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Medium: Watercolor
Abstract Expressionist French Urban Scene. Gouache on Paper. 50cm x 65cm.
Abstract Expressionist French Urban Scene. Gouache on Paper. 50cm x 65cm.

Abstract Expressionist French Urban Scene. Gouache on Paper. 50cm x 65cm.

Located in Cotignac, FR

Colorful abstract expressionnist village scene in gouache and watercolor on paper by Belgian artist André Pierard. Signed bottom right and dated August 1976 bottom left. This artwo...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Into the Wave, Large Ocean Diptych, Abstract Fishing Net, Mixed Media on Paper
Into the Wave, Large Ocean Diptych, Abstract Fishing Net, Mixed Media on Paper

Into the Wave, Large Ocean Diptych, Abstract Fishing Net, Mixed Media on Paper

Located in Barcelona, ES

Unusual Seascape is a striking mixed-media diptych that reimagines the ocean as an abstract cartography of color, texture, and movement. Layers of vibrant blues and orange tones coll...

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2010s Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Monoprint

Coral Reef, Abstract Mixed Media Painting, Acrylic & Sand, 24x18in, 2025
Coral Reef, Abstract Mixed Media Painting, Acrylic & Sand, 24x18in, 2025

Coral Reef, Abstract Mixed Media Painting, Acrylic & Sand, 24x18in, 2025

By a.muse

Located in New york, NY

For a 24 x 18in abstract painting on paper Coral Reef, a. muse uses acrylic, oil pastel, gouache, sand, and diamond dust to render colorful biomorphic forms from the sea. Warm and co...

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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Rag Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache

Dotted Clover - Warm Abstract Folk Art Inspired Botanical Painting on Raw Canvas
Dotted Clover - Warm Abstract Folk Art Inspired Botanical Painting on Raw Canvas

Dotted Clover - Warm Abstract Folk Art Inspired Botanical Painting on Raw Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Meredith Walker’s "Dotted Clover" is a bold and meditative piece of contemporary folk art that highlights her ability to blend simplicity with symbolic resonance. This original acryl...

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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Sea in Orange, School of Fish in Turquoise, Abstract Patterns Seascape, Paper
Sea in Orange, School of Fish in Turquoise, Abstract Patterns Seascape, Paper

Sea in Orange, School of Fish in Turquoise, Abstract Patterns Seascape, Paper

Located in Barcelona, ES

This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...

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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Oniric Seascape, Soft Tonrd, Large Coastal Diptych, Mixed Media on Paper
Oniric Seascape, Soft Tonrd, Large Coastal Diptych, Mixed Media on Paper

Oniric Seascape, Soft Tonrd, Large Coastal Diptych, Mixed Media on Paper

Located in Barcelona, ES

Oniric Seascape is a beautiful mixed-media diptych that reimagines the ocean as an abstract cartography of color, texture, and movement. The artist blends collage, paint, and mark-m...

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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Monoprint

All Living Things - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Canvas
All Living Things - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Canvas

All Living Things - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Meredith Walker's “All Living Things” is a stunning example of contemporary folk art that blends botanical motifs and symbolic imagery to evoke a sense of interconnectedness and harm...

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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Serie Dibujos Felices 10 - Original Red Blue Watercolor and Ink Artwork on Paper
Serie Dibujos Felices 10 - Original Red Blue Watercolor and Ink Artwork on Paper

Serie Dibujos Felices 10 - Original Red Blue Watercolor and Ink Artwork on Paper

By "Sergio ""Valenz"" Valenzuela"

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Sergio Valenzuela “Valenz” is a contemporary Guatemalan artist who tells stories with everyday objects, primarily expressing them with graphite and acrylic on canvas. His artworks pr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Flower in Bowl - Abstract Cool Tone Botanical Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Flower in Bowl - Abstract Cool Tone Botanical Mixed Media Painting on Paper

Flower in Bowl - Abstract Cool Tone Botanical Mixed Media Painting on Paper

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Peculiar Bloom - Abstract Folk Art Inspired Mixed Media Painting on Raw Canvas
Peculiar Bloom - Abstract Folk Art Inspired Mixed Media Painting on Raw Canvas

Peculiar Bloom - Abstract Folk Art Inspired Mixed Media Painting on Raw Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Meredith Walker creates vibrant original artworks that merge the enduring charm of folk art with a contemporary sensibility shaped by nature, memory, and visual storytelling. Inspire...

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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Seeing Bloom - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas
Seeing Bloom - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas

Seeing Bloom - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Meredith Walker’s "Seeing Bloom" is a striking original painting that fuses abstract botanical symbolism with a rich, earthen palette, capturing the viewer's attention through its el...

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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Impressionist Harbour Scene with Lighthouse Fishing Boats and Seagulls in Motion
Impressionist Harbour Scene with Lighthouse Fishing Boats and Seagulls in Motion

Impressionist Harbour Scene with Lighthouse Fishing Boats and Seagulls in Motion

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Impressionist Harbour Scene with Lighthouse Fishing Boats and Seagulls in Motion By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 16.25 x 12.25 inches (height x width) Gouache painting on board...

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20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Fruit Salad Patchwork, Circles and Squares, Geometric Grid, Yellow, Blue, Pink
Fruit Salad Patchwork, Circles and Squares, Geometric Grid, Yellow, Blue, Pink

Fruit Salad Patchwork, Circles and Squares, Geometric Grid, Yellow, Blue, Pink

By Natalia Roman

Located in Barcelona, ES

These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...

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2010s Bauhaus Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache

#38 After the Rains
#38 After the Rains

#38 After the Rains

By Douglas M. Olsen

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Douglas M. Olsen (b. 1960). #38, After the Rains, 1980. Watercolor on rag paper, 22 x 22 inches. Signed lower margin and on verso.

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

Evening in The Tropics, Geometric Tiles in Yellow, Miami Sunset Patterns
Evening in The Tropics, Geometric Tiles in Yellow, Miami Sunset Patterns

Evening in The Tropics, Geometric Tiles in Yellow, Miami Sunset Patterns

By Natalia Roman

Located in Barcelona, ES

These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...

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2010s Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Painting in Antique Italian Frame
Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Painting in Antique Italian Frame

Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Painting in Antique Italian Frame

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist painting. Gouache on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 20 by 15 inches overall. Handsomely framed in an antique Italian frame. Excellent condition, read...

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20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Gouache, Board

Waiting for the Maharaja II- line drawing woman figure with jewelry

Waiting for the Maharaja II- line drawing woman figure with jewelry

By Mila Akopova

Located in Fort Lee, NJ

The work was done with ink and watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The work is 11 by 15 inches in size. This is the "Many thoughts, one head" series. The series started with the picture of a figure with its hands framing the head - but without an actual head, as if hands were holding all the thoughts. Later on the head became objects - metaphors (soap, bubble, mine, alarm clock, etc.) as well as planets. Each person is an individual planet, with their own thoughts and satellites - companions. Artworks from this series got 3rd place at the 2020 and 2021 American Art Awards, juried by 25 best galleries...

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2010s Minimalist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Mourning On The Vine - Abstract Folk Art Inspired Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Mourning On The Vine - Abstract Folk Art Inspired Mixed Media Painting on Canvas

Mourning On The Vine - Abstract Folk Art Inspired Mixed Media Painting on Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Meredith Walker creates vibrant original artworks that merge the enduring charm of folk art with a contemporary sensibility shaped by nature, memory, and visual storytelling. Inspire...

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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Dreaming in a Cave, Pastel Pink and Blue Diptych, Cartoon Style Black Lines
Dreaming in a Cave, Pastel Pink and Blue Diptych, Cartoon Style Black Lines

Dreaming in a Cave, Pastel Pink and Blue Diptych, Cartoon Style Black Lines

Located in Barcelona, ES

"Dreaming in a Cave" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion. Romina Mi...

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2010s Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor, Paper

Mid Century French Geometric Abstract in Blue Brown and White Signed
Mid Century French Geometric Abstract in Blue Brown and White Signed

Mid Century French Geometric Abstract in Blue Brown and White Signed

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Mid Century French Geometric Abstract in Blue Brown and White Signed by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French signed lower right “SG”, name stamped verso Acrylic and gouache on brown...

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20th Century Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Gouache

Flower Arrangement in Carved Wooden Bowl - Abstract Botanical Painting on Paper
Flower Arrangement in Carved Wooden Bowl - Abstract Botanical Painting on Paper

Flower Arrangement in Carved Wooden Bowl - Abstract Botanical Painting on Paper

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Mediterrani, Blue and White, Abstract Gesture Patters, Acrylic Painting Seascape
Mediterrani, Blue and White, Abstract Gesture Patters, Acrylic Painting Seascape

Mediterrani, Blue and White, Abstract Gesture Patters, Acrylic Painting Seascape

Located in Barcelona, ES

This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...

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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Moon Flower Potted Plant - Lively Abstract Colorful Botanical Painting on Paper
Moon Flower Potted Plant - Lively Abstract Colorful Botanical Painting on Paper

Moon Flower Potted Plant - Lively Abstract Colorful Botanical Painting on Paper

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Blue and White Abstract Overlapping Shapes Fish Scribble Gestures, Mediterranean
Blue and White Abstract Overlapping Shapes Fish Scribble Gestures, Mediterranean

Blue and White Abstract Overlapping Shapes Fish Scribble Gestures, Mediterranean

Located in Barcelona, ES

This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us and reminds us of its natural beauty and the importance of its preservation. Details: Title: Marina N31 Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 106 x 70 cm ( 41.7 x 28 inches) Year: 2024 * Frame is for illustrative purposes only. Artwork shipped carefully rolled and packaged in a tube. * Certificate of Authenticity provided. Enric Servera (Ciutadella de Menorca, 1970) lives and works between Barcelona and Menorca, Spain. His works explores the colors and forms of the ocean, inspired by the fauna and flora of the Mediterranean Sea. His work has shown in galleries across Spain, and is part of several public and private collections. Words that may describe this series of artworks are: Mediterranean-inspired art, abstract sea...

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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor

Refreshing Gelato, Yellow & Blue Modern Painting, Diptych, Stripped Cabin Beach
Refreshing Gelato, Yellow & Blue Modern Painting, Diptych, Stripped Cabin Beach

Refreshing Gelato, Yellow & Blue Modern Painting, Diptych, Stripped Cabin Beach

Located in Barcelona, ES

"Refreshing Gelato Grid" is an abstract painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. It is a beautiful series of rhythmic brushstrokes combined with subtle tones and unique shapes that is both classy and fresh. The use of vivid colors on a white background reminds the beautiful vintage beach cabins...

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2010s Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

“Untitled, 1946” New Hope Modernist Small Abstract Bucks County Lambertville NJ
“Untitled, 1946” New Hope Modernist Small Abstract Bucks County Lambertville NJ

“Untitled, 1946” New Hope Modernist Small Abstract Bucks County Lambertville NJ

By Louis Stone

Located in Yardley, PA

“Untitled, 1946” by Louis K. Stone (1902-1984). A strong and charming example of mid-century American modernism by one of the most important artists working in New Hope, PA. This wa...

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1940s American Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Light Pastel Colour Abstract 20th Century Watercolour Painting
Light Pastel Colour Abstract 20th Century Watercolour Painting

Light Pastel Colour Abstract 20th Century Watercolour Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Pastel Abstract signed by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century size: 14.75 x 20 inches watercolour on artist paper, mounted in card frame condition: very good and ready to...

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Late 20th Century Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Figure with Orange and Blue - Original Signed Abstract Expressionist Work
Figure with Orange and Blue - Original Signed Abstract Expressionist Work

Figure with Orange and Blue - Original Signed Abstract Expressionist Work

Located in Soquel, CA

Figure with Orange and Blue - Original Signed Abstract Expressionist Work Dynamic figural abstract piece by Felix Ruvolo (American, 1912-1992). In the center of the composition is a...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Ink

Impressionist Coastal Gouache Painting of Fishing Boats and Rowing Figure at Sea
Impressionist Coastal Gouache Painting of Fishing Boats and Rowing Figure at Sea

Impressionist Coastal Gouache Painting of Fishing Boats and Rowing Figure at Sea

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Impressionist Coastal Gouache Painting of Fishing Boats and Rowing Figure at Sea By Fanch Lel Signed: Yes Size: 9.75 x 11.75 inches (height x width) Gouache painting on cardbo...

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20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Winter Garden 1
Winter Garden 1

Winter Garden 1

By Gail Chase-Bien

Located in Burlingame, CA

Gail Chase Bien has created a wonderful and mysterious work that includes oil, gouache, and pastel collage on board. Professionally framed in a thin warm silver wood. The artist is ...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Gouache

Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 2000 by David Ruth
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 2000 by David Ruth

Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', 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...

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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Vintage Latin American School Blue & Black Abstract Monotype, Signed
Vintage Latin American School Blue & Black Abstract Monotype, Signed

Vintage Latin American School Blue & Black Abstract Monotype, Signed

Located in Soquel, CA

Vintage Latin American School Blue & Black Abstract Monotype by Ricardo de Silva Abstract Monotype by Ricardo (Richard) de Silva ( Rick De Silva) (Brazil/American, 20th C), 198...

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1980s Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Mid Century French Geometric Abstract Ink Drawing on Paper
Mid Century French Geometric Abstract Ink Drawing on Paper

Mid Century French Geometric Abstract Ink Drawing on Paper

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Mid Century French Geometric Abstract Ink Drawing on Paper by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French Black ink on paper, unframed Size: 26 (height) x 19.75 (width) inches Provenance: ...

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20th Century Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Gouache

Sam Gilliam - Ab Ex painting, Ex-Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Collection, Signed
Sam Gilliam - Ab Ex painting, Ex-Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Collection, Signed

Sam Gilliam - Ab Ex painting, Ex-Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Collection, Signed

By Sam Gilliam

Located in New York, NY

Sam Gilliam Untitled Abstract Expressionist mixed media painting on paper, Ex-Museum of Modern Art Collection, 1968 Watercolor and Aluminum Paint on Fiberglass Paper. (Framed with Mu...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Fiberglass, Paint, Watercolor

Original 1970'S French Abstract Composition with Thick Organic Lines
Original 1970'S French Abstract Composition with Thick Organic Lines

Original 1970'S French Abstract Composition with Thick Organic Lines

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020) Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020. He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll)
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll)

Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll)

By Kerry Smith

Located in Kansas City, MO

Kerry Smith Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2018 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1632 *Black frame with a mirror-...

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2010s American Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)
Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)

Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)

By De Hirsch Margules

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

De Hirsh Margules (1899-1965). Christopher Street, 1939. Watercolor on Arches wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil by artist lower margin. Sheet measures 15.5 x 20 inches. Window in matting measures 15 x 19 inches. Framed measurement: 23 x 30 inched. Bears fragment of original label affixed on verso. Incredibly vibrant and saturated color with no fading or toning of sheet. Provenance: Babcock Galleries, NYC Exhibited: The American Federation of Arts Traveling Exhibition. From the facade of The Waverly at Christopher is depicted One Christopher Street, the 16-story Art Deco residential building erected in 1931. It is not a casual coincidence that the structure appears in this cityscape: 1 Christopher Street is the subject. The original intention of this project was to transform the neighborhood, bring a bit of affluence and make a bid to rival the Upper West Side. Margules, a sensitive aesthete, understood how a massive piece of architecture such as One changes a neighborhood. Sound, scale and focal points are forever altered. A pedestrian's sense of depth and distance becomes pronounced. All of these factors contribute to the intent behind this image. Tall buildings disrupt the human scale, change the skyline and carve up space. In this piece, negative space conforms to the man-made geometries. Clouds become gems fixed in settings. De Hirsh Margules (1899–1965) was a Romanian-American "abstract realist" painter who crossed paths with many major American artistic and intellectual figures of the first half of the 20th century. Elaine de Kooning said that he was "[w]idely recognized as one of the most gifted and erudite watercolorists in the country". The New York Times critic Howard Devree stated in 1938 that "Margules uses color in a breath-taking manner. A keen observer, he eliminates scrupulously without distortion of his material." Devree later called Margules "one of our most daring experimentalists in the medium" Margules was also a well-known participant in the bohemian culture of New York City's Greenwich Village, where he was widely known as the "Baron" of Greenwich Village.[1] The New York Times described him as "one of Greenwich Village's best-known personalities" and "one of the best known and most buoyant characters about Greenwich Village. Early Life De Hirsh Margules was born in 1899 in the Romanian city of Iași (also known as Iasse, Jassy, or Jasse). When Margules was 10 weeks old, his family immigrated to New York City. Both of his parents were active in the Yiddish theater, His father was Yekutiel "Edward" Margules, a "renowned Jewish actor-impresario and founder of the Yiddish stage." Margules' mother, Rosa, thirty-nine years younger than his father, was an actress in the Yiddish theater and later in vaudeville. Although Margules appeared as a child actor with the Adler Family[11] and Bertha Kalich, his sister, Annette Margules, somewhat dubiously continued in family theater and vaudeville tradition, creating the blackface role of the lightly-clad Tondelayo (a part later played on film Hedy Lamarr) in Earl Carroll's 1924 Broadway exoticist hit, White Cargo. Annette herself faced stereotyping as an exotic flower: writing about her publicist Charles Bouchert stated that "Romania produces a stormy, temperamental type of woman---a type admirably fitted to portray emotion." His brother Samuel became a noted magician who appeared under the name "Rami-Sami." Samuel later became a lawyer, representing magician Horace Goldin, among others. A family portrait including a young De Hirsh, a portrait of Rosa and Annette together, and individual photos of Rosa and Edward can be found on the Museum of the City of New York website. At around age 9 or 10, Margules took art classes with the Boys Club on East Tenth Street, and his first taste of exhibition was at a student art show presented by the club. By age 11, he had won a city-wide prize (a box camera) at a children's art show presented by the department store Wanamakers. As a young teenager, Margules was already displaying a characteristic kindness and loyalty. Upon hearing that two friends (one of them was author Alexander King), were in trouble for breaking a school microscope, the nearly broke Margules gave them five dollars to repair the microscope . Margules had to approach a wealthy man that Margules had once saved on the subway from a heart attack. Margules didn't reveal the source of the five dollars to King until twenty-five years later. In his late teens, Margules studied for a couple of months in Pittsburgh with Edwin Randby, a follower of Western painter Frederic Remington. Thereafter he pursued a two-year course of studies in architecture, design and decoration at the New York Evening School of Art and Design, while working as a clerk during the day at Stern's Department Store. He was encouraged in these artistic pursuits by his neighbor, the painter Benno Greenstein (who later went by the name of Benjamin Benno). Artistic career In 1922, Margules began work as a police reporter for the City News Association of New York .Margules then considered himself something of an expert on art, and the painter Myron Lechay is said to have responded to some unsolicited analysis of his work with the remark "Since you seem to know so much about it, why don't you paint yourself?" This led to study with Lechay and a flurry of painting. Margules' first show was in 1922 at Jane Heap's Little Review Gallery. Thereafter Margules began to participate in shows with a group including Stuart Davis, Jan Matulka, Buckminster Fuller (exhibiting depictions of his "Dymaxion house") in a gallery run by art-lover and restaurateur Romany Marie on the floor above her cafe. Jane Heap, left, with Mina Loy and Ezra Pound During the 1920s, Margules traveled outside of the country a number of times. In 1922, with the intent of reaching Bali, he took a job as a "'wiper on a tramp steamer where [he] played nursemaid to the engine." He reached Rotterdam before he turned back. He would return to Rotterdam shortly thereafter. In 1927, Margules took a lengthy leave of absence from his day job as a police reporter in order to travel to Paris, where he "set up a studio in Montmartre's Place du Tertre, on the top floor of an almost deserted hotel, a shabby establishment, lacking both heat and running water." He studied at the Louvre and traveled to paint landscapes in provincial France and North Africa. Margules also joined the "Noctambulist" movement and experimented with painting and showing his artwork in low light.Jonathan Cott wrote that: the painter De Hirsch Margulies sat on the quays of the Seine and painted pictures in the dark. In fact, the first exhibition of these paintings, which could be seen only in a darkened room, took place in [ Walter Lowenfels'] Paris apartment. Elaine de Kooning remarked that studying the works of the Noctambulists confirmed Margules' "direction toward the use of primary colors for perverse effects of heavy shadow." It was also in Paris that Margules initially conceived his idea of "Time Painting", where a painting is divided into sectors, each representing a different time of day, with color choices meant to evoke that time of day. In Paris, his social circle included Lowenfels, photographer Berenice Abbott, publisher Jane Heap, composer George Anthiel, sculptor Thelma Wood, painter André Favory, writer Norman Douglas, writer and editor George Davis, composer and writer Max Ewing, and writer Michael Fraenkel. Upon his return to New York in 1929, Margules attended an exhibition of John Marin's paintings. While at the exhibition, he "launched into an eloquent explanation of Marin to two nearby women", and was overheard by an impressed Alfred Stieglitz. The famous photographer and art promoter invited Margules to dine with his wife, the artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and his assistant, painter Emil Zoler. Stieglitz thereafter became a friend and mentor to Margules, becoming for him "what Socrates was to his friends." Alfred Stieglitz Stieglitz introduced Margules to John Marin, who quickly became the most important painterly influence upon Margules. Elaine de Kooning later noted that Margules was "indebted to Marin and through Marin to Cézanne for his initial conceptual approach - for his constructions of scenes with no negative elements, for skies that loom with the impact of mountains." Margules himself said that Marin was his "father and ... academy." The admiration was by no means unreciprocated: Marin said that Margules was "an art lover with abounding faith and sincerity, with much intelligence and quick seeing." Stieglitz also introduced Margules to many other artistic and intellectual figures in New York. With the encouragement of Alfred Stieglitz, Margules in 1936 opened a two-room gallery at 43 West 8th Street called "Another Place." Over the following two years there were fourteen solo exhibitions by Margules and others, and the gallery was well-respected by the press. It was in this gallery that the painter James Lechay, Myron's brother, exhibited his first painting. In 1936, Margules first saw recognition by major art museums when both the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston purchased his works. In 1942, Margules gave up working as a police reporter, and apparently dedicated himself thereafter solely to an artistic vocation. "The Baron of Greenwich Village"[edit] Margules made his mark not only as an artist, but also as an outsized personality known throughout Greenwich Village and beyond. To local residents, Margules was known as the "Baron", after Baron Maurice de Hirsch, a prominent German Jewish philanthropist. Margules was easily recognizable by the beret he routinely wore over his long hair. Writer Charles Norman said that he "dressed with a flair for sloppiness." He was said to "know everybody" in Greenwich Village, to the extent that when the novelist and poet Maxwell Bodenheim was murdered, Margules was the first one the police sought to identify the body. Margules' letters show him interacting with art world figures such as Sacha Kolin, John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz, as well as with prominent figures outside the art world such as polymath Buckminster Fuller and writer Henry Miller. Most of his friends and acquaintances found Margules a generous and voluble man, given to broadly emotionally expressive gestures and acts of kindness and loyalty. In 1929, he exhibited an example of this loyalty and fellow-feeling when he appeared in court to fight what the wrongful commitment of his friend, writer and sculptor Alfred Dreyfuss, who appeared to have been a victim of an illicit attempt to block an inheritance. The Greenwich Village chronicler Charles Norman described the bone-crushing hugs that Margules would routinely bestow on his friends and acquaintances, and speaks of the "persuasive theatricality" that Margules seemed to have inherited from his actor parents. Norman also wrote about Margules' routine acts of kindness, taking in homeless artists, constantly feeding his friends and providing the salvatory loan where needed. Norman also notes that Margules was blessed with a loud and good voice, and was apt to sing an operatic air without provocation. The writer and television personality Alexander King said I think the outstanding characteristics of my friend's personality are affirmation, emphasis, and overemphasis. He chooses to express himself predominantly in superlatives and the gestures which accompany his utterances are sometimes dangerous to life and limb. Of the bystanders, I mean. King also spoke with affectionate amusement about Margules' pride in his cooking, speaking of how "if he should ever invite you to dinner, he may serve you a hamburger with onions, in his kitchen-living room, with such an air of gastronomic protocol, such mysterious hints and ogliing innuendoes, as if César Ritz and Brillat-Savarin had sneaked out, only a moment before, with his secret recipe in their pockets." Margules was such a memorable New York personality that comic book writer Alvin Schwartz imagined him at the Sixth Avenue Cafeteria in a risible yet poignant debate with Clark Kent about whether Superman had the ability to stop Hitler. Margules' entrenchment in the Greenwich Village milieu can be seen in a photograph from Fred McDarrah's "Beat Generation Album" of a January 13, 1961 writers' and poets' meeting to discuss "The Funeral of the Beat Generation", in Robert Cordier [fr]'s railroad flat at 85 Christopher Street. Among the people in the same photograph are Shel Silverstein...

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1930s American Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Rag Paper

Contemporary American Abstract Expressionist Landscape Painting Japanese screen
Contemporary American Abstract Expressionist Landscape Painting Japanese screen

Contemporary American Abstract Expressionist Landscape Painting Japanese screen

By Monica Angle

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original mixed media monotype and painting by American contemporary artist Monica Angle. This work was featured in a major exhibition for the artist at the Burchfield Penney Art ...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

1970s Abstract Expressionist Belgian Gouache on Paper.
1970s Abstract Expressionist Belgian Gouache on Paper.

1970s Abstract Expressionist Belgian Gouache on Paper.

Located in Cotignac, FR

1970s abstract expressionist gouache on paper by Belgian artist André Pierard painted in Provence in the south of France. A highly colourful and energetic abstract painting. The st...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Robert Natkin - unique early painting on historic Wells Street Gall. card Framed
Robert Natkin - unique early painting on historic Wells Street Gall. card Framed

Robert Natkin - unique early painting on historic Wells Street Gall. card Framed

By Robert Natkin

Located in New York, NY

Unique historic work Hand signed and dated on the front An exceptionally early gouache from 1957, executed on the verso of a Wells Street Gallery invitation card - one of the first c...

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

1983 Abstract Geometric Oil and Gouache Painting Study for Alma Robert Kelly
1983 Abstract Geometric Oil and Gouache Painting Study for Alma Robert Kelly

1983 Abstract Geometric Oil and Gouache Painting Study for Alma Robert Kelly

By Robert Kelly

Located in Surfside, FL

Robert Kelly (American, 1956-) Abstract Mixed Media on paper Study for Alma 1983 Pencil titled Hand signed lower right Dimensions: Frame: 26 X 19 Image: 24 X 17.5 Robert Kelly (born 1956) is an American artist. He is based in New York City. Kelly was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and studied at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (B.A. 1978). His paintings have been acquired by public and private collections in Europe and the United States, including The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Smith College Art Museum, Northampton MA; Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutger’s University, NJ; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery; The Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA; The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL; and the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. Kelly has traveled throughout the United States, Europe, North Africa, the Near East, and Nepal. His work often incorporates unusual materials from his journeys, among them vintage posters and printed antique paper, obscured and layered in saturated pigments on a canvas faintly scored with irregular grids. Kelly’s paintings have been likened to palimpsests and his method described as one of building “meticulously on inhabited ground, layering materials, documents, and signs, covering them, wiping out their beauty, nearly, but allowing something of the labor and their languages to persist.” Kelly worked as a commercial photographer for Polaroid in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and completed residencies at The MacDowell Colony and The Karolyi Foundation, Vence, France, before devoting himself entirely to painting in 1982. His work has been the subject of more than forty-five solo shows at venues in North America and Europe, including Spazio Bianco/AR Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy; Leslie Feely Fine Art, New York; and The John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California. He has participated in more than one hundred group shows in the United States and abroad. including the Projects Inaugural Exhibition at Bentley Gallery Featuring works by Jim Dine, Jennifer Bartlett, Donald Sultan, Frank Stella, John Chamberlain, Julian Schnabel and, Dominique Blain. Kelly’s influences include the De Stijl movement, Malevich and Mondrian and modernists like Bauhaus, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Philip Guston, Richard Diebenkorn, Kurt Schwitters, Blinky Palermo and Brazilian Neo-Concretists Lygia Clark and Helio Oiticica. Kelly himself cites Hans Arp, Myron Stout, Tony Smith, Brancusi, Calder, Bill Traylor, Louise Bourgeois, and Ellsworth Kelly. Primary Abstraction, Process-Oriented, Hard-Edged, New York School Artists, Line, Form, and Color, Curvilinear Forms. “Kelly compares his work method to the practice of a stonemason building a wall, setting the components in place as they rise with an astuteness and precision found in the process of composing formal puzzles. Addressing the full expanse of a canvas covered entirely with paper, he masterfully builds up his surface with the pared down tools of line, form and color. Given their remarkable elegance, sheen and tactile qualities, the paintings invite drop-dead awe.” Edward Leffingwell, Robert Kelly: Paper Trails “In these works the sophisticated play between translucency and opacity, representation and abstraction conflates past and present—be it the history of art or of a psyche.” Hilarie M. Sheets, Art in America “[His] process yields the self-sustaining and harmonious ‘rightness’ of so much of Kelly’s work, a sense that each form could never be other than it is; were it sharper, more obtuse, or thicker, each angle, curve, or horizontal band would collapse into formlessness. Kelly’s compositions are held in such perfect moments of balance...” João Ribas, Robert Kelly: Praxis and Poesis “The works are paradoxical: by disassembling and then reassembling the pieces, Kelly seems to undermine visual ‘completeness’ by a fragmented presentation. Yet it nonetheless feels as though the image is a cohesive whole.” Melissa Kuntz, Art in America “Confronted as all artists are now with the exhaustion of subjectivity, Robert Kelly insists on the capacity of painting to mediate subjective apprehension through symbolic forms and sensual experience. Nothing less.” Lyle Rexer, Robert Kelly: Painting’s Place “Robert Kelly’s art is exemplary. It reveals an intelligence that is as alert and modern as one could wish but is at the same time saturated in the knowledge of other times and places.” John Ash...

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1980s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Gouache

Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 1995 by David Ruth
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 1995 by David Ruth

Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 1995 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...

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1990s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Guy Harloff Signed and Dated Large Abstract Painting
Guy Harloff Signed and Dated Large Abstract Painting

Guy Harloff Signed and Dated Large Abstract Painting

By Guy Harloff

Located in Roma, IT

Guy Harloff Signed and Dated Large Abstract Painting Wonderful Guy Harloff large abstract painting Titled “Composition” 1954 Mixed media on paper applied to masonite. Inscription G...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor

A Stylish, Colorful, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Abstract Geometric Textile Design
A Stylish, Colorful, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Abstract Geometric Textile Design

A Stylish, Colorful, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Abstract Geometric Textile Design

By Andre Delfau

Located in Chicago, IL

A stylish, colorful 1950s Mid-century Modern abstract geometric textile design (depicting a polychrome patterned design of horizontal bands and spheres in red, blue and green tones) ...

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1950s American Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Graphite

Dubrovnik Cityscape Croatian Landscape
Dubrovnik Cityscape Croatian Landscape

Dubrovnik Cityscape Croatian Landscape

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Romana Milutin Fabris (b.1941) Dubrovnik Cityscape with Nude Women, ca. 1970. Gouache on illustration board, 23 x 32.5 inches; 25 x 34.5 inches framed. Signed lower right. Foil frame label on verso from 1960's with 5 digit telephone number, dating this piece to ca. 1970. Romana Milutin Fabris, born in 1941 in Dubrovnik, is one such artist: unwavering, devoted, and endlessly inspired. Her artistic education began at the School of Applied Arts in Split and Zagreb, and continued at the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade, where she laid the foundations of her distinctive visual language. A pivotal moment in her formation came with an international scholarship from the Austrian government, which enabled her to study in Salzburg under the great master Oskar Kokoschka-a painter of profound expressionist vision, whose spirit echoes in Romana’s work without ever being immitated. From the outset, she forged her own path-intimate but consistent, deeply personal and unmistakably her own. In 1964, she opened her first solo exhibition at the Sponza Palace in Dubrovnik, marking the beginning of a presence on the art scene that has now spanned more than six decades. Dubrovnik occupies a special place in her work. It is not merely the city of her birth, but the city of her soul-an eternal source of inspiration. Its stone walls, austere Mediterranean light, and the lush branches of bougainvillea reappear time and again on her canvases. Through these motifs, we sense belonging, but also poetic distance-for Romana does not paint the landscape as an external scene, but as an inner experience. Her colours speak in silence, her forms exude tranquillity, and the figures in her portraits radiate a depth that reaches beyond the visible. Each painting is a page from the diary of a strong and sensitive spirit, a woman who has preserved a childlike wonder, a profound reverence for beauty, and a lifelong belief in the power of artistic expression. Romana Milutin Fabris reminds us that art is not a fleeting moment, but a lasting presence. / 1965 / FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION, SPONZA PALACE ATRIUM, DUBROVNIK · ATELIER FOR INTERIOR DESIGN MASLINA - WORK COMPLETED UNDER THE FAMOUS PAINTER MILOVAN STANIĆ...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board

"Tree Trunk" Abstract Painting 16" x 20" inch by Salah Abdel Kerim
"Tree Trunk" Abstract Painting 16" x 20" inch by Salah Abdel Kerim

"Tree Trunk" Abstract Painting 16" x 20" inch by Salah Abdel Kerim

By Salah Abdel Kerim

Located in Culver City, CA

"Tree Trunk" Abstract Painting 16" x 20" inch by Salah Abdel Kerim Medium: watercolor on paper Not signed Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and sisters. In 1938 he meet...

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20th Century Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Abstract Expressionist Gouache Oil Painting on Paper John Von Wicht WPA Artist
Abstract Expressionist Gouache Oil Painting on Paper John Von Wicht WPA Artist

Abstract Expressionist Gouache Oil Painting on Paper John Von Wicht WPA Artist

Located in Surfside, FL

John von Wicht (German American, 1888-1970) Hand signed lower right Oil and media painting on Japan paper Dimensions: 17 X 24 inches Johannes Von Wicht was born in Holstein, Germa...

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Gouache, Archival Paper

Blue flowers and Table Setting, Scottish, 1959 Abstract Expressionism
Blue flowers and Table Setting, Scottish, 1959 Abstract Expressionism

Blue flowers and Table Setting, Scottish, 1959 Abstract Expressionism

Located in Hillsborough, NC

Rich Deep Blue Floral Expression just in time for the Spring Easter and Mothers' Day season! Here is a Mid-century contemporary/abstract table setting painted by award-winning Scott...

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1950s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Contemporary Miniature Natural Pigments Painting Cosmic Egg Minimalist orange
Contemporary Miniature Natural Pigments Painting Cosmic Egg Minimalist orange

Contemporary Miniature Natural Pigments Painting Cosmic Egg Minimalist orange

Located in Norfolk, GB

Rahul Kumar Untitled Natural Pigment on Paper 35.5cm x 26.5cm Rahul Kumar is from a family of traditional miniature painters working in Jaipur. The atelier where his family learnt t...

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2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Desert Sunflower - Modern Warm Abstract Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas
Desert Sunflower - Modern Warm Abstract Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas

Desert Sunflower - Modern Warm Abstract Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Meredith Walker’s "Desert Sunflower" is a luminous original painting that bridges abstract symbolism and folk art tradition through radiant color and bold composition. This unique ac...

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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Flying Gulls on the Surf
Flying Gulls on the Surf

Flying Gulls on the Surf

By James Floyd Clymer

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982), ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 14 x 20 inches. Signed lower margin. James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist st...

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Early 20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

Plant in Pottery Pot 2 - Original Abstract Colorful Botanical Painting on Paper
Plant in Pottery Pot 2 - Original Abstract Colorful Botanical Painting on Paper

Plant in Pottery Pot 2 - Original Abstract Colorful Botanical Painting on Paper

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Watercolor abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

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