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
Windy Palm
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. With a high level of technical virtuosity Keifer creates...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Green Supernova : FRAMED, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Pamela Rys
Located in Yardley, PA
This is acrylic and objects painting on cotton and custom made canvas. The style is defined by sculptural use of paint. It is 3-D, built-up mixture of many layers of thick gesso, pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
abstract with green #490
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
Ocean - abstract painting in black, yellow, turquoise blue
By Lena Cher
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Abstraction art, made in yellow, black, white and turquoise blue. Can be positioned in horizontal or vertical mode.
Lena Chernyavskaya / LENA CHER
Born i...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Acrylic
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
Abstract Painting by Listed British artist Reds Blues Golds and Green Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Composition'
by Michael Haswell (British, 1931-2020)
inscribed verso
acrylic painting on box canvas (painted edges so do not require framing)...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
Yolanda Sanchez "The Faraway Nearby #4" - Abstract oil on paper
Located in New York, NY
Yolanda Sanchez
The Faraway Nearby #4, 2021
oil on paper
30 x 22
(san201)
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
Sunny 26°
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
Color of unloved #2 - 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, black and white. Can be positioned in horizontal or vertical mode, can be a part of diptych.
Lena Cher...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Epoxy Resin
Greens
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
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 an inch.
In this ongoing ser...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
Nocturne with Rose - Oil Paint on Canvas by Leo Guida - 1985
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nocturne with Rose is an Contemporary artwork realized in 1985 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original Oil on canvas, mixed media and ink.
Frame is in...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink and Cyan Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Pink and cyan abstract, an abstract expressionist oil painting by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned and unframed. Canvas is wrapped around 2" stretcher and painted...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Informal Painting - Oil Painting by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Informal Painting is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2014.
Original oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed and dated by the artist...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landed (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on anodized aluminum - Unframed.
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challenge the perception of...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gestural Abstraction, Miniature Abstract Expressionist Korean Modernist Painting
By Don Ahn
Located in Surfside, FL
*Card pictured after painting not included.
Dongkuk Ahn (1937-2013), better known as Don Ahn, was a South Korean artist and t'ai chi master who resided in New York City.
Don Ahn (A...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Ink
Refraction Green by Bernadette Jiyong Frank - Contemporary abstract oil painting
Located in DE
This abstract painting is highly reflective and depending on the light changes its color. Sometimes vividly green, sometimes a darker grey.
At the heart of each of Frank’s painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Oil
Caught Somewhere In Between, Alanna Eakin, Bright Abstract Landscape Painting
By Alanna Eakin
Located in Deddington, GB
ALANNA EAKIN
Caught Somewhere In Between
Original Abstract Landscape Painting
Acrylic On Canvas
Image Size: 80 cm x 80 cm x 4 cm
Framed Size: 85 cm x 85 cm x 5 cm
Sold Framed In A Na...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gestural Abstraction, Miniature Abstract Expressionist Korean Modernist Painting
By Don Ahn
Located in Surfside, FL
*Card pictured after painting not included.
Dongkuk Ahn (1937-2013), better known as Don Ahn, was a South Korean artist and t'ai chi master who resided in New York City.
Don Ahn (A...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Slow Turn (Abstract painting)
By Macyn Bolt
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed
Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and background, center and edg...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Big Blues", geometric, abstract, red, green, gold, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
Melissa Shaak’s “Big Blues” is a 50 x 38 inch abstract acrylic painting on paper. Dynamic blue stripes, swirls and zig-zags spill over the painting in an interplay of geometric patte...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Spring (fresh)
By Dion Johnson
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on paper
Dion Johnson’s studio practice exists at the intersection of intention and reaction. His pared down visual vocabulary in combination with hard-edged abstraction res...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Largest Blue, Orange, White, Green Abstraction" Bold Expressionist Colorful
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Largest Blue/Green Abstraction," Oil on Canvas, 36 x 36 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush abstraction, very expressionist and fluid in style in shades of white, g...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dancing birds, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Dancing birds Original painting representing three birds flying in a garden in Summer over the red roses. This painting has been realized with bright...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Map Voice #9, 10" Expressionist Abstract Green Colorful Gouache Modern Bold
By Susan Sharp
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Map Voice #9, 10"" 2020, Gouache and Spray Paint on Yupo (2 Panels, Diptych).
Abstraction in shades of bright chartreuse, blue, white and red.
Yupo is a plastic coated panel....
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Green Oasis, Abstract Oil Painting
By Mark Risius
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"As kids, we used to run around with grass stains on our jeans while playing under a blue sky with a limitless imagination as our guide," says artist Mark Ri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Forest Flood: abstract expressionism oil landscape in green with vertical lines
By Dennis Alter
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Dennis Alter's layered and textured abstract expressionism oil on canvas paintings are rich with painterly activity. Gestural brushwork, heavy impasto, an...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20 GREEN DOTS
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Acrylic on canvas, combined technique, framed ( frame may vary could be not the same as on the picture), inspired by the theme "Recycling". Signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
THALASSO 4 - Abstract Figurative Mint Green Painting on Canvas
By Chloe York
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
"Thalasso 4" is part of an on-going series of paintings by Chloe York centered around marine biology. Chloe’s work is flat and linear and always begins with a human head and shoulder...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bakersfield #10
Located in New York, NY
Bakersfield #10
2021
Cast acrylic on canvas
10 x 10 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Matt Enger’s new body of work evokes a mystical experience combining aspects of express...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Vinyl
"Here & There", Abstract Marine Landscape Turquoise & Red Touch Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork by Françoise Duprat depicts an abstract marine landscape in turquoise blue with red touch. In her early artist carrier Françoise painted mostly figurative & symbolist ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
American Contemporary Art by Harry James Moody - Abstract the Art Throb n°289 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Harry James Moody is a German artist born in 1952 who lives and works in Los Angeles, United States. He received his training as artist at the Frankfurt Stadel Fine A...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rational Abstractionism - Oil Painting 2012 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Rational Abstractionism is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2012.
Oil on canvas on plywood. Hand signed on lower left.
This contemporary artwork represents an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alanna Eakin, The Chase, Original Landscape Painting, Contemporary Bright Art
By Alanna Eakin
Located in Deddington, GB
ALANNA EAKIN
The Chase
Original Abstract Landscape Painting
Acrylic On Canvas
Image Size: 70 cm x 70 cm x 4 cm
Framed Size: 75 cm x 75 cm x 5 cm
Sold Framed In A Natural Bare Wood Tr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Borderland III, Contemporary Encaustic Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Borderland III
2020 Encaustic wax on board
Image 500 x 500 mm
Signed in a Welsh Oak frame
Image 50cm x 50cm
2020
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Board
Untitled VI, Large Abstract Painting by Dan Teis
By Dan Teis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dan Teis
Title: Untitled VI
Year: 1979
Medium: Acrylic and Collage on Canvas, Signed l.r.
Size: 44 in. x 55 in. (111.76 cm x 139.7 cm)
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the Garden Abstract Expressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous abstract expressionist landscape by Kristin Cohen (American, 20th Century). From a collection of her works. Unsigned and unframed. Image size: 24"H x 18"W.
A California ab...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Green Dress 2
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
Dolphin Dance 30
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed.
This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1-22”.
Those brush paintings are Pri...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Vellum
Landed (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on anodized aluminum - Unframed.
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challenge the perception of...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Verdor ( Green regrowth), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
XL abstract painting Acrylic on canvas Large impactful abstract piece inspired by nature with shades of green that resemble the tropics and bright undertones, pink, orange, red a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Glimpse - contemporary turquoise white abstract geometric oil painting on canvas
By Brian Neish
Located in London, GB
Brian Neish is fascinated by painted surfaces, particularly surfaces having to endure the extremes of sunlight, wind, frost and rain. He calls the appearance of these debilitating ef...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green Field, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Susan Ulrich
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic and graphe on heavy linen canvas paper. Matted and framed in 4-ply white archival mat and natural wood frame. Wired and signed on back, ready to hang. :: Painting :: Abstract...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Oil on Canvas “Renew”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
SLIPPING AWAY, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
A lazy afternoon is slipping away on a warm breeze. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Ye...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
BLUES & GREEN TURQUOISE French Expressionist Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blues, Greens & Turquoise
signed lower right
by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000)
oil painting on board, unframed
painting: 20 x 15.75 inches
Stunning original abstract expressi...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Small Abstraction #141" White, turquoise, green and yellow
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Small Abstract #141," Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush abstraction, very expressionist and fluid in style in shades of white, greens, turquo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Acadian Driftwood - Large Abstract Landscape Painting With Blue and Green Colors
Located in New York, NY
Andrei Petrov's "Acadian Driftwood" is a 66.5 x 48 inch landscape abstract painting on canvas. The main colors are blue and green. The reference to a natural landscape is clearly the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On solid ground (Iridescent spectra), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
On solid ground is a very intricate color field. Lines of gold, nickel red gold and iridescent green mica particles make a grid in and out of bold emerald...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Abstract Landscape" Mixed Media Painting
By John McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
John McCaw's (US based) "Abstract Landscape" is an abstract mixed media painting that depicts stark bright green and red shapes intersecting and weaving together, accented with black...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
"Small Abstract #138" Expressionist Oil in White, Blue, Green, Yellow Ochre
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Small Abstract #138," Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush abstraction, very expressionist and fluid in style in shades white, blue, green and y...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Box II
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on 300 lb. Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challenge the...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Richard Huntington 1970s Geometric Abstraction Large Mid Century Modern Triangle
Located in Buffalo, NY
A mid-century modern geometric abstract painting titled Beacon by American artist Richard Huntington. This work features bold colors and incredible texture.
Richard Huntington (b. ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
May - Aberglasney Garden. Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Abstract expressionist view of a enclosed garden with its bright colours and feathery textures. Very pretty painting, to be seen in the flesh.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pastures in late spring (2018), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Nature inspired abstract green shades, blues and earthy tones. Signed ORIGINAL FINE ABSTRACTS - ONE OF A KIND! I only make original works. Each is a one of a kind so you will hav...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Small Abstract #135" Expressionist Oil Greens, Orange, Red, Turquoise, White
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Small Abstract #135," Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush abstraction, very expressionist and fluid in style in shades of white, greens, red, o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
German Contemporary Art by Harry Moody - Abstract Green n°423
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil painting 2019
60 x 48 in
HARRY JAMES MOODY (GER)
Born in 1952
Lives & works in Los Angeles, USA
Harry Moody received his formal training as an artist at the Frankfurt Stadel Fine Art Academy, Frankfurt, Germany. He majored in Free Painting under the Professors Johannes Schreiter, Thomas Bayrle...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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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