Abstract Abstract Paintings
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
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Reflections Abstract - Two Sided Abstract Expressionist Painting on Paper
By Jack Madson
Located in Soquel, CA
Reflections Abstract - Two Sided Abstract Expressionist Painting on Paper
Brilliant abstract expressionist work by Jack Madson (American, b-1927). A Felton, Caliornia artist. Madson ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Early Morning
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas
42x 24in unstretched
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pon...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Renacimiento
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas
63x90 in
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pons and Willia...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Seeing Light Through the Shadows 555
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas
78 x 50 in
Unstretched
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"OBLIVION" Abstract Painting 40" x 30" inch by Carlos Delgado
Located in Culver City, CA
"OBLIVION" Abstract Painting 40" x 30" inch by Carlos Delgado
ABOUT:
Carlos Delgado is a Colombian artist with international recognition living betwe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Play Drawing #9 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Play Drawing #9 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil
"Bukhara VI" Abstract Oil Painting 59" x 39" inch by Muzaffar Abdullaev
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bukhara VI" Abstract Oil Painting 59" x 39" inch by Muzaffar Abdullaev
ABOUT:
He was born in 1953 in Bukhara, where he lives and works. Boasting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Maryanne Pollock "Beige Haze"
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Maryanne Pollock titled "Beige Haze". Work is signed and dated 2020 on reverse.
Maryanne Pollock received her BFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Rome, Ital...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Faces I" Oil on Carton Abstract Painting 28" x 22" inch by Youssef Sida
By Youssef Sida
Located in Culver City, CA
"Faces I" Oil on Carton Abstract Painting 28" x 22" inch by Youssef Sida
Signed and dated 1990
Youssef Sida
1922-1994
Born in 1922 in Damietta, and in 1...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Abstract Sky - Oil Painting 201s by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Sky is an original oil on canvas on canvas realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in the 2000s.
Hand-signed by the artist on the back.
The artwork represents an abstract landscape:...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Causeway, Original Contemporary Abstract Painting, Green and Blue Painting
By Jon Rowland
Located in Deddington, GB
The simplicity of the space, colour, and focus in this work is very different to much of my work. It is the coming together of these elements at the start of the second 'lockdown' that reflected issues of normality and the desire for change to a simpler more relevant approach to life. Surprising that the journey should have resulted in this painting.
Discover new paintings by Jon Rowland online and in our gallery at Wychwood Art. Each work has been carefully selected by Deborah Allan our Chief Art Curator. Wychwood Art have exhibited Jon Rowland in London during a pop-up exhibition of theirs at the Darren Baker...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Red Cloud 33 X 30
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
33 x 30 oil on wood panel
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Honey, Honey.
Located in Toronto, ON
Sandra Di Leo
“Fueled by memories of my joyful youth, I paint intuitively, as I am pulled between the conscious and the unconscious of my divided self. I start by silencing my mind ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Organic Forms R92
Located in King, ON
This creation is a symphony of organic forms, where minimalism meets nature's complexity. Crafted with acrylic, every stroke and shape is charged with emotion, capturing the beauty o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Organic Forms B91
Located in King, ON
In this piece, I embraced the raw beauty of minimalism, juxtaposing bold geometric shapes with the organic lines that evoke nature's effortless complexity. Using acrylics, I sought t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Antique American Modernist Abstract Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil and encaustic on canvas, circa 1980. Signed on verso. Displayed in a period frame. Imag...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Some Surmount" (abstract, dynamic, floral, sky, clouds, blue, blush, pink)
Located in Paris, IDF
SOME SURMOUNT
2024
Paris, France
This charming painting on canvas visually represents the notion of being unshackled from a burden, and an ascension from a darker place. A black, e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Solent No.25, Oil, painting, Musician, Dire straits, British, abstract, aerial
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Solent No.25 is an oil on canvas showing a section of the landscape, painted from an aerial perspective by Artist & Musician John Illsley. The artwork comes signed and framed.
As th...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Abstract Landscap "Fleeting" acrylic on mylar
Located in Versailles, KY
Large expressionist nature inspired landscape by Alex K. Mason, "Fleeting" is an acrylic painting on mylar unframed using pinks, greens, blues, and yellows. Painted in 2024, the wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mylar, Acrylic
129
By Dan Leahy
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An abstract painting by Dan Leahy.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Composition Inspired by Bach, Framed Abstract Watercolor Painting, Pink
Located in Denver, CO
Original vintage watercolor painting by twentieth century San Francisco woman artist, Hildegarde Haas (1926-2002). "Bach - English Suite No.2 in A Minor...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
This is Where Love Lives - Contemporary Original Floral Oil Painting -Modern Art
Located in London, Chelsea
In this multi-layered masterpiece, the abstract contemporary artist Yvonne Coomber skillfully captures the enchantment and ambiance of the natural world. Her artwork radiates with vi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Book of Flowers 2 (small)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "Book of Flowers" series is a collection of pages from a Botanical book in which he plastered them onto the canvas and proceeded to paint his own botanicals over them. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Imagine is Real 03
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
In this work, I have poured my passion using acrylics to evoke depth and movement. Blues and whites intertwine, reflecting abstract emotions that flow freely, like ocean waves on a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Imagine is Real A1
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
In this work, I have poured my passion using acrylics to evoke depth and movement. Blues and whites intertwine, reflecting abstract emotions that flow freely, like ocean waves on a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Book of Flowers 2 (large)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "Book of Flowers" series is a collection of pages from a Botanical book in which he plastered them onto the canvas and proceeded to paint his own botanicals over them. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Book of Flowers 1 (small)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "Book of Flowers" series is a collection of pages from a Botanical book in which he plastered them onto the canvas and proceeded to paint his own botanicals over them. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Book of Flowers 4 (small)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "Book of Flowers" series is a collection of pages from a Botanical book in which he plastered them onto the canvas and proceeded to paint his own botanicals over them. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Yellow
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
In this work, I have poured my passion using acrylics to evoke depth and movement. Blues and whites intertwine, reflecting abstract emotions that flow freely, like ocean waves on a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
White & Green Pattern Triptych Painting by George McClancy
Located in Washington, DC
George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern triptych painting.
Acrylic on canvas
75W" x 48H"
George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic University in Washington DC, ...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Imagine is Real A2
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
In this work, I have poured my passion using acrylics to evoke depth and movement. Blues and whites intertwine, reflecting abstract emotions that flow freely, like ocean waves on a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Flowers (Yellow Background) 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
One of two works in the series titled "Yellow Background" by Jordi Molla. Beautiful Multimedia painting using a lovely shade of yellow. The sale of this painting benefits the Ann Nor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Flowers (Yellow Background 1)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
One of two works in the series titled "Yellow Background" by Jordi Molla. Beautiful Multimedia painting using a lovely shade of yellow. The sale of this painting benefits the Ann Nor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Abstract Garden" No1, Absrtact Mixed Media Painting, 2017
Located in London, GB
Hsu Tung-Lung (b.1947) is a highly accomplished contemporary artist, who specializes in paintings. His latest collection "Memory Landscape" features an original abstract oil painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic
Blossom Joy, Original painting, Landscape, Abstract, Sky
Located in Deddington, GB
In this expressive piece, I infused my passion for vibrant, living colors, weaving them into a tapestry of motion with acrylics. The abstract dance of hues captures a moment of pure ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bleecker Street, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A modern abstract painting in cool blocks of blues and grays vibrating with brilliant red and pastel yellow. "Like its Manhattan namesake, 'Bleecker Street...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled 6 (Abstract painting)
By Jesús Perea
Located in London, GB
Untitled 6 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas — Unframed.
Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and biomorphic worlds, Perea communicates t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled 5 (Abstract painting)
By Jesús Perea
Located in London, GB
Untitled 5 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas — Unframed.
Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and biomorphic worlds, Perea communicates t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
A Day is an Island (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
A Day is an Island (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas — Unframed.
This work will be shipped rolled in a tube.
Poynder's method emphasizes gesture, line, color, and space. Physi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Double Dip
Located in Toronto, CA
Alexander Rasmussen’s “Better Days Are Comin’.” This vibrant new series of abstracts was presented in part at Art Miami 2023, and the remaining pie...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Some scratched out, illegible writing in paint and graphite verso, which may have indicated the artist's original pricing, as well as a possible title.
...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Knuckleball
Located in Toronto, CA
Alexander Rasmussen’s “Better Days Are Comin’.” This vibrant new series of abstracts was presented in part at Art Miami 2023, and the remaining pieces are now being exhibited for the...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Abstract Pollock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "tennis" series in which he takes tennis balls submerged in acrylic paint and serves them against prints of famous paintings by Pollock, Bowler, etc.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Path Upwards, Contemporary Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Path Upwards is painted with oil and wax on canvas created in 2023. The painting contains layers of oil paint built up to a rich surface of whites and greys. The oil paint mixed with...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Sungazing
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Contour Detour No. 4 - colorful, abstract, pigmented plaster on board
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Yvonne Lammerich has used a dynamic pattern, bold colours and geometric form to create this visually stunning contemporary piece. The ‘building block ...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Plaster, Board, Pigment
Sand Rivers Run Fast
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Enchantment 04 (Abstract painting)
By Irene Nelson
Located in London, GB
Enchantment 04 (Abstract painting)
Ink on Arches paper 300g — Unframed
This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt.
The works of San Francisco Bay Area-based abstract painter Irene Nelson...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Where The Honey Flows
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and silver and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poe...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
LocoMotion, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Engaging in a diary-like approach, merging memory, stream of consciousness writing, and abstract mark-making this piece began as a sizable text-based painting, however, it gradually ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Through The Fields
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
"Pandemonium", Graffiti Styled / Abstract Expressionism Modern Vivid Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Motivation:
Graffiti styled, hip & funky, this piece gives a "go bold or go home!" energy!
This super fun piece, done in a "Street Art" Style, is guaranteed to add edge and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Spray Paint
"Colder", Street Styled, Abstract Expressionism, Black & White, Collage Acrylic
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Motivation:
FEEL the hip, funky, cool "Street Vibe" of this painting!
Created in a "Street Art" Style, this piece is compelling, edgy, chic and beautiful! " AND, it's not ju...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Spray Paint
Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Julien Airault (B.1979)
Untitled
Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm / 36.22 x 28.74 inches
With frame : 98 x 79 cm / 38.58 x 31.10 inches
2024
Born in 1979, Julien Airault is a French painter...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Sardinian Cove ' , mixed media C2003
Located in Frome, Somerset
Original piece, ,mixed media circa 2003. signed
dry mounted 50cmx50cm.
painting 32cm x 32cm.
Plein air study from the portfolio of his travels in Sardinia. Chosen by the artist to e...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Julien Airault (B.1979)
Untitled
Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm / 36.22 x 28.74 inches
With frame : 98 x 79 cm / 38.58 x 31.10 inches
2024
Born in 1979, Julien Airault is a French painter...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Glastonbury Nights' mixed media signed piece.
Located in Frome, Somerset
Fine piece painted at Glastonbury Festival .Mixed media signed. An amalgamation of experience in time and place.
Dry mount 50cmx 50cm
painting 32cm x 32cm
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Julien Airault (B.1979)
Untitled
Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm / 36.22 x 28.74 inches
With frame : 98 x 79 cm / 38.58 x 31.10 inches
2024
Born in 1979, Julien Airault is a French painter...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract abstract paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Nestor Toro, Giorgio Lo Fermo, Newel Hunter, and Sumit Mehndiratta. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Synthetic Resin Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available.
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