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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Sweet Earth - bold, modern, colorful, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Jack Bush had told Milly Ristvedt that she was ahead of her time. The Canadian modernist’s deep dive into the world of colour and its potential continued in the seventies. Sweet Eart...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
L. S. F. vibrant abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
L. S. F., 1980
acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas
signed lower right, dated and titled verso
48 x 65 inches
48.75 x 65.75 inches, framed
R...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Untitled Biomorphic
Located in Lawrence, NY
Pastel on paper
The German-born American Abstractionist Carl Robert Holty became known for his biomorphic abstract forms as well as his geometric abstractions that he painted with a ...
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1930s Bauhaus Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
RICHARD ANDRES
American, 1927–2013
Untitled, c. 1950
oil on canvas
signed lower left
10 x 7 inches
Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Clevelan...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Trompe L"Oeil Window Modernist City View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist view thru a window by Alan Peters. Great color and composition. Framed. Oil on canvas.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reflections, large abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
Reflections, 1985
acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas
signed lower right, signed, dated and titled verso
52.5 x 72.5 inches
53 x 73 inches, ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
Untitled, c. 1980
acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas
30 x 34 inches
Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of th...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Mirror, abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
Mirror, 1984
acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas
signed lower right, dated and titled verso
12 x 12 inches
Richard Andres was born in Buff...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas
12 x 10 inches
Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Instit...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Irene Rice Pereira Modernist Gouache Drawing Painting Abstract Expressionist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Irene Rice Pereira,
Mixed Media on Paper (American, 1902-1971)
Titled "The East Wind Carries the Seed"
Hand signed l.r. "I. Rice Pereira".
Paper: 14.1/8"h x 18.25"w
Irene Rice Pe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
20th Century French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Fishermen in Blue Smocks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishermen in Blue Smocks
French Post-Impressionist artist, signed
20th century
oil on board, framed
framed: 14.5 x 15 inches
board: 11.5 x 11.5 inches
provenance: private collection,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Challenge, abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
The Challenge, c. 1982
acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas
signed lower right, signed and titled verso
60 x 41.5 inches
Richard Andres was...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Colourful Interior Abstract French Still Life Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 26 x 19.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Interior Objects Purple Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Purple Interior
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 26 x 20 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
Untitled, c. 1980
acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas
signed lower right
24 x 20 inches
25 x 21 inches, framed
Richard Andres was born in B...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
Untitled, c. 1980
acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas
12 x 10 inches
Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of th...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Untitled abstract expressionist oil painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
Untitled, c. 1984
acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas
signed lower right
19 x 16 inches
Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 192...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Bright Blue and Purple Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bright Abstract
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 18 x 24 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fragment, abstract expressionist mid-century painting, Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
oil on canvas
signed and titled verso
19.5 x 24 inches
20 x 25 inches, framed
Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Rice Paper Modernist John Von Wicht
Located in Surfside, FL
John von Wicht (American, 1888-1970)
Oil on Japanese Rice Paper. Hand signed and dated in pencil lower right.
Sheet Size: 21 x 29.25 in.
Johannes Von Wicht was born in Holstein, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Rice Paper
Colorful 1970s Abstraction, Signed "Soyer" Illegibly
Located in Larchmont, NY
Sloyer
Untitled, 1976
Oil on canvas
36 1/4 x 24 x 1 3/8 in.
Artist label verso (text slightly obscured)
Signed on stretcher bar
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Raventos Textures Gray and Black Barcelona original abstract
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
" Informalisme " original abstract mixed media painting
RAVENTÓS Mª Assumpció – (San Sadurní d’Anoia, Barcelona 1930).
Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts i...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Two 1960s Birthday Collages by Syril Frank, Expressionist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021)
1. Untitled, 1966
Mixed media collage; oil paint, paper, pen, canvas
19 5/8 x 24 in.
Framed: 20 1/2 x 24 3/4 in.
2. Unt...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Paper, Pen
Gorgeous Abstract Expressionist Figures by Mystery Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021)
Untitled, c. 1970s/80s
Oil on canvas
Framed: 21 3/4 x 25 2/3 x 1 in.
This fantastic painting in the abstract expressionist style loosely depicts a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Gestural Abstract Color Field Painting Woman Artist Francine Tint
Located in Surfside, FL
Francine Tint (b. 1943)
Another Time
Thick acrylic impasto on board, 1999,
Hand signed 'Francine Tint' titled, dated
Inscribed 'To Piri, Enjoy Much Love' on the reverse.
14 x 15 1/...
Category
1990s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Acrylic Polymer, Wood Panel
American Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Mid Century Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Bright Colour Interior Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Abstract
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 24 x 19.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Expressionist Color Field Painting Indian Artist Sangeeta Reddy
Located in Surfside, FL
image is 21 X 21 inches; frame: 30 X 30 inches
Born in 1955, Hyderabad, India, painter and writer Sangeeta Reddy migrated to the United States in 1978 and continued her studies in a...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media
Abstract Expressionist Color Field Painting Indian Artist Sangeeta Reddy
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in 1955, Hyderabad, India, painter and writer Sangeeta Reddy migrated to the United States in 1978 and continued her studies in art. Currently she maintains a studio on Santa F...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint, Mixed Media
Seeker 1: Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Widely exhibited and collected from Cornwall to Scotland and New Zealand to the USA, Clare works from the beautiful Porthmeor Studio on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, UK. Her work h...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Geometric Shape Abstract French 20th Century Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 19 x 16 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Tall White Plant In Vase Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
White Flower Still life
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 25 x 19.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Figure in Gorgeous Abstracted Landscape by Mystery Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mystery Artist
Untitled, c. 20th Century
Oil on canvas
27 1/2 x 22 in.
Framed: 33 3/4 x 28 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.
Signed lower right
Category
20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Latin American Figurative Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Monoprint Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Artists stamp to verso; pictured. Provenance: From the artists estate.
Oscar Murillo (Mexican American 1940-2017) was a prominent figure in the 1960s and 1970s Los Angeles art scene...
Category
20th Century Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
CONGREGATION
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on glossy paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Artwork size 8 x 9.5 inches. Frame size approx 14 x 16 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condit...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Approuve' par l'artiste
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection. It is limited in edition artist pencil signed lower right and is in very good condition. Roger Bezombes a print maker born in Paris ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Leeks and Pepper Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vegetable Abstract
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 19.5 x 24 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
LONELY
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Original mixed media painting on glossy paper. Hand signed on front by Purvis Young. Artwork size 9.87 x 7.87 inches. Frame size approx 16 x 14 inches.
Artwork is in excellent co...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
French Post War Geometric Abstract Oil Painting Kinetic Op Art Edgard Pillet
Located in Surfside, FL
Edgard Pillet (French, 1912-1996).
Modern Abstract oil painting on canvas.
Titled "Olifant". A vibrant work featuring colors of purple, pinks and blues...
Category
1990s Post-Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Tropical Caribbean Balcony Signed Framed Flower Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Caribbean signed tropical seaside balcony painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Cubist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Still Life
French School, 20th century
oil on board, framed
framed: 27 x 31 inches
board : 22 x 26 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Renee Ritter Mixed Media Canvas, Signed
By Renee Ritter
Located in Larchmont, NY
Renee Gaylin Ritter (American, b. 1935)
Growth, c. 1990s
Mixed media on canvas
16 1/4 x 31 3/4 x 2 in.
Signed lower right
Bio from Renee Ritter's website:
I'm a New Yorker, born an...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Anemone Pool Abstraction
Located in Lawrence, NY
Casein on paper
Like many of his compatriots of the time, Shulman transitioned from representation to abstraction in the post-WWII period as he studied with Hans Hoffman. Yet, his wo...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Casein
Untitled, 1993, Oil on paper, Analytical Painting, Abstract
Located in Milano, IT
In this masterpiece Claudio Olivieri experimented with palette brightening, using a spray gun to distribute the oil and achieve an unprecedented result. In addition, this painting gi...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
White Landscape, Abstract Expressionist Collage by Keith Morrow Martin 1959
Located in Long Island City, NY
An abstract collage on wood by Kenneth Morrow Martin, American (1911-1983). Exhibited: 1st Knoxville Art Center National Exhibtion, 1961
White Landscape by Keith Morrow Martin, Amer...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Varnish, Magazine Paper
Antique American Modernist Cubist Abstract Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive 1963 modernist painting. A cubist abstract with great composition and color. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1963 Vintage Mid-Century Abstract Seascape Oil Painting - Coastal Thunderstorm
Located in Bristol, GB
COASTAL THUNDERSTORM
Size: 52.5 x 70 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An emotive and wonderfully executed mid-century abstract artwork, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1963.
...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Discovery of a fresco in a chapel
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
White wooden frame
101.5 x 151.5 x 2.5 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Memento, 1989, Oil on canvas, Analytical Painting, Abstract
Located in Milano, IT
In this masterpiece Claudio Olivieri experimented with palette darkening, using a spray gun to distribute the oil and achieve an unprecedented result. In addition, this painting give...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract composition
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Untitled" Sherron Francis, Female Abstract Expressionism Green Gold Color Field
Located in New York, NY
Sherron Francis
Untitled, 1976
Signed and dated on the reverse
Acrylic on canvas
52 x 28 inches
Artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Dan Christensen, and Sam Francis a...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Untitled" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionism Hard-edge Stripes
Located in New York, NY
Calvert Coggeshall
Untitled, circa 1975
Oil on canvas
50 x 40 inches
Calvert Coggeshall worked as an abstract painter and interior designer primari...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Sonic Lark" Sherron Francis, Female Abstract Expressionism, Long Color Field
Located in New York, NY
Sherron Francis
Sonic Lark, 1974
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 109 1/2 inches
Artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Dan Christensen, an...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Grey II" Sherron Francis, Female Abstract Expressionism, Color Field
Located in New York, NY
Sherron Francis
Grey II, 1975
Signed, titled and dated on the reverse
Acrylic on canvas
80 x 69 1/2 inches
Artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Dan Christensen, and Sa...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled, Pink, Jute Canvas
Located in Milano, IT
A unique painting by Salvatore Emblema, dating back to the Eighties, Tinted soil on canvas. Signed and dated on verso, with the number of archival at the artist's estate on verso.
E...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Untitled" Sherron Francis, Female Abstract Expressionism, Black Color Field
Located in New York, NY
Sherron Francis
Untitled, 1973
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 48 inches
Artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Dan Christensen, and Sam Francis are already well-known names. How...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wave Form II (Wellenform) (Square, Round, Wavy, Modern, Mid-Century) (40% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hannes Grosse
Wave Form (Wellenform) (Square, Round, Wavy, Modern, Mid-Century)
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 1971
Size: 34.62 x 34.62 inches
Signed and dated verso
Framed (simply...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Untitled" Sherron Francis, Female Abstract Expressionism, Black Color Field
Located in New York, NY
Sherron Francis
Untitled, 1977
Signed and dated on the reverse
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
93 x 42 inches
Artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, Dan Christensen, a...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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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