Abstract Calligraphic Brush Drawing. Combing Sound
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
"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 dra...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Abstract Emotional Brush Painting. Joyful Impulse
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
"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 ...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Abstract portrait of a Woman Finely Detailed Collotype on paper
By Heather Speck
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract portrait of a Woman Finely Detailed Collotype on paper Finely detailed abstract collotype of a woman by Heather Speck a San Francisco. California artist. (American, 20th C)....
Paper, Ink, Etching, Oil, Gouache
$920Sale Price|20% Off
Purple & Yellow Modern Urban Abstract
By Carl E. Schwartz
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern and bright urban abstract in yellow & purple by Carl E. Schwartz (American, 1935-2014), c.1970s. Signed "Schwartz" lower right. Presented in a silver metal frame. Image size: ...
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Green Light Go, abstact monotype, abstract
By Mary Chang
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Title -Green Light Go Year- 2011 MonoType / Embossment =They are made by drawing on a plate or glass with a substance such as printer"s ink or oil paint. An impression is infused i...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Monotype
$316Sale Price|20% Off
"Head of Batista", Miniature Mid Century Modern Abstract Etching, Proof III
Located in Soquel, CA
"Head of Batista", a mid-century modern miniature abstract etching by California artist Richard W. Downs (American,b-1934). This delicate, small-scale etching, dated 1965, was submit...
Printer's Ink, Laid Paper, Etching
"Afro" by Enzio Wenk, 2022 - Black India Ink Drawing on Paper, Figurative
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
India ink on high-quality cotton paper, which is handmade in Italy. This is part of an album. The price refers to the single drawing.
Paper, India Ink
Monochrome abstract drawing. Funny Silver Mood - 4 -
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
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 instant impulse and the charge of cheerf...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Abstract Calligraphic Brush Drawing. Free flow movement
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Free flow movement" 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 ...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Abstract Modernist Colorful Mixed Media Art Screen-print on Handmade Paper 6/20
By Sandy Kinnee
Located in Surfside, FL
Title: Steal 32 color screenprint on 100% rag handmade, shaped deckle edged paper. hand signed in pencil, stamped and numbered from edition of 20. The piece below is one of a series...
Paint, Ink, Handmade Paper
Untitled #3 - Emmanuelle Messika, 21st Century, Abstract drawing
By Emmanuelle Messika
Located in Paris, FR
Coloured inks and pastel on paper Signed Gestural abstraction Outsider art Artist’s statement : "Painting, for me, is an expressive endeavor in which one depicts the evolution of t...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Untitled #2 - Emmanuelle Messika, 21st Century, Abstract drawing
By Emmanuelle Messika
Located in Paris, FR
Coloured inks and pastel on paper Signed Gestural abstraction Outsider art Artist’s statement : "Painting, for me, is an expressive endeavor in which one depicts the evolution of t...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Untitled #1 - Emmanuelle Messika, 21st Century, Abstract drawing
By Emmanuelle Messika
Located in Paris, FR
Coloured inks and pastel on paper Signed Gestural abstraction Outsider art Artist’s statement : "Painting, for me, is an expressive endeavor in which one depicts the evolution of t...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Expressive abstract artwork. Minimalistic graphics. Expressively Fast .5.
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
"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 d...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Expressive abstract artwork. Minimalistic graphics. Expressively Fast .3.
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
"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 d...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Expressive abstract artwork. Minimalistic graphics. Expressively Fast .4.
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
"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 d...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Expressive abstract artwork. Minimalistic graphics. Expressively Fast .2.
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
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 bo...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
The Awakening, abstract monotype, earth tones
By Mary Chang
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Statement-The emphasis in the work is on color ,motion and emotion. I make paintings that are inspired by aspects of life thus transforming color and movement into their own visual ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Monotype
Expressive Abstract Drawing. Black and blush pink. Free Movement
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
This expressive abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink and pastel on white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of instant impulse and the charge of energy! Every ...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
"Al Sabr" Figurative Painting 10.5" x 11" inch (c. 1980) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
By Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Al Sabr" Figurative Painting 10.5" x 11" inch (c. 1980) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak Ink on Paper. Signed Abd Elmalak’s diverse portfolio exemplifies not only his versatility, but perh...
Paper, Ink
Expressive abstract artwork. Minimalistic graphics. Expressively Fast .1.
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
Confident, bold, decisive, bright! This artwork conveys such a mood. This intuitive abstract drawing is made with Chinese ink, pastel and pencil on white paper. It conveys an impulse...
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Pencil
Non-Objective abstract work on paper by well-known San Francisco Bay Area artist
By Erle Loran
Located in Colfax, CA
A great, and early, non-objective ab-ex study by Erle Loran, most likely created in the 1940s, Erle Loran, (1905-1999), was an American painter and educator who painted for the enti...
Ink
"Egyptology" Figurative Painting 11" x 9" inch (1987) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
By Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Egyptology" Figurative Painting 11" x 9" inch (1987) by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak Emancipation, 1987 Ink on Paper. Signed & dated The selection of Abd Elmalak’s drawings is reflective...
Paper, Ink
Abstract calligraphic brush drawing. Intuitive Zen Art. Movement Pattern
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
When I painted this intuitive drawing, I imagined my brush dancing in a white room. Golden sunlight pours from the window. A feeling of happiness is in the air. "Movement Pattern" is...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Evanescence -grey, blue 24 X 24
By José Castro
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Evanescence -Grey, Blue 24 X 24 Mixed media-acrylic paint, ink, mulberry lace paper and screen mesh on canvas. Jose Castro was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1947. In 1961, when he was 1...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Abstract Calligraphy. Energetic Gestural Drawing. Funny Silver Mood - 1 -
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
This spontaneous gestural drawing is made with Chinese ink and silver pastel on heavy white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of instant impulse and the charge of cheer...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
French Contemporary Art by Sandra Detourbet - Italian Movie
By Sandra Detourbet
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on handmade paper Sandra Detourbet is a French artist born in 1967 who works & lives in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris. She is graduated in 1997 from ENSAD in Paris, Art-Space secti...
Handmade Paper, Ink
French Contemporary Art by Sandra Detourbet - L'Inconstance
By Sandra Detourbet
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on handmade paper Sandra Detourbet is a French artist born in 1967 who works & lives in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris. She is graduated in 1997 from ENSAD in Paris, Art-Space secti...
Handmade Paper, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 37
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 36
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 33
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 34
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 35
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 32
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 31
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 28
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 30
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 26
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 27
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 25
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 24
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 22
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 23
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 21
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 29
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork unframed 24 x 19 x 0,1 cm - 9,4 x 7,4 x 0,04 in = $400
Canvas, Ink
Abstract drawing in chocolate tones. Minimalistic graphics. Talking Lines .2.
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
"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. ...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Abstract drawing in chocolate tones. Minimalistic graphics. Talking Lines .1.
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
"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. ...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
$1,748
0118.5
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
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 years, drawing has provided a ...
Paper, Ink, Wax
$1,748
0118.2
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
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 years, drawing has provided a...
Paper, Ink, Wax
0118.15
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
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 years, drawing has provided a ...
Paper, Ink, Wax
0118.13
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
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 years, drawing has provided a ...
Paper, Ink, Wax
$1,748
0118.4
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
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 years, drawing has provided a ...
Paper, Ink, Wax
$1,748
0118.3
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
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 years, drawing has provided a ...
Paper, Ink, Wax
$1,748
0118.6
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
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 years, drawing has provided a ...
Paper, Ink, Wax
$5,500
"Women Love 1" (FRAMED) Calligraphy Painting 51" x 35" inch by Mohamed Hassan
By Mohamed Hassan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Women Love 1" (FRAMED) Calligraphy Painting 51" x 35" inch by Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Hassan is a traditional Arabic calligraphist, he obtained his official license to practice this...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$5,500
"Women Love 2" (FRAMED) Calligraphy Painting 51" x 35" inch by Mohamed Hassan
By Mohamed Hassan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Women Love 2" (FRAMED) Calligraphy Painting 51" x 35" inch by Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Hassan is a traditional Arabic calligraphist, he obtained his official license to practice this...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$8,000
Flowers, 20th Century Figurative Expressionist Ink Painting, New York Artist
By Joseph Glasco
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925–1996) Flowers 1970 Ink on paper Signed and dated center right 10.5 x 8.5 inches 15 x 12.5 inches, framed Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Oklah...
Ink
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.
Find original abstract paintings, sculptures, prints and other art on 1stDibs.
The Italian-American’s 2020 abstract painting “The Hoe” personifies his “art of not knowing.”
Beneath the inky blackness, the painter’s irrepressible energy electrifies this pair of intaglio prints.
The New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx, has mounted a multifaceted show honoring the polymath modernist's legacy, including new work by contemporary landscape maker Raymond Jungles.
In his current show at New York's Lehmann Maupin gallery, the Puerto Rican–born talent reveals new paintings with a semiautobiographical aspect.