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What is abstract shapes?
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Abstract shapes are the large, basic shapes that provide the building blocks for virtually any painting in any style. Abstract shapes are created by abstracting the most basic and recognizable aspects of a real-life shape and creating a simplified representation of it. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of abstract paintings and other kinds of abstract art.
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Turn - bright, colorful, abstract geometric shapes, acrylic on canvas
By Gregor Hiltner
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Begun in 2009 and completed in 2016, this acrylic painting on canvas is an opera of geometric
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Event Horizon" Abstract Geometrical Shape Painting Work on Paper Framed
By Wolfgang Leidhold
Located in New York, NY
Wolfgang Leidhold is a prominent contemporary German painter, drawing upon mythological, geometric
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Constructivist Triangles in Primary Tones, Abstract Geometric Shapes Red, Yellow
By Natalia Roman
Located in Barcelona, ES
beautiful combination of geometric shapes in a classy gamut of colors. The use of pastel tones on a light
Category
2010s Constructivist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Suns and Moon, 1970s Bright Multi-Colored Abstract Geometric Shape Collage
By Margo Hoff
Located in Denver, CO
'Suns and Moon.' It depicts an abstract image of geometric shapes painted in bright colors of pink, blue
Category
1970s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Inclusion: contemporary painting w/ abstract cloud formations & geometric shapes
By Joseph McAleer
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an acrylic on canvas painting depicting abstract geometric shapes and cloud formations with
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Translucent Streetlights, Yellow, Pink and Purple Mid-Century Abstract Shapes
By Ryan Rivadeneyra
Located in Barcelona, ES
abstract geometric shapes and overlapping transparencies to create simple and elegant compositions
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Sumi Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
