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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
"Untitled" Acrylics, Pencils, Oil Pastels on Paper in Neutral Hues of Taupe
Located in New York, NY
"Untitled" 2019, 25" x 31" horizontal drawing on paper by Argentine-born artist Karina Gentinetta (featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Glaze, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil

Avec moi-même - Planche 8
Located in New York, US
Plate 8 from the 10-subject album "Avec moi-même" ("With Myself") On Arches wove paper. A beautiful plate, a small edition of 75, a demanding technique: etching and aquatint, and an...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Etching, Aquatint

Contemporary impressionist landscape nature watercolor painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork "My love for Paul Cezanne" , inspired by Paul Cezanne, presents a vibrant and abstract interpretation of a tranquil landscape, characterized by energetic brushstrokes an...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

F…FF (Fuck) - Line Drawing Woman Body with red gloves
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The works are 15 by 11 inches in size, framed (black) with a styrene face on a mat board in ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Llangorse Lake Brecon Beacons Wales Circa 1964 Welsh Abstract Landscape Painting
By Roger Cecil
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Roger Cecil. Welsh ( b.1942 - d.2015 ). Llangorse, Brecon Beacons. Watercolor & Pastel Mixed Media On Paper. Signed Lower Left. Image size 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches ( 49.5cm x 75cm...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor

Preliminary drawing for the sculpture Diadem
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for the sculpture Diadem Black Crayon on paper, 1957 Signed and dated lower left The preliminary drawing for the 1957 sculpture of the same name in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art...
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1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon

Sedona Dream
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sedona Dream" 2004 is a pastel on paper by noted American artist Richard Benjamin Royce, born 1941. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 22.25 x 30 inches, framed is 27.25 x 33.75 inches. It is custom framed in silver aluminium frame. The artwork is in excellent condition, frame has scratches and will be replaced by a new one before shipping. About the artist: After getting his BA and MA in fine art at the University of Wisconsin, Richard Royce went to France to study with Stanley W. Hayter, On returning to the US he opened a studio where he produced etchings, cast paper, paintings and sculptural commissions of his own work while at the same time helping other artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Rivers, Marisol, George Segal, Raphael Soyer, Francoise Gilot and Jim Rosenquist to realize works in various media. Selected collections Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France State Historical Society of Wisconsin Portland Art Museum, Oregon Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, New York International Paper Corporation, New York Isla Center, University of Guam, Micronesia Byer Museum of the Arts, Evanston, Illinois Musee du Petite Format, Couvin, Belgique Uyasuda Life Insurance Company, Japan Selected solo exhibitions 1991 Prestige Gallery, Danvers, MA 1989 Watermark/Cargo Gallery.. Kingston, NY 1986 ARRAS Gallery, NYC, NY 1985 The Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA 1982 Linden Gallery, New York, NY 1979 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR Keller Gallery, Salem, OR The Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA 1970 Ventura College, Ventura, CO University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1969 Comsky Gallery, Boston, MA Ohio University, OH 1968 Thompson Gallery, Boston, MA The Galor Hagen Gallery, Dallas, TX University of Southern California Gallery Selected group exhibitions 2004 Living Space Gallery, Cornville, AZ 2001 Rodman Gallery, Stockbridge, MA 1997 Dalton Fine Art, Boston, MA Boston Corporate Art, Boston, MA Prestige Gallery, Atelier Royce Group Show, Danvers, MA 1996 Copley Society Gallery, Group Sculpture Show, Boston, MA 1995 Barbara’s Hang Up Gallery, Group Show, Beverly, MA 1991 Creative Framing Gallery, Boston, MA 1989 5e Exposition International "Petit Format de Papier" Cul-Des-Arts (Couvin), Belgique 1988 Premiere Triennale Mondiale D'Estampes Petit Format (Traveling show to museums throughout France) 1987 "Eight Upstate Sculptors", Woodstock Artist Assn., NY 1986 First International Biennial of Paper Art, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Dueren, Germany 1985 '85 Mini-Exhibition, Isla Center, University of Guam, Micronesia 1984 Paperworks: A National Invitational, Chevey Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA Paper, Canvas & Glass, Gallery Mack, Seattle, WA Atelier Royce Group Show, Eclipse Gallery, New York Contemporary Paperworks, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich, CT 1983 Paper As Images - Traveling exhibition: Six galleries throughout England 1982 Papermaking USA, American Crafts Museum, New York Atelier Royce Group Show, State University, Purchase, NY New American Graphics 2, Art Museum Association of San Francisco Traveling...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

French Abstract Contemporary Art by Daniel Cayo - Untitled No.18
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, framed 10 x 15 cm - 18 x 24 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

Original 1970's French Abstract Composition with Dense Geometric Patterns
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...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ballpoint Pen

Mid Century Bermudian Watercolor by Alfred Birdsey
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Birdsey was a renowned English born Bermudian painter. Here is a watercolor representative of his confident loose style and familiar bayscape subjects. Signed in the lower rig...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled Floral Still Life
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful floral still life by American artist Jane Piper (1916-1991) . Untitled. 1980. Pastel, oil crayon and pencil on tracing paper. Image measuring 9 x 12 inches in original ...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Parchment Paper, Crayon, Pastel, Pencil

Open door - line drawing figure
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork was done with white pen on black watercolor paper 360g. The works are 11,5 by 16,5 inches in size, framed (black) with a styrene face on a mat board in black and white with sizes 16 by 20 in. Mila Akopova is New York artist. She graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in History and Theory of Art. Her Artwork got 3rd place at the 2020 American Art Awards, juried by 25 best galleries and museums in America, with artist from 63 countries, in category: minimalism. Also, several works took part in exhibitions of the All-Russian Decorative Art Museum and in the Cube Moscow exhibition space . It was published as the catalog: “The game of tic tac toe, or creating a collection in one year”. Several works by Mila Akopva were created specifically for the collaboration with Vintage Dream...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Felt Pen

1960s "Fruit Bowl in Mexico" Gouache & Oil Pastel Abstract Mid Century
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield Mexican Fruit Bowl 1960s Oil Pastel and Gouache on Paper 36"x32" unframed $1600 *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

“Listen to Time”
Located in Zofingen, AG
A monochrome minimalist portrait in a restrained palette. The white face, resembling a mask, is immersed in music, dissolving into time. Simple yet expressive brushstrokes create a s...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a stylized figurative abstract expressionist nude. This one is hand signed and dated. From the style we are estimating it to the 1970's They have abstract stylized erotic mal...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

French Abstract Contemporary Art by Daniel Cayo - Untitled No.17
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, framed 10 x 15 cm - 18 x 24 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

1960s Abstract Painting by New Mexico Modernist Artist - Vibrant Yellow, Orange
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage 1960s abstract painting by renowned New Mexico modernist artist Ward Lockwood (1894–1963) is an exceptional example of mid-century modern art. The original artwork, crea...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Ink, Gouache

Untitled
Located in Columbia, MO
Untitled This piece includes an artist hand-signed note attached to the back of the framed work.
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Prism, Iridescent Abstract Watercolor Linear Art Drawing in blue, turquoise
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This captivating study by artist Axel Getz, titled "Prism," masterfully translates a dynamic, flowing energy into a captivating linear abstraction that celebrates the full spectrum o...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Floral Radiance"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period. This abstract vibrant floral painting called "Floral radiance" is done in a modern contemporary exp...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Untitled #I
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #1" is a watercolor on paper by California abstract expressionist artist R. Anthony (Tony) Askew, b.1939. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist....
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Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Sundown" Abstract Watercolor Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This horizontal original abstract watercolor painting by Nealy Hauschildt features a deep, warm palette, with three large pink and violet organic planes of washy color layered over o...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Cotton, Paper, Watercolor

Reclining Nude Male Figure, figural expressionist New York artist ink drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996) Reclining Male Figure (For Nick) 1971 India ink on paper Inscribed, signed and dated 10.25 x 14 inches 18.5 x 21 inches, framed Joseph Glasco was...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink

Abstract drawing n°14 by Julien Dinou - A4 size
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame Size A4
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Abstract Composition
By Cornelia Schulz
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Abstract Composition" c.1990 is an acrylic paint on paper by American artist Cornelia Schulz, b.1936. It is signed at the lower right corner. The artwork size is 14.25 x 8.35 inches, paper size is 16.15 x 10 inches, framed size is 24.25 x 15.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden white wash color frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition. About the artist. Cornelia Schulz (b. 1936) lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. For close to 50 years she has honed her skills in abstract paintings of complex shape and color. Her early education in the arts began at the Los Angeles County Art Institute in 1954 through 1957, the heyday of the California Ceramics Revolution. She studied sculpture in clay and wood with Renzo Fenci (1914 – 1999), and drawing from Herbert Jepson (1908 –1993). She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting (1959) and her Master of Fine Arts in welded steel sculpture (1961) from the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). Schulz began her teaching career at the University of California Davis Art Department in 1973, retiring as Professor Emeritus in 2002. During her tenure at the University of California in Davis, Cornelia Schulz became the first female Chair...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic

Dunes in the morning. Contemporary Gouache Painting, Abstraction
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...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Portrait of Young Woman, Raoul Dupoux
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Raoul Dupoux (1906-1988) Title: Untitled Year: circa 1965 Medium: Watercolor and pastel on wove paper Size: 26 x 27 inches Condition: Good Inscrip...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Watercolor

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Vacances à Tramery
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper Francine Ledieu is a French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who specialized in Sacred art. In the ’80s, Francine was a student of Jean Bertholle from the Saint Roch Academy. The artist had personal exhibitions at Maison Mansart from 1989 to 1993 and at Étienne de Causans Gallery in 1997. In 1998 & 2009 she exhibited at La Petite Galerie...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Female control - line drawing figure with red gloves
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The works are 15 by 11 inches in size, framed (black) with a styrene face on a mat board in ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Monday Series 17
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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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
A magnificent work in Indian ink and "levi" ink, counter glued on strong paper and accompanied by a certificate from the Zao Wou-Ki Foundation. Zao Wou-Ki was born in Beijing on 1 F...
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Rice Paper

Maurice Morel (abbey Morel) - 1908-1991, Abstract composition
By Maurice Morel
Located in PARIS, FR
Maurice MOREL known as Abbé Morel (1908-1991) Untitled, composition in blue, gray and pale pink Mixed media on newsprint Signed on the back 21 x 10 cm frame: 38 × 27.5 cm A spirit...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

universe 01
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
In this work, I have used acrylic and enamel to capture the vast and mysterious beauty of the universe. Abstract swirls and galaxies represent constant evolution and cosmic dynamism....
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Enamel

Preliminary drawing for the painting entitled Trapezoids
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ink, graphite and colored pencil on graph paper The final composition measured 28 x 28 inches Annotated #615 in the lower right corner of the sheet Provenance: Francine Seders Galler...
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1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Color Pencil

Specifically Nowhere, Yellow (Abstract Geometric Painting with Grids on Yellow)
Located in Hudson, NY
Large abstract geometric painting with intricate line work in pencil and gouache on a bright yellow background "Specifically, Nowhere (Yellow)" made by Hudson Valley artist, Donise English, in 2022 gouache, acrylic, pencil, and colored pencil on paper, mounted on panel 48 x 48 inches unframed, 50 x 50 inches with a dark brown stained wood floater frame Surface is protected with four coats of an archival UV protective varnish Signed, verso Excellent condition and ready to hang This large abstract geometric painting was made by Hudson Valley based artist, Donise English, in 2022. The composition begins with a bright yellow background overlaid with intricate line work in graphite and colored pencil. Thousands of hand drawn lines serve as a backdrop for a bold geometric form in a dusty violet and dark gray gridded pattern that references "an imagined city grid", says the artist. The painting on paper is mounted to wood panel and complemented with a dark stained wood floater frame. It's in excellent condition and ready to hang as is. The surface is protected with four coats of an archival UV protective varnish. More about the work: Donise English emphasizes lines, grids, and fields of subtle color to evoke imagined places and invented structures. While precise lines and straight angles are often associated with themes in architecture and urban planning designs, English conveys a geometric motif guided by intuition rather than a ruler. Variations on grids retain flaws and unmistakable traces of the artists’ hand; her style of draftsmanship shies away from intellectualism and instead makes her compositions feel very personal. Each design is intensely intricate, incorporating gouache, acrylic, pen, graphite, ink and colored pencil. Artist Statement: My work is about the way visual diagrams present information that describes how something is made or the way it is. I am interested in drawing and collaging multiple layers of information that refer abstractly to maps, architectural drawings and blueprints or patterns and structures found in such things as roller coasters, power lines and fences. I use gouache and collaged paper in a series of layers that are a visual and ideological response to the previous layer to define my pictorial space. For each piece I create a set of rules to follow about the use of a limited palette, a grid format, opacity of paper and whether a piece may include curving lines or maintain a rectilinear structure. Artist CV: EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts in Painting Bard College 1986 Bachelor of Science in Art History State University College at New Paltz 1977 Additional Study: New York Studio School (Drawing Marathons) Columbia University, School of Architecture Women’s Studio Workshop TEACHING Professor of Studio Art, Department of Art and Art History, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY Coordinator, Interior Design Program, Florence, Italy campus 1992-present AWARDS NYFA Fellowship in Painting 2018 Invitational Award for Outstanding Contemporary Talent, University of Bridgeport, CT 2000 Purchase Prize, “11th National Juried Exhibition” College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore 1999 First Prize, “Women in the Visual Arts ‘95” Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT 1995 Joseph A. Cain Memorial Purchase Award for Sculpture Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX 1994 Honorable Mention, “National Juried Exhibition” University of Bridgeport, CT 1993 Individual Artists Fellowship in Sculpture Dutchess Arts Fund 1992/93 Tallix, Morris, Singer Internship in Sculpture Tallix Foundry, Beacon, NY 1990/91 MEMBERSHIP Royal British Society of Sculptors SELECTED JURIED/INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 2020 “edu: Art Faculty of the Hudson Valley”, Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY 2019 “Contemporary Abstraction”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Mixed Media”, SITE Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2018 “JuxtaPositions”, The Painting Center, New York, NY “Peculiar Rarities”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2017 “Interlock: Color and Contrast in Abstraction”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Donise English: Encaustics”, Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY 2016 “Let’s Stay in Touch”, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD “Under, Over, After Over”, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 2015 “Off the Grid”, Arts & Culture Program, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY “Gridspace”, KMOCA, Kingston, NY “Abstraction”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Assuming Identity”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY 2013 “Modern Artists”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region”, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY Stone Canoe/Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY 2012 New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Contemporary Painters (Who Just Happen To Be Women)”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Strange Glue: Collage at 100”, Cambridge School, Weston, MA “Dear Mother Nature”, Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY “Fresher Paint”, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY 2011 “Process+Content: Donise English”, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY “Donise English-Paintings”,Orange County Community College, Newburgh, NY “Gender Matters/Matters of Gender”, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA 2010 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Encaustics: Wax and Image”, Westchester Community College, White Plains, NY “Dots, Lines and Figures”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Spring Awakening”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Clay City Dreams”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Texture,Pattern, Fragment”, Krause Gallery, Moses Brown School, Providence, RI 2009 “Collage”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Working in Wax”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA “Encaustic 2009”, College of New Rochelle, NY “Three Artists”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Convergence: The Human Experience”,Howard County Center for the Arts, MD 2008 “Suckers and Biters: Love, Lollipops, and Exquisite Corpse” Chashama Gallery, New York, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2007 “Patterns and Light”, Blue Hill Gallery, Blue Hill, ME “Suckers and Biters”, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2006 “100 Artists, 100 Watercolors”, Jeannie Freilich Fine Art, New York, NY “On/Of Paper”,Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY “The Love Show”, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT 2005 The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN “Small Tales”, Valdosta State University, Georgia National Juried Exhibition,Art Institute and Gallery Salisbury, MD, Juror: Stephen Haller “Greed, Envy, Jealousy, Fear”, TSL Warehouse, Hudson, NY 2004 “Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee “Girl Art Now”,Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI 3 Person Exhibition, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA “The Feminine Eye”, Bradley University, Peoria, IL “Women Painting Women”, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA “Thought Patterns”, Kent Place Gallery, Summit, NJ “Surface, Matter and Artifice”, Dutchess Community College Art Gallery Poughkeepsie, NY 2003 “Beefcake/Cheesecake”,Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA,Juror: Jamie Wilson, Curator Halpert Bienniel, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Juror: Jeff Fleming, Senior Curator, Des Moines Art Center “The Great White Oak”, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2002 “Cat Calls”, Red Clay Arts, Brooklyn “Hudson Valley Regional”, SUNY New Paltz Juror: Sydney Jenkins, Director, Ramapo College Art Galleries 2001 One-Person Exhibition, Davis and Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY “Beyond the Surface”, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago One-Person Exhibition, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY 2000 “Vision 2000...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Gouache, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite

Piccolo Archivio - l Artwork by Leo Guida - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Piccolo Archivio is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera o...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera, Cardboard

series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm, acrylic on paper
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm 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

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

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

Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

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

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Oil, Paper

Little Blue (Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Encaustic Work on Wooden Panel)
Located in Hudson, NY
Little Blue, 2020 Encaustic & collage on thin edged board 12" X 12" This abstract geometric composition on wooden board features a playful geometric motif that is inspired by the artist's interest in architecture and blueprint drawings. The geometric forms are made in a more painterly, gestural manner rather than with a hard edge. Paint is not heavily built up upon the surface but it certainly exhibits a tactile quality which is characteristic of the artist's aesthetic. English's work celebrates the quirky, unexpected qualities of shapes and colors. About the artist: Donise English is a Poughkeepsie-based artist who received her MFA from Bard College and is currently a Professor of Studio Art at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Artist Statement: I am interested in drawing and collaging multiple layers of information that refer abstractly to maps, architectural drawings and blueprints or patterns and structures found in such things as roller coasters, power lines and fences. I use gouache and collaged paper in a series of layers that are a visual and ideological response to the previous layer to define my pictorial space. For each piece I create a set of rules to follow about the use of a limited palette, a grid format, opacity of paper and whether a piece may include curving lines or maintain a rectilinear structure. Resume: EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts in Painting Bard College 1986 Bachelor of Science in Art History State University College at New Paltz 1977 Additional Study: New York Studio School (Drawing Marathons) Columbia University, School of Architecture Women’s Studio Workshop TEACHING Professor of Studio Art, Department of Art and Art History, Marist College, Poughkeepsie,NY Coordinator, Interior Design Program, Florence, Italy campus 1992-present AWARDS Finalist, “Saatchi Showdown” 2010 Invitational Award for Outstanding Contemporary Talent, University of Bridgeport, CT 2000 Purchase Prize, “11th National Juried Exhibition” College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore 1999 First Prize, “Women in the Visual Arts ‘95” Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT 1995 Joseph A. Cain Memorial Purchase Award for Sculpture Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX 1994 Honorable Mention, “National Juried Exhibition” University of Bridgeport, CT 1993 Individual Artists Fellowship in Sculpture Dutchess Arts Fund 1992/93 Tallix, Morris, Singer Internship in Sculpture Tallix Foundry, Beacon, NY 1990/91 SELECTED JURIED/INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 2016 “Let’s Stay in Touch”, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD 2015 “Off the Grid”, Arts & Culture Program, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY “Gridspace”, KMOCA, Kingston, NY “Abstraction”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Assuming Identity”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY 2013 “Modern Artists”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region”, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY Stone Canoe/Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY 2012 New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Contemporary Painters (Who Just Happen To Be Women)”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Strange Glue: Collage at 100”, Cambridge School, Weston, MA “Dear Mother Nature”, Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY “Fresher Paint”, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY 2011 “Process+Content: Donise English”, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY “Donise English-Paintings”, Orange County Community College, Newburgh, NY “Gender Matters/Matters of Gender”, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA 2010 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Encaustics: Wax and Image”, Westchester Community College White Plains, NY “Dots, Lines and Figures”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Spring Awakening”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Clay City Dreams”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Texture, Pattern, Fragment”, Krause Gallery, Moses Brown School Providence, RI 2009 “Collage”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY “Working in Wax”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA “Encaustic 2009”, College of New Rochelle, NY “Three Artists”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY “Convergence: The Human Experience”, Howard County Center for the Arts, MD 2008 “Suckers and Biters: Love, Lollipops, and Exquisite Corpse” Chashama Gallery, New York, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY 2007 “Patterns and Light”, Blue Hill Gallery, Blue Hill, ME “Suckers and Biters”, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2006 “100 Artists, 100 Watercolors”, Jeannie Freilich Fine Art, New York, NY “On/Of Paper”, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY “The Love Show”, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT 2005 The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN “Small Tales”, Valdosta State University, Georgia National Juried Exhibition, Art Institute and Gallery Salisbury, MD, Juror: Stephen Haller “Greed, Envy, Jealousy, Fear”, TSL Warehouse, Hudson, NY 2004 “Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee “Girl Art Now”, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI 3 Person Exhibition, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA “The Feminine Eye”, Bradley University, Peoria, IL “Women Painting Women”, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA “Thought Patterns”, Kent Place Gallery, Summit, NJ “Surface, Matter and Artifice”, Dutchess Community College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY 2003 “Beefcake/Cheesecake”,Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA,Juror: Jamie Wilson, Curator Halpert Bienniel, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC Juror: Jeff Fleming, Senior Curator, Des Moines Art Center “The Great White Oak”, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2002 “Cat Calls”, Red Clay Arts, Brooklyn “Hudson Valley Regional”, SUNY New Paltz Juror: Sydney Jenkins, Director, Ramapo College Art Galleries 2001 One-Person Exhibition, Davis and Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY “Beyond the Surface”, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago One-Person Exhibition, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY 2000 “Vision 2000...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper, Encaustic, Board

7.10.24 #2 - Jewel Tone Emerald Watercolor Minimalist Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Delicate strokes and natural hues shape Shiri Phillips' watercolor, ink, and colored pencil artworks, showcasing her exploration of minimalism and organic forms. Departing from her u...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Open & Empty: Silver & Gold Abstract Expressionist Painting with Jewel Tones
Located in Hudson, NY
Gestural abstract expressionist painting on archival paper mounted to panel with gold and silver metallic powders and accents of blue, mauve, and teal enamel paint "Involved and Obsc...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Enamel

Andra Samelson, Ephemeris, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Drawing n°22 by Julien Dinou - Pastel A4 size
Located in Geneva, CH
Abstract drawing on paper without frame
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Light Dark - abstract painting, made in black, grey, beige 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

Meandering Print Series
Located in Greenwich, CT
A sophisticated and marvelous work for any forward interior. It both gives a sense of space, calm, playfulness and it actually pulls you in as a focal point work of art. Framing is ...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Screen

Fig. 9 BASE. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The project is a series of ink drawings on different surfaces, depicting the solstices and equinoxes of the year through the overlapping of shadows at various times of the day. These...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Set of 6 drawings. From the series Latin America Artists & Architects
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The project is based in the contrast of the two images, the air waybill and the postage stamp, from different times but similar in their function. The artist seeks to enlighten the c...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Color

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: 11 x 7.5 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we have...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Fig. 8 BASE MORADO and NEUTRO, Diptych. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The project is a series of ink drawings on different surfaces, depicting the solstices and equinoxes of the year through the overlapping of shadows at various times of the day. ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Untitled
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) was a pre-eminent figure of postwar American art and one of the most important artists (and instructors) of the 20th century. Born in Germany, Hofmann immigr...
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1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon

Untitled
Untitled
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Deep - 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

Abstract geometric composition with hints of the female body.
Located in Firenze, IT
Abstract geometric composition with hints of the female body Date: Circa 1970 Medium: Tempera on thick cardboard Dimensions: H 64 cm x W 50 cm approx. Description: This abstract geo...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera, Illustration Board

"Labyrinth" Acrylics and Ink on Paper in Hues of Raw Umber, Black and White
Located in New York, NY
"Labyrinth" 2021, 23.5" x 21.5" vertical drawing on paper by Argentine-born artist Karina Gentinetta (featured in Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, New York Times, Traditional Home, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Glaze, Ink, Acrylic

Abstract Composition Drawing, Chinese Poem 1929
Located in Stockholm, SE
An interesting and highly decorative chalk drawing by Edvard Andersson, 1929. Drawn on a quite large scale. Signed and dated EA, 1929. A tergo written "Kinesisk dikt" (Chinese Poem) ...
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1920s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Untitled (P95.93) White Brown abstract
Located in Greenwich, CT
From his most desirable period, this restrained in color palette Fonseca is for a collector and room where sophistication is key. Long held that his works on heavy paper are the mos...
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Gouache

Abstract Geometric Terracotta Jugs, Mid Century Modern Abstracted Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold mid century modern abstracted pastel on paper still life of several terra cotta jugs and vessels distilled down to their most basic shapes and ar...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

'Mid-century Abstract', NYMoMA, Paris, XXXII Venice Biennale, MALI, Lima, Peru
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Midcentury Biomorphic Abstract' by Emilio Rodríguez Larraín, 1964. NYMoMA, Paris, XXXII Venice Biennale, Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima, Peru ----- Signed, lower right, 'E.R. Larrain' for Emilio Rodríguez Larraín (Peruvian, 1928-2015), and inscribed 'Roma, Nov 1963, Enero 1964'. (Rome, Nov 1963-January 1964). Verso titled, "L'Homme C'est Sujet à Errer" (Man Tends to Wander), and bearing the artist's self-portrait in india ink and wash. Exhibited: XXXII Venice Biennale, 1964. (original exhibition label verso) Previously with Staempfli Galleries, New York. This painting is registered in the Archives of American Art as 'Staempfli Gallery, inventory #775'. A monumental and historically distinguished work by this groundbreaking Peruvian Modernist who drew inspiration from Peruvian indigenous and pre-colonial culture. The paintings of Emilio Rodríguez Larraín are held in the permanent collections of museums worldwide including the Musée de la Ville de Paris, Peru's Museo de Arte de Lima and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This painting was selected by the Peruvian Government for exhibition at the XXXII Venice Biennale in 1964 and is the largest single recorded work by the artist. Emilio Rodríguez Larraín received his Bachelors of Architecture in 1949 from Peru's Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería and held his first solo exhibition in Lima after visiting Europe in 1950. In 1951, he returned to Europe in the company of the artists Alfredo Ruiz Rosas and Joaquín Roca Rey...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Fiberboard, Laid Paper, Oil

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