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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
Post-Impressionist French Watercolour Painting The Beach Of Cancale
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 artists...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Artaud's Arms (Exhibited at Brooklyn Museum)
Located in New York, NY
JAMES NARES Artaud's Arms (Exhibited at Brooklyn Museum), 1988 Color Monotype on Gampi Torinoko Paper 36 × 27 inches Signed James Nares and dated '88 l...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Monotype

"Gate of Hekhalot Visions, Sage Covered with Seals" Modern Neutral Tone Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Modern neutral toned abstract gouache painting by Texas based artist Dee Wolff. The work features Hebrew text from Hekhalot literature surrounded by colorf...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Mid Century Modern East Bay V Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern East Bay V Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran Dynamic abstracted geometric landscape drawing of the East Bay California landscape by Erle ...
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1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Laid Paper, Charcoal

The Jester in Disguise - 21st Century, Green, Yellow, Funny, Collage
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Jester in Disguise, 2019 collage on paper 11 13/16 H x 15 3/4 W in. 40 H x 30 W cm The artist’s collages describe a series of faces composed of differ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

No Obits - Framed Abstract Collage Crystal Watercolor Painting in Red, Black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This compelling and historically resonant artwork, "No Obits," immediately confronts the viewer with its stark, repeated declaration, drawn from a pivotal moment in LGBTQ+ history. T...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Untitled - Contemporary pencil drawing, Figurative, 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...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

"The sun-drenched fields of Provence 0.1"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I enjoy working on expressive abstract paintings which resonate with vitality, movement and energy. This artwork was inspired by Vincent Van Gogh and by my trip to Arles ( south of F...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic

1960s "Red Landing" Gouache and Oil Pastel Abstract SF Female Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield Red Landing 1960s Oil Pastel and Gouache on Paper 26.5"x36" Good Condition - Wear consistent with age and history. Small areas of foxing. Edges have tears, paper sho...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

Abstracted Nude Figurative in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Nude Figurative in Pastel on Paper Vivid abstracted figurative by Black Arts Bay Area artist, Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century), circa 2000. A woman's profile of her face and her breasts and leg is shown in bold and playful colors of fluorescent purple, orange, pink and yellow. Black outlines of organic and tribal shapes creates even more contrast, making this piece read well from a distance. The tall and thin size of this piece makes this ideal for those difficult and odd sized walls Unsigned Presented "floating" on foam core with black mat surround. Mat size: 38"H x 16"W Paper size: 29"H x 10.75"W Born in Oakland, California Kelvin Curry's creative destiny was clear early in life. Initially using black and white graphite as his medium and later expanding into mixed media to bring about multi-dimension; as well as a sense of rhythm and grace in the abstract female figure. Kelvin Curry studied fine arts at San Jose State University and has been making and exhibiting art all his life. Curry has a keen understanding of the arts, particularly the black arts movement in and around the Bay Area. Kelvin has exhibited his work in hundred of juried festivals, exhibits, and galleries throughout the country. Visitors from countries such as South Africa, Japan, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and China have chosen his work to adorn their homes in their native lands. Collectors include Randy Crawford, Nancy Wilson...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Winter Coming
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Donna Dearden'; additionally signed on old backing, titled, 'Winter Coming' and painted circa 1975. A semi-abstracted study of abscised leaves against a variegat...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Ryan Cronin - Chainsaw, Drawing 2002
Located in Greenwich, CT
Chainsaw Ryan Cronin Oil Pastels on Paper 30" x 22.5" When people look at his work Cronin wants them to feel an immediate impact, even if they’re not sure what hit them. The raw, al...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

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: 14.75 x 11 inches condition: excellent prov...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Modern Geometric Abstract in Primary Colors with Pink, Vintage Pastel Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
A striking modern abstract pastel on paper by listed Monterey, California artist Henry Elinson (American, 1935-2010), 1980. Featuring clean lines and bold geometric shapes in a palet...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Post-Impressionist French Watercolour Painting Purple Skies Over The Horizon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed lower left, Inscribed Verso. watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed 7 x 10.5 inches Very good condition. Provenance: from the artist...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Collage - gouache on paper, 43x60 cm. framed
Located in Nice, FR
Beautiful paper collage on paper by the french artist Albert Chubac. Framed. Last painter of the school of Nice. This is an important painter, the first school in nice to have exhib...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Cote D'Azur- abstraction art, made in pale pink, turquoise color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The triptych is made with alcoholic ink in pale pink, turquoise color on Yupo paper. Each work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a s...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Everything is Connected
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela Everything is Connected, 2025 Watercolor, alcohol and acrylic inks on paper 14 x 10 inches This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. Exte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

La memoria de narciso 5. The memory of narcissus series Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series of works stems from the reflection on the value attributed to objects (metals and precious stones), established culturally and historically by society. By means of the tw...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Cardboard

Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in 1973. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right marg...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

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

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Oil

Blanco Perfecto. From the series Plato’s Heaven. Charcoal on canvas Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The theory of Heaven is a novelty that Plato introduced to philosophy. Inspired by this concept, the artist proposes a series of works where I imagine and recreate possible worlds on...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal

"Summer colorful garden"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
My dear art lover, This semi-abstract vibrant expressive artwork celebrates a summer floral period. This floral artwork named "Summer colorful garden" with its bright vivid colors ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Watercolor

'Sal y Cicatrices'. Botanical environmental nature drawing
Located in Penzance, GB
'Sal y Cicatrices' Original Artwork Low winter sun dancing on shingles and salt crisped fronds; the tidal dance of the Mediterranean. A drawing scratched and scarred by the caress ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Abstract expressive colorful acrylic painting on paper "The center"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
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). These vivid ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

'Dawn on silk'. Abstract naturalistic pink cherry blossom blue sky sakura season
Located in Penzance, GB
'Dawn on Silk' Original Artwork, Unframed _________________ Capturing the pulse and flush of fleeting youth. Sap rising through branches, buds, blossoms; like blood through the vein...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Geologies Series 9048
Located in Kansas City, MO
Nancy Charak Title: Geologies Series 9048 Materials: Drawing on 140# Fabriano Artistico Date: 2018 Dimensions: 30"x22" Nancy Charak makes paintings and drawings in her studio in Tuc...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Handmade Paper, Color Pencil

Red and Yellow Galaxy Abstract on Wrapper of Interview Magazine Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Red and Yellow Galaxy Abstract on Wrapper of Interview Magazine Acrylic on Paper Saturated abstract composition by Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). Splashes of red, yello...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Acrylic

City Landscape #2, black and white monochromatic urban architectural abstraction
Located in Brooklyn, NY
acrylic on archival Canson watercolor paper Mauricio Trenard is an artist, educator and arts activist. He says this series is of great interest to him, as it offers the potential ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Whirlpool - abstract painting, made in black, grey color, 2025
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...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting by Sid Gross 1959
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Abstract expressionist gouache painting by American artist, Sid Gross. Date: 1959 Gouache on paper, signed and dated lower right Image Size: 18.5 x 12 inches Frame Size: 28 x 22 ...
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1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Ephemeral composition V - abstract painting, made in black, grey color
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...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

"Be happy and smile"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant expressive artwork makes part of my Abstract Word Art series dedicated to the expression of emotions and feelings. This one is called ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Watercolor

Fashionably Late - Abstract Watercolor on Paper in Green and Purple
Located in New York, NY
Andrei Petrov's Fashionably Late is 9 x 13.5 inches watercolor on paper. The main colors are green, and purple. As it is often the case in Petrov's work, his abstractions acquire, at...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

"Puck" - acrylic on paper
Located in New York, NY
Maeve D’Arcy practice explores mark-making as language. In a contemplative process, her random thoughts are turned into dashes, x’s, dots and various sorts of repetitive marks. D'A...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic

"Dance.Dream.Dare" ( abstract word acrylic on paper art)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant expressive artwork makes part of my Abstract Word Art series dedicated to the expression of emotions and feelings. This one is called ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Watercolor, Paper

"Cubic Crystal System" - acrylic, crayon, and pencil on paper
Located in New York, NY
Maeve D’Arcy practice explores mark-making as language. In a contemplative process, her random thoughts are turned into dashes, x’s, dots and various sorts of repetitive marks. D'A...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic

Three Women with Earrings in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Three Women with Earrings Figurative in Pastel on Paper Vivid abstracted profiles of three women wearing earrings by Black Arts Bay Area artist, Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century), circa 2000. Three women's profile in in bold cobalt blue and playful colors of fluorescent red and yellow. Black outlines and tribal designs creates even more contrast, making this piece read well from a distance. The tall and thin size of this piece makes this ideal for those difficult and odd sized walls Signed lower left corner Presented in new, acid-free black mat. Mat size: 38"H x 16"W Paper size: 30"H x 11"W Image size: 28.50"H x 9.50"W Born in Oakland, California Kelvin Curry's creative destiny was clear early in life. Initially using black and white graphite as his medium and later expanding into mixed media to bring about multi-dimension; as well as a sense of rhythm and grace in the abstract female figure. Kelvin Curry studied fine arts at San Jose State University and has been making and exhibiting art all his life. Curry has a keen understanding of the arts, particularly the black arts movement in and around the Bay Area. Kelvin has exhibited his work in hundred of juried festivals, exhibits, and galleries throughout the country. Visitors from countries such as South Africa, Japan, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and China have chosen his work to adorn their homes in their native lands. Collectors include Randy Crawford, Nancy Wilson...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Laid Paper

Abstract Expressionist Biomorphic Coloured Pencil Drawing.
Located in Cotignac, FR
1980s abstract expressionist biomorphic coloured pencil drawing on paper by Belgian artist André Pierret, signed bottom right. André Pierret was born ...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil

Emotions - abstract painting, made in violet, orange color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in violet, orange color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed black with a styrene face on a mat bo...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Terra Incognita 7 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita 7 (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

Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled" 1998 is in an original pastel on paper by noted American artist Pia Stern, b. 1953. It is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist. The artwork size is 16 x 8 inches, framed size is 26.25 x 17.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with off white matting and bevel. It is in excellent condition. The frame is in fair condition. It has some small scratches Please see pictures. About the artist: Pia Stern spent her junior year abroad in Aix-en-Provence, the town in the south of France where Paul Cézanne lived and worked. There she took her first painting course and felt instantly at home with her instructors’ philosophical and visual perceptions of the world. Returning to UC Berkeley as a senior, she enrolled in the art program and was greatly influenced by several artists who were integral to the Bay Area Figurative Movement including Richard Diebenkorn, David Park, Joan Brown and most notably, Elmer Bischoff, with whom she worked very closely. Stern is primarily a process painter, and is known for her exploration of symbolic language. As stated by noted author and art critic Sister Wendy Beckett in "Contemporary Women Artists:" “Pia Stern…has an unusual power of transforming her ‘dreams’ into our own…The artist seeks out the great secrets of the heart and bodies them forth.” Using oil paints and drawing materials in an intuitive manner, she rarely approaches her work with a preconceived idea. She may put down a quick gestural stroke, a dab of color or a general shape, yet this is just a starting point for her. Like an archeologist, she approaches the canvas as if on a ‘dig’, adding and subtracting, waiting for the meaning of the piece to reveal itself through the mark making process. Her work is held in galleries, museums, public and private collections nationwide, and has been critically acclaimed in newspapers, books and journal reviews. She has a studio in Little Italy in San Diego, and her work is currently represented in San Francisco at the SFMOMA Artists Gallery and The Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, and in Honolulu by Fine Arts Associates. EDUCATION 1978 University of California, Berkeley, M.F.A. 1977 University of California, Berkeley, M.A. 1975 University of California, Berkeley, B.A. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014 Blue Azul Gallery, La Jolla, CA 2008 The Lobby Gallery, 455 Market, San Francisco, CA 2007 Cheryl Pelavin Gallery, N.Y., N.Y. Palette Café Art...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Inspiration - abstract painting, made in black, grey color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a styrene face on a mat board in white wit...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Modernist Reclining Nude
Located in Soquel, CA
Light and airy portrait of a reclining nude by David Stephens (American, 20th century). Signed lower right. From a collection of his works. Unframed. Image, 10"H x 12"L. About the ...
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Clausen. Stamp. Drawing From The Series Terms and Conditions
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Clausen, 2022 (Framed) by Rodrigo Spinel From The Series Terms and Conditions Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Frame size: 44 cm H x 37 cm W x 4 cm D Image size: 32 cm H x 25 c...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Portrait of Aiko
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Seiichi Hara (Japanese). Portrait of Aiko, 1972. Pencil, gouache on paper. Sheet measures 16 x 20 inches. Signed lower right and en verso. Custom frame of hardwood with welded steel ...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Pencil

The Card Player - Contemporary Art, Collage, 21st Century
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Card Player, 2019 collage on paper 11 13/16 H x 15 3/4 W in. 30 H x 40 W cm The artist’s collages describe a series of characters composed of different materials – cardboards, t...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 12.75 x 10 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we ha...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

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: 9 x 9 inches condition: very good and impressive provenance: all the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists studio and are all featured in the artists Catalogue Raisonne. Jacques, Paul, Firmin Coulais is a French painter born on March 22 , 1955 in Fenioux ( Deux-Sèvres ) and died at the age of 56, the June 25 , 2011 in Niort (Deux-Sèvres). Born into a farming family, he was the seventh of eight children. Suddenly becoming a quadriplegic at the age of six following poliomyelitis, he overcame this handicap by building with determination an independent life centered on artistic practice and an intense social life. For more than thirty years his house and his workshop have been the center of attraction for many artists, art lovers or simply friends of Niort and all of France. Coulais began to paint with his mouth, as an autodidact. In 1978, he made the acquaintance of a plastic art teacher who advised him and engaged him on the path of watercolour. The freedom granted to him by this technique as well as the flexibility of its application fascinate him. This meeting and the friendship shared with his teacher, lead him and very quickly direct his work from figurative to abstraction in a way that he explores and that he will then find in the works of Kandinsky and Paul Klee. Admitted to the School of Fine Arts in Angoulême, he studied there from 1981 to 1984 and obtained the National Superior Diploma in Plastic Expression at the age of 31. A few years later, Jacques Coulais exhibited at the Museum of Niort and since then, his career has been punctuated by his participation in numerous exhibitions organized very regularly in various French cities as well as abroad. In the 1990s, the AAPBP, Association of Mouth and Foot Painting...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Doble Standard 8. From The Doble Standard Series. Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The more transcendental the representation, the more it tends to evoke it through its prodigies. Such is the case of the Double standard series in the words of the artist "It is a process of visual archeology through a search for human representations conditioned by their ritual, aesthetic or utilitarian meaning where a resignification of beauty patterns is proposed, a game with female representation with its multiple meanings, functions and forms” James Bonachea...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Cardboard

'Abstract Composition', New York Jewish Museum, ASL, Woman Artist, Smithsonian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Beth Ames Swartz' (American, born 1936) and dated 1967. Primarily working in the idioms of abstraction and semi-abstraction, Beth's paintings and mixed-media works are commonly informed by philosophical and spiritual concepts shared by people of different cultural worldviews, and incorporate both symbols and words in the vocabulary of their visual language. Her art practice has been guided by aesthetic philosophies including Wassily Kandinsky’s Concerning the Spiritual in Art and Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, and inspired by various religious and philosophical systems including Native American Healing practices, Buddhism, Jewish Mysticism, and Christianity in order to facilitate communication with viewers on both the conscious and unconscious level. Swartz synthesizes these spiritual traditions in her work with the purpose of revealing the commonality between them. Beth was born in New York City and grew up in Manhattan, and by her mid-teens was studying at the Art Students League in New York in the late 1940s. Her education continued at The High School of Music & Art in New York City, and Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where she graduated in 1957 with a Bachelor of Science degree, followed by a Master of Arts degree in 1959 from New York University. Beth Ames Swartz exhibited nationwide including at over seventy solo exhibitions including a solo show at The Jewish Museum in New York. In addition, she participated in three major traveling museum exhibitions and her work is held in the permanent collections of numerous major museums including the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian. She received the Governor's Individual Artist Award in 2001 in Arizona, and a retrospective of her work was mounted in 2002 at The Phoenix Art Museum, with a monograph about her work co-published by The Phoenix Art Museum and Hudson Hills Press. Swartz explores systems of knowledge by translating philosophical concepts into aesthetic visual experiences. Fellowships, Awards, Grants and Honors: New York, NY - 2003 Veteran Feminists of America, Medal of Honor Phoenix, AZ - 2001 Recipient, Governor's Arts Award, the highest honor in Arizona for one individual who may be a visual or performing artist or a writer. Snowmass Village, CO - 2000 Anderson Ranch, Artist in Residence Phoenix, AZ - 1994 Founder, Culture Care , an international, non-profit organization sponsoring The Sacred Souls Project, to identify, support and honor individuals who demonstrate positive human societal values New York, NY - 1994 Awarded Flow Fund grant for discretionary philanthropic use for non-personal benefit New York, NY - 1994 Panelist, College Art Association, Art, Earth and Medicine: A Healing Approach New York, NY - 1993 Panelist, The Sacred in the Arts Conference New York, NY - 1992 Speaker, MedArts Conference, Research Study on A Moving Point of Balance Stinson Beach, CA - 1991 Speaker, Symposium, Art as a Healing Force New Harmony, IN - 1990 Keynote Speaker, Art and Healing Conference Phoenix, AZ - 1988 Co-Founder, International Friends of Transformative Art (IFTA), an international, non-profit organization for positive global change Payson, AZ - 1988, '87 Project Coordinator, Rim Institute, Transformative Artist's Conference and Workshop Phoenix, AZ - 1985 Governor's Award, Outstanding Women of Arizona - Women Who Create Sun Valley, ID - 1980 Sun Valley Center for the Arts & Humanities, Artist in Residence, The Awesome Space: The Inner and Outer Landscape Hawaii National Park, HI - 1979 Volcano Art Center, Artist in Residence Phoenix, AZ - 1978, '77 Named Master Teacher by State Department of Public Instruction Phoenix, AZ - 1978, '77 Educational Grant for Inquiry Into Fire, Arizona Commission on Arts and Humanities Selected Bibliography and Reference: Davenport’s Art Reference Guide, 2007/8 Edition, p.2468; Arizona/Women '75 (exhibition catalogue). Tucson, AZ: Tucson Art Museum, 1975; Baigell, Matthew. "Art and Spirit: Kabbalah and Jewish-American Artists." Tikkun vol. 14, no.4, (July-August 1999): 59-61 (illus. in b&w of Shen Qi Series: the Cabalistic Scheme of the Four Worlds #5); Beth Ames Swartz, Inquiry Into Fire (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale, AZ: Scottsdale Center for the Arts, 1978. Introduction by Melinda Wortz; Beth Ames Swartz, 1982-1988: A Moving Point of Balance (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale, AZ: A Moving Point of Balance, Inc., 1988. Introduction by John Perreault; Biennial 1979 (exhibition catalog). Phoenix: Phoenix Art Museum, March 9-April 8, 1979, 35-37, 64 (illus. in color Sedona, #23; illus. in b&w, Torah Scroll, #5); Body and Soul: Contemporary Art and Healing (exhibition catalog). Lincoln, MA: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 1994. Introduction by Rachel Rosenfeld Lafo, Nicholas Capasso, and Sara Rehm Roberts; Cembalest, Robin. "The Ecological Art Explosion." ARTnews vol. 90, no. 6 (summer 1991): 96-105; The First Western States Biennial Exhibition (exhibition catalog). Denver: Western States Art Foundation, 1979. Introduction by Joshua C. Taylor (with illus. in color of Torah Scroll #4); Gablik, Suzi. The Reenchantment of Art. Thames and Hudson: New York, 1991, 155-57; Gadon, Elinor W. The Once and Future Goddess: A Symbol for Our Time. New York: Harper and Row, 1989, 245-46; 248; Henderson, Barbara. "Beth Ames Swartz," A Magazine of Fine Arts vol. 2, no. 15 (April 1976): 34-41; Israel Revisited: Beth Ames Swartz (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale, AZ: Beth Ames Swartz, 1981: 40 pp. Introduction by Harry Rand...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, India Ink

Oak Tress #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937) Title: Oak Trees #1 Year: Circa 1990 Medium: Acrylic on paper Paper: Thick wove Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches Size, p...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: Darthea Speyer, Paris. backing 12 X 17 image 8.5 X 11.5 John Levee (1924 - 2017) was an American modern art abstract expressionist painter who had worked in Paris since ...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

G_39 - Contemporary, Black, White, Drawing, Abstract, Minimalist
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
G_39, 2021 white ink on black cardboard (signed on reverse) 27 9/16 H x 39 3/8 W in. 70 H x 100 W cm Alina Aldea's drawings project all the possible forms which appear to disappear ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Cardboard

GUIA UPS. Stamp. Drawing on paper. From The Series Terms and Conditions
Located in Miami Beach, FL
GUIA UPS, 2022 (Framed) by Rodrigo Spinel From The Series Terms and Conditions Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Frame size: 52 cm H x 43 cm W x 4 cm D Image size: 32 cm H x 25 ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Undercover Operation
Located in New York, NY
Very intense blue and purple colors are often the main characters of Petrov's paintings. For his smaller artworks, like this precious watercolor, the intensity and gestural quality o...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

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

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Oil

The Little Lamb - Original Watercolor House Home Playful Painting Colorful Art
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Grass Power, original unique signed drawing, hand signed and inscribed; Framed
Located in New York, NY
Mark di Suvero Grass Power, 1979-2014 Mixed Media drawing: marker, ink and pencil on paper Hand titled, signed and inscribed to Nadine by Mark di Suvero Frame included: Floated and f...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Mixed Media

The Architect 3 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
The Architect 3 (Abstract painting) Oil on paper — Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mysti...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

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