Abstract Drawing for Sale

The start of the 20th century was an incredibly promising time for Western societies. Major technological and industrial breakthroughs brought about key societal changes and revolutionized the daily lives of entire populations. The two World Wars devastated the world during the first half of the 20th century and deeply scarred the generations who lived through them. Their violence had a profound influence on the art movements of the time.

Within art and literature, artists started to move away from rational thinking. In art, new movements emerged which completely broke away from traditional artistic conventions, including Surrealism, Dadaism, Figurative art, Expressionism, Cubism and also Abstract Art.

The first abstract tendencies were seen in Germany with Wilhem Worringer, who used abstract art, more specifically geometric shapes, as the means to express and portray his fears. Fauve artists had already used pure colors but this technique became even more commonplace in abstract works. The invention of photography also had a key impact on painters as it meant that they became less concerned about their work being realistic. The origins of the abstract movement are difficult to pin down as its several initiatives developed at the same time in several different countries, without any kind of dialogue unifying them.

It was a watercolor by Vassily Kandinsky, the figurehead of the abstract movement, which triggered the shift in artistic attitudes. Like a piece of cacophonous music, shapes and colors create a sense of movement in his abstracts paintings, communicating specific emotions. From this point on, new artists concentrated on trying to depict a 'contraction of reality', by simplifying shapes and drawing nothing more than its essence or the underlying idea.

Piet Mondrian decided to work with geometric shapes. As for Malévich, he chose to showcase the invisible in his highly symbolic and spiritual works, including his most famous painting 'Black Square.' In his own unique way, Jackson Pollock created nearly 700 impressive modern paintings. His brush rarely ever touching the canvas as he preferred the pouring technique, which involves pouring paint directly onto the painting from a paint pot or stick.

Just like oil painting or abstract sculpture, abstract drawing can come in various different forms. On Artsper, you will find a collection of works made with ink, gouache, watercolor, pen, charcoal, thin lead pencils or felt-tip pens and often on paper. Similar to painting, abstract drawing can highlight shapes, textures, lines or colors. What the artists decide to focus on is dependent on their artistic vision.

Discover abstract drawings by the abstract artists Paul Jenkins, Ellen Priest and Abigail Lazkoz on Artsper.

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Untitled 28

Imad Fakhry

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch

$600

Medusa 2

Christian Frederiksen

Fine Art Drawings - 36 x 29 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.2 x 11.4 x 0 inch

$833

Sienna Portrait Sculpture 1977

Moon Shin

Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 3.9 inch

$4,643

The Falls

Michael Grine

Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 30.5 x 0 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 12 x 0.01 inch

$300

Port

Michael Grine

Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 45.7 x 0 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 0.01 inch

$300

Entropy Zone 4.

Petr Strnad

Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$583

Into The Unknown 1.

Petr Strnad

Fine Art Drawings - 30.4 x 24.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9.5 x 0.1 inch

$298

Le chêne à trois troncs n°35

Florian Song Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

$952

Le chêne à trois troncs n°36

Florian Song Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

$952

Le chêne à trois troncs n°37

Florian Song Nguyen

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 15 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch

$952

Dog

Tanner Rhines

Fine Art Drawings - 20.32 x 25.4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 10 inch

$1,071

Sending the Gems, v2

Tanner Rhines

Fine Art Drawings - 20.32 x 25.4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 10 inch

$1,071

La mulata

Carlos Velilla

Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

$893

La noche del bosque abierto

Carlos Velilla

Fine Art Drawings - 21.5 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.5 x 6.1 x 0 inch

$893

En el bosque

Carlos Velilla

Fine Art Drawings - 10.5 x 19.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.1 x 7.7 x 0 inch

$893

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Abstract Drawing for Sale

Untitled 28

Medusa 2

Sienna Portrait Sculpture 1977

The Falls

Port

Entropy Zone 4.

Into The Unknown 1.

Le chêne à trois troncs n°35

Le chêne à trois troncs n°36

Le chêne à trois troncs n°37

Dog

Sending the Gems, v2

La mulata

La noche del bosque abierto

En el bosque

Untitled

Poulette

Etude Desseins 2

Cher Ami, oiseau fantastique ! 10

Etude Desseins 1

Etude Prémices 4

Cher Ami, oiseau fantastique ! 9

Cher Ami, oiseau fantastique ! 8

Cher Ami, oiseau fantastique ! 7

Cher Ami, oiseau fantastique ! 6

Cher Ami, oiseau fantastique ! 4

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled

Soleil Rouge

Song of Two

Libellule Dance

Two Cosmic Dancers

Twirling in Violet

Des Ballerines

We Lost the Rhythm

Too Much Dancers

Nothing but Dance

XXII 94 311

Stripes and brushstrokes

Open

My last memories about you n°5

Conversation of breathe n°2

Untitled n°2

Composition

Innate Force 1

Geometric SKY

Shark

Hunting

Family

Orange_4

Dessein des frontières 9

Dessein des frontières 8

Anatomie - grande - 4

Anatomie - grande - 3

Dessein des frontières 7

Dessein des frontières 6

Dessein des frontières 5

Dessein des frontières 4

Anatomie 9

Anatomie 6

Anatomie 2

Acrobats’ Aesthetic

Portrait 04