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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Contemporary
Patchwork Abstracted Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). The landscape is made up of patches of color, reminiscent of viewing agricultural land f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor, Newsprint, Tissue Paper
Peaceful Pine - Abstract Colorful Original Landscape Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elisabeth Grace, a visionary artist based in Denver, CO (USA), is renowned for her immersive large-scale paintings, collages, murals, and installation art. With a BA in oil painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Grayviolet - Orange Peach Gray Violet Lilac Blue Purple Violet Stripes, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary abstract painting in acrylic on linen, carefully ordered horizontal blocks of color in salmon, peachy orange, lilac, mauve, gray and light purple are vibrant aga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Landscape, Original Oil Paint on Paper , One of a kind Large size, Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Oil Paint on Paper
Fabriano Paper
70x50cm
2025
Original Art
Marilina Marchica, born in Agrigento, where she works and lives,
she graduated in Painting at the Academy of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Large Abstract Landscape Acrylic Painting on Canvas "Cross Pollination"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
Robertson focuses on creating paintings that move beyond portraying reality. Driven by a synthesis of gestural brushstrokes and expressive smears, he offers viewers a liminal space o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
Favola - Soft, dreamy abstract landscape painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
Mothers don't have favorite children, right? Painters don't have favorite paintings, no? Every single painting I offer up to the world touches me and is a piece I would hang in the c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gaze Big Green - large, colorful, geometric abstract, contemporary oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Geometric passages in painterly red-orange frame a central green field in this bold abstract painting by David Sorensen. Through his painterly modern compositions, celebrated Canadian painter David Sorensen (1937-2011) sought to “give voice to the inner reality.” In the paintings from his last years, Sorensen offers solutions to the nature of abstraction – wresting nature and the horizon from pure form and brilliant colour.
Born in Vancouver, Sorensen studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art under Arthur...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Purple and Black Modern Gestural Abstract Ink and Watercolor Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract ink and watercolor drawing by Houston born artist Arthur Turner. The work features energetic black lines accented with blocks of purple. Signed and dated along the ri...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A wide-eyed woman gazes out to the viewer with an inquisitive gaze. The artist's use of exuberant colours beli...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Window 330 - Modern Resin Blue Minimalist 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 Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Coopers Croze 2" Contemporary Abstract Green Ombre Concentric Shaped Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Green and white abstract contemporary concentric shaped painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American New England Fall Impressionist Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting by Will S. Taylor (Born 1882). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 12 by 13 inches.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Contemporary colorful acrylic still-life painting of sunflowers in a vase paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Vase of Vibrant Sunflowers," created by the French artist Natalya Mougenot, is a striking still life that features a bouquet of bold, abstract sunflowers with swirling petals and da...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Extra-Large Dutch Contemporary Abstract Portrait By Hans Bouman
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
An exquisite contemporary painting by Dutch artist, Hans Bouman.
In this painting Bouman creates a captivating interplay of colors and forms that gives rise to an enigmatic abstract face that invites interpretation and contemplation. This captivating large-scale abstract painting is a harmonious blend of warm white, earthy tones, invigorating orange, and calming blue hues.
Hans Bouman, born in the Netherlands in 1951, embarked on his artistic journey at the Amsterdam Graphic School and the Gerrit Rietveld Academy of Fine Arts. During the early 1980s, Paris became his haven of inspiration, where his debut in galleries marked the onset of an international presence that continues to flourish.
Bouman's artistic evolution is characterized by cycles of creativity, but it is his larger-than-life hieratic heads that he is renown for. These remarkable pieces pay homage to influences as diverse as the Moai sculptures of Easter Island, the intricate masks of Africa...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series I (circa 1980s-90s)
Located in London, GB
"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series I", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an interm...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Visions of the Metropolis #4" - Original Surrealist Oil on Canvas 1996
Located in Soquel, CA
"Visions of the Metropolis #4" - Original Surrealist, Oil on Canvas 1996
Original oil painting from Bay Area artist Travis Flack (American, 20th Century) from the series "Visions of...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"PaperLandscape", OriginaL Fine Art Canvas, Large size, Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: PaperLandscape
Artist: Marilina Marchica
Year: 2025
Dimensions: 116X89 cm
Technique: Mixed media ( paper collage and paint)
Description: An original artwork representing a min...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Dimitri Likissas - Madame Noblesse, Painting 2022
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Pop
Oil Enamel Paint on Canvas
I consider each colored dot to be like a person. You and me and everyone. Together we all make up that image shown. You will notice that in my...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century IV - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century IV', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings throu...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Dancing Flying Woman at Dusk - Vibrant Gradient Landscape, Acrylic on Paper
By Gozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This dynamic acrylic painting by Gozo portrays a woman dancing and seemingly taking flight against a radiant dusk sky. Set within a vibrant gradient landscape of red, purple, and gre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'Solarium', by Anthony Dyke, Oil on Canvas Painting, 2022
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Anthony Dyke's "Solarium," a 74 x 48 x 1.25 inch oil on canvas painting, references solar flares in its use of shape and color. The bright values of yellows, reds and blues surround a large red circular shape. The bright color wavelengths give this painting a vibrational energy.
Anthony Dyke was born in Norwich, Vermont and attended The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University earning a BFA and MFA in painting. As an artist and arts educator, he relocated from New York City to his down¬town Oklahoma City studio, working there for two decades before returning to Boston in 2020. Coming from VERMONT where the seasons are distinctly different from one another. My shift from a pastoral setting to an urban environment set up a dichotomy in my work, both visual and emotional. I have an extensive education in painting, photography, graphic design and figure sculpture. These mediums intersect in my work through many years of creating artworks and currently speak to my interest in abstract painting. During my senior year in the BFA Program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, my large painting “Natole” was chosen by Frank Stella (the juror) into the highly competitive and prestigious Dana Pond...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"N.Y." Contemporary Abstract Pink and Orange Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Pink and orange abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The work is ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Dripping Dots - Monet Lily Pads" Colorful Abstract Triptych 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 thick textured oils, glass, with gold flakes t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Xavi Carbonell, Untitled mixed media on paper, 2024
Located in New York, NY
Spanish artist Xavi Carbonell born 1971, actively paints like a child as an adult, and leaves all of his pieces "untitled" so that each viewer can create their own story. The result...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Photographic Film, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Per...
"Chuck" Contemporary Abstract Blue & White Ombre Shaped Concentric Oval Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and white abstract contemporary concentric oval shaped painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Birds-eye-view at 7.55 AM
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting tells a story about contrast-between the vast, unpredictable ocean and the small, fleeting presence of people on the shore.
The deep blues and greens of the water feel ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pre-Columbian Series: Uxmal (Verde) - contemporary, modernist, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting by David Sorensen explores a green palette.
An important Canadian artist David Sorensen first discovered colour field painting in the 1950’s. He...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Landscape" Large Abstract Painting, Diptych, Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
water/ground
Oil on cotton canvas
110x180cm
the painting is shipped ready to hang
the cotton canvas stretched on a handmade wooden frame...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
"breathe out", Abstract, Figurative Painting, Black, Red, Grey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This black, red, and beige abstract painting titled "breathe out" is an original artwork by 108 made of paint on paper. This piece measures 12"h x 12"w.
108 is an Italian artist in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Italian Contemporary Art by Uma Haime - Painting for a Better Future Regression
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Uma Haime is an Italian artist born in 1984 who lives and works in Prague, Czech Republic. Uma Haime's art is a fusion of Mediterranean influences, linguistic nuan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Unbraiding In The Sun - Abstract Expressionist Neutral Beige Floral
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in abstract paintings with a sense of fluidity. Her expressive style emphasizes large flowers, organic shapes and loose brushstrokes i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Drifting Harmony I - Original Minimalist Blue Landscape Mountains Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The organic aesthetic and textures of Peter Kuttner’s original boho minimalist artworks are the result of patient layering and unique uses of media. Through a combination of collage ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Dripping Dots - Lights of Cannes" Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
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 flakes with thick textured oils and glass...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hearts and Balloons - Original Joyful Urban Pop Artwork with Bright Colors
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
Into the Water
Located in Burlingame, CA
Warm Waters is a beautiful abstract painting in clear blue, with touches of warmth, that references color through water, with a quiet yet complex surface of layered oil paint over st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III - Florentine School
Located in London, GB
'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Let's Fly Through This Life Together - Extra Large Soft Color Hearts 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
"Four Square Birds" Modern Teal Toned Cubist Inspired Abstract of Birds
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract painting of birds by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features a grid of four different Cubist-inspired abstractions of birds set against a tea...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
The Disciples
By David Stern
Located in New York, NY
David Stern (Germany, b. 1956)
Acrylics on canvas
71 inches by 81 inches
Hand signed by artist, certificate of authenticity available
Keywords: red, abs...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Landscape, Sardinia - Acrylic on Cardboard by Paul Nicholls - 2010s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape, Sardinia is an original Contemporary Artwork realized by Paul Nicholls (b. 1944) in the 2010s.
Original Acrylic on cardboard.
Hand-signed an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
"My Dior Heart" Purple & Pink Pop 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
"Ginger Tea" Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media on Canvas with Frame
By Maura Segal
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Ginger Tea" is a framed mixed media work on canvas by Maura Segal, with abstract shapes and color blocking. The artist cuts hundreds of paper shapes and adheres them to the canvas u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media
Modernist Beach Scene Painting, Playing Ball in Surf, WPA Jewish Woman Artist
By Ruth Gikow
Located in Surfside, FL
Modernist beach scene; signed lower right; image size is 11.5 x 8.5 inches, framed it measures
Ruth Gikow (January 6, 1915 Ukraine - 1982 New York City) was an Important American Jewish woman visual artist known primarily for her work as a genre painter. Her paintings often depict human figures interacting with an urban environment.
Ruth Gikow was born in 1915 in the Ukraine. Her father, Boris, was a photographer and her mother was named Lena. In 1920 she emigrated to New York City due to civil war and pogroms against the Jewish community. The pilgrimage took around two years. Once in New York City, the Gikow family found themselves in poverty, rather than the middle-class comfort they enjoyed in Ukraine. Ruth Gikow's skill was prominent even in youth, as she excelled in drawing in elementary school and entered Washington Irving High School at age thirteen in which she furthered her art prowess.
Later, she studied at the Cooper Union Art School, where she studied under school director Austin Purvis, Jr. and regional artist John Steuart Curry. In her second year of Art School, she was awarded a scholarship which she used to work with fellow painter Raphael Soyer.
She joined the New York City WPA Federal Art Project in 1935, where she was allowed to dedicate herself to her artwork full-time. In 1939, inspired by the muralists Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, she applied and later won a commission to paint murals for Bronx Hospital, Rockefeller Center and the New York World's Fair. After the events of Pearl Harbor and once the Federal Arts Project was abandoned, Gikow's murals were sought after by New York department stores wishing to commission wall paintings. Gikow became disillusioned with mural painting due to the commercial aspect of these commissions.
With other associates, she founded the American Serigraph Society (along with Anthony Velonis, Lena Gurr, Robert Gwathmey, Leonard Pytlak, Harry Shoulberg, Russell Twiggs...
Category
1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Antique American Framed Original Vintage Signed Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dripping Dots - Manhattan" Colorful Contemporary Oil Painting on 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 thick textured oils to add a very contemporary...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Landscape Framed Vintage Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted American modernist landscape by Anthony Toney (1913 - 2004) . Oil on board. Signed. Housed in a great vintage modernist frame.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 3 - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Urszula Wilk – artist statment:
I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting and its opposite – that is the physical finiteness of the painting. This phys...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Propagation Study VI
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rhythm exists here on the farm, beginning with the sunrise and the sounds of nature awakening. My art is a reaction to this sense of place. Whether I’m in the studio, tending to th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Dye, Emulsion, Cotton Canvas, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic...
"City of Angels" Contemporary Blue, Pink, & White Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, pink, and white abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Abstracted Cape Cod Landscape Original Modernist Pastel Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape pastel painting. Pastel on board. Framed in plexi box.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Oh Sarah" Contemporary Abstract Green and Blue Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Green and blue abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse.
Artist Statement: The work is a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Out of Step" by Hiroshi Sato - Abstract Geometric Still Life Oil Painting, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Hiroshi Sato’s "Out of Step" (2025) is a masterful oil painting that showcases his signature geometric abstraction blended with a refined still life composition. Measuring 30 x 24 in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Canyon Sunset - Abstract Los Angeles Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pete Kasprzak’s passion for city life is expressed in his dynamic urban artworks. Kasprzak’s artworks express energy and life with animated brush strokes. He adds dynamic movement an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"My St. Barths Skies Heart" Pop 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
Vintage Hawaiian Landscape Framed Tropical Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted contemporary tropical landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cacti 2 - Abstract Colorful Original Desert Landscape Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elisabeth Grace, a visionary artist based in Denver, CO (USA), is renowned for her immersive large-scale paintings, collages, murals, and installation art. With a BA in oil painting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil
"Soft Touch" Contemporary Colorful Vibrant Abstract Geometric Hard-Edge Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful geometric abstract painting by contemporary Houston artist Peter Healy. The work features a variety of vibrant, hard-edged intertwining shapes. Signed, titled, and dated on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French, Mid-Century View of a Port dated "59"
Located in SANTA FE, NM
View of a Port "59"
French Modernist School
Oil on canvas
Illegibly signed. l.r., dated "59"
28 3/4 x 23 3/4 (30 x 25 frame) inches
A positively brilliant, Modernist view of a French port...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
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.