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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
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Todo Se Conecta (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Todo Se Conecta (Abstract painting) Acrylic on canvas — Unframed This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. This method is especially safe for large works, and pr...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Parisian Nights" Figure w White Gown French Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper

BRIGHT LOVE - White Floating Frame, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.“ Paulo Coelho “The Alchemist” Have you ever read the book “The Alchemist” ? It’s the st...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Peace - Serene white abstract peaceful landscape painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
"Peace", a serene white abstract landscape painting, is a song to stillness, and the sky and the earth meeting to become one. It is inspired by those moments in time when the world i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Sundrop serene (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Sundrop serene (Abstract painting) Acrylic on hot-pressed Archers Paper - Unframed. Brent Hallard is an Australian-born artist and co-organizer of The Shape of Things. His work is ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Pale Ale (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Pale Ale (Abstract painting) Acrylic on hot-pressed Archers Paper - Unframed. Brent Hallard is an Australian-born artist and co-organizer of The Shape of Things. His work is deeply...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Sundrop serene (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Sundrop serene (Abstract painting) Acrylic on hot-pressed Archers Paper - Unframed. Brent Hallard is an Australian-born artist and co-organizer of The Shape of Things. His work is ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Dancer #1, Original Contemporary Minimal Blue Energetic Abstract Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Dancer #1, Original Contemporary Minimal Blue Energetic Abstract Painting 30x23 (HxW), Acrylic Paint There is something faintly figurative and dancer-like about this abstract gestur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Cecilia Arrospide - CONTRASTES, Painting 2023
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cecilia studied Social Studies and Literature at Universidad Catolica del Peru, Drawing with Cristina Galvez, and Watercolors with Juan Pastorelli. She...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Oil Pastel, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Emotional Color Chart 178 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Emotional Color Chart 178 (Abstract painting) Pencil and Acrylic on Fabriano-Pittura paper - Unframed. This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is ins...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Genesis 3, Original Abstract Ink Painting on Paper
Located in Boston, MA
Genesis 3, Original Abstract Painting, 2020 11" x 8.5" (HxW) Alcohol Ink on Paper Part 3 of KC Pollak's 'Genesis' series, she closes it off with another sim...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Ink

White acrylic on natural silk from Oaxaca
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Ricardo Mazal Tee 2 (Beige 2), 2023 Acrylic on natural silk mounted on aluminum panel 18 x 19 inches RM541 Ricardo Mazal is perhaps best known for his near decade-long investigation...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Silk, Acrylic

LETTER PRESSED INK ON PAPER, PANEL IV - Contemporary Abstract - White & Blue
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Jessica Gatlin uses the process of letter pressing to create these pieces on paper that have been mounted to a small panel. An exercise in language and rule making. Partly intuitive...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Panel

Geometric Abstract in Blue, Red, Black, and White - Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and balanced abstract composition by Russell Green (American, 1910-1986). Completed in Green's characteristic style, this piece has a balanced interplay of shapes and colors. Blocks of black, reds, blues, and greys create a strong background. Over the top, lines of black, red, and white outline and divide the background shapes. Signed "Russell Green" in the lower left corner. Presented in a wood frame with a double mat. Frame size: 23.5"H x 30"W Image size: 14.5"H x 22.5"W Russell Davis Green (American, 1910-1986) painter, printmaker and teacher, was born in Traer, Iowa on December 29, 1910. He studied art at Iowa State College and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Green worked in the Illinois and New York Works Progress Administration-Federal Art Projects in the 1930s and two of his woodcuts are listed in the General Services Administration’s book WPA Artwork in Non-Federal Repositories. Green was also a painter and lithographer, and he was included in the Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1934. His work was also included in exhibitions at the Philadelphia Art Alliance; Museum of Modern Art and the Grand Central Galleries in New York; and the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, 1935. Green began his long teaching career at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri in 1940 and eventually headed the art department. He is represented in the collections of the Baltimore Museum of Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Newark Museum; and the St. Louis Art Museum. [After graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1933, he returned to Iowa to begin teaching. In 1935, approximately the time he completed Thanksgiving, he served as a private art teacher in Sioux City. He also had a one-person exhibition of his work at the Sioux City School of Music, Dramatic Art and Dancing, which was located in the Commerce Building. The exhibition included 81 oil paintings, watercolors and prints.] Russell Green 1910 - 1986 A FINE SENSE OF BALANCE — Russell Green started attending college in small town Iowa during an era of unparalleled prosperity in the United States. Yet by the time Green graduated five years later from the Art Institute of Chicago, the Depression had brought the country to its knees economically. In those few years, ending with his Bachelor of Arts, Green had also undergone a personal transformation from a farm boy...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Shape 28 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist gestural, chartreuse on white paper
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 28 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral pal...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Genesis 2, Original Abstract Ink Painting on Paper
Located in Boston, MA
Genesis 2, Original Abstract Painting, 2020 11" x 8.5" (HxW) Alcohol Ink on Paper A simple composition, this ink painting by artist KC Pollak still contains...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Ink

Abstract Composition 32
Located in King, ON
This abstract painting from series “Geoforms” is inspired by minimalism, modern art and hard edge. This work is signed, dated and tilted by Artist on the back. Signed certificate of ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Cardboard

Lattice 7 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Lattice 7 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on Montval paper — Unframed. Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic wo...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

White Light Stripe, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Heidi Hybl portrays an abstract seascape where the orange-painted sky, soft white mist, and tranquil blue ocean seamlessly blend into one dreamy composit...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Triton, 2022, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In this large composition, artist John Diehl crafts a monolithic piece using the Pythagorean theorem and advanced light-absorbing paint. While its elegance is a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Ellen Hackl Fagan, Orbs, 2016, acrylic on casein paper, meditative, spiritual
Located in Darien, CT
Ellen Hackl Fagan makes her paintings by pouring paint around the forms of commonplace, mass-produced objects placed on wet sheets of paper or panels – little fruit cartons, fragment...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Rag Paper

Solar Blast, Original Abstract Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Solar Blast, Original Abstract Painting, 2021 Ink on paper Artist Commentary: Light and Darnkess from Within is a piece that was a happy accident. I was moving colors around and wa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Wintersong, Original Framed Minimalist Black and White Abstract Diptych Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Wintersong, Original Framed Minimalist Black and White Abstract Diptych Painting 30x48x2 (HxWxD), Mixed Media A minimalist abstract work, these two canvases by artist Stacey Warnix...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Jump For Joy, Original Contemporary Minimal Orange Energetic Abstract Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Jump For Joy, Original Contemporary Minimal Orange Energetic Abstract Painting 30x23 (HxW), Acrylic Paint There is something faintly figurative about this abstract gestural work by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Soft Light S 02 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Soft Light S 02 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on Hahnemühle paper - Unframed Emma Godebska is a French abstract artist living in Nimes, France. Her use o...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Oceancrush, dynamic brushwork in abstract painting with pale green, blue, white
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on panel. Tribute to the ocean and all the life within it.
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Life Is Precious, Abstract Ink Painting, 2019
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This is the 2nd in a series that was created out of a place of sorrow but comes from a place of healing. A dark place came bubbling out. But a beautiful one resul...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Ink

Shaped Paintings #002
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic paint on galvanized steel plate 120X42 CM, Thickness 3 CM, 2022 Signed on the back
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Metal

Emotional color chart 150 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Emotional color chart 150 (Abstract painting) Pencil and acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed. "This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is i...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Reflections No. 3 - Geometric Colorful Abstract Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through t...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Two Figures - Abstract Impressionist Composition in Acrylic Arches Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Monuments - Abstract Impressionist Composition in Acrylic on Laid Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (Br...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Cotton, Rag Paper

"Event Horizon" Abstract Geometrical Shape Painting Work on Paper Framed
Located in New York, NY
Wolfgang Leidhold is a prominent contemporary German painter, drawing upon mythological, geometric, religious, and historical themes to depict his whimsical vision of the world. Infl...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Marché Parisian, Original Abstract Painting, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: A Sazerac cocktail, a seat in the shade, watching New Orleans pass by. About the artist: Oi Fortin is an award-winning monotype printma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

The Surface of Things (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
The Surface of Things, (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and ric...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

White Blanket, Abstraction by American Female Modernist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"White Blanket" is a 40 x 30 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is signed "Peter Miller" and estate stamped #20...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Surface of Things (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
The Surface of Things, (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and ric...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

A Fiiane was Ilaand 8 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
A Fiiane was Ilaand 8 (Abstract painting) Color tape on paper - Unframed Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstraction to describe his work. ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Tape

Shape 35 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist gestural, bright chartreuse & white
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 35 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral palette. Yellow-green...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Emotional color chart 150 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Emotional color chart 150 (Abstract painting) Pencil and acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed. "This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is i...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Life Lines
Located in Boston, MA
About the artist: Oi Fortin is an award-winning monotype printmaker, working in New Haven, CT, USA. Her contemporary abstract expressionist prints are notable for a vivid palette and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Monotype

HOMME PLENIUM
Located in Marrakech, MA
American black box with glass - Black background. Floating pose.
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Harmony, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This piece is inspired by a musical keyboard representing harmony," explains artist Shyun Song. A delicate seam between sound and visual imagery, Shyun picks...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Smoke and Bones, Abstract Ink Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Virus is a piece that ended up being an accident. I was experimenting with trapping alcohol ink inside circular objects. I got frustrated at one point and dragged...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Ink

Yellow, Blue, and White Gestural Abstract
Located in Austin, TX
By Charly Tomorrow 47.5" x 39" Acrylic on Canvas
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Passeig de Gracia Series #8
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Passeig de Grácia' is an avenue in the heart of the largest district of Barcelona, Spain. It is the most opulent Avenue of the city, where the celebrated and awe-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Monotype

Passeig de Gracia Series #9
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Passeig de Grácia' is an avenue in the heart of the largest district of Barcelona, Spain. It is the most opulent Avenue of the city, where the celebrated and awe-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Monotype

A Fiiane was Ilaand 8 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
A Fiiane was Ilaand 8 (Abstract painting) Color tape on paper - Unframed Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstraction to describe his work. ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Tape

A Fiiane was Ilaand 8 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
A Fiiane was Ilaand 8 (Abstract painting) Color tape on paper - Unframed Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstraction to describe his work. ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Tape

Pesca Bianca, abstract pastel fruit portrait, 2022
Located in New York, NY
Drawn from life, Craddock considers her diptychs to be literal depictions of her fruit and vegetable subjects: skin on the left side, and flesh on the right. When seen from a distanc...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

P1.14 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
P1.14 (Abstract Painting) Gouache on Japanese paper. Unframed. This gouache paint on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements of found colored papers ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Survey 1 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Survey 1 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed. This work is part of an ongoing series started in 2012 and titled Survey. McGlynn is interested in how a minimal...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Mover, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Title:"Mover" Artist: Derek Overfield Above is a semi-abstract figurative work. The painting is completed with a dynamic application of latex paint. The piece is on a stretched c...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Pierced (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Pierced (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic worl...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Relever
Located in Boston, MA
About the artist: Oi Fortin is an award-winning monotype printmaker, working in New Haven, CT, USA. Her contemporary abstract expressionist prints are notable for a vivid palette and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Monotype

Day In The Desert No 2, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Organic shapes influenced by the simplicity and colours of the desert. Monotype on Arches printmaking paper. Layering texture and colour, wash and mark, paint and canvas evolve in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Quilted Dream, Clear Passage, Through Needle's Eye, Dance of Night
Located in Dallas, TX
Dallas artist David A. Dreyer’s eighth solo exhibition at Valley House Gallery was presented early in 2021, accompanied by an exhibition catalogue. His recent paintings are inspired ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Chalk, Charcoal, Oil, Graphite

Geometrical Abstract Composition - Mixed Media on Paper by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Geometrical Abstract Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo (Messina, 1947) in 2020. Mixed Media on Paper. Hand-signed on t...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

P1.14 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
P1.14 (Abstract Painting) Gouache on Japanese paper. Unframed. This gouache paint on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements of found colored papers ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

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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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