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What is abstract oil painting?

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What is abstract oil painting?
An abstract oil painting and an artwork that is made with oil paint on a medium like canvas, wood board, or other panels like canvas board. And the 'abstract' term refers to the Movement & Style of the piece. As abstraction indicates a departure from reality in the depiction of imagery in art, the artist creates a painting where the subject, shape, form, color, and line, is created with no particular references of the world but as a composition that may exist with a degree of independence from its vision.
Lilac Gallery Ltd.March 17, 2021
“Landscape – Minimalist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas Large Contemporary Ita
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
explores the idea of landscape through an abstract and minimalist vision. Painted in oil on canvas, the
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Spring has Sprung - Light Blue + Grey Minimalist Abstract Oil Painting
By Jenny Lock
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Spring has Sprung, 2025 oil on canvas 76 x 76 cm 29 7/8 x 29 7/8 in signed and dated verso Jenny
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

XXV (White Painting ENW9) - Minimalist Abstract Oil Painting in White + Blue
By Richard Allen
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Richard Allen 1933-1999 XXV (White Painting ENW9), 1995 circa oil on canvas 24 1/8 x 24 1/8 in 61 x
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Saplings I, 2022-2024 - Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Oil Painting in Grey
By Daisy Cook
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Daisy Cook is a British painter of landscape and still life. Cook creates abstracted paintings
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Minimalist Abstract Painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful abstract Minimalist painting by unknown artist. Dated 1977. Oil on canvas measures 36 x
Category

1970s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Framed Abstract Minimalist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring 17 by 21
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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"Flower Vendors by Fouquet Hotel" Post-Impressionist Parisian Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Te Pencke. Pencke was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ballerinas in Paris" Colorful Impressionist Interior Scene Oil Painting Framed
By Jules René Hervé
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional impressionistic depiction of Ballerinas in an interior scene by Jules René Hervé. Hervé is known as a painter of the scenes of Parisian life. This piece is a pertinent...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Flower Vendors by Boulevard de la Madeleine, Paris" Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Te Pencke. Pencke was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. His work is...
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Founding Father" George Washington Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic and abstract portrait of George Washington. The thick brush strokes and fun marks create an atmosphere reminiscent of the impressionists from...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Two Blue" Double Bunnies on Sky Blue Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 2 gestural figures of back bunnies on a Sky Blue background with thick use of paint. Insp...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Finches" Multicolored Birds with Gold Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with multico...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Regines Black Diamond" White Bunnies on Monochrome Diamond Dust Oil on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts white gestural figures of Bunnies against a black diamond dust background. Slonem traces ...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Glass, Oil, Canvas

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