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
Color: Green
Spring glimmer 3, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract with vivid nature inspired colors, shades of green, yellow and some orange, with gloss finish. Created using palette knifes and fine paint layers. Signed in front. Ready to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Icon with Flare
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Icon with Flare depicts a glance into the sun.
Keywords: icon, bright, sun, burst, blue, red, pink, sky, flare
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
reflections, Painting, Oil on Paper
By Laura Spring
Located in Yardley, PA
This is cold wax painting on paper. Cold wax medium is made from beeswax, it is mixed with oil paints to paint. the paintng needs to be framed for display. Painting has gold accents....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Baby
By Sunny Taylor
Located in Park City, UT
Sunny Taylor’s abstract paintings embody a built, almost sculptural aesthetic, with strong ties to architectural influences. Her compositions and patterns are developed through metic...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sure thing Butterfly (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Sure thing Butterfly (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on hot pressed Arches paper - Unframed.
Brent Hallard is an Australian - born artist and co organiser of The Shape of Things. His w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Black / White House
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This contemporary political Black White House painting is a social critique of America and racism. Los Angeles-based Milan Tiff addresses issues of systemic...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vertical garden 2 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Vertical garden 2 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, oil pastel and graphite on canvas - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
This artwork will be shi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Vertical garden 1 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Vertical garden 1 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, oil pastel and graphite on canvas - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
This artwork will be shi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
11.7 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
Located in London, GB
11.7 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Casein and ink on paper - Unframed
Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and t...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Casein
Subatomic, abstract pattern green oil painting
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dimitri says, "One of the things I like about this painting is that it changes with the light and seems to be extra-awake in the darkness. The first of a series."
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green forest glimmer 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Contemplative bold landscape painting with vibrant color blending, contrast and details. Textured with layers of green, olive green, beige, iridescent clear paint and earthy underton...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
11.7 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
Located in London, GB
Casein and ink on paper - Unframed
Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and the animated image.”
Her work is in the...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Casein
Without Titel - contemporary expressionistic abstract painting, green landscape
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Without Titel" is a large, unique oil on canvas painting of German artist Willi Bucher. It depicts an abstract, metaphysical landscape in thick green oi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Country Road Trip 2
By Jodi Fuchs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jodi Fuchs creates modern abstract expressionistic artworks with undeniable energy. Years of inquiry into the metaphysical aspects of life have influenced her studio practice. This i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Survey 4 (Abstract painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Survey 4 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
This work is part of an ongoing series started in 2012 and titled Survey.
McGlynn is interested in how a minimal...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
sbc 195 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 195 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Linen - Unframed
Like sbc 194, this acrylic painting on medium-weave linen deviates from Cantrick’s habitual formats.
Indeed, the seascape f...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Ponder II, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Ponder II - is part of a pair of small geometric paintings that are little color studies and small pieces I work on as I find working small a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Greens (Abstract Painting)
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Greens (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on acrylic panel - Unframed
Each panel is 9 inches square. They hang from a cleat system which makes them appear to “float” off the wall .25 of a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
"Haywire" Painting by Casey Haugh, Acrylic on Canvas, REP by Tuleste Factory
By Casey Haugh
Located in New York, NY
"So many of us all are constantly living in the past or busy planning the future, and
that’s okay, but allow yourself to gaze upon this work and maybe reconnect with some primal sens...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Survey 4 (Abstract painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Survey 4 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
This work is part of an ongoing series started in 2012 and titled Survey.
McGlynn is interested in how a minimal...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
sbc 139 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 139 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on linen - Unframed
This acrylic painting on linen is one of 8 medium-scale paintings that Cantrick produced for her 2012 series based on the pr...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
No Diving: large contemporary abstract painting in green, yellow &orange
By Paula Cahill
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
**Please send zip code for precise shipping costs and timeline. I will work with you to get the best possible rates and speediest shipping.** Excellent delivery rates within the Grea...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Felt Pen
Bright and Colorful Green Korean Monochrome Painting " Spring" by Hyun Ae Kang
By Hyun Ae Kang
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Hyun Ae Kang is an internationally renowned Korean-American artist. She represents Korean Dansaekhwa movement - “monochrome painting” – a style of abstract painting that arose during...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Oil
Bright & Colorful French Abstract Oil Painting Amazing Shapes & Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
French School, circa 1970's
oil painting on board, unframed
size: 18 x 21.5 inches
condition: overall good and sound
provenance: from a private collection in Par...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Chinese mythology" abstract acrylic oxidation on linen canvas 100x80cm 2020
Located in Roscoff, FR
"Chinese mythology" abstract acrylic oxidation on linen canvas 100x80cm 2020 send in wood crate at cost
travel memory, need to paint red
red made me think of dragons, oxidized that we see in the multitude of temples of South-West Asia to temples I associate the deep reds of the pillars and frayed silks
Emmanuelle vroelant...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Marble
Changing For You, Sarah Foat, Original Abstract Graffiti Street Art Painting
By Sarah Foat
Located in Deddington, GB
Changing For You by Sarah Foat [2021]
original
Acrylic paint on canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:3.5cm
Sold Unframed
Pl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dolphin Dance 30 (Abstract Drawing)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 30 (Abstract Drawing)
Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed.
This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Vellum
sbc 194 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 194 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Polyester - Unframed
Like sbc 169 and 204, this painting applies acrylic to a polyester canvas, an extremely smooth surface that Cantrick fin...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Polyester, Acrylic
Unfolding 4, Nicky Marais, Acrylic and ink on paper, abstract painting, series
By Nicky Marais
Located in Windhoek, NA
Unfolding 4, 2019. Acrylic and ink on paper.
Nicky Marais is a Namibian artist, educator and activist who lives and works in Windhoek. Marais is well-known for her abstract artworks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Landed (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Landed (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on anodized aluminum - Unframed.
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
sbc 139 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 139 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on linen - Unframed
This acrylic painting on linen is one of 8 medium-scale paintings that Cantrick produced for her 2012 series based on the pr...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Modernist Rolling Hills Countryside Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold modernist landscape of rolling hills and trees in the countryside by Allie “Bill” Skelton (American, 1942-1986).. The paint on this piece is thick and textured. Unsigned, unfram...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Slow Turn (Abstract painting)
By Macyn Bolt
Located in London, GB
Slow Turn (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed
Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Different Nomenclatures. Contemporary Abstract Encaustic Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Different Nomenclatures 2019
Encaustic wax & oil colour on deep-fame board
600 x 600 mm
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil, Wax
How Birds See II: contemporary abstract painting w/ bird in white green & purple
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"How Birds See II" is a musing on birds ability to see a greater variety of colors than humans. Murphy imagines that they see a patterned spectrum of colors and chroma that pops like flowers.
"As an artist, my paintings, prints, sculpture and public art are made with the attentiveness of a scientist, observing our natural world beyond the visible surface. My interest lies in the interconnected qualities of art and science, specifically the micro / macro patterns that reveal our connectedness; be it migratory avian flight patterns shared commonality with immigration routes, or how light pollution maps mirror viral molecular patterns, or aerial views of watershed systems that reveal vascular patterns. Through the act of creating, I am aware of being both infinitesimally minute and integrally part of a larger whole. It is this dichotomy and the vastness of these images that provides perspective to our humanity."
- Deirdre Murphy...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Green Composition - Acrylic Paint by Leo Guida - 1980s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Green Composition is an original Contemporary artwork realized by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original Acrylic painting on canvas.
Frame is included (49,5 X 2,5 X ...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sunny 26° (Abstract Painting)
By Holly Miller
Located in London, GB
Sunny 26° (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed.
The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connec...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Acrylic, Graphite
View (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
View (Abstract Photography)
Unique - Photography/painting, mixed media - Unframed. Signed by the Artist at the back.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Artworks are of the highest a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
"Texture Love" Mixed Media abstract with textural greens, red and turquoise
By Nancy Eckels
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Exhibiting the bold colors and textures that her work is known for, "Texture Love" is a beautiful abstract painting by Nancy Eckelson on a box canvas. Using sculptural texture with...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Other Medium
sbc 194 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 194 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Polyester - Unframed
Like sbc 169 and 204, this painting applies acrylic to a polyester canvas, an extremely smooth surface that Cantrick fin...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Polyester, Acrylic
Pinky Tuscadero
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A graduate from Art Center College of Design and The Claremont Graduate School, Couwenberg worked under the guidance of Karl Benjamin, one of the leading figures in the Southern Cali...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Green Whirl (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Green Whirl (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
For Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks. The marks c...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
sbc 195 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 195 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Linen - Unframed
Like sbc 194, this acrylic painting on medium-weave linen deviates from Cantrick’s habitual formats.
Indeed, the seascape f...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
“Towards Yesterday”, Woman with Birds Figurative Portrait Green Acrylic Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Named "Towards Yesterday", this painting depicts figuratively a woman elegantly dressed immersed with birds in an abstract landscape of nature full of light, as if she is immersed in...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Green Whirl (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas - Unframed
For Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks. The marks coalesce into a structure, a loose...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Time for Lime, bright green abstract expressionist painting on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Kinship 7", abstract, webs, bubbles, ovals, blue, green, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
Denise Driscoll's "Kinship 7" considers the complexity of relationship in a 24 x 24 inch abstract painting on canvas in violet, blue and green against a deep indigo background. Irreg...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Adjacent 2 (Abstract drawing)
By Xanda McCagg
Located in London, GB
Adjacent 2 (Abstract drawing)
Pencil and paint stick on paper. Unframed.
This work on paper is about Minimalism and exploring minimalist ideas of small moments where one thing has ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Pencil
Rainbow Clouds - Rainbow Rain, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
READY TO HANG - GALLERY QUALITY - FREE SHIPPING - with the edges painted. A very beautiful colourful textured large abstract painting combined with very calm and peaceful rusty area...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
abstract with green #489
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Harry Moody is originally from Germany and is now a Los Angeles-based abstract painter. He received his formal art training at the Frankfurt Stadel Fine Art Academy in Germany. Moody...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Color of unloved #1 - abstraction art, made in orange, yellow, red and turquoise
By Lena Cher
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Abstraction art, made in orange, yellow, turquoise and black. Can be positioned in horizontal or vertical mode, can be a part of diptych.
Lena Chernyavsk...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Epoxy Resin
Survey 4 (Abstract painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
This work is part of an ongoing series started in 2012 and titled Survey.
McGlynn is interested in how a minimally-determined presentation of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
No Titel- contemporary expressionistic abstract painting, metaphysical landscape
Located in Hamburg, DE
"No Titel" is a large, unique oil on canvas painting of German artist Willi Bucher. It depicts an abstract, metaphysical landscape in thick green ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yolanda Sanchez "The Faraway Nearby #3" - Oil painting on paper
Located in New York, NY
Yolanda Sanchez
The Faraway Nearby #3, 2021
oil on paper
30 x 22
(san200)
Yolanda’s work is not intended as a narrative or rendering of a subject, she references nature, gardens, fl...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
The Green Dress 9
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media
View (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
View (Abstract Photography)
Unique - Photography/painting, mixed media - Unframed. Signed by the Artist at the back.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Artworks are of the highest a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Box II (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Box II (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on 300 lb. Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objec...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Sunny 26° (Abstract painting)
By Holly Miller
Located in London, GB
Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed.
The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting and at the same time a tra...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Thread, Acrylic, Graphite
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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