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'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) ...
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1940s Modern London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$1,321 Sale Price
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Sky + Sea / Nick's Wharf
Located in London, GB
Toni LaSelle (1901–2002) was a pioneering American modernist and a key figure in shaping
modern art education in the United States. Strongly influenced by European movements such as ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink
Composition with Circles II
By James Pichette
Located in London, GB
'Composition with Circles II', gouache on art paper, by James Pichette. A dynamic, lively abstract composition by an artist known for such stunning, viv...
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1970s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$991 Sale Price
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Original-Golden Summer-UK Awarded Artist, British School, Exhibition Collection
Located in London, GB
Shizico spent three days painting this plein air in her sunlit garden. She applied 550 Ture Gold paint and Van Gogh Yellow creating a stunning backdrop which served as the canvas for...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
'Still Life with Strings', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Strings', ink and pencil on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). This gallery acquired this artwork with two similar works for which this one may...
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1940s Modern London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
$1,046 Sale Price
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Original-Drawing Time Series-Gladiolus-PleinAir-Brit Awarded Artist-Ink on paper
Located in London, GB
The Summer Bloom Series is an ongoing project that Shizico Yi returns to each summer, painting en plein air in her garden. She began gardening in 2015 to create a healing space for h...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Graphite, Gouache
Red Rose - contemporary work by award winning emerging artist Fujiko Rose
Located in London, GB
Fujiko’s work amalgamates a contrast of the contemporary with traditional scenes, juxtaposing Indian black ink on a variety of warm textured papers, whilst forming a modern emotive f...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Blue Fountain Pink Poodle
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you and you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Isabel Rock , 'Just another Day in Paradise', mixed media on best archival paper, 85cm x 140cm, unframed, 2022
In Rock's own words,
'It was just another day in Paradise for the Pink Poodle People of the Everlasting Fountain of Eternal Joy.
Since every day was Paradise it was just another normal day filled with love, ecstasy and wonder.
It started slowly at first, things began to appear in paradise, strange objects that the Pink Poodle People did not know what to do with. Some had sharp edges, others were so and smelt strange, bad strange. Some things glittered and shone. Every day more of these objects would arrive in Paradise.
' If this happens every day then soon Paradise will be full of these strange objects. Some of them are nice but many are bad and smelly. One day there will be no Paradise, only bad, sharp and smelly things.'
But the Pink Poodle People did not know what to do with the objects and every day more arrived.'
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
About Isabel Rock and her work:
Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations.
Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel...
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2010s Surrealist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Early Constructions no. 21
Located in London, GB
Toni LaSelle (1901–2002) was a pioneering American modernist and a key figure in shaping
modern art education in the United States. Strongly influenced by European movements such as ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink
Composition in Red
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Composition in Red
c. 1960
Gouache on paper
52.5 x 24.5 cms (20 11/16 x 9 11/16 ins)
SF14434
$125,000
Exhibited:
Bernard Jacobson Gall...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Original Triptych-Drawing Time-Gladiolus-PleinAir-Brit Award Artist-ink on paper
Located in London, GB
The Summer Bloom Series is an ongoing project that Shizico Yi returns to each summer, painting en plein air in her garden. She began gardening in 2015 to create a healing space for h...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Gouache, Graphite
'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition 2 of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash. The charc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Untitled 2003 (Abstract Painting)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2003 (Abstract Painting)
Pastel, acrylic and pencil on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and ...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
Untitled II
By Erez Yardeni
Located in London, GB
'Untitled II' abstract composition, mixed media on soft board, Japanese ink, oil, pencil and gouache by Erez Yardeni (2018). There is so much energy in th...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Oil, Gouache, Board, Pencil
$4,404 Sale Price
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Original-Drawing Time Series-Gladiolus PleinAir-Brit Awarded Artist-Ink on paper
Located in London, GB
The Summer Bloom Series is an ongoing project that Shizico Yi returns to each summer, painting en plein air in her garden. She began gardening in 2015 to create a healing space for h...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Graphite, Gouache
Original-Drawing Time-Dahlias&Gladiolus PleinAir-Brit Awarded Artist-ink onPaper
Located in London, GB
The Summer Bloom Series is an ongoing project that Shizico Yi returns to each summer, painting en plein air in her garden. She began gardening in 2015 to create a healing space for h...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Graphite, Gouache
Clifford Ellis Mid-Century Abstract drawing Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings and drawings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Selle...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Lyric Suite
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Brown ink with orange bleed on rice paper
22.9 x 27.9 cms (9 x 11 ins)
Category
20th Century London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Untitled (ID 1298) (Abstract painting)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Ink and acrylic on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intu...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Untitled 24.6.15 (Abstract Drawing)
By Richard Caldicott
Located in London, GB
Untitled 24.6.15 (Abstract Drawing)
Pen and Inkjet on Paper - Unframed.
Caldicott's drawings have a minimal esthetic, an architectural character, created with only one or two lines....
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2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Inkjet
Untitled 2009 (Abstract Drawing)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2009 (Abstract Drawing)
Oil on postcard - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Postcard
Clifford Ellis Abstract Painting Mid-Century Modern British Art Grey & Black
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Untitled (ID 1284)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Oil on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuition. Her v...
Category
2010s Minimalist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Untitled 1914 (Abstract Drawing)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1914 (Abstract Drawing)
Pastel and pencil on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies ...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing)
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled (SF64-121)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled (SF64-121)
1964
Gouache and oil on paper
69.9 x 104.4 cms (27 1/2 x 41 1/8 ins)
SF14605
Exhibited:
New York, 'Chamberlain/Francis', Van Doren Waxter, July 11- ...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Untitled (ID 1278)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intu...
Category
2010s Minimalist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled (ID 1289)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuition. He...
Category
2010s Minimalist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Seated Mother and Child, 1 (executed 1982)
By Henry Moore
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Charcoal and gouache on paper
Paper size: 9x 11.5 inches
Framed size: 23.5 x 25.75 inches
Signed lower right
Provenance:
Raymond Spencer Co.;
Galerie Dominion, Montreal, 1982;
Dr Max Stern, Montreal, 1982;
Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles;
Purchased by Haynes Fine Art...
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20th Century Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
Untitled (#2 Pri-Rain) (SF64-592)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled (#2 Pri-Rain) (SF64-592)
1964
Gouache on paper
57.2 x 75.6 cms (22 1/2 x 29 3/4 ins)
Frame size: 82.9 x 103.2 cms (32 5/8 x 40 5/8 ins)
SF14652
$300,000
Exhibit...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Untitled 2310 (Abstract Drawing)
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2310 (Abstract Drawing)
Oil on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge wh...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Les Voiles by Léopold Survage - Abstract watercolour, Landscape, Modern
By Léopold Survage
Located in London, GB
Les Voiles by Léopold Survage (1987-1968)
Watercolour on paper
23 x 38 cm (9 x 15 inches)
Monogrammed, stamped and dated lower right
Executed in 1945
Provenance
Private collection, ...
Category
1940s Surrealist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
OriginalSet-the Way of Seeing-Meeting Raphael-studies of Masters-British Artist
Located in London, GB
Free shipping worldwide ! This set of drawings included Two Studies of Raphael's paintings in National Gallery, London where Shizico Yi learned her craft in drawings from old masters...
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
'Raining in Formosa on the Tamsui River' by Ran In-Ting (Lan Yinding, 藍蔭鼎)
Located in London, GB
'Raining in Formosa on the Tamsui River' by Taiwanese artist, Ran In-Ting (Lan Yinding, 藍蔭鼎) (1956-59). Although elements of landscapes often appear in paintings produced by various cultures, before the 17th century in the West they were only peripheral. In 5th century China, shan shui or landscape painting developed, expressing harmony and natural beauty. These were among the first paintings to make landscape their subject (ref: 'The Short Story of Art...
Category
1950s London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$9,910 Sale Price
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Untitled 2011
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Oil on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuition. Her ...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Untitled
By Erez Yardeni
Located in London, GB
'Untitled' abstract composition, mixed media on soft board, Japanese ink, oil, pencil and gouache by Erez Yardeni (2018). Beautifully balanced, stunningly...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Oil, Gouache, Board, Pencil
$4,404 Sale Price
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Monet Blue by Lélia Pissarro - Tempera
By Lelia Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Monet Blue by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963)
Tempera and gold on paper
21 x 14.7 cm (8 ¹/₄ x 5 ³/₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Lélia Pissarro
Executed in 2023
This work is accompanied by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash. The charc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Dinosaur Me & Baby
By Erez Yardeni
Located in London, GB
'Dinosaur Me & Baby' abstract composition, mixed media on soft board, Japanese ink, oil, pencil and gouache by Erez Yardeni (2018). The scribblings of a c...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Oil, Gouache, Board, Pencil
$4,955 Sale Price
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Untitled [Biplane] Senza titolo [Biplano], Drawing, Italian Futurism
By Enzo Benedetto
Located in London, GB
ENZO BENEDETTO 1905-1993
Reggio Calabria 1905-1993 Rome (Italian)
Title: Untitled [Biplane] Senza titolo [Biplano], 1925/26
Technique: Signed Waterco...
Category
1920s London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil
![Untitled [Biplane] Senza titolo [Biplano], Drawing, Italian Futurism](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_180/1547833484735/12137_1_master.jpg?width=240 "easy futurism drawing")
Gold Monet by Lélia Pissarro - Tempera
By Lelia Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Sold directly on behalf of the artist
Gold Monet by Lélia Pissarro (B. 1963)
Tempera and gold on paper
21 x 14.7 cm (8 ¹/₄ x 5 ³/₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Lélia Pissarro
Execute...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.3' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
OriginalSet-the Way of Seeing-Meeting Cezanne-Studies Masters-British Artist
Located in London, GB
This set of drawings included Two Studies of Cezanne's paintings in National Gallery and The Courtauld Gallery , London where Shizico Yi learned her craft in drawings from old master...
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Untitled, 2014 (Id. 388)
By Richard Caldicott
Located in London, GB
Ballpoint pen and inkjet on paper. Unframed.
Caldicott has always had a habit of working serially; his works on paper are rapidly produced and large in quantity. His drawings have ...
Category
2010s Minimalist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Inkjet
Composition with Circles
By James Pichette
Located in London, GB
'Composition with Circles', gouache on paper, by James Pichette (circa 1970s). A dynamic, lively abstract composition by an artist known for such stunni...
Category
1970s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$991 Sale Price
20% Off
Lily in Charcoal No.2 - abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal No.2' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.2' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Composition in Orange and Red
By James Pichette
Located in London, GB
'Composition in Orange and Red', gouache on paper, by James Pichette (circa 1970s). A dynamic, lively abstract composition by an artist known for such s...
Category
1970s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$991 Sale Price
20% Off
'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Yellow Red
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
The Storm, 140x140cm, collaged woodblock print, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, 2020
* Please note this artwork is on two separate pieces of paper that have been joined together. The join is not obvious when looking at the work. At the time Isabel was desperate to make the piece but did not have a large enough piece of paper in the studio, so she joined two together.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabels own words:
The Storm
It started with a butterfly flapping its wings, which caused an ant to drop a leaf it was carrying, the leaf fluttered and spun, it tickled the nose of a fox returning to its den, the fox sneezed which awoke a sleeping dog, the dog barked and the fox screamed, a baby in a house began to cry. The storm clouds gathered, threatening, grey, black, blue, like swollen bruises from the blows of life. Round and round they whirled, the butterfly flapping and flipping with them. People looked out of their windows and knew that the sky was falling on their heads. The swirling vortex opened and all life was sucked away, never to be seen again. All that was left was the tiny butterfly who shrugged its tiny shoulders and flapped its wings.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821...
Category
2010s Surrealist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal no.3' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.3' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Kenneth Rowntree: 'Abstract Australian Landscape' watercolour Modern British Art
By Kenneth Rowntree
Located in London, GB
Kenneth Rowntree
Abstract Australian Landscape
Watercolour
27.5 x 33cm
Signed (top left) and dated ‘Kenneth Rowntree ’85’
Provenance: Anderson & Garland Studio sale of Kenneth Rowntree lot 263 Tuesday 8 September 2009
For biographical details and other works by Rowntree click here.
Rowntree visited Australia in 1984/85. In this painting he picks up various vignettes from the Australian landscape in six separate blocks. Two relate to the sky, with almost-unbroken blue skies stretching from horizon to horizon, three relate to desert areas, with a whole array of different textures, and one is a luscious green. In one of the desert scenes he has picked out two road signs, in typical Rowntree fashion, reducing them to their simplest form. In her essay Kenneth Rowntree: A Strange Simplicity (published in Kenneth Rowntree A Centenary Exhibition Published by Moore-Gwyn Fine Art and Liss Llewellyn Fine Art, on behalf of the artist’s estate, on the occasion of the centenary of Kenneth Rowntree’s birth) Alexandra Harris makes reference to this painting noting:
"Later, in 1986, just when the young David Hockney was collaging the signs and road-markings of Route 138 in Pearblossom Highway, Rowntree was in Australia painting yellow diamond-shaped road-signs as bright icons in open country. Wherever he went, Rowntree captured both the unfamiliarity of places and their relationship to things he knew. Heading into the Australian outback, he painted a road-sign as he would paint a rail signal at Clare in Suffolk or nautical markers at Swansea."
Hockney’s 1986 Pearblossom Highway may be seen in the Getty and it is worth noting that Rowntree was in fact painting the yellow sign in 1985, so a year before Hockney.
Kenneth Rowntree (1915-1997)
Rowntree was born in Scarborough and educated in York where his father managed the local department store. Young Kenneth’s work was displayed there and his first major commission arose from an advertisement at the store. After the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford he studied at the Slade School, meeting Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden and then moving to north Essex to work with them as members of the group of Great Bardfield Artists.
Between 1940 and 1943 he was one of the team of over 60 artists engaged by the War Artists Advisory Committee for the ‘Recording Britain’ project, to record the face of England and Wales before wartime action – or development – changed it for ever. Rowntree’s keen sense of design, and fascination with the quirky and the vernacular made him an ideal candidate to interpret our built heritage’s more unusual aspects.
In 1951 he painted murals in the Lion and Unicorn pavilion for the Festival of Britain, he decorated the route of the Queen’s Coronation procession (some of the works being acquired by Her Majesty).
During a teaching job at the Ruskin School of Drawing in Oxford he was driven, perhaps by his experiences recording Britain, to record the decorated barges that belonged to the Oxford Colleges. These wooden Victorian ceremonial barges had belonged to the London livery companies, but were acquired in their later life by the Colleges to be used as changing rooms and clubhouses for the College boat clubs – depending on the size of the barge rowing eights were stored on board too. Part way through painting one of them Rowntree thought his drawing incorrect until he realised that it was the boat that was moving. It was in fact sinking. These days the Colleges have modern (but unromantic) boat houses; a handful of the barges remain – restored – in private hands.
In 1959 he was appointed Professor of Fine Art at King’s College, Newcastle (latterly part of the University), which as British art schools went was one of the most progressive. The Master of Painting was the abstract constructionist Victor Passmore...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
French Art Deco c1925 Fabric Design in Gouache Genevieve Moreau Green Triangles
Located in London, GB
Genevive Moreau (French, fl. early Twentieth Century)
Design for Fabric - Triangles in Green, Blue and Terracotta (c. 1925)
Gouache
22 x 16 cm
Signed in pencil; from a small portfol...
Category
1920s Art Deco London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Lyric Suite: Liberté Toute Entière No. 3
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Black ink with orange bleed on rice paper
22.9 x 27.9 cms (9 x 11 ins)
Category
20th Century London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
'Lily in Charcoal no.2' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal no.2' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.2' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
'Lily in Charcoal' abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Foire de Paris 1937 advertising poster design gouache Art Deco Tricolore
Located in London, GB
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Anonymous
Foire de Paris...
Category
1930s Art Deco London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled 28.2.12 (Abstract Drawing)
By Richard Caldicott
Located in London, GB
Untitled 28.2.12 (Abstract Drawing)
Pen and Inkjet on Paper - Unframed.
Caldicott's drawings have a minimal esthetic, an architectural character, created with only one or two lines....
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Inkjet
Adrian Heath Modern British Art 'Abstract Study I' watercolour painting
By Adrian Heath
Located in London, GB
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Adrian Heath (1920-1992)
Abstract Study I (1970)
Gouache and ink
35x33cm
Heath was born in Burma in 1920 and arrived in England aged five. In 1938 he studied art under Stanhope Forbes at Newlyn and later at the Slade School of Art. While serving in WWII, he was captured and placed in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bavaria. Heath attempted to escape from the camp but was recaptured and placed in solitary confinement; this isolation proved crucial to the development of his artistic style, as he spent much of his time there experimenting with abstract forms.
When released from confinement, Heath befriended a fellow prisoner of war: Terry Frost. Together they explored the methods of painting which they had developed during their time in the camps, and following the war both became celebrated artists. We have several Terry Frost pieces available too.
In 1949 and 1951, Heath returned to Cornwall. He spent time with artists like Ben Nicholson, Victor Pasmore, and Anthony Hill...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled 2002
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuition. H...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled 2003
By Fieroza Doorsen
Located in London, GB
Pastel, acrylic and pencil on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structur...
Category
2010s Abstract London - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
