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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1970s
Ombre proprie ed ombre portate
Located in Milano, MI
In the compositions, the gaze is attracted by an interplay of harmonious balances between full and empty spaces, which compel the regarding to an observation dynamic approach in orde...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

QED Gravity #1 - large, colorful, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This intriguing colourful contemporary painting so impressively large in scale and architectural in form is by Canada’s Yvonne Lammerich. Recognized both nationally and international...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Antique American Abstract Expressionist Famed Vintage Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Framed Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
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1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Finely Painted Antique American Modernist Landscape Framed Summer Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modern abstract landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Bluff
Located in Irvine, CA
This is a beautiful oil painting by American artist Conrad Buff. It measures 15.5"x23.5" and is painted on board. Buff painted a simplified abstracted landscape by the bluffs. Born...
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1930s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

The Bed, Al Serir
Located in PARIS, FR
Since the 1940s, the Egyptian painter Hamed Abdalla is not only a visionary pioneer of modern art for the global south and Arab countries; he is also one of the first of his generati...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
Located in New York, NY
"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era Arnold Ronnebeck (1885 - 1947) Two Seas and a Moon 30 x 22 1/2 inches Oil on Canvas, c. 1943 Signed u...
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1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vue de Paris
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A superb large signed oil on canvas by Claude Venard depicting a view of Paris. The work is signed lower right and was originally sold by Galerie Romanet in Paris. The work is in exc...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Abbe Morel, Untitled, composition in black, orange, green and plum
Located in PARIS, FR
Maurice MOREL said l’abbé Morel (1908-1991) Untitled, composition in black, orange, green and plum Mixed media on glossy paper (cut-out magazine page) Signed on reverse 23 x 10 cm So...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Words and Deeds
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Words and Deeds Oil and collage on wood panel, c. 1990 Signed recto lower right (see photo) Verso: See photo Signed, verso: Ben Wilson Dated: c. 1990 Titled: Words and Deeds Condition: Excellent Image/panel size: 23 1/4 x 19 inches Frame size: 26 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches To gain exposure to a wider range of styles, he also studied at the National Academy of Design and at the Educational Alliance. Admired by critics throughout his long career, Wilson was singled out as a “discovery” by the New York Times art critic Edward Alden Jewel even before his rst one-man show at the Galerie Neuf in 1946. His paintings of the ’30s and ’40s were expressionistically rendered, often Biblical parables, lled with what he called “the grief of the intolerable” and reecting an acute awareness of the agony of the time, from the Holocaust to the Spanish Civil War. A WPA artist who identied strongly with the plight of the Jews in Europe, he relentlessly explored themes of war, torment, and futility in his early decades of painting. When times changed and social pressures subsided, Wilson’s mood lifted. He spent 1952-54 in Paris working at the Academie Julien. During the ’50s his involvement with specic imagery persisted but became more psychological and mythic in orientation. Inuenced by Cubism, he created a vocabulary of interlocking shapes and bold, sweeping gestures that served as a transition between his early gurative expressionism and his later abstract constructivist concerns. Towards the end of the decade Wilson reached a crossroads, moving towards abstraction and searching for what he called “a scaffolding under the externals.” By 1960, inuenced by the Russian Constructivists, Mondrian, and Abstract Expressionism, Wilson turned to abstraction. Reexamining the basic elements of painting, he evolved his own personal vocabulary and structure, fusing the cerebral and the emotive. He became increasingly experimental, using house paint, sand, and other unorthodox materials in paintings that he worked from all directions, dripping, spraying, stenciling, and collaging. He employed elements of disjunction, repetitions of geometric motifs, linear networks, and complex overlays to create the transparent, multi-layer development of space that characterizes his later paintings. A consummate draftsman, Wilson lled notebook after notebook with drawings that he amplied in his paintings. Eschewing popular movements, Wilson was always one to pursue a personal aesthetic. Despite more than 30 one-man shows and 50 years of teaching, he increasingly withdrew from the gallery scene but continued to paint daily until his death at age 88 in 2001 in Blairstown, New Jersey, where he and his sculptor wife Evelyn Wilson...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Untitled (unique) signed gouache painting (Framed) renowned Provincetown artist
Located in New York, NY
James Balla Untitled gouache painting, 1992 Mixed Media Oil on Linen Signed and dated on the front of the work; the verso of the frame bears the UFO (Albert Merola) gallery label. F...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Gouache, Pencil

Adventurous Bottle - Mid 20th Century Oil on Wood Abstract by George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Wood, Oil

Antique American School Vintage Abstract Expressionist Framed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Binaki, Athens
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Binaki, Athens" is a collage on mat work by Dorothy Hood made between 1982-1997. The artwork size is 20 x 16 inches. The framed size is 26 5/8 x 22 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches. The work is s...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Neo Expressionism: On The Corner Sheridan Square
Located in Brecon, Powys
East Village Art: From 1978 for 8 years Berlin worked frenetically,at street level, his finger on the pulse of this great city creating The Manhattan Collection. Living & moving in...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink

Antique American School Modernist Fauvist Interior Still Life Abstract Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted tropical still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'City Lights' San Francisco Beat Generation, Woman Artist, Bay Area Abstraction
By Joan Savo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Savo' for Joan Savo (American, 1918-1992) and dated 1960. Additionally signed, verso, on old label and titled, 'City Lights'. Accompanied by a letter from the ar...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Mid Century French Illustration Sketches Of Outdoor Wildlife
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wildlife by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed painting: 14 x 18 inches good condition provenance: from the artists estate, France Josine ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Watercolor

Large 1970s orange striped acrylic abstract work by British artist Derek Hirst
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A very eye catching, large and vibrant vertical abstract work by British artist Derek Hirst painted in 1976. The work has a strong orange background with blue, red and yellow vertic...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Digital Relations and the Rescue Drone" 81" x 63" inch by Gosha Ostretsov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Digital Relations and the Rescue Drone" 81" x 63" inch by Gosha Ostretsov Carpet, Wool, acrylic, varnish Born in 1967, in Moscow Lived in Paris for ten years (1988 - 1998), now li...
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20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Wool, Varnish, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Geometric Abstract #8, multi colored, Philadelphia artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Geometric Abstract #8" is a 60 x 40 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The painting is estate stamped on ver...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Smart Biomass" Painting 28" x 24" inch by Gosha Ostretsov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Smart Biomass" Painting 28" x 24" inch by Gosha Ostretsov Born in 1967, in Moscow Lived in Paris for ten years (1988 - 1998), now lives and works in Moscow. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: ...
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20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Large Colorful Bold 1980s New York Abstract Expressionist Painting Joan Thorne
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a large colorful vibrant pastel painting on paper, hand signed and dated 1981. Titled "Sarog". Joan Thorne (1943-) is a New York artist nationally and internationally recog...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Argimon Black, Vertical, original abstract canvas acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Black- original abstract canvas acrylic painting. framed Argimon (Sarriá 1929 - Barcelona 1996) is one of the great Catalan informalist artists. This painter, engraver and sculptor ...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Large Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract expressionist oil painting. Titled in verso, "The Dragonfly and the Flower". Great color and composition. Framed in a simple white wood moderni...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Leonard Flettrich New Orleans Abstract Expressionist Signed Mid Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil and gouache on paper. Signed. Framed. Executed by Leonard Flettrich (American/New Orleans, 1916).
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1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Soaring II
Located in Greenwich, CT
Robert Goodnough was a well known artist in New York during the Post-War era and represented by important dealers. This tall graceful panel has a mate in case someone needs a pair o...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) watercolour painting on artist paper stuck on board unframed: 8.25 x 6.25 inches condition: excellent provenance: al...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor

Monochrome Vert, Large Minimalist Painting by Olivier Mosset
Located in Long Island City, NY
Large scale monochrome painting by Olivier Mosset in a deep green color. Mosset became interested in monochrome works in the late 1970s, at the height of Neo-Expressionism. Canvas S...
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1980s Minimalist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Persephone
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Persephone Oil on canvas, 1952 Signed lower left (see photo) Titled reverse "Persephone" Signed "V. 52" Exhibited: Columbus Gallery of the Arts label "71/30 Bt. 2", see label Condi...
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1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

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

"Composition #1, 1990s Abstract Oil Painting in Blue, Violet, Gold, Teal & Pink
Located in Denver, CO
Composition #1, an original vintage 1990s abstract oil painting by Bonney Goldstein. Signed and dated 1995 by the artist, lower right. Late 20th century painting in colors of golden...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

Antique French Post Impressionist Modern Kitchen Seafood Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted French modernist still life. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed
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1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Abstract Expressionist Painting Miami Woman Modernist Lynne Golob Gelfman
Located in Surfside, FL
Lynne Golob Gelfman, American (1944-2020) Abstract Composition in colors Acrylic paint and watercolor on paper Hand signed and dated recto Sheet: 40 X 26 inches Frame dimensions: 47....
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Vintage Large Framed American Impressionist Water Lilly Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very high quality American impressionist landscape painting. Thick impasto and great color. Signed lower left illegibly. Framed.
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1960s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Modernist Abstract Fall Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Camino
By Claude Bentley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A painter, lithographer, and muralist Claude Bentley was based primarily in Chicago, and was also a teacher at Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the Art Institute of Chic...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Raventos Golden Yellow Green "Psico-Freud" original abstract mixed media
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
"Psico-Freud" 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 in Ba...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Untitled, 1952
By John Stephan
Located in Columbia, MO
John Walter Stephan was an early member of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism. He was born in Chicago and studied art at the University of Illinois and the Art Institute o...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Geometric Abstract #6, multi colored, Philadelphia artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Geometric Abstract #6" is a 30 x 48 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The painting is signed and dated "MLB...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Idea and function" Abstract Painting 67" x 59" inch by Gosha Ostretsov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Idea and function" Abstract Painting 67" x 59" inch by Gosha Ostretsov Born in 1967, in Moscow Lived in Paris for ten years (1988 - 1998), now lives and works in Moscow. PUBLIC CO...
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20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Pansy Presence' 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

Large Mixed Media Mid Century Abstract "Lost in Time" By P.Russo
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4094 Lost in Time Bold contemporary mixed media on stretched gallery canvas, signed by P.Russo Rapped canvas no frame required
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1970s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

6 Variations Relief - colorful, contemporary, abstract, wood, gouache, foam core
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Striking in colour and form, this contemporary composition is by Yvonne Lammerich. The Canadian artist has garnered an international reputation for her inspired exploration of abstra...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Gouache, Wood Panel, Foam Board

Geometric Abstract #7, multi colored, Philadelphia artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Geometric Abstract #7" is a 30 x 48 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The painting is signed and dated "MLB...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Untitled
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Some scratched out, illegible writing in paint and graphite verso, which may have indicated the artist's original pricing, as well as a possible title. ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled, 1977, Oil on paper, 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...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Image au Carre, Geometric Kinetic Painting by Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Image au Carre" or "Square Image" is an original painting on linen mounted to wood by Israeli Kinetic artist, Yaacov Agam. The painting is signed, titled and dated verso and signed/...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Wood, Acrylic

Vintage Large Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Modern Indian Space Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive early abstract painting by Peter Busa (1914 - 1985). Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Housed in a period modernist frame.
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1950s Cubist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Soaring I , abstract
Located in Greenwich, CT
An amazing and graceful panel that has an elevating sense of movement and nature as described by its title "Soaring". Intricate taping off of triangles in this work in varying sizes...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Geometric Abstract #3, multi colored, Philadelphia artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Geometric Abstract #3" is a 59.5 x 40 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The painting is estate stamped on v...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Two Dogs Pass, Large Four Part Abstract Painting by Donald Sultan 1988
Located in Long Island City, NY
A monumental unique painting in four 48 x 48 inch panels by Donald Sultan. Artist: Donald Sultan, American (1951 - ) Title: Two Dog Pass Year: January 12th, 1988 Medium: Tar and L...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Latex, Wood, Tar

Mid Century Abstract Painting by Chamlin Oil Paint on Canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-century Abstract Painting by Chamlin Oil Paint on Canvas
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Vintage Signed Contemporary Abstract Expressionist American Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract action oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas, Circle of Bernard Buffet
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large mid-century abstract expressionist oil on canvas of a still life of flowers by Belgian artist Eric Verhal. Signed and dated '65 to the bottom right and again to the reverse of ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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.
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Abstract Oil Painting by Burr Singer , 20th Century
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
A beautifully painted Art Deco period oil painting by highly acclaimed American Artist Burr Singer 1912-1992 . Oil on canvas dating to the 1930s . Very good condition. Dimensions...
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1930s Abstract 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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