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Untitled 559 (Abstract painting)
By Clay Johnson
Located in London, GB
Untitled 559 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
#238, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pigment
#237, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pigment
#236, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pigment
#235, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pigment
#234, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pigment
#233, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pigment
Parisian Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting
by the French abstract artist, Yvette Dubois-Habasque (1929-2016).
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 15 x 24 inches
The painting has excell...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Geometric Yellow and Red Acrylic Abstract in the style of Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Pasadena, CA
This geometric abstract painting features bold intersecting forms in primary colors, evoking a dynamic sense of movement and balance. Dominated by arcs and angular shapes in red, yel...
Category
1970s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
TriVortex
Located in New York, NY
Christine Romanell’s TriVortex is a mesmerizing acrylic-on-laser-cut-wood construction that fuses sacred geometry, optical illusion, and vibrant color theory into a dynamic three-dim...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Birch, Acrylic
"Meeting" Original futuristic landscape . Mountains . Oil on hardboard
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting is made in a modern style. The artist used high-quality materials in his work and work is the framed. Painting from the ecology and landscape series. The color harmony o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Batik, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Terri Bell presents an abstract grid in various colors and arrangements. She pays homage to Batik, a traditional Indonesian technique of dyeing wax-cov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Acrylic Painting, Bright Colors, Geometric, Crystalline Mind Fortress
By Ethan Meyer
Located in St. Louis, MO
Abstract Acrylic Painting, Bright Colors, Geometric, Crystalline Mind Fortress
Groot Foundation Grant Honorable Mention Recipient 2025
"My work, both in painting and sculpture, inv...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Layered Plan #6 (Abstract Geometric Black & White Mixed Media Collage on Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric mixed media collage in black, white, and grey with details of bright red
"Layered Plan #6", made by Hudson Valley artist, Donise English, in 2009
15 x 12 inches, 2...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink, Gouache
STEPS IN PROVENCAL OLD TOWN VILLAGE STREET - SIGNED ENGLISH OIL PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Steps"
by Roy Merrington, British contemporary
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
This work really transports the viewer to the South of France...where the hill top villages all look a bit like this old back street with its climbing steps lined with old shops...
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950s "Landscape with Boulder" Donald Stacy Gouache Landscape Painting
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Landscape wit Boulder"
c.1950s
Gouache paint on paper
24"x18'" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist's estate
*Custom framing available for ad...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The Garden Window 20th Century Original Signed French Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century)
signed and dated 85'
oil on canvas, unframed
size: 15 x 21.5 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from the a...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Surreal Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted surreal abstract oil painting by Paul Allen Reed (1919 - 2015). Great color and composition. Framed. Signed verso.
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Geometric Oil Monotype Painting 1966 Chelsea Hotel
By Rene Shapshak
Located in Surfside, FL
21.5x17 with mat , 14.5x10.75 without mat.
Noted artist and sculptor, Dr. Rene Shapshak was born in Paris, studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris (that produced such giants as Claude Monet and Pierre Renoir), London, Bruxelles, emigrated to South Africa in 1932 or 1934, lived in Johannesburg (47 Saunders Street, Yeoville - where he held art classes for many years), executed numerous commissions, was committee member of the Transvaal Art Society, Johannesburg, 1937; left for the USA in 1954, his wife Eugenie and sons Leon, Maurice and Paul followed in August, 1955, the family staying for years at the famous Chelsea Hotel, with an atelier nearby at 219 7th Ave cor. 23rd St, New York NY. He showed there in a number of exhibits and was a denizen of the hotel along with many other famous artists. The Hotel has collected and displayed the work of many visual artists including Jackson Pollack, Larry Rivers, Christo, John Sloan, Arman, Francisco Clemente, Ralph Gibson, Rene Shapshak, Robert Mapplethorpe, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Robert Crumb, Jasper Johns, Claes Oldenburg, Willem De Koonig, and Henri Cartier- Bresson.
Dr. Shapshak had become a world-renowned artist and sculptor, bringing his artistic and cultural contributions to many countries. His art is represented in Buckingham Palace, in the Rothschild, Schiff and Schonegevel Collections in England and Athens, Greece and in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. He did sculptures of Mahatma Ghandi and John Cecil Rhodes...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Monotype
The Flood - Textured Abstract Expressionist Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly textured composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). Thick diagonal swatches of blue and white are layered over an off white background in a nearly parallel pattern. Sand...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$420 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Canadian Modernist Algonquin Park Signed Exhibited Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Canadian modernist signed oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 16L x 12H.
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
Cubist Still Life Composition Gouache Painting by A Derek Ching
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vibrant Cubist Still Life Painting by A. Derek Ching (20th Century)
Bold yet nuanced, this rare original gouache on paper, created by American artist A. Derek Ching (USA, 20th Centu...
Category
20th Century Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Dmitri Wright - Polyphony Opus III, Painting 2017
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on Canvas
PROVENCAL Series:
“In [this] series I was exploring the classical influences of the impressionist masters, to build on their ideas to move them forward, yet being tru...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Framed Fauvist Fruit Kitchen Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American modernist abstract still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 14H by 18L.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
"Chasm" - Minimalist Abstract in Acrylic
Located in Soquel, CA
"Chasm" - Minimalist Abstract in Acrylic
Minimalist abstract done in watercolor, acrylic and metallic paint (gold and light gray/blue). Titled, signed and dated on verso: "Chasm, d...
Category
1980s Symbolist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
$1,072 Sale Price
35% Off
Shuen Wang Abstract Original Oil Painting "Plant Dancing"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Plant Dancing
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19 x 19 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2015
Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Reclining Figure, Contemporary Female Figural Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Reclining Figure, Contemporary Female Figural Abstract
Modernist nude figural abstract painting by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th c.). From a collection of his works. Si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$747 Sale Price
21% Off
"Chardonnay Nights" - Brilliant Splatter Abstract Expressionist in Cool Palette
Located in Carmel, CA
Thomas Whent (Canadian-American, born 1949)
"Chardonnay Nights" 2022
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
Framed: 28" x 28" x 1"
"Chard...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Earthy Color Blocked Painting, Mixed Media, Signed Bob Thomas
Located in New York, NY
Bob Thomas (American, 1945-2018)
Altered Grounds #159, c. 2010
Mixed media on wood
24 x 20 x 1 in.
Robert “Bob” Thomas was an accomplished artist from Edge...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
Antique American Modernist Abstract Landscape Morris Shulman Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape abstract painting. Oil on board, circa 1952. Signed. Image size, 21.5"L x 7.5"H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wak Wak (Crow) III
Located in London, GB
Carissa Gurwalwal is the daughter of renowned weaver Barbara Guwalwal. Residing in Gunbalanya, Gurwalwal works full-time at West Arnhem Shire's Aged Care Facility. Although she is ne...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Abstract Floral Triptych, Set of 3 Oil Paintings
Located in East Quogue, NY
Edie Nadelhaft “Fine Detail Triptych” Oil on canvas. Each painting is 22 x 24 inches. Offered unframed.
Edie Nadelhaft's bold, large-scale, colorful monolithic oil paintings of bode...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled double sided mixed media work on bespoke 3-D standalone frame
Located in New York, NY
Alan Shields
Untitled double sided mixed media work, 1974
Mixed media: watercolor, string, and torn paper held in custom standing frame
Signed, dated, and numbered lower edge '10/12 ...
Category
1970s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Textile, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Thread, Pencil
Effervescent Flow - Expressive Colorful Abstract Aboriginal Inspired Painting
By Ilan Leas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ilan Leas uses graffiti-like strokes and bold angles to converge creating an intriguing balance of organized chaos in his drawings. His dynamic linear design compositions are aborigi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art More Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
"Winter in the Snow" Figures in a Village Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the excitement of High-End Fashion, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composi...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Landscape" Abstract Seascape Contemporary Art Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
oil on canvas
40x50 cm
2017
Original Art
.Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painting at the Academy of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$1,571 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Grid Play - bright, colourful, geometric abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Precisely painted squares and rectangles in orange, rust red, green, yellow, light green, sapphire blue, black and pink dance, overlap and swirl on a washed green-blue ground in this...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mosaic 42 Abstract yellow framed painting, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Sia Aryai
Located in Yardley, PA
Seven shades of Yellow brings Sun's energy. Painting is 17X21" heavyweight stock comes custom-framed in a 19X27X1.2" white shadow box Signed, dated and stamped on the front....
Category
2010s Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1972 Abstract "Natural Christmas" Alkyd Resin Painting Walter Darby Bannard
Located in Surfside, FL
Walter Darby Bannard (born September 23, 1934 in New Haven, CT)
"Natural Christmas (1972)"
Alkyd Resin Magna Medium Aquatec Gel on Canvas Painting
Walter Darby Barnard is a Profess...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Resin, Alkyd
Passiflore by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 50x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$880 Sale Price
72% Off
Abstract Portrait, Red Colour, Stylised, Glazed Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Portrait, Red Colour, Stylised, Glazed Frame
By European schooled artist, Late 20th Century
Gouache and Ink on canvas
Framed size: 14.5 x 16 inches
...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Emily Berger, Maya, 2014, oil paint, wood panel
By Emily Berger
Located in Darien, CT
These paintings and drawings are based on a structure of repetitive and deliberate gesture that is intuitive but carefully considered. Emily Berger brushes, wipes, rubs, and scrapes...
Category
2010s Post-Minimalist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Green Retreat, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Contemporary abstract color field acrylic painting with lots of color blending, contrast and fine details. Textured with many layers of plaster to prime the canvas then applied acryl...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Stepping Out w/ the Queen" Queen Elizabeth in Haute Couture Exiting Rolls Royce
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950s "Abstract #4" Ink and Gouache Painting Univ of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Abstract #4"
c.1950s
Ink & Gouache on paper
10.5x19.5" brown, ripple, wood frame 11.5”x1”x20.75”
Signed in pencil lower right with label on reverse
Came from artist's e...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
$787 Sale Price
25% Off
Dmitri Wright - Dove's Blessing, Painting 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on Canvas
SHEPHERD’S PASS Series:
“In [this] series I wanted to move into expressing more of a post-impressionist mode by deconstructing with lyricism, while not fracturing in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Blue (Diptych) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Blue (Diptych) (Abstract painting)
Mixed media on 300gr paper - Unframed
Dimensions of the each work in the diptych: 16 x 12 in / 42 x 30 cm
This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt.
B...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
1950s "Sitting in Chair" Mid Century Figurative Pratt Graphic Arts Center
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Sitting in Chair"
c.1950s
Gouache and oil pastel on paper
24" x 18" unframed
Came from artist's estate
*Custom framing available for additio...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Untitled. 1970. Cardboard, tempera. 49.8x54.5cm
Located in Riga, LV
Vladimir Glushenkov (1948-2009)
(May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator.
Vladimir Glushkenkov was born in family with Russian-Poli...
Category
1970s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Cardboard
Textured dark blue impressionistic Floral Artwork "Bohemian Morning II"
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract textured acrylic painting on canvas 60x60x2 cm (23,6 x 23,6 x 0,8 inches). Mixed Media on gallery wrapped canvas. The work is ready to hang. No framing required. The sides o...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Landscape" Minimal Painting made in Italy Original Artwork
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
mixed media on canvas
original artwork
Landscape
in the Artworks of Marilina Marchica the landscape and nature are the protagonists
The trace and the sign of the passage...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Geometric abstract Op Art Pop Art painting in pink & red w/ cubes & triangles
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and against each other to create mov...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Southwest Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract painting. Framed. Oil on board.
Image size, 16H by 20L.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
ABSTRACT New Black Lines Artwork by Contemporary Spanish Artist Pol Pintó
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Silence, Original painting, Abstract art, Calming, Acrylic on canvas, Blue
Located in Deddington, GB
This original abstract painting on canvas is called Silence. Calming layers of inks overlap and are punctuated with white and grey billowing lines. This abstract painting, is calming...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
American School Modernist Framed Pink Kitchen Still Life Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
"Olivia Palermo for Elle Mag" Figure in Yellow Skirt Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
What feels like your today?
Located in Zofingen, AG
This vibrant artwork is a grid of 36 squares, each showcasing a distinct heart design, celebrating diversity in unity. The hearts vary in color, pattern, and texture, creating a visu...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
Noonan Junk Sink no. 1
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Noonan Junk Sink no. 1' featured in the historic San Francisco, Pier 70, mixed media painting with mainly acrylic paint. The 'Dog Patch' region in San Francisco is under mass change...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT Text Raw Canvas Contemporary Artist Eric Stefanski NEW 2025
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
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