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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
Tryon 8, Oil Painting
Tryon 8, Oil Painting

Tryon 8, Oil Painting

By Naoko Tadotsu

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This painting looks like a place I saw in my dream," says artist Naoko Tadotsu. "It was a large forest, filled with bright warm light. Birds were singing mer...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Slice of Light, Oil Painting
Slice of Light, Oil Painting

Slice of Light, Oil Painting

By Pamela Blaies

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Pamela Blaies was inspired by a little slice of light shining into her studio late one afternoon while she was cleaning up for the day. The illuminated stash ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Oil

Being My Other Self - original abstract minimalist painting - contemporary Art
Being My Other Self - original abstract minimalist painting - contemporary Art

Being My Other Self - original abstract minimalist painting - contemporary Art

By Fiona Debell

Located in London, Chelsea

This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Fiona Debell's "Being My Other Self" is a captivating abstract...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Last Warmth - original abstract impressionism landscape oil - contemporary
The Last Warmth - original abstract impressionism landscape oil - contemporary

The Last Warmth - original abstract impressionism landscape oil - contemporary

By Louise Fairchild

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

"Ikebana, " Mixed Media Kite
"Ikebana, " Mixed Media Kite

"Ikebana, " Mixed Media Kite

By Michael Thompson

Located in Chicago, IL

Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. His ongoing series of large-scale kites bridge the gap between flat art and sculpture, each crafted of split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage ephemera – including kimonos, obis, paintings, scrolls, drawings, metal leaf, bleeding paper, book pages, or anything with a story to tell. In this bamboo kite entitled “Ikebana,” Thompson beautifully layers darkly saturated fragments atop pages of found text. A repurposed calligraphy scroll panels the left side, brushed with black ink with full flower blossoms and leafy foliage, while delicate pine branches grow upwards from the bottom. Vintage Japanese block prints...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Fabric, Silk, Wood

Great Dune

Great Dune

By Paul Dempsey

Located in East Hampton, NY

Snow Fence on Dunes in the Hamptons Black & White Photography Printed to order edition of 10 Title: Great Dune Year: 2018 Medium: Photography (printed on metal) Size: 20" x 30" ...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Metal

Reckoning 11-9-89
Reckoning 11-9-89

Reckoning 11-9-89

By Sam Gilliam

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Sam Gilliam (1933–2022) is beloved as one of the 20th century's most important abstract artists. He was a true innovator in the evolution of American abstraction. He is credited with...

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1990s Abstract More Art

Materials

Concrete

Exposition de Peintures, Dessins et Divers Travaux Exécutés de 1942 à 1954
Exposition de Peintures, Dessins et Divers Travaux Exécutés de 1942 à 1954

Exposition de Peintures, Dessins et Divers Travaux Exécutés de 1942 à 1954

By Jean Dubuffet

Located in Roma, IT

Important and rare Catalogue of the Exhibition held in Circle Volley from March 17th to April 17th, 1954. Printed by Mourlot, the Catalogue's cover is a photolithograph d'après a work by Dubuffet. It includes 193 descriptions of Dubuffet's artworks and 4 reproductions on photolithograph. Includes the invitation to the exhibition, which is a lithograph not signed d'après the work "Personnage" by Dubuffet. Ref. Cat. Bordas 25 and 25b / Weber 388 and 289. Near perfect conditions. Catalogue aussi rare qu'important de l'exposition qui s'est tenue au Circle Volley du 17 Mars au 17 Avril 1954. Imprimé par Mourlot, la couverture du catalogue est une photolithographie d'après une œuvre de Dubuffet. Il comprend 193 descriptions des œuvres de Dubuffet ainsi que 4 reproductions de type photolithographie. L'exemplaire comprend une invitation à l'exposition. Il s'agit d'une lithographie non signée d'après l'œuvre "Personnage" de Dubuffet. Ref. Cat. Bordas 25 et 25b / Weber 388 et 289. Dans des conditions presque parfaites. Edition: Paris, Cercle Volant René Drouin...

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1950s Abstract More Art

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Paper

1970's Watercolor Painting Op Art Minimalist Color Theory Sibyl Edwards, Texas
1970's Watercolor Painting Op Art Minimalist Color Theory Sibyl Edwards, Texas

1970's Watercolor Painting Op Art Minimalist Color Theory Sibyl Edwards, Texas

Located in Surfside, FL

SIBYL EDWARDS (Canadian b. 1944) "Rainbow Egg Tray" 1973 Watercolor on Pressed Pulp Cardboard Egg Tray Filler Hand signed and dated verso in ink, "Sibyl Edwards, 1973." Dimensions: 12" x 12" Provenance: Collection of Roy H. Van Horn, Houston, Texas Sibyl Edwards was born in Canada, she was a Texas artist who taught at the Dallas museum of Art in the 1940's along with well-known Dallas artists including Octavio Medellin, Otis Dozier, Merritt Mauzey, and Roger Winter. She was also a avid collector. Her collection included works by Max Bill, Herbert Distel, Hansjorg Glattfelder, the Belgian sculptor Paul Van Hoeydonck...

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1970s Abstract More Art

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Watercolor, Cardboard

Joan Kahn Rome Vibrant Bold Color Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting
Joan Kahn Rome Vibrant Bold Color Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting

Joan Kahn Rome Vibrant Bold Color Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting

By Joan Kahn

Located in Surfside, FL

Oil paint on heavy tar paper. Hand signed and dated verso. Joan Kahn (USA 1953-) grew up in New York City; Princeton, New Jersey; and Vermont; in an environment that patronized the arts. At home her father, a professor, and mother, a state economist and homemaker, collected nineteenth and twentieth century drawings and prints, Middle eastern rugs, and ceramics, pewter, and old tools. Her grandfather, Max Westfield, was an academically trained portrait painter and her great uncle was a well-known gallery owner and art dealer in pre-World War II Germany. One of the influential experiences of Joan’s youth was visiting her grandfather in his studio in Tennessee where the family had first immigrated. Growing up near New York, and spending a year in Paris during high school, provided formative visits to museums and galleries. Joan was academically talented in grade and high school, but after her father’s death during her first years at university she found herself concentrating on studio and history of art. It was a subject above others absorbed and concentrated her focus. Influential in Joan’s development and later work are the historic movements of the Bauhaus and Modernist design and architecture, geometric art and design of diverse cultures, Color Field Painting. Many artists have had a impact on her work, such as Paul Klee, Piet Mondrian, Sonia Delaunay, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, Antoni Tapies, David Smith, John McLaughlin, Tony Smith, Louise Nevelson, Robert Mangold, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, Valerie Jaudon, Jasper Johns, James Turrell, Robert Irwin, Vija Celmins, Caio Fonseca, Peter Halley, Ed Moses, Juan Usle, and Nancy Haynes...

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1980s Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Artist Palette / Statue - Original Abstract Layered Painting
Artist Palette / Statue - Original Abstract Layered Painting

Artist Palette / Statue - Original Abstract Layered Painting

By Brandon Neher

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Moody Blue - 24"x30", Grey and Blue, Minimal Abstract Painting, Christmas Gift
Moody Blue - 24"x30", Grey and Blue, Minimal Abstract Painting, Christmas Gift

Moody Blue - 24"x30", Grey and Blue, Minimal Abstract Painting, Christmas Gift

By Andrea Stajan-Ferkul

Located in Mississauga, Ontario

Layers of paint build up this neutral palette where emphasis is placed on minimal composition. From a distance, the painting explores colour fields and geometric abstraction. Closer up, it's about subtle textures, intuitive mark-making, playful scribbles and remnants of colour. The blending of these two elements invites the viewer to experience a calm while stimulating, visual response. // Andrea Stajan-Ferkul is a Canadian artist whose work conveys a sense of experimentation through the use of paint, fabric collage and abstract mark-making. While not exclusive to fashion, dresses have been a compositional focus throughout her oeuvre. With an emphasis on timelessness, her series of dress paintings shift between realistic representation and interpretive impressions. In contrast, her series of abstract works embrace minimalism, considerate to a restrained palette and composition. Stajan-Ferkul began her career in fashion advertising before shifting her focus to fine art in 2000. Her work has been exhibited widely through galleries and art fairs, and hangs in private and public collections across Canada, US, Europe and Asia. keywords: abstract, minimal art...

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2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil

Coucher du Soleil + Lever du Soleil
Coucher du Soleil + Lever du Soleil

Coucher du Soleil + Lever du Soleil

Located in Winterswijk, NL

The artist works with layering of material for a certain poetic subtlety: the power of expressionistic charge. Subtly suggested places emerge, deformed by creation but always recognisable. They are cities and areas recalled by the suggestive imagery of this artist. Colourful Screen Print, Handsigned and Numbered e/a. Can be framed accordingly. Contact us for possibilities. Sheet size: 110x50 per each artwork. Motif size: 90x40 per each artwork. About Nicole Schaap...

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20th Century Abstract More Art

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Silk, Paper

Chroessi Schnell - "Lefthandcompositions" - abstract and natural forms drawings
Chroessi Schnell - "Lefthandcompositions" - abstract and natural forms drawings

Chroessi Schnell - "Lefthandcompositions" - abstract and natural forms drawings

By Chroessi Schnell

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Chroessi Schnell - "Lefthandcompositions". Abstract and natural forms (Abstract Art, Figurative Art): Series of 8. Drawn with the left hand because of recurring pain in the right h...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Paper

Black Field
Black Field

Black Field

By Adolph Gottlieb

Located in New York, NY

Color screenprint on white wove paper, 1972. Signed by the artist dated in pencil lower left. Numbered 67/150 in pencil lower right. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London, with the ink ...

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1970s Abstract More Art

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Screen, Color

Between Breaths

Between Breaths

By Jayne Walther

Located in Santa Monica, CA

**Jayne Walther's "Between Breaths, 2024"** Jayne Walther's "Between Breaths, 2024" is a striking acrylic painting that captures the essence of stillness and introspection. Measurin...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Acrylic

Green Swirl 2 - Large Scale Abstract Flowy Minimalist Ink Painting on Paper
Green Swirl 2 - Large Scale Abstract Flowy Minimalist Ink Painting on Paper

Green Swirl 2 - Large Scale Abstract Flowy Minimalist Ink Painting on Paper

By Bettina Mauel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Linen, Ink, Mixed Media

"Our Way of Living 2" Abstract Marble Mosaic
"Our Way of Living 2" Abstract Marble Mosaic

"Our Way of Living 2" Abstract Marble Mosaic

By Toyoharu Kii 1

Located in Chicago, IL

Monochromatic, ethereal and highly textured, the abstract compositions of Japanese mosaic artist Toyoharu Kii reflect a sophisticated approach to the technical art of mosaic making. ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

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Marble

Heartbeat
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

By Angele LaSalle

Located in East Hampton, NY

This Pollock-esque work is layered in details of pours and drips. The artist has total control of where the paint will go. Abstract Expressionism in the new world Artist Statement: ...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Junonia, Hand Blown Murano Glass Vase, Multicolor
Junonia, Hand Blown Murano Glass Vase, Multicolor

Junonia, Hand Blown Murano Glass Vase, Multicolor

By Afro Celotto 1

Located in Miami, FL

The JUNONIA vase is a creation by the renowned Venetian glass master Afro Celotto. The dimensions of this artwork are 18.25" x 9" x 4.5". Every vase is hand signed at the bottom by...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Glass, Blown Glass

"Red Meander, " Mixed Media Kite
"Red Meander, " Mixed Media Kite

"Red Meander, " Mixed Media Kite

By Michael Thompson

Located in Chicago, IL

Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera - including fragment...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Muslin, Wood, Paper

Large 3D Cast Paper Abstract Oil Monoprint Unique Monotype Painting John Walker
Large 3D Cast Paper Abstract Oil Monoprint Unique Monotype Painting John Walker

Large 3D Cast Paper Abstract Oil Monoprint Unique Monotype Painting John Walker

By John Walker

Located in Surfside, FL

John Walker British (b. 1939) Salsipuedes Forms (1991) Monoprint relief print with dry pigment, monotype Hand signed lower right Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop A monotype is literally one of a kind; it is not a method of multiplication. The artist makes an image with a liquid medium on wood, metal or glass, and paper is laid over the moist image and bonded under pressure the paper is then removed bringing with it the transposed monotype. John Walker (born 1939) is an English painter and printmaker. He has been called "one of the standout abstract painters of the last 50 years." Walker studied in Birmingham at the Moseley School of Art, and later the Birmingham School of Art and Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris. Some of his early work was inspired by abstract expressionist art and post-painterly abstraction, and often combined apparently three-dimensional, sculptural shapes with "flatter" elements. These pieces are usually rendered in acrylic paint. In the early 1970s, Walker made a series of large Blackboard Pieces using chalk first exhibited at the opening of Ikon Gallery, in Birmingham Shopping Centre, Birmingham in 1972 and the Juggernaut works which also use dry pigment. From the late 1970s, his work marked allusions to earlier painters, such as Francisco Goya, Edouard Manet and Henri Matisse, either through the quoting of a pictorial motif, or the use of a particular technique. Also during this time, he began to use oil paint more in his work. His paintings of the 1970s are also notable for what has come to be termed canvas collage, the application of glued-on, separately painted patches of canvas to the main canvas. Beginning in the 1970s John Walker was one of the most influential and imitated painters working in the UK; he exhibited alongside Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, represented his country at the 1972 Venice Biennale, had extensive survey shows at both the Tate and Hayward galleries and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1985. After spending some time in Australia, Walker got a position at the Victoria College of the Arts in Melbourne. He produced the Oceania series around this time which incorporates elements of native Oceanic art. Walker is currently the head of the graduate painting program at Boston University. Walker won the 1976 John Moores Painting Prize and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1985. In September 2010, Walker and five other British artists including Howard Hodgkin, John Hoyland, Ian Stephenson, Patrick Caulfield and R.B. Kitaj were included in an exhibition entitled The Independent Eye: Contemporary British Art From the Collection of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie, at the Yale Center for British Art. His art was influenced by Boston Expressionism. Along with Aaron Fink, Gerry Bergstein, Jon Imber, Michael Mazur, Katherine Porter, Jane Smaldone, John Walker, and Philip Guston. Through Garner Tullis at Experimental Press he met Sean Scully, Friedel Dzubas, Helen Frankenthaler, Sam Francis, William Wiley, and others. Select Group Exhibitions (partial list) 1965 John Moores Liverpool Exhibition. Walker Art Center, Liverpool. 1966 Recent Aspects of British Art. Australia and New Zealand (traveled). 1967 4 Artists. Betty Parsons Gallery, New York. John Walker, Michael Kidner, Bruce Tippett, Michael Tyzack...

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1990s Abstract More Art

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Monoprint, Monotype

Brushstroke on Celadon

Brushstroke on Celadon

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Cut and Dyed Silk After working in painting and photography, Tim Harding became intrigued with the intimacy of fiber and textiles: their textural, tactile richness, the inherent gri...

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Early 2000s Abstract More Art

Materials

Silk, Dye

Joan Kahn Indigo Denim Blue Color Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting
Joan Kahn Indigo Denim Blue Color Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting

Joan Kahn Indigo Denim Blue Color Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting

By Joan Kahn

Located in Surfside, FL

Oil paint on heavy paper. (this might possibly be acrylic paint) This does not appear to be signed. Joan Kahn (USA 1953-) grew up in New York City; Princeton, New Jersey; and Vermont; in an environment that patronized the arts. At home her father, a professor, and mother, a state economist and homemaker, collected nineteenth and twentieth century drawings and prints, Middle eastern rugs, and ceramics, pewter, and old tools. Her grandfather, Max Westfield, was an academically trained portrait painter and her great uncle was a well-known gallery owner and art dealer in pre-World War II Germany. One of the influential experiences of Joan’s youth was visiting her grandfather in his studio in Tennessee where the family had first immigrated. Growing up near New York, and spending a year in Paris during high school, provided formative visits to museums and galleries. Joan was academically talented in grade and high school, but after her father’s death during her first years at university she found herself concentrating on studio and history of art. It was a subject above others absorbed and concentrated her focus. Influential in Joan’s development and later work are the historic movements of the Bauhaus and Modernist design and architecture, geometric art and design of diverse cultures, Color Field Painting. Many artists have had a impact on her work, such as Paul Klee, Piet Mondrian, Sonia Delaunay, Mark Rothko, Ad Reinhardt, Antoni Tapies, David Smith, John McLaughlin, Tony Smith, Louise Nevelson, Robert Mangold, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, Valerie Jaudon, Jasper Johns, James Turrell, Robert Irwin, Vija Celmins, Caio Fonseca, Peter Halley, Ed Moses, Juan Usle, and Nancy Haynes...

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1980s Abstract More Art

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Oil

Assiduosly without  words
Assiduosly without  words

Assiduosly without words

By L.G.

Located in Paris, FR

One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in brown/black, bluish black, opaque white and White sandblasted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). Tota...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Blown Glass

Wildflowers, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Wildflowers, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Wildflowers, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

In this painting, the artist portrays a young girl surrounded by wildflowers—symbols of untamed beauty and resilience. Wildflowers thrive without cultivation, growing freely wherev...

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2010s Abstract More Art

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Acrylic

"Boro, " Mixed-Media Kite
"Boro, " Mixed-Media Kite

"Boro, " Mixed-Media Kite

By Michael Thompson

Located in Chicago, IL

Chicago-based artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites crafted from split bamboo frames covered with stretched muslin and a collage of vintage Asian ephemera—including fragments of fabric, scrolls, drawings, and books collected during his travels. This kite entitled "Boro" is patterned with Japanese indigo-dyed fabric scraps, sewn together to form a patchwork of contrasting patterns and shades of blue. The kite's design recreates the traditional practice of Boro stitching...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Cotton, Muslin, Thread, Wood, Dye

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