Modern Abstract Paintings
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Given Time 1, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In Times of Corona many people get more time, more time with their families. They slow down, running for money and success and even more money and power are replaced by self-reflecti...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Given Time 2, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In Times of Corona many people get more time, more time with their families. They slow down, running for money and success and even more money and power are replaced by self-reflecti...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Grün ist die Hoffnung, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In German there is the saying that the color green stands for hope. And hope is what we need during the Corona-crises. Hope that we soon find a efficient medicine for the therapy of ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
At Home 1, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In times of Corona and the Social Distancing we stay much more at home then usually. That can be good as well: We do have more time to get to know ourselves better. Even we have more...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
At Home 2, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In times of Corona and the Social Distancing we stay much more at home then usually. That can be good as well: We do have more time to get to know ourselves better. Even we have more...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Underneath, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
We do not know what is "Underneath" a nice and friendly surface. There may be heaven and there might be hell. In difficult situations one or the other can take over. The artwork i...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Danach, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Danach - Afterwards: Often in life we ask ourselves what will follow afterwards. How will my life be after the Corona-crises? Will I loose a beloved one, will I loose my job....? Aft...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Good Times Follow Bad Times, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In Times of Corona it is very important that we believe that after this very difficult time there will come - no-one knows when - much better days again. The artwork was done on ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Outside In, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Outside In" combines the fluidity of abstraction and pattern with the opposing nature of more structured forms. The painting is made up of many layers, patterns and colours, which c...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Follow Your Path, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
If we believe in destiny or if we do not: We have to follow our path. The artwork is done with soft acrylic colors. The painting needs to be framed. Signed on the front. Titl...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Huge Cuban Modernist Painting Two Abstract Portrait Figures Contemporary Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Clemente Segrera (Cuban b.1951)
signed acrylic painting on canvas, unframed
dated 2018
canvas: 31 x 43 inches
provenance: private collection, London
c...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Starting with a Dance, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Ein neuer Morgen beginnt. Die Sonne scheint. Es ist Sommer. Die ersten Sonnenstrahlen werden auf der Haut spürbar. Warum nicht den neuen Tag mit einem Tanz begrüßen. Dieses fa...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Modern British mid century oil painting of aubergines on purple and white
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Rodney Gladwell (British, 1928 – 1979)
Aubergines, 1959
Signed and dated ‘Gladwell 59’ (lower left)
Oil on board
79.1/2 x 31.1/2 in. (202 x 80 cm.) including frame
Painter Rodney Gl...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life Abstract Cubism Art Red Black Yellow White Green Blue Purple Orange
Located in Sofia, BG
"Still Life" is an modern art cubism and abstract painting by the Armenian-Bulgarian artist Maestro Arshak Nersisyan.
This painting is dedicated in 2013 to his beloved woman Nadya.
...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saturday Morning, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Saturday Morning" is a very vibrant multicolored painting on canvas. A real statement piece of art. The main colors are turquoise, blue, green, rose, orange. The work is done...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstraction 23, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract painting. On the palette, light tones of yellow, gray, blue of a certain shape are vigorously mixed, scattered on the canvas with a spatula. Painting is a way to show the wo...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
On the Road, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"On the Road" is a happy painting with warm colors, full of harmony and movement. It is a love-story for all the people who move on in life and are on the road. 6 The work is done w...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sunday in the Garden, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Sunday in the Garden" is a colorful and positive acrylic painting on canvas. It is painted in the Informel tradition, in a dynamic and gestural style. The colors are turquoise, yell...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Composition 15 - Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 15 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 48...
Category
1920s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Das Leben ist bunt, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Das Leben ist bunt" (Life is colorful) is a colorful, gestural painted diptych on paper. It is a mixture of monotype and abstract painting. The size of the two pictures is 21 x 29.7...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Upside Down, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Upside Down" is an abstract, gestural and dynamic painting on thick paper, painted with high quality acrylic colors. The painting is very vibrant and energetic. Because of the warm ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Reeds 7 March 09:13 - Modern Nature Oil Painting, Abstract, Minimalism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Eruption 3, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Eruption 3" is a dynamic small acrylic diptych on paper. It is a mixture of monotype and abstract painting. The size of the two pictures is 21 x 29.7 cm / 8.3 x 11.7 inches each. To...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Family, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I see an abstract painting with a lot of colors, but I can see a landscape too with flowers, a jungle landscape, a family with children...... but it's not what you look at that m...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Daphne, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Daphne" is a colorful, dynamic acrylic painting on canvas. It is gestural and painted in the Informel tradition. Due to the different shades of blue it conveys something of sea or s...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
A Place to Go, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"A Place to Go" is a colorful and positive acrylic painting on canvas. It is painted in the Informel tradition, in a dynamic and gestural style. The main colors are turquoise, pink, ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Speedy, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Speedy" is a colorful, happy painting on paper. It is a modern abstract artwork. The work of art is painted with a light, intuitive and very skillful hand. This creates a special...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Finding space #12, Original Abstract Painting, Affordable Art, Abstract Art
Located in Deddington, GB
The Finding Space series of work was inspired by images I had seen through shop windows at twilight. With only vague references to objects, I have tried to capture a sense of the lig...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Anthony Benjamin was born in England on 29 March 1931. He began his study at Southall Technical College in 1947 as an engineering draughtsman and was accepted into Regent Street Poly...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Anthony Benjamin was born in England on 29 March 1931. He began his study at Southall Technical College in 1947 as an engineering draughtsman and was accepted into Regent Street Poly...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Family Business, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Family Business" is a modern abstract painting on canvas. It is painted in a gestural-dynamic style and is very expressive. The main colors are turquoise, blue, light green, yellow ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Reeds 8 July 11:56 - Modern Nature Oil Painting, Abstract, Minimalism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dark Wisdom, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Max Kulich
Located in Yardley, PA
Title: Dark Wisdom Artwork ID: MK201702 Created: 2017, signed and dated Size: 40x60cm 15,7x23,6in Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Original abstract painting by Max...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
White Waves, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Max Kulich
Located in Yardley, PA
Title: White Waves Artwork ID: MK201820 Created: 2018, signed and dated Size: 50x50cm 19,7x19,7in Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Original abst...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Invitation, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Invitation" is a gestural and dynamic acrylic painting on canvas. It is an imposing representative of abstract expressionism. Lots of different layers give this painting great depth...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
French Modernist Green Landscape Oil Painting framed and signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Green landscape
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020)
inscribed verso
framed
signed
oil painting on canvas
framed: 13 x 11 inches
canvas: 11 x 9 inches.
All the paintings we have...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hilltop Afternoon, Blue and Green Landscape Painting, Dorset Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspired by local Dorset landscape.
Discover original paintings by Charlie Baird online with Wychwood Art and in our Deddington Art Gallery. Born in Nairn, Scotland in 1955, Charlie ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Butterfly Love, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Butterfly Love" is inspired by the beauty of nature - of flowers - of blossoming trees in spring. And butterflies, these wonderfully colorful and beautiful creatures that flutter fr...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Large 1970’s French Modernist Oil Painting Horses Laying on Backs in Field
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French artist, signed front and back
Circa 1970’s
oil painting on board, unframed
inscribed verso
board: 28 x 27.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: overall v...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sommertraum, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The abstract painting "Summer Dream" deserves its name. It spreads a wonderfully positive and warm mood; it makes you dream of a wonderful summer day. The sun warms and delights the ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Garten Meditation, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Garden Meditation (Diptych)" is an abstract diptych on paper in the main colors orange, red, beige and black. It is painted gesturally and dynamically and is part of abstract expres...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Which Direction, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Sometimes in life we are at a fork in the road and we don't quite know which way to go. If we do not decide for ourselves, it is often others who decide about our lives. But even if ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Good Morning World, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Good Morning World" is a small acrylic painting on thick paper. It is painted expressively and gesturally. It combines the informal with monotype elements. Some days we have so m...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Far Away 2, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"Far Away 2" is a dynamic and expressive acrylic painting on paper. Colored areas are lined up with circles and splashes of color. It's very harmonious and lively. The main colors ar...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary French Nude Woman Painting Beautiful Textures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French contemporary signed Fox
inscribed verso
painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 10.5 x 8.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France (Paris)
condition: overall very good
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
You Leave a Void, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"You leave a gap" is an abstract, gestural-dynamic acrylic painting on paper. It reminds of people we have lost, who have passed away. They leave a void in our lives that cannot be r...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Scottish Modernist Oil Painting on Canvas Iona Blue Seas Purple Highlands
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Iona
Scottish School, modern
oil on canvas
canvas: 25 x 24 inches
the painting is in overall very good and sound condition
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract British Contemporary Painting Blue White Grey shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Jill Jackson (British, contemporary)
Title: shapes
Medium: oil on board, unframed
Board: 12 x 10 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: The p...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Aragua, Abstract Painting, Contemporary Red Blue and Green Art, Statement Art
By Julia Craig
Located in Deddington, GB
This is an original abstract acrylic painting on canvas.
Discover new works by Julia Craig available to buy online and in our art gallery. Julia is an abstract artist whose love of c...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Endless Fields, Landscape painting, Original art, Gerhard Richter Style Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Endless Fields is a contemporary artwork by emerging artist and painter Fleur Park. Fleur Park's art is influenced by the push and pull of her country life vs her old city life. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Road to Reedham, Original Hockney Style Landscape Painting, Purple Tree Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Road to Reedham is an original work on paper by Cornelia Fitzroy. Cornelia FitzRoy is a Norfolk landscape plein air artist who uses colour and dis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Earth Tones Arcs and Shapes, Memphis Style Forms, Nude Palette, Abstract Wings
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Earth Tones Arcs and Shapes" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. These painting, influenced by modernist artists of the 50's, ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Sumi Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
green landscape, abstract countryside, fields, modern, contemporary, oil, french
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Abstract landscape with colored plots in a dominant green. The landscape evolves in modulations with blurred contours, to suggest volumes more than to draw a precise pattern. The pal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition - Mixed Media By Conrad Marca Relli - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a contemporary artwork realized by Conrad Marca Relli in 1978.
Acrylic and collage on paper.
Hand signed and dated "Marca Relli '78" on the lower right marg...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Composition - Painting By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a Gouache realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, France in 1919. He studied...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Way Out Blue acrylic 1960s abstract painting by Trevor Bell
By Trevor Bell
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
French Modernist Signed Oil Blue Yellow Abstract Expressionist Painting Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School
signed and dated verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 9.5 x 13 inches
condition: overall very good
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reed 22 November 09:54 - Modern Nature Oil Painting, Abstract, Minimalism
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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