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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Surrealist
1980’s French Surrealist Signed Oil Painting Abstract Shapes Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tristan Fabris 1970's-80's, French Surrealist artist Abstract Surrealist Figurative study oil on canvas, unframed signed and dated verso canvas: 23.5 x 32 inches private collection, ...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bird feeder
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
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1990s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Developing Flower Shapes"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Developing Flower Shapes" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4.25 height x 5.75 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the painting...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Bagatelle"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - "Bagatelle" Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 4.5 height x 3 width Condition: Good Provenance: all the paintings we have by this a...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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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

'Vujá Dé, ' by Paul Micich, Acrylic and Alkyd on Canvas Painting, 2016
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 40" x 30" acrylic and alkyd on canvas painting, 'Vuja De,' by Paul Micich is from the artist's 'Paper Airplane' series. A headless black coat wearing ...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Alkyd

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'The Flaming Pearl' Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: 1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - The Flaming Pearl' Abstract Artist: Elvic Steele Medium: Oil on board, unframed Size: 6 height x 4.5 width Condition: Good Provenance...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

'Drunk Houses, ' by Dragana Milovic, Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas painting by artist Dragana Milovic features a fantastical landscape of houses, florals, and other whimsical elements. ...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

The Chair by the Window, Superb Large Surrealist oil painting on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Chair by the Window Surrealist School, circa 1970's signed lower left, indistinctly (see photos) framed: 24 x 30.5 inches provenance: private collection, London Superb Surreali...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Deep Colour ' Fantasy Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting. Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

1990's French Surrealist Signed Painting Figurative Fantasy Circular Themed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French, signed and dated 93' and inscribed verso Title: "Le Dormeur dans L'arbre", titled verso Medium: acrylic on board, framed Framed: 26.5 x 22 inches Painting:...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Abstract Study
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 studies ...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Horse Carousel Animal Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really impressive early American modernist painting. Oil on board. Framed.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Mini Abstract Oil Painting - Fleck
Located in Bristol, GB
FLECK Size: 31 x 34.5 cm Oil on Canvas A small but very engaging and brilliantly executed abstract composition, painted in oil onto canvas and dated 1973. Set against a tranquil b...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Floating in a Surrealist Space - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Floating in a Surrealist Space - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Canvas Surrealist composition by California and Washington state artist David Sherburne (American, b. 1943). A fl...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

"Still Life with Bottles" Modern Warm Toned Cubist Style Abstract Tableau
Located in Houston, TX
Modern warm toned Cubist style still life painting by Texas artist David Adickes. The work features a collection of bottles and fruit displayed on a pedestal against a deep maroon ba...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

The Lingering of the Fall
Located in Atlanta, GA
The recent paintings of Atlanta artist David Kidd continue an evolving series of images inspired by and based upon natural forms, specifically the shadows cast by trees and other veg...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

1986 "A Remarkable Piece of Apparatus" Surrealist Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Vintage Contemporary Surrealist PAFA Artist Mark McCullen signed verso dated 1986 titled "A remarkable piece of Apparatus" 30 x 22" board, 32 x 24" Framed.
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

1940s WPA Era American Modern Figurative Painting of Figure on Deserted Street
Located in Denver, CO
This striking 1946 oil on canvas painting, titled Deserted Street, was created by Colorado/Woodstock modernist artist Jenne Magafan (1916-1952). The artwork features a solitary figu...
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Newcomb Macklin antique carved custom gilt mirror/ picture frame
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Abstract painting, ca. 1970s measures 25 x 30 inches. Oil on canvas, unsigned. Stunning modernist custom carved picture frame by Newcomb Macklin. ca. 1950 production. Long, elegant...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Tooth Ache
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large French Surrealist Oil Painting Figurative Scene Nudes on Motorbikes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract French School dated 1972 oil painting on board overall size: 19.5 X 19 condition: overall very good and pleasing provenance: from a private collection of this art...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"Picos, " 1970s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
"Picos" is an abstract painting created in 1971 by Modernist artist, Stanley Bate. The piece features an earthy, muted palette, giving it a serene feeling with deep grey, muted brown...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract Village Naive Chinese Modernist Painting
By Heshi Yu
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Dimensions: 16" x 12" Heshi Yu was born in Shandong, Mainland China, 1935. He graduated from the Art Department of National Taiwan Normal University. In 1946, he traveled to France to further his studies at l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1968, he moved to New York and devoted himself to creation. A work of 1970s was selected by Lincoln Center to make a serigraph to celebrate the bicentenary of America. Multiple materials, acrylic and ink, used in his works; Through the concept to modern painting, Mr. Yu blended the find art...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Pink Triangle" "Pink Triangle" 1950s Bay Area Figurative Movement Female Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Frann Spencer Reynolds (1926-2008) "Pink Triangle" c 1950s Oil on canvas 24"x32" float mount white distressed wood frame 26"x34.25" Signed on reverse Go...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Red Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chris Liberti is a favorite with collectors here and abroad. Gesture, color, and surface enliven the new harmonies and patterns Liberti creates as he wor...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Spring Thaw, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
"Spring Thaw" by Modernist painter, Stanley Bate is a textured and energetic abstract painting, created in the early 1960s. Bate, who was inspired by his Abstract Expressionist peers...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Zuen, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
"Zuen" by Stanley Bate is a Modern abstract painting made in 1951, featuring geometric shapes, line work, and light blue shapes complemented by pops of muted yellow, red, deep eggpla...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Untitled, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This untitled artwork by Stanley Bate was created circa 1960. It is a Modern abstract oil painting on canvas, featuring an earthy palette of sandy brown and umber, light blue, muted ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Landscape Original Oil Painting - Grounded
Located in Bristol, GB
GROUNDED Oil on Canvas Size: 40 x 40 cm (including frame) A wonderfully executed mid century modernist abstract composition in oil, painted onto canvas. In this atmospheric composi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Modernist Art Deco Bird Still Life Signed Oil Panting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Signed.
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Sunset on Grand Canyon, ' by Dragana Milovic, Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas painting, 'Sunset on Grand Canyon,' by Dragana Milovic is a fantastical abstracted landscape inspired by the Grand Can...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

French Surrealist Oil Painting Figurative Scene Male Nudes in Desert
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract French School oil painting on board painting: 20 x 24 inches condition: overall very good and pleasing provenance: from a private collection of this artists work ...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Composition 14 - Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 14 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956). The artwork is on tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 47...
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1920s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Tempera

Antique American Modernist Large New York Cityscape Framed Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a late 19th century fluted cove giltwood molding. E...
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Walking my Baby Back Home" by L. A. Spowart - Large White and Yellow Figurative
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957) "Walking my Baby Back Home" 2021 Acrylic Paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom left and back of the painti...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Huge French Surrealist Fantasy Oil Painting Floating Figures, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Josyne Gallet, French signed and dated 1972 Title: Floating Figures Medium: signed verso, oil painting on canvas, unframed. canvas: 32 x 45.75 inches Provenance: ...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Can everyone just stop for a day?
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original artwork, acrylic on canvas by Joseph Gilgun. With a mixture of street, abstract and fine art influences, most of Joe's work is created using a blend of acrylics, spray pain...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

JEAN MARC (1949-2019) 20th CENTURY FRENCH MODERNIST PAINTING - PORTRAIT OF FACE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait" by Jean Marc (French 1949-2019) watercolour on artist paper double sided painting: 12.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, South of France Superb original p...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Oil Painting of Cubist Boats
Located in Houston, TX
Seascape view of a boat dock. Painting is in a cubist style with neutral tones. The artist uses color and shape to create depth in the painting. Placed in a thick wooden frame. Artis...
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - The Bluebird Scene Colourful Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting. Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - Fantasy Clematis Floral Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by Elvic Steele depicting this surrealist fantasy abstract painting. Elvic Steele is a fascinating English painter. Her works entrance the observer, d...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

1950s "Red Sun" Mid Century Abstract Art Students League NYC
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Red Sun" c.1950s Gouache and oil pastel on paper 13.75" x 17" unframed Unsigned Came from artist's estate *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks. Donald Stacy (1925-2008) New Jersey Studied: Newark School of Fine Art The Art Students League...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

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

Le Boischaut - Maurice Esteve, modern, colorful, french, painting, abstract, art
Located in London, GB
Maurice Estève (1904-2001) Le Boischaut 1960 oil on canvas 65 x 100 cm signed and dated ‘Estève 60’ (lower left) Price: €276,000 EUR (inc. 20% UK VAT) Provenance: Galerie Villand-Galanis, Paris Sonja...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Plutonium Messenger" Symbolic Visionary Art in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Plutonium Messenger" Symbolic Visionary Art in Acrylic on Canvas Detailed symbolic work by Dana Lynn Andersen (American, b. 1962). This piece is a styl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Glitter, Acrylic

Vivid Red Mid Century Modern Painting Mixed Media on Canvas 40x60"
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand ...
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2010s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Rare Canadian Modernist Sporting Art Fishing Still Life Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique signed Canadian fishing oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 24L x 30H.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Signed Indonesian Nude Woman Religous Original Framed Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Indonesian modernist nude oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
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1950s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Blue Green Bust Cat
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024. Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow. Artwork Details: Best Day Ever, 152x122cm, Collaged woodblock print, acrylic ink on Somerset satin paper, 2023 Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown In Isabel's own words: Best Day Ever; It was the best day ever. Just one of those days when everything goes right and the world is an exciting place. The very pavements seemed to be alive with magical stories to tell of the many feet that had trampled upon them. Everything seemed right with the world because I was going to meet my friend for a glass of wine. You know that friend who just gets you? Who you don't have to explain everything too, and they laugh in all the right places. I was going to meet that friend and have a glass of wine and everything else could wait. It really was the best day ever. *Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free. About Isabel Rock and her work: Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations. Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

'L'Obscurité', Trompe L'oeil, Newport Art Museum, Frye Museum, RISD, Yale
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'RCW' for Richard Whitten (American, born 1958) and dated, lower right, in Roman numerals, 2009. Formerly in the collection of the Triton Art Museum, Santa Clara, California. Whitten's early work may loosely be termed geometric abstraction, but he is best known for his later representational paintings that combine his interest in architecture, invented machinery and toys. Whitten is also known for his toy-like sculptures. His paintings and drawings are essentially representational but have strong ties to geometric abstraction. A native of New York City, Richard Whitten first attended the Collegiate School before studying economics at Yale where he received his BA in 1980. He then constructed a personal painting program at Yale where he studied with Gretna Campbell...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape - San Francisco Hills in the Fog
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape - San Francisco Hills in the Fog Beautiful mid-century modern abstract landscape evoking ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Pop Art Bulldog Animal Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist animal portrait painting by Jerry Farnsworth. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Image size 20L x 16H. Housed in a peri...
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1970s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Canadian Modernist Framed Lake Landscape Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Canadian modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring 15 by 17 inches overall and 10 by 12 painting alone.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Israeli Surrealist Judaica Abstract Oil Painting Naftali Bezem Bezalel School
Located in Surfside, FL
Shabbat Evening Large Israeli masterpiece painting. Hand signed lower right Provenance: Sara Kishon Gallery Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם‎‎; born November 27, 1924) is an Israel...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American School Modernist Abstract Cityscape Holiday Lights Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Image size, 20H x 30L. Signed.
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

St. Atomic oil and tempera painting by Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Julio De Diego’s Atomic Series paintings made an extraordinary statement regarding the shock and fear that accompanied the dawn of the nuclear age. In the artist’s own words, “Scientists were working secretly to develop formidable powers taken from the mysterious depths of the earth - with the power to make the earth useless! Then, the EXPLOSION! . . . we entered the Atomic Age, and from there the neo-Atomic war begins. Explosions fell everywhere and man kept on fighting, discovering he could fight without flesh.” To execute these works, De Diego developed a technique of using tempera underpainting before applying layer upon layer of pigmented oil glazes. The result is paintings with surfaces which were described as “bonelike” in quality. The forms seem to float freely, creating a three-dimensional visual effect. In the 1954 book The Modern Renaissance in American Art, author Ralph Pearson summarizes the series as “a fantastic interpretation of a weighty theme. Perhaps it is well to let fantasy and irony appear to lighten the devastating impact. By inverse action, they may in fact increase its weight.” Exhibited 1950 University of Illinois at Urbana "Contemporary American Painting" 1964 Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas This work retains its original frame which measures 54" x 36" x 2". About this artist: Julio De Diego crafted a formidable persona within the artistic developments and political struggles of his time. The artist characterized his own work as “lyrical,” explaining, “through the years, the surrealists, the social-conscious painters and the others tried to adopt me, but I went my own way, good, bad or indifferent.” [1] His independence manifested early in life when de Diego left his parent’s home in Madrid, Spain, in adolescence following his father’s attempts to curtail his artistic aspirations. At the age of fifteen he held his first exhibition, set up within a gambling casino. He managed to acquire an apprenticeship in a studio producing scenery for Madrid’s operas, but moved from behind the curtains to the stage, trying his hand at acting and performing as an extra in the Ballet Russes’ Petrouchka with Nijinsky. He spent several years in the Spanish army, including a six-month stretch in the Rif War of 1920 in Northern Africa. His artistic career pushed ahead as he set off for Paris and became familiar with modernism’s forays into abstraction, surrealism, and cubism. The artist arrived in the U.S. in 1924 and settled in Chicago two years later. He established himself with a commission for the decoration of two chapels in St. Gregory’s Church. He also worked in fashion illustration, designed magazine covers and developed a popular laundry bag for the Hotel Sherman. De Diego began exhibiting through the Art Institute of Chicago in 1929, and participated in the annual Chicago Artists Exhibitions, Annual American Exhibitions, and International Water Color Exhibitions. He held a solo exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in the summer of 1935. Though the artist’s career was advancing, his family life had deteriorated. In 1932 his first marriage dissolved, and the couple’s young daughter Kiriki was sent to live with friend Paul Hoffman. De Diego continued to develop his artistic vocabulary with a growing interest in Mexican art. He traveled throughout the country acquainting himself with the works of muralists such as Carlos Merida, and also began a collection of small native artifacts...
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil, Tempera

"REST ME ON A CUCKOO CLOCK"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS "REST ME ON A CUCKOO CLOCK" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2020 48 X 36 INCHES I wrote these words for the ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Original Abstract Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs

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Abstract art has origins in 19th-century Europe, but it came into its own as a significant movement during the 20th century. Early practitioners of abstraction included Wassily Kandinsky, although painters were exploring nonfigurative art prior to the influential Russian artist’s efforts, which were inspired by music and religion. Abstract painters endeavored to create works that didn’t focus on the outside world’s conventional subjects, and even when artists depicted realistic subjects, they worked in an abstract mode to do so.

In 1940s-era New York City, a group of painters working in the abstract mode created radical work that looked to European avant-garde artists as well as to the art of ancient cultures, prioritizing improvisation, immediacy and direct personal expression. While they were never formally affiliated with one another, we know them today as Abstract Expressionists.

The male contingent of the Abstract Expressionists, which includes Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell, is frequently cited in discussing leading figures of this internationally influential postwar art movement. However, the women of Abstract Expressionism, such as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell and others, were equally involved in the art world of the time. Sexism, family obligations and societal pressures contributed to a long history of their being overlooked, but the female Abstract Expressionists experimented vigorously, developed their own style and produced significant bodies of work.

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If you’re working with a small living space, a colorful, oversize work can create depth in a given room, but there isn’t any need to overwhelm your interior with a sprawling pièce de résistance. Colorful abstractions of any size can pop against a white wall in your living room, but if you’re working with a colored backdrop, you may wish to stick to colors that complement the decor that is already in the space. Alternatively, let your painting make a statement on its own, regardless of its surroundings, or group it, gallery-style, with other works.

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