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Sayan Terrace (Contemporary Abstract Painting on Raw Linen)
Located in Hudson, NY
60 x 72 x 1.5 inches
acrylic on canvas being offered by CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY in Hudson, NY.
Large, horizontal abstract painting with a palette of turquoise, saffron orange, teal an...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Raw Linen, Acrylic
Road to Olana (Horizontal Monochromatic Purple Landscape Painting on Canvas)
Located in Hudson, NY
25 x 55 inches
horizontal, monochromatic lavender purple landscape acrylic painting on canvas
This contemporary, horizontal landscape acrylic paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Helen Howells, Seaboard, Original Seascape Painting, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Helen Howells
Seaboard
Original Oil Painting on Canvas
Oil Paint on Canvas
Canvas size: H 76cm x W 102cm x D 3.5cm
Sold Unframed
(Please note that in sit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Acrylic on Wood Assemblage Painting Titled “Stellar Waves #5”
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
artist statement on this comet series:
“Coming full circle, Darashkevich pays it forward by creating comets for the dreamers who want to make wishes come true. As a child he was fas...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Untitled 15 and Untitled 16. From the Mexican Ryōan-ji Series.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ryōan-ji is the Japanese Zen temple in Kyoto, a monastery that gave rise to the idea of the purely abstract Zen garden that inspired this series Francisco Larios’ works are done by...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Gold Leaf
“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original, highly textured oil on canvas painting by Jacques Gandon. Signed lower right and dated 1953. The painting has the visual appearance of a woven fabric abstract. Can be hung horizontally or vertically. Condition is very good, no issues. Original artist pine strip frame. Frame has wear consistent with its age. Overall framed measurements are 24.5 by 37 inches. Vintage Jonathan Adler...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sarah Irvin "Convey" - Abstract Painting on Paper
By Sarah Irvin
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Irvin
Convey, 2019
ink on Yupo
60 x 78 in.
This abstract ink painting on Yupo paper plays with transparency and color in shades of pink, turquoise, and green.
"In this work I...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Textured colorfull floral painting "Beautiful Morning"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Experience the beauty and interconnectedness of nature through my original artwork. This abstract textured acrylic painting on canvas measures 60x70x3,5 cm (23,6x27,5x1,4 inches) and...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Red Barn' Dark Atmospheric painting of a welsh landscape, building, hills
By Will Roberts
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Red Barn' by Will Roberts. A Dark Atmospheric painting of a welsh landscape, with a building with red barn, green mountains and hills.
Roberts found inspiration in the local community, painting industrial workers and farmers, and domestic scenes...
Category
20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Watery Place
Located in Park City, UT
NICHOLAS WILTON’s paintings are visual poems, informed by Nature and his personal experience of life. Color, texture, and organic forms are layered into a complex visual weave that h...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Oceanic Blues XL, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic Abstract Painting, Original artwork created by Ronald Hunter. White gradually transitions into deep blue shades, evoking a sense of depth, of being submerged. Layers of ac...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Positano I and II" Abstract Diptych Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract diptych by Teodora Guererra features a light coastal palette of blue, white, and sandy beige. The artist layers loose strokes of paint using a palette knife over the ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
There with the dog. Gestural Abstraction, Orange, Oil painting, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary pruple abstract oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Piotr Butkiewicz. Composition consists of dynamic rounded shapes. Title of this painting is 'Silent stars'. Artwo...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Ocean View, California', Pasadena Art Institute, Hollywood, Urban Modernist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, on canvas, 'Sean Sult' for Sean Gilbert Sult (American, born 1949) and dated 'Spring, 1980'.
A substantial oil showing an ocean view looking ...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Drifting Between Light and Love - Contemporary Pool House Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Art Deco Bird Still Life Signed Oil Panting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Minimal Crowd by Gaetan de Seguin - Contemporary Abstract painting
Located in DE
Gaetan de Seguin paints figurative works, with an abstract character. The various colors highlight that not one person is the same, and his artworks celebrate this individuality in a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gulugufe IV Butterfly Kaleidoscope Painting
Located in Washington, DC
Original painting by Padme from her Gulugufe "butterfly" series. This transformational earlier work draws from a profound experience while in a kaleidoscope of butterflies.
Padme (...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Micro Gouache and Pencil Abstract Painting Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Micro Gouache and Pencil Abstract"
1990's
Gouache and pencil on board
Site measures 4.5"x4" silver wavy wood float mount 13.5"x12.75"
Unsigned came from artist's estate...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Board, Pencil, Gouache
'Cloisonné Abstract', Large Post-Impressionist Oil, Aptos, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'C. S. Sanchez' for Clyde Sanchez (American, 20th century), and painted circa 1975; additionally signed, verso, with artist location, 'Aptos, CA'.
A substantial,...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Masonite, Acrylic
Winter Berry Diptych: Abstract Encaustic Painting, Dark Red on Beige Background
By Allyson Levy
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract encaustic painting with brown branches with dark red berries against a light beige background
"Winter Berry Diptych" made by Hudson Valley based artist, Allyson Levy, in 201...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Organic Material, Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel
Modern British 20th Century Colourful Abstract Painting - Geometric shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
British School, monogrammed/ dated lower corner
gouache painting on paper laid over card, unframed
actual painting: 22 x 15.5 inches
Superb - bold - and very co...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Saint Malo Sky, Textured Original Oil Painting, Colourful French Landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
Saint Malo Sky is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Preliminary sketches we made in Saint Malo to inspire this colourful depiction of the Intra Muros. The setting sun reflect ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Musicians, Abstract Figurative Original Oil Painting, One of a kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
ARTIST: Norayr Gevorgyan
WORK: Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Cardboard, Unique style,
YEAR: 2016
STYLE: Abstract,
SUBJECT: Musicians
SIZE: 14" x 18" x 0.1'' inc...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Cardboard
Antique American Modernist Abstract Harbor Seascape Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Measuring 18 by 24 inches.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jianchuan Qin Contemporary Original Oil Painting "Only Wish To Stay"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Only Wish To Stay
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 23 x 31 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Rose, Abstract Expressionist Sand Fresco on Panel by Donald Gerola
By Donald Gerola
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Gerola, American XXth
Title: Abstract Rose
Year: circa 1990
Medium: Sand Fresco on Panel, signed verso
Size: 36 x 47.5 in. (91.44 x 120.65 cm)
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Panel
Greys & Ochre's - French Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Burst of Color
by Yvette Dubois-Habasque (1929-2016)
signed with initials and dated in lower right
oil painting on artists board, unframed
painting measures: 9.5 x 13 inches
Stunni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Painting - Seascape by Wunderlich
Located in Winterswijk, NL
From a fabric of lines, surfaces, shapes and structures, balanced by matte and bright colors, the artist creates landscapes, fauna and flora, motifs of animate and inanimate nature. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
"Violet Horizon II" Neo Impressionist seascape on Long Island, en plein air
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Violet Horizon II is a Neo Impressionist Landscape painted en plein air in Long Island, NY.
Artist Bio
Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a native of Minnes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Abstract Still Life, Original Oil Painting, One of a kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Abstract oil Painting
ARTIST: Norayr Gevorgyan
WORK: Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Cardboard, Unique style,
YEAR: 2016
STYLE: Abstract,
SUBJECT: Abstract Still ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Cardboard
Keith Haring original card. 8.5 x 13.5 cm
By Keith Haring
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Keith Haring. 1958-1990.
The iconography of his drawings includes dancing animals and figures, dogs, crawling babies, pyramids, televisions, telephones, and flying saucers. The idea ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract 2259
Located in Zofingen, AG
There’s something ethereal, almost magical, about contemporary paintings. The incredible Expressionism bleeds through the canvas, transforming any room into an entirely new experienc...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Irrepressibla"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
In the Irrepressible work from the series "Unconscious," the artist encoded the emotions of joy and irrepressible thirst for life. The feelings of happiness are uplifting and inspiri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Painting of Vineyard in Wine Growing Bordeaux France by Modern British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Painting of a Vineyard in the Wine-Growing Region of Bordeaux, France, by leading British Contemporary Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. During 2012, Angela embarked upon ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
"Street Box CC (White)" Colorful Mixed Media Pop Work by French Street Artist
By Aiiroh
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts an abstract Chanel Logo with bursts of color and pop art design. Done with beautiful expressive compositions of Comics mixed with spray paint and resin on the Cha...
Category
2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Board
Abstract Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
UNIDENTIFIED
"ABSTRACT FIGURE"
OIL ON CANVAS, UNSIGNED
AMERICAN, C.1960S
27.5 X 35 INCHES
Fine Condition
Category
1860s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Noise 18.08. Contemporary Landscape Painting, Acrylic, Abstract, Polish art
By Tomek Mistak
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Tomek Mistak. Painting depicts landscape reflection on the water surface. Painting is almost an abstraction. Main colors are ...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Son Temps", Contemporary Abstract Found Object Collage with Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful contemporary abstract expressionist collage/oil painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Antique stamps, currency, and letters from different places a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects
'Sunset on Grand Canyon, ' by Dragana Milovic, Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas painting, 'Sunset on Grand Canyon,' by Dragana Milovic is a fantastical abstracted landscape inspired by the Grand Can...
Category
2010s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"White on Red, " Acrylic Paint on Canvas - Abstract Boxing painting
Located in Houston, TX
This simple, yet elegant, abstract acrylic painting on un-stretched canvas represents an impressive snapshot of the energy and attention to design with which Ushio Shinohara approach...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Ochre (Abstract Encaustic Painting with Indigo, Teal, and Beige Fabrics)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract encaustic painting with dyed teal, indigo, beige, and white dyed fabrics
"Blue Ochre & White Lies" made by Hudson Valley artist, Alaina Enslen, in 2022
Encaustic & dyed fabrics mounted on panel
16 x 20 inches, 17 x 21 inches framed
Excellent condition, ready to hang
Lightweight
Signed, verso
This abstract minimalist painting is made with repurposed pieces of found fabrics in complementary tones of teal, indigo, and beige on an encaustic white background. The fabrics, which are adhered to a light wood Birch panel and layered with a subtle layer of encaustic, are arranged in a whimsical motif that accentuates the spontaneous dyed patterns. The layers of fabric and encaustic create a textured, impasto surface.
About the artist:
Alaina Enslen expresses her artistic vision through repurposed fabrics infused with beeswax. The Cornwall-On-Hudson based artist collects pieces of textile that evoke memory, tradition, or experience like cherished worn heirlooms, discarded clothes, and religious garments, which are then assembled on panel in an abstract patchwork. Favoring fabrics with a neutral or subtle cool palette, she flattens and frays the material to explore color, form, and lines, reimaging used cloth...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Encaustic
72 x 96 in / 6 x 8 ft "Three of Us" Oil on Canvas (black white minimalist oil)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautifully nuanced, and deeply soulful abstract contemporary oil painting on linen, that speaks volumes with its quietly furious brushstrokes multi-layered in monochromati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Junction - line drawing woman figure with silver new moon
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artworks were done with acrylic, ink in silver and white color on black watercolor paper 360g. The works are 12 by 16.5 inches in size, framed (silver...
Category
2010s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Air Prism - colourful, impasto, abstract expressionist, acrylic on canvas
By Adam Cohen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Deep, rich colours--blues, purple and orange punctuated by a background of bright white add depth and energy to this painting by abstract artist, Adam Cohen.The New York-based artist is known for his method of applying paint in thick layers that he cuts through and moves with a pallet knife while the pigments are still wet.
“You can look at them and keep seeing new things in them. They’re alive and they have this inexhaustible quality.” Adam Cohen
Adam Cohen, born in New Jersey, studied with artist Lilian Marzell, a friend of Willem de Kooning. Cohen earned his BFA at Philadelphia's Tyler School of Art at Temple University which included a year of painting in Rome. Returning to New York he studied at the School of Visual Arts, the Arts Students League and Parsons School of Design. Cohen has exhibited in Italy, Holland, New Jersey, New York and Ontario. His work is in numerous private collections. In 2015, he was awarded the International Art Prize Giuseppe Gambino...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nude Study (1)
Located in Columbia, MO
Norman Carton
Norman Carton (Russian American, 1908–1980), a vibrant force in Abstract Expressionism, was known for his dynamic use of color and expressive, gestural brushwork. Born...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Antique American Textural Abstract Expressionist Framed Signed NY Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modern abstract expressionist textural oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Signed Panoramic Sunset Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist lake landscape signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
City park XIX, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Flower fields of city parks, a variety of shades, sunny warm light and cold shadows. All this inspires the creation of a work of art. • Abstract painting comprised of 2 panels ea...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Midnight Surprise - bold, colourful, abstract expressionist, acrylic on paper
By Adam Cohen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Hot pink and red intersects with drips and splashes of yellow, magenta and orange in this dynamic acrylic painting on paper. Beneath the energetic surface a scaffold of black completes the composition. Cohen intersects the language Abstract Expressionism with narrative to re-invent the experience of action painting in a contemporary context.
This painting on paper is currently unframed. However, it can be mounted on panel and framed or framed behind glass.
Adam Cohen, born in New Jersey in 1959, studied with artist Lilian Marzell, a friend of Willem de Kooning. Cohen earned his BFA at Philadelphia's Tyler School of Art at Temple University which included a year of painting in Rome. Returning to New York he studied at the School of Visual Arts, the Arts Students League and Parsons School of Design. Cohen has exhibited in Italy, Holland, New Jersey, New York and Ontario. His work is in numerous private collections. In 2015, he was awarded the International Art Prize Giuseppe Gambino...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ruz 9 RAISON D´ÉTRE canvas - Abstract Acrylic Painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Original artwork by Spanish artist Rafael Ruz.
Acrylic in perfect condition.
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the sam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Cinergy No. 2
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An abstract acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Luc Bernard.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SOPHIE DANIELLE RUBINSTAIN (1922-2018) HUGE 1960s FRENCH SURREALIST SIGNED OIL
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Surrealist Composition"
by Sophie Danielle Rubinstain (1922-2018)
signed lower left hand side,
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 23.5 x 28.5 inches
Stunning original oil p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Romanian Contemporary art by Alex Manea - Mama
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & enamel on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Blue Cosmic
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful teal and lavender toned abstract expressionist painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Hues of blue and green take up most of the canvas, with light ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Energy of the heave
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
This painting evokes a mysterious and captivating atmosphere with a blue background that envelops the scene in intriguing shadow. The lines, skillfully drawn, traverse the compositio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Enamel
A Ripe Landscape #2, A Ripe Landscape #5 and A Ripe Landscape #6 triptych
By Jon Rowland
Located in Deddington, GB
A Ripe Landscape #2, A Ripe Landscape #5 and A Ripe Landscape #6 triptych by Jon Rowland
Overall size cm : H59 x W79
A Ripe Landscape #2 . Spring in the south west of the UK. This...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Bultrini Vertical Red Ocher original contemporary mixed media
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Beautiful composition by the Italian artist
Mixed technique and combustion on wood.
Perfect state.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
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