Abstract Mixed Media
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
Artist: Melisa Taylor Metzger
Deep ocean blue pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Deep ocean blue pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Mustard yellow pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Mustard yellow pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Banana skin yellow pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Banana skin yellow pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Aubergine Purple pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Aubergine Purple pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Méditerranean sea blue pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Mediterranean sea blue pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Sunflower Ray Yellow-Emerald Green-Fire Earth Red-Deep Ocean Blue Totem grouping
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This Quadriptych totem is a 4-piece ensemble that was created between January and April 2024 by the artist using a mix of techniques including airbrush, stencilling and pyrography.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Shrimp cocktail pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Midnight teal pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Midnight teal pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine indigo art
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Midnight teal pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Crimson cardinal red pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Crimson cardinal red pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Emerald green pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Emerald green pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Robin egg blue pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine Aqua art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Robin egg blue pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Sage Leaf green pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Sage Leaf green pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Fuchsia pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Fuchsia pink pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist usi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Jade green pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Jade green pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist using...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Poppy red pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Poppy red pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist using ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Lavender Purple pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Lavender Purple pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Caramel toffee pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine tan art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Caramel toffee pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Truffle brown pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Truffle brown pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Fandango pink pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine pink art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Fandango pink pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Pacific ocean blue pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Pacific ocean blue pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Smoked paprika pill (orange minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Smoked paprika pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Sky high blue pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Sky high blue pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the artist us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Red cherry tomato pill (minimaliste grid round painting on wood dopamine)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Great white Shark grey pill" is one of the 30 small tondo paintings on wood comprising the Dopamine mosaic. This 30-piece ensemble was created between January and April 2024 by the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint
Stages 2 (dark cherry red astro dust minimal grid bronze gold fine lines)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "Stages" explores the marriage of chance-embrassing gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Stages 3 ( Purple tonic, digital lavander, minimal grid, silver fine lines)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "Stages" explores the marriage of chance-embrassing gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting, pyrography and hard-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Stages 1 (diagonal bronze striped grid emerald sage Forest green undercurrent)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "Stages" explores the marriage of chance-embrassing gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Stages 4 (future dusk space age galactic blue grid minimal painting wood)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "Stages" explores the marriage of chance-embrassing gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
CSW 2024.9 (modern space âge galactic cobalt grid minimal painting wood)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
CSW 2024.7 (sun ray yellow golden hour amber rythms sound waves grid painting)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
CSW 2024.5 (red yellow ochre warm earthy pigments glow midtones grid painting)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The series "CSW" explores the marriage of chance-derived gestures with exacting grid geometry. Built upon a multilayered convergence of airbrush painting and hard-edge techniques on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Screen 2023.10 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary nature optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.10 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary nature optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Nacre, plea and entice 5 (grid painting abstract wood round panel white blue art
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
in City and in Forest 34 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary dark red art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Nacre, plea and entice 3 (round circular grid painting abstract wood neutrals)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Nacre, plea and entice 3" explores a singular and cohesive orchestration of aerosol painting, pyrography and sanding techniques on wood. The artist engages her work with notions of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.3 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vibrant colors optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Cascadia 9 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tondo 2022.7 (round pink green grid art deco painting abstract geometric)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Ombre 7 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary organic motifs optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.7 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary organic motifs optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.9 vertical (grid green painting abstract wood nature organic optical
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.9 (grid green painting abstract wood nature organic motifs optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Turbulence x (grid painting abstract wood contemporary organic motifs optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Turbulence x1 (pink tripes lines wood abstract grid optimal contemporary design)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Turbulence x1" explores the assimilation of aerosol painting, charring and sanding techniques on wood. This ethereal and atmospheric painting solicits our visual perception by sugge...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Turbulence 18 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary dark blue burgundy art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Turbulence 18" explores the assimilation of aerosol painting, charring and sanding techniques on wood. This ethereal and atmospheric painting solicits our visual perception by sugge...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.7 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary organic motifs optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.6 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary organic motifs optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.4 (tondo round grid art painting abstract wood geometric)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Cascadia 8 (tondo round grid art deco painting abstract wood geometric)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tbd4 (abstract grid painting contemporary blue white atmospheric art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.2 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vibrant colors optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2023.1 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vibrant colors optical)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tondo 2022.7 (round pink green grid art deco painting abstract geometric)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tondo 2022.6 (round pink black grid art deco painting abstract geometric)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Ship1 ( gold yellow Navy indigo grid deco painting abstract wood geometric)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tbd13 (square dark indigo tan grid painting abstract wood geometric)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen 2022.3 (grid painting abstract wood contemporary vivid colors optical art
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Screen tbd11 (round indigo blue grid deco tondo painting abstract geometric)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Melisa’s optical and pulsating compositions, the natural world acts as blue-print while she explores the notion of the sublime through blur and precision. The artist develops an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Wood Panel
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Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract mixed media 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 mixed media 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 Francisco Nicolás, Melisa Taylor Metzger, Aimée Farnet Siegel, and Franco DeFrancesca. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Mixed Media 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 mixed media, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for mixed media made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $385,000, while the average work sells for $2,221.
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