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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Love Brigade - Large Original Colorful Abstract Graffiti Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Cooler Heads Prevail - Large Abstract Expressionist Textural Painting in Blue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Marc Raphael's abstract expressionism paintings are influenced by New York's abstract expressionist movement. After encountering Jackson Pollock’s work for the fir...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Latex
Abstract 2519
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I let my emotions and intuition guide each stroke, pulling from deep within to layer acrylics in a dance of chaos and serenity. Here, abstract forms and visce...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Untitled XIX (Abstract, medium size) by Ferle - Abstract painting, lines, green
By Elvire Ferle
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled XIX (Abstract, medium size) is a unique oil on free-standing canvas painting by contemporary artist Ferle, dimensions are 100 cm x 70 cm (39.4 × 27.6 in). The artwork is sig...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rainbow Curves, Painter's Palette Translucent Shapes, Large Diptych on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a modernist-inspired painting, drawing influence from the bold creativity of 1950s, 60s, and 70s art. The composition features overlapping painter’s palette silhouettes, crea...
Category
2010s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
"A Time To Remember" Contemporary Oil On Canvas Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"A Time To Remember" is a framed contemporary oil on canvas painting by Amy Donaldson featuring a vibrant, abstract impression of a water garden, reminiscent of Monet’s water lilies ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Heaven Can Wait, Modern Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Julia Marc
By Julia Marc
Located in Long Island City, NY
Julia Marc, American - Heaven Can Wait, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.92 cm)
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blossom, Monoprint Mixed Media on Paper, Star Fish Patterns, Yellow Tones, 2025
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Monoprint
"Violaceous" Bunny on Light Lavender Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a light lavender background with thick use of paint...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mosaico de Ajedrez, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
210 x 215 cm
Signed
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About the artist
Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Naci...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Village with White Chapel and Spire under Stormy Sky by Fanch Lel
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village with White Chapel and Spire under Stormy Sky by Fanch Lel
By Fanch Lel
Size: 7.5 x 9.75 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on cardboard, unframed
Condition: G...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$429 Sale Price
30% Off
Oil Painting On Canvas. A Forgotten Dog On Green.
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil painting of a forgotten French bulldog, set against an abstract background dominated by Veronese green with touches of gold leaf. Made with professional Rembrandt colors. For dur...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
Blossoms of Abstraction, II, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Bold, energetic brushwork shapes an abstract interpretation of a flower. Thick layers of paint convey spontaneity and life, while soft touches of blue add surpr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moon over large Hill - minimalist, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Aron Hill
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This modern landscape painting that features a moon is by Aron Hill.
Their influences were the modernists like Jack Bush and the great French Fauvist painter, Matisse. Both the form...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Gratitude - Original Blue Green Impasto Abstract Rural Landscape Painting
By Dana Cowie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Using an impasto, painterly technique Dana Cowie creates cubist-inspired farm and rural landscapes. Working within controlled color schemes, her artworks appear abstract up close and...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
All Living Things - Abstract Contemporary Folk Art Inspired Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Meredith Walker's “All Living Things” is a stunning example of contemporary folk art that blends botanical motifs and symbolic imagery to evoke a sense of interconnectedness and harm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Movement in Grace - Barbara Schaumann - Contemporary Abstract Dancers Painting
Located in DE
Barber Schaumann is a contemporary artist known for her vibrant, abstract interpretations of the female form. Her work combines bold colors with modern, geometric shapes, blending el...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Broken Ice, Large Mid-20th Century Gouache, Op Art Cleveland School Artist
By Edwin Mieczkowski
Located in Beachwood, OH
Edwin Mieczkowski (American, 1929-2017)
Broken Ice, 1976
Gouache and pencil on paper
Signed, dated (Feb. 2, 1976) and titled lower right
27.5 x 37.75 inches
35 x 45 inches, framed
Edwin Mieczkowski, born in Pittsburgh, was a leader of geometric and perceptual abstraction during the latter part of the 20th century. Mieczkowski's work first came to prominence in "The Responsive Eye" exhibition, the nation's first major exhibition of perceptual art, held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1965.
Mieczkowski was also featured in the 1964 article in Timemagazine that first used the term "Op Art" to describe paintings that manipulated visual cues in order to reorder and excite viewers' perceptual responses.
With a complex aesthetic that over time has transcended mere tricks of optical art, Mieczkowski has spent nearly four decades producing geometrically paintings, drawings and sculptures, a genre of modern art that is known broadly as perceptual abstraction.
His output of static and dynamic forms create a body of work, still largely intact, that uses visually disorienting, meticulously arranged lines, dazzling kaleidoscopic colors, and alluring juxtapositions of hue and tone, to playfully and seductively present new challenges for the viewer's eyes. The desired result is an optical effect of perpetual motion, harmonics and rhythm. . . .
Along with Frank Hewitt and Ernst Benkert, Mieczkowski was a co-founder in 1959 of the Anonima* group that worked together in Cleveland and New York and declared itself free from the pressures of the art market and the pursuit of personal fame. Members of Anonima often left their works unsigned and vowed to shun the usual art market venues such as commercial galleries, biennials and competitions. Instead, they engaged in a rigorous, self-imposed program of painting exercises to explore the effects of geometry and color on visual perception.
Although Mieczkowski's work hung side-by-side in the MOMA "Responsive Eye" exhibition with such colleagues as Josef Albers, Victor Vasarely, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Carlos Cruz-Diaz, Ad Reinhardt and Bridget Riley, all of whom went on to considerable fame and fortune, Mieczkowski chose to eschew commercial exhibition and career promotion. Instead, he spent 39 years teaching at the Cleveland Institute of Art and quietly executing a number of public art commissions while independently pursuing his own intuitive explorations in geometric abstraction.
Mieczkowski pursued virtually no commercial sales of his work. Consequently, the body of work he left behind consists of hundreds of paintings, drawings and sculptures only recently viewed...
Category
1970s Op Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Reminds Me of Elementary School - Green Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Valerie Etitinwo's unique approach to abstract figurative painting celebrates the unconventional beauty found in imperfection and awkwardness. The Nigerian-Swiss artist uses bold col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Nighttime Stories, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Vibrant splashes and swirls of color fill a deep blue background. Inspired by the bedtime stories he once created with his daughter, artist Tim Engelhardt captu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
April - Abstract Poured Painting Ivory Neutral Gray Blue Violet, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary abstract poured painting, April by Susan English is a wonderful play of color, light, and composition. The layers of English's tinted polymer on aluminum create dep...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Set of 4 - Doodle, drawing on paper by Philippe P.
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
4 drwaings
Posca on paper Canson 250gr.
Each drawing of Size A4
Hand-made painting from the imagination.
Original and unique work.
Category
2010s Post-Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Bella Vista 2 - Modern Acrylic Striped Resin Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Geometric Landscape, Oil Paint on Canvas , Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
OIl on Canvas
116x89 cm
2025
Ready to Hang
certificate of authenticity
Description: An original artwork representing a minimalist geometric landscape. Created using oil ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Paint
"Break the cycle", Pair Abstract Paintings, 2025
Located in Delaware , OH
"Break the cycle", Pair Abstract Paintings, 2025
These are a pair of abstract paintings that together are H 48" x W 72". These can be hung either together or broken up vertically. I...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Dripping Dots - Havana" Colorful & Pink Contemporary Drip Oil Painting Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Happiness is What Matters - Original Colorful Abstract Street Art Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Potential" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
Potential pulses with kinetic color and form, offering a vibrant abstraction of a forest path flooded with light. Bri Custer’s distinctive approach blends bold geometry with nuanced ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Orchestra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Orchestra, 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches, labeled verso “Brown University, Trustee, The Walter Feldman Trust for Artwork” titled verso,...
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
#233, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pigment
Smile, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Soft orange, peach, and red create a comforting color palette. Subtle touches of blue and white enhance the vibrancy of the warmer tones, making them shine. Lay...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Totem Naples" Black Outline Bunny on Multicolor Silver Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Multicolor and silver background with thick use o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
Transformation
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Blue, Navy, calm, reflection, nature, mountains
31 x 41" oil on canvas, maple frame
Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on can...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Happiest Place on Earth - Large Monochrome Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Harrison Gilman's large original artworks begin with a layer of fast-paced gestural abstraction followed by organic shapes and geometric structures. Some of his paintings remain in t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Fresh Moods 100 - Large Abstract Dark Blue Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
READY TO HANG - GALLERY QUALITY
A beautiful modern abstract, 100% handmade painting, made with professional varnished acrylics and Amsterdam acrylic sprays on stretched heavy canvas...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Starfish Universes, Blue and Orange Patterns, Acrylic Painting on Paper, Abtract
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Monoprint
Blue Sea
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Carol Sideman– American (1925-2021)
Title: Blue Sea #57
Year: circa 1975
Medium: Acrylic paint, gouache, chine colle on heavy watercolor paper
Si...
Category
1970s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board, Oil
"Situated" Black Outline Bunny on Mint Green Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Mint green background with thick use of paint. In...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
French Modernist Oil Painting Nice Coastal Mediterranean French Rivera City
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nizza (Nice, South of France)
by Artan Shabani, signed and dated 1999
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 28 x 32 inches
canvas : 20 x 24 inches
inscribed verso
Provenance: private ...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,170 Sale Price
30% Off
Forever My Hero - Original Inspiring Text Mauve Abstract Graffiti Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express emotions akin to silent poetry while drawing inspiration for her palette from the layered world around her. Her artworks include layered textures and playful details along the surfaces.
This original graffiti-inspired painting with "You are my hero...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Matter and Antimatter - Abstract Expressionist Painting, Pastel Colors, Sky
Located in New York, NY
Ruggero Vanni's "Matter and Antimatter" is a 52 x 76-inch abstract expressionist painting. Yellow, blue, and rust colors collide to create a tempestuous sky filled with disintegratio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Fauvist French Village Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6002 A French vintage fauvist oil painting of a French village on artist board
displayed in a wood frame,
signed lower left by Groendain
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Groupe composition.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
A vibrant and emotionally charged composition, Groupe is a powerful example of Paul Guiragossian’s mature style. Painted in 1973, this work captures the human form through abstractio...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Beach Scene with Sailboats and Promenade
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Beach Scene with Sailboats and Promenade
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 13.5 x 16 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: The p...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$594 Sale Price
30% Off
Picasso "Linoleum Cuts" Framed
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Pablo Picasso's linocuts, a printmaking technique using carved linoleum blocks, showcase his graphic genius and exploration of various themes. He used linocut to create posters and a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid-Century Abstract Dramatic Seascape Clouds Textured Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seascape with Clouds
Swedish, mid century
signed indistinctly
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 15.5 x 19 inches
Canvas: 15 x 18 inches
Provenance: priv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Twilight Field, Abstract Painting
By Kajal Zaveri
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Drawing from vivid memories of twilight settling over open land, the composition blends expressive brushwork with the recognizable terrain of rolling fields fad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Inner Strength, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Soft blues and purples create a soothing blend of hues in this abstract painting. The black, gray, pops of orange, and line work guide the eye through the com...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid 20th-Century French Oil Cubist Nude Woman Reading Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Woman Reading
by Therese Hummel (French, 1911-1999)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 10.75 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection of this artists work, Paris
Condition: soun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$828 Sale Price
30% Off
Postcard from Palermo, Bauhaus Mosaic Triptych, Primary Tones Geometry on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This abstract geometric acrylic painting is a vibrant and playful composition that draws inspiration from vintage Italian parasols. With a focus on bold, bright colors and clean line...
Category
2010s Analytic Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Study for As If Two - Contemporary Abstract Painting Yellow Purple Stripes, 2024
By Audrey Stone
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in acrylic on Yupo paper, gradient stripes of color in pale yellow and magenta purple are vibrant and carefully ordered. Signed, dated and titl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract Composition N°3 by Alexandre Rochat - Oil on Canvas - 93x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Alexandre Rochat (1895-1981) was a French artist known for his figurative work and rural landscapes. Active during the early 20th century, his art reflects the transitional period be...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Where I belong - Green vibrant abstract landscape river painting
Located in Silverthorne, CO
A painting from my new Angel Collection, dedicated to the angels that accompanied me through my fight against aggressive cancer this year (I won!).
Inspired by the mountain river in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$528 Sale Price
40% Off
"My Candy Heart" Colorful Pop Art Oil Painting on Wood with White Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Mixed Media
La Force Eternelle - Dreamy Abstract Floral Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from an immersive and impressionistic interpretation of nature, Canadian artist Vé Boisvert paints textural original artworks that capture the fleeting effects of...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Signal" Contemporary Abstract Landscape Oil on Canvas
Located in Baltimore, MD
"The Signal" is a framed oil on canvas painting by Joseph Adolphe, featuring a flowing, fabric-like orange form suspended in the sky above an abstract landscape. The contrast between...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Lilac. Acrylic, impressionism, landscape, horizontal, large, flowers, violet
Located in Oslo, NO
“Lilac” is a painting made in spring, when everything in nature is fragrant!
"In this work I captured the fleeting beauty of nature in bold, impressionistic brushstrokes." said Anna...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Golden Thread Blue Flow Abstract Expression Gilding Calm Ocean Sea Abundance
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: Golden Thread
In this piece, I've embraced the dance of harmony and flow. With featherlike strokes of acrylic and oil, the bold blues embody emotional depth, tempered by the...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
ZT 210307 - contemporary modern red & black abstract geometric painting relief
Located in Doetinchem, NL
ZT 210307 is a unique one-of-a-kind contemporary modern painting relief by Dutch artist Hewrman Coppus. The relief is made from meticulously hand cut, bend and glued cardboard paper ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Village
Located in Belgrade, MT
This oil painting is original and signed by the artist. I have owned this piece since the early 1970's.
The oil depicts a village and is vibrant in color.
Category
20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,560 Sale Price
26% Off
Original Abstract Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
Bring audacious experiments with color and textures to your living room, dining room or home office. Abstract paintings, large or small, will stand out in your space, encouraging conversation and introducing a museum-like atmosphere that’s welcoming and conducive to creating memorable gatherings.
Abstract art has origins in 19th-century Europe, but it came into its own as a significant movement during the 20th century. Early practitioners of abstraction included Wassily Kandinsky, although painters were exploring nonfigurative art prior to the influential Russian artist’s efforts, which were inspired by music and religion. Abstract painters endeavored to create works that didn’t focus on the outside world’s conventional subjects, and even when artists depicted realistic subjects, they worked in an abstract mode to do so.
In 1940s-era New York City, a group of painters working in the abstract mode created radical work that looked to European avant-garde artists as well as to the art of ancient cultures, prioritizing improvisation, immediacy and direct personal expression. While they were never formally affiliated with one another, we know them today as Abstract Expressionists.
The male contingent of the Abstract Expressionists, which includes Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell, is frequently cited in discussing leading figures of this internationally influential postwar art movement. However, the women of Abstract Expressionism, such as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell and others, were equally involved in the art world of the time. Sexism, family obligations and societal pressures contributed to a long history of their being overlooked, but the female Abstract Expressionists experimented vigorously, developed their own style and produced significant bodies of work.
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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