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
Untitled - Painting by Carlo Quattrucci - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Carlo Quattrucci in 1965.
Hand signed and dated.
Includes a coeval wooden frame.
Very good condition.
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Modernist Winter Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
By Rosario Urbino Gerbino
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape abstraction. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size 30L x 25H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Races - Oil Paint by Irina Zdanko - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil and colored sand on canvas realized by Irina Zdanko (1905-1999) in the 1930s.
In Excellent condition, it includes a beautiful contemporary wooden frame.
Prov. Private Collectio...
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Flower Still Life Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist flower still life oil painting by Samuel Brecher (1897 - 1982). Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 28 by 30 inches overall and 22 by 24 inches painti...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Night Garden, mid-century figural surrealist acrylic painting, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Night Garden, 1972
Acrylic on scintilla
Signed and dated lower right
21.5 x 21.5 inches
24.25 x 24.25 inches, framed
Clarence Holbroo...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rubber Tree Abstract Batik Fabric Art with Yellow, Green, & Blue
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful vertical abstracted batik, a painting on fabric, of a beautiful rubber tree in yellow, green, & blue by Leventhal (American, 20th Century), circa 1990s. Signed lower left. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Dye
$357 Sale Price
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White - Acrylic Painting by Mario Padovan - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
White is an contemporary artwork realized by Mario Padovan in 1976.
Mixed colored acrylic painting on canvas.
Signature, title, date and technique on the back.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American School Modernist Coastal Ocean Beach Abstract Rock Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist seascape beach oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Signed on verso. Image size, 24L x 18H. Framed in a period frame.
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
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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
The Football Match 20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting playing football
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 1960's French Modernist Oil Painting Bizarre Figurative Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, c. 1960's
Title: Figurative Study
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 36 x 25.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Landscape - Oil Painting by Enzo Brunori - 1960s
By Enzo Brunori
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Landscape is an original modern artwork realized by Enzo Brunori between 1962-1963.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Good conditions...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"People" - Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Black & White Drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
People, 1964
Ink and crayon on paper
Signed and dated upper right
36.5 x 24 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of nation...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Ink
Mid Century Antica Roma Figurative Abstract Collage
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning mid century mixed media collage of Roman travel items and photos by James A. Couglin, a Berkeley Abstract Expressionist (American, 1929-1979), c.1966. Painted during his Par...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Magazine Paper
$1,580 Sale Price
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Large Polish French Paris Scene Mid Century Modernist Oil Painting Moulin Rouge
By Abram Krol
Located in Surfside, FL
Wonderful scene of the Moulin Rouge cabaret nightclub at Place Pigalle in Paris. Painted in wonderful moody blue and red colors.
Size includes frame.
Abram Abraham Krol was born Jan...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting - Mother and Child
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Red Apples Interior Table Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Apple Still Life
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 19.5 x 14.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Geometric Trapeze Artists by Hilda Arp
By Hilda Arp
Located in Soquel, CA
Fanciful mid-century modern abstract of trapeze artists by Brooklyn artist Hilda Dora Pape Arp (b. 1909). This 1962 highly abstracted depiction of trape...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
$1,725 Sale Price
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Girl with Blue Face
Located in East Hampton, NY
Girl with Blue Face, 48 X 36 X 1.5
This large scale painting of a woman's face hints at Picasso.
Both technically accomplished and classically approached, the thick gestural brushstrokes add a fragmented & tactile character to the canvas. The cool palette makes it easy to live with and makes it perfect for any room.
This comes stretched and ready to hang.
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About the artist: James Koskinas, born in Terre Haute...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Black Dirt (Abstract Landscape Painting of White Clouds Over a Dark Field)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract cloudscape painting of a white cloud over a black country landscape
"Black Dirt", painted by David Konigsberg in 2019
23 x 24 inches
Ready to hang, sides are painted white ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
City Streets (British Street scene architectural landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Rene Beckley. City Streets, 1965. Oil on artist board, 16 x 20 inches; 18 x 22 inches framed. Signed and dated lower right.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$680 Sale Price
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Cosmos and Tree Original Abstracted Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
The Cosmos and Tree - Original Abstracted Composition by Dave Francis
Unique and thought-provoking abstracted composition with cosmos and oak tree by California artist Charles "Dave...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper, Paper
$780 Sale Price
35% Off
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
Medieval Heads, mid-century figural surrealist acrylic painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Cicada, c. 1960s
Watercolor on scintilla
30 x 20 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that wa...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Salome dance"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This is a modern interpretation of Salome's Legendary Dance. The head of John is presented here as a dessert dish, a prize for the performance of his dance. The dog is waiting for th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract III (Abstract, Vibrant, Deep, Blue, Navy, Green, Orange, 30% OFF)
By Jill Opelka
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jill Opelka
Abstract III
Oil on Canvas
Year: 2023
Size: 20x20in
Framed: 21x21x1.5in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-2050
Tags: Abstract, Vibrant, Deep, Blue, Navy, Green, Orange, Pink
*Framed in a black wooden frame
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Upon entering Jill Opelka's home, her creative essence is unmistakable. Adorned with New Yorker Magazine covers, her dining room exudes a vibrant charm, complemented by quirky giant tortoises in the living room.
The space is a reflection of Opelka's lively personality, evident in her central studio nestled within the bright breakfast nook. Embraced by natural light and captivating outdoor vistas, it's where her artistry thrives, even evident in intricate details like a practical denim quilt...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
$1,400 Sale Price
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“Abstract #1”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower right by the artist and dated 1967. Condition is ver...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Modernist Landscape Framed New England FallOil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming and well painted rural New England modernist landcape by Vern Henry Smith (1927 - 2007. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Canadian Modernist Framed Lake Landscape Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Canadian modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring 15 by 17 inches overall and 10 by 12 painting alone.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cubist Musician, Abstracted Figure by American Modernist in France Woman Artist
Located in Norwich, GB
A touch of Chagall and a lot of individuality in this singular work by American modernist artist Genevieve. A free spirit, Genevieve White, born 1913 in Idaho, left home at 14 to mov...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
A dump. Oil on canvas, 100x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A dump
Oil on canvas, 100x100 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seeing Egg No. 2, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic painting, Figural Abstract
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Seeing Egg No. 2, 1965
Acrylic and collage on scintilla
Signed and dated upper right
30 x 22 inches
34 x 29 inches, framed
A surrealis...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Geometric Composition - Painting by Aldo Moriconi - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Geometric Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Aldo Moriconi in 1967.
Mixed colored enamel on wood.
Hand signed and dated on th...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Mid Century Modern Green Pink Mixed Media on Canvas 48" X 36"
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, 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 Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink
Vintage Monumental Pop Art Architectural Cityscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century abstract cityscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,140 Sale Price
20% Off
French, Mid-Century View of a Port dated "59"
Located in SANTA FE, NM
View of a Port "59"
French Modernist School
Oil on canvas
Illegibly signed. l.r., dated "59"
28 3/4 x 23 3/4 (30 x 25 frame) inches
A positively brilliant, Modernist view of a French port...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The mermaid who couldn't climb the iceberg . Framed painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The mermaid who couldn't climb the iceberg painting by Suzzane Law
Image size: 12.6 in. H x 17.1 in W
Framse size: 18.1 in. H x 22.4 in W x 1 in D
W...
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Vintage American Modernist Fauvist Landscape Oklahoma Lake Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract landscape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Signed. Image size 24L x 18H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled
By James Koenig
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American artist James Koenig created in 1944.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American New York School Minimalist Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Step into the vibrant world of mid-20th-century American art with this remarkable Vintage New York School Minimalist Abstract framed oil painting, dating back to the pivotal year of ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
"Cathedral, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate has a light beige, creme, and warm sepia palette. The textured painting has darker shapes that run the length of the bottom of the compo...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Like a Bird- Shadow Follows Light's Illusion
Located in Dallas, TX
Dallas artist David A. Dreyer’s eighth solo exhibition at Valley House Gallery was presented early in 2021, accompanied by an exhibition catalogue. His recent paintings are inspired ...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Chalk, Charcoal, Oil, Graphite
Antique American Signed Cubist Still Life Silver Frame Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist flower still life painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period silver leaf molding. Excellent condi...
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
Modernist Blue & Yellow Abstract
By Grady McDonald
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful oil abstract titled "Coming Out" by Grady McDonald (American, 1938-1980). Signed lower right, titled and dated 1974 on verso. Unframed. Image, 50”H x 44”W.
Grady McDona...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,625 Sale Price
35% Off
Oceans Apart
Located in East Hampton, NY
fun with Color Theory
As seen at Art on Paper 2024 at The Mannix Project East Hampton NY
12"x12" (14"x14" framed) each
These come in a white frame.
Acrylic on Paper
Artist Statement...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Antique American Sparse Modern Expressionist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 18L x 24H.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
"Blue & Chanel" Modern Abstract Nude in Style Modigliani Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper, Acrylic
Vintage American School Modernist Old Lyme Connecticut New England Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist New England barn oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed illegibly. Image size, 24L x 20H. Framed in a period f...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French modernist abstract portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 55 by 31 inches overall, and 24 by 48 painting alone. In excellent original condi...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
TITO - Modern / Minimal Geometric Painting, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Rich Moyers
Located in Yardley, PA
Original Modernist / Minimalist Acrylic & Copper Metallic Painting on Linen Canvas / MDF Wood Panel. *This Artwork is being SOLD UNFRAMED! - the additional Virtual Image of the fr...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Window 332 - Modern Resin Minimalist Vibrant Red Color Field Abstract Art
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Reflections
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed "Tom Benrimo" at lower right
The overall dimensions including the frame are 35 x 41 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative
Estate stamp on the stretcher, verso. Provenance: Estate of the artist. 20 x 24 inches.
Look at the last two photos in the listing. A new book about Leon Bibel was just published and there's a photo of the artist taken in front of the painting. Amazingness.
BIO
Leon Bibel continued painting through 1941 and resumed work in both painting and especially wood sculpture by 1960. He worked until his very last day in 1995. His last series of large wood sculptures were modeled on spice boxes, which were miniature buildings...
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Carved Mixed Media Fish Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and well executed modernist wall plaque by Richard Kuehne. Paint on gesso plaque. Signed. Silver leaf incorporated frame as photographed.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
“Abstract #8”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy archival textured paper abstract by the American artist, Martin Rosenthal. Bold, vibrant colors. Signed lower left by the artist and dated 1964. Conditio...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
American School Modernist Abstract Cityscape Holiday Lights Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Image size, 20H x 30L. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Colorful Modernist Still Life with Fruit and Water Jug
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful Modernist Still Life with Fruit and Water Jug by Ellis Hopkins (American, b. 1952).
This bold still life depicts a bowl of fruit resting on a table with a large green jug....
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Beautiful Harbour Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vehement
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ted Hinrichs
Vehement
Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2021
Size: 48x40in
Framed: 50x42x2.5in
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 24802-1716
*Framed in black Wood
...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,333 Sale Price
43% Off
Antique American School Modernist Boat in a Marsh Beach Scene Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist landscape painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Framed. Signed. Image size, 14 by 18 inches.
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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.