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
Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 9, 2001, 25 x 30 inches, Ink on Mat Board
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. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Andra Samelson, Starstruck 2, Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 inches, 2018
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. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Coastal fizz, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Timothy Gent
Located in Yardley, PA
Coastal fizz is a vibrant contemporary abstract painting, exploring the energy and dynamic movement inspired by experiences of the urban seaside and coastline. Painted freely and lay...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Francesca 7: abstract painting, blue & white w/ natural materials on black paper
By Nancy Agati
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This dramatic work-on-paper is an abstract geometric painting that references colors, shapes, and aesthetics that artist Nancy Agati encountered in Italy. The rich, dark background i...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Slate
Signature #XV
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Signature #15
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Size image: 30 x 22.5 inches
Size paper: 30 x 22.5 in...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Meditative Dots Of Joy: A Drawing Of Paint 1, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on
Located in Yardley, PA
This soothing modern colour pencil drawing presents the tactile forms of paint that seem to lift off the paper in a way that creates a mindful sense of the now having a calming and e...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Meditative forms, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
This soothing modern colour pencil drawing presents the tactile forms of paint that seem to lift off the paper in a way that creates a mindful sense of the now having a calming and e...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Abstract Geometric
Located in Soquel, CA
Bight abstract geometric composition by Alexandra Zinih (20th Century). Signed and dated ("Alexandra Zinih '09") in the upper left corner. Presented in a black frame with a white bac...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
Francesca 9: abstract painting, earth tones w/ natural materials on black paper
By Nancy Agati
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This dramatic work-on-paper is an abstract geometric painting that references colors, shapes, and aesthetics that artist Nancy Agati encountered in Italy. The rich, dark background i...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Slate
No title
By Jean Chauvin
Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal, 1930
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
LCD4084
Category
1930s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
"Untitled #3" - Large Scale Pastel Geometric Color Field Abstract
By Renee Harwin
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale abstract composition in pastel with bold geometric color-fields in in red, navy blue, green, with yellow and orange accents by Renee Harwin (Austrian, b. 1924). Tag on verso with artist info. "Renee Harwin Untitled Pastel #3 30 1/4" x 44 1/2"" is written in pencil on verso. Presented in a white plexiglass frame with plexiglass covering. Image size: 29.75"H x 44"W
As a young Viennese woman, Renee Harwin found her artistic development interrupted by Hitler's arrival to her city. Soon after, Renee and her family left and moved to the United States. Harwin says that while "one can drawn his or her own conclusions from my work, I believe that the tremendous impact of change from Nazism to free America has left deep impressions on me that are played out on these canvases."
Her work combines the influence of Midwest painters such as Clyfford Still and San Francisco Art Institute instructor Jack...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Homenaje a Pasado
By Juan Manuel de La Rosa
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Juan Manuel De La Rosa (Mexican, born 1945)
Title: Homenaje a Pasado
Year: 1979
Medium: Mixed media and collage, with embossing
Paper: Hand made
Image size: 11.75 x 13....
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Mixed Media Abstract Collage Painting Contemporary red Blue Green Pattern
By Winslow Tee
Located in Buffalo, NY
A contemporary mixed media vinyl and watercolor paint on paper by emerging female artist Winslow Tee.
This work measures 20 x 16 on the wall, and the paper size is 14" x 11". A wh...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Vinyl, Watercolor
Blue Tides Abstract
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract watercolor and pastel multimedia painting of blue tides with brown, orange, and yellow between by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" lower right. Unfram...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Colorful Abstracted Tree
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstracted tree with hues of red, blue, and green by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" lower right. Unframed.
Doris Ann Warner began as an Abstract Ex...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Andra Samelson, Next to Nothing 12, 2001, Ink on Mat Board, 40 x 32 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. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board
Francesca 5: abstract painting w/ handmade natural materials, Italian design
By Nancy Agati
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This painted work-on-paper is an abstract geometric design that references colors, shapes, and aesthetics that artist Nancy Agati encountered in Italy. The...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Slate
Black and White Cat
By Sam Spanier
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Black and White Cat
Ink and watercolor on paper, c. 1970
Unsigned
Provenance:
Estate of the artist (Estate No. 737)
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet size: 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches
Sam Spanier (1925-2008)
Born in Brooklyn New York, Sam Spanier studied painting with Hans Hofmann (1949–50) and also at the Taos Valley Art School (1951). His formative years as a working artist were spent in Paris (1951–52), where he also became involved with the work of G. I. Gurdjieff, through his disciple, Mme. Jeanne de Salzmann.
By 1953, Spanier’s work had already begun to meet with critical acclaim. That year, he had his first solo gallery show, and was selected by Milton Avery and Hans Hofmann to receive the prestigious Lorian Fund Award. His second solo exhibition, in 1955, was curated by renowned museum director, Gordon Washburn. Spanier’s early work was reviewed by Dore Ashton, Donald Judd, Fairfield Porter, Stuart Preston, and Irving Sandler, among other significant critics of the period.
Spanier’s spiritual path increasingly became the central focus of both his life and his art. In 1960, he was introduced to the teachings of Sri Aurobindo, which led to visits to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, in 1962 and 1964, during which he was inspired to leave New York City and found Matagiri (in 1968)—a spiritual center in Woodstock, New York—with his lifelong partner, Eric Hughes. The work he embarked upon there bifurcates his life as an artist, separating him from New York’s art world, and radically altering the trajectory of his career. From that point forward, it would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to consider his artistic endeavor apart from the life of dedication he had undertaken, and to which he remained committed.
As early as 1954, Dore Ashton had recognized in Sam Spanier a “haptic visionary;” in 1960, Irving Sandler wrote that the people in Spanier’s paintings “seem to have witnessed some transfiguring event.” In his later paintings—usually worked in oil pastel on panel or paper—made during intermittent creative periods, from the mid-1970s to the final years of his life, the artist’s inner life remains always apparent in his subject matter; and from the portraits and abstract Buddha-like figures and heads, to the fantasy landscapes, the paintings are redolent with a rich intensity of color and light that can only be described as inspired.
Sam Spanier’s works are in the collections of the Historical Society of Woodstock Museum, and the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum. He received the Woodstock Artists Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
Urban Gallery, New York (1954, 1955, 1956); Wittenborn Gallery, New York (1958); Gallery Mayer, New York (1958, 1959, 1960); Unison Gallery, New Paltz (1986, 1995, 2009); Limner Gallery, New York (1988); Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York (1999).
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Salon des Comparaisons, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, France (1952); October Exhibition of Oil Paintings, New York City Center Gallery, New York (1954); Salon de Mai, Musée d’Art moderne de la ville de Paris, Centre Culturel de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, France (1954); Carnegie International, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1955); Les Plus Mauvais Tableaux, Galerie Prismes, Paris (1955);
Première Exposition Internationale de l’Art Plastique Contemporain, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (1956); Recent Paintings USA: The Figure, The Museum of Modern Art (1960); Winter’s Work, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, New York (1985); Juried Group Show, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, New York (1986); Woodstock Artists, Self-Portraits, Historical Society of Woodstock Museum, Woodstock, New York (1988); Portraits, Albert Shahinian Fine Art, Poughkeepsie, New York (2003); The World We Live In, Upstate Art, Phoenicia, New York (2003); Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Phoenicia, New York (2004).
Selected Writings on the Artist:
Dore Ashton, “Sam Spanier,” Art Digest (May 1, 1954) and “Sam Spanier,” The New York Times (March 16, 1960); Cassia Berman, “Sam Spanier: A Divine Calling,” Woodstock Times (February 7, 2008); Lawrence Campbell, “Sam Spanier: Exhibition of Paintings at Urban Gallery,” Art News...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Abstract Composition - Original China Ink on Paper by Michel Cadoret - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is an original artwork realized by Michel Cadoret.
China ink on paper.
The monogram of the artist is on the lower center. The back of the artwork is sketched as well.
Good conditions.
Michel Cadoret (Paris, 1912 – Cerny, 1985) was a French artist. He was a student of Luc Simon...
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
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
Sara Eichner, 16 Layers, Red and Pink Square, 2015, Ink, Rag Paper, Pen
By Sara Eichner
Located in Darien, CT
Sara Eichner wants to create a space where point of view can not be fixed. Optical games stand in for the struggle to comprehend the complexities of seeing. Using simple drawing tool...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Rag Paper, Pen
"Untitled #2", Abstract Geometric Vertical Pastel with Purple & Green
By Renee Harwin
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract composition with sweeping purple and green pastel tones in organic flowing forms, by Renee Harwin (Austrian, b. 1924). Tag on verso with name, date, title, and dimensions. Presented in a white plexiglass frame with plexiglass covering. Image size: 31.75"H x 44.5"W
As a young Viennese woman, Renee Harwin found her artistic development interrupted by Hitler's arrival to her city. Soon after, Renee and her family left and moved to the United States. Harwin says that while "one can drawn his or her own conclusions from my work, I believe that the tremendous impact of change from Nazism to free America has left deep impressions on me that are played out on these canvases."
Her work combines the influence of Midwest painters such as Clyfford Still and San Francisco Art Institute instructor Jack...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Reclining Nude - Blue Abstract Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract figurative reclining nude by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Nadalini work. Unframed (First image shows w...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
Small Maelstrom (Ref 854) (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Small Maelstrom (Ref 854) (Abstract drawing)
Pigment pencil on Mylar. Unframed.
The Maelstrom Series include the most iconic and known of Peerna's works.
Starting from the cente...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Pencil, Pigment
"Porcupine Quill Jacket" Abstract Minimalist Portrait of a Man
By Lisa Qualls
Located in Houston, TX
Graphite and watercolor drawing on mylar of a figure dressed in a quill jacket made by the Cameroon grass fields people in Africa by Florida artist Lisa Qualls. Titled “Porcupine Quill Jacket,” the work was created as part of a series titled “Strawmen and Sugarbones” made for the "RAW" exhibition at O'Kane Gallery in 2009.
In her artist statement for this series Qualls states: “I have isolated pieces of costumes and placed them on a person who is naked in order to emphasize the relationship between the object and person, the materials and skin, the symbol and the living being. The garments and ritual objects relate to the body in specific ways and are used to explore gender roles, societal and cultural ideas, aesthetics and spirituality. The voyeuristic element of the audience to the subjects in the drawings further emphasizes the vulnerability of the figures and their introspective and intimate poses. The figures, part soft and vulnerable, part concealed and protected, live in these ambiguous spaces as they would in a vision.”
Dimensions Without Frame: H 36 in. x W 24 in.
Artist Biography: Lisa received her BFA and BA from the University of Texas at Austin. She continued her studies in Fine Art and Design at Parsons and FIT in New York, NY and CISIM in Ravenna, Italy. Her work is currently represented by Ann Connelly...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Graphite
Yaddo B (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on 100% rag hot press paper. Unframed.
Melissa Meyer has created a diverse oeuvre that includes oil paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints and large-scale public commi...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Piccolo VI
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Piccolo VI
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic and collage on black paper
Paper: Wove black
Size image: 12.5 x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Original work of Yvon Taillandier Galerie L'oeil de boeuf Transport de Tabastre
Located in PARIS, FR
Very nice original work of Yvon Taillandier from the 80s.
The work of Yvon Taillandier is related to the free figuration, mixing image and language. His painting has an aesthetic cl...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
original work of Yvon Taillandier from the 70s - Le palais bleu
Located in PARIS, FR
Gouache and watercolor
Very nice original work of Yvon Taillandier from the 70s.
The work of Yvon Taillandier is related to the free figuration, mixing image and language. His pain...
Category
1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Morning at Dome Square. 9/30, Paper, etching, aquatint. 33.5x22.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
JEKATERINA GRYAZEVA
Born in Latvia, Riga 1968
Education
1979 - 1986 J.Rozentals Secondary Art School (Riga).
1987 - 1993 Academy of Art (Riga, Latvia), department of Graphics,...
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Pub-crawler. 1942, mixed media on paper, 30x23.3 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to publicity.
“I am 58, and in five Years my c...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Monument
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Ink , 1960
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
30.00 cm. x 24.00 cm. 11.81 in. x 9.45 in. (paper)
A drawing in Indian ink and wash by the French artist singled out for his architec...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
'The Caliph Harum al Rashid', Woman Artist, Modernist Abstract with Calligraphy
By Monica Dengo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Monica Dengo' (Italian, born 1966) and dated 1995; additionally signed verso and titled, 'No.3: The Caliph Harum al Rashid'.
An educator and calligrapher, Monica Dengo has taught, exhibited and studied around the world.
Dengo began the study of graphic design in Venice and London. In London she studied calligraphy and bookbinding at the Roehampton Institute (1991-1992) with Gaynor Goffe and Ewan Clayton. In 1993 she moved to San Francisco, California and spent three years studying independently full time manuscript production techniques, illumination, design and history of lettering with Thomas Ingmire. In addition to her studies with Ingmire, Dengo studied figure drawing with Eleanor...
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Mid Century Abstracted Bay Area Landscape, Black & White Pastel Drawing
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract black and white pastel landscape drawing by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Unsigned, but was acquired from the estate of the artist. Presented in a new black mat with foam core backing. Provenance: Estate of Earle Loran; David Carlson...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Modernist Abstract Nude Pastel Cyan Figure Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern abstracted nude figurative study on a bold cyan background by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995), 1987. Signed and dated "L Nadalini 87" in the low...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
K1965 (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
K1965 (Abstract work on paper)
Lacquer, print, punching, collage on paper - unframed
Harald Kröner works thoroughly with paper, of which he is a notorious collector.
Harald Kröner'...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Lacquer
Sara Eichner, Orange_16 Layers, 2016, Ink, Rag Paper, Pen
By Sara Eichner
Located in Darien, CT
Sara Eichner wants to create a space where point of view can not be fixed. Optical games stand in for the struggle to comprehend the complexities of seeing. Using simple drawing tool...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Rag Paper, Pen
Karen Schiff, Field of Sorts III, 2014, Watercolor, Pencil, Graphite
By Karen Schiff
Located in Darien, CT
Karen Schiff is an artist and wordsmith based in New York; she has always been a reader as well as a visual artist. Her drawings, paintings, installations, and performances combine t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil, Graphite
Multi Colored Grid Abstract
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant multicolor abstract with linear grid patterns by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009).
Signed "Les Anderson" lower right.
Presented in a new grey mat.
Image...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Circle Lime
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Circle Lime
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Thick wove
Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches
Size, pap...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Oak Tress #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Oak Trees #1
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Thick wove
Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches
Size, p...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
Afternoon
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Afternoon
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Thick wove
Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches
Size, pape...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid Century Abstracted Industrial Cityscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold mid century abstracted landscape by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Unsigned, but was acquired from the estate of Ruth Loran (wife of artist). Presented in a new black mat with foam core backing. Provenance: Estate of Earle Loran; David Carlson...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Army Green, Black, & Blue Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Composed of two contrasting sections; army green with orange and warm neutral found obj...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Watercolor
Remains (Body in the Field 2) - Contemporary, Green, Blue, Beige, Grey
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Remains (Body in the Field 2), 2022
oil on paper
16 17/32 H x 11 13/16 W in.
42 H x 30 W cm
Signed on reverse
Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of the human body...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Emily Berger, Etching # 1 , 2016, paper, ink
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes,...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Synthetic Paper
Spheres (Abstract painting)
By Laura Newman
Located in London, GB
Spheres (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and Ink on Arches Paper — Unframed.
Laura Newman's paintings combine geometric delineations of space, ephemeral color fields, dynamic lines and o...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Méditerranée (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Méditerranée (Abstract painting)
Watercolor and colored pencil on paper — Unframed
A composition that stayed in my mind afterwards having visited the Rayol gardens where the sea and the vegetation coexist and live together with happiness. The Rayol gardens were designed by Gilles Clément...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Affinities
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994) was an influential American multidisciplinary artist who worked with drawing, painting, printmaking, and most notably sculpture.
Despite her artistic cont...
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Modernist Resting Nude
Located in Soquel, CA
Light and airy portrait of a resting nude by David Stephens (American, 20th century). Unsigned, from a collection of his works. Unframed. Image, 22.25"H x 27"L.
About the artist - ...
Category
1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
Telescope Highway
By Toni Simon
Located in Darien, CT
Toni Simon is a multimedia artist and writer living in Brooklyn.
Her work encompasses the ways in which the future will appear, the shape of things to come, accessed through trance...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Circus. 1957, paper, mixed technique, 19x27.2 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to publicity.
“I am 58, and in five Years my c...
Category
1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Gobelin. 1943, paper, mixed technique, 11.9x10.6 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to publicity.
“I am 58, and in five Years my c...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
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