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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
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Portrait of A Woman, Abstract Oil Painting by John Uht
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Uht, American (1924 - 2010) Title: Portrait of a Woman Year: circa 1970 Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.l. Size: 12 x 9 inches Frame Size: 16 x 13 inches
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Evening Shadows - Dusk at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Acrylic & Ink on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Patrick Vale Evening Shadows acrylic and ink on paper 24h x 18.50w in 60.96h x 46.99w cm PKV006 See What I See Why are Chicago and baseball so perfect for each other? What is it ab...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Untitled, Figurative, Pen, Ink & Marker on Paper by Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury Untitled Pen, Ink & Marker on Paper 7 x 5 inches 2024 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury executed Still life drawing in Ink, pastel. Alw...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Pen, Permanent Marker

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

"Pan of Bolts" and on Verso Joan Brown Swimming W/Manuel Neri Walking on Water
Located in Soquel, CA
"Pan of Bolts" and on Verso Joan Brown Swimming W/Manuel Neri Walking on Water Sally Wilt studied with Joan at California School of Fine Art Stunning lar...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Libérer" by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil paint on burlap with c-us frame Total size with frame 115x85 cm
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Mini Abstract Oil Painting - Fleck
Located in Bristol, GB
FLECK Size: 31 x 34.5 cm Oil on Canvas A small but very engaging and brilliantly executed abstract composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1973. Set against a tranquil b...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pastel Tones, Moss Green, Yellow, Purple, Simple Round Shapes Transparencies
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Simple Tilted Landscape Icon" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. These painting, influenced by modernist artists of the 50's,...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Ink, Sumi Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Time Zone 8 - Modern Resin Minimalist Rhythmic Geometric Abstraction Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed-media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past, which led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acryl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings

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Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Spiritual Origins - Geometric Abstract
By Julie Fudge
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract oil on wood panel depicting the beginnings of the ascendancy of the Earth by Julie R. Fudge (American, 20th Century). Signed "Julie Fudge" on verso. Unframed. Image, 42"H x ...
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1980s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Translucent Purple Bubbles, Mid-Century Shapes in Warm Tones, Overlapping Layers
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Translucent Purple Bubbles" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. These painting, influenced by modernist artists of the 50's, 6...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

"Birthday, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint on canvas. It features a muted, earth-toned palette with contrasting warm yellow, orange, and red accents throughout. The painting is framed in a floater frame with gold face and black sides. It is 22" x 36" and measures 24" x 38" x 2" framed. This painting is not signed by the artist, but has been authenticated by his estate. It is stamped with the estate seal on the back of the painting, and on the back of the frame. Ready to hang. Stanley Bate was born on March 26, 1903 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Bates were an established Tennessee family, in fact, Henry’s brother William Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883-1887 and a United States Senator from 1887-1905. Stanley studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville. In the 1920’s Bate moved to New York City to study at the Art Students League under Frederick Bridgman. He soon landed a job with Encyclopedia Britannica, and from 1927-1929 served as art editor. From 1929 until his death in 1972, Stanley was a self-employed artist. He taught art classes at both the Art Students League and the Albany Institute of History and Art and brought in extra income by making illustrations for magazines such as “Outdoor Life” and “Popular Science”. On January 27, 1934 Stanley married Emilie Rossel. Emilie had emigrated from Switzerland to New York in 1923. She found work as a governess to Alfred Vanderbilt and later as an executive secretary for Wall Street investment brokers Kahn, Loeb and Co. Emilie met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple, who had no children, lived on 34th Street in Manhattan. During this period, Bate was producing and exhibiting his art and joined several artists groups. Stanley and Emilie became part of the New York art scene, dining weekly at the Society of Illustrators Clubhouse. Stanley Bate’s time in New York was pivotal in the formation of his painting style. He lived in New York during the inception of one of the most important Modern Art movements, one that helped New York replace Paris as the center of avant-garde art. This movement, which was called the New York School of artists, was later known as Abstract Expressionism. It was comprised of a loosely associated group of vanguard artists working in New York City during the 1940s and 1950s. The New York School was not defined by a specific style, but instead reflected a fusion of European Modernism and American social relevancy that was depicted in many individual styles. Influences of Surrealism, Cubism, and Modernism can be found in their work, along with an interest in experimenting with non-traditional materials and methods. American art was in the forefront of international avant-garde for the first time. Stanley Bate was undoubtedly exposed to the varied styles and techniques that were emerging during the formative years of the New York School. Mark Rothko and Robert Motherwell were formulating their versions of color field paintings. Joseph Cornell was experimenting with assemblages, collage and the use of different types of textured paints. Jackson Pollock was adhering objects such as buttons and coins into his early works, while Louise Nevelson was using found objects. Helen Frankenthaler added sand to her early paintings. The New York School artists were undermining traditional fine art by using mixed media and non-traditional methods. Stanley Bate absorbed these varied influences and soon his early realistic landscapes and still-lifes were replaced with something entirely new. The influence of Cubism, notably the flat shallow space of the picture plane, is obvious in many of Bate’s paintings. Surrealism is evident in Bate’s use of subjects from myth, primitive art and antiquity, along with the Automatism-like line work in his more linear images. The unfettered experimentation of the New York School is everywhere in Stanley Bate’s work. We see nods to color field, collage, the mixing of textures into paint, mixed media, the inclusion of found objects and thick, luscious impasto. Bate was prolific and experimented in various media including oil, watercolor, lithography, silk screen, wood cut, drawing, collage, ceramics and sculpture. Bate is considered a true Modernist. His work is largely abstract, but sometimes figures and buildings are discernable. He frequently mixed paint, sand and glue together to achieve a textured surface, and then scraped and scratched through this layer to expose some of the underpainting below. His sculpture, which is often whimsical, also reflects the non-traditional methods of the New York School. Bate pioneered the use of enamel and copper in his work. The sculptures are not carved or modeled as was done in the past, but instead are built using mixed media and new materials. In addition to the New York School influence, many of Bate’s works exhibit a strong connection to the Spanish school, especially the work of Antonio Tapies and Modesto Cuixart. These artists were both part of an avant-garde group known as Art Informel, the Spanish equivalent of Abstract Expressionism. These artists likewise worked in mixed media and introduced objects and texture into their work. Many of Bate’s subjects and titles relate to Spanish locations and words. It is likely that Stanley spent time in Spain and found inspiration there. By the early 1940s, Stanley and Emilie had started spending weekends in a barn they purchased in Craryville, New York, a few hours north of Manhattan. The barn had no electricity or plumbing, but when the Bates eventually decided to leave New York and live full time in Craryville, they remodeled the barn, putting a gallery downstairs and a studio and living quarters upstairs. Although the Bates moved out of New York City, Stanley remained part of the New York art scene, exhibiting in New York and elsewhere throughout the 50s and 60s. During his lifetime he was represented by the New York galleries Knoedler and Company, Kennedy Galleries, Rose Fried Gallery and Key Gallery, along with Tyringham Gallery located in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Craryville was Stanley’s home until his death on August 21, 1972. Emilie died 1984...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Large 20th Century French Modernist Provencal Landscape Cubist Village Houses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provence Village 20th century French school after Andre Lhote (bears signature, ie: not by Andre Lhote) oil on board, framed framed: 12 x 19.5 inches board: 8 x 15.5 inches Pro...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Beautiful Harbour Colors
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...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Picos, " 1970s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
"Picos" is an abstract painting created in 1971 by Modernist artist, Stanley Bate. The piece features an earthy, muted palette, giving it a serene feeling with deep grey, muted brown...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1970s Abstract Figurative Oil Painting – Modernist City Scene With Couple
Located in Denver, CO
Artist: George Cecil Carter (1908–1993) Medium: Oil on board Size: Image: 16 ⅞ x 9 ⅞ in Framed: 20 ⅝ x 13 ½ x 1 ⅞ in Style: Mid-Century Modern, Abstract Figurative This striking 1950s oil painting by celebrated Colorado abstract expressionist George Cecil Carter presents a modernist portrayal of a couple, believed to depict Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe. Rendered in bold brushstrokes and a rich color palette, the piece showcases Carter’s unique ability to merge abstraction with figurative expression, creating a sense of movement and emotion. Housed in a custom frame, this original mid-century artwork is a must-have for collectors of modernist and abstract figurative art. Provenance: From a private collection in Denver, Colorado. About the Artist – George Cecil Carter Born in Oklahoma in 1908, Carter became a leading figure in Colorado’s abstract expressionist movement, working alongside artists like Al Wynne, Mary Chenoweth...
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1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Chromatic, Ovoid Head, Geometric Figurative Abstract Acrylic & Collage Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Chromatic, 1965 Acrylic and collage on scintilla Signed and dated upper right 30 x 22 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstrac...
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1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

"Paphos, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This textured, Modern Abstract Expressionist painting Stanley Bate features a neutral palette with both warm and cool undertones. Muted blues and reds seem to be incorporated into a ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Figurative Cubist Surrealist Abstraction Mid 20th Century American Modern Large
Located in New York, NY
Figurative Cubist Surrealist Abstraction Mid 20th Century American Modern Large O. Louis Guglielmi (1906 - 1956) OBSESSIVE THEME 44 x 33 inches Oil on canvas Signed and dated '48 lo...
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large 20th Century French Abstract Composition Shapes & Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract composition oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 33 x 29 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: good and sound condition
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Flowers on Green Background - Oil Paint - 2013
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers on green background is an artwork realized by an unknown artist in 2013. Mixed colored oil painting. Includes frame. Signature by the artist and dediation on the lower mar...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

French Modernist Green Landscape Oil Painting framed and signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Green landscape Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) inscribed verso framed signed oil painting on canvas framed: 13 x 11 inches canvas: 11 x 9 inches. All the paintings we have...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting - Expressionist Town with Palm Tree
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...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative Estate stamp on the stretcher, verso. Provenance: Estate of the artist. 20 x 24 inches. BIO Leon Bibel continued painting through 1941 and resumed work in both painting and especially wood sculpture by 1960. He worked until his very last day in 1995. His last series of large wood sculptures were modeled on spice boxes, which were miniature buildings...
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1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oceans Apart
Located in East Hampton, NY
fun with Color Theory As seen at Art on Paper 2024 at The Mannix Project East Hampton NY 12"x12" (14"x14" framed) each These come in a white frame. Acrylic on Paper Artist Statement...
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2010s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Antique Canadian Modernist Algonquin Park Signed Exhibited Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Canadian modernist signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 16L x 12H.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Modernist Framed Signed Exhibited Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Exhibited at the Butler Art Institute.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

North on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
De Hirsh Margules (1899-1965). North on West Street , 1939. Watercolor on Arches wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil by artist lower margin. Sheet measures 15 x 22 inches. Framed measurement: 27 x 34 inched. Incredibly vibrant and saturated color with no fading or toning of sheet. Provenance: Babcock Galleries, NYC De Hirsh Margules (1899–1965) was a Romanian-American "abstract realist" painter who crossed paths with many major American artistic and intellectual figures of the first half of the 20th century. Elaine de Kooning said that he was "[w]idely recognized as one of the most gifted and erudite watercolorists in the country". The New York Times critic Howard Devree stated in 1938 that "Margules uses color in a breath-taking manner. A keen observer, he eliminates scrupulously without distortion of his material." Devree later called Margules "one of our most daring experimentalists in the medium" Margules was also a well-known participant in the bohemian culture of New York City's Greenwich Village, where he was widely known as the "Baron" of Greenwich Village.[1] The New York Times described him as "one of Greenwich Village's best-known personalities" and "one of the best known and most buoyant characters about Greenwich Village. Early Life De Hirsh Margules was born in 1899 in the Romanian city of Iași (also known as Iasse, Jassy, or Jasse). When Margules was 10 weeks old, his family immigrated to New York City. Both of his parents were active in the Yiddish theater, His father was Yekutiel "Edward" Margules, a "renowned Jewish actor-impresario and founder of the Yiddish stage." Margules' mother, Rosa, thirty-nine years younger than his father, was an actress in the Yiddish theater and later in vaudeville. Although Margules appeared as a child actor with the Adler Family[11] and Bertha Kalich, his sister, Annette Margules, somewhat dubiously continued in family theater and vaudeville tradition, creating the blackface role of the lightly-clad Tondelayo (a part later played on film Hedy Lamarr) in Earl Carroll's 1924 Broadway exoticist hit, White Cargo. Annette herself faced stereotyping as an exotic flower: writing about her publicist Charles Bouchert stated that "Romania produces a stormy, temperamental type of woman---a type admirably fitted to portray emotion." His brother Samuel became a noted magician who appeared under the name "Rami-Sami." Samuel later became a lawyer, representing magician Horace Goldin, among others. A family portrait including a young De Hirsh, a portrait of Rosa and Annette together, and individual photos of Rosa and Edward can be found on the Museum of the City of New York website. At around age 9 or 10, Margules took art classes with the Boys Club on East Tenth Street, and his first taste of exhibition was at a student art show presented by the club. By age 11, he had won a city-wide prize (a box camera) at a children's art show presented by the department store Wanamakers. As a young teenager, Margules was already displaying a characteristic kindness and loyalty. Upon hearing that two friends (one of them was author Alexander King), were in trouble for breaking a school microscope, the nearly broke Margules gave them five dollars to repair the microscope . Margules had to approach a wealthy man that Margules had once saved on the subway from a heart attack. Margules didn't reveal the source of the five dollars to King until twenty-five years later. In his late teens, Margules studied for a couple of months in Pittsburgh with Edwin Randby, a follower of Western painter Frederic Remington. Thereafter he pursued a two-year course of studies in architecture, design and decoration at the New York Evening School of Art and Design, while working as a clerk during the day at Stern's Department Store. He was encouraged in these artistic pursuits by his neighbor, the painter Benno Greenstein (who later went by the name of Benjamin Benno). Artistic career In 1922, Margules began work as a police reporter for the City News Association of New York .Margules then considered himself something of an expert on art, and the painter Myron Lechay is said to have responded to some unsolicited analysis of his work with the remark "Since you seem to know so much about it, why don't you paint yourself?" This led to study with Lechay and a flurry of painting. Margules' first show was in 1922 at Jane Heap's Little Review Gallery. Thereafter Margules began to participate in shows with a group including Stuart Davis, Jan Matulka, Buckminster Fuller (exhibiting depictions of his "Dymaxion house") in a gallery run by art-lover and restaurateur Romany Marie on the floor above her cafe. Jane Heap, left, with Mina Loy and Ezra Pound During the 1920s, Margules traveled outside of the country a number of times. In 1922, with the intent of reaching Bali, he took a job as a "'wiper on a tramp steamer where [he] played nursemaid to the engine." He reached Rotterdam before he turned back. He would return to Rotterdam shortly thereafter. In 1927, Margules took a lengthy leave of absence from his day job as a police reporter in order to travel to Paris, where he "set up a studio in Montmartre's Place du Tertre, on the top floor of an almost deserted hotel, a shabby establishment, lacking both heat and running water." He studied at the Louvre and traveled to paint landscapes in provincial France and North Africa. Margules also joined the "Noctambulist" movement and experimented with painting and showing his artwork in low light.Jonathan Cott wrote that: the painter De Hirsch Margulies sat on the quays of the Seine and painted pictures in the dark. In fact, the first exhibition of these paintings, which could be seen only in a darkened room, took place in [ Walter Lowenfels'] Paris apartment. Elaine de Kooning remarked that studying the works of the Noctambulists confirmed Margules' "direction toward the use of primary colors for perverse effects of heavy shadow." It was also in Paris that Margules initially conceived his idea of "Time Painting", where a painting is divided into sectors, each representing a different time of day, with color choices meant to evoke that time of day. In Paris, his social circle included Lowenfels, photographer Berenice Abbott, publisher Jane Heap, composer George Anthiel, sculptor Thelma Wood, painter André Favory, writer Norman Douglas, writer and editor George Davis, composer and writer Max Ewing, and writer Michael Fraenkel. Upon his return to New York in 1929, Margules attended an exhibition of John Marin's paintings. While at the exhibition, he "launched into an eloquent explanation of Marin to two nearby women", and was overheard by an impressed Alfred Stieglitz. The famous photographer and art promoter invited Margules to dine with his wife, the artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and his assistant, painter Emil Zoler. Stieglitz thereafter became a friend and mentor to Margules, becoming for him "what Socrates was to his friends." Alfred Stieglitz Stieglitz introduced Margules to John Marin, who quickly became the most important painterly influence upon Margules. Elaine de Kooning later noted that Margules was "indebted to Marin and through Marin to Cézanne for his initial conceptual approach - for his constructions of scenes with no negative elements, for skies that loom with the impact of mountains." Margules himself said that Marin was his "father and ... academy." The admiration was by no means unreciprocated: Marin said that Margules was "an art lover with abounding faith and sincerity, with much intelligence and quick seeing." Stieglitz also introduced Margules to many other artistic and intellectual figures in New York. With the encouragement of Alfred Stieglitz, Margules in 1936 opened a two-room gallery at 43 West 8th Street called "Another Place." Over the following two years there were fourteen solo exhibitions by Margules and others, and the gallery was well-respected by the press. It was in this gallery that the painter James Lechay, Myron's brother, exhibited his first painting. In 1936, Margules first saw recognition by major art museums when both the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston purchased his works. In 1942, Margules gave up working as a police reporter, and apparently dedicated himself thereafter solely to an artistic vocation. "The Baron of Greenwich Village"[edit] Margules made his mark not only as an artist, but also as an outsized personality known throughout Greenwich Village and beyond. To local residents, Margules was known as the "Baron", after Baron Maurice de Hirsch, a prominent German Jewish philanthropist. Margules was easily recognizable by the beret he routinely wore over his long hair. Writer Charles Norman said that he "dressed with a flair for sloppiness." He was said to "know everybody" in Greenwich Village, to the extent that when the novelist and poet Maxwell Bodenheim was murdered, Margules was the first one the police sought to identify the body. Margules' letters show him interacting with art world figures such as Sacha Kolin, John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz, as well as with prominent figures outside the art world such as polymath Buckminster Fuller and writer Henry Miller. Most of his friends and acquaintances found Margules a generous and voluble man, given to broadly emotionally expressive gestures and acts of kindness and loyalty. In 1929, he exhibited an example of this loyalty and fellow-feeling when he appeared in court to fight what the wrongful commitment of his friend, writer and sculptor Alfred Dreyfuss, who appeared to have been a victim of an illicit attempt to block an inheritance. The Greenwich Village chronicler Charles Norman described the bone-crushing hugs that Margules would routinely bestow on his friends and acquaintances, and speaks of the "persuasive theatricality" that Margules seemed to have inherited from his actor parents. Norman also wrote about Margules' routine acts of kindness, taking in homeless artists, constantly feeding his friends and providing the salvatory loan where needed. Norman also notes that Margules was blessed with a loud and good voice, and was apt to sing an operatic air without provocation. The writer and television personality Alexander King said I think the outstanding characteristics of my friend's personality are affirmation, emphasis, and overemphasis. He chooses to express himself predominantly in superlatives and the gestures which accompany his utterances are sometimes dangerous to life and limb. Of the bystanders, I mean. King also spoke with affectionate amusement about Margules' pride in his cooking, speaking of how "if he should ever invite you to dinner, he may serve you a hamburger with onions, in his kitchen-living room, with such an air of gastronomic protocol, such mysterious hints and ogliing innuendoes, as if César Ritz and Brillat-Savarin had sneaked out, only a moment before, with his secret recipe in their pockets." Margules was such a memorable New York personality that comic book writer Alvin Schwartz imagined him at the Sixth Avenue Cafeteria in a risible yet poignant debate with Clark Kent about whether Superman had the ability to stop Hitler. Margules' entrenchment in the Greenwich Village milieu can be seen in a photograph from Fred McDarrah's "Beat Generation Album" of a January 13, 1961 writers' and poets' meeting to discuss "The Funeral of the Beat Generation", in Robert Cordier [fr]'s railroad flat at 85 Christopher Street. Among the people in the same photograph are Shel Silverstein...
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1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Rag Paper

"Blue Nude" Modern Abstract Style Modigliani Study Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Signed Flower Still Life Framed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American modernist still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 24H by 12L.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Blue Girl" Modern Abstract Style Modigliani Figure Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dichotomy, mid-century figural abstract green oil painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Dichotomy, 1962 Oil on paper Signed and dated upper left 20 x 25 inches Mid-century figural abstract green painting of woman swimming ...
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1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

1950s "Sitting in Chair" Mid Century Figurative Pratt Graphic Arts Center
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Sitting in Chair" c.1950s Gouache and oil pastel on paper 24" x 18" unframed Came from artist's estate *Custom framing available for additio...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

The Football Match 20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting playing football
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...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Vehement
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ted Hinrichs Vehement Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2021 Size: 48x40in Framed: 50x42x2.5in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 24802-1716 *Framed in black Wood ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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White - Acrylic Painting by Mario Padovan - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
White is an contemporary artwork realized by Mario Padovan in 1976. Mixed colored acrylic painting on canvas. Signature, title, date and technique on the back.
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Vintage American Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Composition 16 - Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 16 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956). The artwork is on tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 32...
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1920s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Tempera

Abstracted Figure in Nature in Ink and Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Figure in Nature in Ink and Pastel on Paper Beautiful and unique abstract piece of a figure in nature by Frank Rowland (American, 1927-2012). The graceful and simplifie...
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1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Landscape Variations No. 2 - Sardonic Interlude
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower left: "Ben Norris / 29 - XII - 50". With label verso: "Landscape Variations II - Sardonic Interlude / by Ben Norris". From the Estate of the Artist. Exhibite...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Fused Image, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Lou Fink
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lou Fink, American (1925 - 1980) Title: Spanish Dancers Year: 1964 Medium: Oil on Board, signed, dated and titled verso Size: 10 in. x 14 in. (25.4 cm x 35.56 cm) Frame Size:...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

1940s WPA Era American Modern Figurative Painting of Figure on Deserted Street
Located in Denver, CO
This striking 1946 oil on canvas painting, titled Deserted Street, was created by Colorado/Woodstock modernist artist Jenne Magafan (1916-1952). The artwork features a solitary figu...
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Untitled #296 (Modern), " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern painting by Abstract Expressionist painter Stanley Bate features a textured aesthetic and a deep, colorful palette. Deep blue and red is contrasted by a brighter accents ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract watercolor composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee. Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laurahuette, Poland, in 1923, the son of a wealthy pastry shop owner. In 1939 he began studying architecture in Breslau where he was introduced to the European masters and to the work of some of the German Expressionists, soon afterward banned as "degenerate artists" and removed from museums throughout Germany by the Nazi regime. His studies were interrupted by World War II. Drafted into the German army, traveling in many countries as a soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Italy. After the war, he studied at the Union of Nuremberg Architects to help design buildings to replace ones destroyed in the war. He recorded his impressions of the local population and the landscapes through his watercolors and drawings. Pawel Kontny thereafter moved to Nuremberg, Germany, becoming a member of the Union of Nuremberg Architects and helping to rebuild the city's historic center. He soon decided to concentrate on his professional art career. He married Irmgard Laurer, a dancer with the Nuremberg Opera. Pavel Kontny 's career as an artist was launched with his participation in an all German exhibition, held at the Dusseldorf Museum in 1952. He held one-man shows in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. During his trip to the United States in 1960, Kontny became instantly enamored with Colorado, and decided to relocate to Cherry Hills with his wife and two children. He quickly established himself in the local art community, being affiliated for a time with Denver Art Galleries and Saks Galleries. His subject matter became the Southwest. During this time he received the Prestigious Gold Medal of the Art Academy of Rome. His extensive travel provided material for the paintings he did using his hallmark marble dust technique. he also worked equally in pastel, watercolor, charcoal and pencil-and-ink. in a style which merged abstraction and realist styles, influenced by Abstract Expressionist painting and South Western American landscapes. In the early 1960s he was one of only a few European-born professional artists in the state, a select group that included Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), a member of the prewar Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, Germany, and Roland Detre (1903-2001), a Hungarian modernist painter. As a Denver, Colorado resident, Pavel Kontny exhibited at galleries and museums throughout the United States, Germany and Japan. There, he was inspired by frequent trips to Native American pueblos in the Southwest, as well as by the study of the Plains Indians of Montana and Wyoming. Over the years Kontny had a number of students and generously helped young artist by hosting exhibitions at his Cherry Hills home. For many years he generously donated his paintings to support charitable causes in Denver. Influences during his European years included German pastelist C.O. Muller, German Informel painter Karl Dahmen and Swiss artist, Hans Erni. In the early 1950s his painting style showed the influence of the Die Brücke (The Bridge), a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905 who had a major impact on the evolution of modern art in the twentieth century in Germany. By the middle of the decade his style incorporated more referential abstraction and total abstraction, resulting in part from his study of Hans Hartung, a German artist based in Paris who exhibited his gestural abstract work in Germany. The American moon landing in 1969 inspired Paul Kontny...
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20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Abstract Study
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 studies ...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wave Form I (Wellenform) (Triangle, Wavy, Modern, Mid-Century) (~50% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hannes Grosse Wave Form I (Wellenform) Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Year: 1971 Size: 33.46 x 33.46 x 31.49 inches (85,5 x 85,5 x 80 cm) Framed (simply wood frame) - ready to hang COA p...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Great Wall, " 1970s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract oil painting on canvas by Modernist artist Stanley Bate features a geometric composition and a soft palette. The white and creme colors are complemented by earth...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Soho Nights
Located in East Hampton, NY
fun with Color Theory As seen at Art on Paper 2024 at The Mannix Project East Hampton NY 12"x12" (15"x15" framed) These come in a white frame. Acrylic on Paper Artist Statement: Pa...
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2010s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

1950s "Red Sun" Mid Century Abstract Art Students League NYC
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Red Sun" c.1950s Gouache and oil pastel on paper 13.75" x 17" unframed Unsigned Came from artist's estate *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks. Donald Stacy (1925-2008) New Jersey Studied: Newark School of Fine Art The Art Students League...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

Nike Descending IV: Figurative Abstract Framed Oil Painting Greek Goddess Nike
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative abstract style black, white, and blue acrylic painting of the Greek Goddess, Nike, "Winged Victory of Samothrace" with an antique wood f...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Archival Paper, Acrylic

"Messages to Fribourg, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate features a warm, deep palette of red, yellow, orange, and burnt umber. Thick strokes of paint are layered beneath light white overlappin...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bits of Magenta (Abstract, Expressive, Fun, Colorful, Warm, Soft)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello Bits of Magenta Mixed Media on Board 20235 Size: 12 x 12 inches (30.48 x 30.48cm) Framed: 13 x 13 x 1.25 inches (33.02 x 33.02 x 3.175cm) Signed and titled by hand CO...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board, Wood

JEAN MARC (1949-2019) 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF FACE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait" by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019) watercolour on artist paper double sided painting: 12.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, South of France Superb original p...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

On A Clear Day (Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, Josef Albers, Hard Edge)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Susan Kiefer On A Clear Day Oil on Canvas Year: 2022 Size: 36x36x1.35in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1048 Though born and raised in Kansas C...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil

Antique Southern School Civil War Cannon Modernist American Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nice quality modernist painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 16L x 12H.
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1930s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1957 Mid Century Modern Vintage Abstract Oil Painting - Industrial Abstraction
Located in Bristol, GB
INDUSTRIAL ABSTRACTION Size: 35.5 x 70 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A brilliantly composed mid century abstract composition in oil, painted onto canvas and dated 1957. This p...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing. A modernist artist who emigrated to America from Greece in 1904, when he was fourteen years old, Jean Xceron is described as having a reputation as an artist that has mysteriously fallen into obscurity---especially since he was reportedly quite prominent during his lifetime. However, a partial explanation of that omission is the fact that many of his papers and early records have been lost. He was a painter of biomorphic abstractions and did collages, which were influenced by Dadaism. Xceron was active in New York City when modernism was gaining influence. Of him during this period, it was written that his artistic role was "a vital link between what is commonly termed as the first-generation (the Stieglitz group, the Synchromists, etc.) and second-generation, the American Abstract Artists, the Transcendental Painting...
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"The Cove" by Robert Glick - Large Vivid Geometric Seascape - Contemporary Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Robert Glick (American, born 1950) "The Cove" 2024 Acrylic paint, Canvas, Stretcher bars The artist signed the bottom right and back of the painting. This painting by Robert Glick c...
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2010s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

“Abstract #3”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower left by the artist and dated 1964. Condition is very...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

Hayfield Two Thirty (Abstracted Landscape of Country Field by David Konigsberg)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract landscape painting of a white cloud in a light blue sky over a dark country field "Hayfield Two Thirty," painted by David Konigsberg in 2019 oil o...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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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