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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1990s
Pair of Geometric Abstractions, Blue Dot on Black and Grey, Philadelphia Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Blue Dot on Black" and "Blue Dot on Grey" are two 22.5 x 14.4 inches each, oil on board, geometric abstracts by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The paintings are estate ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1970s French Abstract Composition Painting Amazing Bright Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 20 x 14 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mercade Black Blue Red color III- original abstract acrylic canvas paiting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
color III- original abstract acrylic canvas paiting
Jordi, artistic name of Jordi Mercadé, one of the most unique Catalan painters of the 20th century disappears, artistically and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition In Blue Large Oil Painting
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Abstract Composition In Blue Large Oil Painting
Artist signed, dated verso.
Peter Kuckei 1938 born in Husum, Holstein Germany.
1960-1961 studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts, B...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
1994 "Dreamer's Forest" Abstract Painting on Panel William Shields
Located in Arp, TX
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
"Dreamer's Forest"
1994
Oil on panel
48"x36" artist framed
Signed lower right
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
He was born in san Francisco, in 1931, Bill moved to Texas, where he grew up. Moved to New York in 1940 and later joined the Naval Air Corps at the age of 18. He served as an Aviation Cadet in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945. At the end of WWII, Bill returned to Texas.
At 21, Bill re-focused his energy and enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Art as an Illustration major. What followed was a whirlwind of success, great friendships and a sense of belonging he had never before experienced. Art was his calling and the art-world could not have been less prepared for the likes of Bill Shields. He took them by storm, first Houston, then San Francisco, followed by New York in the late 60's. For 35 years, Bill produced some of the country's best illustrations: fresh, playful, loose and innovative. His illustrations were coveted by such clients as Bantam Books, Time Life, MacMillan Publishing Co., and were awarded numerous gold medals by the Societies of Illustrators in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and the Houston Artists Guild.
Later, following inspirational trips to Mexico and France, Bill shifted his attention to the self-directed world of fine art. After years of sculpting, making assemblages, painting nudes and landscapes, he settled on the exploration of large abstract oil paintings. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries in San Francisco, Connecticut and New York.
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EDUCATION:
Chicago Academy Of Fine Art
San Antonio Art Institute
MAJOR FIELDS OF PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVOR:
Freelance graphic design and illustration
Instructor of painting and illustration
Landscape, figurative and abstract painting
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT: (Professor of Art)
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Institute
San Jose State University
AWARDS FOR ILLUSTRATION, Gold Medals:
New York Society of Illustrators
Los Angeles Society of Illustrators
San Francisco Society of Illustrators
Dallas-Fort Worth Art Director's Club
Houston Artist's Guild
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Feature articles in: American Artist, Communication Arts, Print, North Light.
Architectural design featured in: Better Homes and Gardens, American
Home, Sunset Magazine, Architectural Digest.
ILLUSTRATION CLIENTS:
Oil Companies:
Champlin Oil Company, Mobil Oil Company, Continental Oil Company, Standard Oil Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company.
Industrial:
Hughes Tool Company, General Electric, United States Steel, Phelps Dodge, Sylvania Television,
Texas Gulf Sulphur, Litton Industries, Houston Lighting and Power Company...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
20th Century Surrealist Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Philip Krevoruck 1919-1999 an accomplished WPA artist . Surrealist Oil on board painted during the 1950s .
Dimensions:
30inch X 25.5inch including frame . 24 X 19.5 without frame .
M...
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Composition in green and yellow, watercolor and gouache on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre MONTHEILLET (1923-2011)
Composition in green and yellow
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Signed lower left
Dimensions of the work: 50 x 65 cm
Dimensions of the frame: 60 x 80 c...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Vintage Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Silver Framed Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Evocation on Man and Nature, Abstract Cubist Painting by Benjamin Benno 1939
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original oil painting by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980). By the early 1930s he had established a reputation as a member of the international avant-garde and exhibited wit...
Category
1930s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White & Green Pattern Triptych Painting by George McClancy
Located in Washington, DC
George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern triptych painting.
Acrylic on canvas
75W" x 48H"
George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic University in Washington DC, ...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
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.
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
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.
Category
1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
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.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Bluff
By Conrad Buff
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...
Category
1930s Abstract Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Words and Deeds
By Ben Wilson
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...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Gouache, Pencil
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.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
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.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Binaki, Athens
By Dorothy Hood
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Large Colorful Bold 1980s New York Abstract Expressionist Painting Joan Thorne
By 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...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Neo Expressionism: On The Corner Sheridan Square
By Sax Berlin
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...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
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...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'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...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
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...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Antique Croatian Modernist Abstract Beach Scene Split Framed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist beach scene oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"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...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
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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Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Action Drip Splatter Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 ...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
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 ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
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).
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
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.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's British Surrealist Oil Painting - 'Pansy Presence' Fantasy Abstract
By Elvic Steele
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"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...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, 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.
Category
1960s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
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....
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
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...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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...
Category
1980s Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Untitled Cubist Figure
By STM
Located in London, GB
'Untitled Cubist Figure', oil on board, by STM (circa 1970s). A vibrant modern painting inspired by Picasso and Braque, the artist uses angles, lines and...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
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...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Latex, Wood, Tar
“SM070897” by Shitomi Murakami
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Shitomi Murakami Shitomi Murakami was born in 1941 in Osaka, Japan
1964 Graduated from Musashino School of Fine Arts, Tokyo.
1964-70 Laboratory of Scenographic Research of the Unive...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Tar, Acrylic
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...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Wood Panel, Foam Board
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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