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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
Untitled 9495 - Original Abstract Figurative Artwork
Untitled 9495 - Original Abstract Figurative Artwork

Untitled 9495 - Original Abstract Figurative Artwork

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Swiss artist Edith Konrad paints figurative abstract compositions with mixed media on canvas. She layers her expression of her emotional response to the subjects with dynamic texture...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

P, From the series Opposed Tendencies. Mixed media portrait color photography
P, From the series Opposed Tendencies. Mixed media portrait color photography

P, From the series Opposed Tendencies. Mixed media portrait color photography

By Cristian Hunter

Located in Miami Beach, FL

This artwork was created by the artistic duo Hunter & Gatti (2010–2023). These works are part of the archive managed and exhibited by Cristian Hunter. The artist's technique consists...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper

V, From the series Opposed Tendencies. Mixed media portrait color photography
V, From the series Opposed Tendencies. Mixed media portrait color photography

V, From the series Opposed Tendencies. Mixed media portrait color photography

By Cristian Hunter

Located in Miami Beach, FL

This artwork was created by the artistic duo Hunter & Gatti (2010–2023). These works are part of the archive managed and exhibited by Cristian Hunter. The artist's technique consists...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Departure 2 - Deep Red Gold Textured Organic Abstract High Gloss Painting
Departure 2 - Deep Red Gold Textured Organic Abstract High Gloss Painting

Departure 2 - Deep Red Gold Textured Organic Abstract High Gloss Painting

By Alexander Eulert

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Alexander Eulert's original mixed media paintings on wood panels are abstract propositions of worlds where divergent forces coalesce into harmonious geometric interactions. He draws ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Metal, Gold Leaf

Enrico Baj (1924 - 2003) - Fabrics and collage on board - 1969
Enrico Baj (1924 - 2003) - Fabrics and collage on board - 1969

Enrico Baj (1924 - 2003) - Fabrics and collage on board - 1969

By Enrico Baj

Located in Varese, IT

Fabrics and collage on board, edited in 1969. Limited edition of 200 copies, numbered 107/200 in lower left corner. Hand-signed by artist in lower right corner. Paper size: 78 x 57.5 cm Frame size: 87 x 67 cm Very good conditions, slight oxidation. The frame has defects. Made with M24 furnishing fabrics by Du Pont. Studio Marconi, Publisher, Milan. Bibliography: Jean Petit...

Category

1960s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Laßt Blumen sprechen. Mixed media fashion portrait photograph
Laßt Blumen sprechen. Mixed media fashion portrait photograph

Laßt Blumen sprechen. Mixed media fashion portrait photograph

By Cristian Hunter

Located in Miami Beach, FL

This artwork was created by the artistic duo Hunter & Gatti (2010–2023). These works are part of the archive managed and exhibited by Cristian Hunter. The artist's technique consists of the use of two prints, the first print is the original photography, and the second print is a blurry version of the image printed on glass. The glass version of the picture is shattered with an iron tool to be able to control the rupture. The artists glued the glass parts on top of the original picture, creating a blurred effect. The artists explore even further the infinite possibilities of transformation by turning something as temporary as a fashion editorial, into something completely different and original; a unique piece of art. The “visible” spectrum, is probably the most well-known of human sensory limitations, as the human #eye is only capable of perceiving light at wavelengths between 390 and 750 nanometers. Of course, calling it the “visible” spectrum is a bit of a misnomer, as plenty of animals are capable of perceiving light with frequencies outside this relatively narrow band of electromagnetic radiation. Using infrared black and white...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Spur. Mixed media fashion portrait on a Black and white  photography
Spur. Mixed media fashion portrait on a Black and white  photography

Spur. Mixed media fashion portrait on a Black and white photography

By Cristian Hunter

Located in Miami Beach, FL

This artwork was created by the artistic duo Hunter & Gatti (2010–2023). These works are part of the archive managed and exhibited by Cristian Hunter. The artist's technique consists of the use of two prints, the first print is the original photography, and the second print is a blurry version of the image printed on glass. The glass version of the picture is shattered with an iron tool to be able to control the rupture. The artists glued the glass parts on top of the original picture, creating a blurred effect. The artists explore even further the infinite possibilities of transformation by turning something as temporary as a fashion editorial, into something completely different and original; a unique piece of art. The “visible” spectrum, is probably the most well-known of human sensory limitations, as the human #eye is only capable of perceiving light at wavelengths between 390 and 750 nanometers. Of course, calling it the “visible” spectrum is a bit of a misnomer, as plenty of animals are capable of perceiving light with frequencies outside this relatively narrow band of electromagnetic radiation. Using infrared black and white...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Sled. Mixed media fashion portrait on a Black and white  photography
Sled. Mixed media fashion portrait on a Black and white  photography

Sled. Mixed media fashion portrait on a Black and white photography

By Cristian Hunter

Located in Miami Beach, FL

This artwork was created by the artistic duo Hunter & Gatti (2010–2023). These works are part of the archive managed and exhibited by Cristian Hunter. The artist's technique consists of the use of two prints, the first print is the original photography, and the second print is a blurry version of the image printed on glass. The glass version of the picture is shattered with an iron tool to be able to control the rupture. The artists glued the glass parts on top of the original picture, creating a blurred effect. The artists explore even further the infinite possibilities of transformation by turning something as temporary as a fashion editorial, into something completely different and original; a unique piece of art. The “visible” spectrum, is probably the most well-known of human sensory limitations, as the human #eye is only capable of perceiving light at wavelengths between 390 and 750 nanometers. Of course, calling it the “visible” spectrum is a bit of a misnomer, as plenty of animals are capable of perceiving light with frequencies outside this relatively narrow band of electromagnetic radiation. Using infrared black and white...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Metal

Time Space Zone #3 - contemporary, geometric abstract,  pencil, acrylic on paper
Time Space Zone #3 - contemporary, geometric abstract,  pencil, acrylic on paper

Time Space Zone #3 - contemporary, geometric abstract, pencil, acrylic on paper

By Yvonne Lammerich

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This series of contemporary black acrylic and pencil on paper was created by Yvonne Lammerich. The masterful Canadian artist has spent decades exploring the nature of the human condi...

Category

1990s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pencil

Untitled (Study for Līnea), 2021
Untitled (Study for Līnea), 2021

Untitled (Study for Līnea), 2021

By Mary Early

Located in Washington, DC

Poured beeswax work by Mary Early from her "Study for Līnea" series. "The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available." Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries. Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record. In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space. Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007). Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite

Graceland, Abstract Painting
Graceland, Abstract Painting

Graceland, Abstract Painting

By Candice Eisenfeld

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The artwork depicts a serene and meditative composition, blending abstraction with landscape photography. The textured white field envelopes an oval image remi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Diagonal Color Block - Abstract Black and Colorful Patterned Original Painting
Diagonal Color Block - Abstract Black and Colorful Patterned Original Painting

Diagonal Color Block - Abstract Black and Colorful Patterned Original Painting

By Petra Rös-Nickel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Petra Rös-Nickel’s vibrant geometric abstract painting, created with bold colors, a dynamic composition, and textured layers results in a striking, modern artwork. Her original oil a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Etnografica Collage Bianco Perla Su Tela, Abstract Mixed Media, 2010+
Etnografica Collage Bianco Perla Su Tela, Abstract Mixed Media, 2010+

Etnografica Collage Bianco Perla Su Tela, Abstract Mixed Media, 2010+

By Kim Fonder

Located in Tulsa, OK

Kim Fonder loves texture and touch. Her paintings and furniture reflect her infatuation with these two characteristics. From the materials Fonder selects, to the way she crafts each ...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Burlap, Mixed Media

Message From Hannah No. 10

Message From Hannah No. 10

By Stephen Gammell

Located in Columbia, MO

For those not already acquainted: Stephen Gammell, in addition to being a very prolific studio artist, is also a great teller, appreciator, and illustrator of stories. For one so con...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Ink, Watercolor

20 c. Stanley Boxer Abstract oil painting 'Anoonsblush'
20 c. Stanley Boxer Abstract oil painting 'Anoonsblush'

20 c. Stanley Boxer Abstract oil painting 'Anoonsblush'

By Stanley Boxer

Located in White Plains, NY

'Anoonsblush' by Stanley Boxer, 1998. Oil and mixed media on canvas, 27.75 x 52.75 in. / Frame: 28.75 x 29.75 in. Signed, titled, and dated on verso. This painting has an active su...

Category

1990s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Wheat Blossom
Wheat Blossom

Wheat Blossom

By Tetiana Adamovich

Located in Zofingen, AG

This artwork is dedicated to the moment of wheat blossoming — one of the most vital plants that feeds humanity. The green spikes unfolding in shades of white and yellow symbolize ren...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lamar Briggs - unique Abstract Expressionist color field painting Signed, Framed
Lamar Briggs - unique Abstract Expressionist color field painting Signed, Framed

Lamar Briggs - unique Abstract Expressionist color field painting Signed, Framed

By Lamar Briggs

Located in New York, NY

Lamar Briggs Untitled color abstraction, ca. 2008 Mixed media oil and gouache on paper Hand signed by Lamar Briggs on the lower center front Frame included: held in the original off ...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Oil, Gouache

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Peter Marks

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Untitled Collage of small oil on canvas fragments, c. 2006 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist Image size: 15 x 9 7/16 inches Sheet size:: 17 x 14 inches Peter Marks (1935 -2...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Hopscotch 2, Abstract Painting
Hopscotch 2, Abstract Painting

Hopscotch 2, Abstract Painting

By Linda Shaffer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Linda Shaffer created this vibrant, multi-layered mixed media abstract using black, red, and gray tones. The work incorporates monoprints, washi paper, m...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Pixel Study 5 - red gray abstract and figurative painting and photo of a women

Pixel Study 5 - red gray abstract and figurative painting and photo of a women

By Michael Azgour

Located in New York, NY

Michael Azgour is an artist and educator whose work addresses the impact of digital imagery on contemporary culture. His paintings combine evocative, expressive representation with g...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Photographic Paper

Tesselat 67P- abstract geometric drawing animated by light from a video screen
Tesselat 67P- abstract geometric drawing animated by light from a video screen

Tesselat 67P- abstract geometric drawing animated by light from a video screen

By Joanie Lemercier

Located in New York, NY

Item Description: Tesselat 67P Mixed media, giglée print, bright screen and frame 14 x 22 x 3.5 inches video loop 4.5 minutes Edition 1 of 6 + AP Clearly stepping away from standar...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Giclée

Message From Hannah No. 13

Message From Hannah No. 13

By Stephen Gammell

Located in Columbia, MO

For those not already acquainted: Stephen Gammell, in addition to being a very prolific studio artist, is also a great teller, appreciator, and illustrator of stories. For one so con...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Archival Ink, Watercolor

Summer Hill
Summer Hill

Summer Hill

By Lisa House

Located in Deddington, GB

Lisa House – Contemporary artist – Northeast UK Summer Hill 50 x 50 cm x 4 cm depth Original oils/mixed media A soft and atmospheric painting from my 201...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Oil

Fraction
Fraction

Fraction

By Larry Bell

Located in London, GB

FRACTIONS The Fractions are a large body of small works on paper that Larry Bell made using collaged pieces of discarded Mirage works. Each Fraction is composed of one or more 3×3” s...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Brouhaha" Abstract Acrylic, Copper leaf, Marbel powder, Protective varnish.
"Brouhaha" Abstract Acrylic, Copper leaf, Marbel powder, Protective varnish.

"Brouhaha" Abstract Acrylic, Copper leaf, Marbel powder, Protective varnish.

By Emmanuelle Vroelant

Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne

"I started after watching a report on the National Assembly where reigns a cacophony and egos that rub shoulders, each claiming their own truth. This increases the impression that a...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Marble, Copper

Continuum Scale

Continuum Scale

By Franco DeFrancesca

Located in Montreal, Quebec

Resin coated and mounted to layers of plywood, these digital/mixed media ‘picture objects’ represent interpretations of contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism, ...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment

Vestiges spectrales I (texture, organic, biophilic, sand, pastels, mix-media)
Vestiges spectrales I (texture, organic, biophilic, sand, pastels, mix-media)

Vestiges spectrales I (texture, organic, biophilic, sand, pastels, mix-media)

By Melisa Taylor Metzger

Located in Quebec, Quebec

Vestiges spectrales I is a large-scale mixed-media painting on canvas that conjures a ghostly seascape where traces of time and matter converge. Using collage, impasto, and embedded ...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic

Pantheism 17.90- abstract geometric print animated by light from a video screen
Pantheism 17.90- abstract geometric print animated by light from a video screen

Pantheism 17.90- abstract geometric print animated by light from a video screen

By Joanie Lemercier

Located in New York, NY

Item Description: Pantheism 17.90 Mixed media, UV print, modified bright screen 13.2 x 16.1 x 2.5 inches video loop 6.18 minutes Edition 1 of 6 + AP this item is frame in black woo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Laser

Gestural Abstraction, Miniature Abstract Expressionist Korean Modernist Painting
Gestural Abstraction, Miniature Abstract Expressionist Korean Modernist Painting

Gestural Abstraction, Miniature Abstract Expressionist Korean Modernist Painting

By Don Ahn

Located in Surfside, FL

*Card pictured after painting not included. Dongkuk Ahn (1937-2013), better known as Don Ahn, was a South Korean artist and t'ai chi master who resided in New York City. Don Ahn (Ahn Dong Kuk) was born in Seoul, Korea. He studied at Seoul University (BFA), graduate student at Miami University, Oxford Ohio 1962...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Lens, Abstract Painting
Lens, Abstract Painting

Lens, Abstract Painting

By John Gardner

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This mixed media abstract brings together fluid shapes and clear linear structure. The composition balances organic movement with measured geometry using collag...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Composition with Paper, Abstract Painting
Composition with Paper, Abstract Painting

Composition with Paper, Abstract Painting

By Joey Korom

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The collage incorporates yellowed book pages, fabric, and cotton with layered pastel acrylic paint. The blend of soft colors, simple shapes, and found objects c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Open Fields, Abstract Painting
Open Fields, Abstract Painting

Open Fields, Abstract Painting

By Dorothy Gaziano

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Scratches and scrapes create texture across this warm abstract landscape. Vibrant rust and orange tones stand out against a soft light blue sky, giving the scen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Rick Lewis - Spanish Windows II, Painting 2023

Rick Lewis - Spanish Windows II, Painting 2023

By Rick Lewis

Located in Greenwich, CT

Spanish Windows II Oil, bitumen, graphite, marble powder, burlap on canvas 48" X 72" I am a visual artist whose work investigates small and large -scale abstraction primarily in the...

Category

2010s Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Marble

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