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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 2010
Located in London, GB
Oil on postcard - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuition. H...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Postcard

Línea Aparejo. From The No. 4 Series. Abstract Drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Línea Aparejo, 2020 by Rodrigo Spinel From The No. 4 Series Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Image size: 19 cm H x 19 cm W Frame size: 30 cm H x 30 cm W x 4 cm D One of a Kin...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Línea Cubos. From The No. 4 Series. Abstract Drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Línea Cubos, 2020 by Rodrigo Spinel From The No. 4 Series Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Image size: 19 cm H x 19 cm W Frame size: 30 cm H x 30 cm W x 4 cm D One of a Kind ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Picos Intercalados 2. From The No. 1 Series. Abstract Drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Picos Intercalados 2, 2018 by Rodrigo Spinel From The No. 1 Series Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Image size: 14.8 cm H x 21 cm W Frame size: 22 cm H x 29 cm W x 4 cm D One o...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Plano Bloques. From The No. 1 Series. Abstract Drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Plano Bloques, 2018 by Rodrigo Spinel From The No. 1 Series Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Image size: 14.8 cm H x 21 cm W Frame size: 22 cm H x 29 cm W x 4 cm D One of a Kin...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Espiga. From The No. 1 Series. Abstract Drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Espiga, 2018 by Rodrigo Spinel From The No. 1 Series Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Image size: 14.8 cm H x 21 cm W Frame size: 22 cm H x 29 cm W x 4 cm D One of a Kind Nat...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Espejo. From The No. 1 Series. Abstract Drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Espejo, 2018 by Rodrigo Spinel From The No. 1 Series Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Image size: 21 cm H x 14.8 cm W Frame size: 29 cm H x 22 cm W x 4 cm D One of a Kind Nat...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Plano Pirámides. From The No. 1 Series. Abstract Drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Plano Pirámides, 2018 by Rodrigo Spinel From The No. 1 Series Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Image size: 14.8 cm H x 21 cm W Frame size: 22 cm H x 29 cm W x 4 cm D One of a K...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Gotico. From The No. 1 Series. Abstract Drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gotico, 2018 by Rodrigo Spinel From The No. 1 Series Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Image size: 14.8 cm H x 21 cm W Frame size: 22 cm H x 29 cm W x 4 cm D One of a Kind Nat...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Eckige Masse 95 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Eckige Masse 95 (Abstract Painting) Pencil and acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed. In her work, Lee is responding to her emotional experiences within her physical surrou...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Bloques. From The No. 1 Series. Abstract Drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bloques, 2017 by Rodrigo Spinel From The No. 1 Series Chinese ink on bond paper Image size: 14.8 cm H x 21 cm W Frame size: 22 cm H x 29 cm W x 4 cm D One of a Kind Natural Ivor...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Bloques Desalineado 2. From The No. 1 Series. Abstract Drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bloques Desalineado 2, 2017 by Rodrigo Spinel From The No. 1 Series Chinese ink on bond paper Image size: 21 cm H x 14.8 cm W Frame size: 29 cm H x 22 cm W x 4 cm D One of a Kind ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

0118.5 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
0118.5 (Abstract painting) 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 ye...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Wax

Abstract Calligraphy. Energetic Gestural Drawing. Funny Silver Mood - 1 -
Located in Zofingen, AG
This spontaneous gestural drawing is made with Chinese ink and silver pastel on heavy white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of instant impulse and the charge of cheer...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

The Black Robe
Located in Phoenix, AZ
b. 1959, Philadelphia, PA My artistic interests are fueled by a desire to create artwork, which mirrors naturally occurring systems in our world. In “mirror” I am referring more to i...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Guna TT (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Encaustic on Shikoku paper - Unframed. The title, Guna, is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘string, thread or strand’ and was inspired by Adams yoga practice. “It’s a key concept in variou...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Encaustic

Thaw 3 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Thaw 3 (Abstract drawing) Graphite and colored pencil on two layers of plastic paper. Unframed. Thaw Series is a new series of drawings where the artist continues her work touchin...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Plastic, Color Pencil, Graphite

Light Of Day, original art, impressionistic, abstract landscape art
Located in Deddington, GB
Light of Day by Janet Keith [2020] original acrylic paint on heavy watercolour paper Image size: H:100 cm x W:70 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:70 cm x D:0.10cm Sol...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

French Abstract Contemporary Art by Daniel Cayo - Untitled No.12
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, framed 18 x 24 cm - 30 x 40 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

Untitled (Ref 19016)
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper - Unframed. Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings delight the eye and activate the mind with the...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

4.29 15 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
4.29 15 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Gouache on archival paper - Unframed. Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Archival Paper

Constellation of Grief (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Constellation of Grief (Abstract Painting) Oil on paper - Unframed. Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a tim...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Ink #5 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Ink, watercolor on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 12.25” x 8.25 - 31 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking the hori...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Sixteen Street 7.15 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Sixteen Street 7.15 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Gouache on paper - Unframed. Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Fig. 9 BASE VERDE. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fig. 9 BASE VERDE, 2025 by Rodrigo Spinel From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series Indian ink on 350g Strathmore Bristol paper Frame size: 73.4 H x 58.1 W x 3 D cm. Image size: 61 H x 45.7...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Fig. 9 BASE MORADO. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fig. 9 BASE MORADO, 2025 by Rodrigo Spinel From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series Indian ink on 350g Strathmore Bristol paper Frame size: 73.4 H x 58.1 W x 3 D cm. Image size: 61 H x 45....
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

9.1 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
9.1 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Gouache on paper - Unframed Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and the anima...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"#11 Mountain Oxen Series" Chinese abstract ink on paper
Located in Edgartown, MA
Ink on Paper by Chinese artist The Eisenhauer Gallery has 25 years of experience shipping artwork around the world.
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Untitled (258.11) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract painting) Crayon on vellum. Unframed. In a broader sense, Tilman’s works on paper function as an archive of the artist’s ideas and observations. The vis...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Vellum

French Abstract Contemporary Art by Daniel Cayo - Untitled No.3
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on paper, framed 15 x 20 cm - 24 x 30 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

"The Race Against Wind and Time" An Expansive Oil Painting by Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"The Race Against Wind and Time" is a dynamic 72 x 60-inch oil on canvas work by Katherine Filice. With sweeping movement and layered abstraction, this piece evokes urgency, elementa...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Storm Horizontal 82 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Graphite and color pencil on Mylar. Unframed. So many different storms, so hard to capture. Beginning in the wake of hurricanes Irene and Sandy, this artwork was made by tightly c...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mylar, Color Pencil, Graphite

Landscape near Saint-Malo
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Gustave Bourgogne (1888-1968) Landscape near Saint-Malo Charcoal and gouache on paper, 12 x 20 cm Signed and located Provenance Private collection, Paris, France Gustave Bourgogne...
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1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Gouache

Storm series (ref. 845) (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Pigment pencil on Mylar. Unframed. So many different storms, so hard to capture. Beginning in the wake of hurricanes Irene and Sandy, this artwork was made by tightly clasping a s...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mylar, Pencil, Pigment

Stem in Black #12 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal & Oil stick on paper - Unframed. Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, impasto compositions, on supports that a...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

M272 (Abstract new media)
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...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Digital

Storm series (ref. 845) (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Storm series (ref. 845) (Abstract drawing) Pigment pencil on Mylar. Unframed. So many different storms, so hard to capture. Beginning in the wake of hurricanes Irene and Sandy, t...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mylar, Pencil, Pigment

Leon Underwood, British 20th Century summer landscape
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Leon Underwood (British, 1890 – 1975) A River landscape in Italy Signed, inscribed indistinctly and dated ’25. Watercolour on paper 10.5/8 x 14.1/2 in. ...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

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...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

A New Love Ermerging, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
his painting shows a loving, hoping and expecting emotional state .... my landscapes are always emotional statements as well as dreamy landscapes with the light of hope. Watermark...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Terra Incognita 1 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita 1 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on 300lb. Arches hotpress paper - Unframed Snow sees her work as a constant play between order and chaos, logic and emotion. She combi...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

L.I.C. 2 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from something observed, ideally ar...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Dolphin Dance 05 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1-22”. Those brush paintings are Pri...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Vellum

Advance (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Advance (Abstract drawing) Charcoal on paper - Unframed. Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such as graphite, c...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Untitled 6 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic unity that can exist between seemi...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil, 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: 9 x 9 inches condition: very good and impressive provenance: all the paint...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

015 Nr. 1, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper, mounted on paper - Unframed. Image's size: 20.8cm/12.6cm/8 x 5 inches. Daniel Gottin's interest and concept are to examine the subjective nature of perception, an...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Wild Horse, Framed Ink and Pastel Equestrian Drawing
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown Title: Wild Horse Medium: Pastel and ink on paper, signed lower right Image Size: 19 x 25 inches Frame Size: 28.5 x 34.5 inches
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Ink

Screech of ice series 43 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Colored pencil and graphite on plastic paper. Unframed. Screech of Ice is a new series of drawings made by holding a bunch of pencils in two hands and letting them to do the control...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite

CDV 16 - earth tone, abstract geometric circle with burn holes on paper
Located in New York, NY
Nathalie Palomino is a French self-taught artist practicing pyrography on paper. Her perpetual quest for light and transparency in her works pushes her to multiply the perforations o...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper

Untitled 2003
Located in London, GB
Pastel, acrylic and pencil on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structur...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Acrylic

FLD 26/2808 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Graphite on Arches Ingres paper - Unframed. Image's size: 55 x 55 cm/21.6 x 21.6" The simplest reading of Henderson’s work is that he is a painter with the sensibility of a sculpto...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Frames (Abstract Expressionism painting)
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...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

HK1906YP (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Ink, enamel, collage on paper - Unframed. This work is part of one of 4 on-going series of large works on paper. The name of this series, "Yappa...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Enamel

Concert in the Rain, Watercolor and Pastel on Paper by George Habergritz
Located in Long Island City, NY
A crowd of people that stretches into infinity, all tinged blue, huddle under umbrellas during a storm and face the viewer. Given the title, it is implied that the viewer stands in t...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor

022 o.T., 2017 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic, adhesive tape on paper - Unframed. Daniel Gottin's interest and concept are to examine the subjective nature of perception, and playfully responds to the characteristics of...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Tape, Acrylic

Untitled 1915
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuition. H...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled 2, Drawing by William Schwedler
Located in Long Island City, NY
This abstract composition by William Schwedler includes several geometric forms and shapes that are placed alongside straight, angled lines. Untitled 2 Artist: William Schwedler, A...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

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