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Abstract Paintings For Sale
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Untitled # 3
By A.J. Fries
Located in Buffalo, NY
A contemporary oil painting on linen by American artist A.J. Fries.
Artist’s Statement:
These works are an extension of a small series of realistic paintings that I did of graves...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Jeremie Faivre - Ink
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas + frame
Jeremie Faivre is a French artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Paris, France. He is graduated from Massachussetts College of Art & Design in Boston,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Summer Dip" White Bunny on Sapphire Blue Background Oil Painting Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a white bunny on a Sapphire Blue background with thick use of paint....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Resin
'Ferocious Seas' Contemporary Abstract painting of sail boats on the sea, blue
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Ferocious Seas' by Contemporary Spanish artist Bernard. A vibrant and bold painting of sail boats on the open water. Colourful sails of red, g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Snow Field, signed painting Ceiba-Geigy coll w/original Poindexter Gallery label
By Hyde Solomon
Located in New York, NY
Hyde Solomon
Snow Field (Poindexter Gallery), 1974
Oil on Canvas (Signed, Dated & Framed)
Hand-signed by artist, "Hyde Solomon 74", upper left on the front and on the back. Poindexte...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eye Of The Beholder, pink, blue, Joan Mitchell, nature, ocher, tree
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is part of a series titled "The Untethered Soul." The series delves into the transformative power of nature, capturing the essence of what one feels rather than sees....
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Afternoon Reverie - male nude painting by Orielle Anais
Located in Carmel, CA
“Afternoon Reverie” by Orielle Anaïs
Oil on Canvas 60 × 48 in.
This large-scale work by California-based artist Orielle Anaïs features a nude male figure in a moment of quiet repos...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Glow 2, fantasy landscape, pink, blue, luminous, sunset, waterfall
Located in Cumming, GA
"Glow 2" transports viewers into a mesmerizing fantasy landscape, where the boundaries of reality blur with the ethereal. Dominated by hues of pink ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Giardino secreto
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Dancers in the Horse Wind"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Painting by an outstanding Armenian artist with an original creative style Gayane Khachatryan. A very bright and significant painting in any collection.
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Threads" Contemporary Abstract Blue, Pink, & White Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, Pink, and white abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Dripping Dots - Saint Tropez" Colorful Abstract Oil Painting & Gold on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Mixed Media, Oil
Original Triptych-Rosarian1-2-3-British School-Brit Awarded Artist-impression
Located in London, GB
Summer Bloom series began in 2022, where Shizico Yi celebrating the season by painting en plein air in her garden. In 2024, she embarks on a fresh chapter with her new rose garden, w...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Endless Summer" flowers, peony, raw canvas, semi-abstract, delicate pink
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original art by Lesia Danilina.
Abstract acrylic painting on canvas "Endless Summer».
Shipping rolled in a tube.
"Flowers are the remnants of heaven on earth."
Each of my paintings i...
Category
2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Rainbow"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This vibrant composition, titled “Rainbow”, radiates with a harmonious interplay of colors, creating a visual symphony that uplifts the spirit. The seamless transition between hues—d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Mid Century "Lightnings Infinite / Art of Living" - Horizontal Abstract #2
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking mid century abstract expressionist painting by Leslie Luverne Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Oil on masonite painting titled "Lightnings Infinte Art of Living...
Category
1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
1960’s French Cubist Abstract Bright & Thick Oil Paint on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French cubist artist, circa 1960’s
oil painting on board, framed
framed: 30 x 21 inches
board: 27 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, Fra...
Category
1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Path Of Transformation, Abstract Original Painting on Canvas, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2024
Style: Abstract Art,
Title: Path Of Transformation
Size: 40" x 50...
Category
2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Abstraction" Mid-20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Modernist
Located in New York, NY
"Abstraction" Mid-20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Modernist
James Daugherty (1887 – 1974)
Abstraction
14 x 18 inches
Estate stamp verso
Oil on panel
Provenance: ...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Colourful Expressive Abstract Landscape Painting by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful & Expressive Abstract Landscape Painting using muted pinks, blues & yellows by leading Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. This unique original forms part of a n...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Landscape, Original Paint on Canvas , Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
LANDSCAPE
enamel on canvas
70x100 cm
2018
ORIGINAL ART READY TO HANG
stretched on a wooden frame
signed on the back with certificate of authenticity
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Pontiac 87" Contemporary Green and White Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Green and white abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The work is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
YVETTE DUBOIS-HABASQUE (1929-2016) FRENCH CUBIST ABSTRACT PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition"
original Oil Painting on board by Yvette Dubois Habasque (1929-2016)
signed bottom right
Dated: 2004
card: 18 x 21.5 inches
Fine original abstract painting b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century French Abstract Portrait of Child Circle of Picasso style
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Child
French abstract artist, circa 1960's
circle of Pablo Picasso
oil on board, unframed
board: 26 x 21 inches
provenance: private collection, Luberon Valley, Provence...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 16.5 x 13 inches
condition: overall very good, a few minor s...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Flowing Through Blue" Large Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Flowing Through Blue is a real statement piece from Bleakley. It has all the hallmarks of intricacy for which she is known allied with beautiful colourways. Susan paints in her cliff...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on board
unframed: 7.75 x 7.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have fo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Expressionism using Red, White & Black by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Expressionism using Red, White & Black by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield.
Art measures 12 x 10 inches
Frame measure 18 x 16 inches
Angela Wakefield has tw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Untitled (1995). Gouache on paper by Sol Lewitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)
Untitled
Gouache on Paper
28.5 x 37.5 cm (11 1/4 x 14 3/4 in)
Executed in 1995
Signed and dated 95 lower right
Provenance
Marco Noire Contemporary Art Turin...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
ENERGY OF LIGHT
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Oil painting on canvas
Original art by Grigori Ivanov.
Founder of art style "Svetizm"
healing paintings with light and color.
Ready to hang.
Shipping from Belarus, Minsk.
Category
2010s Folk Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Bonnet Daze
Located in London, GB
Colourful, playful and moving, the acrylic and mixed media artwork work of Lisa Henshall aims to express in pigments what cannot be expressed in words and capture the shared space be...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Push, Deborah Lanyon,
Located in Deddington, GB
I often use collage or other mixed media. I favour acrylic, a quick-drying medium, to make the collage adhere to the surface of the canvas. I tend to work rapidly and very physically, with the canvases positioned on the floor, checking them periodically by raising them onto a wall or easel. Given the large scale on which I work (I regularly produce paintings which are six or even eight feet by four), 1 find that working on the floor is the best means to ensure a dynamicapplication of the paint. At this preliminary stage, the process of composition is more visceral and intuitive; when the canvas is raised, I work more intellectually, to check and shape the direction that the painting has been taking.
These are quite separate ‘moments’ which I compare to chess; on the floor I ‘attack’ the object from an emotional stance; when the painting is vertical, I enter a mode of ‘defence’, editing what has gone before.
In recent years, I have had solo shows with James Colman...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ebony Pictograph 4 - Minimalist Painting Black on Natural Linen Canvas
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. Klikunas focuses on the larger idea behind his original abstract minimalist artworks. The work is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Acrylic
In octavo, Abstract, Minimalism, Textured, Expressionism, Oil, Books, Library
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont is a French artist whose work is recognized internationally. She works on several themes such as books here or landscapes and artists' studios
Table of red, white and g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Open Chord Melody - Original Colorful Guitar Street Art by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Hana 花 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Hana 花 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed
This work is exclusive to IdeelArt.
Barcelona based painter Nikolaos Schizas creates dynamic abstract paintings that radiat...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ryewater Farm diptych left Panel, Original Painting, Landscape, Nature, Flowers
Located in Deddington, GB
This is the left panel of what was originally a diptych, hence the name, but the right panel is no longer available. A new right panel will be made shortly. This painting in delicate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Under the Orange Tree
Located in THOMERY, FR
Unique splashes of orange and yellow create a surprising movement among the foliage of a singular, towering tree. The lively contrast of these bright colors with the calm of the surr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Original Oil Painting of a Bouquet of Anemones in Full Bloom on a Glass Table
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of a Bouquet of Anemones in Full Bloom on a Glass Table
Artist: Roland Pichard
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: 13.75 (height) x 10.75 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Silver and Gold (Abstract Landscape in Blue & Yellow Encaustic by Regina Quinn)
By Regina Quinn
Located in Hudson, NY
Silver and Gold (Abstract Landscape of Winter Forest in Blue & Yellow Encaustic) by Regina Quinn
2024
encaustic, India ink, and oil with wax on panel
6 x 6 unframed / 8 x 8 framed
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Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Encaustic, Oil, Panel
Throwing Some Shapes II, Kerry Louise Bennett, 2022, Original painting for sale
Located in Deddington, GB
Throwing Some Shapes II by Kerry Louise Bennett [2022]
One of a small series of paintings exploring the dynamic and expressive shapes of pot plan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Reeds 8 July 11:56 - Modern Nature Oil Painting, Abstract, Minimalism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vesper - Abstract Blue Indigo Burgundy Red Undulations Curve Wave Lines, 2019
Located in Kent, CT
Within undulating lines in shades of blue with hints of pale pink and dark red, Margaret Neill investigates the properties of abstract curvilinear forms found in the localized condit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Water Diaries - Teal Blue Indigo Green Peach Pattern Abstract Landscape, 2021
By Gabe Brown
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in oil on linen mounted on panel, carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes and delicate lines in light green, robin's egg blue and pale pea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
"Jean Jean" Larry Zox, Color Field, Geometric Abstraction, Hard-Edge, Yellow
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Larry Zox
Jean Jean, 1964
Signed, dated, and titled on the stretcher
Liquitex on canvas
58 x 62 inches
Provenance:
Solomon & Co., New York
Private Collection, NJ
Estate of the above, 2023
Committed to abstraction throughout his career, Larry Zox played a central role in the Color Field discourse of the 1960s and 1970s. His work of the time, consisting of brilliantly colored geometric shapes in dynamic juxtapositions, demonstrated that hard-edge painting was neither cold nor formalistic. He reused certain motifs, but he did so less to explore their aspects than to “get at the specific character and quality of each painting in and for itself,” as James Monte stated in his essay for Zox’s solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1973. By the 1970s, Zox was using a freer, more emotive method, while maintaining the autonomy of color, which increasingly became more important to him than structure in his late years.
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 for the Gallery of Modern Art, New York, and Systemic Painting (1966), organized by Lawrence Alloway for the Guggenheim Museum. In 1973, 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, Zox was represented in the inaugural exhibition of the Hirshhorn Museum, which owns fourteen of his works.
Zox was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He attended the University of Oklahoma and Drake University. While studying at the Des Moines Art Center, he was mentored by George Grosz, who despite his own figurative approach encouraged Zox’s forays into abstraction. 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. He occasionally sparred with the visiting fighters. He later established a studio in East Hampton, where he painted and fished including using a helicopter to spot fish.
In the 1950s and early 1960s, Zox’s works were collages consisting of painted pieces of 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 intense hues that created ambiguous surfaces. Next, he omitted the collage aspect of his work and applied flat color areas to create more complete statements of pure color and shape.
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 noted in 1964: “The artist is hip, cool, adventurous, not content to stay with the mere exercise of sensibility that one sees in smaller works.”
In 1965, he began the Scissors Jack...
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
I Will Always Be There, Sheryl Roberts, Original Landscape Painting Framed
Located in Deddington, GB
A large dramatic depiction of the powerful skies with penetrating light.
Painted in oils and acrylics on deep edge canvas, framed in a contemporary frame ready to hang.
This painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Moon by Frédérique Domergue - Abstract painting and wall sculpture, original
Located in Paris, FR
Moon is a unique painting and wall sculpture by French contemporary artist Frédérique Domergue. This artwork is made with polished pink copper leaves on metal frame, dimensions are 1...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Bronze, Copper
Blue and Green Swirls Overlaid in Horizontal Stripes Abstract French Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
signed by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
dated 87
canvas size: 35 x 45.5 inches
condition: overall very good...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original 1970'S French Abstract Composition with Thick Organic Lines
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Hunt Slonem "Max" Black and White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Max" Black and White Bunny
A single rabbit gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 8 x 6 inches
Framed: 11 x 9 inches
*Painting is framed -...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Slim" Contemporary Abstract Colorful Western Cowboy Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract cowboy portrait painting by contemporary artist Ian Francis. The work features a western inspired figure with a shadowed face dressed in orange set against a magent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Avec Des Épines" (abstract, dark, floral, roses, red, black, antique linen)
Located in Paris, IDF
AVEC DES ÉPINES
2024
Paris, France
The French title of the work translates in English to "With Thorns". The painting captures the rose’s mysterious allure, balancing beauty with an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Dye
Landscape 125 by Jean Krille - Oil on canvas 50x35 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
Category
Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Thoughts (triptych) - line drawing woman figure with white dandelions
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Triptych. The artworks were done with acrylic, ink and watercolor in white color on black watercolor paper 360g. The works are 12 by 16.5 inches in size, f...
Category
2010s Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Guojun Zhang Floral Original Oil On Canvas "Blue Medium Flower Cluster"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Blue Medium Flower Cluster
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 38 x 38 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Y...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Post Soviet Russian Avant Garde Art Photograph Mixed Media Gum Arabic Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Igor Vishnyakov is a Russian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1968 in Moscow. Igor spent his childhood in Africa and Southeast Asia. After returning to Moscow in the mid...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Photographic Paper
"ṭāhēr 2891", Gold Painting, 2025
Located in Delaware , OH
"ṭāhēr 2891", Gold Painting, 2025
This is a highly textured, multi-media abstract in gold and has a dark patina around the edges. All of Addison's text in her paintings are her jour...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
The Divine Goddess - Warm Soft Jewel Tone Abstract Floral Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from an immersive and impressionistic interpretation of nature, Canadian artist Vé Boisvert paints textural original artworks that capture the fleeting effects of...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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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