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: Orange
French Contemporary Art by Murielle Argoud - Magic Orphic III
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media (oil with color, pigments, sand) on canvas
Signature at the bottom right
Murielle Argoud is a French artist born in 1954 who lives and wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
1000 Stars New Constellations (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
1000 Stars New Constellations (Abstract painting)
Acrylic paint on canvas - Unframed.
This work is exclusive to IdeelArt.
This work is part of the series Asphalt Abstracted Ad Astra...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Tailor. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Paul Wadsworth is one of the UK’s leading exponents of Expressionist paintings. His pieces are heavily worked with layers of richly applied paint, the result is paintings that sing w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Geoforms 69
Located in King, ON
This abstract painting from new Series “Geoforms” is inspired by minimalism, modern art and hard edge.
Work is signed, dated and tilted by Artist on the back. Signed certificate of a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Shape 19 (2019) - Abstract shape, work on paper, geometric, minimalist, orange
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 19 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, geometric art, acrylic on 300gsm archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Orange on white.
Min...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Real 05
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Is a captivating masterpiece that embodies the essence of the action painting movement. With its vibrant display of colors against a pristine white backdrop, this artwork emanates an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Power of Colors 16
Located in King, ON
This abstract painting from new Series “Power of Colors” is inspired by minimalism, modern art and hard edge.
This work is signed, dated and tilted by Artist on the back. This work w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hoga Hoda Walking The Dawn
Located in Greenwich, CT
Thomas Easley’s mastery of the female form is evident in this reclining nude. Painted with smooth and precise strokes of the palette knife in tonal shade...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage American School Precisionist Cat Portrait Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American School cat portrait painting. Cubist / Precisionist style Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Framed. Image size, 29.25 by 23.25H.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fantasy II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Intuitive composition, fantasy, oil on canvas, I love Gaudi :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Four Hills - vibrant, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
BC artist Pat Service is well known for her beautiful landscapes. In the last few years she has interpreted those images in minimalist form rendered in vivid colours. Four Hills is a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Look At Me #8 Contemporary Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Look At Me #8 Contemporary Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel
The Look At Me series references society’s hunger for attention. Social media, news outlets, and the pres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
No One is Sleeping
Located in Nashville, TN
Kelly Brumfield-Woods (b. 1966, Los Angeles) received an acceptance to Otis College of Art and Design in mid-1980s, the same time she was asked to be Studio Assistant for Mary Corse....
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Glitter, Acrylic
Tangerine Dream #6
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Tangerine Dream #6 By Lucy Moore [2022]
original
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:61 cm x W:76 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:61 cm x W:76 cm x D...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Intuitiv Structures II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Intuitive composition, a way of interconnecting between two complementary colors. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ecuadorian Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Doïna Vieru is an Ecuadorian-Moldavian artist born in 1978 who lives & works in France, Paris. She always preferred pas/pas/passionately the image to the word and all ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fire Lake
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This painting expresses the reflections and emotions of fire on a lake. These reflections can be beautiful, and could be the reflection of a colourful sunset or something more sinist...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Retrato en Amarillos, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
190x190cm
Signed
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About the artist
Enrique Pichardo (Mexico...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mas Rojo
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
"Mas Rojo", as hte name implies, is "More Red" in an Oil on Canvas painting. Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Since March #6 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
This 18 x 18 inch oil painting on canvas is stretched on heavy-duty stretcher bars. The sides are white. This piece is not framed. Please inquire if you have any questions at all.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Big Little #144 (Contemporary Plaid Cross-Hatched Pattern Geometric Abstraction)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Big Little #144" (Contemporary Abstract Geometric Painting) by Vincent Pomilio
Colorful abstract painting on panel made with mixed media in a bright red and white palette
acrylic, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Marble
Pink Dawn, Original Pink and Orange Art, Abstract Skyscape Art, Affordable Art
By Janet Keith
Located in Deddington, GB
Pink Dawn is an original abstract painting by Janet Keith. The painting is warm and full of life - a dance of flickering brush strokes in a harmony of pinks, oranges and yellow - evo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Sunrise in The Tropics, Warm Tones Abstract Landscape, Yellow, Orange, Geometric
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Moulded by Water, Abstract Landscape Painting, Contemporary Scottish Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Scott Naismith’s painting Moulded by Water is an original painting that has been created using oil and spray paint on linen canvas. Scott Naismith usually paints bright and vibrant a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Wonders Sea 2
By Laura Berman
Located in West Des Moines, IA
Laura Crehuet Berman is a native of Barcelona, Spain, where her love for pattern, design and bold colors originated. Her work’s focus on relationships and recombination of forms rela...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Monoprint, Mixed Media
Provence Sun-Kissed Landscape, Warm Tones Abstract Fields, Red & Blue Grid Duo
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Variations on Verticals No 3
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Artist: George Dannatt
Title: Variations on Verticals No 3
Reference no: 0320/3
Date: 1973
Medium: Oil & pencil on paper
Image: 4 x 4” 10.1 x 10.1 cm
Frame: 9 x 9” 22.8 x 22.8 cm
Ex...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Pencil
The Golden Globe
By Karl Momen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Momen is the creator of the Metaphor: The Tree of Utah, an 87-foot (27 m) sculpture resembling a tree in the Bonneville Salt Flats off of Interstate 80. He financed the project himself and built it from 1982 to 1986, afterwards donating the sculpture to the state of Utah.
Known For remaining true to the initiation he received early in his career into the modernist paradigm that still informs his distinctive style to the present day. Momen is the most long-lived exponent of early twentieth century Geometric abstraction movement.
bauhaus, futurism art...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Abstract composition on paper 12x9inches
Created for the Earth Day 2023
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Kaleidoscope 5, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of artist Natasha Tayles' ongoing Circles series, she envisions bright light emerging from the darkness. Natasha paints a kaleidoscopic feast for the eyes ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Spaced Out Abstract Impressionism
Located in Soquel, CA
Spaced Out Abstract Impressionism
A vibrant abstract painting in reds accented in raven black, white latex paint, and shimmering metallic gold, by Californ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Latex, Paper, Acrylic
Just Peachy
Located in Fresno, CA
This square edge filled canvas presents a warm-fuzzy of perfectly blended pigment. “Just Peachy” is from the “Mindfulness Circle” series by artist Ethan Blu,...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ovals in Red-Orange no. 1
By Ryan Snow
Located in Napa, CA
Earth pigment on raw canvas poplar wood frame
Ryan Snow is an environmental artist creating visual meditations through abstract painting, analog photography and digital media. His f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
Entity - Dual Nature (Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, Josef Albers)
By Susan Kiefer
Located in Kansas City, MO
Susan Kiefer
Entity - Dual Nature
Oil on Canvas
Year: 2022
Size: 24x24x1.35
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1489
Tags: hard-edged abstract, geometric shapes, pattern, irregular shapes, orange, green, purple, secondary triad
Two irregular shapes on a purple base overlap on a patterned orange background
Though born and raised in Kansas City, artist Susan Kiefer lived on the west coast for 30 years where she earned her BFA and MFA in printmaking from California College of Arts in San Francisco.
Kiefer moved back to Kansas City in 2014, exhibiting geometric abstracts in various local galleries since. More recently, Kiefer has revisited figurative paintings as her perspective of expression. For Kiefer, the human body inspires mythical and visceral themes.
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Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil, Canvas
Le Cyprès Abstract Geometric Landscape with Cypress Tree - Acrylic 2004
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored hard edge and geometric land scape by Antoine RENAULT (French B-20th c). He has been painting seriously since 1987 He started practicing t...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spill (Climbers)
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunshine, Original Abstract Painting, Floral Art, Springtime Art, Summertime Art
By Janet Keith
Located in Deddington, GB
Tumbling Autumn is an original abstract painting by Janet Keith. The painting is a warm and vibrant expression in rich yellows and orange in transparent and opaque brush marks and wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Periodo Messicano 2
Located in Baranzate, IT
TITLE: Periodo Messicano 2
ARTIST: Ornella Uboldi
YEAR: 2018
CLASSIFICATION: Unique
MEDIUM TYPE: Painting
MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Acrylic on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 100 x 80 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Values & Principles Stage II
Located in Southampton, NY
As Molina developed a deeper connection to the art world, he began to notice a positive correlation with this emotions. As he shares, art is “like a therapy in the way of expressing ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunny Side Yellow Abstract With Texture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Sunny Side, 2022
Artist signed verso, natural pigment , mixed media on canvas size 60"x50" framed 64x54x2
This painting by Alexander and Natalia Gore husb...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pigment, Mixed Media
Oval Orb in Orange no. 1
By Ryan Snow
Located in Napa, CA
Earth pigment on raw canvas poplar wood frame
Ryan Snow is an environmental artist creating visual meditations through abstract painting, analog photography...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
The Meaning Of It All (Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, Hard Edge, Albers)
By Susan Kiefer
Located in Kansas City, MO
Susan Kiefer
The Meaning Of It All
Oil on Canvas
Year: 2022
Size: 24x30x1.35in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1052
Though born and raised in Kansas City, artist Susan Kie...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Ovals In Orange no. 3
By Ryan Snow
Located in Napa, CA
Earth pigment on raw canvas poplar wood frame
Ryan Snow is an environmental artist creating visual meditations through abstract painting, analog photography...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
Untitled
By TANC
Located in Marrakech, MA
Ink and Spray paint on canvas
Signature on back
Black outter frame
Framed dimensions : 167x157x5 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Spray Paint
Baram 27
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement of the air)." The "Baram Series" portrays the moment of the air that's stopped in a simple two-dimensional form. Thus, the wind in the Baram Series represents the "present", which means the wind that has already blown represents the "past", and the wind that is about to blow represents the "future".
Our wind in the past may be calm...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Bowman - Cadmium Orange
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Artist: George Dannatt
Title: Bowman - Cadmium Orange
Reference no: 0325/2
Date: 1974
Medium: Drawing on oil wash on paper
Image: 13 1/2 x 6 ½” 34.2 x 16.4 cm
Frame: 19 x 11 7/8” 48....
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Pencil
“Colours of freedom”
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
It’s favourite colours of Ukrainians, maybe not just Ukrainians, these are colours of freedom and resistance. 2022
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dusk Air
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Christine Nobel’s dabs & systems explores the connections, similarities and differences between the handmade and the digital. Taken from the foundation of the artist’s practice of ex...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Oil, Wood Panel
Spring Awakening, Abstract Expressionist Figurative Garden by Dana Wegter
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly energetic and abstracted garden flowers and the hint of a figure emerge from this abstract expressionist explosion of color and form, by Dana Wegter (American, 20th-21st Century), 2000. Signed and dated "Dana Wegter '00" lower right. Displayed in a bright yellow mat...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Equanimity - rich, bold, colourful, impasto, gestural abstract acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this intense and provocative painting by Joseph Drapell, a rainbow of bright colours swirls around the canvas. Gradations of orange, purple, pink, lime green, sky blue and white draw the viewer into the center of this gorgeous piece. The Czech-born artist creates remarkably vibrant paintings using trowels...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Omaggio A Morandi, 2020, Pittura Analitica, Tecnica mista su tela
Located in Milano, IT
Tecnica mista con acetato su tela di recente realizzazione del maestro della Pittura Analitica Vincenzo Cecchini, dalla serie "Omaggio a Morandi".
L'...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Mixed Media
"Second Summer" - Colorful Non-Objective Painting - orange
By Laura Dargan
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Second Summer" is an abstract painting featuring hues of orange and green.
Laura Dargan is inspired by the work of Adolph Gottlieb, Sonia Delaunay and Richard Diebenkorn.
Laura Dar...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Show must go on VI
Located in Barcelona, ES
Obra vendida con factura de la galería y certificado de autenticidad
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Abstraction in Coral, Aqua and Gold', 1970's American School Abstract Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
American School, unsigned and painted circa 1975.
A vivid and upbeat oil abstract comprising discrete areas of golden-yellow, coral and aqua-turquoise...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Chalk, Pastel, Acrylic
Opus 28 XI
Located in Barcelona, ES
Obra vendida con factura de la galería y certificado de autenticidad
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Levons l'ancre XII
Located in Barcelona, ES
Obra vendida con factura de la galería y certificado de autenticidad
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Proposition (Set of Four) - large, colourful, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt is making a bold proposition in this dramatic series of four large paintings designed to be displayed together. Each of the four canvases offers a stunning visual dialogue in blocks of colour—reds, purples, orange, greens, blues, black and white for contrast. Ristvedt is known as a master colourist who uses colour to express thought and emotion. Art Critic Barry Lord (Art in America) declared that Ristvedt’s paintings were ‘more insistent than Bush, more consciously structured than Molinari.’
“They are meant to be ‘read’ together in the same viewing space. The conversations between them are intense.” Milly Ristvedt
Born in British Columbia, Ristvedt studied at the Vancouver School of Art (now the Emily Carr University) and had her first solo exhibit at the Carmen Lamanna Gallery in Toronto. In the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with famed Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Cercles I/XII
Located in Barcelona, ES
With traces of mathematical equations based on four points B, A, C, H.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
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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