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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Old Masters
Evening Shadows - Dusk at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Acrylic & Ink on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Patrick Vale
Evening Shadows
acrylic and ink on paper
24h x 18.50w in
60.96h x 46.99w cm
PKV006
See What I See
Why are Chicago and baseball so perfect for each other? What is it ab...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Bold Color French Modernist Painting 1958 Signed Aldo Abstract Still Life
Located in Surfside, FL
Mid century modern art with inscription in french verso. It was traded with another artist.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Gouache
Vienna Beef Guy - Chicago's Wrigley Field Hot Dog Vendor, Ink on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Patrick Vale
Vienna Beef Guy
ink on paper
24h x 18.50w in
60.96h x 46.99w cm
PKV005
See What I See
Why are Chicago and baseball so perfect for each other?...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock & Roll, Guitar)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2022
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1640
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Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
1990 Untitled Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
Untitled
1990
Oil on canvas
60"x48" artist framed
Signed lower right
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010
He was born in san Franc...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Classic Blue Silk Movement, Abstract Fabric Gestures, Contemporary Cyanotype
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
Details:
+ Title: Classic Blue Silk Movement nº1
+ Year: 2021
+ Edition Size: 100
+ Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided
+ Measurements : 70x100 cm (28x 40 in.), a standard frame size
+ All cyanotype prints are made on high-quality Italian watercolor paper
WHAT IS A CYANOTYPE?
The cyanotype (a.k.a. sun-print) process is one of the oldest in the history of photography, dating back to the 1840's.
Cyanotypes were then made famous by Anna Atkins...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Photographic Film, Other Medium, Photogram, Color, C Print, Photographic...
"Sunset with Palm Trees" Modern Blue Toned Pointillist Tropical Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Modern blue toned tropical landscape painting by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features an abstract depiction of a sunset behind palm trees using pointillism, the practice of applying small strokes or dots of color to a surface so that from a distance they visually blend together. Signed and dated in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a light wood floating frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 24 in. x W 30 in.
Artist Biography: Clark V. Fox was born in Austin, TX, in 1946. His father in the Army Air Forces, Clark spent the first five years of his life in Honolulu before the family moved to several cities throughout Texas, including Galveston, Houston, Corpus Christi, Hereford and Amarillo. In 1960 just before Clark entered high school, the family settled in Washington, D.C. Clark attended high school in Alexandria, Virginia, a period during which he had a studio with fellow classmates, David Lynch and Jack Fisk. Clark studied with Japanese art master Unichi Hiratsuka at the Japan-American Society of Washington, D.C. (1964-1965). Clark spent his first year of college at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York (1965-66) with part-time stints at Andy Warhol’s “The Factory” studio, after which he returned to D.C., where he received his BFA in 1969 from the Corcoran School of Art. He soon became involved with the Washington Color School of Painting, where he apprenticed with artist Tom Downing...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers (Abstract, Acrylic, Gestural Abstraction, Blue, Light Blue, Brown)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ted Hinrichs
Flowers
Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2023
Size: 17x18x1in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 24802-1719
*on Stretcher Frame ready to hang
Tags: Ab...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1960's French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Colorful Boats in Harbour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist artist, 1960's
signed & dated
oil on canvas laid on board, unframed
board: 18 x 22 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elijah and the Ravens (Cubist, Red, Blue, Black, Orange, Purple, Abstract)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ted Hinrichs
Elijah and the Ravens
Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2022
Size: 36x24in
Framed: 38x26x1.75in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 24802-1726
*Framed...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Project Windows" Modern Pastel Pink and Yellow Toned Architectural Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel pink and yellow toned landscape painting by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features a clean-lined, geometric rendering of an architectur...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Classical Windows" Modern Grey and Black Toned Architectural Façade Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern grey and black toned landscape painting by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features a clean-lined, geometric rendering of an architectural façad...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1980's French Expressionist Abstract Oil Painting Thick Impasto Sludgy Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Expressionist French painter, signed and dated verso
oil on canvas
canvas: 19.5 x 29 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Heart Felt' Oil on board circa 2020
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Shift', oil on board by Sabrina Rowan Hamilton. M.A. Widely exhibited Internationally solo & group shows.
Mounted in a glazed box frame.
Sabrina's paintings are a substantial part o...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lake Oil on canvas, 50x71 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Lake
Oil on canvas, 50x71 cm
Lidija Auza
(1914. 24. 02 Vitebsk, Belarus – 1989. 13. 12 Riga, Latvia) Painter
She studied at the Art Academy of Latvia (1936-1938) and graduated ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moon Rose. 2007, oil on canvas, 120x150 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Moon Rose
2007, oil on canvas, 120x150 cm
Large size painting water lilies on deep blue water, with vibrant pattern on leaves. Modern bright juicy artwork that attract sight
Kristīne Luīze Avotiņa is a young and bright personality whose talent is appreciated not only in Latvia, but also in other parts of the world. Her deep inner experiences and feelings of the soul are not hidden from the eyes of the audience, but are openly and engagingly narrated: about relationships, man and woman, passion, emotions, about experience and connection with nature.
Characters live in Kristine's compositional solutions, where figurative painting and ornament appear. When painting large-format works, she masters the entire format, composition and color of the work, as well as linear drawing.
Kristīne herself emphasizes: "Relationships between nature and people - it has always been a relevant topic in my painting. The more I work on it, the more interesting it seems to me. It is infinite and unending. With paint I refresh the beauty of nature and love on the canvas and I want to show that nature and love are equal in their beauty.
In my works, I always want to show that nature is beautiful and worthy of admiration - a newly blooming water lily, falling leaves from golden trees, a pink sunset sky... This could go on forever..."
Education:
2009 – 2010 Studies in „Escola Massana”, Painting Department, Barcelona...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
DIALECTIC RESONANCE, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Rich Moyers
Located in Yardley, PA
Modern Painting **Archival Mounted piece "Floats" away from wall approximately .750 Inches via hidden / recessed wooden stretcher sub-frame (See Back Picture)** OVERALL MOUNTED SIZ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mott Street - NYC Street Scene on Bright Orange Paper, Original, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Patrick Vale
Mott Street
acrylic and ink on paper
20h x 28w in
50.80h x 71.12w cm
PKV002
Artist Patrick Vale garnered international attention in 2012 whe...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper, Ink
CAPEZ - Modern Painting - Collage / Construction, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Rich Moyers
Located in Yardley, PA
TITLE: "CAPEZ" SERIES: "Dimensional Abstracts" MATERIALS: Gesso, Acrylic Paint on 1/16th Inch Shaped Archival Plexiglas / Canvas / Archival mount / Pintura Wood Panel / UV Con...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Shift' oil on Board c2020
Located in Frome, Somerset
'Shift', oil on board by Sabrina Rowan Hamilton. M.A. Widely exhibited Internationally solo & group shows.
Mounted in a glazed box frame.
Sabrina's paintings are a substantial part o...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1970's French Abstract Modernist Signed Oil Figurative Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French modernist artist, circa 1970's
signed oil on canvas
canvas: 19.5 x 23.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
CRESCENDO, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Pamela Ross
Located in Yardley, PA
CRESCENDO, by Pamela Boullier Ross, speaks to the artist's power and energy with palette knife and paint to create her multi-level, distinctly one-of-a-kind original masterpieces. ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Blue Cloud" Modern Abstract Geometric Pastel Contoured / Shaped Canvas Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel blue abstract painting by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features an intricate geometric pattern in various tones of light blue against ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
RETRO - Modern Abstact Painting, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Rich Moyers
Located in Yardley, PA
TITLE: ""RETRO"" MATERIALS: Gesso, Acrylic Paint / Pintura Canvas MDF Panel / Archival Mount / Satin Black Wood Floater Frame FRAMED SIZE: 19.625 X 15.625 X 1.5 Inches Deep IM...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pink Cabinet
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 works, generating a distinct bac...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, 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...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Un poco mas lejos 03" Abstract Painting 39" x 29.5" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Located in Culver City, CA
"Un poco mas lejos 03" Abstract Painting 39" x 29.5" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Oil and silver leaves on paper
From "Looking for Happiness" series
LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS
Like "el d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Air" Modern Abstract Geometric Pastel Pink Contoured / Shaped Canvas Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel pink abstract painting by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features an intricate geometric pattern of dots against a shaped canvas. Titled...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
The color of silence, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original abstract painting ready to hang. 100x70x4 cm / 39,37x27,5x 1,5 inch I only use fine colors for artists Rembrandt, Maimeri, Liquitex. High quality Italian canvas, stre...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American School Signed Framed Fauvist Still Life Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed still life oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 21L x 18H.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950s "Curled Up Cubist" MidCentury Figurative Gouache University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Curled Up Cubist
c.1950s
Gouache on paper
24" x 18" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist's estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey
Studied: Newark School of Fine Art
The Art Students League
Pratt Graphic Arts Center
University of Paris 1953-54
University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55
Faculty: Art Department of the New School
Museum of Modern Art
School of Visual Arts
Stacy Studio Workshop
Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns
George Wittenborn
The New School
Print Exhibitions, Chicago
University of Oklahoma
Honolulu Museum
Monclair Museum
Wisconsin State College
Louisiana Art Commission
Philadelphia...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
1960's French Surrealist Modernist Oil Lady Looking at Viewer with Boats
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Modernist painter, circa 1960's
oil on canvas
canvas: 21.5 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rückzugsort (Retreat), Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Rückzugsort" is a temperamental and vibrant abstract painting on paper. The main colors are purple, blue, white, yellow, orange, red, black and brown abstract. It is a one of a kin...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Love Yourself, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Love Yourself" is a small abstract, acrylic artwork on canvas. The main colors are turquoise, blue, black and a bit of red. Structures and forms, many layers and all in all a very ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Composition 22 - Original Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 22 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera, in very good conditions and mounted on a cardboard (42x52).
Image Dimension...
Category
1920s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Warm night light. 2006, oil on canvas, 140x160 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Warm night light
2006, oil on canvas, 140x160 cm
Kristīne Luīze Avotiņa is a young and bright personality whose talent is appreciated not only in Latvia, but also in other parts of the world. Her deep inner experiences and feelings of the soul are not hidden from the eyes of the audience, but are openly and engagingly narrated: about relationships, man and woman, passion, emotions, about experience and connection with nature.
Characters live in Kristine's compositional solutions, where figurative painting and ornament appear. When painting large-format works, she masters the entire format, composition and color of the work, as well as linear drawing.
Kristīne herself emphasizes: "Relationships between nature and people - it has always been a relevant topic in my painting. The more I work on it, the more interesting it seems to me. It is infinite and unending. With paint I refresh the beauty of nature and love on the canvas and I want to show that nature and love are equal in their beauty.
In my works, I always want to show that nature is beautiful and worthy of admiration - a newly blooming water lily, falling leaves from golden trees, a pink sunset sky... This could go on forever..."
Education:
2009 – 2010 Studies in „Escola Massana”, Painting Department, Barcelona, Spain
2003 - 2009 Studies in Painting Department, Latvian Academy of Arts, Riga, Latvia
2003 – „Jaņa Rozentāla Riga Art College”, graduation work in photo design.
1999 - 2003 „Jaņa Rozentāla Riga Art College”, Riga, Latvia
1990 - 1999 „Riga French Lycee”, Riga, Latvia
Solo exhibitions:
2010 – „1000 and 1 night” Barcelona painting...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original California Figurative Abstract Still Life Ink Drawing Joyce Treiman
By Joyce Treiman
Located in Surfside, FL
Joyce Treiman
Ink on paper, framed under glass; signed in pencil lower right;
Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches; 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches frame.
Joyce Wahl Treiman was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor and teacher. Her work ranged from "the impishly perverse and humorously paradoxical to the brilliant and profound." She was known as an excellent draftsperson throughout her career. She made several trips to Europe to study the old masters, and the human figure is central in her work. In her later paintings she is known to have inserted self-portraits. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and then studied at the State University of Iowa (today the University of Iowa) under the influential painter Philip Guston. During World War II she worked as a commercial artist but resigned when she began to have success with exhibitions of her work in Chicago and New York.
In 1945 she married Kenneth Treiman, and son Donald, now an Architect, was born in 1950. The Treimans, along with Rene and Rose Wahl, moved to Los Angeles in 1960. She was in an exhibit of Tamarind prints...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Paper
Old Door
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Old Door, 1953
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front
20 × 14 inches
Unframed
This unique and extre...
Category
1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Folk Music, Rock)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2021
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1629
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Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Static 246 Original Seacape mind, Painting, Acrylic on Watercolor Paper
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
Blue is the color of trust and peace. seascape It can suggest loyalty and integrity as well as conservatism and frigidity. Painting is 8.5X10.5" heavyweight stock comes custom-fr...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Johnny Hodges - The Big Sound (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll, Pop)
By Kerry Smith
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith
Johnny Hodges - The Big Sound
Mixed Media on Crescent board
Year: 2016
Size: 21x20in
Signed, dated by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 91-0194
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Category
2010s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board
Modernist Abstract Cast Paper Sculpture Textile Collage Wall Hanging
By Hea Sook Yoo
Located in Surfside, FL
Hea-Sook Yoo, artist, internationally renowned female artist, has her paintings hanging inresidences, businesses and art galleries on three continents over three decades.Ms. Yoo is c...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Mixed Media
Forest Cardboard, oil, 30x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Forest
Cardboard, oil, 30x30 cm
Lidija Auza
(1914. 24. 02 Vitebsk, Belarus – 1989. 13. 12 Riga, Latvia) Painter
She studied at the Art Academy of Latvia (1936-1938) and gradua...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Monogrammed 1935 Rare Tropical Paradise Exotic Animal Surreal Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape signed painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Signed. Framed.
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I do not need Sunglasses, Painting, Acrylic on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
"I do not need Sunglases" is a vibrant and dynamic acrylic artwork on cardboard. The colors are all different shades of red, orange, yellow and a bit of white and grey. It is a happy...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cardboard
IMMERSION - 3D ABSTRACT PAINTING / CONSTRUCTION, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Rich Moyers
Located in Yardley, PA
This piece is part of the Artist's Series "3D RELIEF CONSTRUCTIONS / WALL SCULPTURES" These Three Dimensional artworks are comprised of Archival Paints & Plastics, Natural Woods, ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Open Space, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Open Space" is a vibrant painting on canvas in the tradition of Informel. The main colors are mint, yellow, rose, black and white and a bit of red and orange. The work is done w...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
AMITY - 3D MODERN ABSTRACT PAINTING / CONSTRUCTION, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Rich Moyers
Located in Yardley, PA
From the ongoing SERIES: Dimensional Abstracts Original Acrylic Painting / Three Dimensional Construction, with applied Pumice over 2 Pintura Wood Panel Reliefs = 5.25 X 3.5 inche...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Polish French Mid Century Modern Abstract Venice Gondola Canal Scene
By Abram Krol
Located in Surfside, FL
Biography: Abram (Abraham) Krol was born January 22, 1919, in Pabianice (Lodz), Poland.
Krol went to France in 1938 to study civil engineering at the University of Caen. In 1939 at...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
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.