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Medium: Oil
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 12.75 x 10 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we ha...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on thick board unframed: 8 x 8 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we have fo...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 11 x 7.5 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we have...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

Clown, 1998 - oil paint, 75x60 cm, framed
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache on paper, signed on the leg of the clown. Armand Avril, né à Lyon en 1926, est un peintre vivant à Cotignac dans le Var. Il est surtout connu pour les assemblages qu'il a réalisés à partir de 1968. D'origine modeste, cependant très tôt intéressé par l'art et les musées où le poussait son père, il s'essaie d'abord à la peinture. Cependant, Avril ne commence à trouver son véritable style qu'à l'âge de quarante-deux ans. Enfant, il est un habitué des musées de Lyon qu’il fréquente sur les conseils de son père. Adulte, sa passion pour la collection l’incite à se nourrir des arts premiers et d’artistes comme Gaston Chaissac...
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1990s Expressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

Victory at See Unique painting with sea shanty by famed California artist Signed
Located in New York, NY
WILLIAM T. WILEY Victory at See, 2001 Watercolor, Graphite and Hand Coloring Signed, titled and dated on the front Unframed (ships flat) A fantastic unique work on paper by the lege...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Oil, Watercolor, Graphite, Pencil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 10.75 x 8.5 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we h...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 10.75 x 8.5 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we h...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

Untitled 08 - Contemporary, Abstract, Black, Organic, Small, Drawing
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 08, 2015 - 2016 Mixed technique: oil paint, adhesive on paper (Signed on reverse, Framed) 8.26 H x 5.9 W in 21 H x 15 W cm Zsolt Berszán’s work speaks of repulsion and fasc...
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2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Adhesive, Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 10.75 x 8.5 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we h...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 8.5 x 5.75inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we hav...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

Remembering Florida. Unique signed abstract mixed media painting on paper Framed
Located in New York, NY
David Humphrey Remembering Florida, 1992 Oil Stick, Enamel on Handmade Paper (Contemporary Art Center of Cincinnati label verso of frame) Signed on the back 29 × 43 1/2 × 1 inches Unframed This is an abstract, mixed media work by David Humphrey. It has a "Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati" label on the verso. In a vintage mahogany box...
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1990s Contemporary Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil

Untitled II
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...
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2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Oil, Gouache, Board, Pencil

Untitled II
Untitled II
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Untitled 04 - Contemporary, Abstract, Black, Organic, Small, Drawing
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 04, 2015 - 2016 Mixed technique: oil paint, adhesive on paper (Signed on reverse, Framed) 8.26 H x 5.9 W in 21 H x 15 W cm Zsolt Berszán’s work...
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2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Adhesive, Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 8.5 x 5.75inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we hav...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 12.75 x 10 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we ha...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

Lyman Kipp, Untitled Minimalist painting on paper signed and dated vintage frame
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp Untitled Minimalist painting on paper, 1980 Color oil painting on paper done with ink paint roller Signed and dated on the front Unique Frame included Signed and dated 19...
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1980s Minimalist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

Minimalist painting on paper by pioneering sculptor Lyman Kipp, signed, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp Untitled Minimalist painting on paper, 1981 Oil paint on paper Signed and dated 1981 on the front Floated and framed in the original vintage frame under UV plexiglass Meas...
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1980s Minimalist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Oil

Workstation 17 (Vividly Colorful, Gestural Abstract Painting on Canvas Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Workstation 17", 2023 (Gestural Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas Paper) by Jenny Nelson 24 x 18 inches The abstract painter Jenny Nelson is a master at communicating story through...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Oil

Family
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present the following suite of just discovered, mixed media paintings, c.1957, by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific...
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1950s Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

Ripple, Ink on Paper Abstract Pattern Block print, Hot pink orange gradient
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Ripple" (2021) by SarahGrace Oil and water-based ink relief print Ink on Paper Block Print, Hot Pink, Orange, Peach Color Gradient, Linework, Pattern W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Oil, Archival Paper

The Struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man s heart.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Traces of lived experiences appear in On Hansen's works, exploring the possibilities of formal abstraction and seeking an organic experience between space an...
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2010s Minimalist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Organic Material, Ink, Wax, Oil, Handmade Paper, Washi Paper

Untitled 07 - Contemporary, Monochrome, Abstract, Black, Organic, Small, Drawing
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 07, 2015 - 2016 Mixed technique: oil paint, adhesive on paper (Signed on reverse, Framed) 8.26 H x 5.9 W in 21 H x 15 W cm Zsolt Berszán’s work speaks of repulsion and fasc...
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2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Adhesive, Oil

Into the Sunset
Located in New York, NY
Andrei Petrov is an American artist of Russian origins. He is best known for his abstract oil paintings where calibrated stratifications of intense shades of colors are scraped to ex...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Couple by the Riverside French Modern Oil Painting by Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Couple by the Riverside French Modern Oil Painting by Guy Nicod Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Oil on artist paper attached to a board, unframed Size: 20 x 16.5 inches (heigh...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

Untitled 06 - Contemporary, Monochrome, Abstract, Black, Organic, Small, Drawing
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 06, 2015 - 2016 Mixed technique: oil paint, adhesive on paper (Signed on reverse, Framed) 8.26 H x 5.9 W in 21 H x 15 W cm Signed on reverse Zsolt Berszán’s work speaks of...
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2010s Minimalist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Adhesive, Oil

Unique signed gouache on linen painting (Framed) by renowned Provincetown artist
Located in New York, NY
James Balla Untitled gouache painting, 1992 Mixed Media Oil on Linen Signed and dated on the front of the work; the verso of the frame bears the UFO (Albert Merola) gallery label. F...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Oil, Gouache, Pencil

Untitled 02 - Contemporary, Abstract, Gray, Organic, Small, Drawing
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 02, 2015 - 2016 Mixed technique: oil paint, adhesive on paper (Signed on reverse, Framed) 8.26 H x 5.9 W in 21 H x 15 W cm Zsolt Berszán’s work speaks of repulsion and fasc...
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2010s Minimalist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Adhesive, Oil

Turquoise and white capsule - line drawing figure with gold disk and stripes
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The diptych were done with oil, gold leaf pen 18 kt in turquoise and gold color on watercolor paper 300g. The works are 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (go...
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2010s Minimalist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold Leaf

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 10.75 x 8.5 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we h...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 10 x 10 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we have ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 11 x 7.5 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we have...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches condition: excellent pr...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 10 x 10 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we have ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 12.75 x 10 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we ha...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 12.75 x 10 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we ha...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 13 x 10 inches Signed condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings w...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

Untitled Minimalist painting on paper Signed by pioneering sculptor Lyman Kipp
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp Untitled drawing, 1993 Unique Colored Ink Drawing on paper with two deckled edges Hand signed, inscribed and dated by the artist on lower front 26 1/4 × 20 inches Unframed...
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1990s Minimalist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Oil

Follow the pink rabbit - line drawing woman figure
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork were done with oil, acrylic, ink and watercolor. The work are 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (black) with a styrene face on a mat board in whi...
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2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil

Turquoise blue and white capsule -line drawing figure with gold disk and stripes
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The diptych were done with oil, gold leaf pen 18 kt in turquoise blue and gold color on watercolor paper 300g. The works are 11 by 14 inches in size, frame...
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2010s Minimalist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold Leaf

"Untitled" Mernet Larsen, Abstract, Hard-Edged, Shades of Purple, Dark Colors
Located in New York, NY
Mernet Larsen Untitled, 1988 Signed and dated lower right Oil and collage on paper Image 17 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches Sheet 19 x 24 inches For more than sixty years, Mernet Larsen has been making paintings that tell stories, showing sharp-edged, mysterious characters in a strange world full of tension and clever humor. She uses different ways to show space that sometimes don't match up. By mixing different perspectives, like reversed and traditional views, she turns everyday situations into a dizzying version of reality that feels familiar yet strange. Her influences come from many places, including geometric shapes from Russian Constructivism, Japanese Bunraku...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

"about this winter 2" 2023 oil on paper
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Hinckley about this winter 2, 2023 oil on paper 30 x 22 in. (bvg034)
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2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

"beneath an orange sky 1" 2025 oil on paper 18 x 13 in.
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Hinckley beneath an orange sky 1, 2025 oil on paper 18 x 13 in. (bvg022)
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2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

"today 9-20-2023 1" 2023 oil on paper 20 x 16 in.
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Hinckley about this winter 2, 2023 oil on paper 30 x 22 in. (bvg034)
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2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Xia FuNing - See Buddha
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Xia Fu-Ning is a Chinese artist born in 1962 in Nanjing. He was a professor in the Department of Fine Arts during the 1980s at Tianjin Polytechnic University. He curre...
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2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Canvas

Paysage en Expansion - Paint by Eugene de Kermadec - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
"Paysage en expansion is an contemporary artwork realized by Eugene de Kermadec in 1972 Mixed colored oil on canvas Signed lower left Provenance: Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (lab...
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1970s Abstract Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled 5 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic unity that can exist between seemi...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

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 Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Archival Paper

Verse L (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Verse L (Abstract painting) Oil on paper — Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical trad...
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2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Abstract Painting with Yellow Orange Red Pink by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Painting with Yellow Orange Red Pink by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is the one of the earliest works from her Abstract Interior Design Series. ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Rue de Paris Oil on paper - Transfer Monotype
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Rue de Paris Original transfer Monotype painting by California artist Heather Speck (American 20th C) abstract scene using oil and...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Monotype

Untitled 9 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic unity that can exist between seemi...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Untitled (ID 1284) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (ID 1284) (Abstract Painting) Oil on paper - Unframed In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emer...
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2010s Minimalist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Untitled 2010 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2010 (Abstract Painting) Oil on postcard - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerg...
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2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Postcard

Untitled 7 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 7 (Abstract painting) Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic u...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

7.30 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
7.30 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed. Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and...
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2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

"Colorful Geometric Abstraction, " Simon Samsonian, Armenian Artist
Located in New York, NY
Simon Samsonian (1912 - 2003) Colorful Geometric Abstraction, 1981 Oil on paper 16 x 22 inches Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist This survivor of the Armenian genocide wound up in a Cairo orphanage in 1927. He rose to fame as one of Egypt’s great modernists, but after moving to Long Island late in life he withdrew into anonymity. Now his compelling story is being told. Art historians are finally beginning to realize that the power of abstraction in its early years was a zeitgeist not limited to the major European centers of the avant-garde — Paris, Munich, and Moscow — but one that quickly rippled to major cities throughout the world. Within a few decades that original shock of a new vision had inspired thousands of artists from different cultures — particularly those the Middle East — whose translations were not slavish imitations of works by seminal figures like Picasso, Braque, Malevich, and Kandinsky but creative variants colored by their respective cultures. This essay focuses on an extraordinary Armenian artist, his harrowing survival of the genocide, his rise to fame in Cairo, and his creation of a unique style of abstraction. Art historians have typically formed a chorus that teaches the history of abstraction like this: Just before and during the World War I era, several avant-garde artists emerged to create shockingly different new forms by which artists could express themselves. In Paris, Picasso and Braque broke out with cubism, quickly followed by Mondrian. In Moscow, Malevich created Suprematism, the ultimate hard-edge geometric abstraction. And in Munich, Kandinsky emerged as the father of Abstract Expressionism. Within these few short years a zeitgeist was sensed throughout the art world. American pioneers, too — particularly Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell — felt this explosive freedom of expression. When Europe was recovering after World War I it became clear that Paris would retain its title as capitol of the art world, lasting through the Roaring Twenties and even through the Great Depression. But the end of World War II changed everything. A parallel war had been won by a group of irascible young Abstract Expressionists in New York — led by Pollock, Rothko, DeKooning, and Kline. No sooner had Paris been liberated from the Germans than Picasso, Matisse, Breton, and Duchamp surrendered to the Americans. From that point on New York would be the epicenter of the art world. But a lens that focuses myopically on the war between the avant-garde of Paris and New York misses the wider narrative of multiple aesthetic modernities that developed in the several decades following World War I. For Armenian artists the matter is even more complex owing to the genocide of 1915 where more than 1.5 million people — seventy-five percent of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire — were massacred. Those not shot on the spot were sent on death marches through the Mesopotamian desert without food or water. Frequently, the marchers were stripped and forced to walk naked under the scorching sun until they dropped dead. As a child Samsonian witnessed the murder of his parents and most of the members of his family. Soon thereafter, his older sister, Anahid, quickly shepherded him into a line of children being rescued by Greek nuns. But they became separated and he lost her, too. He was sent to a Greek orphanage in Smyrna (now Izmir), on Turkey’s west coast. Because he only knew his first name, the orphanage gave him a last name based on the place where they found him — Samsun — a major port on Turkey’s north coast on the Black Sea. His birth date was unknown, too. According to Samsonian’s vague recollections he assumed he was about three or four years old at the onset of the genocide, which would place his birth year in 1911 or 1912. In 1922, when Samsonian was about 10, the Turks ended their war with the Greeks by putting Smyrna to the torch in what has been called the “Catastrophe of Smyrna.” Once again, the child was on the run, escaping the fire and slaughter. He found temporary refuge in Constantinople, but within a year that major port would fall to the Turks, too, and become renamed as Istanbul. This time, Samsonian was whisked away to an orphanage in Greece founded by the American charity, Near East Relief — which is credited with saving so many Armenian orphans that the American historian Howard M. Sachar said it “quite literally kept an entire nation alive. Any understanding of Samsonian’s approach to modernism requires careful consideration of the impact of his early years because his art is inseparable from the anguish he experienced. In 1927, when he was a teenager, he was transferred to Cairo, Egypt, then a cosmopolitan city hosting a sizable portion of the Armenian diaspora. There he lived with thirty-two other children on the top floor of the Kalousdian Armenian School. Upon graduating in 1932 he won a scholarship to attend the Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute — an Italian art school in Cairo — where he won first prize in final examinations among one hundred students. He found work with an Armenian lithographic printer and he returned to the Kalousdian Armenian School to teach drawing. In 1939 he married one of his students, Lucy Guendimian. The Cairo in which Samsonian matured as an artist was home to many prominent art collectors after World War I. In this receptive environment Samsonian exhibited widely and won many awards. Beginning in 1937 and for the next thirty years he exhibited annually at the prestigious Le Salon du Caire hosted by the Société les Amis de l’Art (founded in 1921). After World War II he hit his stride as a modernist in Cairo, counting among his peers other artists of the Armenian diaspora such as Onnig Avedissian, Achod Zorian, Gregoire Meguerdichian, Hagop Hagopian...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Oil Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Oil abstract drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

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