Brad Waters
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Gesso, Canvas, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Gesso, Canvas, Oil Pastel, Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pillows and Throws
Cotton, Polyester
2010s Mexican Brutalist Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Brutalist Decorative Art
Wood
2010s Mexican Brutalist Contemporary Art
Wood
2010s Mexican Brutalist Decorative Art
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Central Asian Rugs
Wool
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Candelabras
Iron
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sofas
Steel
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Ceramic
2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Dry Bars
Brass
Antique Mid-18th Century English Georgian Mounted Objects
Clay
Antique 19th Century Italian Fireplaces and Mantels
Poplar
20th Century American Books
Paper
Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Brass
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Gesso, Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Gesso, Canvas, Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Spray Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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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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