Art by Medium: Pastel

Mia Westerlund Roosen Untitled, 1992 Pastel and oilstick 26 x 13 inches (sheet) 29 1/8 x 16 inches (frame) Signed

Through my window II (Abstract painting) Mixed media - acrylic, oil pastels, gouache on cotton canvas - Unframed. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This ...

Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...

'Midtown' 2012, is by Frederic Choisel. From a series of large scale urban-scape drawings in mixed media. Atwork is 60 x 42 inches: Mixed media includes graphite, charcoal, ink, past...

Pastel & pencil on paper Tamar Darchiashvili is a Georgian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1996 she graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of A...

Pastel & pencil on paper Tamar Darchiashvili is a Georgian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1996 she graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts,...

Untitled Pastel on paper, 1922 Initialed and dated lower right (see photo) Exhibited: Francis Nauman, Leon Kelly: Draftsman Extraordinaire, New York, April 4 - May 23, 2014. Provenance: Estate of the Artist The Orange Chicken...

Untitled Pastel on paper, 1922 Signed with the artist's initials in pencil Provenance: Estate of the artist Francis M. Nauman (label) Private collection, NY A very early abstract/cubist work by Kelly. Created while the artist was studying with Arthur Carles in Philadelphia. Leon Kelly (October 21, 1901 – June 28, 1982) was an American artist born in Philadelphia, PA. He is most well known for his contributions to American Surrealism, but his work also encompassed styles such as Cubism, Social Realism, and Abstraction. Reclusive by nature, a character trait that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be limited by the trends of his time. His large output of paintings is complemented by a prolific number of drawings that span his career of 50 years. Some of the collections where his work is represented are: The Metropolitan Museum in New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Boston Public Library. Biography Kelly was born in 1901 at home at 1533 Newkirk Street, Philadelphia, PA. He was the only child of Elizabeth (née Stevenson) and Pantaleon L. Kelly. The family resided in Philadelphia where Pantaleon and two of his cousins owned Kelly Brothers, a successful tailoring business. The prosperity of the firm enabled his father to purchase a 144-acre farm in Bucks County PA in 1902, which he named "Rural Retreat" It was here that Pantaleon took Leon to spend every weekend away from the pressures of business and from the disappointments in his failing marriage. Idyllic and peaceful memories of the farm stayed with Leon and embued his work with a love of nature that emerged later in the Lunar Series, in Return and Departure, and in the insect imagery of his Surrealist work. "If anything," he once said,"I am a Pantheist and see a spirit in everything, the grass, the rocks, everything." At thirteen, Leon left school and began private painting lessons with Albert Jean Adolphe, a teacher at the School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts) in Philadelphia. He learned technique by copying the works of the old masters and visiting the Philadelphia Zoo, where he would draw animals. Drawings done in 1916 and 1917 of elephants, snakes and antelope, as well as copies of old master paintings by Holbein and Michelangelo, heralded an impressive emerging talent. In 1917, he studied sculpture with Alexander Portnoff but his studies came to an abrupt halt with the start of World War I. Being too young to enlist, he joined the Quartermaster Corp at the Army Depot in Philadelphia, where he served for more than a year loading ships with supplies and, along with other artists, working on drawings for camouflage. By 1920, the family's fortunes drastically changed. His father's business had failed due to the introduction of ready made clothing and his marriage, unhappy from the beginning, dissolved. Broken by circumstance Pantaleon left Philadelphia to begin a wandering existence looking for work leaving Leon to support his mother and grandmother. He found a job in 1920 at the Freihofer Baking Company where he worked nights for the next four years. Under these circumstances Leon continued to develop his skills in drawing and painting and learned of the revolutionary developments in art that were taking place in Paris. During the day he was granted permission to study anatomy at the Philadelphia School of Osteopathy where he dissected a cadaver and perfected his knowledge of the human figure. He also met and studied etching with Earl Horter, a well known illustrator, who had amassed a significant collection of modern art which included work by Brancusi, Matisse, and Cubist works by Picasso and Braque. Among the artists around Horter was Arthur Carles, a charismatic and controversial painter who taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Leon enrolled in the Academy in 1922, becoming what Carles described as, "his best student". In the next three years Leon work ranged from academic studies of plaster casts, to pointillism, to landscapes of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, as well as a series of pastels showing influences from Matisse to Picasso. Clearly influenced by Earl Horter's collection and Arthur Carles he mastered analytical cubism in works such as The Three Pears, 1923 and 1925 experimented with Purism in Moon Behind the Italian House. In 1925 Kelly was awarded a Cresson Scholarship and on June 14 he left for Europe. Paris The first trip to Europe lasted for approximately three and a half months and introduced Kelly to a culture and place where he felt he belonged. Though he returned to the Academy in the Fall, he left for Europe again a few months later to begin a four-year stay in Paris. He moved into an apartment at 19 rue Daguerre in Paris and began an existence intellectually rich but in creature comforts, very poor. "I kept a cinderblock over the drain in the kitchen sink to keep the rats out of the apartment" he once explained. He frequented the cafes making acquaintances with Henry Miller, James Joyce and the critic Félix Fénéon as well as others. His days were split between copying old master paintings in the Louvre and pursuing modernist ideas that were swirling through the work of all the artists around him. The Lake, 1926 and Interior of the Studio, 1927, now in the Newark Museum. Patrons during this time were the police official Leon Zamaran, a collector of Courbets, Lautrecs and others, who began collecting Kelly's work. Another was Alfred Barnes of the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. In 1929 Kelly married a young French woman, Henriette D'Erfurth. She appears frequently in paintings and drawings done between 1928 and the early 1930s. Philadelphia The stock market crash of 1929 made it impossible to continue living in Paris and Kelly and Henriette returned to Philadelphia in 1930. He rented a studio on Thompson Street and began working and participating in shows in the city's galleries. Work from 1930 to 1940 showed continuing influences and experimentation with the themes and techniques acquired in Paris as well as a brief foray into Social Realism. The Little Gallery of Contemporary Art purchased the Absinthe Drinker...

Rita Letendre (1928-2021) is one of Canada’s leading abstract painters... and one of Caviar20's favourite artists. Early in her career, Letendre was associated with Les Automatiste...

Rita Letendre (1928-2021) is one of Canada’s leading abstract painters... and one of Caviar20's favourite artists. Early in her career, Letendre was associated with Les Automatiste...

This is a one of a kind original encaustic mixed media artwork by Tiffany Bociek. Its dimensions are 36" x 36" x 2.3". A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery. Created t...

"I don’t see shapes as much as I see the energy of elements interacting to move, stop, support or explode. I mostly use clean bright color to keep my world hot and alive. My painting...

"I don’t see shapes as much as I see the energy of elements interacting to move, stop, support or explode. I mostly use clean bright color to keep my world hot and alive. My painting...

“Mystic Ladders” is an original 1960 mixed media abstract painting by celebrated Colorado modernist Edward Marecak. This expressive work reflects the artist’s distinctive visual lang...

Each intuitive drawing has its own character, its own energy. If you tune in with it, it will give you a charge of vivacity and a bright mood! This work is made in the style of abstr...

"Talking Lines" This intuitive abstract drawing in chocolate tones is made with Chinese ink and pastel on thick kraft paper. It conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. ...

I intuitively paint each of my paintings based on my mood of the day or at that moment. I never know what I am going to create until I see the end result. Sometimes it is a colorful,...

"Talking Lines" This intuitive abstract drawing in chocolate tones is made with Chinese ink and pastel on thick kraft paper. It conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. ...

"Lemon Accent" This intuitive abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink and pastel on watercolour paper. It conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. "Every time I draw such abstract lines, a flow of energy moves my hand. For this to happen freely, I need to be calm and focused at the same time. I draw very quickly to keep expression and spontaneity. I never know what the result will be. The process of drawing like this is a kind of magic that turns an invisible impulse into a reflection on paper. Each drawing is unique and one of a kind." Sve Gri...

"Vibration of Strokes" is intuitive abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink, pencil and pastel on watercolour paper. It conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. "Every time I draw such abstract lines, a flow of energy moves my hand. For this to happen freely, I need to be calm and focused at the same time. I draw very quickly to keep expression and spontaneity. I never know what the result will be. The process of drawing like this is a kind of magic that turns an invisible impulse into a reflection on paper. Each drawing is unique and one of a kind." Sve Gri...

I intuitively paint each of my paintings based on my mood of the day or at that moment. I never know what I am going to create until I see the end result. Sometimes it is a colorful,...

I intuitively paint each of my paintings based on my mood of the day or at that moment. I never know what I am going to create until I see the end result. Sometimes it is a colorful,...

Distortion 🌪️ A bit on the older and smaller size, Distortion is an 8x10 mixed media paper piece that doesn't get to see the light of day very often. I have a particular soft spot ...

Vibrating 🎨 An energetic 22x14 pastel piece that's full of life and energy, perfect for an area where you need a little extra boost of good vibes and positive energy. I intuitivel...

"Expressively Fast" This intuitive abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink and pastel on watercolour paper. It conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. "Every time I draw such abstract lines, a flow of energy moves my hand. For this to happen freely, I need to be calm and focused at the same time. I draw very quickly to keep expression and spontaneity. I never know what the result will be. The process of drawing like this is a kind of magic that turns an invisible impulse into a reflection on paper. Each drawing is unique and one of a kind." Sve Gri...

"Expressively Fast" This intuitive abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink and pastel on watercolour paper. It conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. "Every time I draw such abstract lines, a flow of energy moves my hand. For this to happen freely, I need to be calm and focused at the same time. I draw very quickly to keep expression and spontaneity. I never know what the result will be. The process of drawing like this is a kind of magic that turns an invisible impulse into a reflection on paper. Each drawing is unique and one of a kind." Sve Gri...

"Expressively Fast" This intuitive abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink and pastel on watercolour paper. It conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. "Every time I draw such abstract lines, a flow of energy moves my hand. For this to happen freely, I need to be calm and focused at the same time. I draw very quickly to keep expression and spontaneity. I never know what the result will be. The process of drawing like this is a kind of magic that turns an invisible impulse into a reflection on paper. Each drawing is unique and one of a kind." Sve Gri...

Confident, bold, decisive, bright! This artwork conveys such a mood. This intuitive abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink and pastel on watercolor paper. It conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. "Every time I draw such abstract lines, a flow of energy moves my hand. For this to happen freely, I need to be calm and focused at the same time. I draw very quickly to keep expression and spontaneity. I never know what the result will be. The process of drawing like this is a kind of magic that turns an invisible impulse into a reflection on paper. Each drawing is unique and one of a kind." Sve...

"Joyful Impulse" is an improvised impulsive drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and ocher pastel on thick white paper. "Every time ...

"Streamlet" is an improvised gestural drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and ocher pastel on thick white paper. "Every time I draw...

"Combing Sound" is an improvised gestural drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and ocher pastel on thick white paper. "Every time I draw such abstract lines, a flow of energy moves my hand. I paint very fast to give the spontaneous flow as much space as possible. I never know what the result will be. The process of spontaneous drawing is a kind of magic that turns an invisible impulse into a reflection on paper. I feel the vibration in and around my palms and enjoy this dance of vibrations every time I paint. Each drawing is unique and one of a kind." Sve Gri...

(Comes framed in a maple floater frame, ready to hang.) This is one of a series we have posted on 1stDibs. The first got more clicks and saves on its first day than any of the many hundreds of artworks we have ever posted. If you search on "G. Campbell Lyman" on 1stDibs you can see others in this series. Here's a recent message from a 1stDibs buyer of a painting in this series, a seasoned collector: "Love your work. We collect colorists like Wolf Kahn and Jennifer Bartlett, whom I commissioned a piece from that is in the entrance of Mayo Clinic. We are old fans...

This monochrome abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink and silver pastel on heavy white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of insta...

This monochrome abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink and silver pastel on heavy white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of insta...

Orange, blue, and yellow abstract figurative portrait by Texas artist Ike E. Morgan. This pastel drawing depicts an abstract figure of George Washington against a yellow halo on a re...

By that time, 2023, 78x54 cm

Untitled , 2025, 78x54 cm The work is sold without a frame.

Destination (Abstract drawing) Pastel 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,...

Creation I (Abstract painting) Mixed media - acrylic, oil pastels, gouache on cotton canvas - Unframed. Artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. Daniela Marin stands as a pioneering figure...

Rocio Rodriguez October 16, 2014, 2014 pastel, oil pastel and charcoal on paper 18 x 24 in. framed 22 x 28 in. This original oil oil pastel drawing on paper by Rocio Rodriguez featu...

Rocio Rodriguez July 8, 2013, 2013 pastel, oil pastel, charcoal and pencil on paper 18 x 24 in. This original oil oil pastel drawing on paper by Rocio Rodriguez features abstracted ...

Tapas Ghosal - Untitled - 36 x 36 inches (unframed size) Acrylic, dry pastel and dry pigment on canvas Inclusive of shipment in a roll form. should you want it framed it would attra...

Pastel, Acrylic on canvas Lika Sarishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1988 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She was awarded with a master’s degree at the Tbilisi State Acad...

Work on paper White wooden frame with glass pane 88 x 105 x 3 cm

Work on cardboard Black wooden frame with glass pane 49 x 49 x 3.5 cm This artwork, signed by the artist, illustrates a complex and intriguing cubist composition. Geometric shapes in...

Deep blue and purple tonal figurative abstract pastel work. It is framed in a silver frame with a tan matte. Dimensions without Frame: H 11.5 in x W 15 in. Artist Biography: Helen...

Creation I (Abstract painting) Mixed media - acrylic, oil pastels, gouache on cotton canvas - Unframed. Artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. Daniela Marin stands as a pioneering figure...

Sweet Emotions Mixed media acrylic, watercolor, ink marker, pastel on archival. Malgosia Kiernozycka was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She graduated high school at the School of Fine Art...

ARIATTA 6 (Abstract drawing) Pastel and acrylic on paper - Unframed. Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such as...

Jaled Muyaes (Chilean/Mexican, 1921 - 2007). "Mandolin and Fruit". Pastel on paper. 1951. Signed lower right. Muyaes always signed his work "Kena," "S. Kena," "Silvestre Kena," or "S...

Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing) Pastel on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...

charcoal & pastel on paper

A body neither veiled nor exposed — simply present. Held upright not in resistance, but in quiet possession of its own ground.   ?A solitary figure rises - not in defiance, bu...

John Piper (1903-1992) Bullslaughter Bay Watercolour, gouache and pastel on paper 27.5 x 35.5cm John Piper CH was an English painter, printmaker, and designer of stained-glass windo...

Diana Kurz Still Life, 1966 Signed and dated lower right Pastel on paper 19 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's f...

Through my window II (Abstract painting) Mixed media - acrylic, oil pastels, gouache on cotton canvas - Unframed. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This method is especially safe for large works, and provides lower shipping costs as well. Rolled works can be easily stretched (for canvas works, i.e. placed onto wooden stretcher bars) and/or framed by a local framer upon arrival. Daniela Marin...

James Spencer Russell "#2" 1958 Pastel, gouache and sand collage on paper Signed in pencil lower right 24x18" James Spencer Russell (1915-2000) was born in Monticello, Indiana, but ...

Untitled (ID 1290) (Abstract Painting) Pastel and acrylic on paper - Unframed In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harm...

Acrylic and pastel on un-stretched canvas - Unframed This artwork is on un-stretched canvas as per the artist's aesthetic's choice and does not need to be stretched at arrival. It w...

Untitled , 2025, 78x54 cm The work is sold without a frame.