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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
This Week's Listings Only
Poise (Large, Modern Abstract Expressionist Painting in Earth Tones)
By James O'Shea
Located in Hudson, NY
Large, modern abstract expressionist painting on canvas with an earth toned palette of sage green, sand, teal, and peach, with accents of white, yellow and hot pink
"Poise", painted ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French 20th Century Oil Pink Bright Bubble of Colors Abstract Organic Forms
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 39.5 x 24 inches
condition: overall very good, a few m...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Impressionist seaside nature oil painting on paper "The French coast"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract impressionist painting with touches of expressionism, "The French Coast" is a delicate and emotive creation by French artist Natalya Mougenot. Part of a su...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
A402 - Contemporary Reflective Silver Abstract Painting With White Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss born artist Marco Schmidli creates minimalist paintings with a contemporary edge. Placing emphasis on process, he lets the mediums naturally manifest within his artwork. “An im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Relief Blue 18 - Large Blue Abstract Relief Pallet Knife Texture Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
READY TO HANG with the edges painted! Original abstract painting
The technique: stretched heavy canvas on wooden reinforced chassis and professional acrylic pigments layered by palle...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Spray Paint, Acrylic
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
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Doïna Vieru is an Ecuadorian-Moldavian artist born in 1978 who lives & works in France, Paris. She always preferred pas/pas/passionately the image to the word and all ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Colorful Pink Birds Flowers Expressionist Painting - This Is My Jungle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Urban abstract expressionism artist Tommy Lennartsson draws on the visual culture of street and pop art when creating his original vibrant mixed-media artworks. He employs a mix of abstract and figurative elements that give nods to neo-expressionism, faux-naїf, pop, and geometric abstraction schools of art. Lennartsson builds up his canvases with charcoal, acrylic, ink, and spray paint, and occasionally sews and stitches elements together to create striking scenes that ignite the viewer’s imagination.
This one-of-a-kind 47-inch high by 59-inch wide original artwork is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. The sides of this artwork are painted and it does not require framing. The artist signs it on the back of the painting. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Color interactions and the interplay of light and darkness are important to Lennartsson. By combining materials such as found fabrics Lennartsson creates a patchwork with different elements for his expressionist canvases. The unique and playful compositions range from geometrical forms to figures, objects, and pop culture icons layered over fluid gestural expressions. Because of his intuitive style, no two works are the same, each exploring something fresh and exciting.
“When I look at my paintings, I’m taken back to my childhood of endless doodling on my bedroom floor,” the artist describes.
His work has been featured in the Spanish arts and culture magazine Lamono and was selected as the cover art for the Spring 2019 issue of New England Review. Lennartsson has exhibited extensively in both group and solo shows worldwide, including in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, and China.
REPRESENTATION
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “The Comforting Familiar,” Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
2021 Freshpaintartfair, Mika Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
“Outside The Circle”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
2020 The Lux Gallery, Portimao, Portugal
DAM Gallery Miami, Florida, USA
2019 Mika Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Bill Lowe Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Quiet Margins
Located in Park City, UT
NICHOLAS WILTON’s paintings are visual poems, informed by Nature and his personal experience of life. Color, texture, and organic forms are layered into a complex visual weave that h...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Cubic Family Figurative Shades of Gray Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3566 Deco style painting
Image size 11x11
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
November Light (Encaustic Landscape of Forest at Late Autumn by Regina Quinn)
By Regina Quinn
Located in Hudson, NY
Encaustic, abstracted landscape of a country farm field with autumn foliage
"November Light" made in 2024 by Regina Quinn
encaustic and oil with wax on panel
12 x 9 inches unframed ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Panel
"Brian O'Neill's 'Nocturne 1' Original Acrylic Painting with Copper Leaf"
Located in Denver, CO
Brian O'Neill's "Nocturne 1" is a striking original artwork created in 2024. This piece, measuring 36 x 24 x 1.50 inches (91.44 x 60.96 x 3.81 cm), is crafted using acrylic paint, re...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Copper, Gold Leaf
The Bridge at Argenteuil Large French Impressionist Oil Painting after Monet
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Bridge at Argenteuil
a copy after the earlier, original painting by Claude Monet
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 20 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, south west of Eng...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Long Beach Study" oil painting on wood panel, color value sketch, yellow, blues
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein air in Sag Harbor, NY. A favorite local beach to watch the sunset over Noyac Bay. Painted on wood panel with loose brushstrokes, an impressionist painting that is ne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Refraction Aubergine by Bernadette Jiyong Frank - Contemporary abstract painting
Located in DE
At the heart of each of Frank’s paintings is the Japanese concept of Ma, which is the space or pause between events, moments, forms, and thoughts. It can be felt, for example, at the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Oil
Figure Sur Rouge (Figure on Red) /// Contemporary French Painting Minimalism Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Pierre Marie Brisson (French, 1955-)
Title: "Figure Sur Rouge (Figure on Red)"
*Signed by Brisson lower right. It is also signed and dated on verso
Year: 1983
Medium: Origina...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil, Handmade Paper, Rag Paper, Mixed Media
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
Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ms De Pinna was part of the Provincetown modernist art movement and was a student of legendary artist/teacher Hans Hoffman.
Vivian (Foster) De Pinna was a su...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Field Day" Contemporary Abstracted Floral Landscape Framed Oil on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
“Field Day” is a framed oil on canvas painting by Sherri Belassen, depicting an abstracted patch of wildflowers. The artist’s technique of applying layers upon layers of paint over e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Echappée lointaine Abstract Landscape, way, Contemporary, Modern, French, Tan
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont, a renowned contemporary artist whose works are collected internationally, has once again demonstrated her mastery of subtlety and depth in A Distant Escape. Known for ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Artwork Geometry and Colors, Safari by Spanish Artist Mariona Espinet 2023
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
The work of Mariona Espinet transitions from architectural language to pictorial, a shift that allows her more creative freedom. In this new collection, she seems to go further, alre...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Pears canvas/oil, 38x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Abstract horse, abstract horse oil painting, messenger series horse on road.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Messenger Series - Horse on Road" is a captivating oil painting by the renowned artist Koko, known for their unique abstract-impressionist style. This particular artwork is a strikin...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dreaming - Framed Original Abstract Portrait Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Alessandro Casetti's paintings metaphorically represent all the emotions, fears, and hopes that populate our daily life inside and ou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Elements 3039" Abstract Mixed Media Layered Composition on Baltic Birch Panel
Located in New York, NY
This piece Owen depicts an abstract composition with the use of mixed media and bold patterns producing work which is visually textured and rich with layers and is a part of the arti...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"My Petit Hot Pink Heart" Pink Pop Art Contemporary Oil Painting with Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Yellow Abstract with Triangles by Frank Sinatra
Located in New Orleans, LA
Frank Sinatra
1915-1998 American
Yellow Abstract with Triangles
Signed "Sinatra 89" (lower right)
Acrylic on canvas
One of the great American icons of the 20th century, Frank Sin...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Camouflage - 60"x48", Abstract Landscape Painting, Soft Blues, Greens, Neutrals
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Textures and lush brushstrokes create expressive, visual movement in this abstract style painting. With parts left to intuition and chance, layers of muted blues, greens and neutrals...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Textile, Canvas, Acrylic
"Midnight Showdown on the Hogbacks" oil, spray paint & enamel on canvas 46x38"
Located in Southampton, NY
We are please to announce that we are now representing the Pop Art cowboy and cowgirl paintings of the artist Matt Straub. We at the gallery have been exc...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"The Edge of Heaven" Large Abstract Oil & Ink Canvas by Katherine Filice
Located in Hollister, CA
"The Edge of Heaven" is an expansive 65.75 x 40.5-inch oil and ink painting on raw canvas (back is gessoed) by Katherine Filice. With sweeping gestures and ethereal layers, the work ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink, Oil
Snowy Mountains by K. Hormel - Gold Contemporary abstract Oil painting
Located in DE
Katharina Hormel paints minimalistic every day scenes of life. The people she portrays are out and about going about their daily life, enjoying a walk in the park, cycling, playing f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Pastel Spring Dreams #2, Original painting, Floral meadow, Nature, Grey, Red art
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Pastel Spring Dreams #2 In creating this vibrant painting, I unleashed a medley hues, creating a dance of colour that invigorates the soul. Abstract forms hint at flowers in bloom, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Fritz the Cat Fix Full Size" (2024) by Delton Demarest, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Delton Demarest's "Fritz the Cat Fix Full Size," completed in 2024, is an oil on canvas artwork measuring 10 x 8 x 0.50 inches, painted en plein air. This original painting features ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Light Abstract Painting in a Gild Frame by Wesley Johnson
Located in Pasadena, CA
In a poetic gesture and controlled chaos, this artwork by American painter Wesley Johnson navigates between dissolution and recomposition, offering an immersive, rhythmic exploration...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Dancing figures - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Minimalism, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract Composition N°8 by Vivaldo Martini - Oil on canvas 64x80 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
His first name sounds like a concerto. Vivacious, its name is reminiscent of an aperitif or a cyclist. The addition of the two evokes the Italianate. Indomitable and unavoidable. Mor...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Pear Still Life Framed Original Fine Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible early American modernist still life oil painting. Housed in a great antique giltwood frame. Oil on board.
Category
1950s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Architecture
Located in Genève, GE
Collage, mixed technique
Work on paper
Black wooden frame with glass pane
75.3 x 93.2 x 3.7 cm
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Adhesive, Gouache, Tissue Paper
20-86 August - 20th Century Oil on Canvas Abstract Geometric Circle Painting
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Peter Haigh was raised on a farm near the Yorkshire town of Lockwood. Taking up painting as a hobby at an early age, Haigh sold his first painting at the a...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Landscape #240, Abstract Painting
By Paul Kirley
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Bold geometric shards and planer forms float in space. Solid, angular volumes intersect and overlap with thin, translucent ones. The interplay of light and shad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Red in the Sky
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
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Art School - Large Oversized Original Textural Figurative Abstract Expressionist
By Jonas Fisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Helen Taylor, Par Avion, Contemporary Female Artist, River landscape
Located in Harkstead, GB
Helen Taylor
Par Avion
Oil on canvas
100 x 76 cm
Unframed
Helen Taylor’s practice follows an interest in belonging, connection, and journeys. She spent her formative years in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mountain Lake - Blue Layered Abstract Colorfield Landscape Painting
By Greet Helsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Belgian artist Greet Helsen masterfully layers acrylic paint with the effervescent transparency of watercolors in her large mixed-media abstract paintings. Reminiscent of abstract ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Abstracted Landscape with Winding Road through Patchwork Fields Soft Earth Tones
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstracted Landscape
Suzanne Vattier, French 1901-1996
gouache painting on artist paper, framed
size: 8 x 11 inches
Suzanne Vattier (1901-1996) was a pupil of the famous painter, An...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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
Mystery Mid Century Modern Sailboats
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mystery heavy impasto abstract sailboat scene. Fabulous midcentury oil on canvas which appears to be illegibly signed. It has wonderful colors and is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ribbons
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting "Ribbons" is a dichotomous image that evokes ambiguous associations. At first glance, it's hard to tell if it's a chain-link fence, common in industrial areas, or the si...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Semi-abstract Still Life, Large 20th Century Blue & Pink Oil Painting
By John Heliker
Located in Beachwood, OH
John Heliker (American, 1909-2000)
Still Life with Sugar Bowl
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
39.75 x 39.75 inches
45.5 x 45.5 inches, framed
Provenance: Private Collection Ypsilant...
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mary Didoardo "June Bug" - Small Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Mary Didoardo
June Bug, 2022
oil on wood panel
8 x 8 in.
(dido095)
This small abstract oil painting on wood by Mary Didoardo features her...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wissant (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Wissant (Abstract Painting)
Beeswax resin, pigment and oil paint on panel — Unframed.
This work is from a series of formal trifold compositions of quiet horizontal abstraction, base...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Wax, Panel, Pigment
Large-Scale Patchwork Abstract of Blue, Teal, and Golden Yellow
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale abstract of blue, teal, and golden yellow by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of his work. Unframed. Image size: 55"H x 55"W. One f his " Issues in Contemporary Aquaculture 2013 series."
“I’m driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning to.” - Michael Pauker
Bay Area artist and art educator Michael Pauker was born in New York in 1957 and knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of 15. He earned a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts at SUNY Purchase in his native state of New York. In 1989 he went on to earn an M.F.A at Mills College in Oakland and was awarded the City of Oakland Artist Fellowship in Painting. He has been a Bay Area resident since 1988. His work has been exhibited widely across the U.S., as well as in Japan and Costa Rica, and is included in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Exhibitions include:
2007 Contemporary Art Museum, San Jose, Costa Rica
2007 “The Ebay Art Project,” Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA
2003 “Found Imagery: The Art of Collage,” Fresno Art Museum,Fresno, CA
2003 “Cut, Copy, Paste,” De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
2003 “20th Annual Exhibition,” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002 “40 by 40...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Guardians
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting titled "The Guardians" conveys the image of a woman as a protector and keeper of values and traditions. Her posture symbolizes calmness and confidence, while the gentle...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Untitled (Rabbit Triptych Panel Three)" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Untitled (Rabbit Triptych Panel Three)" Bunnies
Rabbits rendered in black on a gold, silver, bronze, blue, green, yellow and red background.
Unframed
Hunt Slonem is a w...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fields No. 21 - Turquoise Blue Gold Organic Abstract Geometric Original Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alexander Eulert's original mixed media paintings on wood panels are abstract propositions of worlds where divergent forces coalesce into harmonious geometric interactions. He draws ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Painting by Janet Lippincott, 1975, Acrylic on Linen
Located in Dallas, TX
“My art is all I can give to the world, it is all I have to offer.” Abstract painting by Janet Lippincott, 1975, acrylic on linen.
Born in New York in 1918, Lippincott had attended t...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Pointillism Skyscrapers Cityscape Oil on Canvas Painting by Le Boreux
Located in Atlanta, GA
This interesting Mid-Century-Modern abstract pointillist cityscape oil on canvas painting is by Le Boreux (France, 20th Century). It depicts a colorful and vibrant brutalist cityscap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Pointillist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ardentina
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting "Argentina" was inspired by inspiration. I have not been to Argentina, but I imagined it so bright, blooming and beautiful!
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist 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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