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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Surrealist
Style: Hard-Edge
Covers 13-Red Yellow (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Red Yellow (Abstract Painting)
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She uses...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Muddle. Composition with violins and seagull. 2014. Oil on canvas, 100x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Muddle. 2014. Oil on canvas, 100x80 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creating his works.
When Vad...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Frog. 2013 oil on canvas, 73x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Frog. 2013 oil on canvas, 73x100 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living and creating his works.
When Vadim w...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Otto Tschumi (Swiss 1904-1985) 1943 Landschaft Surrealist Landscape, Switzerland
By Otto Tschumi
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Otto Tschumi
* 4.8.1904 Bern, † 18.2.1985 Bern)
Weite Landschaft
(Wide Landscape)
A fine surrealist landscape
• Mixed media: gouache, tempera, pencil on paper ca. 15 x 19 cm
• Shabby chic gilt 19thC frame most likely chosen by the artist himself . 16.5 x 20.5 cm
• Signed and dated (19)43 bottom left
• Verso: In pencil titled, dated and re-signed by the artist
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Swiss painter Otto Tschumi, considered one of the most important Swiss surrealists, was born on the 4th of August 1904 in Bittwil, Seeberg, Switzerland and died on the 18th February 1985 in Bern. Tschumi grew up in modest circumstances in Bern and attended basic school there. He then ended his apprenticeship as a sign painter...
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Pencil
City birds. 2014. Oil on canvas, 80x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
City birds. 2014. Oil on canvas, 80x100 cm
The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also presently living ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Glass Wall (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Laura Newman
Located in London, GB
Glass Wall (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Laura Newman's paintings combine geometric delineations of space, ephemeral color fields, dynamic lines and or...
Category
Early 2000s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Playground” Colorful Contemporary Abstract Surrealist Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract surrealist landscape by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features a red and orange rounded polka dot character standing next to a yellow lighteni...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Covers 13 Red Orange (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13 Red Orange (Abstract painting)
Gouache on handmade paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She uses tape t...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper
Covers 13-Purple A (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Purple A (Abstract Painting)
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She uses t...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
sbc 154 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 154 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on linen - Unframed
This acrylic painting on linen is one of a series of 10 that the artist developed from a painting that incorporated a photog...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Cubes
Located in Greenwich, CT
Our shaped canvas which also is a sculptural form in essence for a wall, is a geometric play of optical illusion. Hinman is an important pioneer of exploration in the contemporary world, away from the idea of the “square” and flat canvas. He is linked to such artists as Robert Indiana, James Rosenquist, Tom Wesselman and he pre-dated Frank Stella’s exploration of canvas as wall relief structures...
Category
1970s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Last Supper" Purple Large Scale Modern Surrealist Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Large modern surrealist abstract painting of a fish being speared by a fork. The piece features fish hooks, a common motif in Benjamin Sepulveda's work. Wooden hand models...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bibliotheque
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Uruguayan artist Leonardo Aguirre creates visually animated surreal scenes in a theatrical environment. Aguirre rearranges whimsical components into unexpectedly harmonious ways of s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Surrealist Oil Painting Figurative Scene - Blue Abstract Shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School, signed and dated 1972
small frame
oil painting on board
painting: 20 x 20 inches
overall size: 22 x 22 inches
condition: overall very good and plea...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Covers 13-Red Yellow A (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Red Yellow A (Abstract Painting)
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She us...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
sbc 141 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 141 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on linen - Unframed
This acrylic painting on linen is one of 8 medium-scale paintings that Cantrick produced for her 2012 series based on the pr...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
sbc 195 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 195 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Linen - Unframed
Like sbc 194, this acrylic painting on medium-weave linen deviates from Cantrick’s habitual formats.
Indeed, the seascape f...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Fences Make Good Neighbours
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Exaggerated surreal landscape where a town is divided by fences. The left side is a town, the right side is 'other'.
Keywords: Twist, Braid, rolling hills, desert...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cut Space (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Cut Space (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn ...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
1970's MODERN BRITISH ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING BEAUTIFUL GREEN & ORANGE COLORS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Modern British School
Title: Interior scene with side table
Medium: oil on canvas laid over board, unframed
Size: painting: 55...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
sbc 139 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 139 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on linen - Unframed
This acrylic painting on linen is one of 8 medium-scale paintings that Cantrick produced for her 2012 series based on the pr...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Abstract Composition - Original Lithograph - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is original lithograph realized in 1981 by an unknown artist, mounted on a blue cardboard Passepartout, with the title on the lower left.
Hand-signed on the lowe...
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Covers 13-Purple B (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard ed...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
“Gordian Knot” Contemporary Surrealist Architectural Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary surrealist painting by Henry David Potwin. Soft-hued painting incorporating a man's face as part of a larger cityscape rendering. Signe...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Musical Tree
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The dreamyness of music in a small format.
Keywords: tree, water, eighth note
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gravitational wave (Abstract painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Gravitational wave (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studi...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Large French Surrealist Oil Painting Male Figurative Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Abstract
French School
small frame
oil painting on board
painting: 20.5 x 21 inches
overall size: 21x 21 inches
condition: overall very good and pleasing
provenance: from ...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
sbc 139 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 139 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on linen - Unframed
This acrylic painting on linen is one of 8 medium-scale paintings that Cantrick produced for her 2012 series based on the pr...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
The Symphony, Original Surrealist Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
A sampling of the art motifs of Samuel Leopold.
Keywords: sampling, motifs, Samuel Leopold, moon, symphony
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ambient Space (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Ambient Space (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies dr...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Covers 13-Blue Black (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Blue Black (Abstract painting)
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She use...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Butterfly, פַּרְפַּר, бабочка
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Butterflies and imagination are the ingredients to start a well-rounded life.
Keywords: Butterfly, aqueduct, beach, window
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-century Abstract Design for a Sculpture.
By Guy Benoist
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century design for a sculpture, in acrylic, attributed to French artist and sculptor Guy Benoist. The design is not signed but was bought with other si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
sbc 154 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 154 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on linen - Unframed
This acrylic painting on linen is one of a series of 10 that the artist developed from a painting that incorporated a photog...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Edge Space (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Edge Space (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Covers 13-Purple B (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Purple B (Abstract painting)
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She uses ta...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Rembrandt Woman", acrylic painting, portrait, abstract, cubism, classic pose
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Rembrandt Woman" is an intriguing painting, a woman in classic Dutch master portrait pose with a hand modestly holding her secrets dear, yet por...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tooth Ache
By Valton Tyler
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...
Category
1980s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gravitational wave (Abstract painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Gravitational wave (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studi...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
sbc 141 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 141 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on linen - Unframed
This acrylic painting on linen is one of 8 medium-scale paintings that Cantrick produced for her 2012 series based on the pr...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Stratosphere
By Dion Johnson
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Dion Johnson’s paintings combine and explore dynamic opposites: expansiveness and compression, surface and depth, and darkness and light. Gradient color fields are...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
sbc 195 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 195 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Linen - Unframed
Like sbc 194, this acrylic painting on medium-weave linen deviates from Cantrick’s habitual formats.
Indeed, the seascape f...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Covers 13-Black B (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Covers 13-Black B (Abstract painting)
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She uses ta...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper
“Mssr. Violette” Pink, Purple, and Grey Abstract Aristocratic Figure Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Pink, purple, and grey surrealist figurative portrait painting by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features an abstract woman figure wearing an aristocratic dress ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Acrobat
By Dion Johnson
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Dion Johnson’s paintings combine and explore dynamic opposites: expansiveness and compression, surface and depth, and darkness and light. Gradient color fields are...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Mme. Violette” Pink, Purple, and Grey Abstract Aristocratic Figure Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Pink, purple, and grey surrealist figurative portrait painting by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features an abstract male figure wearing an aristocratic suit wi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Aquarium
By Dion Johnson
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Dion Johnson’s paintings combine and explore dynamic opposites: expansiveness and compression, surface and depth, and darkness and light. Gradient color fields are...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"The Conversation", oil painting, art history, collage, cubism, ideas discussion
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"The Conversation" is an oil painting on canvas measuring 54" tall by 54" wide, and a key artwork among Peter Schenck's many remarkable paintings address...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Absolut Keck" Vodka Abstract Surrealist Black and White Airbrush Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract surrealist black and white airbrush painting of an Absolut Vodka bottle surrounded by a variety of figures. The piece includes the faces of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Foam Board
"The Thinker" Modern Tribal Surrealist Figure
Located in Houston, TX
This modern surrealist figure sits alone in the corner of an orange room. Evocative of tribal masks, this piece harkens back to the influence of such masks in the surrealist works of...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Covers 13-Purple B (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard ed...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Red Above Blue, 1966
By Michael Loew
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Michael Loew (1907-1985). Red Above Blue, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 39 x 56 inches. Signed lower right. Signed, titled and dated en verso. Excellent condition.
Biography:
Michael Loew was born in 1907 and was the son of a New York City baker. After high school, he was an apprentice to a stained-glass maker, and from 1926-1929, he studied at the Art Student’s League.
In 1929, he traveled to Paris, North Africa, Germany, and Italy with a group of artists, including Max Schnitzler...
Category
1960s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Covers 13-Black B (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard e...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Handmade Paper
Glass Wall (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Laura Newman
Located in London, GB
Glass Wall (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Laura Newman's paintings combine geometric delineations of space, ephemeral color fields, dynamic lines and or...
Category
Early 2000s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hot Triangles
By James Koenig
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original American Modern hard edge abstraction by James Koenig. This work titled "Hot Triangles" is part of the Draw Near exhibition currently on view at Benjaman Gallery.
Category
1970s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
sbc 154 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on linen - Unframed
This acrylic painting on linen is one of a series of 10 that the artist developed from a painting that incorporated a photograph she took of a flatbed tr...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
"Strengths and Weaknesses", acrylic, charcoal, art history, abstract, portrait
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Strengths and Weaknesses" is a portrait exploring several elements and strategies that fascinate the artist – notably the performance anxiety induced by simply being an artist, staring down the freight train of art history as it hurtles toward you every time you pick up a brush. Luck? Talent? Maybe. There are signposts and guides in this painting, of course (Cubism! Surrealism! Brancusi! Guston!), but they can clobber you too if you're not careful. Even the phrase "strengths and weaknesses" smacks of compromises and rationalization – deadly to an artist looking to construct their own integral world.
"Strengths and Weaknesses" is an acrylic and charcoal on canvas measuring 54" tall by 54" wide. It was included in the artist's solo show "Comedy Cellar" at Freight + Volume Gallery, New York City in July 2018. (See last photograph for an installation view.)
From Daniel Gerwin – "Schenck’s color is vibrant, wild, saturated to the point of overheating, and altogether brilliant in the balancing of hues, temperatures, shapes, and color quantities. The paintings have a remarkable coherence for their dizzying juxtaposition of so many small chromatic passages." (Essay: The Anxiety and the Ecstasy)
Peter Schenck...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic, Canvas
Original Abstract Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
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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.