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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Surrealist
Untitled 4, from series "Monumental Figures"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Ruslan Perekucha was born in 1967. Since childhood, he was interested in the history of art, and he loved modernism most of all. This prompted him to collect antiques and art in the ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Pastel

Checkmate
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS "CHECKMATE" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2017 53.25 X 41.5 INCHES "Checkmate" is that great end-finale, that surprised everyone because you basically were playing or getting ready for a totally different game. An unexpected move from the governments who always have a "card up their sleeve" to screw you. Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964. He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983. Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma. Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas. Papillon Gallery...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Checkmate
$7,875 Sale Price
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Large Hudson River Figurative Modernist Landscape Oil Painting Edward Avedisian
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian ( 1936-2007 ) Gouache or oil on paper, 3 guys around a car, hand signed in paint lower left, Measures 30"x 22.5" Edward Avedisian (June 15, 1936, Lowell, Massachusetts – August 17, 2007, Philmont, New York) was an American abstract painter who came into prominence during the 1960s. His work was initially associated with Color field painting and in the late 1960s with Lyrical Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism. He studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. By the late 1950s he moved to New York City. Between 1958 and 1963 Avedisian had six solo shows in New York. In 1958 he initially showed at the Hansa Gallery, then he had three shows at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery and in 1962 and 1963 at the Robert Elkon Gallery. He continued to show at the Robert Elkon Gallery almost every year until 1975. During the 1960s his work was broadly visible in the contemporary art world. He joined the dynamic art scene in Greenwich Village, frequenting the Cedar Tavern on Tenth Street, associating with the critic Clement Greenberg, and joining a new generation of abstract artists, such as Darby Bannard, Kenneth Noland, Jules Olitski, and Larry Poons. Avedisian was among the leading figures to emerge in the New York art world during the 1960s. An artist who mixed the hot colors of Pop Art with the cool, more analytical qualities of Color Field painting, he was instrumental in the exploration of new abstract methods to examine the primacy of optical experience. One of his paintings was appeared on the cover of Artforum, in 1969, his work was included in the 1965 Op Art The Responsive Eye exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and in four annuals at the Whitney Museum of American Art. His paintings were widely sought after by collectors and acquired by major museums in New York and elsewhere. He has been exhibited in prominent galleries, such as the Anita Shapolsky Gallery and the Berry Campbell Gallery in New York City. Edward Avedisian was known for his brightly colored, boldly composed canvases that combined Minimalism's rigor, Pop art exuberance and the saturated tones of Color Field painting. Roberta Smith of the NYT writes of Avedesian: "Edward Avedisian helped establish the hotly colored, but emotionally cool, abstract painting that succeeded Abstract Expressionism in the early 1960s. This young luminary harnessed elements of minimalism, pop, and color field painting to create prominent works of epic proportions that energized the New York art scene of the time." In 1996 Avedisian showed his paintings from the 1960s at the Mitchell Algus Gallery, then in SoHo. His last show, dominated by recent landscapes, was in 2003 at the Algus gallery, now in Chelsea. Selected Exhibitions: Op Art: The Responsive Eye, at the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum’s Young America 1965 Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada. Six Painters (along with Darby Bannard, Dan Christensen, Ron Davis...
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20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Gouache, Archival Paper

Modernist Painting, "Compulsive Visions (Chemical)"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind acrylic and mixed media painting on wood panel by San Diego artist, Peter Geise. It is unframed. Its dimensions are 16"x 16"x.25"" A certificate of authentici...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Conjuring Spirits (Jungle Drums)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Dynamic jungle drummer scene by unknown NYC American artist. Oil on canvas measuring 20 x 26 inches. Signed "T 42" in ink on verso. Anco stretchers and Grumbacher NYC store stamp con...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Rockefeller Center" - Abstract Rock, Mid-Century Acrylic & Sand Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Rockefeller Center, 1962 Acrylic and sand on scintilla Signed and dated lower left 25 x 20 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a ...
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1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Neon Ovoids, Mid-Century Abstract neon orange, green, pink acrylic painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Neon Ovoids, c. 1960s Acrylic on paper 9 x 12 inches Mid-Century Abstract neon orange, green, pink acrylic painting. Clarence Holbroo...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Shoe Race
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

"Selfie in Christ"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The theme of religion is an integral part of my author's paintings. This work was inspired by the painting by Rembrandt, The Removal of Christ.
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

“Abstract Sailing, 1945”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on academy board by the Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed and dated lower left, 1945. Condition: Excellent. Presently not framed. Biography : Russian-America...
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Fiberboard

Vintage American Modernist Surreal Dry Dock Boat Scene Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted modernist dry dock boat landscape by Karl Soderlund (Born 1962). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
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1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Trompe L'Oeil "Old Town Chicago" Signed Van Zandt Street Scene Modern Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene painting. OIl on board. Framed. Signed "Van Zandt 50". Really finely painted and an interesting subject as well!
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique French Riviera Modernist Mediterranean Seascape Signed Boat Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed modernist seascape painting by Gabriel Godard (Born 1933). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Housed in a wide giltwood frame. Thick impasto and wonderful colors. I...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Reverberations, mid-century abstract surrealist black acrylic painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Reverberations, 1970 Acrylic on illustration board Signed lower left 20 x 30 inches Mid-century abstract surrealist black acrylic painting...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Exhibited Ashcan School Nocturnal New York City Brooklyn Bridge Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal view of the Brooklyn Bridge. Oil on board. Signed verso. Framed.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Changing Everything Forever: River #7 bright colorful abstract landscape
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Changing Everything Forever: River #7 Exuberant brushwork, bright colorful abstract landscape Acrylic, w some dirt, some grass, on canvas. Painted at the Blackstone-Seekonk River.
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mid Century Modern Green Pink Mixed Media on Canvas 48" X 36"
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink

"Rail Crossing: Middletown, NY"
By Jules Halfant
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful oil on linen canvas painting, entitled "Rail Crossing: Middletown, was executed by the esteemed artist Jules Halfant (American, 1909-2001)...
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Modernist Coastal Ocean Beach Abstract Rock Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist seascape beach oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Signed on verso. Image size, 24L x 18H. Framed in a period frame.
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1930s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Pop Art Bulldog Animal Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist animal portrait painting by Jerry Farnsworth. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Image size 20L x 16H. Housed in a peri...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Incredible American Modernist New York City Central Park Plaza View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really impressive mid 1900s American school painting of Central Park. An amazing piece with hints of abstraction. Framed. No signature found.
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nigeria Period, Frottage on Paper, Edition 1/1 by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Amitabh Sengupta - Nigeria Period , Edition 1/1 Frottage on Paper , 30.25 x 22.25 inches , 1987 Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : In Amitabh SenGupta's works TIME is depi...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Antique American Sparse Modern Expressionist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 18L x 24H.
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1940s 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

Antique American Mid Century Modern Kitchen Still Life Original OilPainting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 14L x 8H. Signed.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Huge Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Two Figures Entwined
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figures Entwined by Joel Lacroix (French mid 20th century) signed and dated verso oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 39.5 x 32 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Feminist Surrealist French Woman Abstract Lithograph Embossing Myriam Bat-Yosef
Located in Surfside, FL
Myriam Bat-Yosef Surrealist abstract lithograph with embossing Hand signed and dated 1973. Myriam Bat-Yosef, whose real name is Marion Hellerman, born on January 31, 1931 in Berlin, Germany to a Jewish family from Lithuania, she is an Israeli Icelandic French artist who paints on papers, paintings, fabrics, objects and human beings for performances. Myriam Bat-Yosef currently lives and works in Paris. In 1933, her family fleeing the Nazi Holocaust, Miriam Bat-Yosef emigrates to Palestine and settles in Jaffa. In 1936, she suffers a family tragedy, her father, militant Zionist, is called to fight, still recovering from an operation of appendicitis. The incision will become infected, antibiotics did not exist yet, and her father will die in the hospital after 9 months of suffering. Myriam and her mother leave Palestine to live in Paris for three years. French is Myriam's first school language. In 1939, still fleeing Nazism, she returned to Palestine, leaving France by the last boat from Marseille. She moved to Tel Aviv with her mother, aunt and maternal grandmother. In 1940, she began attending the Academy of Fine Arts in Tel Aviv and took her name as an artist, Bat-Yosef, which means Joseph's daughter in Hebrew, as a tribute to her father. In 1946, Myriam graduated as a kindergarten teacher but wanted to be an artist. Her mother enrolled her in an evening school to prepare a diploma of art teacher. At 19, she performs two years of military service in Israel. In 1952, with a pension of $50 a month that her mother allocated, she went to study at the Beaux-Arts in Paris. To survive, she has several activities while studying. In 1955, she had her first solo exhibition, at the Israeli Club on Wagram Avenue in Paris. Many artists, such as Yaacov Agam, Yehuda Neiman Avigdor Arikha, Raffi Kaiser, Dani Karavan and sculptors Achiam and Shlomo Selinger attended the opening . In 1956, she enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Florence. This is where she meets the painter Errô. They share an icy studio in winter. Myriam moves to Milan with friends. She organizes a joint exhibition with Erro, one room each, at the Montenapoleone gallery. Her works are admired by the sculptor Marino Marini and the painters Renato Birolli and Enrico Prampolini. Myriam and Erro exhibit in Rome, Milan, Florence and meet many personalities: Alain Jouffroy and his wife, the painter Manina, Roberto Matta and his wife Malitte, textile artist who was one of the founders of the Pompidou Center. Back in Paris, Myriam and Erro get married, which allows Myriam to avoid being called into the Israeli army during the Suez Canal War. In 1957, Myriam and her husband went to Iceland. Myriam works in a chocolate factory. Having enough money, she starts producing art again. She exhibited in Reykjavik's first art gallery. She meets the artist Sigridur Bjornsdottir, married to the Swiss painter Dieter Roth . In 1958, Myriam and her husband leave for Israel. They exhibit in Germany, then in Israel. Back in Paris, the couple became friends with artists of the surrealist movement, such as Victor Brauner, Hans Bellmer, the sculptor Philippe Hiquily, Liliane Lijn...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Lithograph

Rare Israeli Modernist Oil Painting Exhibited 1951 Tel Aviv Museum
By Anatol Gurevitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Gurevich Anatole Anatol Gurevitch Anatol Gurewitsch (1916-2005) Per the hebrew label on the back, this was exhibited in 1951. I believe at the Tel Aviv museum of art (as per the Israel Museum (Jerusalem) website)m in a manner reminescent of Bezalel Schatz, Moshe Castel, Jean david and other Israeli artists of the New Horizons prominent in that period ts a nude crouching figure against a colorful abstract background. Israeli Painter and stage designer. Yakir of Tel Aviv. Born in Russia, Moscow in the mid-teens of the twentieth century. Studied painting in Berlin. Immigrated to Palestine from Germany in 1934. Served in the British Army (1941-1946). Known for his pantings of Jewish rabbis and other Judaica subject matter. He specialized in stage design for dance troupes: the dance troupe led by Gertrude Kraus, Inbal, the Batsheva Dance Company, the international black dancer tali bati. His first wife was the late dancer and choreographer - the girl Kesten, His son is theater director Michael Gurevich. His second wife was the actress - Rivka Gur, who gave birth to his second son, Eyal. He died at the age of 89 after a serious illness. He left behind two sons: Michael (Miki) Gurevitch and Eyal Gurevitch. He was the uncle of the artist and sculptor - Igael Tumarkin. He was a stage designer in the theaters The brothel of Hunzo from Kibbutz Givat Haim, the British military band of this type, the British army, Gertrud Kraus, the Inbal Dance Theater, the Israeli Ballet, the Batsheva Dance Company and more. He designed a stage for plays The girl and the Negro, the Threepenny Opera, a band on the Thames, the singer of the land (in the military band of 1944), the banknote to Shlomo, the tea department, Nathan the Wise, Herod and Miriam. Awards Yakir Tel Aviv Prize, on behalf of the Tel Aviv Municipality. Anatol Gurewitsch, painter and Stage designer, born 1916, Moscow. After Second World War worked as stage designer. Designed costumes for dancer Gertrud Krausz. Uncle of Igael Tumarkin, and father of the theater Director Miki Gurewitsch. Education Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin, art 1936 with Frenel Frankel 1937 with Miron...
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Clump of Trees, Red & Teal" Modern Abstract Landscape Painting on Board
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract landscape painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features a group of red, teal, and orange trees set against a light tan background. Curr...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Antique American Modernist Cubist Still Life Abstract Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 24L x 18H. Signed.
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Abstract Cubist Flower Still Life Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very well painted period cubist still life. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. No signature found.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Inscription, Dyptich, Acrylic, Canvas, Red, Orange, Blue Indian Artist-In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Amitabh Sengupta - Inscription (Dyptich) Acrylic on Canvas, 72 x 36 inches (Unframed Size) , 2008 ( Unframed & Delivered ) Style : In Amitabh Sengupta's works TIME is depicted in va...
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Untitled by Sam Francis
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sam Francis 1923-1994 American Untitled Signed and dated "Sam Francis 1965" (en verso) Oil on canvas This striking painting hails from the renowned Edge Paintings series by impor...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

LOVE ISLAND - Original people surrealistic painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "This beautifully painted scene titled ‘Love Island’ portrays ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still life on black table. Oil on canvas, 135x140 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life on black table. Oil on canvas, 135x140 cm
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nigeria Period, Frottage on Paper, Edition 1/1 by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Amitabh Sengupta - Nigeria Period , Edition 1/1 Frottage on Paper , 30.5 x 22.5 inches , 1987 Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : In Amitabh SenGupta's works TIME is depict...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Red, Green, and Blue Modern Abstract Figurative Female Nude Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Red, blue, and green modern abstract female nude by Russian artist, Ben Benn. This painting depicts a nude woman with her lower body wrapped in a...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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"...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Abstract Oil Painting - Intersections of Grey
Located in Bristol, GB
INTERSECTIONS OF GREY Size: 65 x 85 cm (including frame) Oil on board A very large mid century modernist abstract composition, painted in oil onto board. Almost monochrome in its p...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Large Archie Rand Abstract Expressionist Cartoon Oil Painting Dusseldorf
Located in Surfside, FL
"Dusseldorf, Germany" 1993, oil on canvas, hand signed and dated lower left, Canvas (unframed):18 X 48. framed: 19.5 X 49.5 Provenance: directly from the artist. Exhibited at Phyllis Kind Gallery in NYC in 1987. Archie Rand (American, born 1949) is an artist from Brooklyn, New York. Rand's work as a painter and muralist is held in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. His graphic works and books are held by the Metropolitan Museum Of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute Of Chicago, The Brooklyn Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and The New York Public Library; and are owned by Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown, and Johns Hopkins universities. Born in Brooklyn, Rand received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in cinegraphics from the Pratt Institute, having studied previously at the Art Students League of New York. His first exhibition was in 1966, at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York. He has since had over 100 solo exhibitions, and his work has been included in over 200 group exhibitions. He is currently Presidential Professor of Art at Brooklyn College which granted him the Award for Excellence in Creative Achievement in 2016. Before joining Brooklyn College, Rand was the chair of the Department of Visual Arts at Columbia University. The Italian Academy For Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University presented him with The Siena Prize in 1995. He was awarded a Guggenheim Foundation Foundation Fellowship in 1999 and was made a Laureate of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture, which awarded him the Achievement Medal for Contributions in the Visual Arts. In 2002 he received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching from Columbia University. In 2002 he became the artistic advisor to film director Ang Lee for his production of The Hulk, and was asked by Milestone Films to provide a commentary track for the DVD release of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s classic 1955 film The Mystery of Picasso. Archie Rand’s earliest major works are “The Letter Paintings” (or “The Jazz Paintings”) (1968–71), a radically positioned series of technically inventive, mural-sized canvases. The Letter Paintings, by incorporating the names of mainly male and female African-American musicians, undermined prevailing aesthetic categories by conflating many contemporary movements including Conceptual Art, Color Field, Pattern and Decoration, diary entry and social commentary. In 1974 Rand received a commission from Congregation B’nai Yosef in Brooklyn. Rand was asked to paint thematic murals on the complete 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m2) interior surfaces of the synagogue. The work took three years, and completing this commission made Rand the author of the only narratively painted synagogue in the world and the only one we know of since the 2nd Century Dura-Europos. The religious legal controversy raised by placing wall paintings in a traditionally iconoclastic space was resolved by the verdict of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, then considered to be the world’s leading Talmudic scholar, who declared the paintings to be in conformity with the law. His subsequent turn to figuration may have been influenced by his friendship with Philip Guston, whose own work was transformed in the late 1960s. Like Guston, Rand "chafed at the limitations of purely abstract forms." A near-cult figure who started out as a child prodigy and whose admirers range from John Ashbery to Julian Schnabel. Rand’s paintings display a vast and savvy menu of inventive and finely executed approaches. He has completed many series after the works of Paul Celan, Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, Eugenio Montale, Yehuda Amichai, Rainer Maria Rilke, Samuel Beckett/Paul Eluard and Jack Spicer. Working often with poets, he has produced books and continues to engage in publishing collaborative projects. He maintained a correspondence with the American British Jewish painter R.B. Kitaj. In 2008, on a warehouse wall, Rand mounted the painting, “The 613”, which at 1700 square feet (17’ x 100’) is nearly twice the size of James Rosenquist’s F-111. It is one of the largest freestanding paintings ever made. Reminiscent of “The Segments” paintings it is intimidatingly enormous. Paradoxically, despite the raucous cartoony bytes that shoot colorful flashes from the manic surface, “The 613” glows warmly. Its overall effect is strangely calming and majestic. In an article on a 2011 exhibition of Rand's "Had Gadya" series, David Kaufmann wrote: Rand displayed his work in 15 solo exhibitions between 2008 and 2017, many of them showcasing paintings done after Scripture, or his workings with poets: Including “Had Gadya, 2005”, Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (2011); “Gods Change, Prayers Are Here To Stay (after Yehuda Amichai), 2000", Katz Gallery, Atlanta, GA (2014); “Psalm 68, 1994”, Derfner Museum, Riverdale, NY (2014); “The Chapter Paintings”, Tribeca Gallery, NY (2015); “Men Who Turn Back (after Eugenio Montale), 1995", SRO Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2016); “Sixty Paintings From the Bible” & “The Book of Judith, 2012”, Cleveland State University Galleries, Cleveland, OH (2016) & The American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh, PA (2017); “Archie Rand: Early Works With Poetry: Jack Spicer, 1991 and Samuel Beckett/Paul Eluard, 1993”, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY (2017). "The 613" In 2015 Blue Rider/Penguin/Random House published The 613, allotting one color plate per page for each of the 614 units in the painting. The Wall Street Journal labeled The 613 as “dynamic…remarkable…thrilling” The New York Times selected the book as “Editors' Choice” and praised it in two separate reviews calling it “wonderfully garish” and declaring that “nothing prepared the art world for 'The 613.' Recent Activity In 2016 Rand showed two bodies of work that were done in Italy, “La Certosa Di Pontignano, 1995” and “Mount Etna, 2005,” at The Interchurch Center Galleries, New York. From 2016 to 2017 he served as the Curator and Juror for the Governor of Wyoming’s Capitol Arts Exhibition at The Wyoming State Museum, Cheyenne, WY. A 2017 exhibition, “Archie Rand: Early Works With Poetry”, featured two series of work from 1991 and 1993 after poems by Jack Spicer and Samuel Beckett/Paul Eluard. This painting was exhibited in the Phyllis Kind Gallery in NY in 1987. (Phyllis Kind was an American art dealer active in Chicago and New York. She promoted the work of the Chicago Imagists, The Monster Roster and The Hairy Who and outsider artists. Kind opened a gallery in Chicago in 1967. Called Pro Grafica Arte, the gallery dealt in master prints and drawings. In 1975, she opened a gallery on Spring Street in New York's SoHo district. She gave some of the artists in the movement their first solo shows: Jim Nutt and Gladys Nilsson...
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1980s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern Cubist Inspired Figurative Abstract of a Bearded Man with Top Hat & Bird
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Cubist inspired figurative painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features a bearded man wearing a top hat with a bird perched on his head set aga...
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1990s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Mid-Century Modern Orange Blue Painting Mixed Media Canvas 38x56"
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Summer Thoughts
Located in Atlanta, GA
The recent paintings of Atlanta artist David Kidd continue an evolving series of images inspired by and based upon natural forms, specifically the shadows cast by trees and other veg...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Surreal Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted surreal abstract oil painting by Paul Allen Reed (1919 - 2015). Great color and composition. Framed. Signed verso.
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Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wave Form II (Wellenform) (Triangle, Wavy, Modern, Mid-Century) (~50% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hannes Grosse Wave Form II (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 ...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Untitled, Modern Abstract Oil on Canvas by Willering Epko
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Willering Epko, French (1928 - ) Title: Untitled Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 15 in. x 18 in. (38.1 cm x 45.72 cm)
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1990s Large Abstract Oil Painting, Earth Tones Brown, Gold, Green, Horizontal
Located in Denver, CO
This original abstract oil painting, created in 1994 by the acclaimed artist Wilma Fiori (1929-2019), captures a rich, moody composition in a large horizon...
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1990s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cafe. 2024., acrylic, paper, 25x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Cafe. 2024., acrylic, paper, 25x25 cm Ansis Butnors (1977) Education: J. Rozentals Art School in Riga – 1989. – 1996. Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department – 1996. – 2000. ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Aragua, Abstract Painting, Contemporary Red Blue and Green Art, Statement Art
Located in Deddington, GB
This is an original abstract acrylic painting on canvas. Discover new works by Julia Craig available to buy online and in our art gallery. Julia is an abstract artist whose love of c...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Gerard Tunney, Dancers in the Wings, Original Blue Painting, Figurative Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Gerard Tunney Dancers in the Wings Original Figurative Painting Acrylic Paint on Canvas Canvas Size: H 40cm x W 60cm x D 2cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely a...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract, Wood, Iron, Oil & Mixed Media, Green, Black by Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 31 x 20 inches (unframed size) Wood, Iron, Oil & Mixed Media on Board Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern I...
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Iron

Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Academy of Design...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

1940s American Modernist Abstract Industrial Watercolor Ink Charcoal Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This original vintage painting by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968), titled Quitting Time from Bunnell's Black and Blue Series from 1941, exemplifies his unique Abstract Structure ...
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

Early Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting
By Tommie Olson
Located in Houston, TX
Mid century modern abstract by artist Tommie (Thomas) Olson a student of Robert Preusser, when he was 16 and attending John Deagan High School in Houst...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Vintage Signed Contemporary Surreal Apple Strength Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Image size, 24H x 30L. Signed verso.
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1990s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Outsider Art Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 16L x 11H. Signed.
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gerard Tunney, Theatre Dressing Room, Original figurative painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Gerard Tunney Theatre Dressing Room Original Figurative Painting Acrylic Paint on Canvas Canvas Size: H 30cm x W 60cm x D 2cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

1972 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Framed Oil Painting - Ebullient
Located in Bristol, GB
EBULLIENT Size: 41 x 45 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An energetic and richly coloured abstract composition, executed in oil and dated 1972. With its vivid patches of rich co...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Face Nigeria Period Frottage on Paper Edition 1/1 by Indian Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Amitabh Sengupta - The Face Nigeria Period , Edition 1/1 Frottage on Paper , 30.5 x 22.5 inches , 1986 Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : In Amitabh SenGupta's works TIME i...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Modernist Abstract Still Life Painting with Red-Orange Zinnias, American Art
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating oil on board painting by Paul Kauvar Smith (1893–1977) showcases a vibrant American Modernist still life featuring zinnia flowers in hues of red and orange. Set with...
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20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

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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