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
Ovoid, geometrical figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Ovoid, 1992
Acrylic on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
7.75 x 7.75 inches
9 x 9 inches, framed
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a...
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Lowell Nesbitt Oil Painting, Iris on Dark Grey, 1968
Located in Phoenix, AZ
A beautiful example by well-known artist Lowell Nesbitt featuring dramatic pale Irises on a dark grey ground.
Image size: 22" H x 34" W. Simply framed. In mint condition. Signed, tit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mountains - Drawing by Paul-Maurice Chevalier - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mountains is a drawing on paper realized in the mid-20th Century by Paul-Maurice Chevalier. (1898-1984).
Ink, Charcoal, and Watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good con...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor
Painting Two, 2002
By Kevin Archer
Located in Atlanta, GA
Archer creates his master pieces via the exploration of liquid animation, quintessentially a process of manipulating wet paint into more wet paint. His canvases are a saturation of colors that intertwine with one another rhythmically; the actively flying and floating biomorphic forms are suggestive of human, animal, and microcosmic shapes. They are busy colliding, overlapping, and engaging each other in an imaginary landscape space, frozen in a moment of time.
Perhaps, the biggest draw to Archer’s paintings is the multiple detailed vignettes that come into play when one takes a closer look at each of his creations. Consequently, welcoming the viewer to experience the dynamic aspects of the work – the paintings also encourage engagement, making them an interactive visual...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract, Wood, Iron, Oil & Mixed Media, Green, Black by Indian Artist"In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 31 x 20 inches (unframed size)
Wood, Iron, Oil & Mixed Media on Board
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern I...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Iron
Collage Series VI, Mixed Media, Paper, Foil, Acrylic, Red, Pink "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Collage Series VI - 23 x 16 inches (unframed size)
Collage Series, Mixed Media, Paper, Foil, Acrylic.
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
Sunil Das (1939-2015) ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Foil
Untitled, Laxmi, Figurative, Pen & Ink on Paper by Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury
Untitled
Pen & Ink on Paper
7 x 5 inches
2024
( Unframed & Delivered )
Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury executed Still life drawing in Ink, pastel.
Always a po...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Ink, Pen
"Abduction of the Emperor, " 1970s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Abduction of the Emperor" by Stanley Bate is an abstract oil painting made in 1971. This piece is primarily a textured sandy gold color with geometric shapes that add pops of light ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
"Exodus, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Exodus" is a Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate. Bate, who was greatly inspired by his peer, Mark Rothko and the Abstract Expressionist movement in general, creates an energet...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Entr'acte - Mid-Century Ovoids in Theatre - Geometrical Abstract Pastel
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Entr'acte, 1977
Pastel on board
Signed and dated lower right
8 x 10 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting.
Clare...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Blue Cloud" Modern Abstract Geometric Pastel Contoured / Shaped Canvas Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern pastel blue abstract painting by Texas born artist Clark Fox. The work features an intricate geometric pattern in various tones of light blue against ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Yellow and Orange Toned Figurative Grid of Nude Bodies Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Yellow toned abstract figurative painting by French artist Christophe Stora depicting human bodies in a grid and in several postures and motions. This...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modernist Oil Painting “Toll Bridge from Up River Thames", England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil Painting on Canvas
#1092 “Toll Bridge from Up River Thames", England
31 x 30”, Oil on Canvas
Custom made wood frame
Signed
Kornfeld painted the Englan...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Roman Incident, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This 1960s painting by Modernist artist Stanley Bate is an energetic abstract composition with a warm red and orange palette with small pops of bright blue throughout. The painting i...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Street cafe. 2021, acrylic, paper, 25x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Street cafe. 2021, acrylic, paper, 25x25 cm
Ansis Butnors (1977)
Education:
J. Rozentals Art School in Riga – 1989. – 1996.
Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department – 1996. – 2...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Storm King, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Storm King" by Modernist artist Stanley Bate is a moderately sized oil painting on canvas. The predominantly greyscale painting features a warm off-white w...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Stele, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Stele" by Modernist painter Stanley Bate is a bold painting with a dark grey and umber border and large, central rectangles, the left in a warm red and orange and the right in a lig...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Modern Abstract Figure Painting Featuring the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
By Adorno Bonciani
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract painting by Italian artist Adorno Bonciani. The work features two abstract figures on horseback playing musical instruments set against the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Newstand, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Newstand" by Modernist painter Stanley Bate features a dark grey and brown perimeter with a white, blue and red composition that features geometric crosshatched lines with integrate...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Abstract Cityscape Oil Painting - Geometric City
Located in Bristol, GB
GEOMETRIC CITY
Size: 81 x 69 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An outstanding mid-century geometric abstract cityscape composition, executed in oil onto canvas.
The painting depic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dump. Oil on canvas, 28. 5 x 43 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dump. Oil on canvas, 28.5x43 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition 9 - Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 9 is a painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 43.5x31 cm.
...
Category
1920s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Walk in the city. Oil on canvas, 60x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Walk in the city
Oil on canvas, 60x80 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lyrical Abstract Israeli Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Hanna Ben Dov is an Israeli abstract painter who was born in Jerusalem in 1919 and died in Paris in 2008.
Ben Dov's father, Yacov Ben-Dov, was a famous Israeli photographer who founded the photography department in the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in 1910. Hannah herself attended Bezalel during the 1940s, and later continued to Camberwell College of Arts in London. After the completion of her formal education she moved to Paris, where she exhibited for the first time in 1948 and has been living and working there since, as a part of the local abstract artists school. She took part in the first French Biennale of 1951, that was held in Menton.
Collections
Her paintings can be found in several collections, including the French State Collection, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art collection, the Bezalel National Museum collection in Jerusalem and the Rockefeller Museum collection in New York.
Ben Dov resided for her last two years at the Maison Des Artistes Home in Nogent-Sur-Marne, France, just outside Paris.
Exhibitions
Gallery97 Tel Aviv Paintings...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bond Girl - Modern Abstract silver leaf, black ink figurative painting
By Hocktee Tan
Located in DE
Hock Tee Tan was born in Malaysia and studied Fine Art at Nanyang Academy of Fine Art in Singapore.
He came to London in 1976 and has been working as a Fine Artist ever since.
He uses oil pastels...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Ink
"Helvetic Landscape, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Modernist artist Stanley Bate is an abstract oil painting on canvas featuring a bright red geometric shape at the center of the composition and deep grey, b...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Double Ovoids, Mid-Century Blue & Black Figurative Abstract Ovoids
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Double Ovoids with Blue and Black, 1960s
Acrylic on scintilla
15.25 x 12.25 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting....
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Transection w/ Architectural Forms, Geometrical Figurative Abstract Acrylic
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Transection with Architectural Forms, c. 1980s
Acrylic and graphite on board
12 x 20 inches
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract ...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite
Abstract - Painting by Aldo Moriconi - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract is an original contemporary artwork realized by Aldo Moriconi in 1967.
Oil painting on board.
Label on the back with artwrok's details.
Includes frame.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Conversation #2. Oil on canvas, 144x125 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Conversation. Oil on canvas, 144x125 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seeing Egg, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic painting, Figural Abstract
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Seeing Egg, c. 1960s
Acrylic on textured paper
30 x 22 inches
38.5 x 30.5 inches, framed
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract pai...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
On the platform. 2022, gouache, paper, 25x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
On the platform. 2022, gouache, paper, 25x25 cm
Ansis Butnors (1977)
Education:
J. Rozentals Art School in Riga – 1989. – 1996.
Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department – 1996....
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Mr. Mute Mops Mouths Silent" - Whimsical Figurative in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mr. Mute Mops Mouths Silent" - Whimsical Figurative in Acrylic on Masonite
Bright figurative composition with a mime by Frances Mann (American, 20th Century). The figure in this pi...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
USA, Modern Oil Painting by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
USA (13)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Canvas
Size: 16.5 in. x 21.5 in. (41.91 cm x 54.61 cm)
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Embarrassament - Tempera on paper - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera on paper realized by the italian artist Contempologyc in 2022.
Excellent condition.
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Academy of Design...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Night Trees
By Walter Hahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Early in the 1950s, WALTER HAHN was a force to be reckoned with in Chicago painting. In 1951, his final year as a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Hahn won first prize in oil in the Chicago and Vicinity exhibition. As this was a purchase prize, this placed his work in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, provoking jealous awe from some of his teachers. Born in 1927, Hahn studied with Kathleen Blackshear...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Abstract Figurative Framed Oil Painting - Man on a Bench
Located in Bristol, GB
MAN ON A BENCH
Size: 45.5 x 41 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A brilliantly executed semi-abstract oil composition painted in by the established Swedish artist Ivar Morsing (1919...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tempera - Tempera on Paper - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera on paper realized by Contempologyc in 2018.
Excellent condition.
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Original Abstract Mixed Media Painting “Behave”
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Born in Tallahasee Fl, William started his artistic career as a color consultant for his family's Design and Painting company that took on constant projects of custom painted interio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Magazine Paper
Abstract Art, Oil, Acrylic, Coins on Canvas, Green, Black, Gold colors"In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 66.5 x 58 inches (unframed size)
Oil, Acrylic & Coins on Canvas
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media
Game. Oil on canvas, 150x150 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Game. Oil on canvas, 150x150 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conversation. Oil on canvas, 160x130 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Conversation. Oil on canvas, 160x130 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Torso No. 1, Mid-Century Figural Abstract Acrylic Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Torso No. 1, 1967
Acrylic on paper
Signed and dated upper right
15 x10 inches
24 x 20 inches, framed
A mid-century figural abstract painting.
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Postcards from Portugal
By Jason Berger
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower right: “jason berger 2003”. From the estate of the artist.
Boston Expressionist painter Jason Berger began visiting Portugal in the early half of the 1970s and would return for a part of almost every summer for the next twenty years, before moving there permanently in 1994. Berger painted mostly in the Algarve, Portugal's southernmost region known for its beautiful beaches and sparkling water...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Gold Coast, Mid-Century Pastel Pink & Green Painting of Ovoid, Miami
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
The Gold Coast, 1979
Collage and acrylic on scintilla
Signed and dated lower right
22 x 30 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Land and Water - Tempera on paper - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera on paper realized by the italian artist Contempologyc in 2021.
Excellent condition.
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Bold Color French Modernist Painting 1958 Signed Aldo Abstract Still Life
Located in Surfside, FL
Mid century modern art with inscription in french verso. It was traded with another artist.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Gouache
City - Tempera on paper - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Drawing made by experimentartlis in 2022 in Italy, made with Pantone markers, sketch of artist's thoughts
Excellent condition.
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Cuban Artist Emilio Martinez Untitled Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Emilio Adan Martinez was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, in 1954. In 1961 at the age of six he immigrated to Miami with his family. He earned his BFA from Florida International University in 1995.
As a child, Martinez was always making art– creating toys, sculptures and other pieces from the humblest of found objects. With the Cuban revolution...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vetriculus, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic painting, Figural Abstract work on paper
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Vetriculus, c. 1970s
Acrylic on paper
4.5 x 3.5 inches
11 x 10 inches, framed
A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting.
Cl...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Amalfi Coast, a View toward Ravello', signed original painting c2005.
Located in Frome, Somerset
Amalfi Coast , Italy. A view towards the ethereal coastal town of Ravello perched on it's elevated cliff top. .
A morning light view from the nearby vilage .
mixed media on paper ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Modern Abstract Earth Toned Cubist Inspired Figurative Harvest Scene Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern geometric figurative painting featuring Pablo Picasso inspired faces nestled amongst heavily abstracted harvest imagery. Reminiscent of a Cubist style of abstraction, the work...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Sign Abstractionism - Painting by Wang Keliang - 1995
Located in Roma, IT
Sign abstractionism is an original contemporary artwork realized by Wang Keliang in 1995.
Mixed media.
Includes frame.
Label with artwork information on the back.
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Composition 20 - Original Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 20 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera, in very good conditions and mounted on a cardboard (49x34).
Image Dimension...
Category
1920s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Horst Kalinowski Abstract Collage Assemblage Mixed Media Sculpture Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Horst Egon Kalinowski (German, 1924-2013).
Mixed media assemblage collage
Divan Ophidian.
Hand signed in marker upper right and dated 82 Bagnols-en-Foret, Titled upper left.
Additionally titled and dated on verso.
Dimensions: 30" x 24 1/4" (with frame 27" x 32 3/4") inches.
Born in 1924 in Dusseldorf, From 1945 to 1948, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. In 1949-1950, he stayed in Rome and Venice, Italy. From 1950 to 1952, in Paris, France he studied in the abstract art workshop of Jean Dewasne and Edgard Pillet...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Paint, Mixed Media, Board
Modern abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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, orange, red, pink and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stanley Bate, Christel Haag, Clarence Holbrook Carter, and Carmen Gutierrez. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 18 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $380 and tops out at $175,000, while the average work sells for $2,970.