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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Post-War
Style: Color-Field
Christian Gardair Monumental Painting "Oceano Graphie", 1983
Located in Washington, DC
Exceptional and large painting by French artist Christian Gardair (French, b.1938). Painting is acrylic on polyester paper. Signed and titled "Oceano Graphie" dated 1983. Painting me...
Category
1980s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Synthetic Paper
Summer Window - large, bright, colourful, yellow, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Washes of sun yellow are edged in dashes of bright colors - mauve, cerise, lime and rust -- in this monumental color-field canvas by Milly Ristvedt. "Summer Window" from 1973 was cr...
Category
1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Moon Phase Scheme on Black, Mauve and Coral Circles, Primary Geometry Astronomy
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Rag Paper
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Nude Figurative - Heavily Textured Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Nude Figurative - Heavily Textured Oil on Canvas
Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a nude woman by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry...
Category
1970s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geometric Gems, Yellow, Purple, Pink Checker Pattern Squared Grid, Bauhaus Tiles
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Glide - large, purple, pink, hues, striped, abstract, acrylic on shaped canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Gradient bands of washed violet turn to dust rose in this shaped canvas from 1968 by Milly Ristvedt. From the first part of her career, this powerful painting is rooted in the tenets...
Category
1960s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Are You Sleepy Tonight?" Interior with Nude
Located in Soquel, CA
Saturated, intimate depiction of a bedroom interior by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). Likely based on a photograph, a slightly out of focus figure can be see...
Category
1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Minimalist Red & Black Abstract Geometric, "John Favors Red"
Located in Soquel, CA
Minimalist Red & Black Abstract Geometric, "John Favors Red"
Bold organic geometric abstract with black and light yellow form titled "John Favors Red", by Oregon artist Cassandra Linnea Auker (American, b. 1971), 2005. Interesting grainy texture varying among colors adds interest and depth.
Titled and signed on verso "John Favors Red", "Auker 2005".
Presented in slat frame painted to match the piece.
Frame size: 24.50"H x 24.50"W.
Image size: 24"H x 24"W.
Cassandra Auker...
Category
Early 2000s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silicone, Acrylic, Board
Battle of the Sexes, Mathematical Conceptual Abstraction, Science Art Collection
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork was made in the Colorfield concept with the character elements - the formulas on the painting are from mathematical game theory.
In game theory, the battle of the sexes...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
French Pop Art Modernist Textured Painting Abstract With Stencilled Letters
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a large mixed media abstract painting with stencilled letters in a sans serif typeface in blue and red.
it is in the manner of James Coignard but does not appear to be signed...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Original Textured Abstract Expressionist Nude - Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Textured Abstract Expressionist Nude - Oil on Canvas
Abstract expressionist figurative composition of a nude woman by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American...
Category
1970s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Color Block Geometric Abstract in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Color Block Geometric Abstract in Acrylic on Canvas
Bright, balanced composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). This piece is minimalist in design but maximalist in color - bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Rift Valley, sonde 7 (texture sand abstract canvas gold Earth rust red green)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
“Rift Valley, Sonde 7” is a striking mixed-media composition that harmonizes Color-field staining, impasto-relief techniques, and gestural painting to create an immersive, multilayer...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
Brahms and the Twilight
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Rita Letendre (b.1928) is one of Canada’s leading female abstract painters.
While Letendre was associated with Les Automatistes in Montreal (which included Borduas, and Riopelle am...
Category
1980s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas by Korean artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "Jae Kon Park, 1992". Born in So...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled, portrait of artist in studio
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled, portrait of artist in studio" is an abstract figurative Post War pastel on paper painting by Hans Burkhardt in 1971. The artwork is 25 x 19 1/2 inches and, with the frame,...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jae Kon Park. ""Untitled"" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas in reds, yellows, and blues by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower right, ""Jaw Kon Park, 92"". Born in South Korea, Park Jae Kon...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Bliss_1_2020_Color Field
Located in Darien, CT
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of larger paintings on 8 ply museum board and large sheets of rag paper and clayboard panels that have been created since the winter of 2...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Pigment
"After Image" Contemporary Abstract Interior
Located in Soquel, CA
Saturated, intimate depiction of sharing a bed with a partner by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). Likely based on an out of focus photograph, this piece stradd...
Category
1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Willem de Looper
By Willem de Looper
Located in Washington, DC
Watercolor by Willem De Looper (1932-2009). Painting is signed "de Looper" and dated 76' lower right. Painting measures 20" x 8".
Willem De Looper was a Washington D.C. abstract...
Category
1970s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vintage Horizontal Abstract Expressionist #9
Located in Soquel, CA
A dynamic, abstract expressionist painting by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, Californ...
Category
1970s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Black and White Abstract Cityscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale oil painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). A series of grids and swirls create and industrial feeling landscape, as if the viewer is looking out ...
Category
Early 2000s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Emily Berger_Not a Day Goes By_oil on wood_48 x 36 inches_2018_Minimalism
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
Emily Berger’s paintings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. She brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes, incorporatin...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Iceland_2020_Color Field
Located in Darien, CT
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of larger paintings on 8 ply museum board and large sheets of rag paper and clayboard panels that have been created since the winter of 2...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Pigment
Silk Road 445, 2019, encaustic on panel, 12 x 12 x 2 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Lush Minimalism
Silk Road is chromatically juicy and compositionally reductive. Each painting in this ongoing series is a small, luminous color field composed with layers of translu...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Panel
Emily Berger_Adagio_2019_oil on wood_ 40 x 30 inches_Minimalism
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
Emily Berger’s paintings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. She brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes, incorporatin...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Emily Berger_Begin Again_2018_oil on wood_ 40 x 30 inches_Minimalism
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
Emily Berger’s paintings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. She brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes, incorporatin...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Dune I" Watercolor on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in (1977) by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Dune I" Watercolor on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in (1977) by Inji Efflatoun
signed & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibi...
Category
20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
"The End of My Prayer in a Planetarium" Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
A dynamic, abstract expressionist image by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed "Les Anderson" lower r...
Category
1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Bottled_2004_acrylic, ink
Located in Darien, CT
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of larger paintings on 8 ply museum board and large sheets of rag paper and clayboard panels that have been created since the winter of 2...
Category
Early 2000s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Pigment, Ink
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Bliss_4_2020_Color Field
Located in Darien, CT
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of larger paintings on 8 ply museum board and large sheets of rag paper and clayboard panels that have been created since the winter of 2...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Pigment
Moon Rising - Abstract stain painting acrylic on raw canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
'Moon Rising' acrylic painting by contemporary artist Elisa Niva, Acrylic on raw canvas 42 inches x 30 inches.
This moon rise painting uses the soak- method created by Helen Franke...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Silk Road 375, 2017, encaustic on panel, 12 x 12 x 2 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Lush Minimalism
Silk Road is chromatically juicy and compositionally reductive. Each painting in this ongoing series is a small, luminous color field composed with layers of translu...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Panel
Audrey Stone, Purple Flow, 2017, Acrylic Paint
By Audrey Stone
Located in Darien, CT
Observing shifting color is an ecstatic experience for the artist. She is intrigued by transitions from one color to the next and the way the eye and brain process these transitions,...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Here is where we meet (for John Berger) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Here is where we meet (for John Berger) (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas.
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to mu...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Audrey Stone, Gradient Crush , 2018, Abstraction, acrylic, 16.5 x 23.5 x 3
By Audrey Stone
Located in Darien, CT
Subtle color gradients have recently become a prominent element in Audrey Stone's new works. Observing shifting color and light in nature is an ecstatic experience for her. Simultane...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Quarry" by Katheryn Holt - Green and Ochre Tone Color-Field Abstract Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Quarry" 2022
Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wood
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Artist:
Katheryn Holt paints memory....
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood, Wood Panel
"Pacific Ocean Park" by Katheryn Holt - Blue Tone Color-Field Abstract Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Pacific Ocean Park" 2022
Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wood
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Artist:
Katheryn Holt pa...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood, Wood Panel
"Mirage II" by Katheryn Holt - Blue and Green Color-Field Abstract Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Mirage II" 2022
Oil paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wood
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Artist:
Katheryn Holt paints memo...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood, Wood Panel
Hidden by Clouds, Original Landscape Painting, Cotswolds Rural Artwork
By Rosie Phipps
Located in Deddington, GB
Hidden by Clouds is an original framed painting by artist Rosie Phipps. Featuring her gestural and expressive use of mark making to create these beautifully intimate landscapes.
Rosi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Conference of the birds no 28 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Conference of the birds no 28 (Abstract Painting)
Oil on panel.
Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a conne...
Category
1990s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Colors within a witch hazel blossom 2 (Abstract painting)
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Colors within a witch hazel blossom 2 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on polyester film - Unframed
This work is part of a series whose inspiration comes from Witch Hazel, a deciduous s...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Polyester, Film, Acrylic
Here is where we meet (for John Berger)
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas.
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions.
He looks toward elements of Western and Eastern art, literature, spirituality, poetry and music to create an environment and a mindset conducive to his process, which is connected to Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting.
This work is part of the Fragments of Poetry and Silence series.
The inspiration and the point of departure for this series is a poem by John Berger...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conference of the birds no 28
Located in London, GB
Oil on panel.
Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions.
He looks toward elements of Western and Eastern art, literature, spirituality, poetry and music to create an environment and a mindset conducive to his process, which is connected to Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting.
Conference of the Birds...
Category
1990s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fragments Of Poetry And Silence No. 39
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions.
He looks toward el...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Apple in 13 colors
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on Dura-Lar - Unframed
Ramsay’s process engages a systematic, mathematical approach heavily influenced by color. She interacts with nature, documents the shifting colors of ...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Paisaje Gris y Blanco, elegant abstract contemporary landscape, oil painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Maria Jose Concha lived for 7 years in the Chilean Patagonia, the world’s southernmost landscape, an experience, which transformed her work and becomes the focus of her expressive pa...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Composition 7. 1996, oil on board, 81x65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Composition 7. 1996, oil on board, 81x65 cm
Abstract composition with orange blue fields and black circle
Olgerts Jaunarajs (1907-2003)
He was so-c...
Category
1990s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Stripes, Abstract Painting by Warner Friedman circa 1965
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Warner Friedman, American (1935 - )
Title: Red, Black and White Stripes
Year: circa 1965
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed on label verso
Size: 28 in. x 21 in. (71.12 cm x 53.34...
Category
1960s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pastel" by Katheryn Holt - Vivid Contemporary Abstract Landscape on Wood Panel
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Pastel" 2022
Oil Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wood
The artist signed the back of the painting.
From the pinnacle of the canvas, a shimmering ...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood, Wood Panel
Votive, color field, oil on panel, 2020
Located in Booklyn, NY
“… look into the stains of walls, or the ashes of a fire, or clouds, or mud … you may find really marvelous ideas. The mind of the painter is stimulated to new discoveries … various ...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Underglaze, Oil, Wood Panel
Cad Med
By Doug Ohlson
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Although he socialized with such famous abstract expressionist artists as Lee Krasner and Robert Motherwell, Doug Ohlson creates paintings that are restrained and geometric in nature...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Wallflower' by Katheryn Holt - Green and Earth Tone Contemporary Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Wallflower" 2022
Oil paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wood
The artist signed the back of the painting.
About the Art...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood, Wood Panel
1.13.96
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and wax on canvas
1927 - 2017
Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she...
Category
1990s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Minimalist Acrylic Painting Titled: Supervene
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Born in Tallahasee Fl, William started his artistic career as a color consultant for his family's Design and Painting company that took on constant projects of custom painted interio...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
OX 86
By Daniel Brice
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil on paper
In his abstract paintings and prints, Daniel Brice explores both the physicality and the intellectual and emotional resonance of color. Based in sun-drenched southern ...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Archival Paper
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Big Blue_2020
Located in Darien, CT
Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue is a series of larger paintings on 8 ply museum board and large sheets of rag paper that have been created since the winter of 2016.
Using domestic construction materials from her garage, extras from home improvement projects or the garden, have been captured, much like a photogram, but with paint, not silver. By blending photography and painting, Fagan finds that the patterns created with industrial, mass-produced objects around the house and garage, speak to her interest in producing paintings that link to sound. These works are portraits of the artist’s home, its history, and the materials used to build that maintain her home.
Ellen Hackl Fagan builds connections between color and sound using installations, interactive games, and collaborative projects that combine color-and-texture saturated paintings with music...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pigment
"Safe Harbor" by Katheryn Holt - Earth and Water Tone Color-Field Abstract Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Katheryn Holt (American, born 1951)
"Safe Harbor" 2019
Oil paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Safe Harbor" by Katheryn Holt ...
Category
2010s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel, Stretcher Bars
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.
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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.