Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
"Untitled Abstract" Howard Daum, Mid-Century Twisting Abstract Composition
Located in New York, NY
Howard Daum
Untitled Abstract, 1963
Signed and dated upper left, Signed on the reverse
Pencil on paper
4 1/2 x 6 inches
Provenance
The artist
Ashby Gallery, New York
Carl Ashby, New...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Original California Figurative Abstract Still Life Ink Drawing Joyce Treiman
By Joyce Treiman
Located in Surfside, FL
Joyce Treiman
Ink on paper, framed under glass; signed in pencil lower right;
Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches; 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches frame.
Joyce Wahl Treiman was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor and teacher. Her work ranged from "the impishly perverse and humorously paradoxical to the brilliant and profound." She was known as an excellent draftsperson throughout her career. She made several trips to Europe to study the old masters, and the human figure is central in her work. In her later paintings she is known to have inserted self-portraits. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and then studied at the State University of Iowa (today the University of Iowa) under the influential painter Philip Guston. During World War II she worked as a commercial artist but resigned when she began to have success with exhibitions of her work in Chicago and New York.
In 1945 she married Kenneth Treiman, and son Donald, now an Architect, was born in 1950. The Treimans, along with Rene and Rose Wahl, moved to Los Angeles in 1960. She was in an exhibit of Tamarind prints...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Paper
Abstract Landscape
By Wes Olmsted
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor painting by American artist Wes Olmsted depicting an abstract landscape view.
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Moses Bahelfer BAGEL (1908-1995)
Moses Bagel (born Moshe Bahelfer) was a Polish-born Jewish artist and graphic designer associated with the original Bauhaus and then the School of Pa...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, ABS
Rare Israeli Modernist Judaica Watercolor Painting on Lithograph Naftali Bezem
Located in Surfside, FL
Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor.
Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent ...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Moses Bahelfer BAGEL (1908-1995)
Moses Bagel (born Moshe Bahelfer) was a Polish-born Jewish artist and graphic designer associated with the original Bauhaus and then the School of Pa...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, ABS
Modern Abstract Neutral-Toned Watercolor Landscape of a Spacious House
By Bertha Davis
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract watercolor drawing of a house by Texas artist Bertha Davis. The work features a loosely rendered neutral-toned depiction of a spacio...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Hai (Abba) (Hebrew translation: Hey Father)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hai (Abba) (Hebrew translation: Hey Father)
Signed in ink lower left by the artist’s widow “AL” (Adele Lozowick)
Original label from early exhibition verso at The Art Corner
Graphit...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Charles Ragland Bunnell 1938 Ink Drawing of Church in Rocky Mountains, Colorado
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage 1938 ink drawing by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897–1968) beautifully depicts a church nestled amid the dramatic Rocky Mountains of Georgetown, Colorado. Executed in bold ...
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1930s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Modernist Abstract Lithograph w/ Multicolor Looping Line Work signed Yaakov Agam
Located in New York, NY
This Lovely Modernist Lithograph Originates from the Israeli born artist Yaakov Agam (made in Paris, France Circa 1980). This Lithograph is an Artist's Proof and a member of Agam's "...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Rare Israeli Modernist Judaica Watercolor Painting on Lithograph Naftali Bezem
Located in Surfside, FL
Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor.
Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent ...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Composition by Georges Mathieu - Abstract and Modern artwork, Work on paper
Located in London, GB
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Composition by Georges Mathieu (1921-2012)
W...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Landscape (Crawford Notch, New Hampshire)
By Wes Olmsted
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor painting by Westley "Wes" Olmsted. This work is currently featured in the exhibition Man of Extremes at Benjaman Gallery in Buffalo, NY.
Westley G. Olmsted (1934-2011) was a painter and sculptor. He was born in Buffalo, New York, and was a distant relative Frederick Law Olmsted...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled Minimal Pastel Tonal Abstract
By Kenneth Jewesson
Located in Houston, TX
Minimal pastel abstract by San Antonio artist Kenneth Jewesson. The piece is signed and dated by the artist. It is framed in a silver frame.
Dimensions without Frame: H 14.5 in x W 1...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Color Pencil
Swallows by the water. 1976, paper, pencil, 45. 5 x 40. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Swallows by the water. 1976, paper, pencil, 45. 5 x 40. 5 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1947, she bega...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
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THE KIDNAPPING OF EUROPA
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting, executed in bright and rich shades, depicts the mythological scene of the "Abduction of Europa." The central figure is a red bull, symbolizing Zeus, who to...
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2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Abstract Expressionist Blue Pastel Drawing Mid Century Modern WPA Jewish Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Academy of Design...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Abstract Figurative Nude Gouache Painting of Red Haired Female
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful figurative drawing by Texas artist William Anzalone. The drawing depicts a nude woman in solitude taking off her robe. Signed by the artist at the bottom right. Framed in a beautiful black modern frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 16 in. x W 13 in.
Artist Biography: William Anzalone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1935. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1953-1958) in Boston, earning a B.A., M.A. and the Rotch Prize in architecture. In 1956 he attended Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, studying architectural design. In 1958 he also attended the Museum School at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Anzalone married his wife, Louise, in 1956 and they had one daughter, Toni. The Anzalone’s moved from the East Coast to Houston, Texas in 1959. Soon after arriving in Texas, Anzalone began lecturing at the University of Houston, and also began an association with the gallery Meredith Long...
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled, Design, Ink on Paper by Modern Artist Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury - Untitled - 12 x 16 inches (unframed size)
Ink on Paper, 2022
Signed in Bengali
Style : He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Chowdhury had developed his individual style after his return from Paris. His most famous paintings are in ink, watercolor and pastel. He has painted in oil medium as well.
In Chowdhury’s more recent works the sensory experiences of cloth, bolsters, sofas and the human body are cross-projected to produce an uncanny world of tran-substantiated tumescence and flaccidness.
Jogen Chowdhury has been widely acknowledged to be, the master of the unbroken line. Like Léger, Chowdhury has been stirred by the linear Kalighat pat tradition, but his lines are emotive and used to express and suggest the character of a person. This is done by, distorting the form without breaking the line and in the world of young, contemporary art; distortion has been Jogen Chowdhury’s most significant impact. Perhaps, because of this, a common observation of his work is that his “people” are caricatures. The person feels familiar to the viewer but it is far more individualised – the face is imaginary but the psyche or characteristics are real. The power and beauty of his technique and line is this play between the known and unknown. In Jogen Chowdhury’s work, the figure is always in the foreground, it is primary, it conveys everything. He uses colour to give volume to his figures and the fluidity of his lines bring a sensual aspect to his forms.
About the Artist and his work :
Born : Born 1939 in Daharpara Village, Faridpur, Bangladesh. Jogen Chowdhury is an eminent Indian painter and considered an important painter of 21st century India.
Family Background :
His father Pramatnath Chowdhury was a Brahmin zamindar. Both his parents took interest in art, Jogen Chowdhury’s father Pramatnath Chowdhury painted several mythological scenes from the village theatres and also sculpted various Hindu icons. Whereas his mother was an expert in Alpana drawings.
1939-47 Jogen Chowdhury lived in a village atmosphere. And after partition in 1948, the whole family shifted. Till 1951 the whole family stayed at the police department quarter of his uncle, where on the walls Jogen Chowdhury painted his first painting, 1962 Jogen Chowdhury was employed as Designer in the Handloom Board.
Education :
1955-60: Studied at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata.
1965 : He went to paris to study in Ecole des Beaux Arts, in William Hayter’s Atelier 17.
Professional Experience :
1968-72 : He worked as an Art-Designer, Madras Handloom Board, Madras.
1970 : A collection of his poems were published, titled ‘Hridoy Train Beje Othey’.
1987 : Joined Kala Bhavan , Santiniketan as a professor of painting.
Selected Exhibitions :
1972, 1975 & 1978 respectively : I, III, IV Triennales at New Delhi.
1979: The Sao Paolo Biennale.
1980: The exhibitions at the Fukuoka Museum, Japan.
1982: The Royal Academy, London.
1982: The Hirschhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
1986: The II Havana Biennale.
1989: ‘Festival of India’, in Geneva.
2002: Saffron...
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2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen, Permanent Marker
Italian Modernist Abstract Drawing, Gestural Lines
By Agostino Ferrari
Located in Surfside, FL
Agostino Ferrari was born in Milan on 9 November 1938.
He commenced his career as as professional artist in 1959.
In 1961 he held his first one-man show at the Galleria Pater, in Mil...
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Crayon, Mixed Media
Horse and Tree
Located in Buffalo, NY
You are viewing a modernist American watercolor painting by Robert Noel Blair
Robert Noel Blair (American, 1912-2003) was an American artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and te...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Paper, Watercolor
Modern Light Blue, Brown, and Black Geometric Abstract Circle Pattern Painting
By John Little
Located in Houston, TX
Modern light blue, brown, and black geometric abstract circle pattern painting by textile designer John Little. The work was created as a proposed design for a wallpaper and features the original color codes in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a solid black frame with a large white margin.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 32.75 in. x W 35.63 in.
Artist Biography: A painter and textile designer, John Little is best known for gestural works filled with boldly explosive color that reflect the influences of his teacher Hans Hofmann and for his involvement in the Abstract Expressionist movement in East Hampton, where he moved in the late 1940s. In East Hampton Little congregated with Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the other artists who were the leading innovators in the New York School.
John Little was born in Sanford, Alabama. He left home at the age of fourteen to become an artist, and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. After spending a year working as a stevedore on the docks to save money, he enrolled at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and developed an interest in singing. In 1927 he moved to New York City where he continued his vocal work and studied operatic literature. He also became involved in textile design, opening his own store in 1920, called John Little Studios: Fabric and Wallpaper Design. He ran the store until 1950.
In 1933 John Little resumed his painting studies at the Art Students League in New York under the guidance of George Grosz (1893-1959). The following year he made his first visit to East Hampton, Long Island, which he would eventually call home. Later in the decade, he traveled to Paris where he became familiar with European modernism. On his return to America, he taught textile design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He hired Josephine Watkins to work for him; she later became his wife. Little's textile store and teaching job gave him a financial security that was rare during the Depression, and he never found it necessary to find employment with the Works Progress Administration. At the end of the decade, John Little studied with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) in New York and Provincetown. Little was greatly influenced by Hofmann, particularly by his views on color theory.
In 1942 John Little joined the Navy as an aerial photographer. In the late 1940s he purchased a rundown house on Three Mile Harbor...
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Early 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
UNTITLED
Located in New York, NY
felt tip pen on paper.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
"You Owe Me" Circular Drawling of Woman with Wings
Located in Houston, TX
Seated women with wings drawn on a circular sheet of paper. Signed. Matted on a silver reflective matting.
Artist Biography: Charles Pebworth is known for his metal artmaking. He a...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Composition I
Located in Kansas City, MO
"Composition I", 1984
(India) ink
Signed and dated by hand
Edition: Unique
Size: 15.2 × 21.5 on 18.7 × 25.2 inches
COA provided
*Black Frame made from Composite Wood WITHOUT plex inc...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Civil Rights, Anti Racism Portrait of Black Politician Julian Bond
Located in Miami, FL
It's 1970 in America, and the vanguard thinking from the editors of Playboy magazine propelled them to do a cutting-edge feature on a new breed of politician. Enter Julian Bond - a y...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Abstract Composition - Drawing by Mario Guglielmotti - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and pastel on paper by Mario Guglielmotti, realized in 1973.
Hand signed and dated.
Includes a coeval wooden frame.
Very good condition.
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Connecticut Summer Fragments
By Lee Hall
Located in New York, NY
Lee Hall (1934-), Connecticut Summer Fragments, a portfolio of watercolor, 29 in all, each about 5 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches, on hand made paper attached to a backing, i...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled #1
By Jerry Opper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #1" c.1970 is a colors pastel and crayon on thick paper by American artist Jerry Opper, 1924-2014. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 23 x 18 inches, sheet size is 24 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, there are pastel marks on the margin all around the artwork and also on the back, see picture #1.
About the artist:
Jerry Opper was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 5, 1924. He moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1933. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he worked in movie studios and attended art classes at Chouinard Art Institute. In May 1942, Opper was drafted into the army and was then able to study at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center while his outfit was stationed in Colorado. Later he was sent to Guam and was discharged in December 1945.
Opper returned to Chouinard and his work in movie studios until 1947, when he moved to San Francisco. He enrolled as a full-time student at the California School of Fine Arts (now SFAI) and received his diploma in June of 1950. In 1948, Opper met his wife Gertrud Ruth Friedmann, daughter of artist Gustav Friedmann, whose works are also in the Lost Art Salon collection. It was love at first sight and a few weeks after their first encounter at the Black Cat in San Francisco's North Beach, they got married and enjoyed a passionate, life-long romance.
Shortly after he finished school, Opper worked briefly as a decorator’s assistant and then started his career as a commercial artist, working for several firms such as Fibreboard, Beatrix Food and Precision. Working full-time and dedicating himself to having a rich family life occupied most of Opper's time, but he continued to be creative. He was above all a family man with the pride of having raised two exceptional daughters, Erika and Jody. Year after year, Opper would painstakingly craft their Halloween costumes...
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Coral Rocks" original watercolor composition by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this small work, we can see Sylvia Spicuzza experimenting with watercolor, trying to achieve a jagged, rock-like texture. The image is dominated by warm ochres and browns.
5.75 x...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Two White Horses, Modern Oil and Watercolor on Paper by Daniel Maffia
Located in Long Island City, NY
Daniel Maffia, French (1937 - ) - Two White Horses, Year: 1984, Medium: Oil and Watercolor on Paper, signed and dated lower right, Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 cm), Frame Size:...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil, Watercolor
Biomorphic abstract nude by a California abstract artist circa 1938
By Erle Loran
Located in Colfax, CA
This work is a modernist study created by the artist in the 1940s. (possibly the 1930s).
Erle Loran, (1905-1999), was an American painter and educator who painted for the entirety ...
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1940s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Art Deco Abstract, " Conte Crayon in Black
Sepia signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this drawing,"Art Deco Abstract," Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with abstracted biomorphic forms in her elegant modernist style. Dominant in the image are two lilies, their ...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
MODERNIST DRAWING New Hope Mid-Century WPA Abstract Non-Objective Jazz Modern
Located in New York, NY
MODERNIST DRAWING New Hope Mid-Century WPA Abstract Non-Objective Jazz Modern. Signed with a "Ramstonev" stamp lower right.
RAMSTONEV Cooperative Art Project (1937-1939). In the late 1930s, Charles Ramsey became close friends with Charles Evans and Louis Stone. He persuaded them to join him teaching his New Hope summer classes in non-objective painting. Soon, a history-making collaboration began. In 1937, meeting in Evans' studio at the rear of Cryer's Hardware store on Main Street in New Hope, a decision was made to establish the Co-Operative Painting Project. They were intrigued by the cooperative ad-lib process by which jazz musicians created their music. Believing this to be the quintessential American contribution to music, they theorized that a similar result might be obtainable with art, a "visual jam session." This particlarly fascinated Ramsey, who was a jazz buff and had a large collection of jazz records.
The objective was to jointly collaborate in the creation of a painting as well as applying collective criticism during its creation. By creating forward movement by general consent, they believed they could produce a higher level of beauty. By consensus it was decided that subject matter would be non-objective. Up to eight people would participate and stop when the painting "felt" finished by common agreement.
These co-operative works were done in several different mediums- the majority in pastel, but some in watercolor, gouache, graphite or cut paper collage. On occasion, the group would create a series, as opposed to a single work, created in steps by three or four artists. One of the occasional participants was famed New Hope poet, Stanley Kunitz. These series could range in number from four to sixteen paintings in each. The first of a series would be very basic and the last a fully finished work.
In the scope of importance among the New Hope Modernist...
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1930s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Love Goes up in Smoke - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Love goes up in smoke is a drawing, realized by Mino Maccari, 1960s.
27 x 21 cm ; Sheet 14 x 9 cm.
Pen on cardboard.
Good conditions!
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Biomorphic Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Flowing, organic abstract by Unger (20th Century). Several biomorphic shapes are flowing around each other, rendered in high-contrast shading.
Signed and dated "Unger, 1975" on vers...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Postcard
“Floating Forms”
Located in Southampton, NY
Mid century modern gouache on paper by the well known Canadian/American artist, Rolph Scarlett. Signed and dated in blue pen lower left, 1947. Condition: Good. Framed in thin black matte painted frame with acid free white mat. Not examined out of frame. Overall framed 14.25 by 17 inches.
ROLPH SCARLETT (1889-1984)
Rolph Scarlett was born 1889 in Guelph, Ontario. His long life as an artist began in his teens as a jewelry designer and fabricator. At the age of fourteen he began to design jewelry professionally, a craft which he continued off and on for the rest of his life.
His desire to learn more about art took him to New York in 1908, when American artists were just beginning to experience strong influences from major modern European artists of the day such as Cezanne and Picasso.
Throughout his long career he produced, oil paintings, many works on paper, unique sculptured jewelry, modernist style industrial and furniture designs. Currently there are over 800 of his designs at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Design Collection.
In 1928 he moved to Hollywood, California where he became a very successful stage and set designer. In the mid-1930s he met the director of the Museum of Non-objective Art in New York ( Hilla Rebay). He became her close associate and advisor in organizing and running the museum. He was Chief lecturer at the museum (1939 -1946) teaching the new modernism and abstraction to the new generation of artists in the New York art community. Hilla Rebay would introduce him as “Rolph Scarlett, my great find”. So considerable was her enthusiasm for Scarlett, that she and Solomon Guggenheim bought over sixty of his paintings and monotypes for the museum. After Kandinsky and Bauer, there was more of Scarlett’s work in the collection than any other artists.
He participated in many of the museum exhibitions and galleries and was regularly exhibiting his work in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Art Museum, the Art Institute in Chicago, the Modern Age Gallery in N.Y., the Metropolitan Museum, the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. He studied for a time at the Art Student League with William Merrit...
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1940s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Green and Purple Composition, Modern Watercolor by G Sinclair
Located in Long Island City, NY
G Sinclair - Green and Purple Composition, Year: 1969, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed and dated in pencil, Image Size: 12.5 x 11 inches, Size: 15.25 x 12 in. (38.74 x 30.48 ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Slays in Cyclone, Modern Gouache Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown Artist - Slays in Cyclone, Medium: Gouache on Japon Paper on linen backing, signe in pencil and titled on verso, Image Size: 15 x 10 inches, Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Japanese Iris Still Life
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant Japanese Irises Still Life by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed twice "Les Anderson" lower ...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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Classroom Figurative
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Classroom interior scene by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed in the lower right corner and unframe...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
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Abstract Composition - Watercolor - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a drawing in watercolor on paper realized by an Anonymous artist in the 1961.
Hand signed.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented through organic and ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Watercolor artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980) in 1970.
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (35x51 cm).
H...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Trust Light - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Trust Light is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born ...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980).
Good condition.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, Fran...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Castle - Drawing By Reynold Arnould -Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Castle is a Watercolour artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
View of Luxor - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
View of Luxor is a Colors Markers Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook.
No signature,titled and dated on the ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Interior - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Interior is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre,...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Composition With Circles - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition With Circles is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in the 1950s.
Pastel on paper.
Very Good Conditions.
The artworks are re...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Figures of Men - Drawing by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux- Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures of Men is a Pencil Drawing realized by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux.
The little artwork is in good condition, included a white cardboard passpartout (37.5x54.5 cm).
No Signature, Stamp signed on the back of the yellowed paper.
Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (3 April 1815, Paris – 8 November 1884, Paris) was a French artist and illustrator, known primarily as a battle painter. He was born in Paris, France, studied art at the studio of Léon Cogniet...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Abstract Composition - Watercolor drawing by Paul Ackerman - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a watercolor drawing realized by Paul Ackerman (1908-1981).
Hand-signed by the artist in the lower left corner.
Included a Pass...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Billy the Brownie With Flowers #407" original tempera by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Sylvia Spicuzza demonstrates her skill as an illustration artist, representing the Milwaukee character Billie the Brownie with a pair of flowers. An illustration like this could grace the pages of a children's book or illustrated magazine, or as an advertisement for Schuster’s Department Store.
10 x 8 inches, artwork
17 x 13.13 inches, frame
stamped with artist signature lower left
Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco, lyrical abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique sense of style, humor and fantasy.
Billie the Brownie was a multi-media star of Christmas in Milwaukee from the 1920s to the 1950s. Years earlier, the writer and artist Palmer Cox...
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1940s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
The Eiffel - Drawing in Watercolor by Yves Alix - Early 20th Century
By Yves Alix
Located in Roma, IT
The Eiffel in Colors is an Original drawing in watercolor realized by Yves Alix (1899-1971).
Hand- signed on the lower left.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Dusk Time - Original Drawing by Mario Surbone - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Dusk Time is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1986 by Mario Surbone.
Colored mixed media (watercolor and carchoal) on paper.
Hand signed b...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lunar fantasy - Mixed Media Drawing - Late-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lunar fantasy is an original contemporary artwork realized by Anonymous artist in the late 20th Century.
Mixed media (oil and graphite on canvas).
Not signed.
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Untitled - Drawing by Francesco Trunfio - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
This abstract calligraphy, Untitled, was realized by Francesco Trunfio in 2018 as a sign study. This tempera drawing is part of a series based on the analysis of calligraphy signs. ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Modern abstract drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern abstract drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Sylvia Spicuzza, Moses Bagel Bahelfer, Abraham Walkowitz, and Benoît Gilsoul. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Watercolor and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern abstract drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 3.55 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $260,743, while the average work sells for $950.
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