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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Period: 1930s
"Study for Messier 17, " Acrylic on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Study for Messier 17," this painting by Chicago-artist Jan Pieter Fokkens offers a representation of the spectacular star-forming region Messier 17, also known as the Omega Nebula or Swan Nebula. A vast region of gas, dust and hot young stars, Messier 17 lies in the heart of the Milky Way, tucked within the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer).
Inspired by telescope images of deep space, contemporary computer compression algorithms and early non-representational art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ombak 1 - dark, atmospheric, abstract, landscape, resin and acrylic on panel
By Jay Hodgins
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A cloud of white and charcoal rises from a stormy horizon in this emotive acrylic painting by Jay Hodgins. Layers of glossy resin add depth and richness to the work.
Integrating enc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Untitled 25" Abstract Oil Painting 37" x 59" inch by Gayatri Gamuz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 25" Abstract Oil Painting 37" x 59" inch by Gayatri Gamuz
In search of silence, in search of the self.
Her work emerges from the silence withi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ganas 2 - atmospheric, colourful, abstract landscape, resin and acrylic on panel
By Jay Hodgins
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A brilliant mauve opening framed in charcoal burns through the sky in this luminous painting by Jay Hodgins. The artist creates depth and light in the work using multiple layers of a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Rujuh 3A & 3B Diptych - atmospheric, abstract skyscape, acrylic, resin on panel
By Jay Hodgins
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Dark clouds at a stormy horizon meet a violet sky in this emotive diptych by Jay Hodgins. Layers of curated colors coated in a glossy resin create depth and light in the atmospheric ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Hello Dean" Mixed media Painting 67x54 inch by John Paul Fauves
Located in Culver City, CA
"Hello Dean" Mixed media Painting 67x54 inch by John Paul Fauves
From "Alts iz farloyrn" ("All is lost") series
2019
Mixed media, acrylic and oil on canvas
63" × 53" inch
"Alts iz farloyrn" ("All is lost")
"Alts iz Farloyrn” – the latest series by John Paul Fauves featuring large-scale mixed media paintings, sculptures, and his famous art masks.
Inspired by American idols James Dean and Steve McQueen, "Alts iz Farloyrn,” which translates to "All is Lost," was Steve McQueen’s first ever line on stage and represents Fauves own struggle with losing it all yet discovering his true self. “Alts iz Farloyrn” dives deep into the darkness that surrounded James Dean and Steve McQueen and explores their need to live fast. Through this new series, viewers are reminded that although both men overcame challenges to become the Hollywood elite, they struggled to mentally escape their troubled childhood and demons.
Recognized internationally for his Neo-Pop Expressionism, Fauves paintings deal with identity through art, mainstream culture and social media. About this series, Fauves says “I have personally lost it all and what I’ve learned is when you lose it all you can win it all again and create a new beginning!”
ABOUT John Paul FAUVES:
John Paul Fauves (born in 1980) is a contemporary Artist from Costa Rica . His artistic journey started at a very young age after he became a student of Joaquin Rodriguez del Paso , one of the most important Costa Rican modern art tutors. John Paul spent 15 years studying and mastering his technique, and only a few years ago he finally started showcasing his work.
In his paintings he engages questions of identity as they relate to art history as well as our everyday interactions with mainstream culture and social media. Greatly inspired by modernist masters as wellas pop-artists, Fauves mixes fragments of different iconic images in vivid and colourful compositions. Of his experimental and high eclectic style, he says, “art is an expression from the soul, and the soul is somethinglimitless. This is why I am always searching for different elements to bring into the work.”
2019:
Alts Iz farloyrn, Los Angeles, CA
Portraits of Someone, London
2018:
[ Mi / Me ] solo exhibition at DOPENESS ART LAB, Taipei, Taiwan
Arte de La Peer
Papi Chulo group exhibition, Krause gallery, NYC
Down the Rabbit Hole group exhibition, Imitate London, London, UK
ARCO Madrid
Art Palm Beach, Miami
2017:
Art Basel Miami
PIXELS Pre-Basel group exhibition by JM Art Management at Laurent & Martin gallery
LA Style Fashion week
FACES, group exhibition by JM Art Management at HOMME gallery
A Loss of Innocence, solo exhibition Guy Hepner...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Shimmer 3", abstract, orange, blue, silver, magenta, black, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
"Shimmer 3" by Denise Driscoll is a mid-sized acrylic painting on canvas with layers of intricate interlocking forms in orange, light blue and silver with deep magenta accents that o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rujuh 12 - dark, atmospheric, abstract landscape, acrylic, resin on panel
By Jay Hodgins
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A vast, stormy cloud advances through an azure sky in this moody landscape by Jay Hodgins. Layers of curated colors coated in a glossy resin create depth and light in this atmospheri...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Resin
Rujuh 5 - atmospheric, colourful, abstract landscape, acrylic, resin on panel
By Jay Hodgins
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A brilliant opening framed in green-blue reflected in the water below burns through an azure sky in this luminous and moody painting by Jay Hodgins. The artist applies layers of acry...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
How Stone Speaks, Large Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting by Sue Bleakley
Located in Brecon, Powys
Beautifully intricate piece from Sue's studio nestling above the Atlantic Ocean. Her paintings invite one into them and the eyes see the deep patterns she has woven.
Oil and acrylic...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Line Dance 3B - colourful, geometric abstraction, modernist, acrylic on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Rectangles and squares in deep rose, sky blue, moss green, light orange and red dance across a ground of chocolate brown in this lively painting by Burton Kramer.
The title of the painting refers to line dancing...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Passing Cloud - colorful abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Otto Rogers
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A rich black ground undulates at the horizon where it meets geometric passages of crimson, ochre, grey and peach in this acrylic canvas by Otto Rogers. A calligraphic swoop of brushe...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstraction of Machu Picchu 2
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
This painting is the second piece in the series of abstract artworks inspired by the memories and notes taken during my trips to Machu Picchu in Peru. The architecture of the Inca wa...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowing Energy 24
Located in Zofingen, AG
The artwork Flowing Energy 24 is part of the Flowing Energy Collection.
It is ready to hang with the edges painted and on the back will have two metallic hangers.
Dimensions: 120x40...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Divided, 60" x 24", graphic black, white and pink abstract painting on canvas
Located in Toronto, ON
South African born artist Suzanne Metz emigrated to Toronto in 1986. She works in a wide range of mediums, from charcoals, pencils and mixed media on paper to acrylics and mixed medi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Miniature Landscape of the East Coast of Scottish Highlands by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Landscape of the East Coast of the Scottish Highlands by Contemporary British Artist Angela Wakefield. Brora Beach, Scotland.
Art measures 7 x 5 inches
Frame measures 12 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Hunt Slonem, "Black Diamond Dust" Black and White Bunny Oil and Diamond Dust
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Nightwatch II" is a 10x8 black background and white rabbit oil painting with diamond dust on wood board of a contemporary abstract rabbit in his choice...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
abstract 7/7, Minimalist Contemporary Abstract Custom Multi-Panel Painting
Located in Boston, MA
abstract 7/7
7 x 7 x 3 inches. 1.5 lbs each
Encaustic Paint
Hand signed. by the artist
Artist's Commentary:
"The “abstract 7/7’s” are smaller encaustic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic
"Pink Is My New Obsession" Dynamic Abstract Butterfly Painting Acrylic on Canvas
By Ash Almonte
Located in New York, NY
The Butterfly series for Ash began as a sentiment to her late Father. Butterflies began to appear in unexplainable ways after his passing, the artist later discovered that Butterflie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Colourful Surrealist Abstract Geometric Acrylic on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century abstract geometric acrylic on paper by British artist Derek Carruthers. Signed bottom right and signed and dated to the reverse.
A ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Telegraph
By John Platt
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful multi colored abstract oil painting is by John Platt, a Brooklyn artist who studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and has exhibited extensively in New York.
This ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Singularity I-Modern abstract geometric graphic atwork-painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Singularity I" by Heny Steinberg is a mesmerizing exploration of abstract geometrical minimalism that invites viewers to contemplate the convergence of form and space. Crafted with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Joy after Matisse by K. Hormel - Colorful Dancers Contemporary Oil painting
Located in DE
Katharina Hormel has two separate bodies of work.
On the hand, she paints minimalistic every day scenes of life with acrylics and gold leaf. The people she portrays are out and abou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Original-Sunset Meditation-Abstract Expression-UK Awarded Artist-Cat-red sky
Located in London, GB
In a moment of serene tranquility, bathed in the eternal glow of the winter sunset beneath the characteristic red hues of the Scottish sky, Shizico Yi's painting captures a poignant ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic
"Sonia" Black Bunny on Purple Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Purple Lavender background with thick use of pain...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Jean-Michel - Acrylic by Vito Difilippo - 2017
Located in Roma, IT
Acrylic on cardboard by Vito Difilippo.
Excellent condition.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Aigua Viva - 21st Century, Abstract Art, Cement on Wood, Earth Tones
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The constant search for matter with its limitations has led me to work with different elements throughout my career, but it is now with cement, waxes and tar that I have found my ow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Concrete
Bidonville
Located in Milano, MI
Lucio Perna's surrogate cities and slums also carry with them the concept of "boundaries," which are meant to represent the limitations that each person carries within himself by cul...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Masquerade" Large Scale Acrylic, Oil Pastels, Pencils Abstract in Pinks 48x60
Located in New York, NY
"Masquerade" 2024, 48" H x 60" W. Large-scale, multi-colored abstract painting consisting of acrylic, house paint, pencils, and oil pastels on canvas by Argentine-born artist Karina ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, House Paint, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil
Beneath the Same Blue Sky, colorful mixed media, abstract painting on canvas
Located in Toronto, ON
Reflecting a strong sense of colour and design, and through the use of line and texture, Rina’s abstract paintings are bold and expressive. Whether working in acrylic or mixed media,...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
My Still Life, Abstract Painting
By Robin Okun
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This piece is a departure from my usual palette and reflects a desire to infuse lightness and joy into the profound uncertainty of life," says artist Robin Oku...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
A Sunny Day - Large Abstract Oil Painting Blue Black White Yellow
By Plamen Bonev
Located in Sofia, BG
"A sunny day" is an abstract painting by Maestro Plamen Bonev,
The painting is unframed.
“The impressions of Plamen's paintings on the viewer is so mighty, mesmerizing, grand, th...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Wave, Modern Colorful Abstract Painting 100x100cm by Anna Selina
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work is one of four from the series " The deepness". About the deepness of our inner world. All colors and dynamics of painting immerse the viewer into his universe, subconsciou...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Flight" Pink & Yellow Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Flight" Pink & Yellow Butterflies
Black outlined light pink and yellow butterflies on a pink etched background in a gold antique frame.
Unframed: 15 x 12 inches
Framed:...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Abstract Oil Painting, "Compassion"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original abstract oil on canvas painting by San Diego artist, Khalid Alkaaby. It's framed dimensions are 21.25x21.25x2. It comes framed. A certificate of authenticity will...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pumpkin (Yellow & Black), Yayoi Kusama
By Yayoi Kusama
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Painted Cast Resin Sculpture, 2022. Size: 4.13" x 3.35" x 3.35." Stamped on the underside with the artist's name. Published by Benesse Holdings, Inc., Naoshima, Japan. Excellent cond...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin
Yellow Citirne
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Focusing on painting as a space of exploration, Raphaëlle Goethals has worked with wax, resin, and pigments as her signature medium for over twenty years. She established her vocabul...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Alegre Improvisacion, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
160x190cm
Signed
About the artist
Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultu...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hike Flow
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic
Lollipop Feeling
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This painting is a mood artwork, where the feeling is being comfortable, so reassured as if somehow the feelings of licking a lollipop as a child have returned. The work is in the st...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
"Fly Away With Me" Multicolor Paper Butterflies Painting on Canvas w Shadow Box
Located in New York, NY
This piece is executed with hand cut butterflies, and comes displayed in an acrylic shadow box. These works conjure sensations of nostalgia, created from paper, cutting out colorful ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
The Calm Before The Storm #3 with Acrylic on Canvas, Painting by Lucy Moore
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
The Calm Before The Storm #3 – By Lucy Moore [2023]
The Calm Before The Storm #3 - An seascape painting by Lucy Moore. When winter roles in it slowly strips the earth of her colour ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Shelter Island Evening" blue and green seascape of a harbor - oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Shelter Island Evening" is a blue and green oil painting of a Northeastern American harbor.
Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collected. One of her major figurati...
Category
2010s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
French Contemporary Art by Jeremie Faivre - Volume I
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Jeremie Faivre is a French artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Paris, France. He is graduated from Massachussetts College of Art & Design in Boston, MA, Uni...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Glass
Blue Landscape II
By Pat Forbes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
I see blue as a seminal color representing life in all its forms.
About the Artist
Pat Forbes is an abstract painter whose aesthetic is heavily influenced by her 20 years as a collector and dealer of Middle Eastern textiles. Pat, who lives on the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts, uses a neutral palette to present her interpretation of the world around her– from marshes and mountains to stones and spiderwebs. She is drawn to pattern and design, both of which influence the use of balanced repetition in her work. Pat’s muted colors invite pensive meditation, while her deliberate use of line guides the eye through satisfyingly symmetrical compositions.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Puzzle" No8, Absrtact Oil Painting, 2018
Located in London, GB
An upcoming exhibition of oil paintings by Hsu Tung Lung at the The Tainan Art Museum in Tainan, Taiwan. The exhibition is scheduled for March, 2025 and will feature a selection of H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art by Jeremie Faivre - Isola
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Jeremie Faivre is a French artist born in 1977 who lives and works in Paris, France. He is graduated from Massachussetts College of Art & Design in Boston, MA, Uni...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Comme Avant, As Before" Abstract Colorful Portrait Street Art Pop Art on Canvas
By J.M. Robert
Located in New York, NY
This particular piece depicts an anonymous portrait of a beautiful woman. Inspired by the every day, JM Robert strives to create paintings that mimic the fla...
Category
2010s Street Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Moments by the Water - Gold Leaf Contemporary abstract family painting
Located in DE
Katharina Hormel creates minimalistic landscape paintings featuring everyday scenes of life. Her art often portrays people engaged in their daily activities, such as taking a leisure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cut In Greys
Located in Phoenix, AZ
b. 1964, Arnhem
Jan Maarten Voskuil stretches his paintings into the third dimension. His crafted, partly curved wooden constructions are based on simple geometric principles: the c...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
One Instant
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In my art practice I love to use bright colors which boldly contrast with complementary colors so I could get unusual original compositions and structures.
The objective of this art...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Beach Palms La Cala with Oil Paint on Canvas, Painting Mid century
Located in Deddington, GB
Beach Palms La Cala By Eleanor Woolley [April 2023]
Palm Trees La Cala is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. The striking Palm Trees on La Cala beach in La Cala de Mijas were ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Touchstone, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Terri Bell creates an abstract piece that emphasizes linear textures and balance. Each section contains solid areas, serving as touchstones against the f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Incoming Tide At The Breakwater, Semi Abstract Seascape Painting, Textured Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Incoming tide at the breakwater by Georgie Dowling is an original oil painting portraying the scene of the incoming tide crashing over the rocks at the breakwater in Bude, Cornwall. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Almost Touching (Gestural Abstract, Whitewash, Pastel, ~43% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kelley Carman
Almost Touching (Gestural Abstract, Whitewash, Pastel, Yellow, Pink, Gray)
Acrylic on Birch Panel
Year: 2024
Size: 11.5 x 23.5 inches
Framed Size: 19 x 31 inches
Signe...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Birch, Acrylic, Panel
"Kaleidoscope" Fine Art Mirror
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract fine art mirror by Alina B is made with dichroic film on mirror, and is framed in a champagne-toned frame. The film on the mirror allows for it, and the space it reflec...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Film
Bird Flutter
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic
A Love Letter - Modern Minimalist Lettered Black and White Resin 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 Minimalist 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.
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