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
"Structures D07" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Preliminary drawing for a sculpture
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for a sculpture
Black crayon on paper, 1959
Signed and dated middle right (see photo)
A rare 1950's AbEx drawing.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Michael and Ala...
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
"Structures D05" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
In Cammino - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
In cammino is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2014.
Colored tempera on plywood.
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.
Author of numerous philo...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Tempera
"Structures D01" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
"Structures D03" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
"Structures D02" Contemporary Original Abstract Oil on Paper Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Societies are everywhere around us. Populations of animals, plants, viruses, bacteria, and even groups of cells make up communities. Within these populations, we find the inhabitants...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Deep tenderness
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressive brush strokes where I could experience a floral theme. It is a bold and eclectic mix of art which radiates st...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
shades of silver
Located in London, GB
Painting:oil on paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Painting composed of two drawings 29x41x0,1 cm each ( 90x55 cm size of composition with frames)
Paintings are sold without frame...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Untitled II - 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
Summer's light bouquet
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressive brush strokes where I could experience a floral theme. It is a bold and eclectic mix of art which radiates str...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Nostalgia - Mixed media by Maurizio Gracceva - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Nostalgia is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2022.
Colored mixed media on paper.
Hand signed by the artist.
Title, date, techinique and sign on the bac...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Wine Bottle, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
-Painted on artist-quality acid-free 140 lb. watercolor paper. -Professional quality artists with watercolor paints. (Sennelier) -Acid-Free paper. -Size: 11" x 14" -Signature on ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Homage a Sam Francis, Folded Monoprint Mixed Media Splatter Painting Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a mixed media monoprint titled Homage a Sam (I first thought it was for Sam Gilliam but the artist told me it was for Sam Francis. He has done a number of these Homages as I ...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Monoprint
ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing
Located in New York, NY
ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing
Irene Rice Pereira (1902-1971)
Abstract
12 x 6 1/2 inches
Watercolor, gouache, and ink on black paper
...
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Untitled - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2014
Tempera on plywood
Hand signed by the artist.
Date, techinique and sign on the back.
Author of numero...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Tempera
Roses in a blue vase
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork belongs to my “Floral” series which is full of expressive brush strokes where I could experience a floral theme. It is a bold and eclectic mix of art which radiates st...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Octopus In Its Own Ink
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mixed Media Collage Pigment Ink on Cotton Mounted Birch Board , Encaustic Beeswax Finish.
Thomas’s professional photo career began at the age of seventeen with extensive apprentices...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Samurai Zero
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mixed Media Collage, Pigment Ink on Cotton Mounted on a Luan Panel , Encaustic Beeswax Finish.
Thomas’s professional photo career began at the age of seventeen with extensive appren...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Two Metamorphosed Women with a Mythological Creature
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection. It is limited in edition artist signed lower right and is in very good condition. Walter Becker was a German artist. Another impress...
Category
Mid-19th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Eggs
By Alex Corno
Located in Milano, IT
Eggs
2016
Acrilico e grafite su cartoncino
CM 49x34
Con la mano e con fuoco, sul metallo. Con la mano e col pensiero sulla carta.
Il disegno è inscindibile dalla scultura e non pu...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Tentativi - Drawing by Maurizio Gracceva - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Tentativi is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2021.
Colored ink on paper.
Hand signed by the artist.
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.
Auth...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Per lo più distesi - Drawing by Maurizio Gracceva - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Per lo più distesi is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2022.
Ink on paper.
Hand signed by the artist.
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.
Aut...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Quasi Fiori - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Quasi fiori is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2014.
Colored acrylic and pastel on plywood
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.
Author of nume...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Pastel, Acrylic
Emotion - abstract painting, made in black, pink, 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
Ad Vitum Aeternam
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mixed Media Collage Pigment Ink on Cotton Mounted Birch Board , Encaustic Beeswax Finish.
Thomas’s professional photo career began at the age of seventeen with extensive apprentices...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
4th Horse At Fukushima
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mixed Media Collage, Pigment Ink on Cotton Mounted Birch Board , Encaustic Beeswax Finish.
Thomas’s professional photo career began at the age of seventeen with extensive apprentice...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Allontanamenti - Painting by Maurizio Gracceva - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Allontanamenti is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2014.
Tempera on plywood.
Title, date, techinique and sign on the back.
Author of numerous philosoph...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Tempera
Texas
By Alex Corno
Located in Milano, IT
Texas
2014
Collage e acrilico su carta
CM 70x50
Con la mano e con fuoco, sul metallo. Con la mano e col pensiero sulla carta.
Il disegno è inscindibile dalla scultura e non può es...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Paper, Glue
Mito
By Alex Corno
Located in Milano, IT
Mito
2015
Collage e acrilico su carta
CM 70x50
Con la mano e con fuoco, sul metallo. Con la mano e col pensiero sulla carta.
Il disegno è inscindibile dalla scultura e non può esse...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Paper
Clover, Black and neutral tones, graphic contemporary work on paper, black frame
Located in Dallas, TX
"Clover" is a graphic contemporary work on paper with black and muted tones. Part of Kazaan Viveiros' series titled "Passages", this artwork comes in a beautiful archival black frame...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Figure VII, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Nude figure of woman in loose, organic style. Charcoal and acrylic on archival quality 157 lb bristol paper. :: Drawing :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate o...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
3 Sculture
By Alex Corno
Located in Milano, IT
3 Sculture
2012
Acrilico e grafite su carta
CM 70x50
Con la mano e con fuoco, sul metallo. Con la mano e col pensiero sulla carta.
Il disegno è inscindibile dalla scultura e non ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite, Paper
Scultura elegante
By Alex Corno
Located in Milano, IT
Scultura elegante
2013
Collage e acrilico su carta
CM 70x50
Con la mano e con fuoco, sul metallo. Con la mano e col pensiero sulla carta.
Il disegno è inscindibile dalla scultura ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Aubrey Penny Watercolor - Triomphe De Hasard Series Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Watercolor - Triomphe De Hasard Series
December 1973 #7580 12-7580, 1973
Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who worked in a...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) Watercolor - Triomphe De Hasard Series, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Watercolor - Triomphe De Hasard Series
December 1973 #7591 12-7591, 1973
Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who worked in a...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Lilly in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 20
Located in London, GB
'Lilly in Charcoal' 2023
Abstract expressionism black and white photography of Charcoal abstract drawing and Lilly.
Photograph shot using mid-century large format film camera Linhof...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) Watercolor - Triomphe De Hasard Series, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Abstract Watercolor
Triomphe De Hasard Series
December 1973 #7594 12-7594, 1973
Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who wo...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) Watercolor, Biological Structure Series Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Abstract Watercolor, Signed and Dated.
Biological Structure Series - 10-2098-G, 1962
Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who ...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled
By Ray Mead
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Although Ray Mead (1921-1988) was born in the UK, studied at the famed Slade School of Art, and served in the Royal Air Force during the war, his artistic career was established and ...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite
Cteno Drawings set of ten abstract ink drawings by David Knudsvig
Located in New York, NY
David Knudsvig
Cteno Drawings 1989
Set of ten ink drawings
33 x 26 in. / 83.8 x 66 cm
The artist and sculptor David Knudsvig (1947-1993) was a prominent AIDS activist and was the partner of artist David Nelson...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Abstracted Nude Figure Drawing, Signed Shapiro
Located in Larchmont, NY
Untitled, c. 20th Century
Acrylic on paper
20 x 16 1/4 in.
Matte: 24 x 20 in.
Signed center: Shapiro
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 1950
Ink on paper
10 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. (26 x 34 cm)
Unique
Signed and dated
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Nature Morte
Located in Belgrade, MT
This colorful lithograph is part of my private collection.
It is a limited edition , 1 print available, signed and numbered 25/150. It is in very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Starfall. Item 6
Located in Sempach, LU
The series of drawings is called Starfall. I was inspired by space, the starry sky, clouds and natural phenomena. I also like to play with linear rhythms and spots of color.
Paintin...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Color
Starfall. Item 2
Located in Sempach, LU
The series of drawings is called Starfall. I was inspired by space, the starry sky, clouds and natural phenomena. I also like to play with linear rhythms and spots of color.
Paintin...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Color
Starfall. Item 5
Located in Sempach, LU
The series of drawings is called Starfall. I was inspired by space, the starry sky, clouds and natural phenomena. I also like to play with linear rhythms and spots of color.
Paintin...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Digital
Aubrey Penny Abstract Watercolor, Biological Structure Series Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Abstract Watercolor. Signed and Dated.
Biological Structure Series 10-2098-H, 1962
Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who wo...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Starfall. Item 4
Located in Sempach, LU
The series of drawings is called Starfall. I was inspired by space, the starry sky, clouds and natural phenomena. I also like to play with linear rhythms and spots of color.
Paintin...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Digital
Starfall. Item 3
Located in Sempach, LU
The series of drawings is called Starfall. I was inspired by space, the starry sky, clouds and natural phenomena. I also like to play with linear rhythms and spots of color.
Paintin...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Color
Starfall. Item 1
Located in Sempach, LU
The series of drawings is called Starfall. I was inspired by space, the starry sky, clouds and natural phenomena. I also like to play with linear rhythms and spots of color.
Painting...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Color
FICTION NO 305
Located in New York, NY
A leader in experimental ink painting, Pan Ying was born in Beijing in 1962.
Her father is the famous oil painter, Pan Shixun, while her mother is the Chinese...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Composition in green and yellow, watercolor and gouache on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre MONTHEILLET (1923-2011)
Composition in green and yellow
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Signed lower left
Dimensions of the work: 50 x 65 cm
Dimensions of the frame: 60 x 80 c...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Monhegan Wharf, Maine Coast, Island, Harbor, Watercolor, Abstract
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Czechoslovakia, Yolanda Fusco came to the United States in 1930. With a full scholarship, Fusco attended the Art Students League in New York where she studied with Vaclav Vyt...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Whisper the Word watercolor on paper
By Michele Zuzalek
Located in Washington, DC
"Whisper the Word" is a delicate and evocative watercolor painting that invites viewers into a world of soft whispers and subtle emotions. The dominant colors of pink, fuchsia, and g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
In my garden, all hierarchies have been suppressed, Painting, Watercolor on Pape
Located in Yardley, PA
Instinctual and gestural semi abstract work. An intricate garden is sprouting without a gardener that forces plants to grow in a certain way. A colourful mess mixes color drips, brig...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Cathedral Woods, Monhegan Island, Maine Coast, Yolanda Fusco, Abstract
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Czechoslovakia, Yolanda Fusco came to the United States in 1930. With a full scholarship, Fusco attended the Art Students League in New York where she studied with Vaclav Vyt...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (unique) signed gouache painting (Framed) renowned Provincetown artist
Located in New York, NY
James Balla
Untitled gouache painting, 1992
Mixed Media Oil on Linen
Signed and dated on the front of the work; the verso of the frame bears the UFO (Albert Merola) gallery label.
F...
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Gouache, Pencil
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