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
JHAAP III. From The Ritual Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The Ritual Series
Cotton wicks and acrylic on canvas
Size: 36 x 36 inches
Unframed
Using thousands of Diya-Baati/cotton wicks, a ritual material, the Samsara series are works ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic, Canvas
Paradiso - Framed abstract winter sky landscape painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
"Paradiso" is a small winter sky abstract landscape painting mounted in a simple white floater frame. This painting is one of my signature "Littles", smaller paintings that pack a po...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist - Blue Hydrangeas by Honora Berg
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Blue Hydrangeas in Acrylic on Paper
Vining Blue Hydrangeas by San Francisco's artist Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985), 1946. The vertica...
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
W an T Seek #118, Painting, Oil on Paper
By Kris Haas
Located in Yardley, PA
This series was born from my Worn & Torn series out of a need, no a desire to be a little less serious and more joyful and to have a little bit of fun with the play on the title Worn...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Diptych of Awakening and In This Moment, Original paintings, Abstract
Located in Deddington, GB
A bright and uplifting mixed media painting on canvas inspired by Spring and the feeling of new life and abundance. The painting comes signed and titled on the reverse & strung ready...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Moment To Moment #4033.101318, Painting, Gouache on Paper
By Kris Haas
Located in Yardley, PA
A moment can be so fleeting and yet when it is a perfect one it seems to last forever. These pieces invoke a quiet strength of capturing moments in time of markings of the ink on pap...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Playful Reality #20, Painting, Oil on Paper
By Kris Haas
Located in Yardley, PA
My "Playful Reality Series" is just that! Me finally getting caught up into the playful reality of happiness and joy after coming out the other side of so many losses in my life. I...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Playful Reality #25, Painting, Oil on PaperPlayful Reality #25, Painting, Oil on
By Kris Haas
Located in Yardley, PA
My "Playful Reality Series" is just that! Me finally getting caught up into the playful reality of happiness and joy after coming out the other side of so many losses in my life. I...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
X-Large#1 Limited-Gladiolus Glorious-Hand Painted finishing-Award British Artist
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare X-large Limited Edition, 80% of the Edition is hand painted and highlighted with original brushstrokes by artist Shizico Yi herself; a very rare and collectable L...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Photographic Paper, Giclée
I. Cahue 5 Blue and Pink Drops abstract. original.acrylic paper painting
By Isidro Cahue
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
blue and pink drops abstract. original.acrylic paper painting.. framed
Artwork by Spanish artist ISIDRO CAHUE.
The personality of the artist is reflected in different fields of art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Ramon Poch 17 Especting original acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
R. Poch. 121 original acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production company La Cosa de la...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled Dynamic Colorful Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting, Israeli-American
Located in Surfside, FL
Nachume Miller (1949–1998) was a German born Israeli artist who immigrated to New York City in 1973, where he made a name for himself in the American Modern Art scene. Miller immigra...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ruz 9 Black Grey Golden acrylic canvas painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
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Ruz. black. grey. golden acrylic canvas painting
Original artwork by Spanish artist Rafael Ruz. Acrylic on canvas in perfect condition.
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tharrats 5 Colors - original abstract acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Colors - original abstract acrylic painting. frameD
Original paper by the famous Spanish artist Josep Tharrats.
Acrylic on paper. Perfect condition.
Certificate of originality
THAR...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
sand & water
Located in London, GB
Painting:acrylic on canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Painting size:100x160x2cm cm ( consist of two canvases 100x70 cm each)
Frame:Not Framed
Olga Volha Piashko background is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
From the train nearly home, Original painting, Abstract, Still life inspired
Located in Deddington, GB
This mixed media painting is acrylic on canvas with collage and carborundum and some text . Ideas are drawn from the journey through Devon along the coast with beautiful sea views ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Demiuge
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic and oil on panel, framed
Focusing on painting as a space of exploration, Raphaëlle Goethals has worked with wax, resin, and pigments as her signature medium for over twent...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Pierre Montheillet, Composition in yellow, watercolor and gouache on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre MONTHEILLET (1923-2011)
Composition in yellow
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Signed lower left
Dimensions of the work: 50 x 65 cm
Dimensions of the frame: 60 x 80 cm
Pierre ...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
ABSTRACTLY, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
ABSTRACTLY Original abstract painting with impasto and applied texture. Created with acrylic on stretched canvas. Sides finished and ready to hang Signed on the back + COA ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rui Yang Abstract Original Oil Painting "Mexico"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Mexico
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 15.75 x 19.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dust Stories (Haboob)
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Focusing on painting as a space of exploration, Raphaëlle Goethals has worked with wax, resin, and pigments as her signature medium for over twenty years. She established her vocabul...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
SAMSARA IV. From The Ritual Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The Ritual Series
Cotton wicks and acrylic on plywood
Size: 48 x 48 inches
Frame size: 50 x 50 x 3 inches
Bronze painted wood framed
Using thousands of Diya-Baati/cotton wicks...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Plywood, Acrylic
Inssipi Aankkitareem (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Inssipi Aankkitareem (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, and LEGO brick on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Ab...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Yarn, Tape, Acrylic
Liquid Sky V
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic and oil on panel, framed
Focusing on painting as a space of exploration, Raphaëlle Goethals has worked with wax, resin, and pigments as her signature medium for over twent...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Ruz 10 Black Grey Green acrylic canvas painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
acrylic canvas painting
Original artwork by Spanish artist Rafael Ruz. Acrylic on canvas in perfect condition.
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk abou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Three Dots
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Focusing on painting as a space of exploration, Raphaëlle Goethals has worked with wax, resin, and pigments as her signature medium for over twenty years. She established her vocabul...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Taroudant
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Focusing on painting as a space of exploration, Raphaëlle Goethals has worked with wax, resin, and pigments as her signature medium for over twenty years. She established her vocabul...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Kanaal
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic and oil on panel, framed
Focusing on painting as a space of exploration, Raphaëlle Goethals has worked with wax, resin, and pigments as her signature medium for over twent...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Desert Nights
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic and oil on panel, framed
Focusing on painting as a space of exploration, Raphaëlle Goethals has worked with wax, resin, and pigments as her signature medium for over twent...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Alfa Blues
Located in Phoenix, AZ
encaustic and oil on panel, framed
Focusing on painting as a space of exploration, Raphaëlle Goethals has worked with wax, resin, and pigments as her signature medium for over twent...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil
Moonlight Celebration - Large Soft Abstract Floral Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from an immersive and impressionistic interpretation of nature, Canadian artist Vé Boisvert paints textural original artworks that capture the fleeting effects of...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fading Habitat, Original painting, Abstract, Earth Pigments, Environmental art
Located in Deddington, GB
Fading Habitat is a large scale abstract painting on canvas with natural earth pigments, charcoal, limestone from the Cotswolds and ink, measuring 100x100cm unframed.
ADDITIONAL INF...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Limestone
Water baby - Framed pink abstract floral nature painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
An ethereal gem-like painting, "Water baby" is an abstract pink nature painting with a floral landscape motif, mounted in an antique gold frame. It is reminiscent of a watery landsca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hors Necuuse (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Hors Necuuse (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, color tape, and yarn on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstraction to describ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Yarn, Tape, Acrylic
Outro Revveckaa (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Outro Revveckaa (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, color tape, and yarn on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstraction to desc...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Yarn, Tape, Acrylic
Lillerrne (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Lillerrne (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, and LEGO brick on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstraction t...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Yarn, Tape, Acrylic
Sppuzzem (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Sppuzzem (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, and LEGO brick on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstraction to...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Yarn, Tape, Acrylic
Asheen Kumarii (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Asheen Kumarii (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, and LEGO brick on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstract...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tape, Acrylic, Yarn
Peerviin Okk (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Peerviin Okk (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and color tape on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstraction to describe his w...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tape, Acrylic
Uui Oggawaa (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Uui Oggawaa (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and color tape on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstraction to describe his wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tape, Acrylic
linervinii Ninn (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
linervinii Ninn (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and color tape on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstraction to describe hi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tape, Acrylic
Dessandda (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Dessandda (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, and blue sandpaper disc on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abst...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Yarn, Tape, Acrylic
Ashhidda (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Ashhidda (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, and blue sandpaper disc on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abstra...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Yarn, Tape, Acrylic
Aligner Pellageiyia (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Aligner Pellageiyia (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, color tape, yarn, and LEGO brick on canvas - Unframed.
Philippe Halaburda is a French artist who has coined the term Geographic Abst...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tape, Acrylic, Yarn
And then there was light - Abstract gold and orange sunset landscape painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
A painting dedicated to ascension, "And then there was light" is an abstract landscape sunset painting in gold and orange mounted in an antique gold frame. It is reminiscent of the l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition by Zoute (Leon Salter) Mid Century
Located in Rochester, NY
Abstract Modernist oil painting by Zoute. Oil on canvas mounted on board. Painted in circa 1940's.
Zoute (Born-Leon Salter, 1903-1976) was self-taught and well exhibited during his l...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waves and Particles and Mantra Implosion Diptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Waves and Particles and Mantra Implosion Diptych, by Yunior Manino
Acrylic paint on canvas
Overall size: 340 cm H x 193 cm W
Individual size:
Waves and Particles: 170 cm H x 192 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Spring rainbow fusion
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In this abstract floral artwork I experience the world of nature through the bright colors of a spring period.
While painting, I sought to capture the beauty of spring flowers which...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Drifting, 2015
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Oil painting on wood panel
colors: green blue orange
Born in Havana, Cuba, in the late 70s during a well-documented time of religious and political o ppression, abstract expressi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Echoes of Literature, library, multicolor abstract, expressionism, geometric
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
"Echoes of Literature" is an abstract artwork that invites the viewer to delve into the timeless realm of books and stories. With dimensions of 50 x 50 cm, this captivating canvas ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rose blossom
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting makes part of my series dedicated to the scenes of a summer period.
This abstract vibrant floral painting called "Rose blossom" is done in a modern contemporary expres...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Onyx, Original painting, Abstract art, Stone, Power, Textural painting, 3D art
Located in Deddington, GB
Mixed media painting by Rajan Seth. This painting is made with acrylic paints, spray paint, and with the colours of black, off white, light grey, and metall...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Softer Still, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Softer Still is an original abstract landscape created with texture mediums and acrylic on stretched canvas. Sides finished in white - ready to frame or hang (unframed). Soft white/b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Polish Abstract - 20th Century Watercolor by Z. Krajewska
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Colourful Abstract Watercolour by Z. Krajewska
In wooden frame under glass.
Keywords: colorful, watercolor, smudge, blur,
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract 2423
Located in Zofingen, AG
"In creating this exuberant piece, I unleashed my inner passions onto the canvas, swirling acrylics in spontaneous expression. Each stroke mirrors life's chaos and beauty, blending a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Castles In the Air, Painting, Acrylic on Watercolor Paper
By Karen Hansen
Located in Yardley, PA
Fine lines trace across this smokey, atmospheric painting appearing to form a structure in the mist. There is subtle texture through out the piece. It has been painted in acrylic on ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Oil White Tangle, Original Painting, Floral, Abstract art, Blue, Green, White
Located in Deddington, GB
An original painting by Catharine Ruth Church of flowers in an array of greens and blues. Impasto brushstrokes are used and in some areas the foreground colours are scraped away to c...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
C.L.F.Q. composition no. 20
Located in Como, IT
Giuseppe Minoretti (Erba, Como - 1938)
C.L.F.Q. composition no. 20
Acrylic on Canvas
1975
Size: 50x50 cm (72x72 cm including frame)
Giuseppe Minoretti was born in Erba (Como) in 19...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer
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