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
Morgan O'Hara, Movement of the Hands of Martha Rosler Semiotics of the Kitchen
Located in Darien, CT
Live Transmission
Morgan O'Hara's conceptually based performative drawing researches the vital movement of living beings, the human experience of time and space. It is culturally co...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Pink Red & Orange Abstract Expressionist Painting by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Expressionist Painting by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield, using rich pink, red, orange and black.
Art measures 24 x 24 inches
Frame measures 29 x 29 inches
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
“Anatole in the Red City” Red & Green Abstract Drawing of a Reptile by a Plant
Located in Houston, TX
Red and green abstract drawing by Houston, TX artist Marguerite Baldwin. The drawing depicts a lizard on a plant against a red background. Signed and dated by the artist at the bottom left corner. The piece is framed and matted in a natural raised wood grain frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 7 in. x W 10 in.
Artist Biography: "I waited until I was 61 to get a BFA in photography at Sam Houston...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen, Permanent Marker
Earthslide 528
By Susan Moss
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and oil crayon on paper.
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil
$6,880 Sale Price
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Original Mid-Century Modern Abstract Gouache Painting by Taos Artist Louis Ribak
By Louis Ribak
Located in Denver, CO
Experience the bold elegance of Louis Leon Ribak's original mid-century modern abstract painting, a striking composition by the renowned Taos, New Mexico artist. This captivating gou...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Paese in estate - Artwork by Leo Guida - 1988
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Paese in estate is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera on...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
0118.14 (Abstract painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Pigmented wax and ink on Shikoku paper - Unframed
Working on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice.
For almost thirty years, drawing has provided a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Wax
M272 (Abstract new media)
By Jesús Perea
Located in London, GB
Digital creation, printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag de 308 gr - Unframed.
Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and biomorphic worlds, Perea co...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Digital
20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding pencil on paper Abstract drawing.
Marcel Dumont was a Liège artist who painted in oils and gouache, also produced collages and was an illustrator and engraver, doing so in a number of different styles. Early on in his career, he tended to produce paintings displaying a poetic realism but this changed over time until, in 1957, he was employing geometric abstraction and later still, the influence of pop art could be discerned. His geometric style has strong linear structure which occasionally veers to expressionism and the effect of this is an interesting sense of detachment that the viewer of the work can feel and one engages with the subject on a different level than one would normally expect. A critic wrote of him," Sometimes expressionist, sometimes linear, the abstraction forms itself willingly, in Marcel Dumont's world, to leave the rectangular structure to connect to carefully prepared tones. He retains also, in his abundant output, a few poetic pop-art collages together with a number of drawings and engravings illustrating Stefan Zweig...
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1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Abstracted Still Life with Calla Lilies and Birds of Paradise
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted still life with bright colors and calla lily flowers by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned, but acquired from the estate of Les Anderson in Mont...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Flow
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
Flow, 2025
Watercolor, alcohol and acrylic ink on paper
14 x 10 inches
This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. External, visible frame ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Moon 1 - intricate white 3D abstract geometric circle pulled paper drawing
Located in New York, NY
Finesse and delicacy are what characterize best Antonin Anzil’s artistic practice. Paper as a medium seems incompatible with the idea of engraving or sculpturing; and yet. Using a sh...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper
20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding pencil on paper Abstract drawing.
Marcel Dumont was a Liège artist who painted in oils and gouache, also produced collages and was an illustrator and engraver, doing so in a number of different styles. Early on in his career, he tended to produce paintings displaying a poetic realism but this changed over time until, in 1957, he was employing geometric abstraction and later still, the influence of pop art could be discerned. His geometric style has strong linear structure which occasionally veers to expressionism and the effect of this is an interesting sense of detachment that the viewer of the work can feel and one engages with the subject on a different level than one would normally expect. A critic wrote of him," Sometimes expressionist, sometimes linear, the abstraction forms itself willingly, in Marcel Dumont's world, to leave the rectangular structure to connect to carefully prepared tones. He retains also, in his abundant output, a few poetic pop-art collages together with a number of drawings and engravings illustrating Stefan Zweig...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Venusian Tree Of Hope - Drawing by Parimah Avani-2022
Located in Roma, IT
Venusian Tree Of Hope is an original painting realized by Iranian artist and poet Parimah Avani in 2022.
China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored Cans...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
Frames (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Laura Newman
Located in London, GB
Frames (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Acrylic and watercolor on handmade Wasli paper. Unframed.
Laura Newman's paintings combine geometric delineations of space, ephemeral color...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding pencil on paper Abstract drawing.
Marcel Dumont was a Liège artist who painted in oils and gouache, also produced collages and was an illustrator and engraver, doing so in a number of different styles. Early on in his career, he tended to produce paintings displaying a poetic realism but this changed over time until, in 1957, he was employing geometric abstraction and later still, the influence of pop art could be discerned. His geometric style has strong linear structure which occasionally veers to expressionism and the effect of this is an interesting sense of detachment that the viewer of the work can feel and one engages with the subject on a different level than one would normally expect. A critic wrote of him," Sometimes expressionist, sometimes linear, the abstraction forms itself willingly, in Marcel Dumont's world, to leave the rectangular structure to connect to carefully prepared tones. He retains also, in his abundant output, a few poetic pop-art collages together with a number of drawings and engravings illustrating Stefan Zweig...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Pat Douthwaite Charcoal drawing 'Totem' Scottish, abstract
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Pat Douthwaite (Scottish, 1939 – 2002)
Seated Man
Charcoal on paper
Indistinctly inscribed, signed and dated ‘Douthwaite 71’ (lower right)
25.1/2 x 18.1...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
P1.14 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
P1.14 (Abstract Painting)
Gouache on Japanese paper. Unframed.
This gouache paint on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements of found colored papers ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama II - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama II - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
Landscape and Calligraphy on rice paper by Michael Pauker (American, 20th c).
Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner in red pencil, "XXXIX - 40 (artist's signature) 2007."
Mat Size: 10"H x 20"W
Paper Size: 5.63"H x 14.38"W
“I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957, and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989, he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40,” Adam Baumgold Gallery, N.Y., NY
2002 “Works on Paper,” Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2002 Dolby Chadwick Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper
Frenzy, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Craig Moran
Located in Yardley, PA
Believe it or not, most of the inspirations for this drawing were ordinary objects such as wood grain and shadows. No preparatory sketches were used for the figures and shapes in the...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
1990s Mixed Media "Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing"
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing "
1990's
Pastel, pencil charcoal on illustration board
Site measures 3"x3" silver wood frame 9.75"x10.75"
Unsigned came from artist's ...
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Illustration Board, Pencil
Freedom as Flooding Blood - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Freedom as Flooding Blood is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022.
China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper.
Hand-signed and dated.
Excellen...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
Abstract Composition - Watercolor - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s in Italy.
Watercolor on laid paper.
Passepartout is included: dimensions 50 x 35 cm. Image Dimension...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$358 Sale Price
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Survey 1 (Abstract painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Survey 1 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
This work is part of an ongoing series started in 2012 and titled Survey.
McGlynn is interested in how a minimal...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Pastel abstract drawing of a red garden by Modern British artist Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A brightly coloured and joyful abstract pastel work by Modern British artist Ewart Johns.
Ewart Johns (British, 1923 – 2013)
Red Garden
Pastel
Signed with initials and dated ‘EJ 87’...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Earthslide 565
By Susan Moss
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and oil crayon on paper.
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil
$8,800 Sale Price
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Fragment (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Gina Werfel
Located in London, GB
Fragment (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Acrylic and mixed media on paper - Unframed
Werfel employs expressive, lyrical gestures that create bursts of movement and energy. Her co...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Archaic Spirit - Watercolor Drawing by Martin Bradley - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Archaic Spirit is an artwork realized by the English artist Martin Bradley in 1970 ca..
Watercolour on cardboard, hand-signed on the lower left corner "Martin Bradley " and titled o...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$3,402 Sale Price
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Abstraction Drawings Mix technique Lituanian Vilnius 1990 20th
Located in PARIS, FR
Dalia KASCIUNAITÉ
Vinius (Lithuania), 1947 –
7 designs
Mixed media
One drawing is signed, titled and dated at the bottom ““Sienne” / Kasciunaité Dalia / 1990”
33 x 43 cm (46 x 61 ...
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Song of Peace" Figurative Painting 13 x 9 in (circa1980) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Song of Peace" Figurative Painting 13 x 9 in (circa1980) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Song of Peace
Ink on Paper
Come in black frame
Circa 1980
Signed. Not dated.
The selection of Abd...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
From Earth - Original Watercolor by Mario Surbone - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
From Earth is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by Mario Surbone.
Colored watercolor on paper.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled - Original China Ink and Watercolor by F. Canovas - 2002
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original color China ink drawing on paper, realized in 2002 by the French-Argentine artist Fernando Canovas (Buenos Aires, 1960).
Signed by the artist on the front, o...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Abstract Expressionist Rue de Paris Oil on paper - Transfer Monotype
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Rue de Paris
Original transfer Monotype painting by California artist Heather Speck (American 20th C) abstract scene using oil and...
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Monotype
$700 Sale Price
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Bird - Watercolor Drawing by Martin Bradley - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is an artwork realized by the English artist Martin Bradley in 1971.
Watercolor on Japanese paper, titled "Bird" on the left corner, hand-signed and dated on the lower right c...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$2,865 Sale Price
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Lily, Flower
Located in Greenwich, CT
Visually bright and dynamic work by expressive California artist Bengston. Colors are crisp and the oversize sheet and size mays for strong visual impact in a room. Newly framed in...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Skin Care- pastel color circular abstract geometric watercolor drawing
Located in New York, NY
Richard Garrison collects information from typically overlooked aspects of daily life. Observed data from places like big box stores and parking lots are systematically transformed i...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Graphite
Signs
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ink and pastel on paper
Signed by the artist in ink lower left; titled in pencil verso
From the Estate of the artist
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Proclaimers - Watercolor Drawing by Martin Bradley - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
The proclaimers is an artwork realized by the English artist Martin Bradley in 1977.
Watercolour on cardboard, hand-signed, dated on the lower right corner "Martin Bradley 1977 " an...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$2,596 Sale Price
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WINDOW V - Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Painting, shadow, curtains, blue
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
WINDOW V captures the soft patterned shadow of the trees veiled by a sheer curtain. This painting is is part of an on-going series that explores the light and landscape in Tennessee....
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Polyester, Oil, Acrylic, Gouache, Mesh
Still Life with Grinder - Tempera by Enotrio Pugliese - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with Grinder is an modern artwork realized by the artist Enotrio in the late 20th Century.
Mixed colored tempera on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Sketches by ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Modernist Peter Macchiarini "Brooch Sketch"
Located in Arp, TX
Peter Macchiarini
"Brooch Drawing"
c. 1950s
Pencil on paper
Site 3.5"x3.5" silver carved wood frame 14.75"x16.75"
Studio stamp lower left
Was born to Italian parents on the Wohler Ranch, a hop yard and vineyard spread on the Russian river near Santa Rosa, Sonoma County on August 27, 1909. I attended grammar school and high schools in Sonoma County until the age of fourteen at which time my parents returned to Italy. There I took preliminary courses in the Italian language and having decided on an artistic career, took the entry examinations for the Art Academy Pietrasanta, Province of Lucca, and was accepted. At the Academy I received basic training in marble carving, clay modeling, architectural drawing and general sciences.
In 1928 I returned to the United States and was gainfully employed as a stonecarver with several San Francisco Bay Area firms. I continued my art studies in San Francisco at the California School of Fine Arts, taking night courses. In 1936, I worked on projects under Beniamino Bufano and Ralph Stackpole...
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1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Pencil
Bourrée Fantasque #3 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #3", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet ...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Untitled - Contemporary pencil drawing, Figurative, Minimalistic, Black & white
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANTONI JANUSZ PASTWA (b. 1944)
Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at the Faculty of Sculpture. Obtained his diploma in 1970. Between 1974-1981 he was an assistant at profe...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
November. 2016. acrylic on canvas, 60x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Always inspired by nature, Ingrida Irbe makes the viewer feel the atmosphere of November. Brave expressive strokes convey the wind gusts, while bright warm colors allow to enjoy an i...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,292 Sale Price
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Morgan O'Hara, Movement of Dancers in Pina Bausch's "Hugs and Kisses Sequence"
Located in Darien, CT
Live Transmission
Morgan O'Hara's conceptually based performative drawing researches the vital movement of living beings, the human experience of time and space. It is culturally co...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Morgan O'Hara, Movement of the Hands of Anthony Auerbach, Drawing, March 2000
Located in Darien, CT
Live Transmission
Morgan O'Hara's conceptually based performative drawing researches the vital movement of living beings, the human experience of time and space. It is culturally co...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Abstract Composition - Tempera and Watercolor by Li Xia Yang - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Oriental artist Li Xia Yang.
Mixed colored tempera and watercolor painting.
Hand-writ...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Tempera
Flushing #2
Located in Westport, CT
Selena Beaudry’s work is created by marking and cutting up drawings. This has led the artist to rediscovering her visual language. Her work consists of...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Linen, Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil
Abstract Composition - Watercolor Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a contemporary artwork realized the mid-20th century..
Watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
The artwork is created through deft quick stro...
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1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$492 Sale Price
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Abstract Composition - Drawing - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a contemporary artwork realized by an anonymous artist in the late 20th Century.
Watercolor on paper. Good conditions.
The artwork is created through deft q...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Structure - Drawing by Nicola Carrino - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Structure is an interesting drawing in pen on paper realized by the artist Nicola Carrino in 1964.
The state of preservation is very good.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right ...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Colorful Abstract Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract watercolor with bold, dynamic colors by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Unsigned and unframed. ...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$223 Sale Price
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"Kabbalah" Modern Blue, Green, and Red Hebrew Inspired Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern colorful abstract gouache painting by Texas based artist Dee Wolf. The work features blue, red, and green diamond patterns overlayed with white accents. Titled "Kabbalah," the piece refers to the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible. Signed, titled, and dated on reverse. Currently unframed, but options are available.
Artist Biography: Dee Wolff is a Minnesota native, and studied at University of Houston; the Glassell School at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston; the C.G. Jung Center, Houston; and at the Oomoto School of Traditional Art in Japan.
She has shown over 90 one-woman shows from 1977 to the present; some of these venues include the Dallas Museum of Art; Houston Museum of Fine Arts; Aspen Art...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Gate 5 Hekhalot Visions Flaming Letters, Fiery Creatives" Modern Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Modern colorful abstract gouache painting by Texas based artist Dee Wolff. The work features Hebrew text from Hekhalot literature surrounded by yellow burs...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Reg Butler Abstract Figurative Signed "Manipulator"
By Reg Butler
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Manipulator" is an abstracted figurative drawing in charcoal and graphite. The figure seems to be "manipulating" some object it holds without visual clarity as what that object is leaving it up to the viewer to fantasize about its intent. The drawing has a monumentality to it that speaks of Butler’s influence by Henry Moore, for whom he worked at one time, and echoes the style of the sculptures that Butler created. Butler most often used the female figure in his sculptures and drawings and although it is not certain, this drawing may be of a female figure engaged in some hand work with perhaps a mechanical toy that resembles a bird.
Butler trained as an architect and worked as a blacksmith before becoming Henry Moore’s assistant and developing his own talent as a sculptor. His first solo exhibition was held in 1949 at the Hanover Gallery in London. In 1952 he exhibited at the Venice Biennale and in the same year won a much publicized competition for a Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner which, however, was never made. After winning the 'Unknown Political Prisoner' competition in 1953 he became one of the best known sculptors during the 1950s and 1960s, and also taught at the Slade School of Art.
Reginald Cotterell Butler (28 April 1913 – 23 October 1981) was an English sculptor born at Bridgefoot House, Buntingford, Hertfordshire to Frederick William Butler, formerly a police constable, and Edith Barltrop. His parents were the Master and Matron of the Buntingford Union Workhouse. His father was a relative of the poet William Butler Yeats; Edith was of Anglo-French descent.
Butler studied and lectured at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1937 to 1939. He was a conscientious objector during the Second World War, being exempted from military service conditional upon setting up a small blacksmith business repairing farm implements. Butler's later work consists of lifelike models of female figures, such as Girl on a Round Base, that have something in common with Hans Bellmer and the sculpture of Allen Jones and prefigure the work of Ron Mueck...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Charcoal
Ichtios - XX Century, Contemporary Abstract Watercolor Painting, Bright Colors
Located in Warsaw, PL
WOJCIECH SADLEY (born in 1932)
Painter, graphic and fabric artist. He studied at the Music Academy in Lublin, then at the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw (where he works as a profess...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Female #5
By Ant Pearce
Located in Brecon, Powys
Another baboon face work from the very talented ant Pearce. Clever stuff. Ink on paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Anverso Derecha 100 / 500 Valor Real. From The Series Paper money is white
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of 2 Drawings (Framed) by Rodrigo Spinel
From The Series Paper money is white
Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g.
1. Anverso Derecha 100 Valor Real
2. Anverso Derecha 500 Valor...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Covers 13-Red Yellow A
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard e...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
7.30 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
Located in London, GB
7.30 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed.
Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
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