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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
Summer Peonies, Oil Painting
Summer Peonies, Oil Painting

Summer Peonies, Oil Painting

By Lisa Elley

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Inspired by nature's blooms, artist Lisa Elley rendered this piece solely with the use of a palette knife. She creates thick tangible textures, leaping off th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Mountain Interval
Mountain Interval

Mountain Interval

By Crystal DiPietro

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
I was inspired to create this piece after spending several days in the Henry Mountains in Utah. It was monsoon season and after some storms, the clouds were c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Between Breaths

Jayne WaltherBetween Breaths, 2024

$1,680Sale Price|20% Off

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Gambling Clouds, Original Painting
Gambling Clouds, Original Painting

Gambling Clouds, Original Painting

By Benjamin Thomas

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"When starting a work the most overlooked detail is the size of the canvas," says artist Benjamin Thomas. He explains why the size of his canvases has recentl...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Dance!, Oil Painting
Dance!, Oil Painting

Dance!, Oil Painting

By Melissa Gannon

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Melissa Gannon depicts aspen trees of various sizes and shapes flourishing during the height of fall. She imagines the timber engaging in dance, reachi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Rare White Signed Glass Vase by Anne Nilsson for Orrefors Expo 1998
Rare White Signed Glass Vase by Anne Nilsson for Orrefors Expo 1998

Rare White Signed Glass Vase by Anne Nilsson for Orrefors Expo 1998

By Anne Nilsson

Located in East Quogue, NY

Rare signed and numbered Anne Nilsson for Orrefors Expo 1998 white glass vase. This beautifully crafted clear and white glass vase is approximately 16.5" tall, the base is approxima...

Category

1990s Abstract More Art

Materials

Glass, Blown Glass

Viridian Dream, Oil Painting
Viridian Dream, Oil Painting

Viridian Dream, Oil Painting

By Lisa Elley

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In her signature deep impasto style, artist Lisa Elley paints an emerald birch forest emerging in the sunshine. With marked palette knife work, she imparts ge...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect, Abstract Monotype on Watercolor Paper
It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect, Abstract Monotype on Watercolor Paper

It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect, Abstract Monotype on Watercolor Paper

By a.muse

Located in New york, NY

It Doesn't Have to be Perfect by a.muse suggests that striving for perfection is not always the goal. Transcending the limitations of perfection, personal expression resides in the ...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Rag Paper, Monotype

Yin & Yang #2 - Large Scale Modern Textural Abstract Original Painting on Canvas
Yin & Yang #2 - Large Scale Modern Textural Abstract Original Painting on Canvas

Yin & Yang #2 - Large Scale Modern Textural Abstract Original Painting on Canvas

By Zabel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Guided by her passion for life and her spirit, French Canadian painter Zabel creates vibrant artworks filled with romance and immersive textures. With a belief that art is all about ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

More Or Less #1, 6"x6", Small Minimal Abstract Painting, Black And White, Modern
More Or Less #1, 6"x6", Small Minimal Abstract Painting, Black And White, Modern

More Or Less #1, 6"x6", Small Minimal Abstract Painting, Black And White, Modern

By Andrea Stajan-Ferkul

Located in Mississauga, Ontario

Modern and minimal, this black and white painting on canvas places emphasis on simplifying the composition. Paint over paper collage adds a subtle textured element. The understated, ...

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2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

Nomad, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Nomad, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Nomad, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Laurent Proneur

Located in Yardley, PA

A ghostly bull takes shape in a mist of white and grey, its outline dissolving into abstraction — strength fading into memory. The creature seems to breathe through absence, its fo...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Gladiolas and Peonies, Oil Painting
Gladiolas and Peonies, Oil Painting

Gladiolas and Peonies, Oil Painting

By Oksana Johnson

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Spring is a wonderful time to paint flowers," says artist Oksana Johnson. "Everything is blooming and the colors all around are inspiring. In this compositio...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

A Sunrise at the River, Oil Painting
A Sunrise at the River, Oil Painting

A Sunrise at the River, Oil Painting

By Elizabeth Garat

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Sunrise. Colored clouds recede into space, dominating this painting looking upriver. This painting is done in oil on stretched canvas. It is sealed with wax...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Jam Spread
Jam Spread

Jam Spread

By Ella Freire

Located in Deddington, GB

Jam Spread [2021] original Acrylic on board Image size: H:40cm cm x W:40cm cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:2cm cm x W:40cm cm x D:2cmcm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Warm pinks and orange with a shot of blue, evocative of my sunny morning walks along my favourite beach in Santa Teresa...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Beige and brown composition, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Beige and brown composition, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Beige and brown composition, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

By Luis Medina

Located in Yardley, PA

Geometry in minimal forms of abstract expressionism in acrylic on paper. Unframed :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authentici...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

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

Materials

Watercolor, Cardboard

Bare Trees 3, Oil Painting
Bare Trees 3, Oil Painting

Bare Trees 3, Oil Painting

By Valerie Berkely

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Building up many layers of color in oil paint and cold wax medium, Valerie then used scrapers to reveal the tree trunks in an abstract landscape. Warm orange and yellow trees standing in front of a cool blue and green background. Heavy texture complements the expressionist palette. The piece is part of a series of three works. Although Valerie did not create them as triptych, the three hang well close together.


About the Artist
Valerie Berkely uses her finger tips as brushes to create her abstract paintings. For Valerie, the art is all about the process, the paint, her mood, and the moment. She admires the artist Wolf Kahn, who once said, “the picture is the conclusion of an experiment in which the hint of an image becomes actuality." Like Kahn, Valerie’s paintings combine pictorial landscapes with painterly abstraction. The vibrant primary colors capture the hues of the sun rising and setting, and the texture of her fingers across the surface divides sea, land, and sky. There is something very dreamy about these works, exemplified by their color, texture, and atmospheric quality. Valerie’s first “art epiphany” was seeing Seurat's La Grande Jatte at the Art Institute of Chicago. “Bowled me over! I actually fell down. And I knew I was to become a painter.”


Words that describe this painting: woods, forest, trees, nature, expressionism, nature, non-representational, oil painting, blue


Bare Trees...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Sunrise at Malibu
Sunrise at Malibu

Sunrise at Malibu

By Elizabeth Garat

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In Sunrise at Malibu, I wanted to capture the rich plum silhouettes of the Santa Monica mountains just after dawn. On clear days after the sun rises, the cap...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Ed Moses

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Moses often referred to himself as a “mutator,” driven less by self-expression than by an insatiable curiosity to discover. Never content to remain within a singular visual language,...

Category

1950s Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Evolution, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
Evolution, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel

Evolution, Painting, Oil on MDF Panel

By Craig Moran

Located in Yardley, PA

Puppets are dancing the universe, waiting for something to happen, :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by ...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

SPACES 4, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
SPACES 4, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

SPACES 4, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Jeffrey Davies

Located in Yardley, PA

My paintings develop by experimenting with shape, style and color until I am satisfied with the balance, excitement, and energy that the work shares with the viewer. I am influenced ...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Silver Poppies, Sept 7, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)
Silver Poppies, Sept 7, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)

Silver Poppies, Sept 7, 2022 (Ed: 22/50)

By Donald Sultan

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is particularly well-known for large-scale still life paintings, and one of the first to employ a wide range of ind...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Screen

Puni, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Puni, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Puni, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Laurent Proneur

Located in Yardley, PA

A child leans close, pencil in hand, Dreams unfolding, unplanned. On the table, a world takes shape, Clouds, a sun, a hero's cape. Whispers of wonder, quiet and small— A fleet...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Solar Imp
Solar Imp

Solar Imp

By Helen Frankenthaler

Located in New York, NY

Screenprint in colors on wove paper. Signed by the artist in pencil and also numbered 96/126 in pencil. Published by Lincoln Center List Poster and Print Program, New York. Second ...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract More Art

Materials

Screen, Color

Shaman, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Shaman, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

Abstract, acrylic painting with gestural brushstrokes, evocative marks and personal calligraphy. Metallics and glitter are incorporated to create reflective surfaces. Historically an...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

City I - Abstract Contemporary Aerial View Original Painting
City I - Abstract Contemporary Aerial View Original Painting

City I - Abstract Contemporary Aerial View Original Painting

By Bettina Mauel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Bettina Mauel expresses vitality and sensuality in her abstract and figurative paintings. “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, dancers and peopl...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Edge of That, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Edge of That, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Located in Yardley, PA

Abstract Mixed Media painting on gallery wrapped canvas. Acrylic, oils and inks. Painting continued onto sides of artwork. Wired and ready to hang. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressi...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

February, The happy year, Harry Bunce, Animal art Valentine gift idea
February, The happy year, Harry Bunce, Animal art Valentine gift idea

February, The happy year, Harry Bunce, Animal art Valentine gift idea

By Harry Bunce

Located in Deddington, GB

February, The Happy Year Harry Bunce Published 2017 as an edition of 365 worldwide (one for each day of the year) + 31 unique hand-embellished pieces. 31.5 x 28 cm Artist signed/ti...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Paper

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

Materials

Paper

Erotic YOBITSUGI STYLE VASE by Aaron Scythe
Erotic YOBITSUGI STYLE VASE by Aaron Scythe

Erotic YOBITSUGI STYLE VASE by Aaron Scythe

By Aaron Scythe

Located in Morton Grove, IL

YOBITSUGI STYLE VASE (INV# NP2717) Aaron Scythe porcelain, clay, underglaze, glaze 8 x 6 x 6” 2020 This vase is made of several different vases, cut apart and enameled back together!

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Porcelain, Stoneware, Glaze

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