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ABSTRACT STYLE

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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Style: Abstract
Change of Plans
Located in East Hampton, NY
Cool Atmospheric Abstract About the Artist: Julie Schumer, a native of Los Angeles, California, and born in 1954, lives and paints in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She discovered her love ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"PaperLandscape" Abstract Original Art, Minimal Painting made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
PaperLandscape is a series of artworks inspired by landscape and nature, nature and the passage change over time, we change nature and nature changes man the connection between man ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Enamel

Unusual - vividly fascinating textured contemporary artwork by Richard Roberts
Located in London, GB
With the use of a variety acrylics on canvas, Dick Roberts' work boasts vibrant colour and energy. It is through Dick's studious attention to detail toget...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Beginnings - Abstract Geometric Acrylic Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Beginnings 36.0 x 36.0 x 2.0, 3.0 lbs Acrylic Hand signed by artist Artist's Commentary: "Glenn Fischer is an abstract artist working in collage and painting to create geometric-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Grid Painting #16
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
The Grid Drawing series stemmed from the Grid Drawing series. Both were an examination of three major elements - color, surface and mark making. The nonrepresentational drawings gave me the freedom to concentrate on and investigate more thoroughly the process by which I make them. They were largely inspired by woven textile art. The drawings were done on old textile paper, which is lined with a rectangular grid on which the designer would paint the image to be woven. The Grid Paintings...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Signs" Minimal Abstract Paint , large Size - Original Art made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Signs mixed media on canvas original artwork Original Created:2019 Subjects:Landscape Materials: Canvas Styles: #Abstract #AbstractExpressionism #Minimalism #Modern #Expressionism...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Pastel, Oil, Canvas

Nighttime Fireworks Flaring, Nocturnal Skyline, Abstract Lights in White & Blue
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Nighttime Firework Flaring" is a beautiful cyanotype of the New Years Eve Fireworks Lights. Details: + Title: Nighttime ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Photogram, Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Monopr...

Glowing Fireworks Lights, Electric Blue and White Abstract Shapes, Cyanotype
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Glowing Fireworks Lights" is a beautiful cyanotype of the New Years Eve Fireworks Lights. Details: + Title: Glowing Fire...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Emulsion, Photogram, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Lithog...

Paper Landscape abstract seascape made in Italy by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
PaperLandscape mixed media on cotton canvas 40x50 cm 2020 PaperLandscape is a series of artworks inspired by landscape and nature, nature and the passage change over time, we change...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Intonation
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The positive and negative qualities of human language and meaning. This is my take on dichotomy and yin/yang relations, or the rise and fall of man.
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

"Barcelona Nights" Abstract Figure in Chanel Gown Haute Couture Painting
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Play #10 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance of relaxing the mind, of letting go of our troubles, of being ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

SS106 Bloom - Large Mixed Media Soft Neutral Abstract Expressionism Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The surfaces Susan Washington works with are derived from her memories of the graffitied subway car, public telephone booths, and rolling steel cages that secure neighborhood stores ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint

"String Theory 6", abstract, yellow, blue, green, coral, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
Denise Driscoll's "String Theory 6" is a 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch abstract acrylic painting on canvas in yellow, blue, and green with touches of coral. Tangles of color flow together and s...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

The Emotional Creation #229, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Cobalt Pink Escape One
Located in Toronto, ON
Kal Mansur employs a palette knife to build a textured terrain from impasto layers of paint. The surface is washed over with translucent glazes, with liquid pooling in valleys and fa...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Epoxy Resin, Acrylic

Genesis 1V - Original Mixed Media painting by Eduard Grossman
Located in Montreal, Quebec
- Comes with a certificate of authenticity - Signed by the artist Eduard Grossman - Comes with a high quality frame.
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Gridish #29
Located in New Orleans, LA
(NOTE: if you enter "Gridish" into the 1stDibs search field you will see others in this series come up) ALSO: the camera insists on adding a bluish tint to these paintings, which isn...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Lacquer, Charcoal, House Paint, Acrylic

Life at the Blue Bar #5, Abstract Yellow Acrylic Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Life at the Blue Bar #5, Abstract Yellow Acrylic Painting, 2017 24" x 20" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Unframed, but comes "cloth-edged" (black) and ready to display with hanging wire Artist Comm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache

Sweet Sailing by Kate Seaborne - contemporary seascape painting Blue Ocean
Located in DE
Beautiful sailboat anchoring at a beautiful beach in soft turquoise waters. This contemporary landscape painting is full of vibrant colors and a warm sun, creating an atmospheric art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Memory Landscape no7 - Oil Absrtact Painting, 2020
Located in London, GB
An upcoming exhibition of oil paintings by Hsu Tung Lung at the Shanghai Oil Painting Sculpture Institute in Shanghai, China. The exhibition will open on May 10th, 2023, and will fea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Memory Landscape no9 - Oil Absrtact Painting, 2021
Located in London, GB
An upcoming exhibition of oil paintings by Hsu Tung Lung at the Shanghai Oil Painting Sculpture Institute in Shanghai, China. The exhibition will open on May 10th, 2023, and will fea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Memory Landscape no1 - Oil Absrtact Painting, 2019
Located in London, GB
An upcoming exhibition of oil paintings by Hsu Tung Lung at the Shanghai Oil Painting Sculpture Institute in Shanghai, China. The exhibition will open on May 10th, 2023, and will fea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

THE NEST abstract landscape encaustic
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This painting was inspired by the 1923 book The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. Story goes that an elderly prophet of God, Almustafa, was leaving their island to return to the isle of hi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Encaustic, Board

Silver Gray Gold Blue Contemporary Painting on Canvas Silver Ocean 36x48"
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Silver Gray Gold Blue Contemporary Painting on Canvas Silver Ocean 36x48" *Acrylic and Modeling Paste on Stretched Canvas This is original abstract mixed media work, which combine...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Mixed Media

HaLo XXV
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Hyun Ae Kang is a famous South Korean Artist, who combines traditional Korean painting with Western abstract imagery using natural materials to create innovate mixed-media works that...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Resin, Mixed Media, Oil, Board

Play #9 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance of relaxing the mind, of letting go of our troubles, of being ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Palm Beach #3 Abstract
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Palm Beach #3 Abstract Nitro-acrylic, acrylic on canvas gallery wrap, photos shows the painting with and with out the light. Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express h...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage Incredible Large Cloudscape Dream State Abstract Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract cloudscape abstract painting by Abraham Pariente. Oil on canvas, circa 2000. Signed. Displayed in a modernist frame. Important large and impressive work!
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sindibad's Voyage - contemporary abstract colourful acrylic painting
Located in London, GB
Following a BA in Fine Art at Portsmouth, Brian Bartlett was awarded a travel scholarship to the USA, where he gained his Masters Degree at the University of Eastern Illinois. Brian...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Colourful Abstract Flowers on White Background by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Painting of Abstract Flowers on a White Background by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. Framed...
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Early 2000s Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Mood. 2019. Paper, watercolor, 15.5x23.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Mood. 2019. Paper, watercolor, 15.5x23.5 cm Zigmunds Šņore was born in 1942 in Latvia. His works has been exhibited since 1969 and are held in private collections in Latvia, USA, S...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Abstract Piece - Mid 20th Century Colourful Oil on Canvas by Metchiled Naviasky
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Metchiled Naviasky Refugee from Europe who studied art in England. During the war she became picture editor of famous magazine PIcture Post. Later she taught mysticism in art at t...
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1930s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Belgian 20th Century abstract oil painting in blues, 1983
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jozef Mees (Belgian, 1898 – 1987) Abstract forms Oil on board Signed and dated ‘Mees 83) (lower right) 36 x 28.1/4 in. (91.5 x 72 cm.)
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20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Untitled 03 [Remains of the Remains 03] - Contemporary Art, Abstract, Black
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Untitled 03 [Remains of the Remains 03], 2020 Acrylic on canvas (Signed on reverse) 13 25/32 H × 9 27/32 W in. 35 H × 25 W cm Zsolt Berszán is not interested in the individual himse...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Modus 7 - Colourful Geometric Abstraction: Oil on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Colin Lawson says "I work primarily with oil on canvas. Attention to detail, precision, and accuracy in the application of pigment is my main concern when constructing the surface of...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modus 3 - Colourful Geometric Abstraction: Oil on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Colin Lawson says "I work primarily with oil on canvas. Attention to detail, precision, and accuracy in the application of pigment is my main concern when constructing the surface of...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modus 1 - Colourful Geometric Abstraction: Oil on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Colin Lawson says "I work primarily with oil on canvas. Attention to detail, precision, and accuracy in the application of pigment is my main concern when constructing the surface of...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Traces" abstract oxidation on linen canvas 100x120cm send in wood crate 2015
Located in Roscoff, FR
abstract "Traces" acrylic oxidation marble powder linen canvas 100x120cm send in wood crate traces left by torn-away posters, traces of cultural and political expressions.
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Marble

Cornish oil painting, British 20th Century abstract by Carl Jaycock
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Jaycock (British, b. 1963) Sea light Signed and dated ‘C JAYCOCK 85’ (lower right) Oil on board 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.) Cornwall based Jaycock has...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

French Contemporary Art by Nicole Benjamin - Punta del Este
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic and oil on canvas Nicole Benjamin is a French artist born in 1949 who lives & works in Bacoli, near Naples in Italy.
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Oil

"Joyful effervescence" abstract acrylique garnets grains on wood panel 116x86cm
Located in Roscoff, FR
"Joyful effervescence" abstract acrylique collage marble powder garnets grains on wood panel 116x86cm send in wood crate at cost It is the energy linked to creation, the one that pu...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Marble

Abstract_Blue/Purple/Yellow_Gloss on Panel_Dots_Anthony Hunter, 61 Deep
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Anthony Hunter 61 Deep Abstract Painting Gloss on Panel 60 x 75 inches, piece can be vertical or horizontal Anthony Hunter was born in Lancashire, England 1987. He graduated from Leeds Metropolitan University in 2009 from the ‘Contemporary Art Course’ where he worked collaboratively with his twin brother focusing on painting and a little bit of performance. After graduating, Anthony and his brother landed a job sitting for Damien Hirst at the exhibition 'POP LIFE' at Tate Modern, London, which involved them sitting underneath a pair of Hirst’s spot paintings...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Calendula by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 41x41 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Number 6 - Painting by Alfredo Pizzi - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Number 6 is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Alfredo Pizzi. It is made on jute canvas, painted in acrylic in 2023. The author has a multifaceted...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Asthenia - Paint by Meriem Delacroix - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
A season of chronic anguish, persistent and distressing fatigue after a small mental effort, weakness and exhaustion which follows minimal thinking. The void left after all the ene...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

1950s "Abstract #6" Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Victor Thall "Abstract #6" c. 1950s Oil on Masonite 40"x48" unframed Signed in paint lower left Victor Thall was born in New York in 1902. At the age of eleven, he studied under Art...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Architectural Fantasies, Abstract Geometric Forms in Color, Acrylic, 1981
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Architectural Fantasies" is a 44" x 34" oil on canvas abstract painting of geometric shapes and forms, giving the illusion of a three dimensional, architectural structure. The paint...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

"Need for lightness" abstract acrylic collage on linen canvas 72x100cm 2020
Located in Roscoff, FR
"Need for lightness" abstract acrylic paper collage marble powder sand on canvas linen beige ochre send in wood crate at cost stay positive in a heavy social environment fight again...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Sandstone, Marble

Untitled. Contemporary oil abstract painting by Polish Young Artist, Big format
Located in Warsaw, PL
Big scale abstract oil painting by Polish artist Klaudia Lata. Painting can be paired as a dyptich with another Untitled painting from ''transFORMATIONS" cycle. KLAUDIA LATA (born ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Masha Potapenkova, White Rose, 2018, oil on canvas, 70 x 60 cm (27x23 in)
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Masha Potapenkova White Rose, 2018 oil on canvas 70 x 60 cm (27x23 in) Exhibited: Life is beautiful, Rosenbach Contemporary, 2018 Born in Russia, Moved to Israel in 2015. Lives and works in Jerusalem. Education 2000 Moscow State Open Pedagogic University BFA Solo exhibitions 2003 “Color in dominance”, Central House of Artist 2003 “Fruit cocktail”, Na Philipovskom Gallery 2011 “Sea”,Royal Palace, Balchik, Bulgaria, supported by TIhoto GNEZDO Gallery 2015 “The End of The Earth”, International Arts Foundation, Moscow Select group exhibitions: 2007 “Image Capturing”, 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, A3 Gallery 2008 “I am loving it”, S’ART Gallery 2009 “M”, 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art 2011 “Feminine, too much feminine”, RusArt Gallery 2011 International exhibition Russian Art Week, Contemporary Art Center “M’ars”, Moscow 2011 Project “Outdoor swimming pool named after Malevich”, IV Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, “Outdoor Club...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Moment Of Clarity By Troy Smith Black Lacquer Frame Fine Art Abstract Art
Located in Toronto, CA
Large Acrylic Painting on canvas by Artist Troy Smith. The painting is signed by the artist on the back and comes with a small brass plaque with the artist's name. Comes framed with ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

Twist - Painting by Alfredo Pizzi - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Twist is a contemporary Artwork realized by the artist Alfredo Pizzi. It is made on jute canvas, painted in acrylic in 2022. The author has a multifacet...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Abstract Expressionist Art Latin American Mixed Media Oil Painting Perez Celis
By Perez Celis
Located in Surfside, FL
Perez Celis (American, Argentinian 1939-2008) Oil and mixed media on canvas 1993 Latin abstract expressionism oil painting depicting a color block and drip motif Hand signed and dated to lower left. In gilt gold frame. Approximate dimensions: canvas h. 14", w. 21"; frame h. 24", w. 31", d. 2.25". Celis Pérez (1939 – 2008) was an Argentine artist usually referred to as Pérez Celis. He earned international recognition for his paintings, sculptures, murals and engravings. Pérez was born in San Telmo on the South side of Buenos Aires, and grew up in Liniers, on the opposite end of town. Working as a newsboy during childhood, he learned the basics of drawing and painting via correspondence classes. In 1954 he entered the Manuel Belgrano National School of Fine Arts, and under the guidance of teachers like Leopoldo Presas, Santiago Cogorno, and Libero Badii, Pérez Celis developed his interest in abstraction. He first exhibited at age 17, at Galería La Fantasma. Following his entry into the professional arts world, he began using his name in a reversed form. At the start of his career he has been influenced by Hungarian artist Victor Vasarely during a 1957 retrospective of the latter's works at the National Fine Arts Museum. Some of his later works bear the influence of Gerhard Richter. He married Sarah Fernández in 1959 and relocated to Uruguay for less than a year invited by Carlos Páez Vilaró . Took part in the "Group of 8" – proponents of abstract art among the normally conservative local audiences. "Grupo de los 8", was a movement of Latin American, Uruguayan and Argentine artists formed in 1958 together with Oscar García Reino, Miguel Ángel Pareja, Raúl Pavlovsky, Lincoln Presno, Américo Sposito, Alfredo Testoni and Julio Verdie in order to promote new tendencies in painting. In 1960 they were invited by art critic Rafael Squirru to join the international exhibition at the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art (of which he was creator and first director) with artists such as Willem de Kooning, Roger Hilton and Lucio Fontana. He returned to Buenos Aires in 1960, and opened a downtown atelier with the support of Guido Di Tella, his first mecena. Pérez Celis explored geometric art, and builds his first mural, Fuerza América, in 1962. Indigenous patterns and colors would reappear in many of his productions during the 1960s and 1970s, and distinguished him from most other local artists, among whom pop art and figurative art was more influential. His work had a more raw, Art Brut , Brutalist feel to it. He was featured in more than 120 solo shows during his career, notably the Galerie Bellechasse, Anita Shapolsky Gallery New York, (he showed with Agustin Fernandez, Rodolfo Abularach, Giancarlo Puppo and Cuban artist Mario Bencomo) Arteconsult, Boston & Panama, Witcomb, etc. and his art was purchased for many private collections and first-rate museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He received commissions from the Argentine government, which placed his works in the Ministro Pistarini International Airport, from other governments, and from prominent individuals and businesses. In 1977, following his wife's passing in an automobile accident he remarried and lived in Caracas, Paris, New York City, and Miami in subsequent years. He shared his time between Buenos Aires and New York in 1994, a retrospective of his work was hosted at Biblioteca Nacional visited by more than 300000 persons. He continued exhibiting in Latin America, in the Sanyo Gallery in Tokyo, the Anita Shapolsky Gallery in New York City, and at numerous universities. Among his numerous recognitions in later years was the Alba Award at the 61st Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas Argentino, and he was proclaimed a Distinguished Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires in 2001. He also created several literary illustrations, notably those for Jorge Luis Borges' Spanish-language translation of Walt Whitman's poem Leaves of Grass. A fan of the Club Atlético Boca Juniors football team, he created two murals in 1997 for the team's La Bombonera Stadium in Buenos Aires: "Idolos" (Idols) and "Mito y Destino" (Myth and Destiny), both Venetian mosaics and bronze sculpture on cement. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, NY Museum of Modern Latin American Art...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Riding High, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
As an eclectic artist with wide-ranging interests, approaches, techniques and tools, Hunter's work can be a challenge to classify. "Riding High" is in an infinite celebration of gest...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Damien Hirst Spin Painting (Damien Hirst shark spin painting)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Damien Hirst Spin Painting 2009: A mesmerizing Damien Hirst Spin painting with explosions of vivid color amidst the timeless, mysterious form of a shark. This Damien Hirst Spin painting originates from Hirst’s ‘Spin Workshop’ - a public event hosted by the artist to celebrate the opening of his heralded 2009 exhibition: ‘Requiem’ at the PinchukArtCentre, Ukraine. Acrylic on paper. 2009. 19.25 x 26.5 inches. Excellent overall condition. Unique; one of. Features a stamped (printed) signature on the reverse and inscription: © Damien Hirst. A beautifully rendered Damien Hirst painting defined by strong colors, classic Hirst motifs & a unique overall presence. Artist Bio: Damien Hirst is a British Conceptual artist known for his controversial take on beauty and found-art objects. Along with Liam Gillick, Tracey Emin, and Sarah Lucas, Hirst was part of the Young British Artists movement that rose to prominence in the early 1990s. “I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds,” he reflected. “Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.” Born on June 7, 1965 in Bristol, United Kingdom, Hirst was raised in Leeds. As a student at Goldsmiths College in London, his work caught the eye of the collector and gallerist Charles Saatchi, who became an early patron. Hirst’s The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991)—a large vitrine containing an Australian tiger shark suspended in formaldehyde—was financed by Saatchi and helped to launch the artist’s career. Hirst went on to win the coveted Turner Prize in 1995. In 2012, he showed what went on to be one of his most controversial work in decades, the installation In and Out of Love, which consisted of two white windowless rooms in which over 9,000 butterflies flitted around and died. In 2015 Hirst opened the Newport Street Gallery in London, which grew from his long-term ambition to share his art collection with the public. The artist lives and works in London, United Kingdom. His works are held in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., and the Rubell Family Collection in Miami. Related Categories Damien Hirst Swirl Paintings. Damien Hirst prints...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Grey Red
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Grey Red" is an oil painting on aluminum by Sean Scully. It is signed verso, " Gray Red, Sean Scully 1 12". The frame of reference for Irish American Sean Scully’s signature blocks and stripes is vast. From Malevich’s central premise that geometry can provide the means for universal understanding to Rothko’s impassioned approach to color and rendering of the dramatic sublime, Scully learned how to condense the splendor of the natural world into simple modes of color, light, and composition. Born in Dublin in 1945 and London-raised, Scully was well-schooled in figurative drawing when he decided to catch the spirit of his lodestar, Henri Matisse, by visiting Morocco in 1969. He was captivated by the dazzling tessellated mosaics and richly dyed fabrics and began to paint grids and stipes of color. Subsequent adventures provided further inspiration as the play of intense light on the reflective surfaces of Mayan ruins and the ancient slabs of stone at Stonehenge brought the sensation of light, space, and geometric movement to Scully’s paintings. The ability to trace the impact of Scully’s travels throughout his paintings reaffirms the value of abstract art as a touchstone for real-life experience. Painted in rich, deep hues and layered, nuanced surfaces, Grey Red is both poetic and full of muscular formalism. Scully appropriately refers to these elemental forms as ‘bricks,’ suggesting the formal calculations of an architect. As he explained, “these relationships that I see in the street doorways, in windows between buildings, and in the traces of structures that were once full of life, I take for my work. I use these colors and forms and put them together in a way that perhaps reminds you of something, though you’re not sure of that” (David Carrier, Sean Scully, 2004, pg. 98). His approach is organic, less formulaic; intuitive painter’s choices are layering one color upon another so that contrasting hues and colors vibrate with subliminal energy. Diebenkorn comes to mind in his pursuit of radiant light. But here, the radiant bands of terracotta red, gray, taupe, and black of Grey Red resonate with deep, smoldering energy and evoke far more affecting passion than you would think it could impart. As his good friend, Bono wrote, “Sean approaches the canvas like a kickboxer, a plasterer, a builder. The quality of painting screams of a life being lived.” Provenance: Timothy Taylor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Forest and the Great Bear
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jennifer Bricker-Pugh Forest and the Great Bear Acrylic on Canvas Year: 202s Size: 44x32x1.5in Signed, dated and inscribed by hand COA provided Ready to...
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Giorgio Lo Fermo, Sumit Mehndiratta, Nestor Toro, and Cindy Shaoul. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Synthetic Resin Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available.

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