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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Abstract
169 Circles - Abstract Geometric Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Califonia artist, Brandon Neher captivates with his figurative abstract artworks that seamlessly blend German Expressionism and Pop Abstraction. His original paintings on canvas embo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Bifurcated Maze, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This detailed abstract features organic shapes arranged in a loosely defined grid. Dark charcoal sections ground delicate patterning throughout, creating a medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
La Tagtaruga - Cubism Large Original Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rue Bootay, a New York-born artist now rooted in the vibrant artistic landscape of Los Angeles, navigates the avant-garde realm of nonrepresentational surrealism with a style uniquel...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Ramified Alignment
Located in Dallas, TX
Burnt lines on indigo dyed paper
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Annual Edition, Lt. Ed. 1970s mixed media Op Art silkscreen on board hand signed
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Annual Edition, 1970
Silkscreen on Masonite
Signed and dated in graphite pencil lower right recto. Edition of 100
8 × 5 1/10 × 1/5 inches
Unframed
Signed and dat...
Category
1970s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Masonite, Screen, Graphite
Equational by Laura Petrovich Cheney Contemporary Geometric Wood Artwork
Located in DE
This piece was primarily inspired by the pinwheels. My goal for this piece was to create new relationships between color, proportion, texture, and scale. I never alter the color of t...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Wood, Paint
essen 10., Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Full Moon Rising, Abstract Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Aquas, purples, and beige evoke the tranquil shore of a Bermuda beach. Loose marks drawn with charcoal define the shadows, while the shimmering white splatters ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Gradual Totality
Located in Dallas, TX
Burnt lines & indigo ink on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Engraving
900 Circles - Large Green Abstract Geometric Original Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Califonia artist, Brandon Neher captivates with his figurative abstract artworks that seamlessly blend German Expressionism and Pop Abstraction. His original paintings on canvas embo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Buoy Landscape IV, Mixed media signed/n limited edition Ab Ex relief print
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam
Buoy Landscape IV, 1982
Color relief print, etching, screenprint, drypoint, aquatint and roulette all from deeply etched copper plates, on handmade wove paper
31 1/2 × 24...
Category
1980s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Pencil, Graphite, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Screen
Blooming Portals
Located in Dallas, TX
Burnt lines, indigo dyed fabric on indigo dyed paper
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Concentric Alignment
Located in Dallas, TX
Burnt lines, rattan & wire, on indigo dyed paper
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Wire
essen 19., Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Judaica Enamel Mounted Wall Panel Plaque Artwork by George Welch
Located in Atlanta, GA
George F. Welch (1926 - 2003) designed this lovely Mid-Century modernist enamel on copper artwork. The large square enameled plaque is wall-mounted and framed. The artwork boasts an ...
Category
1950s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Laura Fayer "Summer Sky" Acrylic and Japanese Paper on Paper
By Laura Fayer
Located in New York, NY
My paintings take landscape and nature as their subject and as a point of departure. I embrace the imperfections and the accidental relationships that evolve among multiple layers of...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
essen 18., Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
205
Located in Miami, FL
This unique and colorful painting is textured with pure pigments on canvas. It includes marble powder from Carrara Italy, yellow and red pigments from Sicily.
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pigment, Canvas
Tropical Migration
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mixed Media Collage UV Ink on Brushed Silver Aluminum folded into a 2 inch deep rectangle panel
Thomas’s professional photo career began at the age of seventeen with extensive appre...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Expressionist Color Field Painting Indian Artist Sangeeta Reddy
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in 1955, Hyderabad, India, painter and writer Sangeeta Reddy migrated to the United States in 1978 and continued her studies in art. Currently she maintains a studio on Santa F...
Category
1980s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Paint, Mixed Media
The Horse Traveler, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"I've always been fascinated by what people see in my paintings," says artist Patrick O'Boyle. In this series, he hints at recognizable subject matter abstracte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
White Landscape, Abstract Expressiont Collage by Keith Morrow Martin 1959
Located in Long Island City, NY
An abstract collage on wood by Kenneth Morrow Martin, American (1911-1983). Exhibited: 1st Knoxville Art Center National Exhibtion, 1961
White Landscape by Keith Morrow Martin, Amer...
Category
1950s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Masonite, Varnish, Magazine Paper
Abstract Expressionist Color Field Painting Indian Artist Sangeeta Reddy
Located in Surfside, FL
image is 21 X 21 inches; frame: 30 X 30 inches
Born in 1955, Hyderabad, India, painter and writer Sangeeta Reddy migrated to the United States in 1978 and continued her studies in a...
Category
1980s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media
302
Located in Miami, FL
This unique painting with lots of texture and pigments on wood is textured with marble powder, iron oxide, mars red, blue Egypt,
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pigment
114
Located in Miami, FL
This one of a kind art piece is textured with slate and marble powder. It has natural oxidation, Mars red pigment, pigment from Lares Peru. It is truly beautiful and intriguing.
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Marble, Slate
Samurai Zero
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mixed Media Collage, Pigment Ink on Cotton Mounted on a Luan Panel , Encaustic Beeswax Finish.
Thomas’s professional photo career began at the age of seventeen with extensive appren...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
111
Located in Miami, FL
This two dimensional masterpiece with texture and pigments on canvas is unique. The materials used are hand picked and seasoned.
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Pigment
116
Located in Miami, FL
This unique and colorful painting has natural texture with natural pigmented soils on wood. It is Textured with 10 year seasoned slaked lime. Minerals from iron and copper mine. Pyri...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Limestone, Copper
112
Located in Miami, FL
This unique and marvelous art piece is textured with 10 year seasoned slaked lime and Italian marble powder, Cadmium and pyranthronorange, Lapis lazuli from Chile, indigo and Prussia...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Marble
"The New York" Large Mixed Media Contemporary Abstract by Steven Rehfeld
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven Rehfeld's "The New York" is a 50" x 40" mixed media abstract that encapsulates the vibrant and frenetic energy of the city. The canvas bursts with a bold palette of sky blues,...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Tape, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Newsprint
essen 16., Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Homage a Sam Francis, Folded Monoprint Mixed Media Splatter Painting Art Print
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a mixed media monoprint titled Homage a Sam (I first thought it was for Sam Gilliam but the artist told me it was for Sam Francis. He has done a number of these Homages as I ...
Category
1980s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Monoprint
essen 9., Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
aeon 3: shamanic spiral, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Confucius one said that if you your aim is to define the future then you must first study the past. In this highly mysterious and powerful new series we will explore the secret origi...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
essen 12., Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
I Did Not Know
By Jodi Walsh
Located in Tulsa, OK
Jodi Walsh
I DID NOT KNOW
ceramic, waxed hemp
72.00 X 12.00 in
$3,400.00
Jodi’s journey began in 1967 when she ventured from her native Canada to explore Europe and the Far and Mid...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Ceramic
Laura Fayer "Tide Blossom" Acrylic and Japanese Paper on Canvas
By Laura Fayer
Located in New York, NY
My paintings take landscape and nature as their subject and as a point of departure. I embrace the imperfections and the accidental relationships that evolve among multiple layers of...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
gaia 7, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAIA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
gaia 8, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAIA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
gaia 9, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAIA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Laura Fayer "Butterfly Weather" Acrylic and Japanese Paper on Canvas
By Laura Fayer
Located in New York, NY
My paintings take landscape and nature as their subject and as a point of departure. I embrace the imperfections and the accidental relationships that evolve among multiple layers of...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
essen 14., Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
the mo‘ai kavakava., Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The name mo‘ai kavakava is formed from mo‘ai for the monumental monolithic human figures found on Easter Island and the word kavakava meaning ribs. Little is known about the cult...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
essen 17., Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
aeon 1: death & rebirth, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Confucius one said that if you your aim is to define the future then you must first study the past. In this highly mysterious and powerful new series we will explore the secret origi...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
gaia 10, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAIA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Bend to the Left, Painting, Abstract, Blue, Acrylic
Located in Riverdale, NY
Bend to the Left is an abstract painting filled with blue, white and yellow by Australian artist, Jill Morton. It is 40 x 30, acrylic and oil stick on canvas. It is framed with a w...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
129
By Dan Leahy
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An abstract painting by Dan Leahy.
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Shapes #2, Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I like to stretch the boundaries of watercolor by adding other media to create textures in my paintings. Comes with a white mat ready for framing. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This ...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Landscape I, Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An abstract landscape using watercolors and acrylic ink. I like to create abstract landscapes using ideas from the landscape around me. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Imaginary Garden #2, Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I like to stretch the boundaries of watercolor and sometimes use other media to create textures in my watercolors. This painting comes with a white mat ready for framing in a standar...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Patterns III, Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I like to strectch the boundaries of watercolor. I experiment with color, textures, mixed media and design to create paintings that leave something for the eye to interpret. Using mo...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Shapes, Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I like to stretch the boundaries of watercolor by using other materials to create interesting textures in my paintings. Comes with a white mat ready for framing. :: Mixed Media :: Ab...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Landscape #6, Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I paint mostly from imagination but I am influenced by the shapes in nature. For this watercolor I used some inks to create textures in the landscape. Comes with a white matt ready t...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Tangled Woodland, Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
This watercolor and ink painting comes with a white mat ready for framing. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the a...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Mixed Media Landscape, Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a mixed media landscape painting using watercolor and acrylic inks. It comes with a white mat ready for framing. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an offici...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Landscape Patterns #2, Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Painted from imagination this small abstract mixed media painting comes with a white mat ready for framing in a standard frame. I used mainly watercolors and some acrylic ink. :: Mix...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Mountain Ranges, Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I enjoy painting abstract landscapes by stretching the boundaries of watercolor.This is a watercolor and mixed media painting inspired by the mountains around where I live In Sausali...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
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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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