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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
Luck And Faith, Oil Painting
Luck And Faith, Oil Painting

Luck And Faith, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero depicts a mother and her child dropping coins into a fountain for good luck. The quiet moment is painted in brilliant morning light with dappled shadows in the foreground. Behind them lies a verdant backdrop of foliage around a stone church and a view of the distant city beyond. Onelio's rich textures and detailed brushwork greatly enhances the piece. "The separating line between the church and the fountain reminds us of the demarcation between faith and luck," says Onelio.


About the Artist
Onelio Marrero paints city scenes of everyday life. In an impressionistic style he captures the romanticism of New York City, the picturesque fountains in Central Park and the wet city streets after a rainy afternoon. His use of warm tones creates a sense of nostalgia and the feeling that you have visited or seen this particular scene before. Onelio will often paint from direct observation, or he will work from a combination of photographs and combine numerous sources into one piece. In this way his work combines reality with fantasy, creating a new story with each painting. His work captures an appreciation for beauty in all of its greatest forms; nature, art, and people.


Words that describe this painting: fountain, church, plaza, spring, stonework, architecture...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Sunflowers in Bloom, Oil Painting
Sunflowers in Bloom, Oil Painting

Sunflowers in Bloom, Oil Painting

By Jeff Fleming

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A glowing still life of sunflowers and wildflowers arranged on a rich blue backdrop. Artist Jeff Fleming describes his painting style as kinetic impressionism. Jeff started the piece with a pencil sketch on the canvas, then with gloved hands, he generously applied oil paint using his fingers. Jeff says he created this scene purely from imagination.


About the Artist
Artist Jeff Fleming uses fingerpainting to create exuberant portraits of dogs. Growing up in Southern California, Jeff was first introduced to fingerpainting in kindergarten. He painted through high school and college and won several art awards, including Best of Show in a city wide student competition. After graduating with a degree in journalism and advertising, he went to work as an art director. For the next 40 years, he created print, radio and television ads for a number of top agencies. "After retiring in 2019, the clouds of stress and pressure cleared and allowed me to set my creative energy free," says Jeff. He began developing new techniques focused on the excitement and energy of painting. Today, he uses a variety of methods and tools, including fingerpainting wearing nitrile gloves, traditional paint brushes, bamboo shish kebab sticks, kite string, spraypaint and splattering. While working, Jeff always listens to music, including Broadway musicals, dance music and rhythmic Hawaiian tunes.


Words that describe this painting: impressionism, flowers, vase, spring, blooms, Iris Scott...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

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

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

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

Pastel Pontification, Original Painting
Pastel Pontification, Original Painting

Pastel Pontification, Original Painting

By Autumn Rose

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Autumn Rose presents a luscious, pastel bouquet inspired by sunflowers and anemones. Rich layers of acrylic create a tactile surface, while bold black ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Impressions of Fall, Oil Painting
Impressions of Fall, Oil Painting

Impressions of Fall, Oil Painting

By Lisa Elley

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Lisa Elley created this glowing impressionist scene after a fall trip to the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains and Yosemite National Park. "The quaking a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

February Roses, Oil Painting
February Roses, Oil Painting

February Roses, Oil Painting

By Nicole Lamothe

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Nicole Lamothe creates a simple yet striking composition of velvety red roses in a clear glass vase. A single petal falls to the table, directing the e...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

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

All Good Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes - Giant Tondo

All Good Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes - Giant Tondo

By Michael David

Located in Phoenix, AZ

encaustic on panel b. 1954, Reno Nevada Michael David is best known for his use of encaustic on large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers bees...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Wood Panel

French Canal, Original Painting
French Canal, Original Painting

French Canal, Original Painting

By Janet Dyer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Janet Dyer depicts a lush green garden accented with a lazy brook reflecting the trees and clear sky above. "The grounds of French chateaux are usually extremely manicured," says Janet. "With geometrically designed features like straight-edged canals, the manor residence shows its preference of the time for order and symmetry."


About the Artist
Janet Dyer doesn’t like to spend too much time talking about her art, as she’d rather be creating it. She doesn’t have an artist statement, the traditional statement of purpose crafted by visual artists to explain their method. On becoming an artist, Janet simply states, “I picked up some crayons and pencils and brushes and kept using them.” She believes the process of creating art is equal in importance to the final product. The artist enjoys relinquishing control of her paintings to find delightful surprises in her so-called “mistakes.” Janet's expressively gestural yet bucolic landscapes are a testament to the success of her method.


Words that describe this painting: France, water, sunny, summer, brook, river, stream, garden, Europe, trees, hedge, landscape, impressionism, acrylicpaint, reflection, impressionism, landscape, acrylic painting, green


French Canal...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Blue Angel, Oil Painting
Blue Angel, Oil Painting

Blue Angel, Oil Painting

By Judy Mackey

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Judy Mackey displays a sensual and mystical portrait of an angel. She shows the subject evoking a sense of mystery with her face obscured. The dreamy f...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Untitled, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Ethan Newman

Located in Yardley, PA

This painting is part of a larger series of works all executed over the last year or so. Instead of employing my usual working methods where I continually scrape away and build up th...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Blue Swirl 1 - Abstract Minimalist Ink Flowy Painting on French Linen Paper
Blue Swirl 1 - Abstract Minimalist Ink Flowy Painting on French Linen Paper

Blue Swirl 1 - Abstract Minimalist Ink Flowy Painting on French Linen 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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Linen, Ink, Mixed Media

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

Canyon Coast
Canyon Coast

Canyon Coast

By Tara Zalewsky-Nease

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This imagined landscape captures the drama of crashing waves, or a desert rock face against a cloudy sky. I worked with a seascape ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

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

Red 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

Fiery Calf, Original Painting
Fiery Calf, Original Painting

Fiery Calf, Original Painting

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This is a calf from a herd I met in Pagosa Springs, Colorado," shares artist Heather Foster. "I wanted the bold underpainting to show through and give a dist...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

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

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Oil

Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Pink Wave

Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Pink Wave

By Gary Goldberg

Located in San Francisco, CA

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Pink Wave, 2018 Dry wool needle felting 48 x 120 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Universe in Oa...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Textile, Felt

Quadrille IV
Quadrille IV

Quadrille IV

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by renown artist Patsy Krebs exists in an edition of 30. Paper size is 37"h x 35"w with an image size of 26.5"h x 26.5"w. Patsy ...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Cotton, Pigment, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

La Longere, Seguret, Original Painting
La Longere, Seguret, Original Painting

La Longere, Seguret, Original Painting

By Janet Dyer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Janet Dyer displays a magnificent view of a French vineyard. Rows of grapevines ripen under the radiant summer sun. A longère, a lengthy narrow farmho...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By David Michael Slonim

Located in Indianapolis, IN

David Michael Slonim Untitled (2017) Oil on linen Size: 30 × 24 in (76.2 × 61 cm) Hand-signed by artist === Born in Miami in the mid-1960s, David Michael Slonim received his bache...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Untitled

Untitled

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Horse hair and cotton Dutch artist Marian Bijlenga's work has exhibited and received awards at venues worldwide. Rather than drawing on paper, Bijlenga draws in space, using textile...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract More Art

Materials

Cotton, Mixed Media

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

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

Located in Phoenix, AZ

hand-knotted cotton with silk Nicholas Krushenick (May 31, 1929 – February 5, 1999) was an American abstract painter, collagist and printmaker whose mature artistic style straddled ...

Category

1970s Abstract More Art

Materials

Cotton

PONDERING, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
PONDERING, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

PONDERING, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Darlene Watson

Located in Yardley, PA

"I'm so proud of how this piece turned out. It’s wonderful when a painting comes together like I’d hoped." The composition is dynamic and fluid, with no fixed top or bott...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

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...

Category

1950s Abstract More Art

Materials

Paper

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Sunset

Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Sunset

By Gary Goldberg

Located in San Francisco, CA

Gary Goldberg Finding the Universe in Oaxaca, Sunset, 2018 Dry wool needle felting 48 x 32 in Edition of 3 One of Gary Goldberg’s photographs from his Finding the Universe in Oaxaca...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art

Materials

Textile, Felt

Accountability, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Accountability, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Accountability, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Andrada Anghel

Located in Yardley, PA

- Title - Accountability - Medium: water-miscible oil paint and acrylic on canvas - Support: stretched canvas, ready to hang, painted sides. - Size: 36" x 40" x 1.5" - Two coats ...

Category

2010s Abstract More Art

Materials

Acrylic

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