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
Abstract Expressionist British Original Pastel Roaring Red Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition (c.2022)
by Robert Somerton, British, born 1972.
pastel on art paper, unframed
size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches
condition: excellent
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Untitled - Contemporary pencil drawing, Figurative, Minimalistic, Black & white
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANTONI JANUSZ PASTWA (b. 1944)
Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at the Faculty of Sculpture. Obtained his diploma in 1970. Between 1974-1981 he was an assistant at profe...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Inside The Blue Mountains, Painting, Watercolor on Canvas
By Gesa Reuter
Located in Yardley, PA
A big, powerful, sparkling statement peace about the beautiful light at night. Light is shining through the clouds, some stars are seen and the scenery becomes dreamlike and magic. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Original 1970's French Line Drawing with Faces and Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
$481 Sale Price
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Josette Urso "Blue Sand" Water Color on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Of her recent works, Urso states, "I make exploratory paintings, working in response to my immediate environment. My approach involves moment-to-moment extrapolation governed by intu...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"House in Provence"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I enjoy working on impressionist artworks with an expressive touch.
This is the one of the artworks which was inspired by the beauty of the south of France and in particularly, by P...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
$240 Sale Price
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Algodón de Seda. FIne art drawing Framed
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Algodón de Seda, 1978 by Amelia Cajigas
Image size: 3 H x 2.75 W inches.
Frame size: 12 Hx 11.5 W x 1 D inches.
White Frame
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Amelia Cajigas. Artist. He was...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.3' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$1,134 Sale Price
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Untitled (Woman working in the fields)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Woman working in the fields)
Graphite on wove paper
Unsigned
Exhibited: Spanierman Galleries, In Praise of Women, Oct. 21-Nov. 20, 2010
Illustrated: Lisa N. Peters, In Praise of Women, Spanierman Galleries (see catalog entry in photos)
Condition: Excellent
Sheet size (sight): 14 1//2 x 10 5/16 inches
Provenance: Spanierman Galleries, New York
The young woman is a known model for Knight. She is depicted in numerous paintings. The striped skirt and wooden shoes she wears also is repeated in Knight's oeuvre.
"Daniel Ridgway Knight was born in Philadelphia to a Quaker family and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1858 to 1861, the year he became a founding member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club. He went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts from 1861 to 1863 with Charles Gleyre (1808-1874) and Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889), and attended the Accademia di San Lucca, then in Venice, in 1863. Knight returned to Philadelphia that year, married, and served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He went back to France in 1871 and lived there for the remainder of his long and successful career. He settled in Seine-et-Oise near Poissy to study with the noted academic painter Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891) in 1873, and the two artists became close friends. Influenced by his French contemporaries Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) and Jules- Adolphe-Aimé-Louis Breton...
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1890s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Josette Urso "Sea Stars" Water Color on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Josette Urso "Sea Stars" Water Color on Paper
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bloques Desalineado 2, Espejo, and Regular. Abstract Drawings
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 3 drawings by Rodrigo Spinel
From the series Illusions of the Line
Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g.
1. Bloques Desalineado 2, 2017 (Chinese ink on bond paper)
2. Espejo...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Abstract Mixed Media environmental art collage Andre Emmerich Gallery, Signed
By Judy Pfaff
Located in New York, NY
Judy Pfaff
Untitled, 1994
Collage, Mixed media, Gouache and Leaves on paper, in Artist's Frame. Signed with Andre Emmerich & Bellas Artes Gallery Labels - accompanied by original shi...
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache
Abstract Composition, Graphite, colored pencil and paper collage, Signed, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Murray
Untitled Abstract Composition, 1990
Graphite, colored pencil and paper collage on paper (frame bears the original Paula Cooper Gallery label)
Signed and dated Spring...
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite, Mixed Media
Inheritance of Patterns
Located in Zofingen, AG
Title: "Inheritance of Patterns" Description of the picture:** This painting depicts embroidery, where each stitch reflects the richness of Ukrainian culture. The embroidery is made ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,200 Sale Price
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Pictorial Transfer, Abstract Gouache Painting by Ron Morosan
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ron Morosan, American (1947 - ) - Pictorial Transfer, Year: 1998, Medium: Gouache On Paper, signed, titled and dated in pencil, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm)
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Closed Circuit, Abstract Crayon Drawing by Ron Morosan
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ron Morosan, American (1947 - ) - Closed Circuit, Year: 1999, Medium: Crayon on Paper, signed and dated in pencil lower left, Size: 11 x 8.5 in. (27.94 x 21.59 cm)
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Bobine
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Bobine" is a gouache and ink on paper by Alexander Calder. The work is signed in the lower right "Calder 72".
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...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
$180,000
There is nobody here (Lady in red) - Line Drawing Woman Body in red dress
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
There is nobody here (Lady in red) - Line Drawing Woman Body in red dress, 2025. Interior design paintings. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The works a...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Early Constructions no. 21
Located in London, GB
Toni LaSelle (1901–2002) was a pioneering American modernist and a key figure in shaping
modern art education in the United States. Strongly influenced by European movements such as ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink
Ephemeral composition VI - abstract painting, made in black, grey color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a styrene face on a mat board in w...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Untitled (Figures in a park)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Figures in a park)
Watercolor on paper, 1991
Signed lower right of image (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Sheet size: 10 3/16 x 14 1/16 inches
Provenance: David Anderson Ga...
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Legacy of time. Breath of the lily
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork powerfully depicts a scarlet lily, its velvet petals shining in the sunlight against a dark background. The embroidered insert adds depth and symbolizes the hidden struc...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,152 Sale Price
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Squiggle no.8
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Sandi Gehring (1957), American artist living and working in Amsterdam. Education; Art Students League, NY and Wackers Academie, Amsterdam. Currently repr...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Ron Gorchov Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist painting on paper Signed
By Ron Gorchov
Located in New York, NY
Ron Gorchov
Untitled early 1960s Abstract Expressionist work, 1962
Ink and watercolor painting on paper
Signed and dated in black ink lower left recto
Frame included:
elegantly floa...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Remains (Body in the Field 4) - Contemporary, Blue, Pink, Work On Paper
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Remains (Body in the Field 4), 2022
oil on paper
16 17/32 h x 11 13/16 w in.
42 H x 30 W cm
Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of the human body through the prism o...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Enid Mildred Gear - 1980 Watercolour, Cumbrian Hill Farm
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour study depicting a Cumbrian farm nestled in a mountain landscape in the Lake District. Sheep graze in the foreground and a bare winter tree nicely frames the ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Pensiero rosa" Tecnica mista su carta cm.30 x 23 1950
By Dora Maar
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...
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
$9,003 Sale Price
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sbc 219 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 219 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper — Unframed
Susan Cantrick's abstract paintings explore the pre-verbal realm of thought through structured visual responses. Her process ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Josette Urso "After the Rain" Water Color on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Of her recent works, Urso states, "I make exploratory paintings, working in response to my immediate environment. My approach involves moment-to-moment extrapolation governed by intu...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Josette Urso "Climb" Water Color on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Of her recent works, Urso states, "I make exploratory paintings, working in response to my immediate environment. My approach involves moment-to-moment extrapolation governed by intu...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (abstract 1957)
By Perle Fine
Located in Columbia, MO
Perle Fine (American, 1905–1988)
Perle Fine’s work is distinguished by a refined sense of balance, gestural energy, and a deep engagement with the language of abstraction. A key figu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract Work on Paper by Clay Johnson, Untitled (#725)
By Clay Johnson
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled (#725)' 2023 by American artist, Clay Johnson. Acrylic on Arches paper, 20 x 16 in. This colorful abstract painting features bands of colors in orange, red, pink, white, an...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Malva
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting "Malva" combines the beauty of nature and the power of traditions. In the center of the composition mallows are blooming, symbolizing vitality and rebirth. The delicate ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,152 Sale Price
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Belarusian Contemporary Art by Dasha Buben - Conversations with my Inner Child
Located in Paris, IDF
Color pencils on paper
Framed 40x 50 cm
Dasha Buben is a Belarusian artist born in 1982 who lives and works in Warsaw, Poland. She graduated from the Belarusia...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Abstract Work on Paper by Clay Johnson, Untitled (#721)
By Clay Johnson
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled (#721)' 2023 by American artist, Clay Johnson. Acrylic on Arches paper, 20 x 16 in. This colorful abstract painting features bands of colors in red, yellow beige, white, an...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drawing No. 421
Located in Paris, IDF
Indian ink and acrylic paint on archival paper, artwork will be shipped rolled up in a tube
Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India....
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, India Ink, Archival Paper
$640 Sale Price
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Modernist Simon Samsonian, Two Sisters Mixed Media
Located in New York, NY
Simon Samsonian (1912-2003)
Two Sisters, 1995
Poster color and mixed media on paper
Sight size: 16 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.
Framed: 26 x 23 1/2 x 1 in.
Signed ...
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media
"Landscape at sunset-Luberon-France" Watercolor , cm. 29, 5 x 21 1960 ca
By Dora Maar
Located in Torino, IT
orange, green, sunset
Dora Maar is the pseudonym of Henrietta Theodora Markovitch (Paris 1907 - 1997).
Shrouded in the monumental shadow of Picasso, she has long been - and reductive...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1999 "February" Abstract Landscape Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
Elaine Kaufman Feiner (1922-2018)
"February"
1999
Oil pastel on paper
40"x30" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower right, signed, titled and dated on reverse
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
$640 Sale Price
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'Sunset Abstract Collage', Orange County Art Association, Moraga, Nancy Moure
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Marianne K. Brown' (American, 20th century); additionally signed, verso, with certification of authenticity and dated 1987.
Brown has taught watercolor and des...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper, Graphite
#45
Located in Fairlawn, OH
#45
Ink on paper, 1970
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist
One of a series of drawings, all made in 1970, which stemmed from Hogue's interest in Persian calligraphy. H...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
$2,750
"My lovely Provence in summer" (contemporary impressionist landscape)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In this vibrant and expressive landscape "My lovely Provence in summer" painting, the artist employs bold, impasto brushstrokes to bring the scene to life. Energetic swirls of vivid ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Picos Tercio, Esfera transparencia 3 and Cubos Transparencia 3. Drawings
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 3 Abstract Drawing on paper, by Rodrigo Spinel
From the series Illusions of the Line
Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g.
Overall size:
Image size: 29.6 cm H x 56 cm W.
Fram...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Wifredo Lam (1902 - 1982) - Untitled - Aquatint etching on Arches paper - 1979
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Varese, IT
Aquatint etching on Arches paper, edited in 1979
limited edition in 99 exemplars in cardinal numbers
Current exemplar as: HC
Hand signed by Wifredo Lam in pencil in the lower right m...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching
Chinese Contemporary Art by Liu Ziyu - The Train is Coming from Afar
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
$1,600 Sale Price
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The Juggler - Contemporary, Collage, Green, Yellow, Funny, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Juggler, 2019
collage on paper
15 3/4 H x 11 13/16 W in.
40 H x 30 W cm
The artist’s collages describe a series of faces composed of different materials – cardboards, textiles, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Paintings on paper "Nature-Universe-Tool" ( 50 pieces folder)
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
One piece made of a folder with 50 acrylic paintings on paper, with measures 29.5 x 20 cm each paper.
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Beyond the Veil, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Color and energy flow together in this mesmerizing alcohol ink painting, evoking a sense of movement beyond the physical world. Swirling layers of deep indigos,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Wigwam rouge et jaune
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Wigwam rouge et jaune" is a gouache on paper by Alexander Calder. The unique work is signed in the lower right, “Calder 65”.
Although renowned for his innovative and groundbreaking...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Composition in Orange and Red
Located in London, GB
'Composition in Orange and Red', gouache on paper, by James Pichette (circa 1970s). A dynamic, lively abstract composition by an artist known for such s...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$1,000 Sale Price
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'Roofs of Ravello', Mid-Century Abstract, Harvard Fogg Museum, SFAA, Carmel, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'M. W.' for Margaret Wentworth (American, 1914-1999) and dated 1959.
Exhibited: Feingarten Galleries, Carmel, California, 1960, and titled on label, verso, 'Ro...
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Postcard, Pen
Schizophrenia. Contemporary Gouache Painting, Abstraction, Cat, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
JACEK SOWICKI (1948-2022)
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the graphics atelier at th...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Flag Icon unique signed pastel collage on paper by renowned female artist Framed
Located in New York, NY
Sonia Gechtoff
Flag Icon, 1963
Pastel, graphite and collage
Frame included: elegantly framed in hand made wood frame with UV plexiglass
Evocative mixed media mid century modern work...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Graphite
The Mekong River : abstract work of art on paper
Located in New York, NY
A collage by New York artist Miranda Maher. Made with Ink, Indian marble paper and Japanese Chiyogami paper on handmade Japanese paper.
Miranda Maher’s ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Nancy Cohen "Disturbance" Paper Pulp and Handmade Paper
By Nancy Cohen
Located in New York, NY
Line is the operative formal element in the work shown here, but there are many other lines in play. Pieces walk a line between drawings that might be tapestries or sculptures or pa...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper
Josette Urso "Bella" Watercolor on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Of her recent works, Urso states, "I make exploratory paintings, working in response to my immediate environment. My approach involves moment-to-moment extrapolation governed by intu...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Composition No. 385
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylics on Yupo paper
Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Scienc...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
City of Palm Springs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Light breath of wind - abstract painting, made in black, grey color, 2025
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a glass on a mat board in white wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Larry Zox "Teal Top" Drawing, 1966
By Larry Zox
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Larry Zox (1937-2006) was a central figure in the evolution of 20th century abstraction in America.
Raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Zox studied at the University of Oklahoma and went on to work under the tutelage of modernist Georg Grosz at the Des Moines Art Centre. Zox moved to New York City and established his reputation by the mid 1960's. His studio was located on 20th Street and he was surrounded and inspired by a melting pot of jazz artists, bikers, and boxers.
Zox was one of the most successful practitioners of hard-edge or geometric abstraction and not surprisingly was championed by Frank Stella, amongst others.
By the mid 1960's, Zox arrived at his most recognized style, utilizing hard-edge shapes in bold colors to create geometric patterns, which were often realized on raw canvas.
Zox's hard-edge geometric creations from the late 1960's and early 1970's are arguably the most recognizable works from his oeuvre. Fittingly he had a retrospective at the Whitney Museum in 1973, that focused on such work. Today, numerous museums including the Whitney, the MoMA, the Tate and the Metropolitan all have examples of his work from this era in their permanent collections.
While Zox is not directly associated with the Op Art movement, many of his works by nature of their patterns and colors create visual illusions in dimensionality. In "Mosaic" the kelly green band that intersect the composition helps give the overall work an appearance of a slanted stair.
Frequently the artist seems to be inviting the viewer to find pattern within the work. In "Mosaic" we have both areas of synergy and dissonance. Can you find them?
Questions about this piece? Contact us!
Teal Top...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
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.