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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: 1970s
"Untitled" Edward Zutrau, Intense Color Abstract Expressionist Composition
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau Untitled, 1960 Oil on linen 51 1/2 x 38 1/4 inches Edward Zutrau is among the American artists who worked within the whirlwind of diverse abstraction that blossomed i...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Untitled #144, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern painting by Abstract Expressionist Stanley Bate was made with oil on canvas circa 1960. In it, layers of red, yellow, white, and umber paint are expressively applied over...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blue on Brown Overlap, Geometric Abstract Painting by Peter Stroud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Stroud, British (1921 - 2012) Title: Blue on Brown Overlap Year: 1971 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed, dated and titled verso Size: 48 x 48 inches
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Triangle Lake - modern, contemporary, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This colourful abstract expressionist painting is by the award-winning artist Milly Ristvedt. The view of a triangular-shaped rock from her waterside studio inspired the colour and ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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

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Canvas, Oil

Rare German Israeli Surrealist Judaica Abstract Gouache Watercolor Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
A Surrealist Judaica scene of a bearded man (Rabbi) in a boat with Shabbat candlesticks. Sight size: 17.75" x 22.5". Overall size with frame: 26.5" x31.5" Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נ...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

"Personage" Heavy Impasto Expressionist Portrait of Lady with a Hat
Located in Soquel, CA
"Personage" Heavy Impasto Expressionist Portrait of Lady with a Hat Abstract expressionist portrait of a woman wearing a hat by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (America...
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1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

“Abstract 4”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower right by the artist and dated 1964. Condition is goo...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

Large Abstract Painting by Philip Standish Read
By Philip Standish Read
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Philip Standish Read, American (1927 - 2000) Title: Untitled Year: circa 1975 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r Size: 60 x 72 in. (152.4 x 182.88 cm)
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"#10 Big Orange and Turquoise" Diana Kurz, Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz #10 Big Orange and Turquoise, 1962 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 53 x 47 1/2 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Triptychon
Located in Wien, 9
Der Künstler Miloslav Cicvárek (1927-2007) ist ein Tschechischer Nachkriegs und Zeitgenössischer Maler, Grafiker, Bildhauer und Restaurator. Das künstlerische Werk von Miloslav Cicvá...
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1960s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Signed American School Abstract Pop Art Large Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Untitled" Lawrence Philp, Abstracted Surrealist Forms by Afro-American Artist
Located in New York, NY
Lawrence Philp Untitled Oil and acrylic on canvas 75 1/2 x 79 inches Lawrence Philp, the son of Jamaican immigrants, studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and was included i...
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1970s Post-Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Vintage Oil Painting of the Cullin Hills on Isle of Skye in Scottish Highlands
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Painting of the Cullin Hills - the iconic Mountain Range on Isle of Skye in the Scottish Highlands, by 20th Century Artist, Roger Gallaher Art measures 20 x 16 inches ...
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1970s Pointillist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Abstract Surrealist 'Double Entry on the Plane' Oil Painting 1970s
Located in Surfside, FL
Sebastian Matta-Clark was born in 1943, twin of Gordon Matta-Clark. Son Of Chilean Surrealist Roberto Matta Sebastian, known as Batan died in 1976. He showed 3 exhibitions in his sho...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Studio Corner (Mid-Century Modern Abstract, Cubist Still Life of Interior Scene)
Located in Hudson, NY
Studio Corner (Geometric Abstract Oil Painting in Yellow, White, Orange & Blue) by New York School Painter and WPA artist, Lionel Gilbert Mid century modern, abstracted still life pa...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Pink and White Poppies beneath Blue Skies', Whitney Museum, PAFA, AIC, ASL, ICA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'C G Nelson' for Carl Gustaf Simon Nelson (American, 1898-1988) and dated 1956. A substantial, Modernist oil showing a profusion of white and pink poppies contra...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Composition
Located in London, GB
'Abstract Composition', oil on board (circa 1960s), by Edgar Stoëbel (1909-2001). In his very original style, artist Stoëbel's abstract image seems to form a human torso with the lively colours of a modernist work. The image has a pop art quality to it and was created just as that movement was emerging. Pop art challenged traditional painting by embracing colourful images from advertising, popular culture, comic books and mundane objects from everyday life. This artwork has a powerful intensity of tone and colour having somewhat faded with time. It speaks to Stoëbel's very distinctive style which remains completely approachable and appealing. In fact, this is not pop art. This is part of the post-war concrete abstract movement, or Constructive Art...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Vintage Tribute to Modern Art Abstract #2
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3534 Vintage Acrylic Painting on paper applied to board Set in a black wood frame
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1970s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Painting 1960
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Painting 1960 1960 Gouache on paper Image: 25.4 x 28.9 cm Frame: 48.0 x 50.3 cm Provenance: The George and Ann Dannatt Estate, The George Dannatt Trust...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

"Female Priests" Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Arresting and evocative oil abstract titled "Female Priests" by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Unframed. Signed "Les Anderson" on...
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1960s Post-Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

"Carnival" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Carnival" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil on Canvas Bold, textured, Figurative, abstract composition by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting in Brown and Black and White
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3574 Oil on board set in a gilt wood frame
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1970s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Vintage American Impressionist New York Cityscape Signed Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century impressionist cityscape oil painting by Kamil Kubik (1930 - 2011) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Nice view of the Empire State Building!
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1960s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid 20th Century American Abstract Large. Comprised of Four Canvases Color Field
Located in New York, NY
Mid 20th Century American Abstract Large. Comprised of Four Canvases Color Field James Daugherty (1887 - 1974) The Sun is but a Morning Star Acrylic on canvas, c. 1965. 100 x 100 inches Comprised of four canvases measuring 50x50 inches each Each canvas is signed, J. Daugherty, on verso. The upper left canvas is inscribed as titled on verso Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Exhibited: Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, "James H. Daugherty Retrospective," January 28 - March 25, 1973. BIO Among the early American modernists, James Daugherty was one of the first exponents of abstract color painting. Throughout his career, whether he was working in an abstract or a representational mode, Daugherty felt pure color to be the most effective means of creating powerful and evocative works of art. Daugherty was born in Asheville, North Carolina, near the Great Smoky Mountains. He received his formal training at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia during the early years of the last century. Although he was in Europe from 1905 until 1907, he remained unaffected by avant-garde art until the groundbreaking Armory Show of 1913. Daugherty worked in a futurist manner until late 1914 or early 1915, when he came into contact with Arthur B...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage French Expressionist Female Impasto Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5050 Heavy impasto figurative oil painting Set in a hand carved 19th century wood frame Image size 17.5x 13.5"
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Original Color Field Oil Painting Multi-Color Geometric Abstract - "Commute"
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Color Field Oil Painting Multi-Color Geometric Abstract - "Commute" Dramatic multi-color geometric abstract painting by Virginia Sevier Rogers (American, 1917-2015). Vivid ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Framed Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large and powerful French modern street scene. A paris view by Claude Aliotti (1925 - 1989). Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 18"L x 24"H.
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Harbor Party, Modern Gouache by John von Wicht
Located in Long Island City, NY
Harbor Party by John von Wicht, German (1888–1970) Date: circa 1965 Gouache and Pastel on Japon, signed in pencil lower right Size: 15.5 x 23 in. (39.37 x 58.42 cm) Frame Size: 22 x ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Oil Pastel

Antique Rare Framed European Modernist Town Center Architectural Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful mid 20th century European modernist cityscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 20H by 26L.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

hree Freedoms - Worship, Communication and Assembly
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Three Freedoms - Worship, Communication and Assembly, February, 1960, mixed media on paper, signed lower right, 28 x 19 3/4 inches, exhibited Portrait of Freedom, Lehigh Art Alliance...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Antique American Modernist Large Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Joy flows away
Located in PARIS, FR
Famous french painter of XXth century, born in Moscow in 1902 and died in Paris in 1976. The Count André Lanskoy works are exhibited in the world's greatest museums like : National ...
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1960s French School Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Painting American 1960's Mid Century New York Colorful
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid Century Modern, American Abstract Expressionist Painting on Masonite. This wonderful work in exciting colors is housed in a contemporary white wood frame presentation.. The art...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic

Léon Zack - Lyrical Abstract Composition - Signed Oil on Canvas
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Léon Zack 1978 Lyrical Abstract Composition Signed Oil on Canvas 82 x 117 cm. Provenance -Galerie Visconti, París Léon Zack (1892-1980) Léon Zack ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Blue and Green Abstract
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Blue and Green Abstract" by Claudia Sisemore, acylic on canvas, 43.5 x 46 inches, $4,800. "I have a vague idea of what I am going to paint. I...
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1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Blackstone Ledge No 1
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Blackstone Ledge No 1 Gouache on paper Image: 9.50 x 12.0 cm Frame: 32.1 x 36.5 cm Provenance: The George and Ann Dannatt Estate, The George Dannat...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

1970 Abstract large Mixed Media “FORMA” by Robertino Fatica - Black & Brown
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Robertino Fatica was born in 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1970 he completed a three-year program at the Cooper School of Art in Cleveland. Following that, Fatica served in the U.S. Ar...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Mixed Media, Tape

Space Odyssey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil on canvas signed by American artist, John Little (1907-1984) and dated 1970-71 in gilded trimmed, wood frame. Little, who attended the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and worked under ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Topaze noir négatif
Located in PARIS, FR
Matt acrylic-painted wood relief Éditions Denise Rene Paris Edition n° 37/50, Signed. Presented at the exhibition “Vasarely - Le partage des Formes”, in 2019 at the Centre Pompidou. ...
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1960s Op Art Abstract Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Earth Tone Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century modern abstract expressionist oil on canvas in rusty earth tones blending with subdued dark blues and whites by S. Palmer (American, 20th Century), c.1960. Signed lower r...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Gouache Nude
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3161 Acrylic nude in a custom wood frame
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1970s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Late 20th Century Abstract Oil on Canvas " Flowers ".
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century abstract oil on canvas of flowers by Russian artist Yuri Vassilievich Titov. Signed, titled and dated 1975 to the reverse ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

LOVE STAR OF DAVID
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gouache painting on paper. Hand signed lower front by Yaacov Agam. Image size 20.25 x 18.5 inches. Sheet size 29 x 22.2 inches. Frame size approx 33 x 31 inches. Cert...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Vintage Impressionist Large Tropical Red Flower Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3048 Oversized red floral painting on canvas applied to board Set in a vintage wood frame Neapolitan artist P. Russo
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1970s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Burkhardt Abstract Oil On Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed abstract oil on canvas, signed and dated 1968 in the lower right corner. Canvas size 30"H x 25"W Gilt-wood frame.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Couple
Located in Vancouver, CA
Ron Stonier (1933-2001) was a dedicated Vancouver artist celebrated for his exploration of abstract painting, influenced by his mentors Gordon Smith and Jack Shadbolt, as well as by ...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Spring In The Canyon"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Spring In The Canyon” oil on linen canvas, signed and dated 1970 lower right corner. Hans Burkhardt (1904-1994) Canvas: 32”H x 42”W. Artist f...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern New York Geometric Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Modernist Art French Abstract Expressionist Colorful Painting Roger Lersy
Located in Surfside, FL
Roger Lersy, French (1920 - 2004) Painting on paper (not sure if this is watercolor, acrylic or oil, the paper has a velvet finish and texture to it and there is some texture to the ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Abstract Valley - Welsh 1963 art abstract landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Welsh abstract oil painting is by noted artist Thomas John Nash, better known as Tom Nash. It was painted in 1963 and is entitled on a gallery lab...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Performer
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Performer Artist signed lower right, canvas 28"x31"75 Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and in the 1940s he beg...
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1970s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

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

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Oil

Antique American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Framed Mid Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
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1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Between Black and White - Original 1972 Oil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Between Black and White - Original 1972 Oil on Paper Original black and white oil painting on paper by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Black and white lines take up the paper...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Laid Paper

Vintage Italian Geometric Cubic " Shades of Gray" By Martino 1970's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3478 Cubic circles in shades of gray Set in a vintage gilt and black wood frame
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1970s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Georgica Pond at Sunset (East Hampton, New York)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Georgica Pond at Sunset (East Hampton, NY) Year: February 1973 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 72 x 48 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed, dated, and titled by the artist, verso. Provenance: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY; Bernice Fox Weinstein, Washington D.C.; Estate of Dr. Charles Cabaniss via his Lorena Smith Cabaniss, Washington D.C.; Private collection, MI. Notes: A seminal example of Hornak’s Photorealist multiple exposure landscape...
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1970s Photorealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Havannah Purple
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Havannah Purple 1966 Gouache on paper Image: 17.2 x 23.5 cm Frame: 31.1 x 37.1 cm Provenance: The George and Ann Dannatt Estate, The George Dannatt Tru...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

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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