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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June First
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Taking cues from the anti-figurative aesthetic of American Abstract Expressionists, Ripley’s process is one of spontaneity and gesture. Color is applied in broad strokes atop a black...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sostenido 7
Located in New York, NY
Miriam Peralta
Sostenido 7, 2012
Mixed media on paper
24h x 29.50w in
60.96h x 74.93w cm
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Far Arden
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Geometric style. Acrylic & Satin Varnish on Canvas.
About the Artist:
Manhattan based mural and studio artist Tony “Rubin” Sjöman...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cross Purpose Temple Series 9, Nicky Marais, abstract painting
By Nicky Marais
Located in Windhoek, NA
Cross Purpose Temple Series 9, 2022. Acrylic and acrylic ink on paper, 27 x 35cm
Nicky Marais is a Namibian artist, educator and activist who lives and works in Windhoek. Marais is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Origin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Drawing from the ever-changing nature of California light, Gregg Renfrow works in translucent layers, pouring mixtures of polymer and pigment over sheets of cast acrylic. A disciple...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pigment, Polymer
Lumina, ca. 1985
By Ben Wilson
Located in Quogue, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waterfront Theatre
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Painting. Can be hung vertically or horizontally. Vibrant Colors. The surface is the result of an intriguing contrast. Acrylics glazed with resin. The acrylic’s softnes...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Canvas
Massive Explosion
By Joe Currie
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Painting. Vibrant Colors. Movement. Acrylic on Canvas.
About the Artist:
"Growing up in England during the 80s, the influence and love of American sub cultures through TV, and being surrounded by large non-spaces of US air bases around East Anglia, gave me a slightly odd and romantic view of America.
I finished the Masters Degree bronze-casting course at the Royal College of Art in 1999 and have pursued my passion for Art ever since. I have built up a body of work that follows the theme of a journey into abstraction, inspired by Robert Smithson, Donald Judd, Fiona Banner, Cornelia...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Black Unicorn
By Mark Wilson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The artist constructs his spirit animal through mixed media.
48" x 60"
Spray Paint, Oil, Construction Paper, Acrylic, Pastel, Marker
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Después del desierto
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Cardboard
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Higher Ground
By Richard Saba
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Richard Saba, the American abstract painter, is best known for works that relate to Lyrical Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism. He is renowned for his colorful palette, appearing vastly open yet concise and analytically conceived.
The artist’s abstract works juxtapose geometric forms with organic splashes, much like celestial bodies seen through the Hubble Telescope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue and White
By Peter Lodato
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Lodato, Blue and White, 2017, oil on canvas, 48” x 36”, $14,500
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paintings on paper "Nature-Universe-Tool" ( 50 pieces folder)
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
One piece made of a folder with 50 acrylic paintings on paper, with measures 29.5 x 20 cm each paper.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Unbound
By David Bender
Located in New York, NY
Abstract piece on canvas. Textural quality from layering of paints. Not framed. But canvas is painted on the sides.
About the Artist:
David Bender is an award-winning Brook...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cry me a River
Located in New York, NY
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pons and William Scharf. Her spontaneous and...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
RECTUS XVI
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
No. 72, September 1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Paper
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Buscar Blue
By Peter Lodato
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A California native, Peter Lodato began making work in the late 1960s as part of the West Coast-specific Light and Space movement. Aligned with the concerns of his contemporaries, Lo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow Square, Red Square and Blue Triangle
By Marcel Janco
Located in London, GB
MARCEL JANCO 1895-1984
Bucarest 1895-1984 Ein Hod (Rumanian/Israeli)
Title: Yellow Square, Red Square and Blue Triangle
Technique: Original signed Oil ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morphology 1101
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 cur...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'PS06' Abstract Expressionist, Scandi artwork, grey silky fabric base palo santo
Located in Lahti, FI
'PS06' is a reminder that today happens only today, everything in life and beyond happens right in this moment. The Universe is full of endless possibilities for us. Get ready to rec...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Spray Paint
Red Diamond
By Peter Lodato
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Peter Lodato offers new oils on canvas, whose layers of paint and scumbled surfaces resonate like tuning forks to the soul.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geomorphology 1706
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 cur...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Should I go
Located in New York, NY
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pons and William Scharf. Her spontaneous an...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Creativity of Mind
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Painting. Can be hung vertically or horizontally. Muted hues. The surface is the result of an intriguing contrast. Acrylics glazed with resin. The acrylic’s softness an...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Canvas
Cloud Waves . Organic Sculpture on wood backlit with an LED light
By Cari Cohen
Located in Miami, US
Cloud sculpture. It is made up of a sculpture made of plaster and painted with acrylic and spray paint. The sculpture is assembled to a piece of painted wood, which in turn is assembled to a larger one, composing a single piece with several layers. The artwork is backlit with an LED light box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Wood, LED Light, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Sounds of Silence"
Located in Toronto, ON
Encaustic painting is an ancient art form and was practiced by artists as far back as the 5th century B.C. The word encaustic comes from Greek and means “to burn in”, which refers to...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic
F.P.L.P.1
By Rex Yuasa
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Yuasa achieves a brilliant, sensory color experience by layering acrylic, oil and alkyd paint over large square canvases. The artist uses the language of abstraction to express the c...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Alkyd
Stuttgart Series II No. 7, 1960s
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Inside Out Love
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Acrylic on canvas. Subtle colors. White. Blues.
About the Artist:
All McAleer ever wanted to be and all she's ever been is an artist. From a very young age...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Vaiven
Located in New York, NY
Throughout Isabel Turban work process, collected maps gathered from various travels are the most significant material as they fuel inspiration for the work.
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Sostenido 15
Located in New York, NY
Miriam Peralta
Sostenido 15, 2015
Graphite and charcoal on canvas
65h x 68.10w in
165.10h x 172.97w cm
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Graphite
Caliber Abstraction (Navy Blue on Burnt Gold #1)
By Nick Hunt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Born February 4th, 1985 in Newport Beach, California. Nicholas Hunt grew up surrounded by business minded entrepreneurs and Southern California art icons. These experiences in business, art, California culture, and the unmistakable beauty and variety of Southern California landscapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Caliber Abstraction (Magenta on Blue #1)
By Nick Hunt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Born February 4th, 1985 in Newport Beach, California. Nicholas Hunt grew up surrounded by business minded entrepreneurs and Southern California art...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Endpass
By Behzad Tabar
Located in ATLANTA, GA
About Behzad Tabar
My background is in fine and graphic arts, working in a wide range of styles and mediums. My painting has evolved from realism, to surrealism, to abstract. I am mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Serie de los rosas #4
Located in New York, NY
Rebeca Mendoza
Serie de los rosas #4, 2015
Oil on canvas
55 x 79 in
(139.95h x 199.9w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Teorema chino del resto
Located in New York, NY
Cecilia Biagini
Teorema chino del resto, 2009
Vinyl paint on canvas
55 x 55 in
(139.7h x 139.7w cm)
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Vinyl, Canvas
Paisaje
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Tomboy
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A student of art, architecture and theoretical physics, Michael Braden utilizes polychromatic lines to examine what he calls “transitional environments, the spaces of the in-between”...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sonnet #2
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley's paintings have always presented the viewer a space where images are as important as the depth of the atmosphere in which they exist. The images are more evocative tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Doubletrance"
Located in Toronto, ON
Jeremy Hoffeld's work plays with ambiguity, and subverts the notion that one must choose between "abstraction and figuration, the new and the borrowed or even clichéd, the bright and the muddy, the natural/primordial and the synthetic/modern." For Hoffeld, "paintings, both abstract and figurative, have always been linked with music and literature. He aims to infuse his paintings with...improvisation, spontaneity, and energy."
Hoffeld has had several solo shows since 2006 at galleries in New York including John Davis Gallery, Varga Gallery, Sky-Tree Gallery and Art Center, and the Catskills Gallery, as well as Galerie Hugo Cassel in Berlin and the Emily Harding Gallery...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Landscape #13
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jennifer Wolf grew up in Southern California hiking the Santa Ynez and Santa Monica Mountains. This intimate connection with the landscape led Wolf to explore using the earthen color...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
SF64-045, Sam Francis, Acrylic, American Abstraction, Postwar, Work on paper
By Sam Francis
Located in Geneva, CH
SF64-045, Sam Francis, Acrylic, American Abstraction, Postwar, Work on paper
1964
Acrylic on paper
73 x 56.5 cm
94 x 75 cm / 37 x 29.5 in. (w...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Dragons Eye By Troy Smith Fine Art Abstract Art
Located in Toronto, CA
Title - Dragons Eye.
Acrylic Painting by Artist Troy Smith. The painting is signed by the artist on the back and comes with a small brass plaque with the a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
Spatial Environs: Blue Rising
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Christopher Ruess large scale painting, spatial environs, blue rising, encapsulated polymer & acrylic on canvas. A Pennsylvania-born artist, Chris Ruess later studied at the Memphis ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Polymer
Cat Who A-1
By Ed Moses
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ed Moses has been a prominent figure in the Los Angeles art scene for almost six decades. Born in 1926 in Long Beach, CA, Moses studied art at UCLA, and trained under the expressionist painter, Rico Lebrun.
He first exhibited work in 1949, and was part of the original group of artists from the legendary Ferus Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Holidays
Located in ARANJUEZ, ES
« I believe painting is all about gesture and flow. Painting is nowness. »
I wanted to represent the magnificent of the oak trees ,how they grow as island in the landscape and creat...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Ink, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Rincon #4
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jennifer Wolf grew up in Southern California hiking the Santa Ynez and Santa Monica Mountains. This intimate connection with the landscape led Wolf to explore using the earthen color...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Pigment
Yards of Love III C (amarillo, oxido)
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas
78 x 89 in
Unstretched
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry P...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
White and Red Number Two
By Peter Lodato
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A California native, Peter Lodato began making work in the late 1960s as part of the West Coast-specific Light and Space movement. Aligned with the concerns of his contemporaries, Lo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nova
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Abstract artist Paul Light Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1966. Before earning his MFA in painting at SCAD-Atlanta in 2012, Light had an extensive business career where he fueled his creative side as a graphic artist, and product designer. It was in these years that he met and was mentored and greatly influenced by Paul Chelko...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Full Circle
Located in New York, NY
Cecilia Biagini
Full Circle, 2013
Acrylic on canvas
65 x 45 in
(165.1h x 114.3w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Landscape #22
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jennifer Wolf grew up in Southern California hiking the Santa Ynez and Santa Monica Mountains. This intimate connection with the landscape led Wolf to explore using the earthen colo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
On Stellar Rays -Monroe Hodder, American, Abstract, Juxtapositions, Bold, Modern
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
On Stellar Rays, original acrylic on canvas painting by American artist Monroe Hodder. Hodder’s abstract paintings are gloriously bold. Inspired by the u...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gravitational Push
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Seeking to evolve the way in which she collaborates with nature, Jennifer Wolf’s most recent series of works combine her signature flow process with innovative new layers of painterl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
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