draw a live model's pose, artist Gail Ragains directly applies her medium in fast strokes. She uses an expressive approach to qui...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Color Circle and Star, Marker on fabric print Hand signed (ed of only 20) Framed
Located in New York, NY
Polly Apfelbaum Color Circle and Star, 2004 Fabric Marker and Fabric Dye on Velvet Cotton Signed and dated in ink by the artist on the front with artist's inkstamp. Frame Included Si...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Fabric, Dye, Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Fig. 9 BASE VERDE. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fig. 9 BASE VERDE, 2025 by Rodrigo Spinel From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series Indian ink on 350g Strathmore Bristol paper Frame size: 73.4 H x 58.1 W x 3 D cm. Image size: 61 H x 45.7...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper The work is sold without a frame and mat
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Night 01 - stylish contemporary blue abstract acrylic and pigment on board
Located in Dallas, TX
Emma's artwork is inspired by the Parisian luxury world of fashion, textures and colours. "I work on a white surface, usually leaving the background pure, happily playing with the ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Pigment, Lacquer, Board

"Woman Milking a Cow" Ink on Handmade Amate Paper signed by Miguel Castro Leñero
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Woman Milking a Cow" is an original ink painting/drawing on handmade amate paper by Miguel Castro Leñero. The artist wrote his initials lower right. The piece depicts a seated figur...
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Robert Petersen After A Rain #2 unique abstract signed collage, Castelli Gallery
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen After A Rain #2, 1987 Collage on Paper: Pencil, Oil, Acrylic and Cloth Hand signed, dated and titled on lower front with Castelli Graphics label on the back Frame Inc...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Textile, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

Untitled (Līnea Study), 2022
Located in Washington, DC
Original work by Mary Early. Graphite, colored pencil, and sumi ink on Arches paper, 12.25 x 16". "The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available." Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries. Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record. In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space. Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007). Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite

Unique SIGNED Abstract Expressionist drawing major WPA artist, Estate issued COA
Located in New York, NY
WILLIAM BAZIOTES Untitled Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Modern ink drawing with Estate COA, ca. 1955 Ink Drawing on Paper Signed lower right recto. Accompanied by letter of aut...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Resting by the Green Grass Stream
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper Liu Ziyu is a Chinese artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He was graduated in 2020 from from the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Indus...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - Spring in the Suburbs
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper Liu Ziyu is a Chinese artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Beijing, China. He was graduated in 2020 from from the Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Indus...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

The Cliff, Abstract Colorado Landscape, 1940s American Modernist Pastel Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
This stunning artwork features an expressive blend of vibrant green, orange, blue, and purple tones, capturing the dynamic beauty of Colorado’s mountainous terrain. Created by renown...
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Pastel, Archival Paper

"Motherhood" Watercolor painting 14.5" x 11" inch (1991) by Shaker El Maadawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Motherhood" Watercolor painting 14.5" x 11" inch (1991) by Shaker El Maadawy signed & dated Shaker El Maadawy graduated from the Faculty of Fine A...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

MAGIC CASEMENT, Abstract Non-Objective Mid-Century Pastel Color Field Drawing
Located in New York, NY
MAGIC CASEMENT, Abstract Non-Objective Mid-Century Pastel Color Field Drawing "Magic Casement" 16 x 20 ¾ inches Pastel on paper Initialed JD and dated February 22, 1967 lower left, Titled lower right The framed work measure 18 x 23 inches. Provenance: James Daugherty...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Terra Incognita 1 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita 1 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on 300lb. Arches hotpress paper - Unframed Snow sees her work as a constant play between order and chaos, logic and emotion. She combi...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Improvisation with Red Spot - contemporary, abstract, monoprint
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This is a unique contemporary abstract monoprint, its colors inspired by nature. This composition by master colorist Paul Fournier is one of a kind. This monoprint was created by us...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Monoprint

M377 (Abstract new media)
Located in London, GB
M377 (Abstract new media) Digital creation, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag de 308 gr - Unframed. Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Digital

Imagination Meets Reality 2
Located in New York, NY
Friederike Oeser, a contemporary abstract painter, lives and works in Munich, Germany. For Oeser there is no hierarchy of visual value. It all has import—whether it be a trickle of w...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Ambient Space (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Ambient Space (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on paper. Unframed. As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies dr...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

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

Le Chat
Located in PARIS, FR
Pencil on paper mounted on cardboard 138 x 107.5 cm 148.4 x 117 cm (cadre)
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

French Abstract Contemporary Art by Daniel Cayo - Untitled No.16
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, framed 13 x 18 cm - 24 x 30 cm with white mat passe-partout Unique copy Signed on the front
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Not yet 012 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Pencil and acrylic on Canson-Montval paper - Unframed. This artwork conveys a color and emotional language and is inspired by the series Color as Adjective, a series of drawings and...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Post-Impressionist Watercolour Painting Landscape Overlooking The City Of Nice
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed lower left, Inscribed Verso. watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed 10 x 14 inches Very good condition. Provenance: from the artist...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Never Ending Story
Located in New York, NY
Philip Wittmann work is based on signs. Signs are for him an intermediary between abstraction and writing. He started painting 32 years ago, at the age...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Jazz Baby
Located in Boston, MA
Artist commentary: A painting based on jazz rhythms and colors of the 1960's. Words that describe the piece: colorful, rhythm, graphic, music, abstract, colorful,
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Digital

Strata Aqua
Located in Boston, MA
Artist commentary: Underwater seabed deposits slide under the seams of the tectonic plates to become new rock. Words that describe the piece: Underwater, geology, rocks, aqua, wate...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Digital

French Abstract Contemporary Art by Daniel Cayo - Untitled No.23
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, framed 15 x 20 cm - 24 x 30 cm with white mat passe-partout Unique copy Signed on the front
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Spring (fresh)
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on paper, framed b. 1975, Bellaire, OH Dion Johnson’s paintings combine and explore dynamic opposites: expansiveness and compression, surface and depth, and darkness and l...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival 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

Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & charcoal on canvas
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic, Canvas

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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Paper, Pastel, Oil

Santi Moix, Brazilian artist, Consilience, unique signed work on paper, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Santi Moix Consilience, 2009 Crayon and pencil on paper Signed and dated 2009 in crayon on the front Unique Frame included Provenance: the Artist and Kasmin Gallery This exquisite, u...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Pencil, Color Pencil

Sunlight on the Lattice of Memory, 2025
Located in New York, NY
Jacquelyn Strycker Sunlight on the Lattice of Memory, 2025 risograph on handmade paper with sewing, acrylic gouache, and watercolor 8.5 x 11 in. (Str001) Pattern is also prominent ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Bring it on. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This set of drawings has been like a Covid-19 diary of one woman and her domestic realm. Simone de Beauvoir, the century's most iconic feminist scholar, called the burden of women's ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Does not see - line drawing figure with red gloves
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Part of the triptych “Does not see. Does not hear. Does not speak”. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 360g. The works are 14 by 11 i...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Three Pyramids + Blue Ball
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Three Pyramids + Blue Ball" is a gouache on paper by Alexander Calder. The work is signed in the lower right, "Calder 73”. Although renowned for his innovative and groundbreaking sculptures, Alexander Calder started his artistic career as an abstract painter, preferring to use gouache. What is gouache? Gouache is a water-soluble paint – a type of opaque watercolor. As Calder returned to gouache painting towards the end of his life, he was now armed with a lifetime of experience as a sculptor. He explored the three-dimensional vocabulary of sculptural forms he had developed onto the two-dimensional surface of the paper. Certain shapes and colors recur throughout his gouaches and sculptures. Circles, ovals, and other geometric forms dominate the space. There is the same sense of energy and fluidity. The shapes do not sit on the surface but vibrate giving a feeling of movement in contrast to the static nature of painting. Like his sculpture, Calder’s gouache...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Gouache

An Interior Language IV
Located in New York, NY
About the Series: Gilliam began the series Life Lines in 2017 after recently coming into possession of MRI scans of her brain. The scans, which she spent hours pouring over, both fas...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Etching, Aquatint, Photographic Paper, Photogram

Einstein's Ring
Located in New York, NY
Jody Rasch’s work is drawn from various science practices, including astronomy, biology, and sub-atomic physics. In his subject matter and technique, Rasch builds on historical conce...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Lie on a Cloud, purple abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

French Contemporary Art by Diana Torje - Corrida
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork framed Diana Torje is a prizewinning Romanian artist born in 1983 & based in Paris whose works have been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout France & worldwide. ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen, Paper

"Pensiero rosa" Tecnica mista su carta cm.30 x 23 1950
Located in Torino, IT
Pensiero Rosa, splendida cornice nera 1930 Opera astratta di Dora Maar periodo dopo Picasso,queste opere descrivono gli stati d'animo e paesaggi mentali dell'artista Dora MAAR (Pari...
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1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

"Celadon Shadow, " Mixed Media Collage
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Fabric, Wood, Paint, Charcoal, Pigment

Tempestuous Tidal in Blue, Stormy Seascape Diptych, Cyanotype Print, Duo, Blue
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Tempestuous Tidal in Blue" is an original cyanotype diptych portraying the tidal behavior during a storm. Details: + T...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Lithograph

Untitled (Abstraction)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
aka Beni Kosh Untitled (Abstraction) Watercolor on paper, 1970's Unsigned Ben Kosh Estate Stamp verso, No. 754 Condition: Very good Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 14 9/16 inches Provenance: Estate the Artist Bingham & Vance, Shaker Heights...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

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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