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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Ashhidda (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Ashhidda (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, and blue sandpaper disc on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstra...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Yarn, Tape, Acrylic
Bird Flutter
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic
Pierre Montheillet, Composition in grey, gouache and wash on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre MONTHEILLET (1923-2011)
Composition in grey
Gouache and wash on laid paper
Signed "Montheillet" lower right
Dimensions of the work: 24 x 32 cm
Dimensions of the frame: 40 x 50...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Hunt Slonem, "Banded", 10x8 Multi Color Single Bunny Rabbit Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Banded" is a 10x8 oil painting on wood board of a single contemporary abstract rabbit in black against a multi-colored background.
*Painting is framed - Please note that not all Hunt Slonem frames are in mint condition. There may be signs of wear and tear due to the age and history*
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes. Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
About the artist:
His flair and admiration for far-flung destinations has been a staple of his life since childhood. Slonem was born in 1951 in Kittery, Maine, and his father’s position as a Navy officer meant the family moved often during Hunt’s formative years, including extended stays in Hawaii, California and Connecticut. He would continue to seek out travel opportunities throughout his young-adult years, studying abroad in Nicaragua and Mexico; these eye-opening experiences imbued him with an appreciation for tropical landscapes that would influence his unique style.
After graduating with a degree in painting and art history from Tulane University in New Orleans, Slonem spent several years in the early 1970s living in Manhattan. It wasn’t until Janet Fish offered him her studio for the summer of 1975 that Slonem was able to fully immerse himself in his work. His pieces began getting exhibited around New York, propelling his reputation and thrusting him into the city’s explosive contemporary arts scene. He received several prestigious grants, including from Montreal’s Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Cultural Counsel Foundation’s Artist Project, for which he painted an 80-foot mural of the World Trade Center in the late 1970s.
As Slonem honed his aesthetic, his work began appearing in unique, contextual spaces. By 1995 he finished a massive six-by-86-foot mural of birds, which shoots across the walls of the Bryant Park Grill Restaurant in New York City. His charity work has resulted dozens of partnerships, including a wallpaper of his famous bunnies designed specifically with Lee Jofa for the Ronald McDonald...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled, Water colour on Paper by Modern Indian Artist Ganesh Haloi “In Stock”
By Ganesh Haloi
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ganesh Haloi
Untitled Water colour on Paper
7 x 10.5 inches 17.7 x 26.6 cm
2023
( Unframed & Delivered )
Born : In 1936 Ganesh Haloi born in Jamalpur, Mymensingh, now in Bangl...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Body in the Field #3 - 21st Century, abstract painting, landscape, green, blue
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Body in the Field #3, 2023
oil on canvas
55 1/8 H x 39 3/8 W in.
140 H x 100 W cm
Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of the human body through the prism of the frag...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Archer - Abstract Figurative Art by Lesley Spowart - Contemporary Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart, an abstract artist hailing from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is renowned for her transformative creations that blur the boundaries...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hay Bales in Devon at Summer Sunset in the English Countryside by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Hay Bales in Devon at Summer Sunset in the English Countryside by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. A colourful depiction of a warm orange sunset during hay baling seaso...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Body in the Field #5 - Contemporary art, abstract painting, landscape, yellow
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Body in the Field #5, 2023
oil on canvas
55 1/8 H x 39 3/8 W in.
140 H x 100 W cm
Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of the human body through the prism of the frag...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
" She Looks Like The Real Thing " Acrylic on Raw Canvas, Framed
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Ali Enache is an American abstract painter based in Los Angeles, California. A Washington D.C. native and a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ali Enache worked as a design...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Darkness within Us- original abstract landscape painting-mixed media artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
Step into the depths of introspection with "The Darkness within Us," an evocative original abstract landscape painting by the talented artist Faryal Ahmad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Modern Abstract Painting by George McClancy
Located in Washington, DC
George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract painting.
Acrylic on canvas
48"H x 72"W
George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic University in Washington DC, where he was a st...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Huge 8' California Minimalist Abstract Expressionist LA Color Field Oil Painting
By Peter Lodato
Located in Surfside, FL
Large painting titled Edge on Center; signed verso and dated 2002 8 feet x 5 feet (approx.)
Peter Lodato was born in 1946 in Los Angeles, California, has exhibited extensively and ...
Category
Early 2000s Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
David Head - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Water baby - Framed pink abstract floral nature painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
An ethereal gem-like painting, "Water baby" is an abstract pink nature painting with a floral landscape motif, mounted in an antique gold frame. It is reminiscent of a watery landsca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, Black, Yellow, by Indian Artist " In Stock "
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury
Untitled
Mixed Media on Paper
12 x 16 inches 30.4 x 40.6 cm
2016
( Unframed & Delivered )
Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury executed Still life drawing in In...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, Black, Yellow, by Indian Artist " In Stock "
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury
Untitled
Mixed Media on Paper
12 x 16 inches 30.4 x 40.6 cm
2016
( Unframed & Delivered )
Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury executed Still life drawing in Ink...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Blood red sun with moon over 4 rocks - abstract, landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Aron Hill
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Bold contemporary form and striking bright colours define the unique artistic style of Aron Hill. The Calgary-based artist often uses the sun and rocks as central images in their wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Thread
"My Lucky Charm Heart" Contemporary Pop Art Green Oil Painting on Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
French Contemporary Art By Nicole Azoulay - L’Univers des Fantômes
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic with knife on canvas
Nicole Azoulay is a French female artist born in 1963 who lives and works in Paris, France. Ardent about art since always, she paints in her studio in P...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Artwork by Contemporary Artist Jonathan Freemantle 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Born: 1978 Cape Town, South Africa.
Lives and works: Edinburgh, Scotland.
At 17, Freemantle was selected as one of five students from around the world to study at St Oswald’s Academ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Polish Abstract - 20th Century Watercolor by Z. Krajewska
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Colourful Abstract Watercolour by Z. Krajewska
In wooden frame under glass.
Keywords: colorful, watercolor, smudge, blur,
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Waves and Particles and Mantra Implosion Diptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Waves and Particles and Mantra Implosion Diptych, by Yunior Manino
Acrylic paint on canvas
Overall size: 340 cm H x 193 cm W
Individual size:
Waves and Particles: 170 cm H x 192 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Artwork by Contemporary Artist Italian Giorgio Petracci 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
If painting still respects a logic that legitimizes its practice and existence in our hyper-saturated civilization of the image, it is its ability to break the representation, to ope...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Awakening, Modern Colorful Abstract Painting 100x100cm by Anna Selina
Located in Zofingen, AG
Awakening is a state of mind, when you are growing inside, when you feel new senses and meanings, when you are ready for the new stage of life. This painting is very mystical and ten...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Hunt Slonem, "Hundreds", 10x8 Yellow Single Bunny Rabbit Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Hundreds" is a 10x8 oil painting on wood board of a single contemporary abstract rabbit in black against a yellow background.
*Painting is framed - Please note that not all Hunt Slonem frames are in mint condition. There may be signs of wear and tear due to the age and history*
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes. Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
About the artist:
His flair and admiration for far-flung destinations has been a staple of his life since childhood. Slonem was born in 1951 in Kittery, Maine, and his father’s position as a Navy officer meant the family moved often during Hunt’s formative years, including extended stays in Hawaii, California and Connecticut. He would continue to seek out travel opportunities throughout his young-adult years, studying abroad in Nicaragua and Mexico; these eye-opening experiences imbued him with an appreciation for tropical landscapes that would influence his unique style.
After graduating with a degree in painting and art history from Tulane University in New Orleans, Slonem spent several years in the early 1970s living in Manhattan. It wasn’t until Janet Fish offered him her studio for the summer of 1975 that Slonem was able to fully immerse himself in his work. His pieces began getting exhibited around New York, propelling his reputation and thrusting him into the city’s explosive contemporary arts scene. He received several prestigious grants, including from Montreal’s Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Cultural Counsel Foundation’s Artist Project, for which he painted an 80-foot mural of the World Trade Center in the late 1970s.
As Slonem honed his aesthetic, his work began appearing in unique, contextual spaces. By 1995 he finished a massive six-by-86-foot mural of birds, which shoots across the walls of the Bryant Park Grill Restaurant in New York City. His charity work has resulted dozens of partnerships, including a wallpaper of his famous bunnies designed specifically with Lee Jofa for the Ronald McDonald...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
DARK HEART
Located in Lafayette, LA
From the Artist: I was dealing with some negative feelings and reflecting on desire and passion. Burning desire and passion that wells up and drives emotions. In this work, I was not...
Category
2010s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beans and Bottles
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic
From the train nearly home, Original painting, Abstract, Still life inspired
Located in Deddington, GB
This mixed media painting is acrylic on canvas with collage and carborundum and some text . Ideas are drawn from the journey through Devon along the coast with beautiful sea views ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Softer Still, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Softer Still is an original abstract landscape created with texture mediums and acrylic on stretched canvas. Sides finished in white - ready to frame or hang (unframed). Soft white/b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rose blossom
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period.
This abstract vibrant floral painting called "Rose blossom" is done in a modern contemporary expres...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Falling Leaves - Abstract Figurative Art by Marc Zimmerman - Contemporary
Located in Carmel, CA
Falling Leaves - Abstract Figurative Painting by Marc Zimmerman - Contemporary Art
This masterwork is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Marc Zimmerman creates playful...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Purple Collage - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
French Contemporary Art By Nicole Azoulay - Contemplation
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic with knife on canvas
Nicole Azoulay is a French female artist born in 1963 who lives and works in Paris, France. Ardent about art since always, she paints in her studio in P...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary New Abstract Artwork Colors by Artist Christina Gschwantner 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
In her work, artist Christina Gschwantner combines contrasting art movements such as Art Informel and Minimal Art. She succeeds in depicting and creating her very own view of the w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Like a Butterfly, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Kevin Brewerton-five times world kickboxing champion/Artist brings together a series of paintings from what he calls “The Art of Boxing.â€
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Glass Vase - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Abstract oil painting "Land 19", Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Storyâ€
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Golden Dreams, Metallic wooden carved modern wall sculpture, geometric
Located in Dallas, TX
"Rose Gold Shimmers" is a contemporary and parametric wall sculpture. Made from oil lacquer paint and acrylic mirror on carved maple, this body of work is contemporary & sculptural. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Maple, Plywood, Lacquer, Oil
"my inner world" abstract acrylique, collage, marble, on linen aluminium canvas
Located in Roscoff, FR
The need to make the empty, not answer the phone, to
take a day without any obligation or constraint
Listen to music, immerse yourself in a good book…
It is vital to protect ourselv...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Club II
Located in Hamilton, ON
This image is part of the artist's early series of portraits depicting queer subject matter in domestic or outdoor settings. This particular image depicts an abstracted dance scene f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
French Contemporary Art By Nicole Azoulay - Explosion de Couleurs
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic with knife on canvas
Nicole Azoulay is a French female artist born in 1963 who lives and works in Paris, France. Ardent about art since always, she paints in her studio in P...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled, Acrylic on canvas, by Modern Indian Artist Jeram Patel "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jeram Patel
Untitled , Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 48 inches 91.4 x 121.9 cm
2005
Price on Request
( UNFRAMED ALL IN DOOR DELIVERED )
Born : 1930
Died : 2016
Jeram Patel was on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dogs Feet on High Places - Abstract Animal Painting by Lesley Spowart
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart, an abstract artist hailing from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is renowned for her transformative creations that blur the boundaries...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Mid-Century Paleolithic Hunt Scene
By Nan Street Fowler
Located in Soquel, CA
A wonderful mid-century interpretation of prehistoric, Paleolithic cave paintings; done in reddish earth tones and rich in visual texture by Sausalito, California artist Nan Street F...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Greek Island Painting, oil on canvas c2012
Located in Frome, Somerset
An original Acrylic and Oil on canvas by Andy Gradwell. Greek Island Painting. circa 2012
Signed.
65cm x65cm.
Landscape /seascape. Semi abstract technique. The concept is reflect to ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Bourbon Bar
Located in Kraków, Województwo małopolskie
"Bourbon Bar" Memories of a jazz trip along Bourbon Street in New Orleans transferred to a work of art in oil pastels.
Framed in Passe-Partout and a beautiful wooden frame in collor ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Chrystal Rays, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
An ancient tree stands proud on an island in a lake. With green, golden, and crimson-hued leaves this proud example of nature points to the movement of time with its subtle but eloqu...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Bright Green Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas "Finding Resonance"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Robertson focuses on creating paintings that move beyond portraying reality. Driven by a synthesis of gestural brushstrokes and expressive smears, he offers viewers a liminal space o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
The Path - Abstract Figurative Art by Lesley Spowart - Contemporary Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart, an abstract artist hailing from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is renowned for her transformative creations that blur the boundaries...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"My way 11" oil painting, stretched, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Storyâ€
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
R.S.P. (Perspective Space Search)
By Paolo Minoli
Located in Como, IT
Paolo Minoli (1942-2004)
R.S.P. (Perspective Space Search)
1969
Acrylic on Canvas
Size 40x40 cm (63x63 cm including the frame with invisible glass)
Bibliography:
Pirovano, Paolo Min...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer
Lilac
Located in Oslo, NO
“Lilac” is a painting made in spring, when everything in nature is fragrant!
In this work I captured the fleeting beauty of nature in bold, impressionistic brushstrokes. Using the v...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract R 2418
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In creating this piece, I unleashed my deepest emotions onto the canvas. My brushstrokes in vivid acrylics dance between abstract and semi-abstract, touched by expressionism and a w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Crest Triptych 1 - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Versace - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Crest Triptych 2 - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Eichler Wall 2 - Karol Jersak - Abstract Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Original Abstract Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
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.
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