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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Post-Impressionist
Untitled - abstract, oil painting, squares, blue & black
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Using pure oil paint, which gives the artwork its unique texture, the artist manages to use two particularly difficult colors to work with: black and blue.
This artwork is part of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barbie World
By Adam Umbach
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1986
Adam Umbach was born in Chicago, and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. After being inspired from an early age by the modern masters collection at th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Shooo-(I)
Located in Seoul, KR
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work focuses on the relationship between ‘Writing and Drawing’. From a distance, it appears to be a drawn image but a closer look reveals innumerable minute handw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Nebula, British Contemporary Artist Abstract Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 15 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches (40 x 49.5 cm)
Framed
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"La lluvia de la semilla" colorful, figurative, organic, ink painting
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Through fluid strokes, rhythmic details, and archaic beings, the work shows us the artist's interest in exploring color. This abstract landscape is built by stages of primary colors,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Aquatint
1613 - 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Abstract, Acrylic Painting
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Maria Paola's creative process dwells on a permanent search for the beauty hiding within our state of mind. Coda examines and translates the vibratory element of beauty that goes bey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
#22-13 - Contemporary Abstract Floral
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Annette Davidek
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil, Panel
"Las cosas no son lo que parecen" figurative, abstract, colorful ink painting
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Alejandra España presupposes the development of her language of forms through the creation of symbolic functionalism and allegories that elevates the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"M 3" Paint, Ink, Graphite, Oil on Paper Piece by Mark Houghton
Located in London, GB
Mark Houghton
M 3
Paint, Ink, Graphite, Oil on Paper
68 x 49.5 cm
26 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches
Houghton's practice highlights overlooked aspects of the everyd...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Ink, Oil, Graphite
Mathilde lefort Prophecy - Ink, gold powder and iron on canvas
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
There is in Prophecy the idea of an incantation, of magic words allowing to transgress the laws of reality. A golden melody emanating from the tormented depths of the ocean. A liquid knowledge subject to the interpretation of each and that each can seek in the sensations that awaken.
Mixing Gold powder and Iron, the scriptures of PROPHECY are as if corroded by time, already on the way to their disappearance. Evoking an ancient knowledge that modernity would have tried to erase, it imposes itself as the vector of an unnameable divine source. They appear and disappear like a breath whose echo resounds with a universal spirituality established in sensations.
In a world where the letters and the texts are present everywhere, these scriptures reveal themselves as a silent language established beyond the immediate meaning. Unreadable by the mind, the letter that has become a sign is now receptive to a new meaning given by the observer. Failing to be able to decipher them, it is a question of feeling them for their metaphysical and symbolic power.
Just as Kandinsky aspires to produce a painting capable of provoking a «spiritual awakening», PROPHECY proposes the construction of a new universal language based on sensations.
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Mathilde Lefort is a french visual artist based in Bali, Indonesia Holder of a Master’s Degree at EHESS Paris (France), Mathilde is specialized in war representations and human rights. In parallel with her theoretical studies, she developed an artistic practice around these questions. Using art video, installation and visual publications, she exhibited her work both in Paris and across Europe.
Going back to New Caledonia, she lived in total immersion in a tribe located in the north of the island from 2017 to 2019. There she co-direct EDEN TRIBAL, 52 min documentary produced by Box Fish Productions and sold to France Television. The movie tells the story of a Kanak woman fighting to be the chief of her tribe, within the context of the island’s referendum for independence. This period was spent in a deep loneliness. Rejected by the community while deeply in love, Mathilde wandered the darkness of her soul. She captured empty landscapes and wrote the ambulations of her mind to reflect on her loss of identity, the meaning of love, the woman’s place, racism and colonialism.
Now in Bali, she follows an unpredictable journey intertwining art, death, and magic. Stabbed to death in 2020, she pursues today her shamanic journey while crafting abstract paintings and sculptures rooted in mystical knowledge. Her art presents itself as a meditation...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold, Iron
Rave Heads X
Located in London, GB
Rafael Melendez's artwork titled "Mosh Pit X" is a captivating exploration of human interaction and the juxtaposition between the energetic atmosphere of a mosh pit and the confines ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
#22-14 - Abstract Floral Painting with Vivid Color
Located in New York, NY
Annette Davidek creates paintings that look like gorgeous biomes full of naturalistic forms, enticing viewers to enter a domain that is as familiar as it is strange. Variously sugges...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil, Panel
Descarado with a Tie
Located in Miami, FL
“My intense passion and extreme love of life is the foundation of my creativity. Elation, contentment and ultimate satisfaction are the feelings I experience when reaching the com...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic
Diagonal Stripe VI-21
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Kenneth Noland. “Diagonal Stripe VI-21” is a hard-edge, abstract painting, paint on handmade paper by artist Kenneth Noland. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper
Miel y Canela
By LUNA, CARLOS
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An artwork by Carlos Luna. "Miel y Canela" is a contemporary painting, gouache and charcoal on amate paper in red, black, and brown by Latin American artist Carlos Luna. The artwork ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Fantasy of Castle No.2 - Contemporary art, Geometric, Abstract
Located in Coquitlam, BC
Artist: Da Hong
Born in 1984 Henan China, and currently living in Beijing
He graduated from Jingdezhen Ceramic University in 2007
The artist enjoyed piling up the blocks on the c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Minamina Dreaming - Minamina Juk", Acrylic Contemporary Aboriginal Painting
Located in London, GB
Simon employs optic whites and an array of pastels to capture the feeling and colour of the desert flowers, and its natural features surrounding the salt plains of Mina Mina, a salt ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Stones XXXIV - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Mixed Media
By Jon Errazu
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"My work is characterized by forms and lines. The relationship between background and figure is repeated persistently in each of my works. The figure, simple and almost always quadri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Turkey Dreaming" Acrylic on Canvas Contemporary Aboriginal Painting
Located in London, GB
Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi
Turkey Dreaming, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 300 cm
Lily Hargraves Nungarrayi was driven to record and preserve cultural knowledge and traditions, knowing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Malinalco, 2017
Located in New York, NY
Malinalco 2017, Is a piece that belongs to a larger series of photo paintings consisting of about 52 total. This piece is made with; ink, and enamel ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Pigment
Evening Symphony
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Taking cues from the anti-figurative aesthetic of American Abstract Expressionists, Ripley’s process is one of spontaneity and gesture. Color is applied in broad strokes atop a black...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Patrick Hughes - Hanging on a hook, rainbow, gloss, moon, contemporary, painting
Located in London, GB
Patrick Hughes (b.1939)
Hanging on a Hook
1978
gloss paint on board
91 x 91 cm
Price:
£19,000 GBP
Provenance:
Private collection, UK (acquired directly from the artist in the late ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Board
Storm - large, dark, smoky, atmospheric abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Lynne Fernie
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Painterly swipes and drips light up an atmospheric sky in this dynamic acrylic by Lynne Fernie. The fiery horizon adds to the sense of brewing storm.
Lynne Fernie is a Toronto artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstraction in pink
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
For Nicolás, the importance of the work of art lies in taking distance from common and ordinary language. Taking poetry as an instrument of construction, where images and words becom...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Pigment
"Purrpalala" Aboriginal Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Biddy Long Yulngarri
Located in London, GB
Biddy Long is a traditional woman bringing years of bush living and travelling to her painting. Her early life was with other Warlpiri on Mt Doreen cattle station when her family was...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ango Areoli
Located in Zürich, ZH
Nelio Sonego was born in Switzerland, in Sion, in 1955. He attended and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice with Emilio Vedova, from whom he assimilated the gestural an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Solo Samba
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media work by Merion Estes. "Solo Samba" is a contemporary abstract, acrylic on canvas in a palette of purples, reds, and yellows by American female artist Merion Estes. The ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Els Terrats Dels Confinats - 21st Century, Contemporary, Oil Painting, Abstract
By Tomàs Sunyol
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"Tomàs Martínez Sunyol was born in Dieulefit (France) in 1964 and was surrounded by art from a young age. Both his father, Joaquim Martínez Lerma, and uncle, Álvaro Sunyol, were pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Christian Rosa
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract oil on canvas by Brazilian contemporary artist Christian Rosa. This large format, untitled oil is executed in bright yellow, black, red and blue in a subdued, neutral pal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Trapped
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media work by Merion Estes. "Trapped" is a contemporary abstract, fabric collage, acrylic on fabric in a palette of blacks, reds, and yellows by American female artist Merion...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
In the middle of the road
Located in Houston, TX
Dana Frankfort
In the middle of the road, 2017
oil on canvas over panel
48 x 48 x 1.75 inches
For over two decades, Dana Frankfort has explored the vexing periphery between language and sight by painting words. Rather than laying claim to the paintings, controlling their semiotic pulse, her words serve as the formal armature; they prop up, ventilate, and allow the many layers of paint to breathe. Imperatives, allusions, evocations—the words dissolve into a palimpsest of obscured serifs and stems, into color and form.
The title of the work is a phrase from a poem by Carlos Drummond de
Andrade’s “In the Middle of Road.” Here it is, translated from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Bishop...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
"Divine Garden Series #268", Mark Whitmarsh, Contemporary White Flowers, 48x36
Located in Dallas, TX
“As I build layers of color, a personal iconography evolves on the painted surface. I’m
interested in a surface that has a rich patina with a modern ancestry. By adding and
subtracti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Caïn and Abel II
Located in Paris, IDF
Bruno DESPLANQUES
(Born in 1966, France)
Caïn and Abel II
Painting on wood
120 cm x 90 cm
2021
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
In Every Way Possible 2
By Udo Noger
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Udo Nöger aims to bring out the luminescence of paint in his practice. The artist is known for monochromatic gray works that give the impression of emitting light. Nöger achieves thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Contemporary Art, Figurative Expressionist Composition Mixed Media on Paper 2018
Located in Coimbra, PT
CONTEMPORARY ART
Expressionist composition
Mixed media on paper
Signed and dated 2018
D. Silva
Measure:70x50 cm /28x20 in
Private collection.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Three Field Collage #2
Located in Fairfield, CT
Category
Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Contemporary Art "The Color Maker"Large Abstract Expressionist Acrilic on Canvas
Located in Coimbra, PT
JParames is considered one of the most talented and promising Portuguese artists of his generation. Born in Lisbon in 1978, he studied at the National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Chwana
Located in Boca Raton, FL
A leading abstract painter in his lifetime, Dan Christensen drew from a range of Modernist sources to produce colorful, luminous compositions that featured giant dots, whirling loops...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
I Saw the World's Worst Bicyclist on Nantucket
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1970
"Pitliuk has created a style that will endear him to those who venture into the collection of modern art; it challenges the intellect and tickles the funny bone at the same time."
--Sharon Lorenzo - Art Historian
"Artist Stephen Pitliuk introduces something bold to the island... [his] Pop Art stands out on an island inundated with landscape paintings."
"Pitliuk, an island resident for [seven] years, comes to us from Miami, Florida. His work hangs in many private and corporate collections throughout the country... [The] vibrant colors and the rhythm of his native South Florida are definitely reflected in his work. His latest pieces, which burst through the prosaic treadmill of the New England art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
#21-04, Vivid Colors - Abstract Floral Painting
Located in New York, NY
Annette Davidek creates paintings that look like gorgeous biomes full of naturalistic forms, enticing viewers to enter a domain that is as familiar as it is strange. Variously sugges...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil, Panel
"G" Acrylic on Paper Piece by Ralph Anderson
Located in London, GB
Ralph Anderson
G
Acrylic on paper
H 30cm x W 42cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Acrylic
Connectivity No. 18
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract acrylic on canvas painting by Luc Bernard. This abstract painting is executed in a soft rose background with lines of green, red and blue abstract shapes in the foregroun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Sumi Ink, Oil
Stones XVIII - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Mixed Media
By Jon Errazu
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"My work is characterized by forms and lines. The relationship between background and figure is repeated persistently in each of my works. The figure, simple and almost always quadri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
211
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
211
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed lower middle
H. 27 cm ; L. 18 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Dustr
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A figurative abstract oil on canvas by contemporary artist Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline. "Dustr" is executed in deep pastel blues, rust, yellow, brown, peach and black and depicts an a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Partita 50
Located in Paris, IDF
Bruno DESPLANQUES
(Born in 1966, France)
Partita 50
Enamelled lava stone
30 cm ; 30 cm
2021
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Stone, Enamel
201
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean BIJOUX
(XX)
201
Acrylic painting and gold leaf on vellum
Signed lower left
H. 21 cm ; L. 19 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Untitled
By Lauren Benrimon
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Lauren Benrimon. This Untitled, abstract painting is executed in a swirling palette primarily of violets, blues, teals, greens and white by contemporary artist Lauren B...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Jour D'Orage, la Garde (Var), Mai 1921 (Stormy Day)" Louis Pastour
Located in SANTA FE, NM
This painting is bright and cheery and the jewel-tone colors are superb.
"Jour d'Orage, La Garde (Var) (Stormy Day) 1921"
Louis Pastour (France, 1876-1...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
7 Rocks with arch - contemporary, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Aron Hill
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Aron Hill’s newest series of contemporary works are inspired by the personal narrative of their life as an artist, a writer and a parent. Hill recalls the unique bold imagery and cle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Ink, Acrylic
Red Shadow - Modern Expressive Minimalistic Painting, Large Format
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Lilac
Located in Oslo, NO
“Lilac” is a painting made in spring, when everything in nature is fragrant!
In this work I captured the fleeting beauty of nature in bold, impressionistic brushstrokes. Using the v...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Restrained Supersaturation No.18 (Fuck that world) by Ahn Hyun-Ju - Painting
By Ahn Hyun-Ju
Located in Paris, FR
Restrained Supersaturation No.18 (Fuck that world) is a unique painting by contemporary artist Ahn Hyun-Ju. The painting is made with polyester, pigments and acrylic resin on alumini...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Leave the Path, Olive Green, Sage, Jade, Aqua Blue Green Tinted Polymer Painting
Located in Kent, CT
The surface of Leave the Path by Susan English is a wonderful play of color, light, and composition. Hues of olive, soft jade, pale sage green, light mint green, and pale bluish gree...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
"Parasol" Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Parasol" Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at times, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Magnolia Blossom
Located in Oslo, NO
“Magnolia Blossom” is a painting full of the gentle trembling of the petals of a beautiful tree, the light of a spring day and the blue of the sky! In spring, nature awakens from sle...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
LONo.9 by Doris Marten - Abstract painting, minimalist, bright colours, lines
By Doris Marten
Located in Paris, FR
LONo.9 is a unique Indian ink on Alu-Dibond painting by contemporary artist Doris Marten, dimensions are 40 × 51 cm (15.7 × 20.1 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
India Ink
Layer No.51 by Doris Marten - Abstract painting, minimalist, blue, lines, yellow
By Doris Marten
Located in Paris, FR
Layer No.51 is a unique Indian ink on Alu-Dibond painting by contemporary artist Doris Marten, dimensions are 80 × 200 cm (31.5 × 78.7 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
India Ink
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.