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.
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Item Ships From: Europe
Style: Contemporary
Popping Red Sky Meadows
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Popping Red Sky Meadows - An Original semi-abstract painting by Lucy Moore. Using her signature string grass technique and a colourful palette Lucy has created a semi-abstract twist ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Red Shadow - Modern Expressive Minimalistic Painting, Large Format
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Step Forward - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
This Means War - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Bush And Chessboard - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Spring Dreaming, Original painting, Floral art, Landscape, Meadow, Nature, Blue
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Spring Dreaming - An Original semi-abstract painting by Lucy Moore. Using her signature string grass technique and a vibrant palette Lucy has created a semi-abstract twist to her cla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Journey Together, Original painting, Abstract Expressionism, Mediterranean art
Located in Deddington, GB
Journey Together is an original abstract expressionist painting by Diane Whalley with several layers of paint on canvas built up over a number of days with mark making details. Trave...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Layer No.51 by Doris Marten - Abstract painting, minimalist, blue, lines, yellow
By Doris Marten
Located in Paris, FR
Layer No.51 is a unique Indian ink on Alu-Dibond painting by contemporary artist Doris Marten, dimensions are 80 × 200 cm (31.5 × 78.7 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
India Ink
LONo.9 by Doris Marten - Abstract painting, minimalist, bright colours, lines
By Doris Marten
Located in Paris, FR
LONo.9 is a unique Indian ink on Alu-Dibond painting by contemporary artist Doris Marten, dimensions are 40 × 51 cm (15.7 × 20.1 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
India Ink
Restrained Supersaturation No.18 (Fuck that world) by Ahn Hyun-Ju - Painting
By Ahn Hyun-Ju
Located in Paris, FR
Restrained Supersaturation No.18 (Fuck that world) is a unique painting by contemporary artist Ahn Hyun-Ju. The painting is made with polyester, pigments and acrylic resin on alumini...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Layers Object No. 17 by Doris Marten - Abstract painting, minimalist, lines, ink
By Doris Marten
Located in Paris, FR
Layers Object No. 17 is a unique ink drawings on Alu-Dibond painting by contemporary artist Doris Marten, dimensions are 35 × 217 cm (13.8 × 85.4 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
Layers Object No. 16 by Doris Marten - Abstract painting, minimalist, lines, ink
By Doris Marten
Located in Paris, FR
Layers Object No. 16 is a unique ink drawings on Alu-Dibond painting by contemporary artist Doris Marten, dimensions are 41 × 91 cm (16.1 × 35.8 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unfr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
Layers Object No. 12 by Doris Marten - Abstract painting, minimalist, lines, ink
By Doris Marten
Located in Paris, FR
Layers Object No. 12 is a unique ink drawings on Alu-Dibond painting by contemporary artist Doris Marten, dimensions are 55.5 × 121 cm (21.9 × 47.6 in).
The artwork is signed, sold u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
Sea lily-optional painting
Located in London, GB
Artist: Olga Volha Piashko
Title:”Sea lily “
Size 20x29cm/32x42 cm
hand signed
Framed
Olga studies the space of the image inspired by visual subjectivity. His research combines pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Derive, Original painting, Abstract, Colourful
By Allan Storer
Located in Deddington, GB
Allan Storer Derive Original Abstract Painting Oil Paint on Canvas
Derive is a contemporary abstract painting by Allan Storer. The bright colours contrast one another to give a sen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The red Carpet Treatment by Lilly Muth - Contemporary Architecture Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Whimsical Wilderness by Lilly Muth - Contemporary Architecture Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Studio Garden with Oregano and Ox-Eye Daisies I, Original painting, Nature art
Located in Deddington, GB
This is the artist's garden in front of her studio, which has been sown with wildflower seeds indigenous to the Cotswolds, but there's a few other random species that have sneaked in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tabernaculum - Expressive Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realism
By Robert Bubel
Located in Salzburg, AT
The painting is signed on the back.
The whole artistic output of Robert Bubel centres around subjective emotions and arousing emotion in the beholder. The source of inspiration- tha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pastel Spring Dreams, Original Painting, Flowers, Meadow, Sky
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Pastel Spring Dreams - An Original semi-abstract painting by Lucy Moore. Using her signature string grass technique and a colourful palette Lucy has created a semi-abstract twist to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Landscape - XXI century Acrylic painting, Abstaction & Figurative
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
acrylic on plastic board
MONIKA ROSSA
studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Mixed Media Pietro Perrone Dittico Rosso Signed And Dated
Located in Roma, IT
Pietro Perrone was born on 20 July 1956 in Diamante (CS), Italy. He moved to Rome in 1974 where he completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in the sculpture course. In 1985,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Flowering - Handwoven Abstract Landscape, Contemporary Woven and Painted Artwork
Located in Salzburg, AT
From the series Horizons – Sunset 2023
Handwoven painting, linen, cotton yarn, acrylic textile paint, 65 x 50 cm.
‘Horizons’ are a symbiosis of two disciplines of art, Painting and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Textile, Cotton, Linen, Yarn, Acrylic
Miniature Abstract Painting on Pink Background by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Abstract Painting on Pink Background by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield
Art measures 7 x 5 inches
Frame measures 12 x 10 inches
Angela Wakefield has twice ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Sweet Devon Days, Original Painting, Abstract, Pinks, Blues, Yellows
Located in Deddington, GB
Sweet Devon days was painted in my studio, after sketching at several local beaches. The colours are summer pinks, blues and yellows and the abstract shapes are informed from flags ,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Traces, Abstract Oil Paint Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Traces
oil pain on canvas
Original Art
Ready to Hang
authenticity certificate
"Traces" is an exploration of texture and history. Rendered in a palette of neutral colors, the c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Miniature Abstract Painting Turquoise Background by Contemporary British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Abstract Painting on Turquoise Background with Pink & White by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield
Art measures 7 x 5 inches
Frame measures 12 x 10 inches
Ange...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Miniature Landscape of the East Coast of Scottish Highlands by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Miniature Landscape of the East Coast of the Scottish Highlands by Contemporary British Artist Angela Wakefield. Brora Beach, Scotland.
Art measures 7 x 5 inches
Frame measures 12 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Untitled 4 - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Urszula Wilk – artist statment:
I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting and its opposite – that is the physical finiteness of the painting. This phys...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Landscape Original Oil paint by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Oil on Canvas
120x100 cm
Ready to Hang
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painting at the Academy of F...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Silver Peace, Original painting, Birch Trees, Forest, Nature art, Framed acrylic
Located in Deddington, GB
An original acrylic painting of a silver birch trees. The canvas is splattered in whites, greys, yellows, greens and black, forming a beautiful detailed and vibrant forest.
ADDITION...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Clouds Original Oil paint made in Italy by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Clouds
oil on canvas
50x40 cm
Original Oil paint on canvas
Ready to hang
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Islands of Spray 6 - Contemporary Abstract Blue and Pink Landscape Painting
By Kenji Lim
Located in Vienna, AT
Kenji Lim
Islands of Spray 6 - Contemporary Abstract Blue and Pink Landscape Painting
Acrylic on linen, framed
54 cm x 54 cm
Unique copy
Kenji Lim is a British artist based in Essex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Raw Linen, Acrylic
Villa 1 - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Pink Tenement House - Contemporary Expressive Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s degree in painting, with the cycle...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
"Landscape" Abstract Geometric , Original Painting Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
landscape
mixed media on canvas
92x65 cm
original artwork
the painting is sold stretched out on a wooden frame
ready to hang
signed with certificate of authenticity
Marilina Marc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Oil
Spring Wheat, Hampshire, Original painting, Blue, Modern, Skyscape, Abstract art
Located in Deddington, GB
I spend many hours a week walking my young working cocker Scout, and I always carry a sketchbook with me. Hampshire is full of wheat fields and in the Spring the young grasses are an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
White Landscape, Diptych, Original Art , Made in Italy by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
White landscape
oil painting on canvas
original painting
one of a kind
diptych
overall dimensions 130x92
(65x92 each single canvas)
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Handmade Paper
Mountain - Landscape Painting Blue White Red Grey Yellow Black
By Leith Ridley
Located in Sofia, BG
"Mountain" is a painting by the South African - French artist Leith Ridley.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: oil painting mounted on linen canvas
STYLE: Abstract, Contemporary
Editi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Matrix In Creation No 12
Located in Berlin, DE
Acrylic paint on canvas, 2015. It comes directly from the studio of the artist.
Height 65 in ( 165 cm ), Width 39.37 in ( 100 cm )
Matrix In Creation belongs to a line of more than 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Joy of Summer Floral Mead, Original painting, Floral, Meadow, Landscape painting
Located in Deddington, GB
A wildly colourful floral meadow painting. Bold, bright, joyful and expressive in application and vibrant. Dense pattern inspired by my love of design and colour as well as gardens a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled 1 - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Urszula Wilk – artist statment:
I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting and its opposite – that is the physical finiteness of the painting. This phys...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Choreographer. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
In this Harlequin series work Berlin has The choreographer absent mindedly slipping on a ballet slipper. The hand is hardly discernible on the canvas as it is in his mind. His gaze a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Catching the Light: February Evening II, original painting, Contemporary
By Suzanne Winn
Located in Deddington, GB
Catching The Light: February Evening II by Suzanne Winn [2021]
My “Catching The Light Series” was painted during the winter of 2020/2021. During the darkest days of the pandemic, I ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Contraste
Located in PARIS, FR
François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
"Contraste"
Lacquer on canvas
100 x 81 cm 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.
2023
Born in Granville, France, on April 14, 1968, François Benoît-Lison began with a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lacquer
Path to Freedom, Original Painting, Landscape, Woods, Trees
Located in Deddington, GB
This treescape is full of colour to reflect the happiness I felt when I was walking along this lovely path which leads to the coast and out to freedom! It was winter but the sun was ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Charcoal, Oil
Untitled 3 - Modern Landscape and Mountains Painting, Abstract, Joyful, Colorful
By Anna Ładecka
Located in Salzburg, AT
Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter.
Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithography and obtained a scholar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Silo
Located in PARIS, FR
François Benoit Lison (1968 - )
"Silo"
Bituminous base and lacquer on canvas
100 x 81 cm 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.
2023
Born in Granville, France, on April 14, 1968, François Benoît-Li...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Mixed Media
Backwash
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Backwash' — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 60 x 72 inches.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, New York, and California'...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Luminous 3
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Luminous 3' — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 31.5 x 31.5 inches.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, New York, and Calif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Luminous 5
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Luminous 5' — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 31.5 x 31.5 inches.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, New York, and Calif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Luminous 4
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Luminous 4' — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 31.5 x 31.5 inches.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, New York, and Calif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Luminous 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Luminous 2' — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 31.5 x 31.5 inches.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, New York, and Calif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Untitled 3 - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Urszula Wilk – artist statment:
I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting and its opposite – that is the physical finiteness of the painting. This phys...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Unwavering - Contemporary Expressive, Symbolic and Minimalistic Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Joanna Mrozowska
Born in 1976 in Warsaw. Studied in the Department of Painting in the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; she graduated with a Master’s de...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Pulteney Bridge Bath, abstract art, landscape art
Located in Deddington, GB
original
Acrylic on Fabriano paper
Image size: H:50 cm x W:40 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:40 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Image size:
Height: 50cm (19.69 in)
Wid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas
East Head, Windy Day
Located in Deddington, GB
Stephen Kinder East Head windy day Original Landscape Painting Oil Paint on Board
This painting was completed on location in the late summer of 2020. It was a breezy day on West Wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SOMBRA - Sevilla- Spain
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Maestranza de Sevilla, 2023
MEDIDAS: 100x76 CM
Papel Hahnemuhle Photo Rag
Sangre 2 cm
1/7 + COPIA DE AUTOR
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper
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.