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: Red
Crimson No 2 - large, bold, abstract shapes, marble dust, acrylic, wax on canvas
By Ivo Stoyanov
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Shapes of deep fuchsia move across passages of dove grey, moss green and black in this abstract composition by Ivo Stoyanov. Stoyanov's paintings have a fresco-like quality, the taut...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Untitled 1041 - Acrylic Painting by Sergio Boaretto - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled 1041 is one of the best works by the Italian artist Sergio Boaretto. It is made on canvas, painted in acrylic in 2019.
The author ranges between colors playing from one sub...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mating In The Orange Bay - Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting, Joyful, Colourful
Located in Salzburg, AT
The interesting three-dimensional effect of the paintings is created when the paint is wet. The artist pulls a layer of paint with a special tool, thus creating thin concave lines.
Jakub Żeligowski...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painter - Acrylic by A.M. Caboni - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Painter is a unique mixed-media painting on cardboard (made of acrylic paint and newspapers) realized by the Italian artist Anna Maria Caboni in 2014.
On the lower right corner of t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Breaking Changes - Painting by Adriano Bernetti da Vila - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Braking Changes is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Adriano Bernetti da Vila in 2021.
Hand-signed oil and acrylic on canvas 80 x 80 cm. The artwork is a considerat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Birth - Acrylic by A.M. Caboni - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Birth is a lovely painting realized by the Italian artist Anna Maria Caboni in 2014. The artwork is an acrylic painting unframed.
The artwork is hand-signed and hand-dated "AMC 14" ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Power of NOW [Black, Red, Acrylic, canvas, Abstract, Line]
Located in Seoul, KR
Lynn Yang
Art Students League of New York
Fine Arts, Hanyang Woman's College, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibition
2021 The Other Side, LYNN Fine Art Gallery, Seoul
2018 The Gallery next, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
![The Power of NOW [Black, Red, Acrylic, canvas, Abstract, Line]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/lynn-yang-paintings-the-power-of-now-black-red-acrylic-canvas-abstract-line-for-sale/a_15492/a_94602121642063235520/KakaoTalk_20220113_172924464_master.jpg?width=240 "Lynn Yang - The Power of NOW [Black, Red, Acrylic, canvas, Abstract, Line]")
Dopaminum 6 - Large Format, Minimalistic Conceptual Oil Painting, Color Field
Located in Salzburg, AT
About Prymon’s Exhibition Dopaminum and his paintings:
”Dopaminum” - Tomasz Prymon
Dopamine – colloquially referred to as the hormone of love and happiness. Why is this organic che...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
City 4 - Acrylic by A.M. Caboni - 2016
Located in Roma, IT
City 4 is a fascinating 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 blac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Always Remember Us This Way - Impasto Thick Paint Original Colorful Heart Art
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, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Once in a Vermillion
Located in Santa Fe, NM
acrylic, ink, mixed media on panel
In his current body of work, Tim uses large gestural drawings to create energetic abstractions. The layered process of his pieces creates a rich t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Golden Hour - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Gold Leaf
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Her inspiration is the small, often unnoticed details which make up everyday life: Chimney smoke, burnished gold, patterns under peeling paint, broken stairs leading nowhere, the rav...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Silver Leaves - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Mixed Media
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Mixed media on canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Morning Heat - contemporary abstract palm tree landscape mixed media canvas
By Simon Ledson
Located in London, GB
Simon emphasises the simplicity of form and the contemporary interaction between the light with haunting tone and texture combined with emotion. These are a study of low light observ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Abstract_Scrape/Drip Painting_Gloss on Canvas_Red/Blue/Yellow_Anthony Hunter
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Anthony Hunter
Scrape, Scrape, Scrape From the Tableside of My Heart Painting
Gloss on Panel
62 x 41 inches framed, piece can be vertical or horizontal
Anthony Hunter was born in L...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red & Cerulean Rose (Abstracted Still Life Painting on Paper of a Red Flower)
By Joy Taylor
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted still life painting of a red flower with blue outlined petals against a white background
"Red & Cerulean Rose" painted by Joy Taylor in 2021
35....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Magma-210, Acrylic & Pigment on Canvas by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Madhu Basu
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Madhu Basu - Magma - 36 x 28 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic & Pigment on canvas
Inclusive of shipment in roll form.
Vessels and pots being of importance in Madhu Basu's works ta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic, Pigment
Garden Red - Bold Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Panting with Flowers (Red)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Garden Red," by Abstract Expressionist artist Helen Bellaver is bold, stunning, and eye-catching. This is one of four in her "Garden" series, "Garden Black & Red" is also available...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
William DeBilzan "Red Sea of Men" (2007), original mixed media on canvas
By William DeBilzan
Located in Glenview, IL
"Red Sea of Men" by contemporary American artist William DeBilzan is an original mixed media painting on canvas created in 2007. The painting represen...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Override
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on board
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Polka Dots on Red - Acrylic Painting by Mario Bigetti - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Polka Dots on Red is an artwork realized by the Italian contemporary artist Mario Bigetti in 2020.
Mixed media: acrylic painting on red colored canvas, colored velcro pads
Hand-signed and dated on the back.
A minimal wood frame is included 54 x 3 x 54 cm
Good conditions.
This original painting is realized with a a vivid red colored acrylic paint on canvas and presents
three rows of polka dots on its surface. The painting consists in only one homogeneous vivid color.
Mario Bigetti, a Roman contemporary...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rouge - Pierre II
Located in Miami, FL
Alexandre Valette holds a master's degree in Art History and is an artist with multiple artistic practices. He has been exploring drawing since his y...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Oil
Red #21 - bold, abstract shapes, marble dust, acrylic and wax on canvas
By Ivo Stoyanov
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Passages of red and silver in a combination of acrylic paint, marble dust, pigments and wax are balanced by shapes of grey and black in this abstract composition on canvas by Ivo Sto...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Wax, Acrylic, Pigment
'Children of Light' original abstract acrylic painting signed by Hsin-Lin Chiao
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Children of Light' is an original acrylic painting by the Chinese-American artist Hsin-Lin Chiao. As in her other canvases, Hsin-Lin here uses abstraction to represent abstract conc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"TORRENTS", Red and White Abstract Acrylic Painting
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This red and white abstract wall-hanging artwork titled "TORRENTS" is an original artwork by Jim Houser made of acrylic on panel. This piece mea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Panel
San Remo Sunset - Bold, Colourful & Abstract Painting: Acrylic on Canvas
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
Uruguayan Contemporary art by Mauricio Paz Viola - The Voice Awakening
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Self-taught artist Mauricio Paz Viola (b 1985; Carmelo, Uruguay) embarked on his artistic journey early in life. Dabbling in plastic art since 7, he has participated i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
" Memories Hidden Within The Lace". Contemporary Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Brecon, Powys
Large bright intricate work from the studio of British artist Susan Bleakley.
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Red Right - contemporary abstract landscape red mixed media canvas
By Simon Ledson
Located in London, GB
Simon emphasises the simplicity of form and the contemporary interaction between the light with haunting tone and texture combined with emotion. These are a study of low light observ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Oil
Rouge - Pierre III
Located in Miami, FL
Alexandre Valette holds a master's degree in Art History and is an artist with multiple artistic practices. He has been exploring drawing since his youth, first focusing on human ana...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Rouge - Pierre I
Located in Miami, FL
Alexandre Valette holds a master's degree in Art History and is an artist with multiple artistic practices. He has been exploring drawing since his youth, first focusing on human ana...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Ink
Red Gap, by Glenn Green, Abstract, painting, red, white, blue, vertical, bold
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Red Gap, by Glenn Green, Abstract painting, red, white, blue, vertical, bold
Red Gap, Abstract landscape painting, red, white, blue, bold colors, vertical
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dance
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Red Black Color Block Mixed Media Painting on Canvas 40W x 60H"
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Abstract Red Black Color Block Mixed Media Painting on Canvas 40W x 60H"
Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas: painted with acrylic, acrylic gels, texturing medium...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Inkjet
C.E. Ross, "Days Warmth", Colorful Abstract Forest Landscape Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This colorful and moody landscape, "Days Warmth", by artist Charles Emery Ross is a 30x24 acrylic painting on canvas depicting a bold outdoor scene of orange and purple trees against...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Blue Skycrapers on a Red Sky with Yellow Halos Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork depicts blue skycrapers on a red sky, with flat light mauve clouds. Numerous yellow-orange halos are floating in the red sky.
This piece is not framed.
Jean-Marc Bois...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
C.E. Ross, "Fuchsia Trees", Colorful Abstract Forest Landscape Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This predominantly red and purple landscape, "Fuchsia Trees", by artist Charles Emery Ross is a 30x24 acrylic painting on canvas featuring bright fuschia trees against a pink sky and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tactile memory #35 Mixed media on canvas abstract painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Tactile memory #35, 2019 by Natasha Zupan
Mix media on canvas
One of a kind
Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D.
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Natasha Zupan beautifully uni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Sarah Foat, Because of Me II, Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting,
By Sarah Foat
Located in Deddington, GB
Sarah Foat
Because of Me II
Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Canvas Size: H 20cm x W 20cm x D 3.5cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Red Like'Roses' Feminine Wrapped Canvas Original Painting by Alejandra Linares
Located in Chattanooga, TN
'Red Like Roses' Feminine Wrapped Canvas Original Painting features an abstract female figure in vivid tones of red, blue, and black. Exuding empowerment, Alejandra Linares’s artwork...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Simply Amazing
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and Prismacolor markers collaged on canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
PINK RED SMOKE
By Gary Hume
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gloss paint on aluminum. Hand signed, dated and titled on verso by the artist.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable off...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Contempory Art "A Lovely Day" Abstract Expressionist Composition Acrilic, Canvas
Located in Coimbra, PT
JParames is considered one of the most talented and promising Portuguese artists of his generation. Born in Lisbon in 1978, he studied at the National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon....
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled-137, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Brown by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sandesh Khule - Untitled-137 - 9 x 12 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Canvas
ABOUT ARTIST :
Painting has a spiritual dimension in its purest sense. H...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Clementine
Located in New Orleans, LA
Materials: acrylic painted paper
Non-objective artist Aimée Farnet Siegel works with color and line through the medium of hand-painted and manipulated paper. Her works inhabit spac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Divers - 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
Storm Surge Red - glossy, bright, impasto, abstract, acrylic on panel
By Shayne Dark
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Passages of fiery scarlet medium swirl within the confines of the picture plane in this Storm Surge painting by Shayne Dark. Its highly textured, sculpted surface is made more dynami...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Fallow Field (Impressionist Abstracted Red Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas)
Located in Hudson, NY
Horizontal, monochromatic impressionist style blood orange and red abstract landscape oil painting on canvas
"Fallow Field" painted by Richard Britell in 2020
oil on canvas
20 x 48 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Whats Up II - Abstraction, Expression, Pop, Street Art, Energetic, Joyful
By Paweł Myszka
Located in Salzburg, AT
Paweł Myszka graduated from the European Academy of Arts in Warsaw. He holds a Master of Arts
degree in Graphic Design and Painting and graduated with hon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Diavoletto di Cartesio - Oil Paint by Leo Guida - 1992
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Diavoletto di Cartesio is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1992 by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original Oil on Wood.
Dimensions: cm 96 x 3 x 60.
Frame ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Kimono Matrix, colorful, enigmatic pattern
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In this series, Audrey Anastasi has shifted her focus away from naturalistic domestic settings to a dark, enigmatic, and some might say, unsettling, pl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Julia Craig, Fuego II, Original Abstract Art, Affordable Art, Art Online
By Julia Craig
Located in Deddington, GB
Julia Craig
Fuego II
Original Abstract Art
Oil on paper
Size: H 26cm x W 34.5cm
Sold Unframed
(Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look).
Jul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Brian Leo 'Elephant In The Room'
By Brian Leo
Located in New York, NY
Brian Leo
Elephant In The Room
2018
Acrylic tin stretched canvas
20 x 20 inches
Brian Leo was born in New Jersey in 1976, and is currently livin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Almost There". Contemporary Abstract Oil on Canvas
Located in Brecon, Powys
Large bright intricate work from the cliff top studio of British artist Susan Bleakley. A very cheerful painting.
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Tree Bark, Michele Mikesell's Oil on canvas, abstract colorful painting
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesell completed her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 2004. Mikesell is a Dallas Artist who lives and works in Oak Cliff and is currently represented by Chiaroscuro, Sante Fe; JRB Gallery, Oklahoma City; Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta; and DECORAZON Gallery in Dallas/ London. Mikesell's work can be found internationally in many private and corporate collections, and has been exhibited in national and international art fairs including, AQUA Miami; SCOPE Basel and New York City; The Suite Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Calypso
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Louisa Chase
Located in New York, NY
Louisa Lizbeth Chase was born in 1951 to Benjamin and Wilda Stengel Chase in Panama City, Panama, where her father, a West Point graduate, was stationed. The family moved to Pennsylv...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Red Twist
By Thomas Slate
Located in Santa Fe, NM
acrylic, paintstik on canvas
painting can be hung vertically or horizontally
Thomas uses large gestural drawings to create energetic abstractions. The layered process of his pieces ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, 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.