Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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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2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
1980s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Tempera
1990s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Paper
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Archival Paper, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Artist Comments
By limiting the painting to one color, a bit of distraction is removed, simplifying the scene and bringing a special serenity to the painting. Too much detail in one color could overwhelm, however, so each landscape is painted as a vignette, eliminating the sky and much of the foreground. The result is a very relaxing scene that goes right to the heart of what I wanted to communicate in the landscape.
About the Artist
Jill E Poyerd brings peaceful, contemplative moments to life on the canvas. She approaches the canvas with little preparation, instead allowing herself total freedom to create. Both her watercolor and oil painting works depict gorgeous scenes of nature with a style distinctly her own. Something as common as a tree appears soft and ethereal through Jill;s painterly style.
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Artist Comments
I enjoy making trips to Palm Springs to collect inspirational material for paintings. I am especially drawn to the bougainvillea blossoms that grow so well in...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
1970s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Handmade Paper, Color Pencil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Pen
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
Early 2000s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
1990s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Oil Pastel
1990s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
1960s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Gouache
1970s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Mixed Media, Watercolor
1950s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
1950s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
1980s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Handmade Paper
1950s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
20th Century Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
Late 20th Century Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Oil, Paper
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Handmade Paper, India Ink
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Acrylic, Ink
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Paper
Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Charcoal, Ink, Pastel, Crayon
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
1970s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Archival Paper
1940s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Oil
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Pastel, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
2010s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Acrylic, Oil Pastel
1940s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Oil, Canvas
1980s Abstract Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor