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
Fig. 8. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The project is a series of ink drawings on different surfaces, depicting the solstices and equinoxes of the year through the overlapping of shadows at various times of the day. ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Fig. 8 BASE VERDE and NARANJA, Diptych. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The project is a series of ink drawings on different surfaces, depicting the solstices and equinoxes of the year through the overlapping of shadows at various times of the day. These...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Positano, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Original signed painting c2005
Located in Frome, Somerset
Positano, original signed painting by Andy Gradwell circa 2005
watercolour and pastel on paper 26cm x 36cm
white glazed frame 43cm x 53cm
An abstracted view of the coastal town and l...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Post-Impressionist French Watercolour Painting Summer Green Open Field Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed lower left, Inscribed Verso.
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
9 x 12.75 inches
Very good condition.
Provenance: from the artis...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Mid Century French Abstract Line Drawing Twin Female Figures Ink on Paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Abstract Line Drawing Twin Female Figures Ink on Paper
Signed (initials) by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French
Black ink on paper, unframed
Size: 19.75 (height) x 12.75 (width) inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris, France
Condition: good and sound, light handling to sheet and faint age toning consistent with age; deckled edges present
Description:
An elegant and meticulously balanced ink drawing by French modernist Serge Guerin, this mid-century composition captures two mirrored female forms rendered in flowing black lines. The symmetrical structure and interwoven contours create a sense of duality and rhythm, merging sensuality with abstraction. Guerin’s precise yet fluid style distils the human figure into an almost architectural motif, evoking both Surrealist automatism and the graphic minimalism associated with the post-war Ecole de Paris. The subtle interplay between curved and angular forms reveals the artist’s deep understanding of balance and design.
Executed in crisp black ink on textured wove paper, the work exemplifies Guerin’s refined linear technique and meditative control. The paired figures may be read as symbols of harmony, reflection, or unity—an exploration of femininity abstracted into pure form. Signed with the artist’s monogram in the lower right, this drawing would suit collectors of modernist works on paper, mid-century line art, or minimalist figurative compositions. Keywords for collectors and interiors: French mid century abstract, modernist nude, twin figures, symmetrical line art, Ecole de Paris ink drawing...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Mid Century French Geometric Abstract in Black White and Blue Signed SG
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Geometric Abstract in Black White and Blue Signed SG
by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French
signed lower right “SG”, name stamped verso
Acrylic and gouache on ar...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Untitled mid century modern geometric abstraction
By William Fredericksen
Located in New York, NY
William Fredericksen
Untitled mid century modern geometric abstraction, 1958-1959
Watercolor and Gouache on Board
Hand signed and dated on the front
12 4/5 × 11 7/10 inches
Unframed
...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache
Color is Life — Mid-Century Abstract Expressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ernest A. Dieringer, Untitled (Color is Life), watercolor, 1959. Initialed 'ED' and dated ' '59' in red pencil at the top and bottom sheet edges—the artist's indication that the work can be viewed from either side. Signed 'Dieringer' in pencil in the bottom support board margin.
A fine abstract expressionist work, watercolor on white wove paper, with fresh, bright colors; the image extends to the sheet edges, spot glued to the original cream wove backing board, in very good condition. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 9 x 10 15/16 inches; backing board size 13 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches.
Provenance: ex. Collection Alexander Raydon. The collector/dealer's well-known 'Raydon Gallery' was established in 1962 on 82nd Street and Madison Avenue, New York City.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ernest Dieringer studied at the Art Institute of Chicago on a National Scholastic Scholarship, beginning his career with the Chicago-based Wells Street Gallery in 1957. He showed his work with other abstract artists, including Robert Natkin and John Chamberlain. The gallery was considered a vanguard space in Chicago for exhibiting emerging abstract artists from the surrounding area. Artists associated with the gallery eventually became known as the Wells Street Group. Due to the success of the gallery, Dieringer and other group members were invited by the Manhattan-based contemporary art dealer...
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1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Contemporary Miniature Natural Pigments Painting Cosmic Egg Minimalist Spiritual
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"#186 – WOUNDED WERE COMING", ink, pencil, gouache, found vintage book, poetry
By Amy Williams
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#186 – WOUNDED WERE COMING" is from Amy Williams' series A Farewell to Arms – wherein the artist works directly onto pages of a found copy of Ernest Hemingway's WWII romance novel. The artist selects certain words and phrases from page 186 to isolate as a poem, and then draws, inks, redacts and paints the rest of the page according to the text. The resulting poem reads "The wounded were coming / men that were scared / I felt the rain in my face / It was getting dark." – Hemingway's novel is a doomed romance between a wounded American soldier and an Italian nurse – note the feminine form on the page, with a "dress" or apron that looks skeletal, bloody and rained upon, all at once.
From Amy Williams – "My recent work is focused on making treated book pages using a found vintage...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil
Study #26, 1960s Gouache painting Signed Framed Pace
Hudson Gallery provenance
Located in New York, NY
Jack Youngerman
Untitled Study #26, 1967
Gouache painting on paper (with original JL Hudson and PACE Gallery labels)
Hand signed and dated '67 on the front; J.L. Hudson Gallery Label on Verso.
Unique Abstract Expressionist work on paper
Frame included
Framed
Measurements:
Framed:
15 inches by 15 inches by 1.5 inch
Artwork:
7.75 inches by 7.5 inches
Provenance
From the estate of Anne Markley Spivak
J. L. Hudson Gallery Label affixed to verso (back).
The J.L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
This 1967 unique, signed gouache painting by renowned abstract expressionist painter Jack Youngerman was acquired from the estate of Anne Markley Spivak. It is held in the original vintage metal frame with the original J.L. Hudson Gallery label, as well as the PACE gallery label on the verso
The artwork has been newly loated and framed in a museum quality white wood frame; the original labels from the original back board have been affixed to the back to preserve provenance.
Jack Youngerman Biography
Jack Youngerman was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 25, 1926. He moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 1929 and studied at the University of Missouri, Columbia from 1944 to 1946 under a wartime navy training program. He graduated from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 1947 and, that same year, he returned to Missouri to finish his Bachelor’s degree in Journalism before moving to Paris on a G.I. scholarship.
In Paris, Youngerman enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, studying drawing with Jean Souverbie. He explored Paris, taking in the cathedrals, museums, and history in order to grasp a greater sense of art history. He also traveled to the Netherlands, Spain, Belgium, Italy, and Greece on fine art excursions.
In 1948, Youngerman became friends with Ellsworth Kelly, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Cesar – fellow students at Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He married Delphine Seyrig in 1950, and later that year he had his first group exhibition at Galerie Maeght in Paris. He visited the studios of Constantín Brancusi and Jean Arp and became heavily influenced by the organic forms present in their work. He also met artist Alexander Calder through his father-in-law, Henri Seyrig, and experimental filmmaker and artist, Robert Breer...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Nocturnal Seascape, Black Sea, Nautical Cyanotype Print on Paper, Deep Navy Blue
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Black Sea Rhythms" shows the peaceful, abstract, subtle ripples of ocean waters in movement.
Details:
+ Title: Black Se...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Alexandra Exter Russian Avant Garde work on paper Signed ex-Solomon Shuster coll
Located in New York, NY
Alexandra Alexandrovna Exter
Colour Dynamic, 1918
Russian avant-garde watercolor and gouache on paper
Signed on the front
Collection of Solomon Shuster, Leningrad (with collection la...
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1910s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
A Potted Succulent and a Rhizome - Original Vibrant Abstract Botanical Painting
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
7.10.24 #12 - Colorful Abstract Watercolor Minimalist Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint in fluent b...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
F…FF (Fuck) - Line Drawing Woman Body 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
A Colorful, 1948 Mid-Century Modern Abstract Watercolor by Hananiah Harari
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, Colorful 1940s Mid-Century Modern Surrealist Abstract Watercolor by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). The artwork is watercolor, pastel...
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1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
Nude
By Byron Browne
Located in Columbia, MO
Byron Browne (American, 1907 - 1961) was a painter, muralist, and teacher who played a central role in the development of abstract and modernist art in the United States. Born in Yon...
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1950s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache
$9,900
Master American Contemporaries
By Alex Katz
Located in Wien, 9
The art work is signed in the print at the lower left and numbered in pencil: P.P. II/IV
This special art piece "Master American Contemporaries" by Alex Katz (*1927) is a colour lit...
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Arcs VI (Graphic, Abstract Drawing on Paper in Antique Wood Frame)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract drawing on paper of graphic bold lines in an antique wood frame with gold detail
Graphite and pale blue colored pencil
28 x 21 inches framed
This vertical, black, white and light blue graphite and acrylic drawing was inspired by the Russian Constructivist art movement. The work is drawn in an abstracted cubist style where the artist composes bold white overlapping arcs on a black background with cross hatching details of light blue acrylic.
Through the continuous layering of the graphite pencil and acrylic the artist makes interesting thick, shard like shapes. The pale blue acrylic is concentrated at the center of the drawing and radiates outward, creating interesting depth and textural effects. The artist fit the original drawing to a mid century modern wood frame, measuring 28 x 21 inches. The frame exhibits some wear consistent with age, which is an intentional decision made by the artist.
About the artist:
A recent visit to David Dew Bruner’s train depot converted artist studio in Valatie, NY confirmed that the man does not sleep. Nor has he entirely put to rest the various series of graphite drawings on paper presented in a stunning array of mid-century and antique frames that were exhibited at the gallery last year. The still lives and figures inspired by artists like Velasquez, Morandi, and Lindner are morphing on a continuum of brilliance; the highly graphic influences of the Italian futurists like Giacomo Balla and Marcel du Champs, as well as the more obscure English Vortex movement have taken hold of Bruner’s intuitive approach to design as he channels it into his own drawings. The series of Infanta figures are emboldened with a new perspective and scaled up in size. A recent series of Arcs reference the gestural abstract shapes prevalent in the aesthetic of the Russian Constructivists. These works explore depth, movement, space and repetition that is more about design than reference. Bruner tastefully pairs drawings with a vintage frame from his collection, refashioning mirror frames from the 1960s or hand painting an antique Italian frame...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Color Pencil, Graphite
Morandi Bottle (Abstract, Cubist Still Life Graphite Drawing with Antique Frame)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract modernist style still life graphite and acrylic painting inspired by Giorgio Morandi's bottle still life paintings
"Morandi II” by Hudson Valley artist, David Dew Bruner, m...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Fig. 9 BASE VERDE and NARANJA, Diptych. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The project is a series of ink drawings on different surfaces, depicting the solstices and equinoxes of the year through the overlapping of shadows at various times of the day. These...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Light breath of wind - 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
English Purple-Hued Watercolor Painting - Abstract Leaf Impressions
By Spe
Located in Houston, TX
Softly-toned watercolor abstract painting by English artist Spe, featuring a variety of purple, fuchsia, and pink hues with pressings of leaves and flowers. Displayed on a white mat ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Beyond Mind and Matter: Peach
Gold Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Bruce Murphy
Located in Hudson, NY
Gestural abstract painting on paper with gold metallic powders and peach, blue, green and yellow colored enamel paint
"Beyond Mind and Matter", made in 2022 by Hudson Valley painter,...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Landscape B/W" Minimalist Art ready to hang - Large size Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Artist: Marilina Marchica (b. 1984, Italy)
Title: Landscape BW
Year: 2023
Medium: Pure pigment powder on Fabriano Rosaspina paper
Image size: 55 × 75 cm
Framed size: 88 × 66 × 4 cm
F...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pigment
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: 9.5 x 9.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we hav...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jazz Musicians (1950
s Black Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
The Split Second After, ca. 1959
Lithograph on paper, image measuring 14 × 18 inches. Sheet measuring 18 × 23 inches.
Unframed. Minor staining of sheet...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Landscape at sunset-Luberon-France" Watercolor , cm. 29, 5 x 21 1960 ca
By Dora Maar
Located in Torino, IT
orange, green, sunset
Dora Maar is the pseudonym of Henrietta Theodora Markovitch (Paris 1907 - 1997).
Shrouded in the monumental shadow of Picasso, she has long been - and reductive...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lily in Charcoal No.2 - abstract expressionism photography edition of 10
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal No.2' 2023
From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.2' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Ron Gorchov Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist painting on paper Signed
By Ron Gorchov
Located in New York, NY
Ron Gorchov
Untitled early 1960s Abstract Expressionist work, 1962
Ink and watercolor painting on paper
Signed and dated in black ink lower left recto
Frame included:
elegantly floa...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Dynamic Geometric Abstract Ink Drawing by Serge Guerin French b1916
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Dynamic Geometric Abstract Ink Drawing by Serge Guerin French b1916
by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French
Black ink on paper, unframed
Size: 25.5 (height) x 19.75 (width) inches
P...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Mist of thought - abstract painting, made in black, grey color, ink
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 16 by 20 inches.
Mila Akopova is New ...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Plant in Pottery Pot 2 - Original 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
Head I, 1973 - 20th C. Ink Drawing of Woman
s Head, Abstract Expressionist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925–1996)
Head I
1973
Ink on paper
Signed and dated lower right
12 x 10 inches
15.75 x 13.5 inches, framed
Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Oklahom...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Silence - 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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, 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
Post-Impressionist French Watercolour Painting The Beach of Port Caen, Brittany
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed lower left, Inscribed Verso.
watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed
9.5 x 13 inches
Very good condition.
Provenance: from the artist...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Contemporary Watercolor Painting,
Design for Light
, c. 2000 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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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Post Office, New York
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Post Office, New York
Watercolor on paper, c. 1930
Signed with the Estate stamp lower left (see photo)
Illustrated: Marbella Gallery, Robert Hallowell (1886-1939), No. 64
Provenance:...
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1930s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century French Geometric Abstract Ink Drawing on Paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Geometric Abstract Ink Drawing on Paper
by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French
Black ink on paper, unframed
Size: 26 (height) x 19.75 (width) inches
Provenance: ...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Mid Century French Geometric Abstract Ink Drawing on Paper
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Geometric Abstract Ink Drawing on Paper
by Serge Guerin (b. 1916), French
Black ink on paper, unframed
Size: 25.75 (height) x 19.75 (width) inches
Provenanc...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
The Bird in your heart by British born artist Frances Cyril Stanley Rose, 1950
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Frances Cyril Stanley Rose (British, 1909 – 1979)
The bird in your heart
Coloured ink
Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Francis Rose 50 A Bird in your heart’ (lower edge)
18.1/2 x 14.1/2i...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Abstract Geometric Illusory Line Art in Ink on Paper by Geraldine Heib
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Geometric Illusory Line Art in Ink on Paper by Geraldine Heib
In this line abstract by Jerry O'Day (American, 1912), lines intersect and layer in straight and rounded ways giving a sense of movement to the piece. O'Day uses simple ink on paper and pure geometric form in the Minimalist style of the 1960s.
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Mat size: 39"H x 27"W
Paper size: 30"H x 20"W
Image size: 27"H x 16"W
Jerry O'Day is also known as Geraldine Heib. Born in Oakland, California, on June 17, 1912. Geraldine Heib assumed the name Jerry O'Day at an early age. She grew up in Washington and studied in Seattle at the Cornish School of Fine Arts. Upon moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1938, she further studied with Bufano as a muralist for two years. O'Day wed sculptor David Lemon and had a gallery in a converted cod fishery in Belvedere from 1942 until 1963. At that time, the couple moved to a houseboat in Sausalito, where she remained until her demise on March 30, 1986.
Post War California artist, Jerry O'Day studied at the Cornish School of Fine Arts in Seattle; studied with Beniamino Bufano for two years. She lived in the artist's colony at the Cod fishery with artist David Lemon on Belvedere Island in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1942 - 1963.
Solo Exhibitions: City of Paris, Rotunda Gallery; Lucien Labaudt Gallery, 1963; Torrance Gallery, San Anselmo, 1955; Marin Art Gallery, Sausalito, 1956; Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1962; East & West Gallery, Fillmore Street, San Francisco; Landmarks Gallery, Marin County, 1991.
Selected Group Exhibitions: 65th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1945; Fourth Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1963.
Source:
David J Carlson...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Squares and Strokes (Ultra_16)" 2025, gouache on handmade paper, 28 x 20 in.
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Freeman
Squares and Strokes (Ultra_16), 2025
gouache on handmade paper
28 x 20 in.
image: 16 x 16 in.
(freem241)
My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in archi...
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper
Big Town, Large Colorful Abstract Geometric Painting, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kenneth Marcus Hugh (American, 1916-2011)
Big Town
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower left
48 in. h. x 60 in. w., image
48.5 in. h. x 60.5 in. w., fr...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Drawing n°23 by Julien Dinou - Pastel A4 size
By Julien Dinou
Located in Geneva, CH
Abstract drawing on paper without frame
Category
1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
$160 Sale Price
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"Indian Dance", Multicolor Abstract Geometric Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and colorful abstract geometric watercolor with multicolor connected forms cascading in a dynamic vertical composition by Ellwood Graham (American, 1911-2007). Signed "GRAHAM" in the upper right corner, and "Ellwood Graham" on verso. Circa 1961-1966. The title "Indian Dance...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen, Pencil
Squares and Strokes (Viridian_22a) 2025, gouache on handmade paper, 28 x 20 in.
Located in New York, NY
Joanne Freeman
Squares and Strokes (Viridian_22a), 2025
gouache on handmade paper
28 x 20 in.
Image: 22 x 14 in.
(freem244)
My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in a...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper
Roberto Burle Marx, Stamp. Drawing From The Series Terms And Conditions
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The project is based in the contrast of the two images, the air waybill and the postage stamp, from different times but similar in their function. The artist seeks to enlighten the c...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
VERTICAL BRUSH STROKES
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gouache on paper. Hand signed and dated lower front. Artwork sheet size 22 x 10 inches. Custom framed as pictured.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of aut...
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$30,000 Sale Price
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Vertical Drawing
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Vertical Drawing (on irregular support)
1993
Pens & pencil on card
Image: 32.8 x 13.8 cm
Mount: 45.5 x 25.5 cm
Reference no: 1094
George Dannatt’s l...
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1990s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Pen
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mystic Rhizome - Original Colorful Organic Abstract 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Abstract Expressionist monotype (unique), signed and inscribed with heart Framed
Located in New York, NY
Robert Natkin
monotype (unique) on paper
signed in marker on the front
Pencil signed, and inscribed with heart doodle:
"For Dorothy and Arthur with my Love Natkin"
Provenance: collec...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Monotype
Italian Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Italian Modern Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century - "Gonage"
Dorazio completed "Gonage" in 1949 when just after the artist had been awarded a stipend by the French government and admission to the Academy Beaux Arts. There he met George Braque who became great friends but also an influence on Dorazio, of which "Gonage" is a living testament.
"Gonage" actual size of the drawing measures 12 x 9 1/2 inches. It is signed on the lower right. The work is affixed to a 19 x 15 inch board which includes the artist's signature and date. There is a torn table on the lower left entitling the piece "Gonage".
Provenance follows this piece as a gift in 1950 to the artist-colleague Luigi Lucioni, who then gifted it in 1955 to his friend, the uncle of the current owner who has owned the work since 1988.
Bio
Born in Italy, Piero Dorazio studied architecture in Rome. At the same time his first abstract works were executed. In 1947 he received a scholarship from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris, where he contacted Modern artists, who lived in Paris. He founded the galleries "Age d'Or" in Florence and Rome to represent avant-garde arts in Italy.
During a one year stay in the USA he got acquainted with leading artists of Abstract Expressionism such as Marc Rothko...
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1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Platonic Solids: Silver
Gold Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Bruce Murphy
Located in Hudson, NY
Gestural abstract expressionist painting on archival paper with gold and silver metallic powders and accents of blue, burgundy, and green enamel paint
"Platonic Solids...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Sorbet" Abstract Watercolor Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This original abstract watercolor painting by Nealy Hauschildt features a warm pink, orange, and lavender palette, with three large organic planes of washy color layered over one ano...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Watercolor
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flower Arrangement In Ochre Glazed Pot - Mixed Media Abstract Artwork 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil
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