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
Abstract Expressionist British Original Watercolor Painting Shapes Patterns
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition (c.2022)
by Robert Somerton, British, born 1972.
ink/ watercolor on art paper, unframed
size: 9.5 x 12.5 inches
condition: excellent
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Untitled Fabric Design
By Arthur Litt
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design
Gouache on paper, 1920-1935
Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo)
Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso
(see photo) No. 37365
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Category
1930s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Carrier Pigeon, Pen and Colored Pencils Drawing on Paper, 2022
Located in Zofingen, AG
Nikolay Starostenko - Carrier Pigeon (2022)
"Carrier Pigeon" drawing is made with a pen and colored pencils on paper.
You can entrust your most important secrets to the carrier pige...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Mr. Rabbit, Pen & Colored Pencils Drawing on Paper by Nikolay Starostenko, 2022
Located in Zofingen, AG
Nikolay Starostenko - Mr. Rabbit (2022)
"Mr. Rabbit", Original drawing done in pen and colored pencils, no frame on heavy paper, 34 x 29 cm. The work will be shipped flat and secure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Archival Paper
Black White Abstraction 021 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 021 (2020)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper. Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Information We Had in 2019. COVID-19 Painting, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Introduction: The information we had in 2019. From COVID-19 (2020)
From COVID-19 Documentary. All COVID paintings are published in personal official catalogue ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
05.03.2020 - Lucerne has First Corona Case. COVID-19 Painting, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - 05.03.2020 - Lucerne has first Corona case. From COVID-19. (2020)
A few days ago, the virus appeared in Italy and has already come to Switzerland. All major ev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
19.03.2020 - Terrifying Statistics. COVID-19 Art Painting, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - 19.03.2020 - Terrifying statistics. From COVID-19 Art. (2020)
The 19th of March: Terrifying statistics.
On that day, the death toll from the virus in Italy exc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
16.03.2020 -Social Distancing, Respect, Solidarity. COVID-19 Painting, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - 16.03.2020 -Social distancing, Respect, Solidarity. COVID-19 (2020)
COVID-19 Documentary art. From 16.03.2020 is Switzerland official in Social Distancing.
Soc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
22.04.2020 - Talk To Me! COVID-19, Documentary Art Painting, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - 22.04.2020 - Talk to me! COVID-19 Documentary art. (2020)
COVID-19 Documentary art
22.04. - Self isolation... We want to safe other people. So we don't visit o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
29.02.2020 - A Nightmare. COVID-19 Documentary Art Painting, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - 29.02.2020 - A nightmare. From COVID-19 Documentary art. (2020)
A few days ago, the virus appeared in Italy and has already come to Switzerland. All major even...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
17.03.2020 - Birthday in Quarantine. COVID-19 Art Painting, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - 17.03.2020 - Birthday in quarantine. From COVID-19 Art. (2020)
From COVID-19 Documentary.
17.03 is my Birthday, but this year I celebrate it in quarantine.
The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
09.03.2020 - Virus is Spreading in Italy. COVID-19 Painting, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - 09.03.2020 - Virus is spreading in Italy. From COVID-19. (2020)
The 9th of March: The virus is spreading in Italy and a week later the country lost 366 people....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Mountains 004 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Mountains 004 (2020)
Abstract landscape, painting in black, grey, white colors. Artwork represents Alps in winter, covered with snow and mist above it. Paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Black White Abstraction 013 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2019
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 013 (2019)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper.
Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Black White Abstraction 005 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2019
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 005 (2019)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper.
Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Black White Abstraction 009 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2019
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 009 (2019)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper.
Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Black White Abstraction 018 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2020
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 018 (2020)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper. Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Black White Abstraction 010 Painting by Anastasia Vasilyeva, 2019
Located in Zofingen, AG
Anastasia Vasilyeva - Black white abstraction 010 (2019)
Painting on high quality, acid free, high density paper.
Conceptual minimalist abstract painting designed in calligraphic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
P3.15 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
P3.15 (Abstract Painting)
Gouache and collage on Japanese paper. Unframed.
This gouache paint with collage on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Botanical Experiment #3
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
Botanical Experiment #3, 2025
Watercolor and alcohol inks on paper
12 x 9 inches
This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. External, visi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Botanical Experiment #4
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela
Botanical Experiment #4, 2025
Watercolor and alcohol inks on paper
12 x 9 inches
This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. External, visi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Jackson 4
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
Cut Space (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Cut Space (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
0118.5 (Abstract Painting)
By Tracey Adams
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Wax
Crazy Feeling Of Want (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Crazy Feeling Of Want (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidosco...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
Jazz: Miles ʻSomeday My Princeʼ 8
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Papers, oil, flashe, pencil, MSA gel. Unframed.
This piece is part of a series based on trumpeter Miles Davisʼ lyrical jazz version of “Someday My Prince Will Come”, a familiar son...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Blue Water Dots
By Holly Miller
Located in London, GB
Watercolor/work on paper - Unframed.
It is a “drawing” of color with a brush, line with a needle and thread and pattern and repetition.
It is intuitive and playful.
Holly Miller...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Thread, Paper, Watercolor
Manifest 2
Located in London, GB
Charcoal and water 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, charcoal, paint on t...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Hangar (Ref 20193)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper - Unframed.
Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediums so the colors will dissipate and inter...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
No title
By Jean Chauvin
Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal, 1930
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
LCD4087
Category
1930s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Plastic, Color Pencil, Graphite
Untitled 2 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2 (Abstract painting)
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 seemingly disparate elements, such as graphic patterns and gestural markings.
Tétot is inspired by the search for unexpected harmonies. He could be placed in an aesthetic lineage with Hans Hofmann and Shirley Jaffe...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
P1.15 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
P1.15 (Abstract Painting)
Gouache and collage on Japanese paper. Unframed.
This gouache paint with collage on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Frames (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Laura Newman
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and watercolor on handmade Wasli paper. Unframed.
Laura Newman's paintings combine geometric delineations of space, ephemeral color fields, dynamic lines and organic forms, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Untitled 2009 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2009 (Abstract Drawing)
Oil on postcard - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Postcard
Abstract Composition EQ1, 1962 - crayon, 66x48 cm, framed
Located in Nice, FR
Fusain on paper, signed lower right
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Warren St 18 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Warren St 18 (Abstract Drawing)
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed.
Peter Soriano is a Philippines-born French-American abstract artist wh...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
Cut-Up Paper 2004
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
Pedersen works with acrylic paint.
When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often reducing the composition to minimal, ha...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Terra Incognita 7 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita 7 (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...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Color Trac #26 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Color Trac #26 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, impasto compositi...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Test Pattern 6 (Grey study)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 6 (Grey study)
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
Test Pattern series sets up a generic template as a poetic prompt to consider how behavioural res...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Eckige Masse 061 (Abstract painting)
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Eckige Masse 061 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed.
In her work, Lee is responding to her emotional experiences within her physical surroundings.
Co...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Moon Circle 2 - intricate white 3D abstract geometric 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
Untitled (ID 1295) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (ID 1295) (Abstract painting)
Oil on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emer...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Untitled 2003 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2003 (Abstract Drawing)
Pastel, acrylic and pencil on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and h...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
015 Nr. 1, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
015 Nr. 1, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper, mounted on paper - Unframed.
Image's size: 20.8cm/12.6cm/8 x 5 inches.
Daniel Gottin's interest ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Colby 10 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Colby 10 (Abstract painting)
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper - Unframed
Peter Soriano is an abstract artist who divides his time between New York City and Penobscot, Maine. Although he began his career as a sculptor, his work is now two-dimensional.
He is known for his bold spray-painted wall murals...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
Paris - Ober (Blue Tarp) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Paris - Ober (Blue Tarp) (Abstract painting)
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed.
Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tenden...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
Pierced (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Pierced (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic worl...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
015 Nr. 1, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
015 Nr. 1, 2018 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper, mounted on paper - Unframed.
Image's size: 20.8cm/12.6cm/8 x 5 inches.
Daniel Gottin's interest ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Oscillating resonance (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Oscillating resonance (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, ink and colored pencil on polypropylene paper - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Adrienn Krahl’s paintings express a pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Color stacks plural 4 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Color stacks plural 4 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary st...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 7 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 7 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed
Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic u...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Metamorfosis¨, 2010, Drawing, 5.1x20.9 in n4
Located in Miami, FL
"Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Salto-1-10', 2010
ink on paper
5.2 x 20.9 in. (13 x 53 cm.)
ID: 1D201003"
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Luis Miguel Valdes, ¨Salto-1-10¨, 2010, Drawing, 5.1x20.9 in n3
Located in Miami, FL
"Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
'Salto-1-10', 2010
ink on paper
5.2 x 20.9 in. (13 x 53 cm.)
ID: 1D201003"
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Abstract drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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