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
SHAPED PAINTINGS #017
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic paint on galvanized steel plates X2
107X132 CM, Thickness 5.5 CM, 2022
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Sharpcut
Located in Marrakech, MA
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
Exterior black wood frame
Framed dimensions: 115x185 (x5) cm
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Just holding up air
By Alyse Rosner
Located in Fairfield, CT
Alyse Rosner 2022
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Red Twist
By Chris Hayman
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
In her paintings, Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when incorporated into paintings wit...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flying Luminous Waves Abstract, red, yellow, Painting Wall Plexiglass Sculptures
By Cari Cohen
Located in Miami, US
Flying Luminous Waves . 2022 These small sized Painting Sculptures are part of the Waves series. This mixed media wall sculptures are painted with acrylic paint, spray paint and past...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Valentine's Day II"
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Lamar Briggs (1935 – 2015)
Abstract artist, Lamar Briggs, was born November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He initially attended the University of Southern Louisiana for architec...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
Inscription #07
Located in Antwerpen, VAN
Starting with inspiration from the visible world around him, Saleh Mohammadi reaches beyond the tangible and reproduces his own mind's eye.
Geometric shapes with a reference to the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Textile, Acrylic
Truck Of Color 001
Located in New York, NY
Series of pieces inspired by the graffiti and patina shown on vehicles I described As Trucks Of Color .
For the past few years I had documented them around the world with the helps ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"LE CYCLE DE LA VIE" Pollock style
Located in SAINT-ALPINIEN, FR
Hand-painted. Not a print. Painting is signed atfront and back. Dated. Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING, acrylics and spray paint on paper, unframed. Title: Le cycle de la v...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
"THE STRUGGLE WE ARE INTODAY IS GIVING US STRENGTH WE NEED ..." Pollock style
Located in SAINT-ALPINIEN, FR
Hand-painted. Not a print. Painting is signed at front and back. Dated. Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING, acrylics, carded wool , spray paint on paper, unframed. Title: The ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
The world I knew
By Alyse Rosner
Located in Fairfield, CT
Alyse Rosner 2022
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
The Night Journey - Drip Painting like Jackson Pollock
By Byron Browne
Located in Miami, FL
In Byron Brown's "The Night Journey", 1947, Picasso meets Jackson Pollock. Here Brown strikes a balance between fanciful representation and abstraction. ...
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Rafael Ruz
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
'Unfolding' Abstract Expressionist, Scandinavian artwork, black and white
Located in Lahti, FI
'Unfolding' is a reminder that you are allowed to ask for more, to live a bigger life, be the most authentic version of yourself during this lifetime.
The Universe is full of endle...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
El Lado Obscuro
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media on canvas
50 x 30 in
Unstretched
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings ma...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"COMBAT SUPREME" Pollock style
Located in SAINT-ALPINIEN, FR
Hand-painted. Not a print. Painting is signed at front and back. Dated. Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING, acrylics and spray paint o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Black Coral
Located in Singapore, SG
This work was created out of the emotions of the artist before her father passed away. There is an awareness that his departure was not a tragedy but a very beautiful separation, as ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Affordable Slacks
Located in New York, NY
Abstract geometric painting on canvas.
About the Artist:
My text based paintings build upon the theme of myth vs. memory, which has been the f...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Acrylic
Estructura Rosa y Verde #2
Located in New York, NY
39.40 x 59 unstretched
Oil on canvas
Rebeca Mendoza plays with simultaneity, superimposition, and ambiguity in her work as she goes through the stages of oil painting. The artist se...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Droites II/VI
Located in Barcelona, ES
With traces of mathematical equations based on four points B, A, C, H.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Quantum Mirror #17
By Paul Shapiro
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Paul Shapiro began working in an abstract style in 1990, although the Land of Enchantment (and the artist's current home, New Mexico!) remained a major source of inspiration for him....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
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
Day Dream II . Abstract, Graffiti, Art Street, Modern, Plexiglass on wood framed
By Cari Cohen
Located in Miami, US
Day Dream I . 2022 Mixed Media abstract painting on Plexiglass on wood panel with white frame 251/2"H x251/2" 25.5"W x 1 1/2"D
Day Dream I is a colorful abstract painting. Has the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Plexiglass, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Watercolor
Beings Series, Nicky Marais
By Nicky Marais
Located in Windhoek, NA
Beings Series, 2018. Acrylic ink on paper.
Nicky Marais is a Namibian artist, educator and activist who lives and works in Windhoek. Marais is well-known for her abstract artworks c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Ink
Magnolia
Located in ARANJUEZ, ES
Exploring the interaction of humans and nature .
II live in a beautiful place called Aranjuez, it´s famous for it´s gardens. When almost all the garden sleeps cos of cold winter, Mag...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Ink, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Via Crucis II
Located in Barcelona, ES
Inspirado en dos fugas de la Misa en si menor de Johann Sebastian Bach.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vertical Arcs in Cobalt Blue
Located in Quogue, NY
Abstract figurative gouache on paper painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Soffio
By Nella Lush
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Abstract on canvas.
About the Artist:
Nella was born, raised and educated in Italy in a family with a long heritage of...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Breaching For The Stars, 2020, Mixed Media on Wood
By Justin Lyons
Located in Atlanta, GA
2020
Mixed Media on Canvas
60 x 48 in.
Signed by artist
Justin Lyon's credits his introduction into the world of street art as the spark that led him to his style of work. Over the next several years, Justin started to take his art production more seriously. Inspired by the li- ves and work of Cy Twombly, Barry McGee, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Justin refined his process and worked to develop a style all his own which is both thought- provoked and thought-provoking.
Justin’s mediums include wood, acrylic, house paint, spray paint, oil stick, epoxy resin and pencil. He aims to produce art that sticks with the viewer long after they seen it. “What I am after is capturing the thoughts and feelings of the human condition with images and words that make you stop and think about what's in front of you.” Justin wants “to make honest art, raw art, vulnerable art...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Mixed Media
Untiltled
By TANC
Located in Marrakech, MA
Spraypaint on canvas
Black outer frame - framed dimensions: 106x85x(5) cm
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint
ANGRY BANNER
By Mist
Located in Marrakech, MA
Mixed media on canvas.
Work signed on the front & back
Black exterior frame included
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic on canvas
Exterior black wood frame
Framed dimensions: 150 x 118 cm
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fandango, c. 1985
By Ben Wilson
Located in Quogue, NY
Born in Philadelphia, Ben Wilson was a New York abstract expressionist painter. His work was exhibited frequently from the mid-thirties through sixties, and less frequently but consi...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jamaica Day 7
Located in New York, NY
2021, Acrylic on Canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
No. 131, January 1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Paper
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Little Miss Honky Tonk
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Canvas. Vibrant colors. Blues. Pinks. Greens. Whites. Yellows.
About the Artist:
Francine Tint is a New York based abstract expressionist painter. She studied pai...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gate
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Canvas. Vibrant colors. Blues. Pinks. Greens. Whites.
About the Artist:
Francine Tint is a New York based abstract expressionist painter. She studied painting at P...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politic...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tenri Composition
Located in New York, NY
Vicky Barranguet
Tenri Composition, 2016
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 60 in
(101.6h x 152.4w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Perspective 2
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Atmospheric gradations of color are encased in hardened surfaces in a constant push and pull between depth, light and texture. Capturing the effect of light purely with color is wher...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Shaman" Mixed Media Figurative Painting Oil onLinen Contemporary Art In-Stock
By Alex Lazard
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This 210 cm by 220 cm mixed media large-scale painting is one of Lazard's most iconic paintings. Alex Lazard, one of Mexico's most noted contemporary artist today, plays with the material load that he uses in this piece. Using asphalt, marble powder, and oil paint, "This is my representation of time... of the navigation of time in humans and how it never stops being there.
This magical painting shows a spiritual, dreamy scenery where Lazard portraits what he sees in the world of "Shaman"... fishes swimming downwards, flying in the background, and the owl flying...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Mixed Media, Oil
Chelleneshin 37
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Yari Ostovany is an American abstract artist of Iranian origins. He has lived in Tehran, Cologne, Los Angeles, San Francisco and in Reno. He is currently based in New York City. His ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Violet III
Located in SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE, FR
Collection personnelle de l'artiste Monique Frydman.
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment
ECLOSIONS GEOMETRIQUES
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic painting on canvas
Black exterior frame
Signed on the back
Framed dimensions: 143x203(x4.5)cm
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Geodesy 1218
By Andy Moses
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A Los Angeles-based artist with a unique take on color and the relationship between space, shape and light. Andy Moses paints with pearlescent pigments on concave canvases, which curve inward like the old Cinerama movie screens...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Canvas, Acrylic
Night Pilgrim
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Yari Ostovany is an American abstract artist of Iranian origins. He has lived in Tehran, Cologne, Los Angeles, San Francisco and in Reno. He is currently based in New York City. His ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Enter Here, Chapter 18
Located in Nashville, TN
Since the 1990s, Heinsohn’s work has addressed climate change, impending cataclysm and cultural dysfunction in numerous bodies of work including his mixed media wall reliefs, his "Time Frames" series of photo-based abstractions and his turbulent, thickly painted, cratered abstractions. However, as mentioned in his recent statement:
“Given the current dysfunctional mayhem of our planet, I believe we need visual art that provides a place for the mind to transcend our calamity, to thoughtfully explore the multitude of unknowns connected to our daily lives and to thereby refresh our optimism and our sense of urgency in the reimagining of our existence.”
These new works channel the meditative properties of abstraction pursued by Kandinsky and Malevich, combined with intuitive approaches of accessing higher consciousness which guided Hilma af Klint as well as, much later, artists of Abstract Surrealism such as Gordon Onslow Ford, Roberto Matta, Wolfgang Paalen...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Acrylic Polymer
The First Place
Located in Atlanta, GA
Khalilah Birdsong, "The First Place", Acrylic on Canvas, 20 x 16 in.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Orb"
By Rex Ashlock
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Verso
Rex Ashlock (1918 - 1999)
Born in Spokane, WA on Aug. 23, 1918. Ashlock moved to San Francisco in 1937 and was a copy boy for Associated Press while studying at the C...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unfolding 3, Nicky Marais, Acrylic and ink on paper, abstract painting, series
By Nicky Marais
Located in Windhoek, NA
Unfolding 3, 2019. Acrylic and ink on paper.
Nicky Marais is a Namibian artist, educator and activist who lives and works in Windhoek. Marais is well-known for her abstract artworks...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Emerald Sky By Troy Smith Fine Art Abstract Art
Located in Toronto, CA
Emerald Sky was painted By Troy Smith in acrylic on canvas. A beige cream backdrop offers a contrasting pop for the emerald greens and blues. Dashes of golden-copper metallic paint a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'you know what to do' abstract expressionist, Scandinavian artwork
Located in Lahti, FI
"feel the breeze
carefree spirit
breathing is easy
atmosphere, livin'
oh, how every day
could feel like this,
one of my faves"
'your life starts now' is a reminder that the Univ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil
SHAPED PAINTINDS #013
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic paint on galvanized steel plates X2
125X82 CM, Thickness 5.5 CM, 2022
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
The Pilgrimage
Located in Atlanta, GA
Khalilah Birdsong, "The Pilgrimage", Acrylic on Canvas, 20 x 16 in.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled (Sesc Pompeia)
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
62 x 62 in
Unstretched
Luciana Levinton de-contextualizes architectural elements, sketches facades, delineates floor plan...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sign (black), Floating Noise Series
Located in Miami, FL
"Sign (black)" is an artwork created by Gianluca Patti in 2019. This piece is the part of the Floating Series, which Patti created in 2019. Made using n...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mesh, Epoxy Resin, Plastic, Synthetic Resin, Acrylic, Pigment
The Explorer
By Nella Lush
Located in New York, NY
Abstract, oil on canvas. Subtle hues. Framed in natural wood. 2 inch deep.
About the Artist:
Nella was born, raised and educated in Italy in a family with a long heritage o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
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