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"By the Lake ."Green collection.
"By the Lake ."Green collection.

"By the Lake ."Green collection.

By Liudmila Shabazova

Located in Zofingen, AG

There are magnificent lakes in the Spanish Pyrenees. The painting was created under the impression of a trip to Huesca. The cool morning and light mist are enchanting. The color pale...

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2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic, Plaster

Love Conquers All - Extra Large Abstract Painting, Bold Colors, New, Maximalism
Love Conquers All - Extra Large Abstract Painting, Bold Colors, New, Maximalism

Love Conquers All - Extra Large Abstract Painting, Bold Colors, New, Maximalism

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

Title: Love Conquers All - Omnia Vincit Amor Extra Large Abstract Investment Bold Color Large rendition in the Unchained Expressions series. It attempts to map the road to freedom...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Color Pencil

Hermosa Way - Large Abstract Blue Original Painting on Canvas
Hermosa Way - Large Abstract Blue Original Painting on Canvas

Hermosa Way - Large Abstract Blue Original Painting on Canvas

By Clara Berta

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Clara Berta’s acrylic and mixed-media paintings blend texture and color to create harmony, mystery, and depth on the painted surface. Her paintings transform spaces into Zen environm...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Coral Reef Fish Painting Impasto
Coral Reef Fish Painting Impasto

Coral Reef Fish Painting Impasto

By Olga Nikitina

Located in Zofingen, AG

* Title: Coral Reef * Size: 12 x 8 inches * Materials: oil, stretched canvas, palette knife * Shipping: gallery standards packaging, express shipping Bright abstract seascape paintin...

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2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Yellowstone -  Colorful Abstract National Park Landscape on Canvas
Yellowstone -  Colorful Abstract National Park Landscape on Canvas

Yellowstone - Colorful Abstract National Park Landscape on Canvas

By Maria C. Bernhardsson

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Maria C Bernhardsson's original artworks are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Born in Sweden, Bernhardsson travels the world photographing and sketching houses ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large Vintage American Cubist Abstract Original New York School Oil Painting
Large Vintage American Cubist Abstract Original New York School Oil Painting

Large Vintage American Cubist Abstract Original New York School Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American cubist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Unsigned. Measuring: 49 by 37 inches overall, and 48 by 36 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang a...

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1960s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Vintage American Modernist Cubist Portrait Original MCM Oil Painting
Large Vintage American Modernist Cubist Portrait Original MCM Oil Painting

Large Vintage American Modernist Cubist Portrait Original MCM Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Measuring: 34 by 22 inches overall. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Space Talk - Original Textural Layered Figurative Abstract Shapes Colorful Art
Space Talk - Original Textural Layered Figurative Abstract Shapes Colorful Art

Space Talk - Original Textural Layered Figurative Abstract Shapes Colorful Art

By Jonas Fisch

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Light, Series Drawing From Israel - Large Format, Charcoal On Paper
Light, Series Drawing From Israel - Large Format, Charcoal On Paper

Light, Series Drawing From Israel - Large Format, Charcoal On Paper

By Krzysztof Gliszczyński

Located in Hallein, AT

The artwork is unframed and will be shipped rolled in a tube Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk. Krzysztof Gliszczyński born in Miastko in 1962. Graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in 1987 in the studio of Prof. Kazimierz Ostrowski. Between 1995 and 2002 founder and co-manager of Koło Gallery in Gdańsk. lnitiator of the Kazimierz Ostrowski Award, con-ferred by the Union of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP), Gdańsk Chapter. Dean of the Painting Faculty of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in the years 2008-2012. Vice Rector for Development and Cooperation of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in the years 2012-2016. Obtained a professorship in 2011. Currently head of the Third Painting Studio of the Painting Faculty of the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts. He has taken part in a few dozen exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He has received countless prizes and awards for his artistic work. He is active in the field of painting, drawing, objects, and video. Artist Statement In the 1990s I started collecting flakes of paint – leftovers from my work. I would put fresh ones in wooden formworks, dried ones in glass containers. They constituted layers of investigations into the field of painting, enclosed in dated and numbered cuboids measuring 47 × 10.5 × 10.5 cm. I called those objects Urns. In 2016, I displayed them at an exhibition, moulding a single object out of all the Urns. The Urns inspired me to redefine the status of my work as a painter. In order to do it, I performed a daunting task of placing the layers of paint not in an urn, but on a canvas, pressing each fresh bit of paint with my thumb. In the cycle of paintings Autoportret a’retour, the matter was transferred from painting to painting, expanding the area of each consecutive one. Together, the bits, the residua of paint, kept alive the memory of the previous works. It was a stage of the atomization of the painting matter and its alienation from the traditional concepts and aesthetic relations. Thus, the cycle of synergic paintings was created, as I called them, guided by the feeling evoked in me by the mutually intensifying flakes of paint. The final aesthetic result of the refining of the digested matter was a consequence of the automatism of the process of layering, thumb-pressing, and scraping off again. Just like in an archaeological excavation, attempts are made to unite and retrieve that which has been lost. This avant-garde concept consists in transferring into the area of painting of matter, virtually degraded and not belonging to the realm of art. And yet the matter re-enters it, acquiring a new meaning. The matter I created, building up like lava, became my new technique. I called it perpetuum pictura – self-perpetuated painting. Alchemical concepts allowed me to identify the process inherent in the emerging matter, to give it direction and meaning. In a way, I created matter which was introducing me into the pre-symbolic world – a world before form, unnamed. From this painterly magma, ideas sprung up, old theories of colour and the convoluted problem of squaring the circle manifested themselves again. Just like Harriot’s crystal refracted light in 1605, I tried to break up colour in the painting Iosis. Paintings were becoming symptoms, like in the work Pulp fiction, which at that time was a gesture of total fragmentation of matter and of transcending its boundaries, my dialogue with the works of Jackson Pollock and the freedom brought by his art. The painting Geometrica de physiologiam pictura contains a diagram in which I enter four colours that constitute an introduction to protopsychology, alchemical transmutation, and the ancient theory of colour. It this work I managed to present the identification of the essence of human physiology with art. But the essential aspect of my considerations in my most recent paintings is the analysis of abstraction, the study of its significance for the contemporary language of art and the search for the possibilities of creating a new message. For me, abstraction is not an end in itself, catering to the largely predicable expectations of the viewers. To study the boundary between visibility and invisibility, like in the work Unsichtbar, is to ask about the status of the possibilities of the language of abstraction. The moment of fluidity which I am able to attain results from the matter – matter...

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Early 2000s Conceptual Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Carefree Lilith
Carefree Lilith

Carefree Lilith

By Antonina Bormova

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting is ready to hang, stretched on wooden stretcher bars (no decorative frame included), and measures 37.4 × 39.4 inches (95 × 100 cm). Carefree Lilith explores fema...

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2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Stallion and a Unicorn -21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, African, Horse
Stallion and a Unicorn -21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, African, Horse

Stallion and a Unicorn -21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, African, Horse

By Akanji Bolaji

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

A Stallion and a Unicorn explores the duality of action and aspiration, grounding us in the tension between lived reality and imagined possibility. The stallion embodies patriotism r...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Alchemy of Letting Go. Modern colorful abstract painting 100x100 cm
The Alchemy of Letting Go. Modern colorful abstract painting 100x100 cm

The Alchemy of Letting Go. Modern colorful abstract painting 100x100 cm

By Anna Selina

Located in Zofingen, AG

This vibrant abstract piece, titled "Alchemy of Letting Go," features energetic, sweeping brushstrokes in bold, vivid colors. The dynamic composition embodies a process of transforma...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hidden Portraits XXIV, Acrylic on Board, Framed, Circa 1980s
Hidden Portraits XXIV, Acrylic on Board, Framed, Circa 1980s

Hidden Portraits XXIV, Acrylic on Board, Framed, Circa 1980s

Located in London, GB

'Hidden Portraits XXIV', acrylic on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor fro...

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1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Mid-20th Century Vibrant Fauvist Landscape of a Village Scene Richly Textured
Mid-20th Century Vibrant Fauvist Landscape of a Village Scene Richly Textured

Mid-20th Century Vibrant Fauvist Landscape of a Village Scene Richly Textured

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Vibrant Fauvist Landscape oil on canvas, unframed Canvas : 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very good condition Description: This vibrant mid-20th-ce...

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Mid-20th Century Fauvist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Light 5 July 04:23, Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Abstract, Sea View
Light 5 July 04:23, Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Abstract, Sea View

Light 5 July 04:23, Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Abstract, Sea View

By Robert Motelski

Located in Hallein, AT

Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...

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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Walking Creature: Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract, 2005
Walking Creature: Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract, 2005

Walking Creature: Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract, 2005

By Michael William Eggleston

Located in Soquel, CA

Walking Creature, Contemporary Surreal Figurative Abstract by Michael William Eggleston Bold and imaginative contemporary figurative abstract by San Francisco artist Michael William...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

For a While (Abstract Painting)
For a While (Abstract Painting)

For a While (Abstract Painting)

By Petra Schott

Located in London, GB

This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. German artist Petra Schott translates human emotions, memories, and sensory experiences into expressive, lyrical abstr...

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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Painting on Canvas by Serg Graff "Funny Octopuses", COA
Abstract Painting on Canvas by Serg Graff "Funny Octopuses", COA

Abstract Painting on Canvas by Serg Graff "Funny Octopuses", COA

By Serg Graff

Located in Palm Coast, FL

This is a unique original acrylic painting on canvas in a lively fantasy abstract style by Serg Graff, titled “Funny Octopuses.” The painting bursts with color and movement, depicti...

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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Empty poems and Fake Gods, Aldo Chaparro, Oil on canvas, 90x68cm, Mexican, 2026
Empty poems and Fake Gods, Aldo Chaparro, Oil on canvas, 90x68cm, Mexican, 2026

Empty poems and Fake Gods, Aldo Chaparro, Oil on canvas, 90x68cm, Mexican, 2026

By Aldo Chaparro

Located in Ciudad de México, MX

The death of painting and its returns have been proclaimed repeatedly at different moments throughout its history. Such pronouncements have functioned as intellectual provocations an...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled Geometric Abstract (Minimalism, Red, Black, Collage, ~78% OFF)
Untitled Geometric Abstract (Minimalism, Red, Black, Collage, ~78% OFF)

Untitled Geometric Abstract (Minimalism, Red, Black, Collage, ~78% OFF)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Willy Oster Untitled Geometric Abstract Mixed Media Collage; Acrylic, Paper 1990 27.55 x 39.37 inches (70 x 100 cm) Signed, dated and annotated by hand on verso COA provided *Condit...

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1990s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Huge French Abstract with Bold Colours French 20th Century Painting
Huge French Abstract with Bold Colours French 20th Century Painting

Huge French Abstract with Bold Colours French 20th Century Painting

By Gilbert Pelissier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Expressionist Composition signed by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 35 x 46 inches condition: overall very good, a few min...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Enchanted" Modernist Multicolor & Textured Abstract Portrait Painting on Canvas
"Enchanted" Modernist Multicolor & Textured Abstract Portrait Painting on Canvas

"Enchanted" Modernist Multicolor & Textured Abstract Portrait Painting on Canvas

By Gee Gee Collins

Located in New York, NY

A modernist depiction of a portrait executed with strong use of line and texture. This piece is filled with movement and beautiful brushwork, the use of color placement is enchanting...

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2010s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Going: Abstract Mixed Media on Wood Panel, Framed, 91.4x76.2 cm
Going: Abstract Mixed Media on Wood Panel, Framed, 91.4x76.2 cm

Going: Abstract Mixed Media on Wood Panel, Framed, 91.4x76.2 cm

Located in BARCELONA, ES

Stephen identifies the delicate texture and beauty of the natural oxidation process. Oftentimes a found object initiates his work: By incorporating an object directly, imprinting, or...

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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood, Wood Panel

French Expressionist Abstract Original
French Expressionist Abstract Original

French Expressionist Abstract Original

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) watercolour painting on artist paper unframed: 14.75 x 13 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings...

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Vintage French Modernist Paris Street Scene Large Framed Horseback Oil Painting
Vintage French Modernist Paris Street Scene Large Framed Horseback Oil Painting

Vintage French Modernist Paris Street Scene Large Framed Horseback Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage French Paris modern street scene oil painting. Depicting place de Concorde. Oil on canvas. Signed. Measuring: 30 by 43 inches overall, and 24 by 36.25 painting alone. Exc...

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1940s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Double Vision 74 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Blue & White Dual Tone Artwork
Double Vision 74 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Blue & White Dual Tone Artwork

Double Vision 74 - Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Blue & White Dual Tone 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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

#38 After the Rains
#38 After the Rains

#38 After the Rains

By Douglas M. Olsen

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Douglas M. Olsen (b. 1960). #38, After the Rains, 1980. Watercolor on rag paper, 22 x 22 inches. Signed lower margin and on verso.

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

“Face”
“Face”

“Face”

By Elmer Ciseron Bautista

Located in Warren, NJ

Elmer Ciseron Bautista Original Painting On Canvas. In good condition measures 23x18.

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Love Seeker - Original Mixed Media Painting, Abstract, 21st Century
Love Seeker - Original Mixed Media Painting, Abstract, 21st Century

Love Seeker - Original Mixed Media Painting, Abstract, 21st Century

By Amber Goldhammer

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Latex, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Moon Flower Potted Plant - Lively Abstract Colorful Botanical Painting on Paper
Moon Flower Potted Plant - Lively Abstract Colorful Botanical Painting on Paper

Moon Flower Potted Plant - Lively Abstract Colorful Botanical Painting on Paper

By Krisanne Souter

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

AWH 352 - Abstract Minimalist Textured Layered Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
AWH 352 - Abstract Minimalist Textured Layered Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas

AWH 352 - Abstract Minimalist Textured Layered Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas

By Bernhard Zimmer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Bernhard Zimmer produces deeply layered, subtly textured abstract paintings that contain diametrically opposed elements—order and chaos, abstraction and representation, boldness and ...

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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Perception
Perception

Perception

By Diana Tremaine

Located in Burlingame, CA

Diana Tremaine’s large-scale, dynamic, figurative oil paintings reflect a search for truth and meaning in the human experience. She develops brushstrokes and marks by adding and then...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Impermanence Series n6. From the Impermanence series
Impermanence Series n6. From the Impermanence series

Impermanence Series n6. From the Impermanence series

By Rosario Briones

Located in Miami Beach, FL

In the Kingdom of Transience, everything is temporary, subject to constant change. Everything is unstable and volatile like the wind. The precariousness of our existence reminds us t...

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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Canvas, Pigment

Abstract 2561
Abstract 2561

Alex SenchenkoAbstract 2561, 2025

$1,649Sale Price|20% Off

Abstract 2561

By Alex Senchenko

Located in Zofingen, AG

This piece is a celebration of contrasts—the intense dance between light and shadow, order and chaos. Using acrylic, I layered textured strokes and splashes of gold to evoke emotion ...

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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

We All Want The Same Thing - Original Colorful Graffiti Inspired Painting
We All Want The Same Thing - Original Colorful Graffiti Inspired Painting

We All Want The Same Thing - Original Colorful Graffiti Inspired Painting

By Amber Goldhammer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express emotions akin to silent poetry while drawing inspiration for her palette from the layered world around her. Her artworks include layered textures and playful details along the surfaces. This original graffiti-inspired painting measures 24 inches high by 30 inches wide. The sides are painted grey and it does not require framing. It is wired and ready to hang. This painting is signed and titled by the artist on the back. Convenient local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Amber Goldhammer is best known for creating vibrant abstract paintings with a street art edge. She originally started painting with pigments, powders, and waxes and went on to experiment with different mediums and processes to keep evolving her artworks. As love and joy are paramount emotions in life, Goldhammer hopes her series incorporating the “I Love You” message expands to reach a wide audience. Connecting people through public art is one way she believes her street murals can impact lives, as it is impossible to view her work and not feel a sense of joy and love. Painting a convergence of color and emotion, she builds and layers bold colors organically, allowing the process to determine the outcome. There is no analyzing, conceptualizing, or judging that takes place. It all happens in the moment, as a union between her, the canvas, and the paint. Amber Goldhammer frequently draws inspiration for her palette from the colors of the ocean, saying, “I get to take in the essence of the ocean every day, which fuels my creativity and brings me peace.” A worldwide collected young artist with ongoing concurrent exhibitions in galleries throughout the United States and Switzerland, Goldhammer's artworks have also been exhibited at major international art fairs. Her original paintings have been showcased in print and online publications, and on such TV series as “Million Dollar Listing,” “Being Mary Jane,” “The Catch” as well as both multi-Emmy® nominated series, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”, and “Scandal.” Goldhammer’s art is also featured on Netflix’s original series, “G.L.O.W.” by “Weeds” creator, Jenji Kohan. Artspace Warehouse has been representing and exhibiting Amber Goldhammer's original artworks since 2011. The gallery has been a 1stdibs partner since 2014 with consistently excellent reviews from clients worldwide. The gallery exhibits a large selection of affordable original artworks from established and emerging international artists with diverse backgrounds at high standards. Artspace Warehouse is known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2022 Christopher Martin...

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2010s Street Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Latex, Spray Paint

Sunspot 133 - Tall Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Autumn Tone Abstract Artwork
Sunspot 133 - Tall Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Autumn Tone Abstract Artwork

Sunspot 133 - Tall Modern Shiny Resin Minimalist Autumn Tone Abstract 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

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.