Contemporary Abstract Paintings
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Contemporary
Color: Orange
The Snow Doesn't Give A Soft White Damn - abstract, oil on canvas over panel
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this lyrical abstract work by Montreal born Mel Davis organic shapes intersect in a playful composition. Using form and colour--blue, yellow, blush pink, black and snow-white Davi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Cinergy #7
By BERNARD, LUC
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Luc Bernard. “Cinergy #7” is a contemporary abstract painting, oil and acrylic on canvas in a brown-yellow by artist Luc Bernard. The work is signed signed on the verso...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Vakho Bugadze - Untitled 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on fabric
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Fabric
Rish and Foses 2 - expressive, colourful, abstract, oil on canvas over panel
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this lyrical abstract work by Mel Davis organic shapes and fluid lines intersect in a playful horizontal composition. Using form and colour-bright blue, red and black contrast wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Untitled Black Spiral
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Capturing movement in acrylic and spray paint, Armen Ges experiments with optical illusions and perspective in his original abstract artworks. To create these intriguing visuals, Ges...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Untitled (Traintracks) - based on a Polaroid
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Untitled (Train tracks) - The Last Picture Show - 2004
38x37cm.
Edition of 5, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on the Polaroid.
Signature label and Certificate.
Art...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
"No. 2314" Miniature Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature paper collage by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Titled/numbered, initialed, and dated on verso. Acquired with a collection of his work. Presented in a new mat with foa...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper
'Decision Drift 2.1', by Bryan Boone, Acrylic on Panel Painting
By Bryan Boone
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This acrylic on panel painting by Bryan Boone is the fourth in a series of three major designs. "Decision Drift 2.1 is the first iteration of the Decision ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
'Decision Drift 3.1, ' by Bryan Boone, Acrylic on Panel Painting
By Bryan Boone
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 12"x12" square acrylic on panel painting by Bryan Boone is the sixth in a series of three major designs. Decision Drift 3.1 is the first iteration in the Decision Drift 3 set.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
"The Pond in Golden Light" Contemporary Acrylic Painting in the style of Monet
Located in New York, NY
An abstract expressionist acrylic painting on canvas with wonderful color combinations of whites, pinks, orange and effortless lines and shapes. Inspired by Claude Monet's Lilly Pads...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fire Siren - Oil Painting by Anastasia Kurakina - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Fire Siren is an original contemporary artwork, realized in 2018 by the emerging artist Anastasia Kurakina.
Mixed colored acrylic painting on canvas.
Good conditions
Signed and da...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vivace 13 - bold, colourful, geometric abstraction, modernist, acrylic on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Modernist Burton Kramer finds inspiration for his abstract paintings in the beauty of music. In Vivace 13, one of a series, geometric shapes in blues, reds, greens against a sunny ye...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Diptych - "Master Dik" - Joyful, Expression, Pop, Street Art, Abstract
By Paweł Myszka
Located in Salzburg, AT
Please ask me about the shipping costs. Because the paintings consist of 2 elements they can be packaged appropriately for shipping and that makes the shipping significantly cheaper ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
I'm Afraid of Red, Yellow, Blue
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Constance Mallinson. "I'm Afraid of Red, Yellow, Blue" is a contemporary painting, oil on canvas by female Amercian artist Constance Mallinson. The artwork is unsigned....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Epiphany, Original Abstract Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
A joyful, effusive scape evocative of the seaside or a sunset. Bursting with color, movement, and contrast, the piece remains balanced because no one element overp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin
Small Colourful Abstract Painting "Small Profusion Tablet 15"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A colourful, detailed, unique and vivid abstract oil and enamel painting on canvas. Framing on request.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Small Colourful Abstract Painting "Small Profusion Tablet 13"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A colourful, detailed, unique and vivid abstract oil and enamel painting on canvas. Framing on request.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Triptych - "Freeform" - Abstraction, Expression, Pop, Street Art, Joyful
By Paweł Myszka
Located in Salzburg, AT
A single painting is 70x60 cm in size, All together next to each other 70x180 cm. Please ask me about the shipping costs because we can send the paintings much cheaper, the system h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cut 2 ply museum board, abstract wall sculpture: 'Orange & White Gunshot'
Located in New York, NY
“CUT WORK” is an evolving examination of emotion experienced through the inspired meeting of blade and paper. Beginning with the featureless plane of a blank paper canvas and a surge...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper, Mixed Media
Summer Kiss (Nicosia)
Located in London, GB
Following a BA in Fine Art at Portsmouth, Brian Bartlett was awarded a travel scholarship to the USA, where he gained his Masters Degree at the University of Eastern Illinois.
Brian...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
‘Sunset’ abstract art Contemporary Colorful Mixed Media By Frida
Located in Carmel, CA
Sunset Over The Forest - oil on canvas painting - abstract art
The painting comes with a certificate of authenticity and a letter of appraisal.
An original piece, one of a kind.
T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Living The Dream - Impasto Thick Paint Original Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coulombe-Bégin's dynamic acrylic on canvas works seek to produce a metamorphic interpretation of the artist's inner identity. Her paintings make ample use of contrasting colors to cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Whisper
Located in Loveland, CO
Whisper by Alyson Kinkade
Abstract Expressionist Landscape
13x13" oil on canvas gallery wrapped on thick stretcher bars - sides are painted black.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
"Over the years ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Color Chords - Painting by Adriano Bernetti da Vila - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Color Chords: Lisbon Dream, Alfama Colors is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Adriano Bernetti da Vila in 2019.
Hand-signed oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm. The artwork i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"After Urbana #3", Contemporary, Abstract, Oil, Painting, Canvas
Located in St. Louis, MO
Kathryn Arnold’s paintings focus on interpretive markings, built up into fields of color and textured surfaces. Mixing both jewel-like and muted tones,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Haze - Contemporary Acrylic Artwork: Retro Style, Simple, Colourful and Linear
Located in London, GB
Born in Buckinghamshire in 1976, Rachel Wickremer is a Canterbury based painter known for her colourful work.
Exploring the relationship between the m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
A set of four paintings multiple options geometric abstraction blue red greeh
By Kyla Kegler
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original series of four gouache paintings by contemporary female artist Kyla Kegler. This work is comprised of four paintings which can be hung in several different arrangements ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Latex, Gouache, Fiberboard, Illustration Board
City 2 - Acrylic by A.M. Caboni - 2016
Located in Roma, IT
City 2 is a beautiful acrylic painting on canvas realized by the Italian artist Anna Maria Caboni in 2016.
The artwork is hand-signed and hand-dated "AMC 16" by the artist in black ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Spanish Contemporary Art by Mercedes Aparicio - L’amour du Coeur
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Degrees of Change So Small' original abstract oil painting by Deirdre Schanen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Degrees of Change So Small' is an oil painting by the American artist Deirdre Schanen. Schanen's works weave between non-objective abstraction and representative landscape painting....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orange with Dots
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pixie Willoughby, Connor Flutey, Original landscape painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Connor Flutey by Pixie Willoughby [2021]
original
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:76 cm x W:50 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x W:50 cm x D:1cm
Sold Unframed
Please ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Unknown Steps-Geometric Abstraction, ' by Bryan Boone, Acrylic on Panel Painting
By Bryan Boone
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
"This is the sixth piece in the 'Unknown Steps' series where I concentrated on creating compositions constructed off of an obtuse angle. In this piece, that focus is the line starting in the lower right corner that reaches up and left before intersecting the blue and aqua fields and turning to intersect the horizon line of the composition. The other lines were then arranged as an extension of that core structure. Every field was composed of multiple translucent layers resulting in complex depth and visual texture." -- Bryan Boone...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Christo Sharpe, Road to Seville, Contemporary Art, Original Abstract Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Christo Sharpe
Road to Seville
Original oil painting on canvas
Sold unframed
Image size: 46x61x2cms
(Please note that in situ images are purely an indic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Visionism 6667i
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Giclée photograph printed on metal
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Morning San Juan
Located in Saint Louis, MO
“My paintings are meditative studies done with rich colors and bold graphic compositions—I often incorporate circles, grids and stripes. The universality and appeal of this symbology...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
La Voile
Located in Miami, FL
Ballestra expresses a unique movement in each painting with a very subtle sensuality and a juxtaposition of colors to reveal light and shadows, creating a synergy between the piece a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
As You Like It, #5
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and acrylic ink poured on canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
As You Like It, #4
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and acrylic ink poured on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pyramids with Countless Stairs and Arches Doors Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork pictures large pyramids with countless labyrinthine stairs and blue arches doors.
This piece is not framed.
Jean-Marc Boissy is a talented and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arabian night 2 - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Minimalism, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract Composition - Original Tempera by A. Matheos
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a beautiful original painting in tempera applied on cream-colored paper, realized at the beginning of XX century by the Greek-French artist Mathéos Alkis, Signed on lo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Swamp Boogie, bright orange and green abstract landscape, surreal scene
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic, spray paint, oil bar and oil on linen
During these difficult times I have been finding respite and refuge in nature, once again painting outdoors, after many years of worki...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil Crayon, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
C.E. Ross, "Beautiful Day", Colorful Abstract Forest Landscape Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This bold and colorful landscape, "Beautiful Day", by artist Charles Emery Ross is a 30x40 acrylic painting on canvas featuring yellow abstracted trees against and orange background....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pixie Willoughby, Golden Future, Affordable Art, Contemporary Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Pixie Willoughby
Golden Future
Abstract
Acrylic on Canvas
Sold Unframed
Size: H:70 cm x W:50 cm
(Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look).
Be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Quod Erat Demonstrandum 7", Michael Mentler, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary
Located in Dallas, TX
Mentler persistently challenges the art world to see beyond the surface. He revives the
essence of numerous past masters and gives a place in today’s modern era. His work will teach ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled-133, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sandesh Khule - Untitled-133
Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 60 inches, 2019
ABOUT ARTIST
Painting has a spiritual dimension in its purest sense. He searched of infinity, enlightenment & aw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pixie Willoughby, Field of Green, Original Abstract Painting, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pixie Willoughby
Field of Green
Original Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
Size: H 61cm x W 61cm
Sold Unframed
(Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
C.E. Ross, "Pink Passion", Colorful Abstract Forest Landscape Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This vibrant and airy landscape, "Pink Passion", by artist Charles Emery Ross is a 30x24 acrylic painting on canvas featuring bold orange trees over pink atmospheric background.
Ab...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Compostela IV - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Acrylic Painting, Canvas
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Ron Mills-Pinyas’ paintings point to what in creation is, fragile, even possibly frail in a world of powerful simmering explosions of colour and beautiful molecular sub-realities. Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fairy Tale German-Like Houses in Town Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts houses and building which looks as straight out of a German fairy tale.
This piece is not framed.
Jean-Marc Boissy is a talented and promising French artist. H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Cambur' Wrapped Canvas Original Painting by Alejandra Linares
Located in Chattanooga, TN
'Cambur' Wrapped Canvas Original Painting features an abstract banana in vivid tones of yellow, orange, coral, red, blue, gray, and black. Exuding empowerment, Alejandra Linares...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orange Shape - Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2015
Located in Roma, IT
Orange Shape is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2015.
Oil on canvas.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the back. Hand-signed on the lower right c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orange Labyrinthine Hollow Mountain of Walls Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork pictures labyrinthine walls forming hollow mountains.
This piece is not framed.
Jean-Marc Boissy is a talented and promising French art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Circles Green & Red" Contemporary Abstract Colorful Circles and Wave Painting
By William Topher
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful abstract painting by the artist William Topher who works and lives in Houston, Texas. The painterly circles are juxtaposed against the graphic outlines of the background cr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic
Floating Impossible Red Stairs on Pillars Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts a red stairs running around a set of pillars, floating in the air. Some of the stairs are physically impossible to build, but not all....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wood or Straw Houses on Stilts at Dawn or Twilight Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts four houses on stilts behind a wood sticks fence, at dawn or at twilight.
This piece is not framed.
Jean-Marc Boissy is a talented and promising French artist....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Full moon- Figurative Acrylic Painting on Paper, Young art, Minimalism, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Contemporary abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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 Anastasia Pelias, Chelsea Davine, Waleria Matelska, and Anna Maria Caboni. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Fabric and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 1.63 inches across are also available.