Abstract Mixed Media
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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2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Steel
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Spray Paint, Wood Panel
Mid-20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Paper, Ink
1960s Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Screen
Mid-20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Sandstone
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Acrylic, Panel, Pencil
Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Artist Comments
A compelling western scene of the Muddy Mountains lays out in the beautiful geography of the Mojave. Artist Crystal DiPietro paints an impressionist rendering...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media
Artist Comments
Artist Patrick O'Boyle exhibits an abstract landscape using a vivid palette. "This painting is purely an abstract reference to places I have sketched on location," says Patrick. He paints with an acrylic wash establishing shapes, color & texture placement. Using collaged material creates interest and draws the viewer closer to the piece.
About the Artist
Patrick O'Boyle primarily paints in a studio, rarely using reference material other than his own thoughts and dreams. He always paints in a series of five - at the end of the fifth painting he revisits and reworks all of them until he feels they're complete. Using extra-long handles on his brushes, Patrick paints at a distance from the canvas so he can see the works evolve as a whole from the one color he starts with to the vibrant array at the end.
Words that describe this painting: abstract, landscape, bright, mixed media, collage, colorful, mark making, abstract, landscape, mixed media artwork, pink
Landscape Abstraction Collage...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Spray Paint
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paste, Fabric, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Marble, Sandstone
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paper, Watercolor, Wood Panel, Color Pencil, Graphite
1990s Abstract Mixed Media
Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Wool, Thread
1930s Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Mirror, Film
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Color Pencil, Graphite
Artist Comments
Fields of color map out artist Terri Bell's colorful abstract piece. The composition combines grid-like structures and segments contrasting with organic shape...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Spray Paint
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Oil
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Spray Paint, Wood Panel, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pen
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Spray Paint, Wood Panel, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Encaustic
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paper, Engraving
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Charcoal, Wax, Oil, Graphite
1990s Abstract Mixed Media
Ceramic, Porcelain, Screen, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Pigment
1960s Abstract Mixed Media
Paper, Ink, Intaglio
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Plaster, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Fabric, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Muslin, Silk, Nylon
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Acrylic, Other Medium
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Acrylic
1970s Abstract Mixed Media
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
1950s Abstract Mixed Media
Ink, Watercolor
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Acrylic
1980s Abstract Mixed Media
Paper, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Watercolor, Pencil
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Pigment
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Mirror, Film
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Plexiglass, Plaster, Paper, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Acrylic, Other Medium
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Acrylic, Other Medium
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Gold Leaf
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Digital, Panel, Monotype
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pigment
1970s Abstract Mixed Media
Textile, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Thread, Pencil
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media
Steel





