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
Turn, Turn, Turn (1), red and orange abstract painting, branches and forest
Located in New York, NY
During these difficult times I have been finding respite and refuge in nature, once again painting outdoors, after many years of working predominantly in the studio. It has been heal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Untitled, Pigment on Canvas, Orange, Black by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Gurunathan Govindhan - Untitled
Pigment on Canvas, 8 x 10 inches
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pigment
'In Stillness' original oil painting signed by Alayna Rose abstract birds
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"In Stillness" is an original oil painting signed by the American artist Alayna Rose. While most of her work is purely abstract, with built-up layers of brightly colored paint, this ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Aztec - contemporary bright colourful abstract acrylic painting
Located in London, GB
Artist's statement:
‘My paintings start with an idea, often of an image remembered, it might be a landscape, an interior or a still-life. As I paint, I try to reduce and simplify the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Turn, Turn, Turn (3), red and orange abstract painting, branches and forest
Located in New York, NY
During these difficult times I have been finding respite and refuge in nature, once again painting outdoors, after many years of working predominantly in the studio. It has been heal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Prophet - 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
Night conversation - Figurative Acrylic Painting on Paper, Young art, Minimalism
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
Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas, Orange, Black by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Dnyaneshwar Dhavale - Untitled
Acrylic on Canvas, 48 x 24 inches
Born : 1981
Qualification :
Bachelor of Fine Art- 2006, Sir J.J. School of Art, Mumbai.
Art Teacher Diploma - 2002,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gemma Bedford, Optimism, Original Abstract Painting, Contemporary Art,
Located in Deddington, GB
Gemma Bedford
Optimism
An Original Abstract Painting
Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas Size : H 40 cm by 40 cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that In situ images are purely an indication of how a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Turtle's Landscape 3" Large Abstract Contemporary Blue and Orange Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract painting of a surreal otherworldly blue, yellow, and orange toned dream landscape. This piece was recently included in the artist's solo show titled "Two-Headed Tur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Yellow & Red Grid (Abstract Geometric Mixed Media Painting on Paper, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract geometric drawing on paper in bright sunflower yellow and red, with a custom light wood frame
'Yellow and Red Grid' by Donise English
30 x 22 inches unframed, 37 x 29 inches...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
50/50
By Doug Ohlson
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Doug Ohlson began his education in a number of small colleges, and a three year period in the U.S. Marines before graduating from the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in fine art....
Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vivace' - multicolor vibrant oil painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
Artist Jill Keller Peters is a colorist whose abstract color-field oil paintings communicate ideas through color. By juxtaposing pure and vivid hues that speak to each other when com...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Bright and Sunshine Bohemian Green Mixed Media on Canvas 45x45"
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas
Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink
Painting of Sunset in Los Angeles California USA by British Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Sunset in Los Angeles California USA by British Urban Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This painting is on high quality art board, p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Board, Gesso, Mixed Media, Oil
"Drop" Contemporary Abstract Figurative Oil Painting
By Emily Roz
Located in New York, NY
30"x40" oil on linen, signed on reverse by the artist. Emily Roz paints with a vibrant color palette, utilizing bold stripes of blue, violet and green fuzing into the figure's bikini...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Composition No.179
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas - artwork can be shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Democritus, The Wise Guys, Owl #3 series, Pop contemporary blue bird painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Democritus, The Wise Guys, Owl #3 series is an iconic Greek Owl painting on Fabriano paper. The painting is in a beautiful silver wooden box frame.
APOSTOLO...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Untitled 191016", Abstract, Colorful, Painting, Pink, Layered
By Ryan Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This abstract painting titled "Untitled 191016" is an original artwork by Ryan Beck made of acrylic and acrylic transfer on canvas. Layering his materials, Ryan Beck creates intricat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Israeli Contemporary Street Art Sign, Traffic Sign Painting Street Art Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Ido Bar-El (Israeli, b. 1959)
Untitled, c. 1997
Mixed media painting on aluminum street traffic sign
Industrial paint, aluminium
24 x 24 inches (61 x 61 c...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
"MURDER IS NOT THE CONSEQUENCE... 08152018 212am", Abstract, Digital, Orange, X
By Justin Neely
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract print "MURDER IS NOT THE CONSEQUENCE... 08152018 212am" is a digital artwork, created with the Brushes Redux iPhone app, and printed at 36x36" on museum-quality Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm archival paper. As the title indicates, the artwork was created on August 15, 2018 at 2:12 am.
While Justin Neely...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
French Contemporary Art by Brigitte Mathé - Camouflage
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Belgium Contemporary Art by Corine Lescope - Écorces
Located in Paris, IDF
Hand signed on the back
Visual artist in oil painting & calligraphy, Corine Lescop has been working on Chinese paper for almost 30 years. She uses Chinese brushes in particular and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Primal Red Dust - Contemporary Abstract Expressionist in (Yellow+Red+Blue+Black
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Primal Red Dust" is an original painting by Helen Bellaver. The painting is done on a wood panel, so it is a substantial piece. Bellaver uses a medium initially on the wood panel, c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Fils I Colors CCCXLIV - Framed Colorful Mixed Media Contemporary Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Experimentation with different materials, textures and techniques in each of his paintings has been a point of discovery and a major part of Raul de la Torre’s artwork. In his Fils I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Composition No.145
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas - artwork can be shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Radiant - colourful, geometric abstraction, modernist, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Precise vertical bands of orange, indigo and canary yellow on a green ground beat in unison in this lyrical painting by Burton Kramer. Kramer has observed that his lyrical abstractio...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Renaissance", Three Pisa-like Towers with Strange Pink Smoke Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork features three Pisa-like towers at different distances, on an orange ground without reliefs and a blue sky. Some arks are sealed with green walls or vegetation. A stra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chorale No 4 - bright, geometric abstraction, modernist acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Vertical bars of sky blue march out from a rectangle packed with yellow and hot orange in this dynamic composition by Burton Kramer. The apt title of this acrylic on canvas reveals t...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life with Teapot, bright orange and yellow figurative scene
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on linen.
Featured in SOFA Chicago 2019.
Eisner has been active as both a painter and a sculptor since the 1960s. After receiving a BFA in painting from Syracuse University...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Avenue - graphic, shapes, orange, blue, red, abstract, tondo, acrylic on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Overlapping shapes and pattern in dazzling colors are arranged like a puzzle in this dynamic tondo by Sylvain Louis-Seize. The painting calls on a minimalist aesthetic but pulls on t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Panel
Composition with Letters and Notes - Original Tempera by M. Guignard - Late 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Composition with Letters and Notes is a small yet gracious tempera on cardboard, realized by the French artist Michel Guignard. The artwork is in excellent conditions, except for a t...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Chroma X60
Located in Napa, CA
Inspired by cartography from an early age, Chase Langford’s abstract paintings transform the familiarity of cities and maps into fluid visions, evoking the feeling of the location wi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Desert Sun" Contemporary Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Through his use of color, texture, and brushstroke, Robert vibrates the viewer with these strong emotional ties that he so longs to connect with nature and the spirit of the all-enco...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
By Jae Kon Park
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jae Kon Park. This untitled, abstract painting is executed in a lush and deep palette primarily in oranges, reds, yellows and green and depicts abstracted tribal patter...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mott Continuum - large, bright, orange, geometric abstraction, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Spheres of burnt orange, turquoise and sapphire blue move in a lyrical and jazzy dance across a hot orange ground in this masterful canvas by Milly Ristvedt. The painting demonstrate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orange Flip
By Thomas Slate
Located in Santa Fe, NM
acrylic, paintstik on canvas
Thomas uses large gestural drawings to create energetic abstractions. The layered process of his pieces creates a rich textured surface. He starts with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Ootheca
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original acrylic on canvas by American contemporary conceptual artist Julian Montague.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lifted From Oblivion/ oil and resin on canvas - grey, orange geometric diamonds
By Erin Parish
Located in Burlingame, CA
Orange, grey and silvery cream abstract work with diamond motif from Erin Parish, who draws on patterns found in nature for the subject matter of her tactile, bold, and brilliant abs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Structures, Painting, Oil on canvas, Band of colors by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Somenath Maity - Structures - 40 x 40 inches (unframed size)
Oil on canvas
The frame is a part of the work, the work will be shipped in a crate.
Style : Somenath Maity is self-profe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bindu Yantra
Located in Santa Fe, NM
The word bindu dates back to the hymn of creation in the Rigveda. Bindu is considered the point at which creation begins and may become unity. It is also described as “the sacred sym...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Polyester, Oil, Alkyd, Panel
Entry 3: Orange, Yellow, Green, Violet - bold, colourful, abstract oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A scaffold of dark violet gives structure to painterly hot orange and teal bands in this confident abstract canvas by David Sorensen. The curated strata of fresh colors points to an ocean horizon at sunrise.
Through his painterly modern compositions, celebrated Canadian painter David Sorensen (1937-2011) sought to “give voice to the inner reality.” In the paintings from his last years, Sorensen offers solutions to the nature of abstraction – wresting nature and the horizon from pure form and brilliant colour.
Born in Vancouver in 1937, Sorensen studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art under Arthur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Turn - bright, colorful, abstract geometric shapes, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Begun in 2009 and completed in 2016, this acrylic painting on canvas is an opera of geometric shapes, brushed areas, lines and dots in a collision of colors, yellow, turquoise, orang...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Perimeter
Located in Park City, UT
Oil/Mixed media painting on wood panel. In this work, color, texture, and organic forms are layered into a complex visual weave.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Herd (Abstract Encaustic Painting Panel in Olive Green, Graphic Orange Circles)
Located in Hudson, NY
16 x 16 x 2 inches
encaustic (wax) on wood panel
HERD is a square, abstracted painting in rich encaustic (pigmented wax) on wood panel. The background is a creamy, olive green with...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Wood Panel
"And the Time Turn Around", Contemporary, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Painting, Wood
Located in St. Louis, MO
Born in Columbus, Ohio in 1968, Ronald Johnson received an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2003. Since then, Johnson has exhibited widely both nationally and internatio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Polyurethane
Vertical Relationships of Red
Located in New York, NY
Through his use of color, texture and brush stroke, Robert vibrates the viewer with these strong emotional ties that he so longs to connect with nature and the spirit of the all-enco...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orange Band Escape II -contemporary abstract orange and black oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
Russell Frampton, was born in 1961 in Hampshire. He was educated at Portsmouth and at Exeter Art College (B.A. in Fine Art), later taking his M.A. in Fine Art at the University of Pl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract, Mixed Media, Red, Orange by Son of the Artist J.Swaminathan "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
S. Harsha Vardhana - Untitled - 30 x 20 inches ( unframed size )
Mixed Media on high Quality Paper
Signed at the back of the painting.
Style : S. Harsha Vardhana gave up a succe...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Charged
Located in New Orleans, LA
BONNIE MAYGARDEN is a multimedia artist who received her MFA in Studio Arts from Tulane University. The destruction of Hurricane Katrina caused her to take leave of New Orleans to fu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tectonic Plates V / oil on canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
Vibrant and alive with rhythmic lines and color, oil on canvas from Stephen Henriques, who says, “Magnificent Color is my greatest gift”. A mid career California artist, Henriques, h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Interval (Tangerine)
Located in Santa Fe, NM
In making the Veil paintings I rely heavily on the material phenomena that occur with wet-into-wet paint application, and with additive and subtractive processes. I work with a mix...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Polyester, Oil, Alkyd, Panel
Head With Blue Line No 1 - colorful, intersecting abstract shapes on canvas
By Aron Hill
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this intimate figurative piece by Aron Hill, space, colour and form create a dynamic composition. Above a blue head-like shape, arcs of pure colour—purple, yellow, lime green and turquoise play with space. A blue check mark...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Maelbeek
Located in New York, NY
After 17 year of teaching Science in high school, Joséphine (the second name of Myriam Struman) has been exploring her passion for painting on canvas. Her taste for interior decorat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plexiglass, Acrylic
Arts-Loi
Located in New York, NY
After 17 year of teaching Science in high school, Joséphine (the second name of Myriam Struman) has been exploring her passion for painting on canvas. Her taste for interior decorati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Concrete
Bamboo with a Bust of Henry VIII
By Mary Vernon
Located in Dallas, TX
"In the world of still life and landscape, conceptual events meet one another – the structural meets the narrative, the small stands in the space of the large, and color has a chance...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Oil
Linked (rust bar)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
High Fever
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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.