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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Minimalist
Antique Italian Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Pop Art Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian modernist flower still life oil painting by Giorgio Celiberti (1929 - 1960). Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Displayed ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Nocturnal Seascape Lighthouse Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Surreal Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed "Lee Tang".
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Signed Framed Fauvist Landscape Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 36L x 30H.
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1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Halo Orb Squared - Minimalist Dimensional Architectural Wall Sculpture Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His art is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and sculpture. It employs shiz...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Lone Tree in Landscape French Modernist Oil Painting on Canvas 20th century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Tree by Michel Kritz (French 1925-1994) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 10.75 x 9 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good and sound condition
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

French Modernist Large Oil Painting Autumn Trees in Provence Landscape d. 2002
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Autumn Provence by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed and dated 2002 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 25.5 x 21 inches provenance: private collection...
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

1960's Huge Modernist Oil Painting The Cock Fight
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cock Fight French School, circa 1960's period oil on board, framed framed: 25 x 48.75 inches board: 24 x 48 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound c...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Red & Black French Abstract Expressionist Surrealist Oil Painting 20th century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition signed by Jack Penouel (French 1936-2018) dated 05' oil on canvas, framed framed: 16 x 16 inches canvas : 15.75 x 15.75 inches proven...
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

20th Century French Cubist Still Life Oil Painting Apple Fruit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Still Life by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) oil on board, framed signed and dated 1981 verso framed: 21.5 x 18 inches board: 18 x 15 inches original oil painting conditi...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

20th C. Figurative Abstract Painting Cleveland School African American Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Beni E. Kosh/Charles Elmer Harris (American, 1917-1993) Untitled Oil on canvas board Estate stamped #611 verso 24 x 18 inches Charles Elmer Harris was born in 1917 in Cleveland, Oh...
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20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Vintage Southern California Abstract Landscape Painting - Katharyn Truesdell 70s
Located in Baltimore, MD
Katharyn Gwendoln Truesdell - (American; 1909-1996) This colorful painting depicts a Southern California valley, likely near Sun City, over the mountains from Los Angeles and San Di...
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1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Monumental New York City Brooklyn Bridge Cityscape Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental antique American modernist abstract cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found. Very impressive painting in person here.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1950s "Forest Through Window" MidCentury Abstract Gouache University of Paris
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Forest Through the Window" c.1950s Oil pastel and gouache paint on paper 14" x 17" unframed Unsigned Came from artist's estate Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey Studied: Newark School of Fine Art The Art Students League Pratt Graphic Arts Center University of Paris 1953-54 University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55 Faculty: Art Department of the New School Museum of Modern Art School of Visual Arts Stacy Studio Workshop Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns George Wittenborn The New School Print Exhibitions, Chicago University of Oklahoma Honolulu Museum Monclair Museum Wisconsin State College Louisiana Art...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Oil Pastel

R. Hoag “Large Cat Peering Out Window”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Oil on canvas 1979 Large cat peering out window Framed 45.25x55.5 Unframed 36x47
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1960s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Expressionist Signed Oil Explosion of Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020) signed oil painting on canvas canvas: 15 x 24 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists estate in...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1950s "Group Meeting" Mid Century Figurative Gouache University of Paris
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Group Meeting" c.1950s Gouache paint on paper 24" x 18'" unframed Unsigned Came from artist's estate Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey Studied: Newark School of Fin...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Large Black Face With Sun, 1968
Located in Greenwich, CT
Large Black Face with Sun, 1968 gouache and ink on paper 29.25 x 43" signed and dated "Calder 68" lower right This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York. EXHIBITED Calder, Grand Valley State College, Manitou Gallery, Allendale, Michigan, May 4-June 15, 1969 Alexander Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles Gouaches, Drawings from the Michigan Collections, Flint Institute of Arts, February 20- March 27, 1983, no. 47, pp. 30 and 32, illustrated Alexander Calder: Sculpture and Works on Paper, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, April 4-26, 2006 “At the time and practically ever since, the underlying form in my work has been the system of the universe, for that is a rather larger model to work from.” – Alexander Calder, 1951 (‘What Abstract Art Means to Me’, The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, Vol. 18, No. 3, Spring, 1951) Alexander Calder’s interest in cosmology, the philosophical and astronomical systems of the universe, is at the heart of his creative output. The discovery of Pluto in the 1930s was a defining moment that instigated his fascination with the solar system and astronomy. Over the ensuing years he focused on creating entire worlds like ‘Calder’s Circus’ and his ‘Constellations’ sculptures...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

NV5, Abstract Minimalist Print, Unique Contemporary Blue and White Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Jonathan Moss NV5 Bright Contemporary Art Unique Relief Print printed on Somerset, 300gsm, paper. Sheet Size: H 76cm x W 111cm x D 0.1cm Sold unframed Please note that in-situ images...
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2010s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Monoprint

Bowling, 1974
Located in Greenwich, CT
Bowling gouache and ink on paper 29.5 x 43.25" signed and dated "Calder 74" on recto, lower right This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New York. LITERA...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Golden Sherbert - Framed Original Minimalist Abstract Contemporary Orange Art
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 Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Vintage American Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace
Located in New York, NY
UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) We Are All Members of the Human Race: UN Poster Proposal 21 x...
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Egg Tempera, Board

Interesting Tropical Modernist Palm Tree Abstract Vintage Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract tropical oil painting. Oil on board. Framed.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Surreal Signed Nude Figures Framed Original Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract nude landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rare Early Antique American School Fauvist Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Very finely painted and a rare fauvist palette. No signature found.
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1920s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Scale Modernist Abstract Square and Circle
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful large scale natural toned mixed media abstract comprising a rectangle of antiqued white texturized with gesso'd hemp sacking and set above second ivory rectangle in pale ivory with circle of scumbled grey by British contemporary artist Richard Lawrence...
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1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil

Ceremonial Dancers oil and tempera painting by Julio De Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Artwork measures 48" x 30" and framed 56 ¼" x 38 ¼" x 3" Provenance: John Heller Gallery, NYC, circa 1975 (label verso) The artist's daughter Corbino Galleries, Sarasota, FL (1990)...
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil, Tempera

Large American Modernist Abstract Sunset Forest Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

interior painting of a flower in the style of minimalism "red Gerbera"
Located in Sempach, LU
interior painting with a flower in the minimalist style "Red Gerbera" The painting is perfect for the most sophisticated interior.
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2010s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

WILD SENSATIONS
Located in THOMERY, FR
This painting is from the series La Dolce vita. It is done with acrylic paint alla prima on a cotton canvas. The painting is inspired by the Californian skate and rollerblading cult...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Sunspot 89 - Tall Modern Acrylic Two Tone Black and White Resin Artwork
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 Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Floral Lyricism #3
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Minimalist Abstract Composition in White with Thick Impasto in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Minimalist Abstract Composition in White with Thick Impasto in Oil on Canvas Heavily textured minimalist composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). There are several layers of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Signed American Modernist Framed Landscape Architectural Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled 01 - White, Minimalist, Monochrome, Abstract Painting, Contemporary
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled 03, 2017 White adhesive and white oil paint on canvas (Signed on reverse) 17 23/32 H x 13 25/32 W in 45 H x 35 W cm The work 'Untitled 03' was part of the exhibition “Subst...
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2010s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Adhesive, Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Abstract Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Hiddensee, Herbst (Autumn)" Hans Hofmann, Modern German Abstract Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Hans Hofmann Hiddensee, Herbst (Autumn), 1927 Signed with initials and dated lower left; titled on the reverse Oil on paper 18 x 22 inches Provenance: John Adams Fine Art, London Pr...
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1920s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Modern Abstract Neutral Tone Figurative Drawing of a Woman with Wings
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract drawing by Houston-based artist Charles Pebworth. The work features a female figure seated in a basket with a pair of wings stretched out behind her. Signed by the artist in the front lower right corner. Currently hung in a black frame with a neutral linen matting. Dimensions Without Frame: H 22.63 in. x W 28.25 in. Artist Biography: Charles Pebworth is known for his metal art making. He attended the University of Houston...
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Golden Sky - Framed Blue Original Minimalist Abstract Contemporary Art
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 Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Contemporary French Abstract Portrait Three Children Standing in Snow signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front inscribed verso oil painting on canvas 24 x 19.5 inches. All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come fr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Night Garden, mid-century figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Night Garden, 1972 Acrylic on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 21.5 x 21.5 inches 24.25 x 24.25 inches, framed Clarence Holbroo...
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1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Mid Century Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco by Garrett Price (American, 1896-1979). Signed "Garrett" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 11.75"H x 15.25"W. G...
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1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Sapphire - Blue Textural Abstract Minimalist Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. Klikunas focuses on the larger idea behind his original abstract minimalist artworks. The work is ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

American School Modernist Framed Pink Kitchen Still Life Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Street (Untitled)
By Hananiah Harari
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Abstract Street (Untitled), 1939, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 12 x 32 inches; provenance includes a private collection in Venice, California; presented in what is likely the artist's original handmade frame About the Painting The present work is the culmination of a series of mainly horizontal urban abstractions Harari completed between 1937 and 1939. Deeply influenced by Stuart Davis, Harari’s New York streetscapes began with clearly recognizable objects and landmarks as in Into New York (1937 - Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art), New York Harbor (1937), Up and Downtown (1938), and his other mural proposals for the Nurses Home on Welfare Island (1937) and the Williamsburg Housing Project (1938). At the end of the series, Harari’s vistas became increasingly abstract with broad planes of color representing buildings and streets, the slightest cross-hatching forming a bridge or elevated train track and the vague suggestion of a streetlight looping in the right center of the composition. Figures, birds, and a street vendor’s cart are reduced to pictograms scratched into the surface of the canvas. Abstract Street (Untitled) is among Harari’s most spare works of the 1930s and 1940s and calls to mind the seemingly childlike, but deeply sophisticated works of Paul Klee from the 1920s. It serves as an excellent reminder of why Harari was heralded as one of the earliest members of the American Abstract Artists. About the Artist Hananiah Harari was an artistic polyglot who was equally at home working in styles as diverse as Cubism, Constructivism, Expressionism, Hard Edged Abstraction and trompe l’oeil Realism. A native of Rochester, New York, Harari initially studied as a child at the Memorial Art Gallery in his hometown and later as a scholarship student at the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University. In 1932, Harari left for Paris where he befriended Nahum Tschacbasov, Benjamin Benno and John Graham and studied at the ateliers of Lhote, Leger and Gromaire. He also studied fresco painting at the Ecole de Fresque. By 1933, Harari had completed enough work and gained a sufficient reputation to have a solo exhibition at the American Club in Paris. The following year, Harari and his childhood friend and fellow artist Herzl Emanuel traveled to Palestine, where the artists worked hard in the orchards and fields of Kibbutz Deganiah, but produced little art. After returning to New York, Harari married Emanuel’s sister, Freda, and set out on the development of what noted scholar Gail Stavitsky has called an “original synthesis of the old and new." Harari became an early member of the American Abstract Artists (AAA), an organization formed to give modernists exhibition opportunities. Harari was also a member of the socially conscious Artist’s Union and the American Artist’s Congress. From 1936 through 1942, Harari worked on the Federal Art Project and assisted Marion Greenwood on a project as part of the Mural Division, but to his disappointment did not lead his own project. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, Harari completed a series of paired paintings with the same subject matter depicted in a Cubist manner and in trompe l’oeil Realism. Harari was acclaimed by Clement Greenberg and six of the artist’s works were selected for the Museum of Modern Art’s important 1943 exhibition American Realists and Magic Realists. During World War II, Harari served in the US Army Air Corps. Following the war, Harari continued to produce fine art while also producing commercial art. During the McCarthy Era, Harari’s progressive politics and leftist leaning art...
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1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

American School, Abstract Untitled
Located in New Orleans, LA
American School, Artist Unknown
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Early 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Contemporary Abstract Framed Painting - Blue Sun, 2020
Located in Bristol, GB
BLUE SUN Size: 39 x 33 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A fun and playful contemporary oil painting, executed in a Naïve style and dated 2020. This composition is inherently a de...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Central City, Colorado, 1950s Modernist Cityscape Oil Painting with Buildings
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on canvas modernist city scape painted circa 1950 by Paul K Smith (1893-1977) titled Central City, Colorado. Portrays a city scene of historic buildin...
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1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Monogrammed 1925 Pointillist Landscape Modernist Framed Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist signed pointillist painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Signed. Framed. Rare early work!
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1920s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

NV17, Abstract Blue Art, Minimalist Blue Artwork, Geometric Artwork, Clean Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jonathan Moss NV17 Bright Contemporary Art Unique Relief Print printed on Somerset, 300gsm, paper. Sheet Size: H 76cm x W 111cm x D 0.1cm Sold unframed Please note that in-situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. NV17 is an original minimalist print...
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2010s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Monoprint

Contemporary French Abstract Modernist Painting Still Life Wine Bottle & Glasses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life by Christian Duriaud (French b. 1943) signed and dated, oil on canvas inscribed verso canvas: 20 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very good ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Antique Early American School Modernist Framed Original Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed.
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1910s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern figurative painting on canvas by Natalia Shiporina fashion handbag
Located in Sempach, LU
The paintings are painted with acrylic paints on canvas. My heroine is a woman in a red dress. The paintings in this series are fascinating to collectors and found a home in many countries. Pop art paintings are loved by many. I also really like to remember funny comic book characters. They all meet with my heroine Lipochka. Pop art paintings are a great opportunity to invest in painting successfully. Original painting by Natalie Shiporina...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

A Bigger Window 7 - Modern Minimalist Acrylic Neutral Two Tone Resin Artwork
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 Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Antique Signed American School Modernist Landscape Framed Starlit Night Harbor
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal starlit harbor painting. Watercolor on paper. Signed. Framed.
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

French Modernist Oil Painting Pathway in Sun Scorched Provence Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pathway in Provence by Andre Guilou (French 1925-2017) signed and dated 2000 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 29 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very goo...
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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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