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1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1990s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Metal
1970s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Late 20th Century Minimalist Abstract Prints
Screen
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Prints
Etching
People Also Browsed
1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Lithograph
2010s Mexican Brutalist Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Marble, Brass, Bronze
Vintage 1930s American Beaux Arts Wall-mounted Sculptures
Marble
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Glass
Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Wood
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Resin, Plaster, Lacquer
1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Offset
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Oak, Acrylic, Milk Glass
Mid-20th Century Cuban Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Canvas, Masonite, Paint
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tables
Bronze
Late 20th Century Vases
Ceramic
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Ceramic
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass, Wood
Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Concrete, Bronze
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Sculptures
Steel
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures
Marble
A Close Look at abstract Art
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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