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
Morning. 2013, oil on cardboard, 70x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Morning. 2013, oil on cardboard, 70x60 cm
Abstract composition in earth colors
Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent painters in Latvia
...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Patricia Fabricant, 051720, 2020, Gouache On Paper, 12 x 9 inches, Color, Optics
Located in Darien, CT
Throughout her career as a painter Patty Fabricant has pivoted back and forth between figurative and abstract work. Each time she makes the switch it feels abrupt, and yet increasing...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Laid Paper
Lavender Strike II (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Lavender Strike II (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on honeycomb aluminum - Unframed.
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objec...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blue & Peach Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Lively abstract composition with lines and dots over rectangular color fields of peach, yellow, and sky blue by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947), c.2000s. Unsigned. Acquired wit...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Raimonds Staprans - Desert. 1974, oil on canvas, 95, 5x116 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Desert. 1974, oil on canvas, 95,5x116 cm
Painting in orange colors
Provenance Maxwell gallery
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Constellation of Grief (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Constellation of Grief (Abstract Painting)
Oil on paper - Unframed.
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a tim...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Udo Haderlein Abstract Painting Untitled, 2021
Located in Berlin, DE
Acrylic on canvas, 2021. Signed and dated on the back. The artwork comes directly from the artist's studio.
Height: 7.87 in ( 20 cm ), Width: 7.87 in ( 20 cm ), Depth: 1.38 in ( 3,5 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bold Orange Concept Abstract, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Robert Lynn
Located in Yardley, PA
(Nov 2019) 36 x 48 x 1.5 inches. Unframed painting-Ready to hang-sides will be painted to match painting. (8 layers) Gallery Wrapped Cotton Canvas. Textured/Layered Abstract Painting...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blocked Resoling, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Vibrant orange and yellow green combination and color blocking. A piece full of motion, texture and depth. Golden acrylics and gloss enamel finish. This piece is inspired by one of m...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gravitational wave (Abstract painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Gravitational wave (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
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
Shark Fin II /// Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Colorful Painting Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Shark Fin II"
Series: Abstract
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2021
Medium: Origi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract painting)
By Tilman
Located in London, GB
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract painting)
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 vis...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Vellum
Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting)
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerg...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
The girl with a contrabass. 2013. Oil on canvas, 81x69 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The girl with a contrabass. 2013. Oil on canvas, 81x69 cm
ALEXANDER LOZOVOY/Александр Лозовой (1949)
Alexander Lozovoy remained in the 21st century as the only artist who was a direct disciple of Russian avant gard artists. His teacher was Barbara Bubnova (1886 - 1983), who worked and participated in exhibitions together with V. Kandinsky, K. Malevich, P. Filonov, A. Rodchenko and others. His father Nikolai Lozovoy (1901 - 1992) took classes from Filonov and Malevich in 1920s. In his paintings Lozovoy uses technique and secrets of the old Russian icon...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large & Colorful Abstract Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wonderfully bright and colorful abstract oil painting, on a very large scale, measuring 36 x 26inches in size. The painting displays a wonderful mixture of various bright colors - gu...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
A258 - Minimalist Abstract Original Contemporary Textural Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss born artist Marco Schmidli creates minimalist paintings with a contemporary edge. Placing emphasis on process, he lets the mediums naturally manifest within his artwork. “An im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled Composition - Oil on Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed Colors is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2020.
Oil on canvas.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the back.
Perfect conditions.
Mixed Colo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Channel Island Past
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Swiss Contemporary Art by Cinzia Hochstrasser - Faces & Eyes
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & charcoal on canvas
Hochstrasser Cinzia born in 1979 is a Swiss artist who lives and works in Lugano, Switzerland.
She is a self-taught artist who started painting and dr...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orange - contemporary expressionistic abstract painting, metaphysical landscape
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Orange" is a small, unique oil on canvas painting of German artist Willi Bucher. It depicts an abstract, metaphysical landscape in thick orange oil colo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
We Float IV (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and pumice on sailcloth, hessian, netting, scrim, sail and canvas - Unframed.
Anthony Frost, son of Sir Terry Frost RA, is an English abstract artist whose vibrant, colorful...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A264 - Minimalist Abstract Original Yellow Black Contemporary Textural Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss born artist Marco Schmidli creates minimalist paintings with a contemporary edge. Placing emphasis on process, he lets the mediums naturally manifest within his artwork. “An im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Vibrations of the Interior
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Emotional Creation #320, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Orange and Black Composition - Oil paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2012
Located in Roma, IT
Orange and Black Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2012.
Original Oil painting on plywood.
Hand-signed and dated o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting)
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerg...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Space With Pocket 3 . Oil on canvas by Tadashi Sugimata (1963) abstract painting
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Tadashi Sugimata
(1914-1994)
SPACE WITH POCKET 3
oil on canvas
162.3 x 112.1 cm (63 3/4 x 44 1/8 in)
Executed in 1963
Signed
The present artwork has been included in the publicat...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Line Dance 6 - colourful, geometric abstraction, modernist, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A staccato of precisely rendered geometric shapes in crimson, orange, yellow, white and mauve light up a violet ground in this square format acrylic on canvas. This fresh, lively composition titled "Line Dance...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Symphete Musicale" Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract in spray paint by Jean Simon Labret (French, 20th Century). This early example of spray paint art hints at the forthcoming street art scene in France, which began in th...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Spray Paint
Orange sky, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Layers of acrylic in orange blue and white tones making a unique exotic fusion that results in a beautiful special modern piece. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Grimoire, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"In Europe, grimoires are very old manuals where all kinds of knowledge were collected," artist Yamilet Sempe explains of the title and subject of this glowing abstract...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Sunday Splash"Expressionist Abstract Red/Yellow/Blue/White/Gray/Black/Turquoise
Located in Wellesley, MA
Vividly and brilliantly colored Abstract Expressionist painting in yellow, red, white, blue, turquoise, pale gray and black.
"Sunday Splash"
2020
Oil on Canvas
36 x 36 Inches
This...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Adhesive, Oil
EQUIVALENCE 118- Acrylic on cut Linen - Abstract Geometric Painting
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This painting on cut linen canvas by Linda King Ferguson depicts a diamond shaped canvas that is color-blocked into three main sections. The topmost triangular portion of the canvas ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Mardi Gras (Sunlit Uplands). Contemporary Abstract Painting
By Felix Akulw
Located in Brecon, Powys
Felix Akulw uses bright, intricate designs that seem to move and alter as one views them. Light, colour and shape are of paramount importance in his work. There is a little hint here...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Better Angel 48 X 42
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
48 x 42
Oil on wood panel
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, ABS
Pixie Willoughby, A New Dawn, Original Abstract Art, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
A New Dawn [2021]
Original
Abstract
Acrylic on canvas
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:80 cm x D:1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Colored Waves - Oil Painting 2000s by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Colored Waves is an original oil on canvas on canvas realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in the 2000s.
Hand-signed by the artist on the back.
The artwork represents an abstract compositi...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
HUGE FRENCH CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT CUBIST PAINTING - R. LEROY
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: R. Leroy (French b. 1932)
Title: Abstract/ Cubist Composition
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed no signature
Size: painting: 32 x 23.5 inches
Provenance...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition - Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2020.
Oil on canvas.
Hand signed by the artist on the back. Hand signed on the lower right cor...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Swiss Contemporary Art by Cinzia Hochstrasser - Elephant & People
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & charcoal on canvas
Hochstrasser Cinzia born in 1979 is a Swiss artist who lives and works in Lugano, Switzerland.
She is a self-taught artist who started painting and dra...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Statement of Benefits (Abstract Expressionist Painting in Orange, Red, Yellow)
By Bruce Murphy
Located in Hudson, NY
Gestural abstract expressionist painting on paper in colorful hues of red, yellow, orange, magenta, and silver
"A Statement of Benefits", painted by Bruce Murphy in 2020
36 x 24 in...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Archival Paper
Eckige Masse 95 (Abstract Painting)
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Eckige Masse 95 (Abstract Painting)
Pencil and acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed.
In her work, Lee is responding to her emotional experiences within her physical surrou...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
"CY, SOL AND NOT AT ALL 03032019 1211am", Abstract, Digital, Orange, Pink, White
By Justin Neely
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract print "CY, SOL AND NOT AT ALL 03032019 1211am" is a digital artwork, created with the Brushes Redux iPhone app, and printed at 36x36" on museum-quality Canson Platine Fi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Orange Composition - Oil paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2012
Located in Roma, IT
Orange Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2012.
Original Oil painting on canvas glued on plywood.
Hand-signed and d...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Ben Wilson
Located in Lawrence, NY
Like many of his compatriots in the New York School, Ben Wilson (1913-2001) began his career painting figuratively before transitioning to abstraction after WWII (and somewhat later ...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Painting by Listed British artist Golden Fields Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
''Golden Landscape'
by Michael Haswell (British, 1931-2020)
inscribed verso
acrylic painting on box canvas (painted edges so do not require framing)
ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Colorful Squares #1
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract geometric composition by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947). Unsigned. but was acquired with a collection of other Grant pieces. No frame, but the edges are painted ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Balancing Act (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
Balancing Act (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Note that this artwork will be sent rolled in a tube.
This method is especially safe for large works.
Rolled works can be...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yaddo B (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on 100% rag hot press paper. Unframed.
Melissa Meyer has created a diverse oeuvre that includes oil paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints and large-scale public commi...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract painting)
By Tilman
Located in London, GB
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 visual information derives from various so...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Vellum
Epiphany, Abstract Oil Painting
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Shyun Song explains of her clean, minimalist oil paintings, "As an intense observer, I am interested in mythology and psychology. Whenever I come across ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hot Triangles
By James Koenig
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original American Modern hard edge abstraction by James Koenig. This work titled "Hot Triangles" is part of the Draw Near exhibition currently on view at Benjaman Gallery.
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Single, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Eva Hoffmann
Located in Yardley, PA
Part of the line nature and mathematics. See Phoenix and Trio :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sarah Foat, I’m in Your Soul, Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
By Sarah Foat
Located in Deddington, GB
Sarah Foat
I’m in Your Soul
Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Canvas Size: H 40cm x W 40cm x D 3.5cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Samaritan
By Mark Pomilio
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil on canvas
b. 1959, Philadelphia, PA
Mark Pomilio’s method, motives, and conceptual considerations are centered on visually articulating recent developments in the life sciences....
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Sunset over Velden, Holland', French Expressionist Landscape, Benezit
By Henri Plas
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "H. Plas" (French, born 1933) and dated 1971; inscribed verso "Champs de Velden" (Fields of Velden).
A substantial Expressionist oil landscape showing a lyrical view of russet and gold fields bathed in evening sunlight outside the Dutch village...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colorful Squares #3
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract geometric composition by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947). Unsigned. but was acquired with a collection of other Grant pieces. No frame, but the edges are painted ...
Category
Early 2000s 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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