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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Color:  Orange
Pastel Geometric Landscape in Vivid Tones, Yellow and Purple Impressionist Field
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Pastel Geometric Landscape" is an abstract painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. It is a beautiful abstract architectural painting of unique blur...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Parade, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Warm festive summer tones blanket the canvas in artist Joey Korom's contemporary abstract piece. He translates the anticipation of a parade in thick overlayin...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Velloso - Vibrant Orange Green Southwest Inspired Pop Art Cactus Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Peachy" - Colorful Non-Objective Painting - Sonia Delaunay
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Peachy" is an abstract painting featuring hues of pink, orange, and brown. Laura Dargan is inspired by the work of Adolph Gottlieb, Sonia Delaunay and Richard Diebenkorn. Laura Dar...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

NAR: Comp #5, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Craig Rouse depicts a minimalist abstract scene expressed with a limited color-blocked palette of 14 colors. Part of his NAR series, meaning No Assembly ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

'Intrigue #1' Blue, Yellow, Black Mixed Media Small Contemporary Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven Rehfeld's 18" x 18" mixed media composition pulsates with energetic strokes and a fervent dance of colors. Rich hues of golden yellow and fiery orange intersect with cool blue...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

Horse Block Painting Art Mixed Media on Canvas 40x60"
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media

Abstract Perspective, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Completed Oct. 10. 2021. Abstract Acrylic Painting. Sides will be painted to match artwork. Use of Gallery Wrapped Cotton Canvas 16 x 20 x 1.5. (4 Primer Layers & 4 Main Layers appli...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Yellow and Orange Leafs' Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting. Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

This Dirt, I Came From - Original Abstract Ink Painting on Yupo Paper, 2019
Located in Boston, MA
This Dirt, I Came From - Original Abstract Ink Painting, 2019 9" x 12" (HxW) Alcohol Ink and Posca Pen on Yupo Paper A cosmic explosion, or maybe the abstracted petals of a flower, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Life and Breath
Located in Burlingame, CA
Artist Jill Keller Peters abstract color-field oil paintings communicate ideas through color. By juxtaposing pure and vivid hues that speak to each ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Composition Inspired by Gerhard Richter
Located in Soquel, CA
Drawing from the palette and techniques of Gerhard Richter (but not by the artist), this piece is composed of textured horizontal stripes by an unknown artist. There are textured und...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fireweed, Jasper, Bitterroots
Located in Denver, CO
Sarah Winkler is a British born, American contemporary landscape painter who has lived most of her life abroad in countries such as Malawi, Africa and Brunei, Borneo. She has lived in the US since 1989 and has spent over two decades living and working in California and Colorado. She studied Art and Earth Science at William Paterson University and combines both subjects in her landscape and environmental artworks. The artist is best known for her monumentally scaled, color rich, luminous paintings that interpret the geological storied past and eventful present of the formation of the American wilderness landscape. She incorporates ground water, crushed rock and materials from the landscape in her paintings to create moments of connection, exploration and discovery. Winkler has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally in galleries, regional museums and art fairs since 2004. Her work was recently showcased at the LA Art Fair, Art Aspen and the Jackson Hole Art Fine Art Fair. In 2019, Winkler was selected by US Ambassador, John Pommersheim and the curators of the Art in Embassies program to participate in a 3-year International exhibition at the Ambassador’s residence in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Winkler was also invited to exhibit at the Colorado Governor’s Residence in Denver. Her artworks are in many private, public and corporate collections. These include The Phoenician and Mountain Shadows Resort, Paradise Valley, AZ. The Hilton West Palm Beach, FL. The InterContinental St Paul, MN. The Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas. The Viceroy Aspen. Ritz Carlton, Denver, CO. One Empire Pass, Montage, Deer Valley...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Summer Kiss (Nicosia)
Located in London, GB
Following a BA in Fine Art at Portsmouth, Brian Bartlett was awarded a travel scholarship to the USA, where he gained his Masters Degree at the University of Eastern Illinois. Brian...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nude
Located in Wien, 9
Seit seinem frühen Tod 1999 erlebt das Werk von Franz Ecker eine längst fällige Neubewertung, die sich auch in zahlreichen Einzelausstellungen, Katalogen und einem sehenswerten Kinof...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Detour
Located in Austin, TX
"Detour" is an abstract painting by Rebecca Sobin executed in oil, cold wax medium, and pastel powder on a cradled wood panel; measuring 48 x 36 inches. A warm, calming composition ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Wax, Oil, Wood Panel

Untitled (Acrylic on Canvas)
By Sacha Kolin
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated Mid Century Modern abstract acrylic on canvas painting was realized by the esteemed 20th Century French-American artist Sacha Kolin (1911-1981) circa 1965. The com...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Orange - abstract, blue, lines painting canvas
Located in London, GB
This painting embodies Vian Borchert’s early abstract expressionist signature work where texture and heavy pigment come together in a painterly manner to create a powerful non-repres...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Orange, Hawkweed, and Montana Agate
Located in Denver, CO
Sarah Winkler is a British born, American contemporary landscape painter who has lived most of her life abroad in countries such as Malawi, Africa and Brunei, Borneo. She has lived in the US since 1989 and has spent over two decades living and working in California and Colorado. She studied Art and Earth Science at William Paterson University and combines both subjects in her landscape and environmental artworks. The artist is best known for her monumentally scaled, color rich, luminous paintings that interpret the geological storied past and eventful present of the formation of the American wilderness landscape. She incorporates ground water, crushed rock and materials from the landscape in her paintings to create moments of connection, exploration and discovery. Winkler has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally in galleries, regional museums and art fairs since 2004. Her work was recently showcased at the LA Art Fair, Art Aspen and the Jackson Hole Art Fine Art Fair. In 2019, Winkler was selected by US Ambassador, John Pommersheim and the curators of the Art in Embassies program to participate in a 3-year International exhibition at the Ambassador’s residence in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Winkler was also invited to exhibit at the Colorado Governor’s Residence in Denver. Her artworks are in many private, public and corporate collections. These include The Phoenician and Mountain Shadows Resort, Paradise Valley, AZ. The Hilton West Palm Beach, FL. The InterContinental St Paul, MN. The Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas. The Viceroy Aspen. Ritz Carlton, Denver, CO. One Empire Pass, Montage, Deer Valley...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Korean Contemporary Art by Kyung-Sup Byun - Drawing for sewing 14
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on Korean traditional paper (Jangji) & wood panel
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

It Takes Two to Tango
Located in New Orleans, LA
Through his artistic practice, Martin Benson is exploring ways to express questions about deeper levels of reality. Inspired by sacred geometry and esoteric symbolism, his paintings embody his own contemplative practices and the experiences within them. Reconciling the tension between spirituality and the hyper-materialist modern world, his pieces act as visual koans for both the artist and the viewer. Benson received his MFA from the University of New Orleans and his BA at the University of Southern California. He has exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Contemporary Arts Center (LA), the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Jazz and Heritage...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Panel

Modernist Abstract Oil Painting, "Gold For Salt"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original abstract oil painting by San Diego artist Viktoria Romanova. It is not framed but mounted on board. Its dimensions are 32"x24". A certificate of auth...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Richard J.S. Young - Contemporary Oil, Infinite Loops
Located in Corsham, GB
A contemporary oil on canvas from artist Richard J.S. Young. Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Running the Light (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Running the Light (Abstract painting) Gouache on matte board. Unframed. This work is part of an early series made in 1998 where Gordon explored with free flowing interacting with c...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

#5 School of Paris Series - Contemporary Abstract Colorful Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Medium Size artwork with Oil paint on Canvas (stretched and wired for hanging). Contact Gallery for Framing Options. BIO David Headley was born in Washington, PA, in 1946. He has a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

SOLSTICE 2019 (Red & Orange, Abstract, Geometric, Encaustic painting on board)
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
For many years Susan Squires goal has been to create encaustic paintings as meaningful, evocative experiences for herself and for the viewer. She wa...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Encaustic, Board

French Cubist Abstract Painting - Picasso influence - Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original cubist abstract painting by the very well listed French abstract and surrealist artist, Roger Herson (1922-2008). The painting is signed to the lower right corner. The painting has excellent provenance, having come from the artists estate. Roger Herson (1922-2008) was a French abstract, cubist and surrealist painter from Rouen, France. Influenced by Picasso, Braque and Léger, he infuses the canvas with a frenzied and tonic movement, a rigorous construction and a personal graphic power. Painter of woman, desire and fantasies, Herson draws his inspiration from the verve and surrealist movement inspired by Georgio de Chirico...
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Late 20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Western Red Sky
Located in Denver, CO
Sarah Winkler is a British born, American contemporary landscape painter who has lived most of her life abroad in countries such as Malawi, Africa and Brunei, Borneo. She has lived in the US since 1989 and has spent over two decades living and working in California and Colorado. She studied Art and Earth Science at William Paterson University and combines both subjects in her landscape and environmental artworks. The artist is best known for her monumentally scaled, color rich, luminous paintings that interpret the geological storied past and eventful present of the formation of the American wilderness landscape. She incorporates ground water, crushed rock and materials from the landscape in her paintings to create moments of connection, exploration and discovery. Winkler has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally in galleries, regional museums and art fairs since 2004. Her work was recently showcased at the LA Art Fair, Art Aspen and the Jackson Hole Art...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Autumn Foliage - bright, lively, colourful, layered abstract, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The glorious vivid colours of autumn leaves dance across the canvas in this abstract painting by Noreen Taylor. Short brush strokes in bright orange add ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Life at the Orange Bar, Original Yellow & Orange Abstract Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Life at the Orange Bar, Original Yellow & Orange Abstract Painting, 2017 30" x 24" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Unframed, but comes "cloth-edged" (black) and ready to display with hanging wire Ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Gouache

Korean Contemporary Art by Kyung-Sup Byun - Drawing for sewing 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on Korean traditional paper (Jangji) & wood panel
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Boodawandam
Located in Quogue, NY
Colorful abstract painting
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

HELIOS #2, Sun God, The Apollo Trilogy
Located in New York, NY
JULIE HEDRICK HELIOS #2, Sun God, The Apollo Trilogy, 2021 oil on canvas 36 x 36 in. 91.4 x 91.4 cm.
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Cepheus B, " Yeffe Kimball, Female Native American Abstract Expressionist
Located in New York, NY
Yeffe Kimball (c. 1905 - 1978) Cepheus B, 1963 Signed, titled, and dated on the reverse Acrylic on canvas 34 x 40 inches Provenance: Private Collection, New York Estate of the above, 2022 Born in Mountain Park, Oklahoma, in 1914, Effie Y. Goodman subsequently spent her early years on her grandfather’s farm in Missouri. She attended college in Ada and the University of Oklahoma in Norman from 1931-1935. After college, she went to New York where she worked under distinguished artists such as George Bridgman and John Corbin at The Art Students League in New York in the early 1940s. She adopted the name Yeffe Kimball, adapting her first husband's surname of Campbell to form Kimball, and never returned to her small-town roots. She became a world traveler and student, studying intermittently with Fernand Léger in Paris from 1940-1941. In 1948, she married Harvey L. Stalin, an atomic scientist. Her art was influenced by Stalin’s work and she entered a new era, focusing on burning planets, atmospheric gases, and flashing comets. Her work was also inspired by American Indian spiritual...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Looking for Flowers by Annemarie Ambrosoli Oil Abstract Expressionist
Located in Kiens, BZ
Looking for Flowers (2018), oil on canvas stretched over wooden frame, 50 x 65 x 2 cm, by Italian contemporary artist Annemarie Ambrosoli (ICA - International Certified Artist) Hand...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Orange 3 Leaf Clover Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting. Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Peach Square - colourful, expressive, abstract landscape, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This striking abstract painting by Vancouver artist Pat Service was inspired by a watercolour of a lake in summer. Bright orange waters, a band of trees in soft yellow, a cabin in or...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Plastic ADN III, Mixed media Abstract painting on Canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Plastic ADN III, by Alec Franco From The Series Plastic ADN Acrylic paint on canvas Canvas size: 160 cm H X 160 cm W Image size: 150 cm H X 150 cm W One of a Kind Unframed Signed...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Fireflies One" - Colorful Non-Objective Painting - Bold Shapes - Sonia Delaunay
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Fireflies One" is an abstract painting featuring hues of orange, blue and yellow. Laura Dargan is inspired by the work of Adolph Gottlieb, Sonia Delaunay and Richard Diebenkorn. La...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Junglist
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Capturing movement in acrylic and spray paint, Armen Ges experiments with optical illusions and perspective in his original abstract artworks. To create these intriguing visuals, Ges...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Aerography II Original abstract resin painting
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: So much energy! Keywords: abstract, resin, color, abstract, marble, painting Artist Biography: Created during her daily art and meditation practice, Michelle’s ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin

Brightness Dancing #1
Located in New York, NY
Abstract work of art. Acrylic on canvas.
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

RECTUS XV
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Encierro, Original Abstract Painting, 2019
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Stop shrinking is based on a mentality I have had for far too long. I have found that I have been shrinking to fit the places I have outgrown. By this I mean that...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Monotype, Paper

Soosay
Located in Quogue, NY
Colorful abstract painting
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Oxydation III
Located in Miami, FL
Born 1952, Saint Simon, France Jean-Pierre Rives is an internationally renowned sculptor, and painter, as well as a Hall of Fame rugby player. After retiring from rugby in the early 1980s, he discovered the work of sculptor Albert Feraud. Discussions with the artist inspired him to pursue his own art practice, working scraps of abandoned steel into fluid, curvaceous forms. In his frequently monumental work, the softness of the curve is juxtaposed against the hardness of the material. Rives says about his practice, "I always seek to bring 'lightness' to the ‘heavy'; romanticism and poetry to the rigid; and sculpt an industrial masterpiece that harnesses innovation with energy. My sculptures are pieces of reality: their rust marks a measure of time, honouring the past while celebrating the future." Rives has exhibited his work in galleries, museums, and public spaces around the world including the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris (an honour previously held exclusively by Rodin), Sculpture by the Sea (a renowned international public sculpture...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Metal

Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
We are pleased to offer this work by second generation AbEx painter Robert Natkin and painted in delicious colors of yellow, tangerine, blue, red and purple. It fits well within a variety of decor settings. Described as the "author of a dappled infinite," Natkin created some of the most innovative color abstractions of the late 20th century. Populated by stripes, dots, grids, and an array of free-floating forms, his light- filled canvases are sensuous, playful, and visually complex. While attending the school of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1948 to 1952, Natkin was afforded the opportunity to study the museum's world-class collection of French post-impressionist art and decided to turn his attention to painting instead. During these formative years, Natkin was inspired by the examples of Pierre Bonnard and Henri Matisse, who used decorative patterning and arbitrary color to evoke mood. Most importantly, he also discovered the work of Paul Klee, the Swiss-German artist whose whimsical, semi-abstract paintings reflected his belief that "art does not reproduce the visible but makes visible"--a credo that nurtured Natkin's burgeoning interest in emotional content. In 1952, he lived briefly in New York, where he saw and was influenced by the bold canvases of Willem de Kooning. In 1959, aware of the limited patronage for abstract art in Chicago, Natkin and Dolnick moved to New York, where Natkin joined the stable of artists associated with the Poindexter Gallery, known for its support of emerging painters and sculptors. Immersed in the dynamism of the New York art world, where Abstract Expressionism and Color-Field painting were the dominant styles of the day, Natkin's aesthetic approach continued to evolve. In 1961, he adopted a serial approach to painting, a practice he would adhere to throughout his career. Natkin began to develop a more intricate style (indebted to Klee), depicting diamonds, polygons, ovals, squiggles and other shapes against textured, delicately toned backgrounds interspersed with seemingly randomly placed dots and daubs of pigment and areas of crosshatching. This new style is evident in the "Intimate Lighting" series works. In 1970 Natkin put aside his brushes and began to use sponges...
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1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled - Enamel Painting by Mauro Bellucci - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful abstract painting Untitled was realized by the Italian artist Mauro Bellucci in 2020. Water enamel paint on canvas from the series Industrial Pollution. Hand-signed o...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

I'm Afraid of Red, Yellow, Blue
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Constance Mallinson. "I'm Afraid of Red, Yellow, Blue" is a contemporary painting, oil on canvas by female Amercian artist Constance Mallinson. The artwork is unsigned....
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

18 - French Artist large Painting Colors Blue Pale Brown Beige Sands Yellow
Located in Sofia, BG
"18" is a painting by the French artist - designer Hélène Cohen Carricaburu. Through her art, she has a very sharp, abstract and unique style of bright and colorful expression. Abo...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fervor, Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This one was fun, I haven't done a bright piece like this in a long time. It shows expression and happiness I am feeling about life right now! Keywords: Bright, b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Django in Canns
Located in New York, NY
Abstract work of art. Acrylic on canvas.
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled - Painting by Mauro Bellucci - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful abstract painting Untitled was realized by the Italian artist Mauro Bellucci in 2020. Water enamel paint on canvas from the series Industrial Pollution. Hand-signed o...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

High Tops, painting, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Colorful, fun and sporty abstract painting of figures drawn from life by artist Kathleen Ney. Painted in acrylic on 18" x 24" gessoed watercolor paper. Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Oil pastel and graphite Artist Daniel Brice’s mixed-media canvases and works on paper are studies in the use of line and color to convey, through simple gestural movements, a comple...
Category

Early 2000s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

1945 Abstract Landscape with Waterfall Watercolor Painting, Modernist Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Watercolor on paper painting by Eve (Van Ek) Drewelowe titled "The Champagne Cascades, Crescendos, Crashes" from 1945. An abstract landscape scene of a waterfall with white, yellow, and black. Presented in a custom gold frame, outer dimensions measure 43 ¾ x 33 ¾ x ½ inches. Image size is 29 ¾ x 19 ¾ inches. Painting is clean and in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. Provenance: Private collection, Denver, Colorado Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: A painter and sculptor, Eve Drewelowe was the eighth of twelve children and grew up on a farm with a tomboyish spirit. Her farm duties did not permit her to take art classes in her youth that she later felt would have hindered the development of her artistic style. Although her father died when she was eleven, he imparted to her reverence for nature and a true love of the earth, values later reflected in her western oil and watercolor landscapes. She attended the University of Iowa at Iowa City on scholarship, receiving her B.A. degree in graphic and plastic arts in 1923. After graduation and against the advice of her art professor, Charles Atherton Cumming who believed that matrimony ended a woman’s painting career, she married fellow student Jacob Van Ek. While he pursued his doctorate in political science, she enrolled in graduate school at the University of Iowa for her M.A. degree in painting and the history of art. At that time her alma mater was one of the few universities in the United States offering an advanced fine arts degree, and she was its first graduate, receiving her degree in 1924. That year the Van Eks moved to Boulder, Colorado, where Jacob had obtained a position as an assistant professor at the University of Colorado. Five years later he became the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, a position he held until 1959. Eve briefly studied at the University. In 1927 and 1928 she taught part-time at the University’s School of Engineering and a decade later summer courses (1936 and 1937) in the University’s Department of Fine Arts. In 1926 she became a charter member of the Boulder Artists Guild and participated in its inaugural exhibition. Like many American artists of her generation, she helped foster an art tradition outside the established cultural centers in the East and Midwest. Her professional career spanning six decades largely was spent in and around Boulder. There she produced more than 1,000 works of art in oil, watercolor, pen and ink, and other media in styles of impressionism, regionalism, and abstraction. She devoted a considerable part of her work to Colorado, Wyoming, and Arizona subject matter depicting colorful and fantastic landscapes pulsating with energy and untouched by humans. Excited by what she saw, the wide open spaces made her feel like a modern-day pioneer. In discussing her work, she once said, “What really motivated me in my youth, in my growth, in maturity was my desire to captivate everything. I put on canvas an eagerness to possess the wonder of nature and beauty of color and line – to encompass everything, not to let anything escape.” Before World War II she and her husband took two international trips that had far-reaching consequences for her career, exposing her to the arts and cultures of countries in Asia and Europe. The first in 1928-29 was an extensive excursion in the Far East for which her husband had received a scholarship to study and report on the socioeconomics of Japan, Korea, China, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies and India. The year after their return she had her first solo show at the University of Colorado’s library gallery. Discussing the twenty-six oils and sixteen ink drawings on view representing sixteen different countries, the Christian Science Monitor reviewer noted: “The pictures have a wide range and are far from being stereotyped in subject matter, being personal in choice. The ink-brush drawings are spontaneous, well balanced, and striking in their masses, giving the sense of having been done on the spot.” Her second trip with her husband and a party from the Bureau of University Travel had a four-month itinerary that included England, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Turkey, Greece, Italy, and France. It yielded seventeen oils and twenty-six ink-wash drawings which she exhibited in a February 1936 solo show at the Boulder Art Association Gallery. Her creative output in the 1930s attracted the attention of the critic for the Parisian Revue des Arts whose observations were translated and printed in the Boulder Daily Camera on June 10, 1937: To present our readers Eve Van Ek [at that time she signed her work with her married name] …is to give them an opportunity to admire a talent of multiple aspects. The eclecticism of her art passes from a rich skill in forceful oil painting of fine strokes of precision best seen perhaps in her treatment of mountain subjects, of craggy cliffs hewn as in nature, through pen and ink or lithographic crayon design, water color, and occasionally embroidery and sculpture, to the delicate perfection of detail of the miniature. The lofty mountains of Colorado have supplied her with extremely interesting subjects for study; she knows how to represent in an entirely personal way the varying scenes and the curious restlessness of the terrain. While pursuing her art, she also was a dean’s wife. The responsibilities attached to that position proved too restrictive, contributing to a grave illness. She underwent an operation in 1940 at the Mayo Clinic for a gastric polyp, a dangerous procedure at that time. Although she had expected to come back to Boulder “in a box,” the surgery proved successful. Depicting her painful hospital stay in a watercolor, Reincarnation, she reflected on the transformative experience of piecing her life back together. That October she received encouragement from the review of her solo exhibition at the Argent Gallery in New York written by Howard Devree, art critic for the New York Times who said: “The whole exhibition is stimulating…Boats, fences and even flowers in the canvases of Eve Van Ek…seem struggling endlessly to escape from the confines of the frame.” Her watercolor, Crosses, Central City (1940), illustrates her work described in the New York review. The composition pulsates with energy conveyed by the modernist technique of juxtaposing the scene’s various angles, distorting the shapes and positions of the structures, additionally highlighting them with bright colors. The telephone poles at various angles represent crosses figuratively marking a Way of the Cross symbolized by the wooden stairs...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Loneliness-Aloneness, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This diptych illustrates two sides of being alone," explains artist Shyun Song. "Loneliness is depicted as a downcast state when we miss other people, while al...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bustling Meadow
Located in Detroit, MI
Bustling Meadow is a painting by Martyna Alexander from her debut gallery exhibition, "Fields." 48 x 48 inches 2022
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Original Abstract Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs

Bring audacious experiments with color and textures to your living room, dining room or home office. Abstract paintings, large or small, will stand out in your space, encouraging conversation and introducing a museum-like atmosphere that’s welcoming and conducive to creating memorable gatherings.

Abstract art has origins in 19th-century Europe, but it came into its own as a significant movement during the 20th century. Early practitioners of abstraction included Wassily Kandinsky, although painters were exploring nonfigurative art prior to the influential Russian artist’s efforts, which were inspired by music and religion. Abstract painters endeavored to create works that didn’t focus on the outside world’s conventional subjects, and even when artists depicted realistic subjects, they worked in an abstract mode to do so.

In 1940s-era New York City, a group of painters working in the abstract mode created radical work that looked to European avant-garde artists as well as to the art of ancient cultures, prioritizing improvisation, immediacy and direct personal expression. While they were never formally affiliated with one another, we know them today as Abstract Expressionists.

The male contingent of the Abstract Expressionists, which includes Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell, is frequently cited in discussing leading figures of this internationally influential postwar art movement. However, the women of Abstract Expressionism, such as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell and others, were equally involved in the art world of the time. Sexism, family obligations and societal pressures contributed to a long history of their being overlooked, but the female Abstract Expressionists experimented vigorously, developed their own style and produced significant bodies of work.

Draw your guests into abstract oil paintings across different eras and countries of origin. On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive range of abstract paintings along with a guide on how to arrange your wonderful new wall art.

If you’re working with a small living space, a colorful, oversize work can create depth in a given room, but there isn’t any need to overwhelm your interior with a sprawling pièce de résistance. Colorful abstractions of any size can pop against a white wall in your living room, but if you’re working with a colored backdrop, you may wish to stick to colors that complement the decor that is already in the space. Alternatively, let your painting make a statement on its own, regardless of its surroundings, or group it, gallery-style, with other works.

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