Skip to main content

Abstract Paintings

to
323
259
81
118
77
124
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
3
390
265
3
5
11
4
22
51
20
17
37,967
11,327
1,570
1,511
733
519
378
363
291
151
61
33
319
290
49
11
7
6
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
631
465
213
202
142
180
15
14
11
10
136
80
350
304
Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Old Masters
Untitled - Original Surrealist Ocean Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rob Katkowski’s original oil painting on wood panel, titled Untitled, is a masterful blend of abstraction and ethereal landscapes. Measuring 16 inches tall by 12 inches wide, this pi...
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

A Woman of My Dream I - Original Figurative Portrait Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mohamad Khayata’s original figurative artworks are the result of five years of displacement and deal with themes of migration, memory, and identity. Mohamad’s paintings convey an array of emotions, ranging from bliss and comfort to tension and uncertainty. Many of his paintings portray a sense of transience, which is all the more palpable when considering that Khayata's intimate work is a tribute to displaced people and to their daily life stories that, far from familiar surroundings, are filled with effort and hope. Khayata created this original painting with acrylic on canvas. It is 31 inches tall by 23 inches wide. It is signed by the artist on the back of the canvas. This painting is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included with this original work. Born in Damascus, Syria, artist Mohamad Khayata was forced to flee his home country due to ongoing political conflict. Khayata has been living in Beirut, Lebanon since 2012. His work is a resounding call for transformation and unity within his home country. His photography project "Stitching my Syria back" was chosen to be part of Journeys Festival International 2016 as a landmark for the “Look up” project in Leicester, where his photographs were installed on ten buildings. In the last five years, Khayata also participated in ten collective exhibitions across Europe and the Middle East. Holding his BA in Fine Arts obtained at Damascus University, Khayata is a bastion of Syrian legacy, memory, home, and happiness. REPRESENTATION Artplex Gallery Los Angeles, California, USA EXHIBITIONS 2020-23 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles 2019 “Nota Bene,” Artplex Gallery Los Angeles, California 2018 “Takhalli,” 4th edition of the Laboratory of Arts Programme, partnership with The Goethe Institute, City of Beirut, Lebanon Beirut Art Fair, 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon “Umm Al-Zuluf,” 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon “Aegean Sea,” 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon 2017 “Umm Al-Zuluf,” 392RMEIL393 Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon Sharjah Art Bienalle, SAFIR “Stitching My Syria Back Together,” The Alexandria Library, Manchester, UK 2016 “Revealing,” Beirut Art Fair, Gallery One Palestine, Beirut, Lebanon Journeys Festival International 2016 TA’AROF workshop, Sharjah Art Bienalle, SAFIR “Look Up,” Project in Leicester Inside Beirut, The Gallerist, Beirut, Lebanon “The Third Space,” British Council in London and Brussels, UK 2015 “Walking on Thread...
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Mystical Metamorphosis I" (2024) By Stacy D'Aguiar, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stacy D'Aguiar's (US based) "Mystical Metamorphosis I" is an acrylic painting that depicts a colorful and surreal scene of a woman with butterfly wings on a flower. Artist Statement...
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood

1970’s French Large Surrealist Abstract Oil Painting Pink Green Blues
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1973, French surrealist artist Abstract Surrealist composition oil on canvas, framed framed: 33 x 27 inches canvas: 32 x 25 inches private collection, France The pain...
Category

1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Óleo sobre tela - Alegoria surrealista al F.C.Barcelona - Año 1981
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va firmada en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1981 Se presenta enmarcada (leves signos de uso en la enmarcación) Medidas de la obra: 92 x 73 cm. Medidas del marco: 103...
Category

1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Surreal Framed MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernist wood molding. Excellent condition,...
Category

1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Untitled" Gerome Kamrowski, circa 1944 American Surrealist Composition
Located in New York, NY
Gerome Kamrowski Untitled, circa 1944 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 35 3/4 inches x 47 3/4 inches Gerome Kamrowski was born in Warren, Minnesota, on January 19, 1914. In 1932 he...
Category

1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Amédée Ozenfant - Nature morte, Tabagie, french, modern, still life, surreal
Located in London, GB
signed ‘ozenfant’ (lower right) Provenance: Sale: Christie's London, 4 April 1989, lot 198 Dr. Arthur Brandt, New York (acquired at the above sale) Literature: P. & M. Guénégan, 'A...
Category

1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman with Flower and Bird, Psychedelic Oil Painting by Al Amatulli
Located in Long Island City, NY
Woman with Flower and Bird Al Amatulli American (1935) Date: circa 1972 Oil on Canvas, signed verso Size: 44 in. x 33 in. (111.76 cm x 83.82 cm)
Category

1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Magic Circles - Acrylic painting by Frida & Raul -2022
Located in Roma, IT
Magic Circles is a beautiful acrylic painting realized by the Italian artists Frida & Raul in 2022. Hand-signed. Perfect conditions.
Category

1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Phaeton, original etching
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my private collection of lithographs, etchings and engravings from great artists of the 20th Century. It is a limited edit...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Engraving, Etching, Lithograph, Watercolor

Village in the desert. Contemporary, semi-abstract, landscape, horizontal, oil
Located in Oslo, NO
The picture is painted in a modern style. The artist creates motifs of harmoniuse landscapes from the future. The idyll of an eco-friendly village has a positive effect on the viewer...
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Homage to Andy Warhol I - Original 3D 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. In Hommage to Andy Warhol 1, Marek Letkiewicz reimagines Warho...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Jewish Mystical Kabbalah Oil Painting Jerusalem Cityscape Hebrew Letters Judaica
By David Rakia
Located in Surfside, FL
"Tzadik" A Surrealist oil painting of old mystical Jerusalem with Hebrew calligraphy Sight 13.25" x 19.5" ; frame: 21" x 27.25" David Rakia (1928-2012) was born in Vienna, Austria...
Category

1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

20th Century French Surrealist Portrait of Woman with Landscape Hair signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Surrealist Portrait French, mid 20th century signed oil on board, framed Framed: 14 x 16 inches Board : 9 x 11 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: the board has a convex...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Creating + Decaying"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Creating + Decaying" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have b...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Enormous 1980's French Surrealist Painting Rainbow over Greek Fantasy Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Rainbow French School, signed with monogram and dated 1985 oil painting on canvas, unframed: 77 x 31 inches condition: overall very good, a few very small indents to the giant canvas but no holes, rips or damage. provenance: from a collection in France One of the largest paintings we have available at the moment, this staggering painting is very beautiful with the deep blue sky, the rainbow arching through the landscape, set against the backdrop of a fantasy Greek/ Romanesque landscape with ancient columns...
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Surreal Landscape With a Man Walking Between Constantine and Cattelan’s Hands
By Gozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"Walk Between Constantine’s Hand and Cattelan’s Gesture" is an original surreal landscape painting by Gozo Collective, crafted with acrylic on uniquely shaped paper mounted onto a fl...
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Board

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Blue Blossoms and Butterflies
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Blue Blossoms and Butterflies Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.75 width Condition: Good ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Meeting' Abstract Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Meeting' Abstract Study Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Lilia Fischer Mixed Media composition, 1979. Image measures 10 x 13 inches; 15.5 x 18.5 inches in old matting. Unframed.
Category

1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Goldfish"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Goldfish" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 3.5 height x 4 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by this ar...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Light in the Heart' Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Light in the Heart' Abstract Artist: Elvic Steele Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenan...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Finite + Infinite: Geometric Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Finite + Infinite: Geometric Abstract' Artist: Elvic Steele Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4 width Condition: Good ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Co-operation"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Co-operation" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by thi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Crying violin
Located in Oslo, NO
The gallery presents Slovenian artist Natasha Villone a high professional who has been working in the international art market for many years. In 1991 she got a degree in theater de...
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Wild Growth' Abstract Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Wild Growth' Abstract Study Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 3 height x 5.25 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Golden Blooms in Verdant Growth
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Golden Blooms in Verdant Growth Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6.25 height x 4.25 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the pai...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Foliage' Abstract Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Foliage' Abstract Study Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4 height x 3.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Blooming Wildflowers in Spring Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Blooming Wildflowers in Spring Abstract Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Textured Botanical Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Textured Botanical Landscape Artist: Elvic Steele Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenanc...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.75 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

20th Century French Surrealist Oil Painting Cubist Abstract Beautiful Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract French School, signed oil painting on canvas overall size: 23.5 X 32 condition: overall very good and pleasing provenance: from a private collection of this arti...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'The Dell' Abstract Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'The Dell' Abstract Study Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4 height x 3.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Surrealist Composition, Untitled 2, Lambert Werner (1900-1983), Oil Canvas, 1948
Located in New York, NY
Lambert Werner (1900-1983) Untitled, 1948 Oil on canvas 29 1/8 × 26 1/3 in l 74 × 67 cm 30 3/4 x 28 in l 78 x 71 cm (Frame included) Exhibition history: Nordic Surrealism 1930-1960 ...
Category

1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Surrealist Composition, Untitled, Lambert Werner (1900-1983), Oil Canvas, 1937
Located in New York, NY
Lambert Werner (1900-1983) Untitled, 1937 Oil on canvas 21 7/10 × 19 7/10 in l 55 × 50 cm 23 2/3 x 21 2/3 l 60 x 55 cm (Frame included) Exhibition history: Nordic Surrealism 1930-19...
Category

1930s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Surrealist Landscape with Feathered Object in Acrylic, Paper, and Gold Leaf
Located in Soquel, CA
Surrealist Landscape with Feathered Object in Acrylic, Paper, and Gold Leaf Vibrant and colorful surrealist landscape by Oregon artist Hugh Webb (American, b. 1940). The main subject of this piece is a large Y-shaped object that appears to be covered in feathers created out of small ovals of paper. The landscape is comprised of a striped ground, with wispy blue tree-like object emerging from holes in the ground. Squares of pastel blue, teal, and pink float throughout the scene. The background is made of layers of distressed gold leaf. Unsigned, but was acquired from a collection of the artist's work. Board size: 24"H x 32"W Hugh Webb (American, b. 1940) earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Utah and a Master of Fine Arts degree (1969) from the University of Oregon. Webb studied with Demetrios Jameson, Mark Sponenburgh, Gordon Gilkey, and John Rock...
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Radiance + Gloom"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Radiance + Gloom" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4 height x 5.25 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have b...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Winter Tree in Bloom
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Winter Tree in Bloom Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4.75 height x 6 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Electrogenesis" (2024) By Stacy D'Aguiar, Original Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Stacy D'Aguiar's (US based) "Electrogenesis" is an acrylic painting that depicts a colorful and surreal scene of a fish. Artist Statement: My paintings are channeled, Visual Dreamsc...
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Metal

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Needs of Life"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Needs of Life" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 3 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by this...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Sunlit Blossoms
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Sunlit Blossoms Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4.5 height x 3 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by th...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Ties of Relationship"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Ties of Relationship" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 5 height x 3.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we hav...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Motherhood: Contemporary Surrealist Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Motherhood is a self portrait of Sax Berlin’s experience as a single father. He had to be mother and father at a time when he was aggrieved after his beautiful wife Susan’s passing ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Leading Lights"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Break Out" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 3.25 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by thi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Campanula Association' Abstract Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - ''Campanula Association' Abstract Study Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 3.75 width Condition: Good Provenance: all th...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Number Evolving"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Number Evolving" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 3 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Revival' Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Revival'' Abstract Artist: Elvic Steele Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all th...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Growth, Spiring, Expanding, Dispersing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Growth, Spiring, Expanding, Dispersing" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4.5 height x 6 width Condition: Good Provenance: all th...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Interwoven Pathways and Patterns
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Interwoven Pathways and Patterns Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 3 height x 4 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the painting...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Square Abstract Of Colourful Shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting. Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Crowd Adulation"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Crowd Adulation" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 3.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "UFO" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4 height x 6 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist ha...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Festival Time' Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Festival Time' Abstract Artist: Elvic Steele Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: a...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Shapes' Abstract Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Shapes' Abstract Study Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 3.75 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Shuzeng Liu Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "New World 2"
Located in New York, NY
Title: New World 2 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 23.5 x 31 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Year: 2013 Ar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Characters in a Surrealist Landscape
Located in London, GB
'Characters in a Surrealist Landscape', oil on canvas, by Lucien Coutaud (1931). A couple entwine with the male character seemingly in grief, the female not returning with a comforting embrace. In the distant landscape a sole character meanders. This painting seems to be a creation of the artist's dreams, perhaps reflecting events in his personal life. It seems there is a relationship problem. In the world of Surrealists, there is a focus on the unconscious mind through Freudian methods of free association, trance-like states or dreams. Some Surrealists practiced psychic 'automatism' which was automatic writing or drawing, turning off the conscious mind and producing streams of words or images directly from the unconscious. In unlocking the unconscious in this way, Surrealism was individually expressed (Ref. 'The Short Story of Art...
Category

1930s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Rhythms with Central Point"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Rhythms with Central Point" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 5.25 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintin...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Night in Vence
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
The reproduction in oil of Marc Chagall's "Night in Vence" by unknown artist. In 1949, Chagall bought a house in Vence close to the Matisse chapel. At the time, the French Riviera w...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Break Out"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Break Out" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4 height x 3.5 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by this a...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist 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.

Recently Viewed

View All