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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1990s
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Arthur Best Impressionist Signed Flower Garden Landscape Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower landscape painting by Arthur William Best (1859 - 1935). Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 14L x ...
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1890s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Composition, oil painting by Pierre Coquet
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Composition abstraite/Abstract composition Reference number A36 Framed with a natural oak floated frame 23 x 29 cm frame included (18 x 24 cm without frame) This work is painted with...
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1990s French School Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Robert, Abstract White Oil Painting by Youri Broitman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Youri Yehuda Broitman, Russian (1956 - ) Title: Portrait of Robert Year: 1991 Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed on Verso Size: 14 x 9 inches Frame Size: 16.5 x 11.5 inches
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Impressionist Oil Painting - Colourful Flowing River Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date: Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021) American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter years to become a full time painter. ...
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

1960's French Vibrant Wallpaper Design Of Pink Green and Blue Swirls
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wallpaper design by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed painting: 16 x 16 inches good condition provenance: from the artists estate, France ...
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Mid-19th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Watercolor

Still Life with Lobster, Helicona, & Silver Pitcher
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Still Life with Lobster, Helicona, and Silver Pitcher Year: 1998 Medium: Oil on Panel, with Artist Paint...
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1990s Photorealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large French Impressionist Oil Warm Windmill Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date: Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021) American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter years to become a full time painter. Title: Windmill Landscape Medium & Size: oil painting canvas: 18 x 22 inches Condition: the painting is very sound and good. Provenance: private collection, France The painting is for auction with...
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Impressionist scene of a sail boat on a river in New England
Located in Woodbury, CT
Charles Bertie Hall, Yacht sailing in a river. Owning an Impressionist marine landscape by Charles Bertie Hall, an English/American Impressionist painter, offers a unique opportuni...
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1990s American Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Pueblo V" - Minimal Silhouetted Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene silhouetted landscape scene of a pueblo community against a beautiful pale blue and lavender sky by Duane Albert Armstrong (b. 1938). Black...
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1990s American Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Red River in Forest Abstract after Jackson Pollock
Located in Soquel, CA
Red River in Forest Abstract after Jackson Pollock Wonderfully earthy abstract of red river with trees in background circa 1970s by an unknown San Francisco artist. Heavy texture ad...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract Geometric Composition in Green, Blue, White, and Purple
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Geometric Composition in Green, Blue, White, and Purple - Acrylic on Canvas Bold abstract composition by Robert William Hinds (American, b. 1926). The central shape in this...
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Antique American Impressionist Woodland Interior 19th Century Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted 19th century woodland interior landscape painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 7.5 by 9.5 inches. Housed in period frame.
Category

1890s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Thaw
Located in New York, NY
Andrei Korovin (Russian) "Thaw", Abstract Oil on Canvas, 29.50 x 33.75, Late 20th Century, 1990 Colors: Brown, White, Black
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Boats - Abstract Monterey Seascape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist Boats - Abstract Monterey Seascape in Oil on Canvas Vibrant abstracted landscape of colorful boats in a Monterey harbor by California artist Virginia Sevier Rogers (Americ...
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1990s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Impressionist Oil Painting - Green and Blue Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Title: Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed Size: canvas: 18 x 30 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: The painting is in overall very go...
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Drawing - Papier Dechiré
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Drawing - Papier Dechiré 1998 Mixed media & collage on card 20.3 x 26.6 cm 33.8 x 39.0 cm Provenance: The George & Ann Dannatt Collection and The Geo...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Carlos Mendez Pelota acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
sin titulo. acrylicc painting (CARLOS MENDEZ, ARGENTINA, 1943) Carlos Méndez is an Argentine plastic artist of great projection, based in Barcelona since the eighties. It uses a f...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract Geometric Composition in Green, Blue, and White - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Geometric Composition in Green, Blue, and White - Acrylic on Canvas Bold abstract composition by Robert William Hinds (American, b. 1926). This composition is divided up in...
Category

1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Peter Halley, Hand signed & dated original ink & graphite drawing; unique Framed
Located in New York, NY
PETER HALLEY 6/21/96.9, 1998 Graphite and ink drawing Hand-signed by artist, signed and dated in graphite lower right front; lower left front bears title: 6/21/96.9 Frame included: elegantly matted and framed in a hand made museum frame with UV plexiglass signed and dated in graphite lower right front; lower left front bears title: 6/21/96.9 This is a unique work Frame included: elegantly floated and framed in a museum quality hand made white wood frame under UV plexiglass Measurements: Framed 16.5 inches vertical by 13 inches horizontal by 1.5 inches Artwork (visible) 10 inches vertical by 8 inches horizontal Peter Halley Biography Peter Halley was born in 1953 in New York. He began his formal training at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, from which he graduated in 1971. During that time, Halley read Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color (1981), which would influence him throughout his career. From 1973 to 1974 Halley lived in New Orleans, where he absorbed the vibrant cultural influences of the city, began using commercial materials in his art, and first became acquainted with the writings of earthwork artist Robert Smithson. In 1975 the artist graduated from Yale University, New Haven, with a degree in art history. After Yale, Halley returned to New Orleans, where he received an MFA in painting from the University of New Orleans in 1978. He had his first solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, that same year. In 1978 Halley spent a semester teaching art at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. He has continued to teach throughout his career. In 1980, Halley moved back to New York and had his first solo exhibition in the city at PS122 Gallery. At this time, Halley was drawn to the pop themes and social issues addressed in New Wave music. Inspired by New York’s intense urban environment, Halley set out to use the language of geometric abstraction to describe the actual geometricized space around him. He also began his iconic use of fluorescent Day-Glo paint. In 1984, Halley started to exhibit with the International With Monument gallery, becoming closely associated with the organization and its artists, who exhibited conceptually rigorous work in a market-savvy, coolly presented space that stood in stark contrast to the bohemian, Neo-Expressionist flair of the East Village art scene at the time. In 1986, an exhibition of four artists from International With Monument at the Sonnabend Gallery in New York heralded the group’s growing success. By the late 1980s, Halley was exhibiting with prominent galleries in the United States and Europe. In 1989, an exhibition of his paintings traveled to the Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany; Maison de la culture et de la communication de Saint-Étienne, France; and Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. From 1991 to 1992, a retrospective toured Europe, with presentations at the CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France; Musée d’art contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland; Museo nacional centro de arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. In 1992, the Des Moines Art Center hosted his first solo exhibition at a U.S. museum. While developing his visual language, Halley became interested in French post-structuralist writers, including Jean Baudrillard, Guy Debord, Michel Foucault, and Paul Virillio, all of whom shared his concern with the character of social spaces in a post-industrial society. In 1981, he published his first essay “Beat, Minimalism, New Wave, and Robert Smithson” in Arts, a New York–based magazine that would publish eight of his essays before the decade’s end. Halley’s writings became the basis for Neo-Geometric Conceptualism (also known as Neo-Geo), the offshoot of Neo-Conceptualism associated with the work of Ashley Bickerton, Halley, and Jeff Koons. In 1988, the artist’s writings were anthologized in Collected Essays, 1981–1987, and again in 1997 in a second anthology, Recent Essays, 1990–1996. In the mid-1990s, Halley began to produce site-specific installations for museums, galleries, and public spaces. These characteristically brought together a range of imagery and mediums, including paintings, wall-size flowcharts, and digitally generated wallpaper prints. Halley has executed permanent installations at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, and the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University. In 2011, his installation of digital prints Judgment Day...
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Graphite

Crystals Emerging From A Solid
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Crystals Emerging from a Solid 1991 Pencil on a blue oil wash on paper 23.0 x 18.0 cm George Dannatt’s long career as a painter and sculptor ended with...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Pencil

Landschaft mit drehbehindertem Windrad
Located in Wien, 9
Dietmar Gubsch is a sculptor and painter from Dresden (Germany) who has created numerous architectural and spatial works and is known for his abstract geometric works. His work is c...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Multi-Color Abstract Expressionist Horizontal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold multi-color abstract expressionist oil painting illustrating vivid colors of gold, magenta, teal and yellows by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This high octane colorful hor...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Impressionist Oil Painting - Beautiful Flower Field
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date: Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021) American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter ye...
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dexter's Choice, State II, signed mixed media watercolor (unique variant) Framed
Located in New York, NY
Larry Zox Dexter's Choice, State II, ca. 1990 Mixed media, Watercolor pochoir, and Oil stick Wax, Water-Based Crayons, on heavy Arches museum watercolor rag paper with deckled edges 40 × 60 in 101.6 × 152.4 cm Edition 8/30 (unique variant) Frame included Measurements: Sheet: 40 inches (vertical) by 60 inches (horizontal) Frame: 42 inches x 62 inches x 1 inch Dexter's Choice, State # II is a unique, mixed media work from an edition of 30 unique variants done in pochoir, (25 stencils, 14 colors). Here, Zox uses watercolor instead of inks, which is applied to heavy 300 lb. watercolor paper. Although it is a multiple signed and numbered from the edition of 30, each work of art is unique because of how the paper receives the watercolor brush. In addition, this work is created like a mixed media painting because it has 11 lines added by hand with wax and water based crayons and oil sticks. The unique watercolor technique that Zox employed in making "Dexter's Choice" is documented in the textbook, "Screen Printing: Water Based Techniques,Roni Henning, NYIT ". Dexter's Choice was published by Images Gallery, and this work was acquired directly from the publisher before they sold out. This work is elegantly floated and framed in a white wood frame. Accompanied by gallery issued Certificate of Guarantee Larry Zox Biography: A PAINTER who played an essential role in the Color Field discourse of the 1960s and 1970s, Larry Zox is best known for his intensely and brilliantly colored geometric abstractions that question and violate symmetry.1 Zox stated in 1965: “Being contrary is the only way I can get at anything.” To Zox, this position was not necessarily arbitrary, but instead meant “responding to something in an examination of it [such as] using
a mechanical format with X number of possibilities.”2 What he sought was to “get at the specific character and quality of each painting in and for itself,” as James Monte stated in his introductory essay in the catalogue for Zox’s 1973–1974 solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.3 Zox’s robust paintings reveal
a celebrated artist and master of composition who is explored and challenged the possibilities of Post-Painterly Abstraction and Minimalist pictorial conventions. Zox began to receive attention in the 1960s when he was included in several groundbreaking exhibitions of Color Field and Minimalist art, including Shape and Structure (1965), organized by Henry Geldzahler and Frank Stella for Tibor de Nagy, New York, and Systemic Painting (1966), organized by Lawrence Alloway for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. In 1973–1974, the Whitney’s solo exhibition of Zox’s work gave recognition to his significance in the art scene of the preceding decade. In the following year, he was represented in the inaugural exhibition of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Wahsington, DC, which acquired fourteen of his works.
 Zox was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1937. He attended the University of Oklahoma and Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, and then studied under George Grosz at the Des Moines Art Center. In 1958, Zox moved to New York, joining the downtown art scene. His studio on 20th Street became a gathering place for artists, jazz musicians, bikers, and boxers, and he occasionally sparred with visiting fighters. He later established a studio in East Hampton, a former black smithy used previously by Jackson Pollock. In his earliest works, such as Banner (1962) Zox created
collages consisting of pieces of painted paper stapled onto sheets of plywood. He then produced paintings that were illusions of collages, including both torn- and trued-edged forms, to which he added a wide range of strong hues that created ambiguous surfaces. In paintings such as For Jean (1963), he omitted the collage aspect of his work and applied flat color areas to create more complete statements of pure color and shape. He then replaced these torn and expressive edges with clean and impersonal lines that would define his work for the next decade. From 1962 to 1965, he produced his Rotation series, at first creating plywood and Plexiglas reliefs, which turned squares into dynamic polygons. He used these shapes in his paintings as well, employing white as a foil between colors to produce negative spaces that suggest that the colored shapes had only been cut out and laid down instead of painted. The New York Times in 1964 wrote of the works in show such as Rotation B (1964) and of the artist: “The artist is hip, cool, adventurous, not content to stay with the mere exercise of sensibility that one sees in smaller works.”4 In 1965, he began the Scissor Jack series, in which he arranged opposing triangular shapes with inverted Vs of bare canvas at their centers that threaten to split their compositions apart. In several works from this series, Zox was inspired by ancient Chinese water vessels. With a mathematical precision and a poetic license, Zox flattened the three dimensional object onto graph paper, and later translated his interpretation of the vessel’s lines onto canvas with masking tape, forming the structure of the painting. The Diamond Cut and Diamond Drill paintings...
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1990s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Oil, Watercolor, Monoprint, Mixed Media, Graphite

The Red Tulip Path To The Secret Garden, signed original painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Kathleen Crow (British, contemporary), signed with monogram Title: The Secret Garden Path Medium: oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 20...
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19th Century Victorian Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Impressionist Oil Painting - The House In Beautiful Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date: Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021) American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter ye...
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Mid-19th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Modernist Colorful Bold Monoprint Monotype Painting Print Pierre Obando
Located in Surfside, FL
Pierre Andre Obando creates process oriented abstract paintings. He was born in Belize City, Belize and grew up in the Caribbean, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Miami, Fl and Jackson, MS. Pierre Obando completed his MFA at Hunter College and completed his undergraduate studies at New World School of the Arts, Miami, Fl. His work was featured in the Queens International Biennial in 2004, and 2006 at the Queens Museum of Art. His work has been in group exhibitions at Angela Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY; Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY; MACO Mexico Art Fair in Mexico City; Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA; The Painting Center, New York, NY; and Dean Project, New York, NY. In 2008, he had a solo exhibition at Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY and in 2009, at project space show at Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY. He has participated in the Atlantic Center for the Arts Artists-in-Residence Program. In the fall of 2012, he participated in the group show Caribe Now, at the Nathan Cumming Foundation, which was organized by El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY. Contemporary Pattern and Decoration piece, The original movement was championed by the gallery owner Holly Solomon. The P&D movement wanted to revive an interest in minor forms such as patterning which at that point was equated with triviality. The prevailing negative view of decoration was one not generally shared by non-Western cultures, The Pattern and Decoration movement was influenced by sources outside of what was considered to be fine art. Blurring the line between art and design, many P&D works mimic patterns like those on wallpapers, printed fabrics, and quilts. There is a close connection between the Pattern and Decoration movement and the Feminist art movement. The P&D movement arose in opposition to the Minimalist and Conceptualist movements. Mary Grigoriadis, Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, Miriam Schapiro, Robert Zakanitch were early proponents of this style. The artist lives and works in New York City. Education: 2001 MFA, Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY 2000 Study Abroad, Slade School, UCL, London, United Kingdom 1997 BFA, Painting, New World School of The Arts, Miami, FL Solo Exhibitions: 2015 ‘Like New’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY 2009 ‘Nowhere’, Rush Arts, New York, NY 2008 ‘Noise’, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY Group Exhibitions: 2018 ‘Revival: Contemporary Pattern and Decoration’, El Museo at Hostos, Bronx, NY Including artists: Abelardo Cruz Santiago Pierre Obando Antonio Pulgarín Keisha Scarville Mickalene Thomas and others. 2017 Locust Projects Contemporary in Miami benefit auction including artists Dara Friedman, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Larry Bell, and more 2017 ‘Browsing Chamber’, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2015 ‘#BemisPainters, 1982-2015’, Bemis Center, Omaha, NE 2015 ‘Spat Spell’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY 2013 ‘Un-Natural Constellations’, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York, NY 2012 ‘Caribe Now’, Nathan Cummings Foundation/El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY 2012 ‘Lucid Fence’, Dean Project, New York, NY 2012 ‘Abstract Gambol’, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY 2012 ‘Reenacting Sense’, Yace Gallery, Long Island City, NY 2010 ‘Continuing Color Abstraction’, The Painting Center, New York, NY 2009 ‘West/East’, Royale Projects, Indian Wells, CA 2009 ‘Alternative Abstraction’, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY Including works by Stephen Antonakos, Warren Isensee, Gary Lang, Melissa Meyer and Katherine Sehr...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Monoprint, Monotype

Untitled Red 54”x48”. Oil/canvas Abstract Art Shapes Inner Feelings Bold
Located in Houston, TX
As life often does, the life of Marilyn Biles has come full circle since her life as a fashion illustration student at Moore College of art in Philadelphia. Marilyn also had the grea...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

La Vie #71, Yoshida Kenji, nihonga painting, silver gold copper leaf cobalt, Japan
Located in Santa Fe, NM
La Vie #71, Yoshida Kenji, nihonga painting, silver gold copper leaf cobalt, Japan Yoshida was born in 1924 in Ikeda City (part of present-day Osaka). He studied art under the grea...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Red Abstract Large Oil Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Large Red Abstract Composition Artist signed, dated verso. Peter Kuckei 1938 born in Husum, Holstein Germany. 1960-1961 studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Bremen 1961-1963 studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart, under Heinrich Wildeman 1986-1987 professorship at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart 1993-2010 studios in San Francisco, California and Miami, Florida since 1963 lives and works in Berlin and Beckmannsfeld/Butjadingen. Landscape is the key theme of Peter Kuckei’s painting. However, he is not only concerned with its mimetic representation, but with the implementation of substantial concepts through abstracting formulations. Instead of reproducing directly visible phenomena, he draws and paints, with his own unique absoluteness, situations that evolve before his inner...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Large Mid Century Modern Texas Artist Abstract Expressionist Vintage Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An abstract expressionist painting by Duayne Hatchett . Oil on canvas, circa 1990. Signed verso. Framed. Image size, 60"H x 56"L. Duayne Hatchett was a visual artist whose work included prints, paintings, sculpture, and found objects. He was born on May 12, 1925 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He enlisted in the Air Force where he trained to become a fighter pilot. After leaving the militrary he studied design at the University of Oklahoma. His highly technical military training combined a mathematical intelligence with a love for physics and a daring embrace of new experience, all of which would soon be the tools for his evolution through art. Two major influences interacted on his early development at OU. Emelio Omero, a colleague and close friend of Diego Rivera, introduced him to the revolutionary art ideas of Mexico City, while teaching him a wide range of printing techniques that would culminate in a Masters Degree in Painting in 1952. During this time he met Bruce Goff, a renowned Wright disciple, who was teaching architecture at OU and befriended Hatchett, introducing him to the most avant-garde architecture of that time. He spent his summers while at OU designing for a small sign shop, which introduced him to new materials used for building neon, plastic, and metal signs. The use of new materials and a keen sense for design would soon become invaluable building blocks for future sculpture. During this time he met and married Mary Ellen Jeffries. They would spend their lives together and raise three children, David (me), my brother Dana, and my sister Jeffri. As children, they were immersed in art from childhood and benefited greatly from this loving art and domestic environment. Hatchett was always interested in the techniques of construction, often watching different tradesmen working, understanding how materials are put together to create the manmade environment that surrounded him. While teaching printmaking at Oklahoma City University from 1951 through ‘54, he began to build sculpture employing some of the materials and techniques that he saw workers using. He was beginning to draw the attention of architects and he became interested in their work-trade processes, moving from blue prints to construction. He accepted an invitation from Alexander Hogue...
Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Vintage Abstract Expressionism -- Pink Figural
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract figure in pink by by San Francisco, California area artist Daniel David Fuentes (American, 1978-2016), (AKA, Xavier Lundt) (American, 20th Century). From a collection of hi...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Cardboard

Large Mid Century Modern Texas Artist Abstract Expressionist Action Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An abstract expressionist painting by Duayne Hatchett . Oil on canvas, circa 1990. Signed verso. Framed. Image size, 60"H x 56"L. Duayne Hatchett was a visual artist whose work included prints, paintings, sculpture, and found objects. He was born on May 12, 1925 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He enlisted in the Air Force where he trained to become a fighter pilot. After leaving the militrary he studied design at the University of Oklahoma. His highly technical military training combined a mathematical intelligence with a love for physics and a daring embrace of new experience, all of which would soon be the tools for his evolution through art. Two major influences interacted on his early development at OU. Emelio Omero, a colleague and close friend of Diego Rivera, introduced him to the revolutionary art ideas of Mexico City, while teaching him a wide range of printing techniques that would culminate in a Masters Degree in Painting in 1952. During this time he met Bruce Goff, a renowned Wright disciple, who was teaching architecture at OU and befriended Hatchett, introducing him to the most avant-garde architecture of that time. He spent his summers while at OU designing for a small sign shop, which introduced him to new materials used for building neon, plastic, and metal signs. The use of new materials and a keen sense for design would soon become invaluable building blocks for future sculpture. During this time he met and married Mary Ellen Jeffries. They would spend their lives together and raise three children, David (me), my brother Dana, and my sister Jeffri. As children, they were immersed in art from childhood and benefited greatly from this loving art and domestic environment. Hatchett was always interested in the techniques of construction, often watching different tradesmen working, understanding how materials are put together to create the manmade environment that surrounded him. While teaching printmaking at Oklahoma City University from 1951 through ‘54, he began to build sculpture employing some of the materials and techniques that he saw workers using. He was beginning to draw the attention of architects and he became interested in their work-trade processes, moving from blue prints to construction. He accepted an invitation from Alexander Hogue...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Large John Hultberg SF Bay Area Artist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
John Hultberg Oil on canvas Panorama of pictures. 1998 Hand signed lower right, J. Hultberg ‘98. Artist, date, and title written on verso. Canvas 25.5”H x 35”W, Frame 26”H x 35.5”W. Oil painting depicting a mosaic of photographs overlooking an abstract geometric landscape. John Hultberg (1922 – 2005) was an American Abstract expressionist and Abstract realist painter. Early in his career he was related to the Bay Area Figurative Movement; he was also a lecturer and playwright. John Hultberg was born in 1922 in Berkeley, California. Hultberg attended Fresno State College, graduating in 1943. During World War II, he was a Navy lieutenant. After the war, his education at the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA) (now the San Francisco Art Institute) was funded by the G.I. Bill. His teachers included Mark Rothko and Clyfford Still and he was a classmate of Richard Diebenkorn, who was also a mentor, James Budd Dixon, Walter Kuhlman, Frank Lobdell, and George Stillman, which whom he created a portfolio of 17 lithographs. This 1948 portfolio, titled Drawings, has been acknowledged as a landmark in Abstract Expressionist printmaking. The group has been referred to as "The Sausalito Six," because most, lived in Sausalito, north of San Francisco. Many of the "First Generation" artists in this West Coast movement were avid fans of Abstract Expressionism, and worked in that manner, until several of them abandoned non-objective painting in favor of working with the figure. Among these First Generation Bay Area Figurative School artists were: David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Rex Ashlock, Elmer Bischoff, Glenn Wessels, Wayne Thiebaud, Raimonds Staprans, and James Weeks. The "Bridge Generation" included the artists: Henrietta Berk, Nathan Oliveira, Theophilus Brown, Paul Wonner, Roland Petersen, John Hultberg, and Frank Lobdell. He was also a contemporary of Clay Spohn and David Park. Hultberg studied at the Art Students League of New York beginning in 1952. Hultberg was first married to Hilary Blech. In 1961 Hultberg met fellow artist Lynne Mapp Drexler...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rose. Paper, mixed media, 30 x 40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rose. Paper, mixed media, 30 x 40 cm Education 1967-1973 Department of Painting, Latvian Academy of Art, Riga, Latvia 1960-1967 Janis Rozentals Riga High School of Art, Riga, Latvia Member of the Artist’s Union of Latvia. Lives and works in Riga, Latvia. Participating in exhibitions since 1972 Awards and Prizes 2016 Art Academy Prize, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia 2009 Nominant for the Purvītis Prize 2009 – Latvian National Museum of Art, Alfor LTD, Latvia 2008 Diena Annual Culture Award – Newspaper Diena, Riga, Latvia 2008 “Lielais Kristaps (The Big Kristaps)” prize for the best animation feature artist – Prize of Latvian Filmmakers Union, Riga, Latvia 2008 IV class Order of the Three Stars – highest civilian order awarded for meritorious service to Latvia, The Chapter of Orders, Riga, Latvia 2007 Latvian Museums Association Prize of the Year, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia Public collections Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia Artists’ Union of Latvia Art Collection, Riga, Latvia State Bank of Latvia, Riga, Latvia Swedbank Contemporary Art Collection, Riga, Latvia Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany ECB’s Art Collection, Frankfurt, Germany State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia Perm Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm, Russia Jane Voorhees...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Katsumi Hayakawa Geometric Painting, Dated 1999
By Katsumi Hayakawa
Located in New York, NY
Katsumi Hayakawa (Japanese, b. 1970) Spherical Moss, 1999 Oil, galkyd and modeling paste on canvas 64 x 84 x 1 3/4 in. Signed verso and stamped with artist insignia Silverstein Gallery label verso NOTE: Discoloration at right side from dust, can easily be wiped off In his paintings and cut-paper sculptures, Katsumi Hayakawa evokes the city and urban planning. He builds meticulously constructed objects with cubes and squares, suggesting skyscrapers and city grids, while the interaction of line and color coalesce with the cubes to create complex and vibrant rhythms. Hayakawa expands modernist explorations into the grid, in particular evoking Piet Mondrian’s Broadway Boogie Woogie...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Colorful green contemporary Dog/Foxhound acrylic painting with text on paper
Located in Charleston, US
“There is that Far-off Tall Dog Singing to a Hole in Bank” (Frill Dog series). A colorful contemporary dog painting of Foxhounds dogs singing to a fox in a hole with accompanying text from a book is an inspirational departure from the traditional illustrations found in British Rudyard Kipling's "Thy Servant a Dog", 1930. The book was the first ever narrated by a dog. Nancy van Meter...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Graphite

Small Triptych Abstract Forest Trees Landscape Painting by British Urban Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Small Early Triptych Study of Abstract Trees Forest Landscape Painting by British Urban Artist. This rare early work is from an intense body of abstract work that formed the very fou...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Board, Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media, Varnish, Paint

Abstract Purple and Peach Colored Textured Monoprint David Stephens
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and dynamic monoprint by David Stephens (American, 20th Century). Sand (or a similar medium) was used in the pressing of this monoprint, creating a pocked texture in multiple...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Porte St Denis, Paris - A Parisian Scene
Located in St. Albans, GB
Frank Myers Boggs (1855-1926) A wonderful exhibited piece depicting the busy life of Paris at the end of the nineteenth century. It was exhibited as is shown on the reverse shot in the photos. It is in the original gold leaf frame. Signed and inscribed on the reverse. The exhibition label is on the frame. Oil on Board Painting Size: 21 x 26" (53 x 66cm) Outside Frame Size : 32 x 37" (81 x 94cm) The Impressionist Frank Myers Boggs spent his formative and mature years abroad and in 1923 became a naturalized French citizen. He was born in Springfield, Ohio...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Huge Mid Century Modern Texas Artist Abstract Expressionist Action Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An abstract expressionist painting by Duayne Hatchett . Oil on canvas, circa 1992. Signed verso. Framed. Image size, 60"H x 55"L. Duayne Hatchett was a visual artist whose work...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Room of the Dream Harmonies - Acrylic Paint by Dario Cusani - 1994
Located in Roma, IT
Acrylic painting realized by Dario Cusani in 1994. Certificate of authenticity by the Artist on photograph. I BECOME A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST (1986) In the spring of 1986, with the clo...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

E. Jacobson 15 Colors.. original painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Ellis Jacobson (San Diego, 1925 - Palma de Mallorca, August 23, 2013) was an American cartoonist and painter who lived most of his life in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), where he develop...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Spirit', 1992 by David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Composition abstraite/Abstract composition
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Reference number A29 Not framed but could be with a natural oak floated frame (add 100 euros) 18 x 24 cm This work is painted with oil on a paper that is mounted on a board and place...
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1990s French School Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Series', C. 1998 by David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled Gestural Abstraction
Located in Kansas City, MO
Claudia Busching Title: Untitled Gestural Abstraction Year: 1994 Medium: Gouache Monogrammed by hand Size: 23.8 × 19.5 inches COA provided
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Pigeons in winter. 1999. Oil on canvas, 150x111 cm
Located in Riga, LV
How to understand Sigita Daugule's work? At the cradle of her style (emerged in late 90s) there are significant memories of the expansion of modern art ...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled Abstract
Located in Kansas City, MO
Medium: Gouache Year: 1991 Signed and dated by hand Edition: Unique COA provided
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Havana No 4, Yellow - bold, bright, colorful, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A vibrant culture is captured in colour and dynamic form in this lively abstract painting by David Sorensen. After visiting Cuba in 1999, the Canadian artist created a series of paintings. The light, the bright colours and the rich atmosphere of life in Havana inspired Sorensen’s colour palette—a brilliant square of yellow in the center, surrounded by graphic shapes in red, orange, lime green, blue and black. Lines of blue and black create a grid-like pattern that runs both horizontally and vertically across the canvas. “Through the medium of his art, a bridge is built between inner sensation and outer world experience, illusion and reality, what we cannot see and what we see, life and afterlife.” John K. Grande, Montreal poet and writer Born in Vancouver Sorensen (1937-2011) studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art. His teachers were renowned—Arthur Erikson...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The mermaid who couldn't climb the iceberg . Framed painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The mermaid who couldn't climb the iceberg painting by Suzzane Law Image size: 12.6 in. H x 17.1 in W Framse size: 18.1 in. H x 22.4 in W x 1 in D W...
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1990s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood

Micro Gouache and Pencil Abstract Painting Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields "Micro Gouache and Pencil Abstract" 1990's Gouache and pencil on board Site measures 4.5"x4" silver wavy wood float mount 13.5"x12.75" Unsigned came from artist's estate...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Board, Pencil, Gouache

Vintage American School Modernist Abstract New York School Minimalist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Step into the realm of American abstract art with a remarkable piece that embodies the essence of the New York School and Minimalist movements. This captivating artwork is a testament to the groundbreaking creativity that emerged from the New York art scene during the mid-20th century. Its minimalist approach and bold, abstract expression are a striking reflection of the era's intellectual and artistic exploration. The composition is a study in reductionism, where every stroke and form serves a purpose, creating a symphony of simplicity that is both thought-provoking and visually engaging. The artist's meticulous attention to detail and the careful selection of shapes and colors result in a work that exudes a sense of timeless sophistication. The painting's abstract nature invites interpretation, allowing each viewer to find their own meaning within its elegant lines and shapes. It is a work that beckons you to explore, contemplate, and appreciate the power of artistic minimalism—a movement that forever changed the landscape of contemporary art. Embrace the minimalist elegance of this Vintage American School painting...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Minimalist New York School Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting by Duayne Hatchett (1925 - 2015). Oil on board, circa 1994. Signed on verso. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 22"L x 24"H.
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Below Beinn Dearg, Contemporary Abstract Scottish Landscape by James Hawkins
By James Hawkins
Located in Brecon, Powys
Abstract expressionist winter landscape of the Highlands of Scotland by this renowned British artist. Acrylic on paper, mounted behind glass in a silver frame. Picture is in excellent condition Signed lower left, inscribed and titled verso Image 16" x 11" Framed 19" x 23" Artist Biography 1954 Born Reading 1972-73 Wimbledon School of Art, London 1974-75 W.S.C.D. Worthing 1975-78 Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford University 1978 Moved to Ullapool, Northwest Highlands of Scotland Collections Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow City Arts Centre, Edinburgh City...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled Minimalist painting on paper Signed by pioneering sculptor Lyman Kipp
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp Untitled drawing, 1993 Unique Colored Ink Drawing on paper with two deckled edges Hand signed, inscribed and dated by the artist on lower front 26 1/4 × 20 inches Unframed...
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1990s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Oil

Large Scale Gestural Figurative Abstract Expressionist Surrealist Oil Painting
By Matthew Carone
Located in Surfside, FL
Artist: Matt Carone, signed lower right Dated: 1995 Dimensions: 80.25"H x 56.25"L In a fine wooden black and gold gilded frame. Provenance: Freitas Revilla Gallery. Matt Carone (1930-) South Florida artist and gallerist. The Italian- American New Jersey native took up painting in the 1940s after Hans Hoffman asked him to model in a class in which Nicolas Carone...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Color Field Gradient Painting California Minimalism Shingo Francis
Located in Surfside, FL
Francis, Shingo (Japanese/American, born 1969), W3 , 1999 Encaustic and watercolor painting on Arches paper, 23.5 x 22.5 inches, Hand signed and dated verso Provenance: Garner T...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Encaustic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

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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