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Medium: Archival Paper
Untitled (Linear Composition in Black Purple and Orange)
By Joan Snyder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Joan Snyder's early 1970s period is known as the best of her career, now an iconic period of time for feminist abstract painting of the era. This fully finished work on paper reads l...
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1970s Abstract Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper, Graphite
Abstract profile
Located in CANNES, FR
PACO RABANNE ( 1934 -2023 )
French Famous Fashion designer
" Abstract profile "
Unic work on paper
Signed and dated
Felt ting and graphite on paper
...
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20th Century Abstract Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
" RED CROSS "
Located in CANNES, FR
PACO RABANNE ( 1934 - 2023 )
Famous French Fashion
Unic work on paper
" Profil rouge "
Felt ting pen and graphite
with colored gouache
on pape...
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Early 2000s Modern Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
Snowflakes 150 Be, Planets, Spiritual Theme, Nature Mandala Pencil Drawing
Located in Kent, CT
Meticulously intricate patterns and little ringed planets surround the edges and reach outward from the center of this circular mandala. Vignettes with tiny landscapes and endless ho...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
"TWO ROSES", watercolor, flowers, petals, rose, pink, green leaves, beauty, love
Located in Toronto, Ontario
TWO ROSES is a new watercolor on Fabriano paper by Fleur Thesmar. The artwork measures 30x22", and is a striking composition in tones of rose, pink, gold and green. It's a courageous work of art, seemingly a reflection or a symmetry but of course they are two distinct, complex flowers.
From Fleur Thesmar – "Standing on top of each other like mystic roses...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Lily in Charcoal
abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
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 Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Snowflakes 154 Inward Harmony, Mandala Drawing, Nature, Ram Head, OM, Aries
Located in Kent, CT
The meticulously rendered symbol for OM and the Ram's head are prominent features of this mandala. In many ancient societies, the ram was a long held symbol of: determination, action...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Soul Flowers 50 Return - Spaceship Black and White Pattern Drawing, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
A ladder extends down to a platform from a patterned flying saucer while ringed planets float in the distance overhead in the sky, a surreal scene detailed with meticulously rendered...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Snowflakes 152 Trance Fusion, Ying and Yang, Planets, Pencil Mandala
Located in Kent, CT
Meticulously intricate patterns and little vignettes with tiny ringed planets and galactic cosmos reach outward from the center of this circular mandala. Two perfectly balanced Ying ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Linda Turner, Art Meditation 7, Collage, Pattern and Decoration, Automatism
Located in Darien, CT
Linda Turner, raised both in NYC and Northern Virginia, resides in Brooklyn, NY. She achieved a BFA in Surface Design/Textile Design from the Fashion Inst...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Soul Flowers 57 Donna
s Portal - Staircase Doorway Black and White Drawing, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
A tiny black figure ascends a stairway to a portal surrounded by meticulously rendered patterns. This contemporary drawing is entirely hand-drawn using only pen and paper.
Framed in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Chapter Fine Focus - Contemporary Pencil Drawing Moths on Braid of Hair, 2017
By Francine Fox
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary pencil drawing by Francine Fox of two meticulously detailed moths on a knotted braid of hair is inspired by the mystical animal and natural world. At 6 x 4 inches, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Soul Flowers 60 Eternal City - Staircase Black and White Flower Pattern Drawing
Located in Kent, CT
A surreal scene with spirals, floral shapes and meticulously rendered black and white patterns. This contemporary drawing is entirely hand-drawn using only pen and paper.
Framed in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Soul Flowers 39 Symbiosis Forest Life - Trees Doorways Windows Pen Drawing, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
A small outlined figure walks on a bridge looking up at a meticulously rendered forest with trees with tiny leaves and windows and doorway portals peeking out from the branches and t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Soul Flowers 26 My Axis - Tree Roots Figure Sunflower Black and White, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
A small outlined figure floats in midair beneath the roots of a suspended tree. This contemporary drawing is entirely hand-drawn using only pen and paper.
Framed in a solid black wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Blue Twisting Grid (Abstract Geometric Work on Paper, Custom Light Wood Frame)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract drawing on paper in light sky blue, black and white with custom light wood frame
'Blue Twisting Grid' by Donise English
30 x 22 inches unframed, 37 x 29 inches custom frame ...
Category
2010s Abstract Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper, Graphite
Contemporary Artwork on Paper, Charcoal and Pastel Seascape Drawing, Minimalist
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
This original work on paper by French contemporary artist Fabien Granet combines charcoal and pastel to create a minimalist seascape in black and white. The composition captures the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper
Shape 6 (2018) - Abstract shape, work on paper, minimalist, golden yellow
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 6 (2018) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, geometric art, acrylic on 300gsm archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artis...
Category
2010s Abstract Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Water Mill Pinwheel Series 11A, Blue+Pink Abstract Geometric Mandala, 30x30in.
By Mary Judge
Located in New York, NY
Mary Judge’s Water Mill Pinwheel series #11A exemplifies her mastery of the spolvero technique, in which powdered pigments are sifted through perforated stencils to create luminous, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Powder Coating, Archival Paper, Pigment
Soul Flowers 47 Floating Land - Forest Life Tree Roots Windows Black White, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary black and white drawing, through a window a small outlined figure can be seen walking up a staircase in a meticulously rendered tree with tiny leaves and windows...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Party Ball
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing, painting, and fibers work titled "Party Ball" is an original mixed media artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand-embroidery, color pencil, and acrylic paint on paper. The a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Thread, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Abstract Work on Paper by Clay Johnson, Untitled (#708)
By Clay Johnson
Located in White Plains, NY
'Untitled (#708)' 2023 by American artist, Clay Johnson. Acrylic on Arches paper, 22 x 30 in. This colorful abstract painting features bands of colors in cobalt blue, light blue, bei...
Category
2010s Abstract Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Metamorphoses
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work is not an image but a process. It does not depict — it transforms. The fish form, repeated, deformed, layered, becomes a rhythm of inner movement — not bodily, but psychic....
Category
2010s Realist Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
Citation - black, white, abstracted figurative, brushed ink on paper
By Andrew Lui
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Brushed ink in grey and black leads the eye up the picture plane in this 55-inch tall painting on paper. The intense movement suggestive of rearing horses in this painterly work is in keeping with Lui's theme of pilgrimage in which he explores the idea of "self-inflicted happiness" as a deliberate response to the melancholy and complexity of life. This painting is floated and framed. Framed Size: 60 × 35 inches
Born in Guangzhou, China, Lui participated in the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a member of the Red Guard 1968-70 and then escaped to Hong Kong by swimming. Making his way to Toronto he studied at the Ontario College of Art and became a citizen in the late 1970s. He continued studies in the UK, and Italy where he was drawn to the dynamic Uccello's Battle of San Romano...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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...
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2010s Surrealist Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
Before and After, Science art on paper, Triptych Manuscript
Located in Zofingen, AG
This triptych "Before and After" consists of three conceptual drawings on paper from the collection "Manuscripts". The size is 40x30cm of each artwork, high-density paper (360g/m2). ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Thunderbolts - Contemporary Drawing Lightning Snowflake Branches Pattern, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary drawing in ink, colored pencil and graphite on archival Fabriano Artistico Paper, carefully drawn dots and lines in soft shades of indigo blue with yellow, teal ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Contemporary landscape drawing in charcoal and pastel, minimalist artwork, Seas
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
This original drawing by Fabien Granet, is created in 2025 with charcoal and pastel on paper (26 x 18 cm). This work is part of a series of contemporary landscapes inspired by the co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Archival Paper
Santa Barbara California Blue Yellow Green Modern Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Santa Barbara California Blue Yellow Green Modern Abstract Landscape Painting
Art measures 30 x 22 inches
Margaret Francis received her Degree in Fine Art from Winchester Art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Watercolor, Washi Paper
In a State of Depression...
Located in Zofingen, AG
Title: In a State of Depression…
Gallery Description:
In this piece, Iryna Burda immerses the viewer in the fragile space of the inner world of a person engulfed by depression. She ...
Category
2010s Realist Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
Layered Plan #6 (Abstract Geometric Black
White Mixed Media Collage on Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric mixed media collage in black, white, and grey with details of bright red
"Layered Plan #6", made by Hudson Valley artist, Donise English, in 2009
15 x 12 inches, 2...
Category
2010s Abstract Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink, Gouache
Yellow
Red Grid (Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Painting on Paper, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric drawing on paper in bright sunflower yellow and red, with a custom light wood frame
'Yellow and Red Grid' by Donise English
30 x 22 inches unframed, 37 x 29 inches...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Soul Flowers 31 Waterfall, Forest Life, Trees, Doorways, Windows Black and White
Located in Kent, CT
A small outlined figure stands a bridge gazing up at a waterfall in a meticulously rendered forest with towering trees with tiny leaves and windows peeking out from the branches and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Soul Flowers 61 The Plan, Spiral, Staircase, Black and White Flower Pattern
Located in Kent, CT
A surreal scene with spirals, floral shapes and meticulously rendered black and white patterns. This drawing is entirely hand-drawn using only pen and paper.
Framed in a solid black...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Snowflakes 155 Awareness, Skull and Planets, Mandala Pencil Drawing
Located in Kent, CT
A meticulously rendered skull surrounded by intricate patterns and tiny planets is at the center of this mandala. This drawing is entirely hand-drawn using only pencil and paper.
Fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Sans Titre 2 Original Pastel/Drawing on Paper
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Sans Titre 2
Medium: Original pastel/drawing on paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Measurements: 20" x 25"
Framed: 28" x 35"
Authentication: Kajsa Westling N...
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1960s Surrealist Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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 Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"I Feel Like I
ve Been Torn to Pieces".
Located in Zofingen, AG
"I Feel Like I’ve Been Torn to Pieces" is a visual metaphor for deep inner conflict, a struggle between forces that tear the self apart. In this work, Irina Burda continues her explo...
Category
2010s Realist Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
“Untitled #4”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper by the California artist, Edward Darrell Crisp. Signed in pencil lower right margin. Dated in pencil lower left m...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$540 Sale Price
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Uncertainty
Located in Zofingen, AG
In Uncertainty, Iryna Burda delicately yet uncompromisingly explores the fragile, unstable state between decision and helplessness, between motion and stillness. This work is not mer...
Category
2010s Realist Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Carbon Pencil
Lily in Charcoal
abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
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 Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
"From Their Confines Called", Ink On 19th Century Paper
Located in Brecon, Powys
Ink on 19th Century Paper
If painting, like any other language, can be considered an abstract system of signs, there must be a pictorial vocabulary and syntactical rules which commu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Archival Paper
Snowflakes 108 Matrix, Planet and Crescent Moon Mandala Pencil Drawing
Located in Kent, CT
In this meticulously detailed mandala, a delicate crescent moon at the top, planets and intricate patterns suggest the cosmos and infinite continuity of time, a theme alluded to in t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
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...
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2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Landscape BW" Contemporary Drawing Framed, Large size by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Black ad white abstract drawing
mineral oxide on paper ( Canson Montaval Paper 300 gr.)
large size 75x110
Frame Size 122 x91 cm
by Marilina Marchica
signed with certificate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Archival Paper
08.03.2020 - I WORRY ABOUT YOU. FROM COVID-19 DOCUMENTARY ART on paper
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork is a part of the COVID-19 Documentary art (2020).
Paintings on high quality, acid-free, high-density paper 360g/m2.
All COVID paintings a...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Fragment, Drawing, Original Art Ready to Hang By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
i remember Family House
Title: Fragment
Artist: Marilina Marchica
Dimensions:
Artwork: 72x56 cm
Frame:43x60 cm
Description:
This is an original, non-reproducible piece by Marilina M...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
24.03.2020 - STAY HOME, BE SAFE. COVID-19 DOCUMENTARY ART on paper by Vasilyeva
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork is a part of the COVID-19 Documentary art (2020).
Paintings on high quality, acid-free, high-density paper 360g/m2.
All COVID paintings a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Lily in Charcoal no.3
abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
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 Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
NOTICE I: abstract ink painting of urban city street sign w/ graffiti, rust, red
By Mat Tomezsko
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an original ink painting mounted on panel by artist Mat Tomezsko depicting an abstracted street sign with graffiti. These paintings were made in reaction to direct experience...
Category
2010s Abstract Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
Lily in Charcoal no.2
abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
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 Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Animal Capers (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Animal Capers, ca. 1970 .
Ink on illustration board, image measures 20 inches. inches; illustration panel measures 21.5 inches. Unsigned.
Minor staining evident in detail photos
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively.
In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery.
During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic.
A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe.
Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content.
Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
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1970s Surrealist Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Let Go and Float (Purple and Blue Abstract Painting with Metallic Shimmer)
By Bruce Murphy
Located in Hudson, NY
Let Go and Float (Purple and Blue Abstract Painting with Metallic Shimmer, 2022 by Bruce Murphy
22 x 28 inches, unframed, enamel paint on archival paper
Signed, verso
This gestural ...
Category
2010s Abstract Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Enamel
Fragments V
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood panel artwork by Seth Clark measuring 40”h x 30”w.
Seth Clark grew up in Seekonk, Massachusetts and stud...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paste, Wood, Charcoal, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Graphite
German Contemporary Art by Juliane Hundertmark - Untitled 5
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on archival paper
Juliane Hundertmark is a German artist born in 1971 who lives and works in Berlin, Germany. She is considered one of Berlin's most original and inventive emerg...
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2010s Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Chamaecyparis Eureka - Original Black and White Abstract Calligraphy Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
New York artist Thomas Hammer is known for his motion filled ink works on paper. The physical process of creating his ink paintings involves a degree of performance. The brushwork re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Sea Coast Landscape, Original Watercolour, Surrealist Minimalist Seascape, Cloud
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work ready to Hang.
Medium : Watercolour, Charcoal and Pastel on Archival Watercolour paper 300Gsm.
Artist : Fabien Granet
Subject ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Shape 36 (2019) - Abstract shape, work on paper, minimalist, black
white
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 36 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Black on wh...
Category
2010s Abstract Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
EC 14 - textural abstract circle shape nature inspired white sculpted paper
Located in New York, NY
Anne-Charlotte Saliba's artistic universe is largely inspired by nature, its abyssal dimension as well as its vegetal or mineral forms. Her sculpted artworks are a confrontation of smooth and grainy texture on the same linear paper. A cloud of small perforations, incisions, and punches which play on the elasticity of the paper, to create a topographic relief. A controlled wandering of dotted lines, scales and bumps are drawn following the movement of her hand on the paper. The flow is both free and thoughtfully planned, allowing unexpected movements and completely abandoning set patterns at times.
Saliba sees herself more like an artisan than an artist in the sense that she is working with texture and touch to create unique intricate sculpted artworks.
Playing with light and shadow, each in her own way ennobles a seemingly banal material with a genuine concern for ethics. Like modern-day memento mori, Saliba’s works transport us into dreamlike worlds in which the evanescence of paper echoes the transience of life, subtly reminding us to enjoy the present moment.
Anne-Charlotte Saliba works and lives near Lyon, France. Her work has reviewed in numerous publications and has won the prestigious price for Jeune Creation de Métiers d’Art in 2020. She is now represented by the Muriel Guépin Gallery...
Category
2010s Abstract Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
Fragment, Drawing, Original Art Ready to Hang By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
i remember Family House
Title: Fragment
Artist: Marilina Marchica
Dimensions:
Artwork: 72x56 cm
Frame:43x60 cm
Description:
This is an original, non-reproducible piece by Marilina M...
Category
2010s Contemporary Archival Paper Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
$1,494 Sale Price
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Archival Paper abstract drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Archival Paper abstract drawings and watercolors available on 1stDibs. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Renato Garza Cervera, Sumit Mehndiratta, Teri Brudnak, and Bruce Murphy. Not every interior allows for large Archival Paper abstract drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0 inches across are also available
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