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
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
Abstract Expression - Oil Painting 2019 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Expressionism is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2019.
Original colored oil on canvas.
Hand-signed and dated on the back.
Abstract Expressionism is a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dreamscapes 2, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Pamela Rys
Located in Yardley, PA
These are two paintings, sold together in a diptych series titled Dreamscapes. This is acrylic painting on canvas. This artwork is featuring MK Anisko. Only one such artwork in the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Bolder Strokes 27
By Julia Marc
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Julia Marc
Title : Bolder Strokes 27
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed upper right
Size: 60.75 x 60.75 in. (154.31 x 154.31 cm)
Frame Size: 61.25 x 61.25 inches
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Splash " Colorful Expressionist Ptg White/Turquoise/Chartreuse/ Orange/Lavender
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Splash"
2019
Oil on Canvas
36 x 36 Inches
Vividly colored Abstract Expressionist painting filled with light and energy, primarily in white, turquoise, chartreuse, light yellow, or...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Abstract Expression - Oil Painting 1994 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Expression is an original oil painting on canvas, realized in 1994 by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo.
Hand-signed and dated on the back.
This is a beautiful example o...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Expressive Abstract, Green Colour, Original Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Expressive Abstract, Green Colour, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist, Gustave von Loo
Signed indistinctly on the lower left hand corner and date...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Eduardo Infante, Adventure, 2017
Located in New York, NY
This is an abstract oil on paper. The background is a soft green, punctuated by shapes in bright yellow, pale blue and black lines spreading out across the right hand side of the pie...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
Composition, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
mixed media painting in floating frame :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Whompaloo
Located in Paris, IDF
Archival ink print on canvas, limited edition of 20 - artwork can be shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Anyway you look at it, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Anyway you look at it" is a bright artwork depicting nature, a forest, leaves. At the same time it is an abstract work with realistic connotations. Please have a look at the detail...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Yellow Volume, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Intuitive and gestural strokes, color contrast, balance and form come together in a layered, energetic composition :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certif...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
"Squiggles" Expressionist Abstraction in Yellow, White, Blue, Chartreuse and Red
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Squiggles"
2019
Oil on Canvas
36 x 36 Inches
Vividly colored Abstract Expressionist painting filled with light and energy, primarily in white, blue, chartreuse, yellow and orange....
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ph├╢nix aus der Asche, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a wonderful painting in all different shades of green. The painting has many layers of acrylic color. So a very deep impression shines through. It is colorful and also very m...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Intersect I
By Jodi Fuchs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jodi Fuchs is a contemporary abstract artist whose vibrant and expressive artworks exude a palpable energy that captivates viewers. Her signature style combines elements of abstract ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Adjacent 2 (Abstract drawing)
By Xanda McCagg
Located in London, GB
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 an effect on the whole.
On a s...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Pencil
Landscape expressions No.3, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Contemplative green abstract nature inspired, very texture and bold! signed. ORIGINAL FINE ABSTRACTS - ONE OF A KIND! I only make original works. Each is a one of a kind so you w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Green Fields" Colorful Expressionist Abstract Chartreuse, White, Turquoise
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Green Fields"
2019
Oil on Canvas
48 x 36 Inches
Vividly colored Abstract Expressionist painting filled with light and energy, primarily in white, chartreuse, blue, turquoise, burgu...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
PR 08
By Andre Costa
Located in New York, NY
Andre Costa, PR 08, Abstract Acrylic on Vinyl, 19.75 x 19.75, 2014
Colors: Green, White, Orange, Black, Yellow, White, Black
Andre Costa is Brazilian visual artist and author of the...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Marine
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Valerie Beller’s abstract paintings encourage visual exploration. Organic forms are both revealed and concealed amidst layers of paint. The streaked and stained surfaces of the canva...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Gottlieb View, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is part of a series entitled "In the name of" where I choose artists who have inspired me and paint with their body of work in mind. Influenced by Adolph Gottlieb ::...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
Foreign Frequencies, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Very textured painting with bold green background, yellow, blue some orange drips contrasting. For this piece I use mainly palette knifes and bold paint drips over and over again. lo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Austrian Contemporary Art by Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk - Philodendron
Located in Paris, IDF
After decades of accelerated technical experimentation and refinement, decades of waiting to finally have access to academia to study Art History, and being mentored by renowned arti...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Metamorphosis II
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece is one of two images of Metamorphosis. This one is the metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. The second painting, Metamorphosis I, is th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Dripology No.13
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas - artwork can be shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Confluent 3 (Study)
By Grant Wiggins
Located in New Orleans, LA
Grant Wiggins makes colorful paintings with dynamic compositions and clean lines. His vibrant geometric paintings draw upon the energy of contemporary graphic culture.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Panel
'Stricken', Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original acrylic, abstract painting created on regular style canvas. Note* Shipping to International locations 'Everywhere Else' is an estimate only. Please contact Zatista for a s...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Praxidike, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Pamela Rys
Located in Yardley, PA
This is abstract painting on canvas. The style is defined by sculptural use of paint. It is 3-D, built-up mixture of many layers of thick gesso, paint, sand and other materials. I'm...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Silk Road, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas. Predominantly red and green, with an asian influence. Ready to hang, no frame necessary. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an offici...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
Oil on Canvas “Understander 8” by abstract-figurative artist, Frank Arnold
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
Entracte, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Hal Mayforth
Located in Yardley, PA
Entracte means the interval between two acts of a play or opera. I named this Entracte because this painting spanned two studios. I started it in my studio in Vermont and finished it...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blooming, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
As an inveterate gardener, I am still always amazed by the growth of tiny seeds into flowering and fruiting plants. It's a daily miracle that reminds me of the great mysteries of lif...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
sbc 144 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
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 prose poem "The Pebble" by Fran...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Dia, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Pamela Rys
Located in Yardley, PA
This is abstract painting on canvas. I'm currently creating a new series of paintings about solar system. I'm inspired by the structure of Jupiter's Moons. This one was inspired by t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mango Cucumber, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Max Jones
Located in Yardley, PA
My work is about the quiet space in your head where snippets of life and feelings and memories live. An inspired sunset or mountain view brought to life in the form of abstract color...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Art & Architecture - OVG, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is the second in the new series called Art & Architecture. A new series in which an interaction and synergy is sought between art and architecture. This painting is a r...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
City Green
Located in Los Angeles, CA
City Green
Soft Geometry Series
2017
Acrylic on canvas
28X40"
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse side
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Envy, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Max Jones
Located in Yardley, PA
My work is about the quiet space in your head where snippets of life and feelings and memories live. An inspired sunset or mountain view brought to life in the form of abstract color...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
#06 Silver Lake Series, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
large colorful Abstract Painting on canvas :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Sign...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Exmoor from the A361, abstract landscape painting with yellow and green
By Gina Parr
Located in Deddington, GB
Abstract landscape painting ” Exmoor from the A361″ from Gina Parr’s series “Down to earth.”
This series is an emotional response and celebration of the fundamental elements of the D...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Enchanted Spectra 7 (Late Spring), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Bold paint strokes, bright colors and very contemplative! The focus was texture, color and a composition with energy and movement. High grade Golden acrylics. Signed ORIGINAL FINE...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Eco Loco, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Hal Mayforth
Located in Yardley, PA
A verdant composition of loose brushstrokes on a green background punctuated by oranges and peach colors. Painted in the dead of winter. Almost like I was trying to will myself towar...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Round 10, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is one of a series of works on used boxing ring canvas. I use color field, as the colors fight to dominate the canvas, much like fighters in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
93 MILLION MILES V
Located in Tulsa, OK
93 million miles V by artist Leroy Projects is a green and blue contemporary abstract mixed media on panel that measures 24 x 24 and is priced at $1,200.
The goal of Leroy Projects ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
"Holding On" Abstract Contemporary Modern Blue Yellow Bright Mixed Media
By Nancy Berlin
Located in Wellesley, MA
Holding On, 2016, Mixed Media on Wood Panel, 18 x 14 Inches.
Playful geometric abstraction of multi-layered shapes, textures, and linear elements in shades of turquoise, yellow, gra...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Your Open Heart, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil On Canvas Inspired By Natural Elements, Life, Love And Dreams. My Abstract Paintings Are All About Creating Excitement For The Viewer Through Concentrated Exploration. Each Paint...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Changes-Translucent yellow organic abstract landsc, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Brighten Up Any Room With This BOLD STATEMENT Piece! This painting is a vibrant and bold explosion of color, texture and color contrasts. This piece was complete with iridescent a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Open Green
By Henry Botkin
Located in Concord, MA
HENRY BOTKIN (1896-1983)
Open Green, 1960
Oil on paperboard on board
34 x 44 inches
Signed at lower right: Botkin
Signed, titled and dated verso
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Every Green
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Dawn Arrowsmith’s paintings are meditations in color. It has been said that each is a kind of minimalist luxury – pure, distilled, economical, but also rich, luscious, erotic. Her wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Deposito De Oro
By Aileen Chong
Located in Tulsa, OK
Deposito De Oro by artist Aileen Chong is a green, blue, brown, and black contemporary abstract mixed media painting on canvas that measures 24 x 18 and is priced at $1,700.
Aileen ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Red Turquoise Abstract Oil Painting On Canvas 38x38" , Only a Love, Irena Orlov
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Red Turquoise Abstract Oil Painting On Stretched Canvas 38 x 38" Only a Love, Irena Orlov
SPECIFICATIONS: - Artist-grade canvas. - 1" ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Slow Turn
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
"Beach Walk #4" Large abstraction, turquoise, burgundy, chartreuse, blue, green
By Susan Sharp
Located in Wellesley, MA
Beach Walk #4, 2018, Oil on 2 Panels, 48 x 72 Inches (Diptych)
These 2 panels can be installed with a slight amount of space in between or with no space at all.
Vivid abstraction ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled 12
By Jeffrey Pitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
Jeffrey Pitt’s intricate paintings evolved out of the artist’s desire to interpret culture based on artistic and ceremonial expression. With a B.A. in Anthropology, Pitt has a great ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Board
Cosmic Editing
By Ken Tate
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louisiana non-figurative artist Ken Tate’s art explores the more emotional aspects of the human condition.
The impetus for the current work comes from the writings of Beats such as ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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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