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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Abstraction

Moon JANG CHULL

Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.3 x 3.1 inch

$1,098

Abstraction

Moon JANG CHULL

Fine Art Drawings - 7 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.8 x 1.6 inch

$1,098

Abstraction

Moon JANG CHULL

Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 6.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.5 x 2.6 inch

$1,098

Abstraction

Moon JANG CHULL

Fine Art Drawings - 7 x 7 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.8 x 2.8 inch

$1,098

Abstraction

Moon JANG CHULL

Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 7 cm Fine Art Drawings - 3.9 x 2.8 inch

$1,098

Abstraction

Moon JANG CHULL

Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 inch

$1,098

Collage - 5

Lisbeth Delisle

Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 inch

$1,387

Collage - 6

Lisbeth Delisle

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch

$1,387

La Veuve Noire

Lisbeth Delisle

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch

$1,387

Enigma

Michael Alan

Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 27.3 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10.75 x 0.04 inch

$3,930

Sketch17. Kyiv

Tetiana Ocheredko

Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$350

L'Aube tardive

Corneille

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

$7,860

Sunrise

Osse Müller

Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 24.4 x 0 inch

$2,081

Erotoscape 1 - Egg?

Osse Müller

Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 69 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.2 x 0 inch

$5,201

Metropolis

Osse Müller

Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 58 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 22.8 x 0 inch

$2,052

Noname 70.50 #D240

Stéphane Rime

Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$162

Self-Portrait 20.111

Arthur Hent

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

$208

Rien ne se perd tout se transforme

Bows

Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 63 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 24.8 x 0.4 inch

$1,387

Map of the mind

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 18 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$3,236

Dead End

Fred Borghesi

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.2 inch

$4,161

The Gates

Konstantinos Papaioannou

Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$1,503

Psychenauts

Konstantinos Papaioannou

Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$1,503

Hand VI

Geneviève Seillé

Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 69 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 27.2 inch

$3,352

Sans titre

Geneviève Seillé

Fine Art Drawings - 73 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.7 x 39.4 inch

$5,201

Sans titre

Geneviève Seillé

Fine Art Drawings - 136 x 123 cm Fine Art Drawings - 53.5 x 48.4 inch

$5,664

The red river

Geneviève Seillé

Fine Art Drawings - 117 x 96 cm Fine Art Drawings - 46.1 x 37.8 inch

$4,970

Je suis docteur en veines

Christophe Vilar

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch

$2,774

Sunrise

Diana Torje

Fine Art Drawings - 81 x 116 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

$3,930

Molotov

Alejandro Moretti

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$173

Bloody Mary

Alejandro Moretti

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$173

Art Liar

Michael Alan

Fine Art Drawings - 43.2 x 35.6 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 14 x 0.04 inch

$4,000

Love & Passion

Michael Alan

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.04 inch

$3,300

Untitled

Doïna Vieru

Fine Art Drawings - 21.3 x 14.4 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.4 x 5.7 x 0 inch

$462

Meandra

Eter Merkviladze

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$520

Después del desierto

Carlos Velilla

Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,890

Entrando en la cueva

Carlos Velilla

Fine Art Drawings - 99 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,890

Untitled

Carlos Velilla

Fine Art Drawings - 99 x 69.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 27.4 x 0 inch

$2,890

El estupendo no

Carlos Velilla

Fine Art Drawings - 99 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,890