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Suzanne Leighton

Abstracted Seascape Oil Painting "Harbour with Ropes"
By Suzanne Leighton
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, abstracted seascape oil painting on stretched canvas, ready to hang. Framing on request
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Board "After the Fire: Grey Trees"
By Suzanne Leighton
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, pastel coloured, abstracted landscape oil painting on canvas board. A thin shadow frame (colour of your choice) is included, making the artwork ready to hang. Dimensions o...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting "After the Fire - Purple Shadows"
By Suzanne Leighton
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, abstracted landscape oil painting on stretched canvas. Framing on request
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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"A Bridge to the Sky", landscape, botanical, bird, jungle, nature, oil painting
By Nan Hass Feldman
Located in Natick, MA
Nan Hass Feldman's landscape painting, "A Bridge to the Sky" is the summing of three series of paintings; the botanical paintings, the bird paintings, and the jungle paintings. They ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Seascape IV (Homage to Mark Rothko) - large format abstract seascape photograph
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
From a series of large scale abstract photographs of muted color monochromatic ocean water surface and cloudscapes SEASCAPE IV by Frank Schott an homage to Mark Rothko 72.5 x 58 in...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Weekend Beach Day, Seascape Painting, Art of Cornwall, Beach House Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Weekend Beach Day by Lenny Cornforth [2022] original Oil paint on canvas Image size: H:102 cm x W:102 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:102 cm x W:102 cm x D:4cm Frame Size: H...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Rigoberto Mena Contemporary Cuban Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Rigoberto Mena
Located in Surfside, FL
"Grey". Oil/Acrylic on Canvas. Signature lower right Image: 39.5" x 39.5". Framed: 41" x 41". Rigoberto Mena Santana (Cuban, born 1961) was born in Artemisia, Havana in 1961, w...
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hilltop and Hillside Diptych
Located in Deddington, GB
Hilltop and Hillside Diptych [2022] original Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:100 cm x W:70 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:140 cm x D:3cm Sold Unframed Please note ...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hilltop and Hillside Diptych
Hilltop and Hillside Diptych
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H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 1.19 in
Large Colourful Exotic Landscape Painting "Tosca"
By Claire Denarie-Soffietti
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, medium to large scale exotic landscape painting with vivid colours and details. The painting style shows influences from the post-impressionists and fauvists, yet is undeni...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Wax, Oil, Acrylic

Large Oil Painting of Flowers by Chinese Artist Henry Peeters 'Hing Biu'
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category

1990s Chinese Neoclassical Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Sunlight & Birds by Katharina Husslein Contemporary Landscape
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
Sunlight & Birds is an original painting inspired by chinoiserie. Birds are sitting in the trees and flowers are blossoming around them. Katharina Husslein has started a new body of...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Large Birds and Flowers Haitian Modern Oil Painting on Board
Located in Miami, FL
Spectacular oil on board of multiple birds and lots of flowers. A large format painting. In the modern naive Haitian style.
Category

Vintage 1970s Haitian Paintings

Materials

Paint

Patchwork Abstracted Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). The landscape is made up of patches of color, reminiscent of viewing agricultural land from a high vantage point. In additio...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor, Newsprint, Tissue Paper

"Visions of Australia", Contemporary Abstracted Landscape with Trees
By John Crawford
Located in Soquel, CA
A gorgeous abstracted plein air landscape of the Australian countryside by California artist John Crawford (American, b. 1947). Painterly, loose brushstrokes in soft green shades dom...
Category

Early 2000s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Serene Reflection (Abstract Pastel Palette Painting on Paper)
By Bruce Murphy
Located in Hudson, NY
Serene Reflection (Abstract Pastel Palette Painting on Paper) by Bruce Murphy enamel paint and metallic powders on archival paper 12 x 9 inches in 20 x 16 inch matte This gestural a...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Nature of Calm large scale double panel abstract expressionist painting pastel
By Kathleen Rhee
Located in COOMERA, QLD
Nature of Calm is an impressive double panel painting from my 'Big Is Beautiful Collection'. Definitely big, exceptionally beautiful and sure to impress. Set the mood with this stun...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Spring Duet IV-Original Diptych-British Awarded Artist-abstract landscape-oil-UK
Located in London, GB
[Spring Duet] is a project that explores the format of a diptych through a series of set paintings. Shizu painted all paintings en plein air in situ, capturing the landscape outside ...
Category

2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

South Bay, Seascape, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
By Karen Darbinyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Karen Darbinyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen, Year: 2023 Style: Impressionism Title: South Bay Size: 29" x 39.5" x 0.8'' ...
Category

2010s Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cuban Art Abstract Oil Painting Latin American Ramon Carulla Surrealist Folk Art
By Ramon Carulla
Located in Surfside, FL
Ramon Antonio Carulla (Cuban, born 1936). Oil paintings on paper. Titled "When Dreams Become Reality" Artist signature lower right. Title on verso. Retains original Joy Moos Galler...
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

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Large Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting "After the Fire - Under the Trees"
By Suzanne Leighton
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, abstracted landscape oil painting on stretched canvas. Framing on request
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting "Misty Morning 2"
By Suzanne Leighton
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, abstracted landscape oil painting on stretched canvas. Framing on request
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting "Misty Morning 1"
By Suzanne Leighton
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, abstracted landscape oil painting on stretched canvas. Framing on request
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Abstracted Seascape Oil Painting "Kalk Bay Harbour with Ropes"
By Suzanne Leighton
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, abstracted seascape oil painting on stretched canvas, ready to hang. Framing on request
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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A Close Look at contemporary Art

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right abstract-paintings for You

Bring audacious experiments with color and textures to your living room, dining room or home office. Abstract paintings, large or small, will stand out in your space, encouraging conversation and introducing a museum-like atmosphere that’s welcoming and conducive to creating memorable gatherings.

Abstract art has origins in 19th-century Europe, but it came into its own as a significant movement during the 20th century. Early practitioners of abstraction included Wassily Kandinsky, although painters were exploring nonfigurative art prior to the influential Russian artist’s efforts, which were inspired by music and religion. Abstract painters endeavored to create works that didn’t focus on the outside world’s conventional subjects, and even when artists depicted realistic subjects, they worked in an abstract mode to do so.

In 1940s-era New York City, a group of painters working in the abstract mode created radical work that looked to European avant-garde artists as well as to the art of ancient cultures, prioritizing improvisation, immediacy and direct personal expression. While they were never formally affiliated with one another, we know them today as Abstract Expressionists.

The male contingent of the Abstract Expressionists, which includes Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell, is frequently cited in discussing leading figures of this internationally influential postwar art movement. However, the women of Abstract Expressionism, such as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell and others, were equally involved in the art world of the time. Sexism, family obligations and societal pressures contributed to a long history of their being overlooked, but the female Abstract Expressionists experimented vigorously, developed their own style and produced significant bodies of work.

Draw your guests into abstract oil paintings across different eras and countries of origin. On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive range of abstract paintings along with a guide on how to arrange your wonderful new wall art.

If you’re working with a small living space, a colorful, oversize work can create depth in a given room, but there isn’t any need to overwhelm your interior with a sprawling pièce de résistance. Colorful abstractions of any size can pop against a white wall in your living room, but if you’re working with a colored backdrop, you may wish to stick to colors that complement the decor that is already in the space. Alternatively, let your painting make a statement on its own, regardless of its surroundings, or group it, gallery-style, with other works.