Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Original 1970
S French Abstract Composition with Thick Organic Lines
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Birds", Contemporary abstract painting on canvas, natural dark and golden tones
Located in Dallas, TX
"Birds" is an elegant and contemporary abstract pattern painting with dark tones and golden highlights. This compelling artwork features an intricate tapestry of overlapping, dark-hu...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Pigment, Cotton Canvas
My wave - abstract painting, made in ultramarine blue color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in ultramarine blue color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a styrene face...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
$304 Sale Price
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Butterfly and Heart
By Damien Hirst
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Butterfly and Heart
Drawing in black felt pen over color screenprint 'spot' composition
Signed in full (bottom edge) and dedicated (top edge)
Dedicated by the artist
Annotated in fe...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Seeing the Past: Abstract Expressionist Painting in Blue, Silver and Gold
By Bruce Murphy
Located in Hudson, NY
Gestural abstract painting on paper with accents of blue, dark gray, and teal underneath silver and gold metallic powders
"Seeing the Past", made in 2022 by Hudson Valley painter, Br...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Ruban de Mœbius
Located in CANNES, FR
PACO RABANNE ( 1934 - 2023 )
French Famous Fashion
" Profil Vert "
circa 2000
Felt ting pen and graphite on paper
colored Gouache
signed an...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper
Willem de Kooning, (Reclining Female Nude) A Special Gift For His Dear Friends
Located in San Francisco, CA
With such fondness, 20th-century artistic titan Willem de Kooning gifted this charcoal sketch on paper to his close East Hampton friends Roger and Lucia Wilcox...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Modern British 20th Century Colourful Abstract Painting - Geometric shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
British School, monogrammed/ dated lower corner
gouache painting on paper laid over card, unframed
actual painting: 22 x 15.5 inches
Superb - bold - and very co...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$438 Sale Price
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"Untitled" Hans Hofmann, circa 1943 Navy Blue Olive Green Early Abstract Work
By Hans Hofmann
Located in New York, NY
Hans Hofmann
Untitled, circa 1943
Signed lower right
Oil and watercolor on paper
22 1/4 x 30 3/4 inches
The only artist of the New York school to participate directly in European m...
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1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Watercolor
Untitled Drawing
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Untitled Drawing
2005
Image: 27.5 x 18.0 cm
Mount: 40.2 x 30.0 cm
George Dannatt’s long career as a painter and sculptor ended with the artist’s death i...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Graphite, Oil Crayon
Female control - line drawing figure with red gloves
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The works are 15 by 11 inches in size, framed (black) with a styrene face on a mat board in ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
We Love You, drawing on engraving signed
inscribed unique variant X/X, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois
We Love You, 2000
Engraving and watercolor with unique Ink drawing on Fabriano Paper
Unique Variant with original hand coloring)
Signed by the artist, inscribed "X" ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil, Graphite, Engraving
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: 14.75 x 11 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ha...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Squares and Strokes (Cad Light_16)" 2025 gouache on handmade paper, 28 x 20 in.
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Freeman
Squares and Strokes (Cad Light_16) , 2025
gouache on handmade paper
28 x 20 in.
image: 16 x 16 in.
(freem242)
My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper
James Siena -T-nail ink drawing, unique geometric abstraction hand signed Framed
By James Siena
Located in New York, NY
James Siena
Untitled t-nail drawing (reference: two against two), 1999
Graphite on paper
Pencil signed, titled, annotated and dated on the reverse of the sheet (see photos)
also penc...
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
Post-Impressionist Watercolour Painting Coastal Landscape of Trégon, Brittany
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed lower left, Inscribed Verso.
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
10 x 14 inches
Very good condition.
Provenance: from the artists...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Adrian Heath, British, Abstracted Life Study, pencil and watercolour
By Adrian Heath
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Adrian Heath (British, 1920–1992)
Abstracted Life Study
Pencil and watercolour
Signed with initials ‘AH’ (lower right)
8.5 x 10.625 in. (21.7 x 27 cm)
This intimate work on paper by...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Love Star Of David (original gouache on paper)
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gouache painting on paper. Hand signed lower front by Yaacov Agam. Image size 20.25 x 18.5 inches. Sheet size 29 x 22.2 inches. Frame size approx 33 x 31 inches.
Cert...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$47,600 Sale Price
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Contemporary Miniature Natural Pigment Tantric Egg Minimalist orange blue yellow
Located in Norfolk, GB
Rahul Kumar
Untitled
Natural Pigment on Paper
35.5cm x 26.5cm
Rahul Kumar is from a family of traditional miniature painters working in Jaipur. The atelier where his family learnt t...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Moon Flower Potted Plant - Lively Abstract Colorful Botanical Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Bold Abstract and Figurative Composition in Blue and red Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold Abstract and Figurative Composition in Blue and red Acrylic on Paper
Bright and colorful abstracted figural painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Bra...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
$2,120 Sale Price
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Post-Impressionist French Watercolour Painting The Mountains Behind Nice
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed lower left, Inscribed Verso.
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
10 x 14 inches
Very good condition.
Provenance: from the artists...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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: 19 x 15.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we hav...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ynez Johnston Abstract Watercolor
Gouache Painting, 1985, 20th Century Modern
Located in Denver, CO
This striking 1985 abstract painting by celebrated Colorado Springs artist Ynez Johnston (American, 1920–2019) exemplifies her imaginative approach to modernist abstraction. Executed...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
17, Modern Abstract Acrylic on Paper Painting by Yasmin Brandolini
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large minimal abstract painting on paper by Yasmin Brandolini.
Artist: Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda, South African/Italian (1929 - )
Title: 17
Year: 1986
Medium: 40 x 60 in. (101.6 ...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
The Pale Pursuit - abstraction art, made in gray, black and white colors
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The diptych is made with india ink in black, grey color on Yupo paper.
Each work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (black) with sizes 16 by 20 in.
Mila A...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Box I (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on 300 lb. Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challenge the...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Channel Islands - Abstract Muted Colorful Coastal Oceanscape Watercolor Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this original watercolor painting on paper, Heidi Lowell captures the quiet grandeur of the California coast through bands of translucent color that ripple like memory across the ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Big Sur - Original Abstract Muted Color Coastal Landscape Watercolor Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In this original watercolor painting on paper, Heidi Lowell captures the quiet grandeur of the California coast through bands of translucent color that ripple like memory across the ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Contemporary Watercolor Painting,
Untitled
, c. 1990
s by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Female Nude Study Black Pencil Drawing by G. Debotoiyche, 1923
Located in Atlanta, GA
G. Debotoiyche, Nude Study, 1923
This masterful carbon pencil drawing by Russian artist G. Debotoiyche exemplifies the stripped-down elegance of early 20th-century modernist draftsm...
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1920s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil, Charcoal
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
By Emily Berger
Located in London, GB
Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm.
She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
A Striking Early Modern 1934 Abstract WC by Hananiah Harari, "Les trois graces"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, Early Modern, Figurative Abstract Watercolor by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Titled "Les trios graces" (The Three Graces), the art...
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1930s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Effloresce (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Effloresce (Abstract painting)
Oil on paper - Unframed
Framed on request
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Mid Century French Black and White Geometric Abstract Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Black and White Geometric Abstract Composition
by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French
Acrylic and gouache on black artists paper, unframed
Size: 25.75 (height) x...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Rolph Scarlett - Signed Abstract Expressionist painting on paper mid century mod
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett
Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting, ca. 1960
Gouache, Ink, Watercolor on Paper . Hand signed, with original Jonas Aarons Gallery label
23 × 18 3/4 inches
Signed ...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Abstract Landscape Mid 20th Century Work on Paper Hamptons, NY Drawing Pastel
By Robert Dash
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Landscape Mid 20th Century Work on Paper Hamptons, NY Drawing Pastel. Signed and dated '62 lower right. 9 x 12 inches (sight) and 15. 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches framed.
BIO
Robert Dash is known for his Hamptons paintings...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pastel
untitled-#2 red turquoise blue bold geometric shapes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled painting/collage 2022
acrylic and mixed media - painted silkscreen mesh on 140 lb. cold press paper 30x22” unframed
blue, green, orange on bright red
irregular texture surfa...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
Frammento – Original Abstract Wall Art, Charcoal
Pure Pigment on Canvas, large
Located in Agrigento, AG
Artist: Marilina Marchica (b. 1984, Italy)
Title: Frammento
Year: 2024
Medium: Charcoal and pure mineral pigment on cotton canvas
Size: 60 × 130 cm (23.6 × 51.2 in)
Signature: Signed...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pigment, Carbon Pigment
Mid Century French Black and White Geometric Abstract Drawing Signed SG
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Black and White Geometric Abstract Drawing Signed SG
by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French
signed lower right “SG”, name stamped verso
Ink on artists paper, unf...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Unknown - abstract painting, made in blue, grey, brown color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in blue, grey, brown color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a styrene fac...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
$304 Sale Price
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Reticolo rosa Matita , Pastello cm. 47 x 65 1962
Located in Torino, IT
Particolare reticolo di Piero Dorazio ,pastello colorato sui toni dei rosa,su carta spolvero grezza
Archiviato archivio Piero Dorazio
Firmato e datato in basso a destra
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Color Pencil
$30,907 Sale Price
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Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) - Concetto Spaziale - Lithograph with hand-cut - 1967
Located in Varese, IT
Lithograph with hand-cut central slash incision by Fontana
limited edition, numbered as 57/150.
paper size: 47 x 35 cm
framed size: 67 x 65 cm
very good conditions, with deep strong ...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper
Salvador Dalì (1904–1989) -Athene-heliogravure and drypoint etching- 1965
Located in Varese, IT
Mixed media incorporating heliogravure and drypoint etching hand-colored on Arches paper , edited in 1963
Limited edition of 150 copies , numbered 23/150 in lower left
Hand signed by...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Breeze - abstract painting, made in ultramarine blue, grey color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in ultramarine blue and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold and black) with a st...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
$304 Sale Price
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Mid-Century "Green
Blue Nude" Oil Pastel Drawing
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Hooper
"Green and Blue Nude I"
5/1963
Oil pastel on paper
8.5"x11" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
Jack Meredith Hooper (August 26, 1...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
sbc 219 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 219 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper — Unframed
Susan Cantrick's abstract paintings explore the pre-verbal realm of thought through structured visual responses. Her process ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
G_41 - 21st Century, Drawing, Contemporary, Black, White, Abstract
By Alina Aldea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
G_41, 2021
white ink on black cardboard
(signed on reverse)
27 9/16 H x 39 3/8 W in.
70 H x 100 W cm
Alina Aldea's drawings project all the possible forms which appear to disappear ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Cardboard
Untitled - abstract painting, made in black, grey color, 2025
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a glass on a mat board in white wi...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
PHENOMENA GRID THREE
By Paul Jenkins
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed on front; signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Additional images are available upon request. Certificate of Authenticity is inc...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$23,600 Sale Price
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Tempestuous Tidal in Blue, Stormy Seascape Diptych, Cyanotype Print, Duo, Blue
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Tempestuous Tidal in Blue" is an original cyanotype diptych portraying the tidal behavior during a storm.
Details:
+ T...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Lithograph
Abstract Composition - Drawing by Mark Tobey - 1960
By Mark Tobey
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a fine and beautiful watercolor and tempera on paper realized by Mark Tobey in 1960. Signed and dated Tobey lower right.
Certificate of authenticity by Mark ...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Tempera, Watercolor
Specifically Nowhere, Yellow (Abstract Geometric Painting with Grids on Yellow)
Located in Hudson, NY
Large abstract geometric painting with intricate line work in pencil and gouache on a bright yellow background
"Specifically, Nowhere (Yellow)" made by Hudson Valley artist, Donise English, in 2022
gouache, acrylic, pencil, and colored pencil on paper, mounted on panel
48 x 48 inches unframed, 50 x 50 inches with a dark brown stained wood floater frame
Surface is protected with four coats of an archival UV protective varnish
Signed, verso
Excellent condition and ready to hang
This large abstract geometric painting was made by Hudson Valley based artist, Donise English, in 2022. The composition begins with a bright yellow background overlaid with intricate line work in graphite and colored pencil. Thousands of hand drawn lines serve as a backdrop for a bold geometric form in a dusty violet and dark gray gridded pattern that references "an imagined city grid", says the artist. The painting on paper is mounted to wood panel and complemented with a dark stained wood floater frame. It's in excellent condition and ready to hang as is. The surface is protected with four coats of an archival UV protective varnish.
More about the work:
Donise English emphasizes lines, grids, and fields of subtle color to evoke imagined places and invented structures. While precise lines and straight angles are often associated with themes in architecture and urban planning designs, English conveys a geometric motif guided by intuition rather than a ruler. Variations on grids retain flaws and unmistakable traces of the artists’ hand; her style of draftsmanship shies away from intellectualism and instead makes her compositions feel very personal. Each design is intensely intricate, incorporating gouache, acrylic, pen, graphite, ink and colored pencil.
Artist Statement:
My work is about the way visual diagrams present information that describes how something is made or the way it is. I am interested in drawing and collaging multiple layers of information that refer abstractly to maps, architectural drawings and blueprints or patterns and structures found in such things as roller coasters, power lines and fences. I use gouache and collaged paper in a series of layers that are a visual and ideological response to the previous layer to define my pictorial space. For each piece I create a set of rules to follow about the use of a limited palette, a grid format, opacity of paper and whether a piece may include curving lines or maintain a rectilinear structure.
Artist CV:
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Painting
Bard College 1986
Bachelor of Science in Art History
State University College at New Paltz 1977
Additional Study: New York Studio School (Drawing Marathons)
Columbia University, School of Architecture
Women’s Studio Workshop
TEACHING
Professor of Studio Art, Department of Art and Art History, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Coordinator, Interior Design Program, Florence, Italy campus
1992-present
AWARDS
NYFA Fellowship in Painting 2018
Invitational Award for Outstanding Contemporary Talent,
University of Bridgeport, CT 2000
Purchase Prize, “11th National Juried Exhibition”
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore 1999
First Prize, “Women in the Visual Arts ‘95”
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT 1995
Joseph A. Cain Memorial Purchase Award for Sculpture
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX 1994
Honorable Mention, “National Juried Exhibition”
University of Bridgeport, CT 1993
Individual Artists Fellowship in Sculpture
Dutchess Arts Fund 1992/93
Tallix, Morris, Singer Internship in Sculpture
Tallix Foundry, Beacon, NY 1990/91
MEMBERSHIP Royal British Society of Sculptors
SELECTED JURIED/INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2020
“edu: Art Faculty of the Hudson Valley”, Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY
2019
“Contemporary Abstraction”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
“Mixed Media”, SITE Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018
“JuxtaPositions”, The Painting Center, New York, NY
“Peculiar Rarities”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2017
“Interlock: Color and Contrast in Abstraction”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
“Donise English: Encaustics”, Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY
2016
“Let’s Stay in Touch”, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD
“Under, Over, After Over”, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
2015
“Off the Grid”, Arts & Culture Program, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY
“Gridspace”, KMOCA, Kingston, NY
“Abstraction”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
“Assuming Identity”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2013
“Modern Artists”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
“Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region”, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
Stone Canoe/Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY
2012
New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY
“Contemporary Painters (Who Just Happen To Be Women)”,
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
“Strange Glue: Collage at 100”, Cambridge School, Weston, MA
“Dear Mother Nature”, Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY
“Fresher Paint”, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY
Courthouse Gallery, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY
2011
“Process+Content: Donise English”, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY “Donise English-Paintings”,Orange County Community College,
Newburgh, NY
“Gender Matters/Matters of Gender”, Freedman Gallery,
Albright College, Reading, PA
2010
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
“Encaustics: Wax and Image”, Westchester Community College,
White Plains, NY
“Dots, Lines and Figures”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
“Spring Awakening”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY
“Clay City Dreams”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY
“Texture,Pattern, Fragment”, Krause Gallery, Moses Brown School,
Providence, RI
2009
“Collage”, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY
“Working in Wax”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
“Encaustic 2009”, College of New Rochelle, NY
“Three Artists”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
“Convergence: The Human Experience”,Howard County Center for the Arts, MD
2008
“Suckers and Biters: Love, Lollipops, and Exquisite Corpse”
Chashama Gallery, New York, NY
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY
2007
“Patterns and Light”, Blue Hill Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
“Suckers and Biters”, AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006
“100 Artists, 100 Watercolors”, Jeannie Freilich Fine Art,
New York, NY
“On/Of Paper”,Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
“The Love Show”, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
2005
The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
“Small Tales”, Valdosta State University, Georgia
National Juried Exhibition,Art Institute and Gallery
Salisbury, MD, Juror: Stephen Haller
“Greed, Envy, Jealousy, Fear”, TSL Warehouse, Hudson, NY
2004
“Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections”
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
“Girl Art Now”,Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
3 Person Exhibition, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
“The Feminine Eye”, Bradley University, Peoria, IL “Women Painting Women”, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA “Thought Patterns”, Kent Place Gallery, Summit, NJ “Surface, Matter and Artifice”, Dutchess Community College Art Gallery
Poughkeepsie, NY
2003
“Beefcake/Cheesecake”,Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,
Santa Ana, CA,Juror: Jamie Wilson, Curator
Halpert Bienniel, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Juror: Jeff Fleming, Senior Curator, Des Moines Art Center “The Great White Oak”, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2002
“Cat Calls”, Red Clay Arts, Brooklyn
“Hudson Valley Regional”, SUNY New Paltz
Juror: Sydney Jenkins, Director, Ramapo College Art Galleries
2001
One-Person Exhibition, Davis and Hall Gallery, Hudson, NY “Beyond the Surface”, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago
One-Person Exhibition, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
2000
“Vision 2000...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gouache, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Migration: In Flux Pandemic Collection,
by Peter Healy, Painting, 2020
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
'Migration: In Flux Collection,' by Peter Healy, Watercolor Painting, 2020
This framed 27" x 37" watercolor painting is from the 'In Flux' Collection by I...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
$1,094 Sale Price
24% Off
Mid Century French Geometric Abstract in Blue Brown and White Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Geometric Abstract in Blue Brown and White Signed
by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French
signed lower right “SG”, name stamped verso
Acrylic and gouache on brown...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Lemon Tree Branch Robert Freimark
Located in Surfside, FL
Robert Freimark (1922 - 2010),
Watercolor painting of a lemon tree branch
Hand signed and dated 1963 upper right,
Dimensions: 24.5 inches x 30.25 inches, image is 17 X 22.5
Robert...
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Nude Female Figures (Nude Women Study)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Martin Friedman (1896-1981). Two Nude Figures, ca. 1960. Charcoal on paper, image measures 17 x 22.5 inches; 24 x 30 in original custom chestnut frame ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Oil on canvas by Luciano Gaspari, "Untitled," 1980, Italy
Located in Vicenza, VI
Luciano Gaspari (Venice, 1913 - 2007) trained at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts, developing a personal pictorial language that over the years has ranged from realism to abstraction....
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Series of Small Paintings in Graphite
Pencil
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Series of Small Paintings in Graphite &
Pencil
2009
Medium: Graphite, pencil & white oil on paper
Image: 13.0 x 9.2 cm
Mount: 27.0 x 23.3 cm
Reference...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Pencil, Graphite
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