Gebert Contemporary
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Monotype
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Archival Paper
1980s Abstract Figurative Prints
Monotype, Paper
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Benches
Fabric, Velvet, Lacquer, Wood
Late 19th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Vintage 1960s English Sporting Art Prints
Paper
1920s Landscape Paintings
Oil
1970s Arte Povera Mixed Media
Paint, Tape, Mixed Media, Lithograph
Late 20th Century Modern Mixed Media
Mixed Media
1970s Arte Povera Mixed Media
Paint, Tape, Mixed Media, Lithograph
1950s Prints and Multiples
Paper
1970s Realist Landscape Paintings
Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
20th Century Conceptual Mixed Media
Mixed Media
Vintage 1930s American Prints
Paper
1970s Arte Povera Mixed Media
Lithograph, Paint, Tape, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Offset
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil
Recent Sales
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Marble
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Archival Paper
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Archival Paper, Lithograph
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Archival Paper, Lithograph
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware, Cedar
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Wood
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware, Cedar
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Wood
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware, Birch, Ceramic
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Birch, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Canvas, Stoneware
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Stoneware, Cedar
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware, Wood
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Cedar, Clay, Paint
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Archival Paper, Lithograph
1970s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Wood
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Birch
2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Ceramic, Stoneware, Birch
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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