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A Moment in Times Square-NY cityscape abstract surreal painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. In A Moment in Times This exceptional artwork is currently on ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Color Shot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Uruguayan artist Leonardo Aguirre creates visually animated surreal scenes in a theatrical environment. Aguirre rearranges whimsical components into unexpectedly harmonious ways of surreal settings that could only exist in an alternate dimension. The idea of a colorful atmosphere with everyday recognizable signs and elements allows the art aficionado to imagine scenes one day and discover another story the next day. His work is a post-constructivist style that has roots in the legacy school of Torres-García. This one-of-a-kind 24-inch square original artwork is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. The sides are painted. It does not require framing and is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable U.S. and global shipping is also available. Aguirre's architectural training is evident in his expert use of planes of color and precise brushwork to construct immersive, surreal environments that transport viewers to alternate dimensions. His whimsical rearrangement of everyday objects and recognizable signs creates unexpectedly harmonious settings that are visually stunning and emotionally evocative. Aguirre's artworks invite viewers to explore his mini-universes and discover new stories with each visit. Aguirre was born and lives in Montevideo, Uruguay. His works have been exhibited in Italy, Uruguay, Belgium, the UK, Argentina, Chicago, and Los Angeles. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA EXHIBITIONS 2022 “Celebrating Latinx Artists”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2021 “Light On Your Feet”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2020 “Hidden Keyholes”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA 2017 Art for the People Gallery, Austin, Texas, USA 2016 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA 2015 Bohemian Art Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay 2015 Rhizome Gallery, Las Vegas, USA 2014 Chicago Art Space Gallery, Chicago, USA 2014 10 años Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, USA 2013 Chicago Art Space Gallery, Chicago, USA 2013 Galeria Pueblo Garzón, Uruguay 2012 Trifecta Gallery, “6191”, Las Vegas, USA 2011 Golf Club, Montevideo, Uruguay 2011 Colectiva Bolosano Arts Hotel Piazza Mazzini 35 2010 Castells Art Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay 2010 Nuestro norte es el sur Venice, Italy 2010 Ristoranti Cultural Space “il Simposio”, Trento, Italy 2010 Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, USA 2009 Mvd Art Gallery, The Famous Grouse, Montevideo, Uruguay 2009 Wallione de Bruxelles (Grand Place), Belgium 2009 Lido de Venezia Muestra Colectiva, Italy 2009 Agosto Torri del Benaco, Italy 2009 Palazzao della gran Guardia, Verona, Italy 2009 Museo Rawson, Pedro Meyer, Luis Camnitzer 2009 Lla Patagonia, Argentina 2009 Woburn Gallery Studios, United Kingdom 2008 Basilicata Collective Show, Italy 2007 100 Años Punta del Este...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Marilyn Monroe (Gone with the wind) -abstract girl made in turquoise, blue, pink
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Marilyn Monroe - abstract painting made in pink, turquoise, blue beige, white, brown color. About the Artist: Art Decorator who are working in contemporary colors for interiors. "I...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Russian Landscape (abstract painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Yuri Larin (1936-2014). Landscape, 1976. Watercolor on paper, 16.5 x 19.5 inches. Mounted on cardboard sheet measuring 24 x 28 inches. Signed and dated lower left. Excellent condition. Image is painted on verso side of block print wallpaper...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Tharrats Constellation original abstract acrylic paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
constellation original acrylic paper painting. frame Son of Josep Tharrats i Vilà, in 1932 he moved to Béziers until 1935, when he returned to Barcelona to study at the Massana Scho...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

Colourful Modern British Painting Dots & Spots Summer Colors Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporary British artist, 21st century oil on board, framed framed: 15 x 23 inches board: 10 x 18 inches This came from a private collection of artworks by the artist, a few of wh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Vivid Burst Abstract Floral Composition with Bold Colors and Dynamic Texture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition" by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000) oil painting on card, unframed painting: 19.5 x 13 inches Superb original painting by the French abstract artist (...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

'Rectifie', Style Moderne, Abstract Geometric, Impasto Technique Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
20th century modern abstract oil on canvas titled 'Rectifie', attributed to French artist Norbert Palmade. The painting is not signed but was bought from his atelier and with a collection of his paintings and is therefore attributed to him. The work is titled and dated to the rear stretcher. A highly colourful, energetic and impactful painting. The painting is very thickly applied in an impasto technique in parts and is therefore also somewhat sculptural as a piece of art. Sand has been added to the paint to give the image great texture. A strong and impactful painting, a statement piece in any room. Norbert Palmade spent much of his early years living in Morocco. He arrived there in 1930 at the age of two and stayed until 1947 when he returned home to France. He finished his schooling in Hyères in the south of France, then travelled up to Paris to study architecture, though he always yearned to return to the South of France. In Paris, aged 25, he set up a public works business and worked as an architect right up until his retirement in 1991. Throughout this journey Palmade never stopped painting, at first in watercolours. He had always drawn, then moved on to gouache, oil and finally in the last twenty years, acrylic. The latter suited his rapid handling of paint well. He says of himself that he had no particular speciality. He would paint whatever gave him pleasure, although a large part of his heart belonged to those early years in Morocco and he painted many a canvas with subjects from this country. He took part in exhibitions in a number of towns near the south coast of France including, Sanary, Le Pradet and Ollioules. He was also the guest of honour at the Academy of the Var. Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective (non-representational) compositions. Although the genre was popularized by avant-garde artists in the early twentieth century, similar motifs have been used in art since ancient times. Sonia and Robert Delauney...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Above & Beyond (2491)
Located in Atlanta, GA
My work is a blending of intuitive and experimental lyrical markings and references. My paintings take on distinct personalities of their own with the interaction of line with color....
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

High Country, Abstract Art, Original Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Voskan Galstian Work: Original Acrylic Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Year: 2023 Style: Abstract Art, Title: High Country, Size: 20" ...
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2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Color Boundaries #60, Oil, fabric, Gold on wood
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Natasha Zupan beautifully unites the old and new, combining the innovation of her highly crafted technique with her wonder for tradition and the great Masters. This body of work expl...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

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Gold

The frosty freshness . Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting is a charming winter scene, executed in a style that combines impressionism and elements of expressive realism. Free, energetic brushstrokes convey the texture of snow,...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

ABSTRACT Artwork Landscape Grey Dark Earth Contemporary Artist Giorgio Petracci
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...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Wood, Acrylic

Untitled 17 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...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Gold Leaf

Untitled abstract painting mixed media on canvas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Untitled Artist: Deyan Valkov Medium: Oil and mixed media on canvas Dimensions: 23.6 x 23.6 inches (60 x 60 cm) Framing: Unframed Signature: Signed on the lower right corner Y...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Ephemeral composition II - abstract painting, made in black, grey color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a styrene face on a mat board in w...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink

Rocks and Rain  Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Abstract expressionist painting on paper Matted
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Tharrats Colors - original abstract acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Colors - original abstract acrylic painting. frameD Original paper by the famous Spanish artist Josep Tharrats. Acrylic on paper. Perfect condition. Certificate of originality THAR...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting on paper mid century modern art
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting, ca. 1960 Gouache, Ink, Watercolor on Paper . Hand signed, with original Jonas Aarons Gallery label 23 × 18 3/4 inches Signed ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

"My Horizon - San Giovanni" Abstract Color Field Contemporary Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
An acrylic and oil on heavy weight paper piece with bright use of color and texture. We are focused on the simplicity of beauty in the moment as Shaoul creates a translucent but very...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper, Acrylic

Lava Reflections by Frédérique Domergue - Contemporary abstract painting, sea
Located in Paris, FR
Lava Reflections is a unique painting by French contemporary artist Frédérique Domergue. This painting is made with oxidized zinc and bronze leaves on honeycomb aluminum panel, patin...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Metal, Bronze

Abstract expressive landscape acrylic painting on paper "My lovely place to be"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract impressionist landscape painting, infused with elements of expressionism and brut art, is a creation by French artist Natalya Mougenot. Titled "My Love, M...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

“Abstract #6”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower right by the artist and dated 1965. Condition is ver...
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (Grammy, Album Art, Music, Funk, Soul, Disco)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith Stevie Wonder - Talking Book Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1628 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

Wainscott (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Wainscott (Abstract Painting) Beeswax resin, pigment and oil paint on panel — Unframed. This work is from a series of formal trifold compositions of quiet horizontal abstraction, ba...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Resin, Wax, Panel, Pigment

High Way - contemporary, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Using bright contemporary colours Pat Service has created a joyful painting of the open highway as it winds through a mountainous landscape. The vivid colour palette—bright yellow, o...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Solar eclipse - depicts pyramid, sun, black and white
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork were done with acrylic on watercolor paper 300g. The work are 11 by 15 inches in size, framed black or gold with a glass face on a mat board (w...
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2010s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

"Harbor Lights" Contemporary Black & Grey Toned Western Fishing Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary abstract figurative painting by Frisco Pete, The Wild West Art Wrangler. The work features a pair of grey toned figures with cowboy hats standing on the water's edge wit...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Storm Surge Orange - bright, glossy, impasto, abstract, acrylic on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Thick whorls in metallic orange swirl within the confines of the picture plane in this Storm Surge painting by Shayne Dark. The baroque sculptural quality of the work is enhanced by ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Resin, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Beyond The Unknown - Oya Bolgun - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media
Located in Carmel, CA
Oya Bolgun is a visionary artist whose dynamic and ever-evolving abstract style captures the imagination and inspires the senses. Drawing on her deep passion for self-expression and ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

New Begining Series-2, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Inspired by vast open fields, mountains, and horizons that end in skies, artist Srinivas Kathoju builds an abstract interpreta...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Flirt-abstraction art, made in grey, pale pink, brown, ochre, beige color
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Flirt. About the Artist: Art Decorator, working in contemporary colors for interiors. "I love to draw from an early age, so my profession was predetermined. After graduating from Art School in 1993, I started working as an illustrator in a printing company. That experience led to a second profession as a textile designer. Since 2010, I have devoted myself completely to my creative endeavors and began to create paintings for my clients' interiors. My works are now included in private collections in The USA, Spain, Russia. The style of my work is an abstract vision of ordinary people...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

"Palm Pair" Abstract Painting 14" x 20" inch by Salah Boutros
Located in Culver City, CA
"Palm Pair" Abstract Painting 14" x 20" inch by Salah Boutros Salah Boutros was born in 1964 in Cairo where he still lives and works. He gained a BA degree from the Faculty of Fine ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Safe Harbor II, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A divergent saturation of navy blue extends artist Pat Forbes' soothing abstract landscape. The fog blankets the bay on a co...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled (spin) By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Untitled (spin) By Damien Hirst Damien Hirst is a British contemporary artist known for his provocative and often controversial works that explore themes of life, death, and the n...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Lacey Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract painting on bold bluish/dark gray background with shades of gold/borwn by English artist Spe, 2013. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat w...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

sbc 214 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 214 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on polyester on wood panel — Unframed Susan Cantrick's abstract paintings explore the pre-verbal realm of thought through structured visual respo...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Lacey Abstract
By Spe
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract painting on light bluish/green background with shades of gold/borwn by English artist Spe, 2013. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Red Abstract Landscape Oil Painting of the Yorkshire Dales by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Red and Yellow Abstract Landscape Oil Painting of the Yorkshire Dales, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, by British Artist Moira Metcalfe. This ori...
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2010s Land Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Paint

A New Slate, From The series Life is a Playground. Abstract painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A canvas collection filled with a special energy for Angelica Tcherassi. Evoking our relationship as souls within this universe, recalling the joy of being at ease and in peace with ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Original Willow Pond in Autumn-plein air-British Awarded Artist-Expressionist
Located in London, GB
"Autumn Series" is one of the most personal projects of Shizico Yi; the sensitive colours, her signature expressive and confident brushstrokes are making the series an instant classi...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Oil, Acrylic

"Chum Line" 2025 oil and acrylic on canvas 24 x 20 in.
Located in New York, NY
Maeve D'Arcy Chum Line, 2025 oil and acrylic on canvas 24 x 20 in. (dar139)
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Landscape 134 by Jean Krille - Oil on Canvas 51x60 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Jean Krillé’s paintings are known for their expressive use of color and dynamic, abstract forms, blending realism with abstraction in his depictions of nature. His landscapes often f...
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Late 20th Century Neo-Expressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Radiate" Abstracted Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This original abstracted landscape oil painting by artist Bri Custer features a palette of muted orange and earth tones contrasted by vibrant yellow, and thick, loose paint strokes a...
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2010s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Flowing Energy 41 - Colorful Pouring Fluid Vivid Abstract Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork is part of the Flowing Energy Collection. It is ready to hang with the edges painted and on the back will have two metallic hangers. Gallery quality. Dimensions: 50x50X...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

to all my lovers oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - to all my lovers - Oil on canvas Canvas size 60X60 cm. Frameless. Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 1993, an art student...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mini Pyramid, original painting, abstract, graphic, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
This mini pyramid is constructed from hand cut felt to give a modern take on a classic opart shape of the 1970s. The central square grid has embedded reflective paper that makes the ...
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Fabric

Arrhythmic Composition 5 - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Tomasz Bielak born in Lublin in 1967. He graduated of The Academy of Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics Design Department in Gdańsk, in 1994. He realized installation art, graphics ...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

To and From - abstract blue white beige painting and collage on panel
Located in New York, NY
Deborah T Colter is a contemporary abstract painter who lives on the Island of Martha’s Vineyard. Deborah graduated from the Rhode Island School of D...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Abstract Geometric Cubist British Painting Abstract Shapes Pinks Reds
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporary British, 21st century oil on board, framed size: 21 x 10 inches board: 19.5 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, Surrey, England condition: The painting is in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Etude (abstract expressionist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Fredric Karoly (1898-1987). Etude, 1950. Oil on masonite panel measures 18 x 24 inches. Unframed. Signed, titled, dated on reverse. Good condition with minor paint loss at edges. Biography: An abstract painter, Karoly was born in Hungary and studied painting in Paris, architectural eingineering in Berlin, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1926. He began a successful career as a fashion and fabric designer. In 1948 he was working as a fashion director for Simplicity Patters, when he had a solo exhibition of of his oil paintings, wire montages, dry-pen drawings and abstract photography. Solo Exhibitions: Hugo Gallery (Alexandre Iolas) New York 1948; Gallery Mai. Paris 1949; New Gallery (Eugene Thaw) New York 1950; Museu de Arte, Sao Paulo, Brazil 1951; Miami Museum of Modern Art, Miami, Florida 1959; Loft Gallery, New York City, 1966.Group Exhibitions: Hugo Gallery, New York 1947; Salon des Realities Nouvelles, Paris 1949-1953; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (Annual) 1951-1953, 1963; Biennale of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1951; International Independent Exhibition, Tokyo, 1951; Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1959; The Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio, 1960; Stuttman Gallery, New York, 1960; The Art Institute of Chicago (Annual), 1960; International Watercolor Exhibition, Brookyln Museum, 1961; Westchester Art Museum, White Plains, NY, 1963; Whitney Museum, Annual, NY 1963; Cleveland Art Festival, Park Synagogue, Cleveland, 1963; Whitney Museum, Sculpture Annual, NY, 1964.Works in Institutional Collections: Museu de Arte, San Paulo, Brazil; Museu de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; New York University, New York; Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; Finch College, NY; Barnard College, NY; Metropolitan Museum, Whitney Museum and Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL. Awards: National Council Arts Awards, 1968. Frederic Karoly died on December 15, 1987 at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Manhattan, where he had made his home for many years. Fredric Karoly was born in Budapest in 1893. According to Karoly’s own vitae, his exhibition history began in New York in 1947, when at the age of 54 he took part in a four-person group show at Hugo Gallery. His involvement with visual art however was apparently life long. In a brief introduction to his solo show at Galerie Mai in Paris in June of 1949, Jen Luc de Rudder, reports that Karoly began painting at the age of 12 in Budapest. After several years of studying, then working in London, Paris and Berlin, Karoly emigrated to the United States in 1925 or 1926 (he probably first came to the US on a work visa in 1925). In New York, Karoly worked in women’s fashion as a designer. In 1948 Karoly worked in a manner than was clearly influenced by the work of such European surrealists as Max Ernst, creating spiked automatic bi-chromatic paintings. His style progressed into a progressively more biomorphic vein, similar to explorations by Theodore Stamos, Daphnis, Milton Avery and Mark Rothko around the same period. He was supported with patronage during this period by Mrs. Mimi Baliff, who apparently supported the “Industrial Design Workshop” that she helped open to feature Karoly’s designs in 1948. By the early 1950’s (1951) Karoly started experimenting with the drip and splatter process as well. Drip paintings dominated his process until the late 50’s-early 60’s, when linear compositional elements began to reemerge. By the late 50’s multi-layered drip grid motifs asserted a masque of spatial organization over looser washed fields and splatters of paint that Karoly worked off of. This development was consistent with concurrent explorations into the grid by artist Agnes Martin and others. By the mid-50’s Karoly’s style began another transition into a more surface concerned “Color Field” style of painting. There are elements still reminding one of Abstract Expressionist concerns as such painters as Clifford Still. But the works that began to emerge from Karoly’s studio in 1958 presaged the Morris Lewis fan motifs and Friedl Dzubas’s epic and romantic color spewing expanses of canvas. In 1959 Karoly began experiments using washes of turpentine diluted oil paint directly onto raw linen, and all of these subsequently suffered the consequences of oil oxidation and acidity upon the surfaces. However, many of Karoly’s washes in color field happily occurred on lightly prepared primed canvas surfaces as well. By 1960 Karoly began reintroducing imagistic references to his visual content. There were also various references to Japanese and Zen influences. He experimented with a variety of processes that included mixed media and marbleized surfaces achieved by the intermixture of oil and water mediums. A calligraphic element also enter Karoly’s work in the early 60’s. Then in 1961 glued and assembled objects begin to show up in Karoly’s work in earnest. The influence of early POP artists, particularly Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg, become apparent. From 1961-63, a series of the assemblage works transition from canvas to the sculptural to pieces obviously intended for full scale installation. Many of these pieces were among the most fragile of his works primarily due to their reliance upon the of gluing of objects such as plastic or paper cups on flexible surfaces of stretched linen or canvas. In the mid-60’s Karoly apparently produced a number of photo-silk screened series of Picasso, De Kooning and other significant artists of his generation. These were executed in a style somewhere between Rauschenberg’s and Roy Lichtenstein’s, primarily because of their reliance upon half tones and Ben-Day dot effects. Then Karoly began a series of paintings conflating his drip and grid styles with super imposed and painted over string. In the late 60’s Karoly embarked upon a series of multi-paneled stretched linen constructions often with slits and fiber optic back-lit elements that were prescient of the work of Dan Flavin and others. It was this body of work that was shown at Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, and it was these works that suffered perhaps the most irreparable damage from a steam/water infiltration in a space where they were being stored. The late professional start that Karoly had into the art world was balanced by his long life span and early immersion into the design issues of modernism as it emerged in turn of the century Europe and later evolved in America. He was clearly an artist who subscribed to the ethos of the new in abstraction and was obviously impressionable and in some instances prescient with regard to various trends in abstraction. Several noteworthy and influential collectors and institutions during his 40 years of professional engagement acquired his work. The Whitney Museum of American Art had and may still own a large Karoly canvas from 1960, but this is doubtful as the artist failed to list it on the vitae he filed with MoMA in 1965. His work was recognized and honored by the Whitney with its inclusion in four of their annual survey shows (1951,1953, 1963 and 1964). The artist’s surrealist influenced paintings from 1948-1950 were the focus of a solo exhibition held of his work by the Museo de Art in Sao Paulo and eight years later a ten year survey of his work was the focus of a solo show at the Miami Museum of Modern art. The Sao Paulo Museum in Brazil, and the Museo de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, Argentina each acquired Karoly paintings for their collections in the 1950’s. One of Karoly’s surrealist pieces was apparently purchased by Christian Zervos, Picasso’s designated chronicler, who apparently also wrote a piece on Karoly in Cahiers D’Art in 1949. A 60’s piece of Karoly art that is in the New York University’s permanent collection is included in the MoMA Library’s catalog...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Contemporary Coastal Abstract Painting in Blue and Ochre – Oil and Collage
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont – “Sous le Vent” Oil and collage on canvas – 15.75 x 15.75 in (40 x 40 cm) Framed dimensions: 18.5 x 18.5 in (47 x 47 cm) – Choice of black or natural wood frame Year: ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Climbing Clematis" Abstract Encaustic Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract floral encaustic painting by Linda Bigness features a cool green and blue palette, with subtle warm muted orange accents and large organic botanical forms and line work...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Silver

be reborn oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - Be reborn- Oil on canvas Canvas size 50X20 cm. Frameless. Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 1993, an art student since high school, with constant ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pink Hour Ojai 20 x 24 in Contemporary Oil Abstract Pink and Neutral Tones
Located in New York, NY
This abstract, expressive painting by Patricia Spergel is a perfect example of the artists pulsating and colorful forms. Here, representing the myriad colors of a California sunset, ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Variation 7, yellow, periwinkle, contemporary nature inspired, floralesque
Located in Cumming, GA
Yellow and periwinkle 24” original contemporary nature inspired wall art.
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Yahong Teng Abstract Original Oil Painting "The Roots Series I"
Located in New York, NY
Title: The Roots Series I Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 16 x 12 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Dancer
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category

1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Vintage American Impressionist Santa Barbera California Beach Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted California coastal beach scene. Oil on board. Signed verso.
Category

Early 2000s Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shades of Cool II, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Abstract shapes in shades of black and gray contrast with lighter blues. The line work captures the eye, creating a sense of movement and intrigue within the composition. The soft patches of color provide gentle balance, adding a soothing touch to the piece.


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Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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