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.
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With Only The Moonlight To Guide Me No. 3
Katherine Filice
Fine Art Drawings - 45.7 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 22 x 1 inch
€1,800
Winter No. 4
Katherine Filice
Fine Art Drawings - 47 x 40.1 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 15.8 x 1 inch
€1,100
Time Traveling No. 5
Katherine Filice
Fine Art Drawings - 41.9 x 29.2 x 1.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.5 x 0.5 inch
€1,000
Time Traveling No. 4
Katherine Filice
Fine Art Drawings - 41.9 x 29.2 x 1.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.5 x 0.5 inch
€1,000
Spirit Guide
Katherine Filice
Fine Art Drawings - 57.2 x 35.1 x 0.6 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.5 x 13.8 x 0.25 inch
€1,100
Soulmates No. 2
Katherine Filice
Fine Art Drawings - 48.3 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 10.5 x 1 inch
€900
Soulmates No. 1
Katherine Filice
Fine Art Drawings - 48.3 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 10.5 x 1 inch
€900
Lost In The Night Sky
Katherine Filice
Fine Art Drawings - 51.4 x 41.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.25 x 16.5 x 1 inch
€1,400
Dawn
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 47.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 18.7 x 0 inch
€1,500
Northern Lights
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 47.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 18.7 x 0 inch
€1,500
Sunset
Dali Nazarishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,500
Dream World
Helen Warner
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€1,695
Shark
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 86 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch
€2,000
Hunting
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 86 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch
€2,000
Family
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 61 x 86 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 33.9 x 0 inch
€2,000
Derby
Shota Imerlishvili
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€2,000
Untitled (30)
Sara Chaar
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 41 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
€371
Youthful Madness
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
€1,650
Metaphysical Confort
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
€1,650
Lotus of Heart
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
€1,650
Fairy in the Flying Apsaras
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
€1,650
Birds Chirp in The Valley
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
€1,650
Animal Love
Qing-Yan Li
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 68 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 26.8 x 0 inch
€1,650
Manifest 1
Margaret Neill
Fine Art Drawings - 74.93 x 106.68 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 42 inch
€2,416
Emotion 20200831
Yaki Li
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€120
Emotion 20200606
Yaki Li
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€185
Emotion-202006
Yaki Li
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€285
Emotion-20210108 Green scenery
Yaki Li
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€285
Dovetail small 6
Margaret Neill
Fine Art Drawings - 60.2 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€2,168
Dovetail small 4
Margaret Neill
Fine Art Drawings - 60.2 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€2,168
Dovetail small 2
Margaret Neill
Fine Art Drawings - 60.2 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€2,168
La vie
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€420
Intermezzo 4
Margaret Neill
Fine Art Drawings - 55.88 x 53.34 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 21 inch
€1,858
Intermezzo 5
Margaret Neill
Fine Art Drawings - 55.88 x 53.34 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 21 inch
€1,858
Intermezzo 6
Margaret Neill
Fine Art Drawings - 55.88 x 53.34 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 21 inch
€1,858
Intermezzo 7
Margaret Neill
Fine Art Drawings - 55.88 x 53.34 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 21 inch
€1,858
Untitled 20
Nino Tolomashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€280
Self-Portrait 24.158
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€200
Self-Portrait 24.157
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€200
Self-Portrait 24.156
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€200
Untitled
Giulio Zanet
Fine Art Drawings - 69 x 49 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.2 x 19.3 x 0 inch
€2,124
Beyond the Horizon I
Alexander Valchev
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 100 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,070
Untitled
Duván López
Fine Art Drawings - 85 x 75 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.5 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€2,250
Danse nuit
Kristina Viera Wolf
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,100
Parenthèse merveilleuse
Kristina Viera Wolf
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,100
Self-Portrait 25.20
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€180
Self-Portrait 24.151
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€180
Self-Portrait 24.150
Arthur Hent
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch
€180
Dogon cococrilo falso
Albert Gonzalo
Fine Art Drawings - 70.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,800
Indigo XXIV
Albert Gonzalo
Fine Art Drawings - 65.5 x 50.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.8 x 19.9 x 0 inch
€1,800
Storm Series (Ref 845)
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 18.1 inch
€1,202
Love Affair 9
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 137.2 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 54 x 36 x 0 inch
€7,681
Love Affair 6
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 137.2 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 54 x 36 x 0 inch
€7,681
15 - Turquoise
Genny Puccini
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€850
Maison 1
Lisbeth Delisle
Fine Art Drawings - 65.5 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.8 x 15.7 inch
€1,800
Untitled
Doïna Vieru
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 100 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€3,400
Untitled
Doïna Vieru
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 117 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 46.1 x 0 inch
€3,000
A View From The Moon (No. 3)
Katherine Filice
Fine Art Drawings - 111.8 x 63.5 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 25 x 1 inch
€5,700
Abstract landscape-V
Stanislav Bojankov
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 61 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 24 x 0 inch
€350
Abstract landscape-II
Stanislav Bojankov
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 67 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 26.4 x 0 inch
€450
Tiempos de mudanza. En esas estamos (Moving times. Here we are)
M. M. Calvo
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 32.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 12.8 inch
€900
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Paesaggio poetico XXIV
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch
€556
The gas station
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€670
For the love of Monet
Gaëlle Wagner
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Méandres bleu et sable
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,900
Need help with Abstract Drawing ?
What are the characteristics of abstract art?
Abstract art is the opposite of figurative art, which aims to represent the physical, visual world. Abstract art aims instead to represent the world through a different visual language, using shapes, symbols, lines, and color.
Who created drawing?
The origin of the practice of drawing is hard to trace, as it has existed since well before humans began recording historical information. However, it is believed to have originated during the Stone Age, when humans began experimenting with drawing as an art form. The earliest known example is an abstract crayon drawing on a piece of stone that was created around 73,000 years ago.
Who are the main abstract artists?
Some of the most influential abstract artists in art history are Jackson Pollock, Vassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, and Helen Frankenthaler.