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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Old Masters
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'Figurative Abstract', Woman Artist, Art Institute of Chicago, San Bernardino
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Suzanne Gertz (American, 1938-2003) and painted circa 1985, partial signature lower right.
Suzanne Gertz first studied at the...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Antique American School Signed Framed Modernist "Massage" Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American signed interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Signed. Framed. Image size, 14L x 11H.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Huge French Modernist Oil Kissing Couple Abstract Figures, signed painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated
Title: Kissing Couple, beautfiful Modernist work with green, beige, brown, yellow, golden colors.
Med...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$3,469 Sale Price
30% Off
Large 1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Bizarre Figurative Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, c. 1960's
Title: Figurative Study
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 36 x 25.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,927 Sale Price
30% Off
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Interior Objects Purple Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Purple Interior
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 26 x 20 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$963 Sale Price
30% Off
Up Side Down
By Valton Tyler
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Night Garden, mid-century figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Night Garden, 1972
Acrylic on scintilla
Signed and dated lower right
21.5 x 21.5 inches
24.25 x 24.25 inches, framed
Clarence Holbroo...
Category
1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
“Abstract 4”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower right by the artist and dated 1964. Condition is goo...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Newcomb Macklin antique carved custom gilt mirror/ picture frame
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Abstract painting, ca. 1970s measures 25 x 30 inches. Oil on canvas, unsigned.
Stunning modernist custom carved picture frame by Newcomb Macklin. ca. 1950 production. Long, elegant...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Untitled - Fisherfolk
By Moshe Katz
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Moshe Katz – Romanian/Israeli (1937-)
Title: Untitled - Fisherfolk
Year: 1966
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 24 x 36 inches
Framed size: 28.5 x 40.5 inches
Signature: Signed, d...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"People" - Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Black & White Drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
People, 1964
Ink and crayon on paper
Signed and dated upper right
36.5 x 24 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of nation...
Category
1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Ink
Antique American School Signed Modernist Abstract Coastal Harbor Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American modernist harbor oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 16H by 20L.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Gate Keeper", Bay Area Figurative Abstract
By John Hoft
Located in Soquel, CA
A highly abstracted figure emerges in fluid, elegant brush strokes, reminiscent of the works of Francis Bacon, in this striking abstract painting by Bay...
Category
1980s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Abstract- Blue w/ One Gold Square" Modern Cubist Inspired Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Cubist abstract painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features cluster of blue and gray geometric shapes, accented by a single gold form.
Signed...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Framed American Modernist Surreal Beach Scene Fauvist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist beach scene oil painting by Brooks Kelly (1935 - 2012). Framed. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Signed. Image size, 12H by 16L.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Horse Carousel Animal Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really impressive early American modernist painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Interesting Tropical Modernist Palm Tree Abstract Vintage Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract tropical oil painting. Oil on board. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
"Martos, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Martos" is an abstract oil painting on canvas by Stanley Bate featuring what appears to be a high horizon line of white and muted yellow. Beneath that line is a combination of textu...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Cubist Inspired Abstract Coastal City Landscape Painting Against Blue
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Cubist inspired landscape painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features cluster of boats sailing up to a white coastal town set against a vivid ...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary landscape "Old friends"
Located in THOMERY, FR
This painting is inspired by the park of the castle of Fontainebleau in France. The artist likes to mix reality and imagination, intoxicated colors felt and suggested, often includin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Swirling Colors 1960's French Abstract Oil Painting Large Scale Original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
French school, circa 1960's period
oil on board, unframed
board: 28.75 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$982 Sale Price
30% Off
1970's French Abstract Expressionist Signed & Dated Large Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Expressionist circa 1970's
signed and dated
oil on canvas
canvas: 25.5 x 32 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition, age related...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$852 Sale Price
30% Off
Untitled - Oil Paint by Mario Guglielmotti - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a modern artwork realized by Mario Guglielmotti.
Mixed media on canvas.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Antique American Modernist Interior Kitchen Still Life Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist interior view still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 34 by 40 inches.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Canadian Modernist Framed Lake Landscape Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Canadian modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring 15 by 17 inches overall and 10 by 12 painting alone.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Winter Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape abstraction. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size 30L x 25H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Abstract #1”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower right by the artist and dated 1967. Condition is ver...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Bright Blue Sea Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Abstract Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$626 Sale Price
30% Off
Polish Ecole De Paris Modernist Oil Painting Abstract Dancers
Located in Surfside, FL
Alfred Aberdam (1894–1963) painter and graphic artist was a painter of School of Paris, born in Lvov, capital of Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Born in Lviv, Krystonopol, East Galicia (now Chervonograd, Ukraine) and received a traditional Jewish education in a Heder while studying Hebrew with private teachers. In 1905–12 he lived in Lvov, where he finished high school. He decided to become an artist at the age of 14. At this time he came into contact with young Yiddish Judaic writers (Melech Ravitch, Abraham Moshe Fuks, and others) and with Zionist youth groups in Lvov. He attended their meetings and their lectures on Jewish Judaica artists. After graduating high school, he organized several conferences in his hometown on Italian and Flemish masters and on the first Jewish painters, including Josef Israels (1824-1911). In 1911 he started to study art at the Munich Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Akademie der Bildenden Künste München. Lemberg/Lwów (today Lviv), studies under Gabriel von Hackl (1843-1926). During World War I he was imprisoned by the Russians and stayed in the camp for prisoners of war in Siberia where he became acquainted with David Burliuk and other Russian futurists. In 1917, Aberdam was appointed People’s Commissar of the Department of Fine Arts by the local soviet, which assigned him the task of reorganizing artistic teaching. A year later, in Moscow, he befriended the poet Vladimir Mayakovski.
In 1921 in Poland, he began his studies at Kraków's Academy of Fine Arts under Professor Teodora Axentowicz, then lived in Paris. There he participated in numerous exhibitions, and in a Poland exhibition in the Gallery of Modern Art Editions in 1929. In the latter he organized the exhibition in 1931. In 1932 he exhibited in Warsaw and Lviv. From 1933 he belonged to a group of visual artists known as "Nowocześni". In 1923, while he was staying in Berlin, he met Menkes and Weingart in sculptor Alexander Archipenko’s studio. In 1924, he settled in Paris in the Montparnasse area. In the end of 1925, Jan Sliwinski held an exhibition in his gallery Au Sacre du Printemps, at 5 rue du Cherche-Midi, Paris. His work was exhibited alongside paintings by his Galician friends Leon Weissberg, Sigmund Menkes and Joachim Weingart...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Dark Grey Bridge Over Green River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled-006 abstract painting by Fred Martin
By Fred Martin
Located in Hudson, NY
Exhibited:
2003 Oakland Museum of California "Fred Martin Retrospective"
A native Californian, Fred Martin was born in San Francisco in 1927, and received both his BA (1949) and MA (1954) from University of California, Berkley. At the San Francisco Art Institute Martin studied with Clyfford Still, Mark Rothko and David Park...
Category
1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Pastel, Acrylic
Untitled - Painting by Carlo Quattrucci - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Carlo Quattrucci in 1965.
Hand signed and dated.
Includes a coeval wooden frame.
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$749 Sale Price
25% Off
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Artists Paint and Paint Tools Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artists Tools
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 20 x 16 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$693 Sale Price
49% Off
Meditation on African Sculpture, mid-century figural abstract painting
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Beachwood, OH
Beni E. Kosh/Charles Elmer Harris (American, 1917-1993)
Meditation on African Sculpture, 1957
Oil on found wood panel
Signed and dated lower left
20 x 15 inches
Charles Elmer Harris...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
American School Modernist Abstract Cityscape Holiday Lights Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Image size, 20H x 30L. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary French Abstract Portrait Three Children Standing in Snow signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front
inscribed verso
oil painting on canvas
24 x 19.5 inches.
All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Vintage American Modernist Abstract Dove Portrait Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring 48 by 48 inches overall and 40 by 40 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Hands...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Colorful Purple, Pink, & Green Modern Portrait of Man Playing Billiards or Pool
By Gerald Garston
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful modern figurative portrait of a man playing billiards or pool by Connecticut artist Gerald Garston. The work features a man in a blue bowler ha...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Bright Blue and Purple Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bright Abstract
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 18 x 24 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$963 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Landscape Oil Painting - Layered Horizon
Located in Bristol, GB
LAYERED HORIZON
Size: 50 x 70 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
An engaging and striking mid-century abstract landscape painting that captures a dynamic and expressive interpretat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colourful Interior Abstract French Still Life Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 26 x 19.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$963 Sale Price
30% Off
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Red Apples Interior Table Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Apple Still Life
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 19.5 x 14.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$554 Sale Price
59% Off
"Untitled"
By Sidney E. Zimmerman
Located in Southampton, NY
Sidney E.Zimmerman
USA (1926-2007) studied at the Brooklyn a Museum of Art after returning from Europe during WWII. In 1950, he studied with Morris Kantor and Vaclav Vytlacil at the ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,200 Sale Price
46% Off
Static 246 Original Seacape mind, Painting, Acrylic on Watercolor Paper
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
Blue is the color of trust and peace. seascape It can suggest loyalty and integrity as well as conservatism and frigidity. Painting is 8.5X10.5" heavyweight stock comes custom-fr...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Horse Riders In Geometric Abstract French 20th Century Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Horse Riders
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 15.5 x 19 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$554 Sale Price
59% Off
"Zuen, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Zuen" by Stanley Bate is a Modern abstract painting made in 1951, featuring geometric shapes, line work, and light blue shapes complemented by pops of muted yellow, red, deep eggpla...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Carved Mixed Media Fish Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and well executed modernist wall plaque by Richard Kuehne. Paint on gesso plaque. Signed. Silver leaf incorporated frame as photographed.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
1950s "Eve" American Modern MidCentury Figurative Gouache & Oil Pastel
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Eve"
c.1950s
Gouache and oil pastel on paper
14x17" black wood frame 14.75"x17.75"
Unsigned, Eve written in paint along right margin
Came from artist's estate
Donald S...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Oil Pastel
French 20th Century Modernist Turquoise Still Life Spring Onions and Celeriacs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vegetable Still Life
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 21 x 16.5 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$650 Sale Price
52% Off
Johann Strauss & Artie Shaw - Mid Century Modern Abstract
By Clark Blocher
Located in Soquel, CA
Johann Strauss & Artie Shaw - Mid Century Modern Abstract
Swirling vortex of color and the words: "Johann Strauss' Tale(s) from the Vienna (Woods) Artie Shaw & Orchestra" by Kansas ...
Category
1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Modern Abstract Muted Painting
By Dante
Located in Houston, TX
Esthetic modern abstract painting in muted pastel colorblocks by French artist, Dante (2011). Signed by the artist at bottom right.
Original one-of-a-kind work of art on paper disp...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XXII (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XXII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an int...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Signed 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Naked Woman on Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sur la Plage
French Modernist artist, 20th century
indistinctly signed
oil on canvas, framed
inscribed verso
framed: 20.5 x 26.5 inches
canvas : 20 x 26 inches
provenance: private c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,168 Sale Price
30% Off
"Untitled #17 (Samurai), " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint and 3-dimensional wooden shapes on canvas. The warm metal grey paint is highly textured, while the ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood
Monogrammed 1925 Pointillist Landscape Modernist Framed Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist signed pointillist painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Signed. Framed. Rare early work!
Category
1920s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
"Centurion, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This vertical format abstract painting by Modernist artist Stanley Bate measures at 26" x 50" framed. The original gold-hued floater frame pulls out the vibrant and warm pops of yell...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Tall Red Plant In Vase Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Red Plant Still Life
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 20 x 26 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$597 Sale Price
56% Off
197's French Modernist Signed Oil Palm Trees in Village Landscape Large Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Pathway
by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017)
signed and dated 1970
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 23.5 x 29 inches
provenance: private collection, Fr...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Original Florida Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. No signature found. Displayed in a period frame. Image, 30"...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
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.
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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.