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Medium: Watercolor
Sister Bloom - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Sister Bloom" is an enchanting example of contemporary botanical art that marries organic abstraction with symbolic folk influences. This unique painting was creat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Impressionist Flower Market Scene with Figures Trees and Red Umbrellas in Spring
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Flower Market Scene with Figures Trees and Red Umbrellas in Spring
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 11.75 x 15.75 inches (height x width)
Gouache painting on board...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Near and Far Acuity, Signed Mid Century Modern Op Art painting, historic exhibit
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Near and Far Acuity, 1957
Gouache and watercolor painting
Hand signed and dated 1957 by Richard Anuszkiewicz on the right front
Frame included
Anuszkiewicz' artw...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache
Serie Dibujos Felices 10 - Original Red Blue Watercolor and Ink Artwork on Paper
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Broken Ice, Large Mid-20th Century Gouache, Op Art Cleveland School Artist
By Edwin Mieczkowski
Located in Beachwood, OH
Edwin Mieczkowski (American, 1929-2017)
Broken Ice, 1976
Gouache and pencil on paper
Signed, dated (Feb. 2, 1976) and titled lower right
27.5 x 37.75 inches
35 x 45 inches, framed
Edwin Mieczkowski, born in Pittsburgh, was a leader of geometric and perceptual abstraction during the latter part of the 20th century. Mieczkowski's work first came to prominence in "The Responsive Eye" exhibition, the nation's first major exhibition of perceptual art, held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1965.
Mieczkowski was also featured in the 1964 article in Timemagazine that first used the term "Op Art" to describe paintings that manipulated visual cues in order to reorder and excite viewers' perceptual responses.
With a complex aesthetic that over time has transcended mere tricks of optical art, Mieczkowski has spent nearly four decades producing geometrically paintings, drawings and sculptures, a genre of modern art that is known broadly as perceptual abstraction.
His output of static and dynamic forms create a body of work, still largely intact, that uses visually disorienting, meticulously arranged lines, dazzling kaleidoscopic colors, and alluring juxtapositions of hue and tone, to playfully and seductively present new challenges for the viewer's eyes. The desired result is an optical effect of perpetual motion, harmonics and rhythm. . . .
Along with Frank Hewitt and Ernst Benkert, Mieczkowski was a co-founder in 1959 of the Anonima* group that worked together in Cleveland and New York and declared itself free from the pressures of the art market and the pursuit of personal fame. Members of Anonima often left their works unsigned and vowed to shun the usual art market venues such as commercial galleries, biennials and competitions. Instead, they engaged in a rigorous, self-imposed program of painting exercises to explore the effects of geometry and color on visual perception.
Although Mieczkowski's work hung side-by-side in the MOMA "Responsive Eye" exhibition with such colleagues as Josef Albers, Victor Vasarely, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Carlos Cruz-Diaz, Ad Reinhardt and Bridget Riley, all of whom went on to considerable fame and fortune, Mieczkowski chose to eschew commercial exhibition and career promotion. Instead, he spent 39 years teaching at the Cleveland Institute of Art and quietly executing a number of public art commissions while independently pursuing his own intuitive explorations in geometric abstraction.
Mieczkowski pursued virtually no commercial sales of his work. Consequently, the body of work he left behind consists of hundreds of paintings, drawings and sculptures only recently viewed...
Category
1970s Op Art Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Floral Study II - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker's "Floral Study II" is a charming piece of contemporary folk art that showcases a minimalistic botanical composition. This original acrylic and gouache painting on ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Blossom, Monoprint Mixed Media on Paper, Star Fish Patterns, Yellow Tones, 2025
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Monoprint
Floral Study I - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker's "Floral Study I" is a stunning example of contemporary botanical art that blends modern minimalism with folk art sensibilities. This original painting, created with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Cubist East River industial scene
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). East River, 1966. 9.5 x 12.25 inches. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures inches. Signed, dated and titled lower right. Excellent condition.
Born in N...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
Blue of Blues, Abstract Fish Shapes on Paper, Overlapping Forms, 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 sal...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
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...
Category
2010s Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
'Cubist Still Life', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Cubist Still Life', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Juan Gris (1887-1927) and Georges Braque's ...
Category
1940s Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Contemporary watercolor painting of pink roses, semi-abstract , art on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This semi-abstract floral painting, titled "Sweet Summer Roses," captures the delicate beauty of pink roses and was inspired by the summer floral landscapes of Provence, South of Fra...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
7.10.24 #6 - Jewel Tone Emerald Abstract Watercolor Minimalist Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Delicate strokes and natural hues shape Shiri Phillips' watercolor, ink, and colored pencil artworks, showcasing her exploration of minimalism and organic forms. Departing from her u...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Russian Landscape (abstract painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Yuri Larin (1936-2014). Landscape, 1984. Watercolor on paper, 17 x 18 inches. Unframed and unmounted. Signed and dated lower left. Excellent condition. Image is painted on verso side of block print wallpaper sheet of Russian manufacture.
Estate of Giovanni and Dagmar Migliuolo, NYC. Giovanni Migliuolo is the former Italian Ambassador to the United Nations, USSR and Egypt.
Yuri Larin, also Yuriy Larin (1936–2014) is a Russian painter and graphic artist, a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1977. Larin was born in Moscow to the family of a key Soviet political leader, Nikolay Bukharin, and Anna Larina. Following the arrests of his parents in 1938 and until 1946, he lived with his relatives, and following the arrest of his step-father, he was taken to an orphanage near Stalingrad. A hydraulic engineer by training, he worked at the construction of the Saratov Hydro-Electric Plant and at design institutions. In 1960, he began his studies at the department of drawing and painting of the Krupskaya People’s University of Arts, and then, from 1965 until 1970, he studied at the department of art design at the Moscow State Higher School of Arts and Industry (the former Stroganov Institution). His career as a professional artist began in the early 1970s. From 1970 until 1986, he taught at the Moscow 1905 Memorial Arts School. His letter to prof. Vittorio Strada sent in 1980 contained the first statement of his artistic method he would later dub the “concept of the limit state”. He quit teaching after a serious illness, when he lost the ability to use his right hand. He only worked with his left hand since 1986. He died and was buried in Moscow.
Exhibitions:
1981
The sixth All-Union watercolor exhibition. Moscow
1982
Personal exhibition in Moscow Drama Theater after M.N.Ermolova (together with Ye.Kravchenko). Moscow.
1985
The eighth All-Union watercolor exhibition. Moscow
1987
The ninth All-Union watercolor exhibition. Moscow.
1989
Personal watercolor exhibition. Gallery “Books&Company Art”, NY, USA
Personal exhibition. The Central House of the Artist on Krymskiy Val, Moscow.
13 Biennale of the countries of the Baltic Region in Rostock, Germany.
1992
Personal exhibition of Russian and German landscapes. Duren, Germany.
The exhibition of the Russian graphics. Gallery «Raissa». Erfurt, Germany.
1993
Personal exhibition in exhibition hall of magazine “Nashe Nasledie” (Russian Cultural Foundation), Moscow
1994
Personal watercolor exhibition. Gallery “The Art of the XX century”.
Bonn, Germany
1996
Personal exhibition of portraits and landscapes. World Bank Moscow Office
1997
Personal exhibition “From Italian cycle”. The State Institute of Art Studies. Moscow
Exhibition “THe Russian Art of the second half of the XX century. Harmony of Contrasts”. The Academy of Arts of the Russian Federation. Moscow.
1998
Personal exhibition “The seasons of Yuriy Larin. From the Russian cycle”. Moscow State Museum of Vadim Sidur...
Category
1980s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Joyous Sea, Unique Monotype on paper, Abstract Seascape Diptych in Warm Tones
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Monoprint
Abstract Geometric Composition. Second half of the 20th century
Located in Firenze, IT
Abstract Geometric Composition
Date: Second half of the 20th century
Medium: Gouache on paper
Dimensions: H 50 cm x W 65 cm approx.
Description: Modular geometric structure with ove...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Mid Century Abstract Nude Oil on Canvas Painting by Edith Ferullo
By Edith E. Ferullo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original Mid-Century oil on canvas composition by American Artist Edith E. Ferullo (1928 - 2008). The painting features a thick textured abstract nude subject. The brutalist artwork ...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Abstract Expressionist Original Gouache on paper Collage style of de Kooning
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Original Gouache on paper and Collage
Abstract Gouache and Paper Collage by Harold Winer (American, 1913-2006).
Image 30"H x 40"W
Slat with white paint .25" ...
Category
1980s Post-War Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Laid Paper
French Impressionist Landscape of Brunoy and the Old Bridge of Boussy
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Landscape of Brunoy and the Old Bridge of Boussy
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 10.75 x 13.75 inches (height x width)
Gouache painting on cardboard, unfra...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
French Harbour Scene with Church Boats and Village Skyline in Gouache
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Harbour Scene with Church Boats and Village Skyline in Gouache
By Fanch Lel
Size: 7.25 x 9.75 inches (height x width)
Gouache painting on cardboard, unframed
Condition:...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
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 Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Whore by Rene Ricard pink and silver painting with poetry
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
A fluid wash of bubblegum pink fills the surface of this painting. Ricard has written in bright yellow, blue, and vivid silver the following: So how do you be friends w/a whore? Business being business/Ethically, a ho can’t rat on its tricks; so if the ho is hohoing yr husband Damned if you’ll ever find out. March 26.
Whore sharply contrasts the beauty of silver, yellow, and pink with Rene’s pithy, obscene pronouncement. The pink ground is applied in a sheer wash, like Male Cinderella’s background, and the artist’s cursive shimmers in the same silver as One Shoe One You / True Love, Size 3?, and This is not a thanksgiving pumpkin. While Whore shares enticing formal qualities with other works in this group, the text snaps us to cold reality, down into the gutter with a bump. Ricard is happy to visit a fairy tale, but doesn’t stays in the fantasy for long. There’s an intimacy to this work’s smaller scale which compels the viewer to lean in and decode Ricard’s poetry. The artist’s outsized signature is with initials in dark blue, which pop out against that beautiful saturated pink.
Canvas floater frame, in maple with .25 inch moulding.
Whore is part of a group of works dating from 1989-1990 as Rene Ricard prepared for Mal de Fin at the Petersburg Gallery, New York, in 1990, his very first one-man exhibition. Born Albert Napoleon Ricard, he moved to New York in the 1960s at the age of 18. With that relocation, Albert died, and Rene was born. Instantly adopted into Andy Warhol’s glittering orbit, Ricard thrived in the city, with its heady concentration of art, culture, and debauchery. In New York Ricard found the milieu where he would shine.
He acted in underground films, playing Warhol in the artist’s own Andy Warhol Story. He became a renowned poet and writer, published in the Paris Review and Artforum. In typically wry fashion he explained how he became a painter: “I began adding images [to my poetry] because I’ve always liked to draw and paint. And it was hard to find junk-store paintings of the right quality, things that could support some writing, so I just started making the images myself. Unfortunately, people really like that, even though I far prefer just the writing.” Ricard drew on his vast knowledge of literature and art history, weaving these references together with bursts of autobiographical poetry: what the New York Times termed his “seething verbal finesse.”
Ricard, having spent years in the Factory’s milieu, learned from Warhol’s creative strategies. Warhol created images quickly with screen printing, with no regard for perfection. Duplication was the method and the ideology. Ricard, too, worked quickly: urgency was part of his visual language of looped cursive and scribbled colors. He often borrowed a lithographic plate or silkscreen from already-completed works, printing the matrix on canvas or paper to create backgrounds for new works (Size 3’s red printed background may be an example of this). He appropriated thrifted paintings and discarded items such as a pinboard or a piece of insulation, so long as the object in question had a flat surface upon which to work. The two artists were both outsiders to the art world in a sense—Warhol coming from the world of design and Ricard, a bona fide author, but both intuitively understanding how to compel the viewer.
As Warhol anthologized consumerism, Ricard catalogued desire. For example, Size 3 and One Shoe One You feature Ricard’s take on Warhol’s famous shoe drawings...
Category
1990s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Vibrant Color Abstract Twists and Turns
Located in Houston, TX
Vibrant abstract gouache with purple, blues, oranges, and green colors by British artist Stephen Priestner, 2008. Displayed on a white mat with a gold border and fits a standard-size...
Category
1960s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever (Grammy, Album Art, Music, Iconic, Disco)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1625
*Black frame with a mirror-gl...
Category
2010s Pop Art Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Patchwork Abstracted Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). The landscape is made up of patches of color, reminiscent of viewing agricultural land f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor, Newsprint, Tissue Paper
'Large Abstract', San Francisco Bay Area, North Beach, Beat, Beatnik, Big Sur
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'K. Sanzenbach' for Keith Sanzenbach (American, 1931-1964) and dated 1956. Additionally signed, verso, and with the artist's Lagunitas, California address.
The ...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Gouache
Mid 20th French Modernist Landscape with Rolling Hills and Path in Muted Green
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Modernist Landscape
Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996
gouache painting on artist paper, framed
size: 7 x 9 inches
Suzanne Vattier (1901-1996) was a pupil of the famous painter, Andr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Flying Gulls on the Surf
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil
Green Day - American Idiot (Record Label, Pop Art, Setlists, Grammy)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Green Day - American Idiot
Mixed Media on on Crescent board
Year: 2017
Size: 12x12in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 92-1653
*Black frame with a mirror-gloss fi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Purple and Black Modern Gestural Abstract Ink and Watercolor Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract ink and watercolor drawing by Houston born artist Arthur Turner. The work features energetic black lines accented with blocks of purple. Signed and dated along the ri...
Category
1960s Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
ROGER HERSON (1922-2008) SIGNED FRENCH ABSTRACT PAINTING - FIGURATIVE STUDY
By Roger Herson
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition"
by Roger Herson (French 1922-2008)
signed
gouache and crayon on paper, unframed
painting: 20 x 14 inches
Superb original abstract painting by the very well listed French abstract and surrealist artist, Roger Herson (1922-2008). The painting is signed and has excellent provenance, having come from the artists estate in northern France.
Roger Herson (1922-2008) was a French abstract, cubist and surrealist painter from Rouen, France. Influenced by Picasso, Braque and Léger, he infuses the canvas with a frenzied and tonic movement, a rigorous construction and a personal graphic power. Painter of woman, desire and fantasies, Herson draws his inspiration from the verve and surrealist movement inspired by Georgio de Chirico...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Nobadeer, " Abstract Watercolor Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This small original abstract watercolor painting by Nealy Hauschildt features a palette that combines washes of varying blue and turquoise tones. It ...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Watercolor
Joan Miro. Original single piece mixed technique painting
By Joan Miró
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Joan Miro. Original single piece mixed technique painting
Joan Miro Ferra
1893-1983
Original Study for “EL GOLAFRE ".NOT SIGNED
1979
Unique.
Gouache, lithotint and crayon on paper
...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Serie Dibujos Felices 2 - Original Orange Watercolor and Ink Artwork on Paper
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Seated Figure (Abstract Woman Collage).
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Sam Maitin (1928-2004).
Seated Figure, ca. 1970.
Charcoal, gouache and decorative paper collage.
Measuring 15.5 x 20.5 inches; 22.75 x 27.75 inches framed.
Signed lower left. Excellent condition.
Period frame original to the piece in mahogany with natural wood grain on sides and 22k gold leaf gilt face.
After graduating from Simon Gratz High School, Maitin won a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts). A painter, printmaker, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer, political activist, and beloved teacher, Maitin headed the Visual Graphics Communication Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication from 1965–1972 and served on the board of Woodmere Art Museum from 1995–2004. He received a number of awards, including a 1968 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. He created murals and other public art for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University’s Kornberg School of Dentistry, the Please Touch Museum, and Hahnemann University Hospital, among others.
Maitin's work is museum collections in the United States and Europe, including (but not limited to):
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Gallery, London
Bauersche Geisserie, Germany
Oakland Museum, California
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Currier Gallery of Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
Composition (Abstract Expressionist mid-century gestural action painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Murray Hantman (1904-1999). Composition, 1951. Watercolor on paper, 14 x 21 inches. Unframed. Signed lower left. Signed, dated and titled en verso. Provenance: estate of Murray Hantman.
Biography:
Shaped by his life experiences and a commitment to the practice of making art, the work of Murray Hantman represents a career of personal exploration and aesthetic refinement that took him from New York, to Los Angeles, back to New York and eventually to the serene, yet dramatic, coast of Maine where he worked as part of the artists’ colony on Monhegan Island. Born in Pennsylvania in 1904, Hantman’s family moved many times to follow his father’s business opportunities, eventually settling in New York. A childhood of economic instability and dislocation formed Hantman’s early years, making him independent and self-reliant from a very early age. Hantman’s father owned movie theatres and photography studios and, recognizing his son’s artistic ability, employed him to print and hand-color photographs as a child. When he was eleven and living in Michigan, a public school teacher arranged for Hantman to receive a scholarship to the Detroit Museum of Art School where after a year he was awarded another scholarship to study at the Detroit School of Design. He studied in Detroit for a year until his family abruptly moved to Alabama, interrupting his artistic and academic studies until the family moved to New York at the end of the first World War.
As a young man, Hantman supported himself by working many different jobs in New York and New Jersey. Steady work with his brother at the Hartford and New Haven Railroad...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Abstract Figurative -- Navajo Hunters
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic, mid century multi colored abstract by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Depicts a group of hunters and their horses participati...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Mid Century French Illustration Sketch Of Tigers In Tropical Wallpaper Design
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Original 1940s Retrofuturism Gouache Painting 'Birth of Mind' in Black & White
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage 1940s gouache painting, titled Birth of Mind, is a striking example of retrofuturism by Charles Ragland Bunnell, a prominent artist from the Broadmoor Academy...
Category
1940s Futurist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Silence - line drawing figure with red gloves
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The works are 15 by 11 inches in size, framed (black) with a styrene face on a mat board in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Blue and White Fish Patterns, Mediterranean, Expressionist 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Rainforest Walk, Sunrise Tones, Pink Hibiscus Flower, Tropical Green Plants
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Rainforest Walk I" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion.
Romina Mil...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, India Ink
Blossom Diptych, Monoprint on Japanese Paper, Pastel Tones Flowers Patterns 2025
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Monoprint, Paper
PHENOMENA GRID THREE
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed on front; signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Additional images are available upon request. Certificate of Authenticity is inc...
Category
1970s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Havannah Lake No 1
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Havannah Lake No 1
1966
Gouache on paper
Image: 24.2 x 34.3 cm
Frame: 41.9 x 52.0 cm
Exhibitions
1970 Sep. Penwith Gallery, St Ives.
1975 Newlyn ...
Category
1960s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Key A - Contemporary Abstract Orange Peach Blue Navy Beige Stripes, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in gouache and acrylic on paper, clean and precise, carefully ordered thick horizontal stripes in shades of peach, light blue, dark navy, and a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper
Impressionist French Gouache of Sacré-Cœur Paris in Snow with Figures
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist French Gouache of Sacré-Cœur Paris in Snow with Figures
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 15.75 x 11.75 inches (height x width)
Gouache painting on board, unframed
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Category
20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
David Ambrose, Modular Stipple, 2017, Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Located in Darien, CT
David Ambrose’s fascination with paper began as a child as when convalescing from major surgery on his right leg at the age of seven. Paper became the playground for his imagination ...
Category
2010s Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Russian School Art Deco Cubist Gouache on Board Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a beautiful 20th-century Russian Art Deco cubist gouache painting on cardboard. There is no obvious signature on the artwork. Although this painting is a typical example of t...
Category
20th Century Cubist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board, Cardboard
Abstract Expressionist CoBRA Style Fantastical Figure. Acrylic on Card.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Abstract expressionist CoBrA style acrylic on card of a humanised figure attributed to French artist, A Nuchy. The work is signed bottom right and stamped with the Atelier stamp to t...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard, Watercolor
Walpi #4 - Original Semi-Abstract Southwestern Landscape Watercolor Mixed Media
Located in Denver, CO
"Walpi #4" is an original semi-abstract Southwestern landscape by renowned 20th-century artist Bert Van Bork (1928-2014). This captivating watercolor and mixed media painting portrays the dramatic beauty of a Native American Pueblo village nestled on the mesa of First Mesa, Arizona. Van Bork skillfully uses vibrant hues of deep blue, yellow, orange, and pink to convey the cultural richness and natural splendor of the Hopi people. The piece features adobe structures set against the expansive desert sky, merging the artist’s unique style with his deep reverence for Native American heritage.
Presented in a custom white frame with archival materials and UV-protectant glass, the framed artwork measures 8 ½ x 10 ½ x ½ inches, with the image size being 4 ¾ x 7 inches.
Provenance: Estate of Bert Van Bork, Evanston, Illinois
About the Artist:
Bert Van Bork (1928-2014) was a German-born artist, filmmaker, photographer, and writer. Trained under Karl Schmidt-Rottluff in Berlin, he played a significant role in the post-war German art scene before immigrating to the U.S. in 1954. Known for his work as a printmaker and photographer, Van Bork's powerful documentary films earned global recognition, including an Academy Award nomination for EYEWITNESS, the Legacy of Death Camp Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor
Seashore Town- Mid-Century Modernist Gouache and Oil Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
A dramatic painting of a seaside town done in bright colors. The abstract American scene style captures the moody sky, and the reflection of water captures the viewer's attention.
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Category
Mid-20th Century Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache, Board
'Fish, Dove and Musical Instrument', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Fish, Dove and Musical Instrument', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Georges Braque (1882-1963) ...
Category
1940s Modern Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Sunshine I - Modern Luminous Yellow Folk Art Inspired Painting on Raw Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker’s "Sunshine I" is a luminous fusion of contemporary folk art, naïve surrealism, and symbolic illustration, embodying a tender balance between emotional vulnerability ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Vibrant Modernist Landscape with Lush Green Foliage and Rolling Hills
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Modernist Landscape
Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996
signed gouache painting on artist paper, framed
size: 8 x 10.75 inches
Suzanne Vattier (1901-1996) was a pupil of the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Night Club New York
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Night Club New York, ca. 1960s. . Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 12 inches; 11 x 17 in matting. Excellent condition.
Born in Newark, New Jer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Watercolor Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
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Find a wide variety of authentic Watercolor abstract paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add Abstract paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, pink and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Kerry Smith, Elizabeth Gourlay, John M White, and Nina Bovasso. Frequently made by artists working in the Abstract, Contemporary, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Watercolor abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 1.63 inches across are also available
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