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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
A Perfect Moment-original figurative landscape acrylic painting-contemporary Art
A Perfect Moment-original figurative landscape acrylic painting-contemporary Art

A Perfect Moment-original figurative landscape acrylic painting-contemporary Art

By Therese James

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary Abstract Oriental Signed Painting
Contemporary Abstract Oriental Signed Painting

Contemporary Abstract Oriental Signed Painting

By Kozo Inoue

Located in Roma, IT

Wonderful contemporary abstract signed painting Series of 4 canvas assembled to form a single painting signed Kozo Inoue dated 1974 This painting, never before on the market, comes f...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract More Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

avp_1072 - Colorful Pink Green Original Contemporary Abstract Painting on Paper
avp_1072 - Colorful Pink Green Original Contemporary Abstract Painting on Paper

avp_1072 - Colorful Pink Green Original Contemporary Abstract Painting on Paper

By Alex Voinea

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The colorful abstract artworks of Romanian artist Alex Voinea are inspired by experiments with paint poured over vibrating surfaces, such as speakers at full volume. Alex Voinea coll...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Distant Lavender, Provence, Original Painting
Distant Lavender, Provence, Original Painting

Distant Lavender, Provence, Original Painting

By Janet Dyer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Janet Dyer displays an impressionistic landscape of lush lavender fields in Provence, France. Expressive strokes in bold shades of green and hints of g...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Synthesism: Solitude 2 - Large Original Abstract Artwork on Canvas
Synthesism: Solitude 2 - Large Original Abstract Artwork on Canvas

Synthesism: Solitude 2 - Large Original Abstract Artwork on Canvas

By Jason DeMeo

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Abstract minimalist artist Jason DeMeo presents a collection of artworks designed to engage viewers in a meditative experience, drawing them closer to the enduring ideals of truth, b...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Dance '72
Dance '72

Dance '72

By Sam Gilliam

Located in New York, NY

Color screenprint, 1972. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil, lower right margin. Numbered 24/60 in pencil lower left,. Printed and published by Workshop, Inc., Washington, D...

Category

1970s Abstract More Art

Materials

Screen

ONYX - Amber (XL)

ONYX - Amber (XL)

By Nick Thomm

Located in FITZROY, VIC

Nick Thomm - ONYX - Amber (XL SIZE 36" x 48"). Limited Edition #15 of 25. Hand Signed & Numbered. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Paper. Condition: NEW - Unopen...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

RHAPSODY, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
RHAPSODY, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

RHAPSODY, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Darlene Watson

Located in Yardley, PA

? Rhapsody ? This extra-large original is a symphony of colour and movement—layers of gestural acrylic brushstrokes that flow like music across the canvas. Just as a rhapsody ...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Mixed Water Lilies Spotted Sunlight, Oil Painting
Mixed Water Lilies Spotted Sunlight, Oil Painting

Mixed Water Lilies Spotted Sunlight, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero spends much of his summers happily gardening and caring for his pond. There are also several others within walking distance from his hom...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Winter Solstice - Large Original Minimalist Contemporary Blue Abstract Painting
Winter Solstice - Large Original Minimalist Contemporary Blue Abstract Painting

Winter Solstice - Large Original Minimalist Contemporary Blue Abstract Painting

By Clara Berta

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Clara Berta’s acrylic and mixed-media paintings blend texture and color to create harmony, mystery, and depth on the painted surface. Her paintings transform spaces into Zen environm...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pretty Pastel Sky, Oil Painting
Pretty Pastel Sky, Oil Painting

Pretty Pastel Sky, Oil Painting

By Valerie Berkely

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Valerie Berkely offers a dreamy, light-filled atmospheric scene in soft gradient hues of purple and orange. She captures the glowing twilight with a gl...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Spring Bouquet, Oil Painting
Spring Bouquet, Oil Painting

Spring Bouquet, Oil Painting

By Oksana Johnson

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This colorful combination of irises and wildflowers was so inspiring to paint!" shares artist Oksana Johnson. "To make sure all the colors have the center st...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Red Band in the Universe

Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Red Band in the Universe

By Gary Goldberg

Located in San Francisco, CA

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Red Band in the Universe, 2023 Dry wool needle felting 72 x 48 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Textile, Felt

Composition - French Abstract Oil Painting by Jacques Germain
Composition - French Abstract Oil Painting by Jacques Germain

Composition - French Abstract Oil Painting by Jacques Germain

By Jacques Germain

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Signed and dated abstract oil on canvas by French painter Jacques Germain. The piece is composed in swathes of thick impasto, particularly in red, blue, green and white. A truly interesting and unique work that would compliment a modern setting. Signature: Signed lower right/ further signed and dated verso Dimensions: Framed: 11"x16" Unframed: 10"x15" Provenance: Private French collection Jacques Germain was born in Paris in 1915. In 1931, on the advice of Blaise Cendrars, he became a pupil of Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant at the Académie Moderne, Paris. He soon left for the Bauhaus in Dessau, where Jean...

Category

1970s Abstract More Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Vega" - Vintage Glass Sculpture
"Vega" - Vintage Glass Sculpture

"Vega" - Vintage Glass Sculpture

Located in Westport, CT

Resurrect Studio, “Vega,” Recycled Victorian-Era Glass Sculpture, 12 x 12 x 14 in. Named for the brightest star in the Lyra constellation, “Vega” is a luminous recycled glass sculpt...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Glass, Resin

Dawn at the Grand Canyon, Oil Painting
Dawn at the Grand Canyon, Oil Painting

Dawn at the Grand Canyon, Oil Painting

By Crystal DiPietro

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"For a few brief moments on the south rim, the morning sun lights up the canyon walls like neon while casting blue shadows into its depths," says artist Cryst...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Desert Bloom, Oil Painting
Desert Bloom, Oil Painting

Desert Bloom, Oil Painting

By Lisa Elley

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A thickly textured palette knife painting of an old saguaro cactus standing against a blooming spring desert backdrop. "This painting was inspired by the incredible Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California," shares artist Lisa Elley. "It's where the Colorado and Mojave Deserts collide with amazing vistas and dazzling flowers."


About the Artist
Working almost exclusively with a palette knife, Lisa Elley maneuvers her artistic blade with an uncanny fluidity. Why paint only with the knife? She says, "when I paint with a brush, which I do occasionally, I tend to focus on the detail. With a palette knife I can't focus on the detail too much, so my paintings are looser, and more gestural, with bigger sweeps and strokes." This technique is called wet-on-wet. And it seems to be quite popular, as she has been bestowed the title "Knife Queen" by her facebook fans. Fun fact: Lisa's high school art teacher told her to study harder at math, as a career in art was "impossible."


Words that describe this painting: desert, Mojave, flowers, floral, spring, cactus, sun, mountains, sky, landscape, California, Joshua Tree, impressionism, landscape, western, representational, oil painting, purple


Desert Bloom...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Spring, Bonnieux, Original Painting
Spring, Bonnieux, Original Painting

Spring, Bonnieux, Original Painting

By Janet Dyer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Janet Dyer projects an impressionist landscape of blooming Provence fields. "The setting is near Bonnieux, a historic hilltop village," notes Janet. Th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Composition in Blue, Oil Painting
Composition in Blue, Oil Painting

Composition in Blue, Oil Painting

By Lisa Nielsen

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Lisa Nielsen captures a cool and soft atmosphere in this still-life piece. She expresses freedom to experiment with the arrangement of elements by adding glasses, teacups, and ribbons. Lisa infuses shades of blue throughout the entire composition. She adds subtle contrasts of color for easiness to the eyes.


About the Artist
There;s a certain innocent joy that comes through in Lisa Nielsen;s artwork. She finds beauty in the everyday and often ordinary, whether it;s painting a pretty girl in the garden or spending time with her daughter at Chipotle - and let;s face it, what isn;t beautiful about a burrito bowl? Lisa likes to say she captures moments in the journey of life. What we see in her art is all part of her life philosophy: to be still, to breathe, to exhaust the small moment.


Words that describe this painting: still life, cool, soft, glass, flowers, ribbon, teacup, small, rose, impressionism, impressionism, still life, oil painting


Composition in Blue...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Limits, Abstract Painting
Limits, Abstract Painting

Limits, Abstract Painting

By Leslie Ann Butler

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This abstract painting uses minimal components to evoke a sense of calm and clarity. The touch of gold leaf adds warmth and richness, contrasting with the stark...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Organic Way - Original Minimalist Blush and Blue Modern Abstract Painting
Organic Way - Original Minimalist Blush and Blue Modern Abstract Painting

Organic Way - Original Minimalist Blush and Blue Modern Abstract Painting

By Clara Berta

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Clara Berta’s acrylic and mixed-media paintings blend texture and color to create harmony, mystery, and depth on the painted surface. Her paintings transform spaces into Zen environm...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Rekindled, Oil Painting
Rekindled, Oil Painting

Rekindled, Oil Painting

By Pamela Blaies

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This painting was inspired by a feeling—a rekindling of the soul," says artist Pamela Blaies. "Using color temperature, I wanted to create the impression o...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Abstract Picture (Limited edition print; authorized promotional reproduction)

Abstract Picture (Limited edition print; authorized promotional reproduction)

By Gerhard Richter

Located in New York, NY

Gerhard Richter Untitled Abstract Picture, 2002 Offset lithograph on GardaMatt Art 250 GSM paper Not signed, edition of 3433 12 1/2 × 16 3.5 inches Unframed Printed on GardaMatt Art 250 GSM paper, this beautiful and colorful piece was part of a portfolio of loose plate reproductions for Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes works. Released during his exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Art (Abstract Pictures) and the Museum of Modern Art (Gerhard Richter, 40 Years of Painting). It depicts Richters 1999 Oil on Aluminum abstract picture) More about Gerhard Richter: Gerhard Richter was born in 1932 in Dresden, Germany. Throughout his career, Richter has negotiated the frontier between photography and painting, captivated by the way in which these two seemingly opposing practices speak to and challenge one another. From exuberant canvases rendered with a squeegee and acerbic color charts to paintings of photographic detail and close-ups of a single brushstroke, Richter moves effortlessly between the two mediums, reveling in the complexity of their relationship, while never asserting one above the other. Richter’s life traces the defining moments of twentieth-century history and his work reverberates with the trauma of National Socialism and the Holocaust. In the wake of the Second World War, Richter trained in a Socialist Realist style sanctioned by East Germany’s Communist government. When he defected to West Germany in 1961, a month before the Berlin Wall was erected, Richter left his entire artistic oeuvre up to that point behind. From 1961 to 1964—alongside Blinky Palermo and Sigmar Polke—Richter studied at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he began to explore the material, conceptual, and historical implications of painting without ideological restraint. Richter’s earliest paintings in Düsseldorf, stimulated by a fascination with current affairs and popular culture, responded to images from magazines and newspaper cuttings. Through the 1960s, Richter continued to address found and media images of subjects such as military jets, portraits, and aerial photographs. Notably, he reimagined family pictures he had smuggled from East Germany that included his smiling uncle Rudi, dressed in a Nazi uniform...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract More Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Waiting for a Fly, Oil Painting
Waiting for a Fly, Oil Painting

Waiting for a Fly, Oil Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Fallen tree trunks line the side of Rapid Creek in South Dakota, where a flycatcher waits quietly for its dinner. The evening sun casts long shadows across th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

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