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: Silver
JACK
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jimi Gleason introduces two exuberantly gestural, lustrous silver nitrate paintings edged with electric bands of color.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Paisaje de los dioses del Sol/Landscapes of the Sun Gods XI
Located in White Plains, NY
This piece is part of a beautiful collection which includes twenty oil paintings, with silver/gold leaf on canvas. The astonishing light that this world-renowned artist has captured ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Utopian Vision" Painting 61" x 30" inch by Kinda Adly
By Kinda Adly
Located in Culver City, CA
"Utopian Vision" Painting 61" x 30" inch by Kinda Adly
Kinda Adly, born in Egypt in 1989, is a self-taught artist. She grew up in Egypt and currently lives in Switzerland.
Her love ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
QUEEN/Seagulls, 70x70cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
QUEEN/Seagulls, 70x70cm
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
“Silver Spider Spirit”acrylic and silver leaf on mylar framed abstract painting
By Peggy Cyphers
Located in New York, NY
This abstract composition in blue and brown black earthtones is created with a unique perspective which gives a feeling of looking up at a sky or looking down into merging paths of water. Cyphers use of silver leaf gives the central forms a reflective glow, which balances well with her masterful brushwork and mark making. This painting has a meditative quality that draws the viewer in and allows for introspective thought.
Peggy Cyphers, “Silver Spider Spirit”acrylic and silver leaf on mylar
($2750 USD framed in shadowbox frame with museum glass)
Peggy Cyphers has had over 30 solo exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe since 1984. Cyphers received numerous awards for her work, including NEA, Elizabeth Foundation, Peter S...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Oil Painting of River Bank with Silver Birch Trees and Misty Hills & Mountains
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of River Bank with Silver Birch Trees and Misty Hills & Mountains by British Artist Charles Wyatt Warren (1908-1993)
Art measures 35...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
COLOUR BANDS
Located in New York, NY
COLOUR BANDS
44" x 44" $10,000
About the Series:
For Dray, Philosophy deals in the abstract and abstraction is an indispensable tool in art and culture. Through his paintings, he reasserts that abstraction has been a part of humanity, all cultures in all ages. It’s an indispensable tool, as we create symbols, vessels to fill with allusions and messages. The resulting artwork have a strong sense of purpose.
Each painting contains hundreds of hand coloured trapezoid shapes, hand drawn with a sharp blade onto silver or gold leaf. Each coloured shape can be interpreted to represent an ‘atomic’ element. On its own a block of colour is insignificant but seen as part of a whole it becomes dynamic and alive reflecting on how nature works. The phenomena of light is also important to the work. The light of the sun in a room illuminates and reflects off the paintings as they come alive and change through time.
About the Artist:
Benjamin Dray...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"My Silver Lining Heart" Silver Blue + Pink Pop Art Oil Painting Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portal-Glyph V
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Brindle’s works occupy the space where Color Field painting, Light and Space conceptualism and Finish Fetish sensibilities intersect. Borrowing tools and techniques from the industri...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Space & State
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jimi Gleason introduces two exuberantly gestural, lustrous silver nitrate paintings edged with electric bands of color.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Los Angeles
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The alchemists in their ‘Magnum Opus’ sought to cipher a ‘Philosopher’s Stone,’ a mythical substance which would not only convert common metals into precious ones, but was the key to...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Inner Space
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jimi Gleason introduces two exuberantly gestural, lustrous silver nitrate paintings edged with electric bands of color.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Full Moon
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jimi Gleason introduces two exuberantly gestural, lustrous silver nitrate paintings edged with electric bands of color.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Hyde Park Corner by Lélia Pissarro - Abstract silver painting, contemporary art
Located in London, GB
Hyde Park Corner by LÉLIA PISSARRO (b. 1963)
Acrylic and silver powder on canvas
100 x 70 cm (39 ⅜ x 27 ½ inches)
Signed lower right Lélia Pissarro
Titled Hyde Park Corner, signed ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Silver Pond V
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A representational abstract depiction of "Silver Pond" on Long Island. Darius Yektai dives back into his popular "Silver Pond" palette in this dreamy waterscape. He paints his canvas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
Silver Lining, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Drew Noel Marin paints an abstract landscape in bold shades of silver representing reflective memories. Accents of metallic bronze with the feeling of wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
JJK/Brooklyn
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jimi Gleason introduces two exuberantly gestural, lustrous silver nitrate paintings edged with electric bands of color.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"My Rising Star Heart" Colorful Silver Abstract Oil Painting with Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Mixed Media
On Silver Seas III
By Sarah Berger
Located in Deddington, GB
On Silver Seas III by Sarah Berger [2022]
original
Acrylic on stretched canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:90 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:90 cm x D:1.5cm
Sold Unframe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Liberté Interdite by Lélia Pissarro - Abstract painting by contemporary artist
Located in London, GB
Liberté Interdite by LÉLIA PISSARRO (b. 1963)
Acrylic on canvas
115.5 x 85.5 cm (45 1⁄2 x 33 5⁄8 inches)
Signed lower right, Lélia Pissarro
Signed Lélia Pissarro and titled Liberté ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Dakota
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
silver deposit and acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Silver Tree, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is telling a story. There are a lot of different characters. We all don't see the same things but overall this means love and interaction. The shapes communicate with each other like in a dance. And the silver tree...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Magenta Mischief
Located in Deddington, GB
Maggie Laporte Banks. Magenta Mischief [2002]
original
Acrylic on canvas and silver leaf
Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:50 cm x D:1.5cm
So...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Silver Horizon By Sarah Berger
By Sarah Berger
Located in Deddington, GB
Silver Horizon by Sarah Berger [2021]
original
Acrylic on stretched canvas
Image size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Silver Splatter, Catherine Ruth Church, Original Painting, Abstract Art, Floral
Located in Deddington, GB
Silver Splatter by Catherine Ruth Church [2021]
original
Acrylic, Spray Paint, Pearlised Paint
Image size: H:120 cm x W:80 cm
Complete Size of Un...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Bell Diamond
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
silver deposit and acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Luna
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
silver deposit and acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
THE SILVER MOON - Massimo Caiafa Abstract Oil on Canvas, Italy.2021
Located in Napoli, IT
Massimo Caiafa (Naples 23/05/1965) is a contemporary painter who currently lives in Naples. Trained in a family of artists and antique dealers, he lived in New York for many years, e...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On Silver Seas II
By Sarah Berger
Located in Deddington, GB
On Silver Seas II by Sarah Berger [2021]
original
Acrylic on stretched canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:90 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:90 cm x D:4cm
Sold Unframed
P...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Silver Silhouette Tower
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. With a high level of technical virtuosity Keifer creates...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Silver Sun, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Richly textured metallic painting. Silver, gold, and copper painting of a silver sun. Framing recommended. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certifi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ARC OVERLAND
Located in New York, NY
ARC OVERLAND
40" x 60", $12,000. Oils on Silver leaf
Frame option is available.
About the Series:
For Dray, Philosophy deals in the abstract and abstraction is an indispensable tool in art and culture. Through his paintings, he reasserts that abstraction has been a part of humanity, all cultures in all ages. It’s an indispensable tool, as we create symbols, vessels to fill with allusions and messages. The resulting artwork have a strong sense of purpose.
Each painting contains hundreds of hand coloured trapezoid shapes, hand drawn with a sharp blade onto silver or gold leaf. Each coloured shape can be interpreted to represent an ‘atomic’ element. On its own a block of colour is insignificant but seen as part of a whole it becomes dynamic and alive reflecting on how nature works. The phenomena of light is also important to the work. The light of the sun in a room illuminates and reflects off the paintings as they come alive and change through time.
About the Artist:
Benjamin Dray...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Silver clouds (Over Purple), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting: Acrylic on Canvas. Abstract minimalist painting acrylic on canvas This artwork was created layering and blending thin layers of purple, indigo, some red and iridesce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rising Moon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Exploding Star
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Infinity Square
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Seas Raging
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Take Off
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Espiritualidad
Located in White Plains, NY
Bustamante has evolved as an artists with a consistent progression, with over 80 solo shows and over 200 group exhibitions. Today, his works reside within significant Museums and Pri...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Paisaje de los dioses del Sol/Landscapes of the Sun Gods I
Located in White Plains, NY
This piece is part of a beautiful collection which includes twenty oil paintings, with silver/gold leaf on canvas. The astonishing light that this world-renowned artist has captured ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Caulophyllum III, " Abstract Painting
By Roger Mudre
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Roger Mudre features a cool blue and silver palette, with light circular shapes layered over one another and a horizontal texture. It transforms and shimmer...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
"Acacias, " Abstract Painting
By Roger Mudre
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Roger Mudre features a warm red and orange palette, with light, imperfect circle shapes layered over one another throughout the composition. The painting is...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Modern Silver & Earthtone Abstract Expressionist - Corban Lepell
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century modernist abstract combining earth-tones and subtlest metallic silver background by Corban LePell (American, b. 1933), 1955. Signed ...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
In The Artist's Studio Abstract
By D.S. Silver
Located in Soquel, CA
Large scale abstract painting of another abstract painting on artist's easel by California artist D. Silver (American, 20th Century), 1984. Signed and dated lower right corner and on...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Silver Lining 4, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Laura Spring
Located in Yardley, PA
This one of a kind painting is done in acrylic. I try my best to represent the true colors of the paintings in the photos, but sometimes you can see a slight difference in tone. The ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Paisaje de los dioses del Sol/Landscapes of the Sun Gods XII
Located in White Plains, NY
This piece is part of a beautiful collection which includes twenty oil paintings, with silver/gold leaf on canvas. The astonishing light that this world-renowned artist has captured ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Paisaje de los dioses del Sol/Landscapes of the Sun Gods XVI
Located in White Plains, NY
This piece is part of a beautiful collection which includes twenty oil paintings, with silver/gold leaf on canvas. The astonishing light that this world-renowned artist has captured ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Silver Jumping, Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting by Sue Bleakley
Located in Brecon, Powys
Beautifully intricate piece from Sue's studio nestling above the Atlantic Ocean.
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Wind Magism
Located in White Plains, NY
Wind Magism, 2017
From the series The Power of the South Wind Across Borders
Oil on Canvas with Silver Leaf
31 1/2 × 27 1/2 × 2 in each piece. Composed of 3 pieces.
The artist studi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Paisaje de los dioses del Sol/Landscapes of the Sun Gods IX
Located in White Plains, NY
This piece is part of a beautiful collection which includes twenty oil paintings, with silver/gold leaf on canvas. The astonishing light that this world-renowned artist has captured ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Silver 11 -Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Colorful, Vibrant, Ornaments, Patterns
Located in Warsaw, PL
Painting on the exhibition, please contact us for availability
SARA JAC (JAŚKIEWICZ) (born in 1968)
She graduated from the European Academy of Arts at the Faculty of Graphic Design...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Acacia, " Abstract Painting
By Roger Mudre
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Roger Mudre features light, translucent outlines of circles which are layered over one another throughout the composition. It has a light, champagne-colored...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Cineraria, " Abstract Painting
By Roger Mudre
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Roger Mudre features a cool blue and turquoise palette, and light circular shapes layered on top of one another throughout the composition. Made with acryli...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Paisaje de los dioses del Sol/Landscapes of the Sun Gods VI
Located in White Plains, NY
This piece is part of a beautiful collection which includes twenty oil paintings, with silver/gold leaf on canvas. The astonishing light that this world-renowned artist has captured ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Untitled
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Much like the artists who pioneered the California Light and Space Movement, Gleason is interested in exploring the metaphysical possibilities of art. His silver deposit surfaces act...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Untitled
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Much like the artists who pioneered the California Light and Space Movement, Gleason is interested in exploring the metaphysical possibilities of art. His silver deposit surfaces act...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Untitled
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The Absorbed pieces are achieved using Gleason’s signature technique of deploying a thin coat of silver nitrate deposit over acrylic on canvas. Diverging from their ultra-gloss pred...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Silver Voyage
By Cleve Gray
Located in New York, NY
CLEVE GRAY
Silver Voyage, 1967
Acrylic on canvas with silver enamel
79 x 80 inches
Signed, titled and dated
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
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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