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: Red
EQUIVALENCE 81- Oil and Acrylic on cut Linen - Red Abstract Geometric
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This painting by Linda King Ferguson is part of her equivalence series, which began as a feminist project; works that subvert the historically male gaze and a material language speak...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Liminal Icon (Monument I), (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Liminal Icon (Monument I), (Abstract Painting)
Mixed media on paper - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Although the initial inspiration for a painting might come from a fl...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Just Passing Through" - Red Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold large-scale abstract with bright red geometries overlaying a linear patterned background by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Tit...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
By Emily Berger
Located in London, GB
Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm.
She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
A History of Violence
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
Matthew Langley's technique in creating the artworks come from building and extending as well as reducing and minimizing the painted surface.
Langley'...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Setting Sun', Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original acrylic, abstract painting created on gallery style canvas. Note* Shipping to International locations 'Everywhere Else' is an estimate only. Please contact Zatista for a s...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting "Window"
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich.
Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016)
Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whose work is in collections a...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cubes Divided Equally into Three #7: geometric abstract painting w/ blue & pink
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and against each other to create mov...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Hot Core, mythical, spiritual, abstract patterns, colorful, red, watercolor
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor, mixed media
The energy of this work is only possible painting with both hands, standing and working with music. The underlying structure is created with oil pastel using...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Red Lightning, Abstract Contemporary Painting on Canvas by Japanese Woman Artist
Located in New york, NY
Red Lightning, 2018 by Japanese woman artist Yukari Edamitsu is a 40" x 30" oil painting on canvas. Yukari's abstract paintings concern themselves with...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tension: abstract expressionism oil painting w/ texture, red & white stripes
By Dennis Alter
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Dennis Alter's layered and textured oil on canvas paintings are rich with painterly activity in the abstract expressionism style of Hans Hofmann, Willem de Kooning, and Jasper Johns....
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Cloud
Located in London, GB
Mixed media on canvas - Unframed.
Fattovich calls his style Abstract Punk.
His compositions evolve according to a subliminal process in which he responds viscerally to the colors, l...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
EQUIVALENCE 79- Acrylic Stain and Spray on Linen - Red Abstract Geometric
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This painting by Linda King Ferguson depicts a rectangular linen canvas painted bright orange, with a second layer of deep wine red ellipsis and scalloped edges in the foreground. Red circles dominate the center of the painting in two different sizes. Some of the circles overlap, creating a vesica piscis shape.
Linda King Ferguson lives and works in Munising, MI and Nashville, TN. She is in residence semi-annually in Brooklyn, NY. She has a MA from Rhode Island School of Design, and received an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She also has studied at Academia Di Belle Arti in Perugia...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Reds and Blues 3", abstract, bold, whimsical, yellow, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
Melissa Shaak’s “Reds and Blues 3” is a 30 x 22 inch abstract acrylic painting on top-quality Stonehenge paper. Vibrant red dominates this painting. Bold, curving lines define shapes...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Stopping Awhile, JESSICA BROWN, Original Abstract Painting for Sale, Red Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jessica Brown
Stopping Awhile
Original Abstract Painting
Mixed media on Canvas
Framed Size: H 65cm x W 65cm
Sold Framed in a Off white wooden frame
We live such hectic lives that we ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Red with Black, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I create a version of entertainment or Architectural fiction by communicating my interpretation of the shapes, colors and movement of natures impacted by the ongoing man made environ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Primary Tricolor Large-Scale Geometric Abstract in Red, Yellow, & Blue
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold, large-scale geometric abstract with primary color blocks by Marianne K. Brown (American, 1928-2019). Red, yellow and blue rectangles are separated with white borders, which are accented with the delicate detail of thin colorful lines. Signed "Marianne K. Brown" in pencil the lower right and was acquired with a collection of Brown's work. No frame.
Marianne K. Brown (American, 1928-2019) has taught watercolor and design for thirty years. Her work has been shown in many art magazines, including Watercolor Magic and The International Artist Magazine, and several books on watercolor painting. She was elected secretary of Orange County Art Association in 1964. Listed in the National Watercolor Society.
Author, Watercolor by Design
Member, East Bay Watercolor Society
1964 - 3rd Place, non-figurative exhibit of Orange County Art Association
1978 - Honorable Mention, Central California Art...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Santa Ana
Located in Burlingame, CA
Vibrant original painting in red and green with black and white action painting 'Santa Ana' by Mexican-American contemporary visual artist and celebrated arc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Oil
EQUIVALENCE 114- Acrylic on cut Linen - Red Abstract Geometric Painting
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This painting by Linda King Ferguson depicts a red diamond canvas with a Vesica Piscis shape in the center. The color of the Vesica Piscis is a gradient, transitioning from a maroon ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Untitled 1, 2020 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on cotton - Unframed.
Göttin is working with common industrial material which can be paint, tape, wood, metal, polystyrene, plastic, carpet.
His interest and concept are to...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic
Paris Red
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Canvas. Vibrant hues of red with pieces of white and blue.
About the Artist:
Francine Tint is a New York based abstract expressionist painter. She studied painting at P...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cut-Up Paper 2001 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
Pedersen works with acrylic paint.
When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often reducing the composition to minimal, ha...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Bank Street Series No. 42, 1978-1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jamboree
By Jim Waid
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Jim Waid creates abstract worlds saturated with color, layered with mark, filled with rhythm and movement, and intricately textured. His canvases barely contain th...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Red Pond Trees, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A stand of trees on a hill overlooking a pond during a sunny day with blue skies. The scene is framed with a deep red abstraction characterized by a very thic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Japanese Contemporary Art by Ekuni Fusako - Into the Light
By Fusako Ekuni
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork made with pigment (Iwaenogu), glue & water on cotton paper (Washi) marouflaged on Japanese wooden panel
Fusako Ekuni is a Japanese artis...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Glue, Pigment
Patricia Fabricant, 052420, 2020, Gouache On Panel, 14 x 11 in
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...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Panel
Metaebene XXVII - contemporary red expressionistic oil on canvas painting
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Metaebene XXVII" is a unique oil on canvas painting of German artist Willi Bucher. It depicts an abstract, metaphysical landscape in thick oil colors wi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ab-Ex Shapes Series No. 32, ca. 2000
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on paper
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Surface Pressure
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and pumice on hessian and canvas - Unframed.
Anthony Frost, son of Sir Terry Frost RA, is an English abstract artist whose vibrant, colorful paintings and prints exhibit the...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Promise, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract oil on canvas inspired by nature, life, observations, love, life and dreams. My abstract paintings are all about creating excitement for the viewer through concentrated expl...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Night City - Colorful Original Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ekaterina Ermilkina’s original, abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspiratio...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
No. 23, January 1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Paper
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
No. 125, 1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Paper
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Deep Red, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Dan Louth
Located in Yardley, PA
Red with Stripes - this painting has a lot of energy - very rock n' roll - street art feel. 48" x 48" - Oil on Canvas :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official ce...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Mountain
By Cleve Gray
Located in Greenwich, CT
Abstract painting wherein a calligraphic brushstroke delineates a mountaintop.
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Farm
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on honeycomb aluminum - Unframed.
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challenge the perception ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled- Spheres - XXI century, Contemporary oil abstract painting, Canvas
By Klaudia Lata
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contpemporary big format oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Klaudia Lata. Painting is an abstraction of shapes with blurred lines. There are mainly two colors: black and orange....
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Superhero, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The heroes are part of the childhood of many children, this work depicts the stereotype of heroes :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an off...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Red Cloth 83
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses vitality and sensuality in her abstract and figurative paintings. “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, dancers and peopl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
A12 - I am having so much fun (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The artist created this series shortly afterward arriving in NY.
His interest was to see what responses the paintings evoke.
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Oasis 4/4 - vivid, colourful geometric abstraction, modernist, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Horizontal bands of fire-orange, rose pink, mauve and turquoise float on a ground of rust orange in this acrylic canvas by Burton Kramer. The poised geometric composition is a medita...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Acrylic on Canvas "Matrix in Creation No 6" , 2015 by Claudia Fauth
Located in Berlin, DE
Acrylic paint on raw canvas, 2015. Ready to hang. It comes directly from the studio of the artist.
Height 64.96 in ( 165 cm ), Width 39.37 in ( 100 cm ).
Matrix In Creation belongs t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Black on Red Abstract Oil Painting
By Jean Soyer
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
As most works of the artist, this piece features rich impasto and reliefs, with lots of matter.
This painting is not framed.
Jean Soyer does not name his works, but gives them a nu...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Quantum Color #47 Mixed media painted books recycled on a wood panel
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Quantum Color #47, 2019 by Natasha Zupan
One of a kind mixed media painted reicled books on a wood panel
Size: 70 in. H x 60 in. W x 4 D in
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel
white, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Tiril Benton
Located in Yardley, PA
My work is a testament to my understanding and experience of Consciousness, the Divine, God, Source. A mystery. A known mystery. Gnosis. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece come...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Jon Rowland, Tree Love #5, Original Abstract Painting, Bright Contemporary Art
By Jon Rowland
Located in Deddington, GB
Jon Rowland
Tree of Love #5
Original Abstract Painting
Acrylic and Oil Paint on Board
Board Size: H 61cm x W 61cm x D 3.6mm
Sold Unframed and Unmounted
(Please note that in situ imag...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
A closer look (more is more) 3, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Vibrant expressionistic Inspired by nature abstract bright white and red background with burst of colors. Light yellow, pink, clear iridescent acrylics and magenta. This artwork arri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Japanese Contemporary Art by Ekuni Fusako - Into the Light
By Fusako Ekuni
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork made with pigment (Iwaenogu), glue & water on cotton paper (Washi) marouflaged on Japanese wooden panel
Fusako Ekuni is a Japanese artis...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Glue, Pigment
"Battlefield" - acrylic, white grease, pencil oil pastel collage on Canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Joan Scheibel works in layers, working from light to dark. She is often asked about her process which she feels is more than just a process but is a way of life. She sees people and ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Oil Pastel
No 6 Walk on the Red Land
By Md Tokon
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Painting. Rich, vibrant colors.
About the Artist:
Md Tokon has lived and worked in the United States for the last twenty years, where he had attended the prestigious The...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Day for Night 4 (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 ed...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Relay Race 2
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 ed...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"ALIZARIN GARDENS", Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Red Rose Yellow Green
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The large abstract painting "ALIZARIN GARDENS" by Jeffrey Kurland, with acrylic paint on canvas measuring 30" high by 48" wide, is new work from the su...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Patricia Fabricant, 042620, 2020, Gouache On Panel, 10 x 8.5 in, P&D Geometric
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, Panel
Orange reveries, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract painting of blue flowers in an orange golden field. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of auth...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Create, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This piece, is part of a series entitled, "Art of Boxing." Each work is painted on real, used, boxing ring canvas. Exploring: color, composition and imperf...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
55 STILL BETTER - 21st Century, Abstract Painting, Red, Still-life, European
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The picture is a part of the cycle RECYCLED, done during the pandemic and remembering all of us about the fragility of life. The material is acrylic on canvas and used Nespresso caps...
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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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