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
Chaud (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Chaud (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
French abstract artist Jérémie Iordanoff blends the visual languages of Western Modernist...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Red Pink Wild Flowers on Orange Design by British Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Abstract Red, Pink, Yellow & White Wild Flowers on an Orange Background by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. From the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
#6 School of Paris, Contemporary Modern Abstract Oil Paint on Stretched Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Medium Size Oil painting on stretched Canvas Contact Gallery for Framing Options.
BIO
David Headley was born in Washington, PA, in 1946. He has a BA in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conference of the Birds 68 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Conference of the Birds 68 (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet comple...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Happy Gypsy Dance 18, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A very beautiful large colorful abstract painting with many neon nuances, havy textured with palette knife, vibrant and emotional. READY TO HANG - GALLERY QUALITY It's all about co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Alive
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
The canvas is a continuation of a series of works Confused Sky. The author introduces man into his landscapes. now there are signs of life. for the author it is a symbolic step and r...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Celestial Abstract Tryptic, "Vertical State Tryptic"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil triptych painting by San Diego artist, Julia San Roman. Its dimensions are 60" x 60" It is unframed. A certificate...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Life at the Blue Bar #5, Abstract Yellow Acrylic Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Life at the Blue Bar #5, Abstract Yellow Acrylic Painting, 2017
24" x 20" x 1.5" (HxWxD)
Unframed, but comes "cloth-edged" (black) and ready to display with hanging wire
Artist Comm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache
Like a Summer (Abstract Painting)
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Like a Summer (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on acrylic panel (plexi) - Unframed.
This work on plexiglass is part of an ongoing series titled Hue[s]pace, it comes with a cleat system ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
Mimulius
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil on Canvas "Center"
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
“Center” is 60”x48” The impasto surface stages a range of yellow and gold earth tones. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest quality materials for a truly archival piece, crea...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Number 78
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This work is numbered as it in a similar style to others in a long series that spans several years. The numbered series are large-format artworks. This work explores the idea of shad...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Varnish, Acrylic
Flower Shop 2
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Natasha Tayles describes this painting as an abstract expression of the flower shops she passes on the street. I am filled with wonderment of how different al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled 1663 - Acrylic Painting by Sergio Boaretto - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled 1663 is one of the best works by the Italian artist Sergio Boaretto. It is made on wooden board, painted in acrylic in 2020.
The author ranges between colors playing from o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pacific Orange
By Stan Brodsky
Located in Lawrence, NY
Brodsky was a "romantic" painter, although he painted abstractly, and a master colorist. His abstract works are not "action paintings" in the sense of De Kooning or Pollock, but expl...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Austrian Contemporary Art by Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk - La Joie de Vivre
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
Acrylic, Canvas
Aerography II Original abstract resin painting
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
So much energy!
Keywords: abstract, resin, color, abstract, marble, painting
Artist Biography:
Created during her daily art and meditation practice, Michelle’s ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin
Metamorphosis, Original Acrylic Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Metamorphosis, Original Acrylic Painting, 2021
This is a finger painted, original painting.
Created in New York City
Professional grade acrylic paint on wood panel
Ready to hang wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Anima, Abstract Oil Painting
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This piece captures the inner feminine side of a man which instinctively releases nurturing energies," states artist Shyun Song. "The blue on blue rectangle st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Discourse, Abstract Oil Painting
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This piece illustrates an inner dialogue which we frequently go through by exchanging and interchanging our thoughts, ideas, knowledge, and views," explains ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Reflection - Acrylic on Canvas by Laura Placa - 2020s
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful abstract painting Reflection was realized by the artist Laura Placa, an Italian documentary director, street photographer, and abstractionis...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orange Abstract Composition - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Orange Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2021.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed, titled and dated on the back of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Visible Things, abstraction in Orange
By John Zinsser
Located in Greenwich, CT
Visible Things is a striking work in rich orange by highly respected abstract artist John Zinsser. The pasto and thickness of the paint is sculptural in feel. Zinsser paints his wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Abstract Expressionist Textured Painting, "In Flight"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a king original acrylic expressionist landscape painting titled by San Diego artist, Sherry Beaton Krulle. Its dimensions are 24...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Geometric Abstract Painting by Listed British artist Red Blue Navy Gold 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
Bloomstone (Banded Ziggurat) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Bloomstone (Banded Ziggurat) (Abstract Painting)
Mixed media on canvas panel - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Although the initial inspiration for a painting might come f...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Blue, Yellow, Orange and Cream Toned Abstract Figurative Landscape with Lake
By Wayman Adams
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, yellow, orange, and cream toned abstract field landscape depicting a figure in blue reading a book. Matted in linen and framed in a carved vintage frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 14.25 in. x W 19.5 in.
Artist Biography: Wayman Elbridge Adams (September 23, 1883 – April 7, 1959) was an American painter best known for his portraits of famous people...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Lonely Tree, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The Lonely Tree - The Tree fascinating me. I made several paintings inspired by their majestic posture, by their change of colors with the seasons and by the variety of forms ... The...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Orange Spots - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Orange Spots is an artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2021.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin: G. Lo Fer...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Solares 52 X 42
By Mimi Bates
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The brilliant yellow of Solaris is oil paint on aluminum and is 52 X 42 inches.
Mimi Bates:
"As a child I loved to paint and draw on my bedroom walls. Inspired by the images in the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lost In (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Lost In (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
This work is exclusive to IdeelArt.
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube.
This method is especial...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Breather (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Breather (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 coal...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green Comma (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Green Comma (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sindibad's Voyage - contemporary abstract colourful acrylic painting
Located in London, GB
Following a BA in Fine Art at Portsmouth, Brian Bartlett was awarded a travel scholarship to the USA, where he gained his Masters Degree at the University of Eastern Illinois.
Brian...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
This Dirt, Ain't My Home, Abstract Ink Painting, 2019
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece was originally inspired by the Aspen trees that are all over the state of Colorado. They are my favorite trees and are beautiful all year long, even wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
Ethereal Abstraction 28, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting is part of artist Patrick O'Boyle's ongoing Ethereal Abstraction series. Vibrant hues in orange, yellow, peach, and neon green blend boldly togeth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
City Life (Circa 2017) - Vivid Abstract Expressionism Colorful Original Painting
By Dez Gaskin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Desireé Gaskin (Dez) is a self-taught artist living and working in Dallas, Texas. Her artistic style is a form of abstract expressionism ruled by her creative imagination and love fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract in Three Dimensions
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper
Jo Aarons Gallery Label en verso
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than ...
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Fervor, Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas, 2016
By Julie Gudger
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This one was fun, I haven't done a bright piece like this in a long time. It shows expression and happiness I am feeling about life right now!
Keywords: Bright, b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lost In (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Lost In (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
This work is exclusive to IdeelArt.
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube.
This method is especial...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Running the Light (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
Running the Light (Abstract painting)
Gouache on matte board. Unframed.
This work is part of an early series made in 1998 where Gordon explored with free flowing interacting with c...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
sbc 141 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 141 (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
Abstract Perspective, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Robert Lynn
Located in Yardley, PA
Completed Oct. 10. 2021. Abstract Acrylic Painting. Sides will be painted to match artwork. Use of Gallery Wrapped Cotton Canvas 16 x 20 x 1.5. (4 Primer Layers & 4 Main Layers appli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing)
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Landscape Abstraction with Blue Waters, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A vibrant abstract in hues of red, pink, orange, yellow, and blue by artist Patrick O'Boyle. "I paint with an acrylic wash establishing shapes, color & texture ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Chaud (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Chaud (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
French abstract artist Jérémie Iordanoff blends the visual languages of Western Modernist...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hopscotch
Located in ATLANTA, GA
You meet the Spanish artist Alexandro Santana and you think, cripes, can he be for real? So handsome, so flamboyant, so seductive, so amusing -- you’...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract Drawing)
By Tilman
Located in London, GB
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract Drawing)
Crayon on vellum. Unframed.
In a broader sense, Tilman’s works on paper function as an archive of the artist’s ideas and observations. The visu...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Vellum
Fields, 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 painting needs to be framed for display. I can mail up to 5 painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Geostructure IX" Abstract, Geometric, Colors, Primary Shapes, Acrylic
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Geostructure IX" is an intensely colorful painting of the primary shapes of the circle, square, and triangle. Though the shapes are repetitive their mixed juxtapositions and the creative use of color moves the eye around the canvas with constant interest. This painting is an extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Chinese Contemporary Art by Renjie Gao - Silence
By Renjie Gao
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mountain Sunset /// Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Colorful Painting Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Mountain Sunset"
Series: Abstract
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and date...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
#1283 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
#1283 (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed.
Boecker begins each new work by penciling in his composition. But the work ultimately is about the colors and layers that will e...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orange Blossom Special (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Orange Blossom Special (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
Matthew Langley's technique in creating the artworks come from building and extending as well as reducing a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Pinar Akbaba
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic on canvas :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Locat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Pinar Akbaba
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic on canvas :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Locat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Goddess of the Subtle Matrix #2 (Abstract geometric painting, Orange & Neutrals)
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary abstract geometric painting on 12 x 12 inch wood panel in colorful shades of orange, burnt sienna, with pops of grey and white
Goddess of the Subtle...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Mustard abstract painting HJ317, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Radek Smach
Located in Yardley, PA
Radek Smach - Original abstract acrylic painting on canvas. Mixed media. My works are part of many private collections all over the world. Ready to hang. No framing required (i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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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