Abstract Figurative Paintings
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Measuring
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on birch panel
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Birch, Acrylic, Panel
"Connection"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This series of paintings explores the depth of human relationships and the spiritual world through dynamic compositions, where lines and color planes create a sense of constant movem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Women - Painting by Juan Rodrigo Piedrahita Escobar - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Acrylic painting by Juan Rodrigo Piedrahita Escobar, realized in 2022.
"My art is for get a peace and pleasing in painting world and gets an armory space, and see the life until d...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Francine Tint 'Studebaker'
Located in New York, NY
*Studebaker 2013* by Francine Tint, a monumental 56.5 x 115-inch abstract expressionist masterpiece. Created during her transformative 2012-2017 hiatus, this vibrant, gestural work—...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$40,000 Sale Price
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"Mystic Woman"
Located in Southampton, NY
This is a oil on masonite painting by Nahum Tschacbasov done in 1946. Signed lower left and housed in a hand carved wood frame circa 1920. Overall size with frame is 40 x 33 inches.
Category
1940s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
$12,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Green Heart
Located in Dallas, TX
oil on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Diminutive Mid Century Seated Nude Study - San Francisco Figurative Movement
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming diminutive nude study of a seated figure on raw linen in pastel tones. Signed "Jan" lower right corner. Framing stamp on back from San Francisco. Presented in gilt-toned rus...
Category
1950s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Textured abstract figurative couple original mixed media, purple & white, modern
Located in Maricopa, AZ
A unique figurative abstract of a couple made using vibrant white, purple and tan to create a bold original modern work of art. There is a unique range of expressionistic strokes, textures and text incorporated in this Contemporary painting by Svetlana Shalygina. Framed in a black matte floater frame.
Custom digital renderings showing the painting in your home available upon request. It is on gallery wrapped canvas, unframed, but some clients choose to add a floater frame depending on preference.
*It is with a heavy heart...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Pen
The Artist's Workstation - Still Life with Paint Palette
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant still life of paints, table, and supplies in the artist's studio by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Initialed "MWE" in the lower right corner. Presented i...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Abstract Geometric Composition
By Nick O'Connor
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold geometric abstract painting by Nick O'Connor (American, late-20th Century). Signed, numbered, and dated "#1 Nick O'Connor 2002" on verso, with an inscription that reads "Hinduis...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint
Framed mixed-media collage on paper w/ photographs, Black African American art
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Don't Play in the Sun" is a large, framed collage on paper with acrylic paint, photographs, gold leaf, metallic paint, burns, and other mixed media. The work itself is 22"x30" and i...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Foil
"Red Shift" (Large Contemporary Abstract Painting)
By Guy Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
"I have been painting seriously for somewhere around 35 years, but have only ever sold regionally - most recently, through my gallery on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Through 1stDi...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled , 78x54cm, acrylic, paper
Located in Yerevan, AM
Untitled , 2025, 78x54 cm
The work is sold without a frame.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
$750 Sale Price
25% Off
"Jackson Pollock steppe"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A series of abstract paintings. I like to paint instinctively, without thinking about what I'm doing. These paintings express only feelings and emotions.
I enjoy exploring new ho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Personal Transformation (Original figurative abstract impressionist mixed media)
Located in Maricopa, AZ
A unique white, purple and brown mixed media painting by Svetlana Shalygina.
It embodies her signature abstract figures on a vibrant yellow/grey background, combined with a unique r...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Pen
Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Iridescent Multicolor Nude Figure
By Stephanie Heit
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist figurative nude by California artist Stephanie Heit (American, b. 1947). The paint in this piece has a metallic quality in some areas, possibly created with th...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Glitter, Oil
Mat 58
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
"Mat 58" Oil on Canvas with wide range of blue pigment and accents of yellow ochre. Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculpto...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$88,800
Modernist Abstract Dancing Figure
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful vibrant modernist abstract figurative of a dancing man comprised of inventive shapes, colors, and forms by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th c.). From a collection ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Tempera
$684 Sale Price
20% Off
Rocket Boy Abstract Expressionist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
A lighthearted figurative abstract by Bay Area artist Kristin Cohen (American, b.1963). Signed and dated lower left, "Cohen '95." Presented in the artist's painted wood frame. From ...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$700 Sale Price
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"Game of love"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Based on performances by Andiy Zholdak.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shearwater
Located in Dallas, TX
ink & flashe on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Composition No.1
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
This vibrant and dynamic artwork by Koko Hovaguimian is a celebration of jazz through color and form. Measuring 20x24 inches, the painting features a lively composition that captures...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Spirit of the Buffalo" - Las Vegas Abstract Expressionist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstract expressionist painting titled "Spirit of the Buffalo" by Santa Cruz artist Addison Robichaud (American, 20th Century). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Robicha...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Three Masks, Mid Century Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Three masks abstract by Novak (American, 20th Century). Presented in a white wooden frame. Signed "Novak" lower right. Image: 28.5"H x 26"W.
Category
1950s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Girl With Glass Abstract Expressionism
Located in Soquel, CA
A bright, colorful figurative abstract expressionist painting titled "Late Bloomer" by Kristin Cohen (American, b.1963). Condition: Excellent; pemimenti s...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"Warm Thoughts" by Danny McCaw (2024) Abstracted Figures, Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Warm Thoughts" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two abstracted figures in an interior with a green chair.
Bio/artist statement:
D...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Competiteurs, American Modernist, Abstract Figurative Oil on Canvas, 1952
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Les Competiteurs" by American modernist painter Leonard Nelson is a 36" x 26" oil on canvas abstract figurative painting, created in 1952. The work is framed in classic black and si...
Category
1950s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Vincent van Gogh"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Immersed in the visceral thrill of creation, I released my emotions with dynamic brushstrokes. This piece is a celebration of freedom, a dance of colors swirling into an abstract mae...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
KING CHARLES’ BIRTHDAY AT HORSE GUARDS PARADE, LONDON
Located in Deddington, GB
original
Watercolour
Image size: H:25 cm x W:41 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:25 cm x W:41 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Painted at the barriers during the celebration of King Charles' Birthday in June 2023
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
British Abstract geometric figure in greys by Ron Sims
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Ron Sims (British, 1944 – 2014)
Ghost
Oil on canvas
48.1/4 x 22.5/8 in. (122.5 x 57.5 cm.)
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blonde Triple Flute Player
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and vibrant, blonde figurative playing flute by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Unframed. Measures: 22"H x 28"W. Unsigned, from a coll...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Empty Nest Bird Abstract Expressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
A stunning, vibrant abstract painting titled "Empty Nest" by California abstract expressionist artist Kristin Cohen (American, b. 1963). Colorful and dynamic, a perfect addition for ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Light in the Darkness (II)" - Acrylic and Glow in the Dark Botanical Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Nigerian artist Ifeoluwa Alade’s *Light in the Darkness (II)* is an original acrylic and glow-in-the-dark painting that explores the enduring themes of hope and regeneration central ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cossack Mamay
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The picture of traditional Ukrainian motif of the Cossack Mamay in expressive brush work .
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dots and Flowers
By Vicki Sher
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic, collage & pencil on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Infinite Pink Orange Violet Line 1
By Lizzie Scott
Located in Dallas, TX
flashe on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Flowers in the Japanese vase with a red feeling"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This painting depicts a vibrant bouquet of flowers in a traditional Japanese vase, infused with deep, intense red emotions. The expressive brushstrokes and bold color palette create ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ellipsism - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Miniature, Emotions, Colors
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Ellipsism is a reflective piece from the "Life in Circles" series, delving into the profound awareness of life's transience and the inevitable separation from the future of humanity....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Tacenda - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Miniature, Emotions, Colourful
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Tacenda” beautifully encapsulates the concept of unspoken words and the weight of silence. The illustration portrays a figure whose expression conveys a deep sense of introspection,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Season Check
Located in Dallas, TX
oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Patterned Rug" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Patterned Rug" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure.
Bio/artist statement:
Danny McCaw is...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Plein Air Painter", artist, palette, creativity, portrait, battle, risk, figure
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Plein Air Painter" is a key work of art among Peter Schenck's many remarkable paintings, and addresses situations that continue to fascinate the artist ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
"Two young girls"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This series of paintings explores the depth of human relationships and the spiritual world through dynamic compositions, where lines and color planes create a sense of constant movem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Shuffle 2: geometric abstract Op Art painting: pink, magenta, red, yellow & blue
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and against each other to create mov...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Chained Basmala" Abstract Painting 23" x 37" inch by Mohamed Hassan
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Chained Basmala" Abstract Painting 23" x 37" inch by Mohamed Hassan
Medium: The Chained Basmala
Mohamed Hassan is a traditional Arabic calligraphist, he obtained his official ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Ramon Poch 18 Publicidad acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production company La Cosa de las Peliculas:
He has ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Abstract Figure, Ebony and Cream'
By G. Distefano
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed bottom right 'G. Distefano' and dated 1965.
An exploration of tonality using airbrush techniques and negative space, sweeping lines define a figure.
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
"Karma"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This painting, created with bold, dynamic strokes and abstract forms, captures a vibrant interplay between figures and their surroundings. The composition is dominated by dark outlin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Adventures Of Red People
Located in Zofingen, AG
Shipped in roll
Ruslan Perekucha was born in 1967.
Since childhood, he was interested in the history of art, and he loved modernism most of all. This prompted him to collect antique...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Myth
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The dynamic and movement of the form . Referencing the Japanese aesthetic. Abstract landscape.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bible motive. Oil on canvas, 80x40 cm
By Veikko Aaltona
Located in Riga, LV
Bible motive. Oil on canvas, 80x40 cm
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$668 Sale Price
20% Off
Flash Flood
Located in Dallas, TX
Flash Flood
oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Shaping Landscapes" by Danny McCaw (2024) Abstracted Figures, Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Shaping Landscapes" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two abstracted figures in an interior of black and grey.
Bio/artist statemen...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Enigma - Portrait Striking Artwork Vibrant Dream Harmony Ecstasy Triumph Vivid
By Karnish Art
Located in Pretoria, Gauteng
Title: Enigma
Portrait Striking Artwork Vibrant Dream Harmony Ecstasy Triumph Vivid Flowers Face Nature
This exclusive, one of a kind large portrait surrounded by the abundance of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Male" Calligraphy Abstract Painting 55" x 55" inch by Mohamed Hassan
Located in Culver City, CA
"Male" Calligraphy Abstract Painting 55" x 55" inch by Mohamed Hassan
Mohamed Hassan is a traditional Arabic calligraphist, he obtained his official license to practice this art fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Cubist Abstract Portrait, "Timid Man"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind original abstract cubist painting by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 30"x40"x1.5". It is unframed. A Certificate of Authenticity wil...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Skittles & Riddles: African American collage painting w/ Black figures, green
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Skittles & Riddles" is a collage / painting created from acrylic and collage on leather mounted on MDF panel with predominant blue. The work itself is 24" x 22", framed to 24.5" x 2...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Leather, Acrylic, Panel, Fiberboard, Archival Paper
"Stars Elegy II" Rudolf Baranik, Social Commentary, Blue Abstract Composition
Located in New York, NY
Rudolf Baranik
Stars Elegy II, 1975
Signed, titled and dated on stretcher bar
Oil on canvas
72 x 72 inches
Born in Lithuania, he immigrated to the United States in 1938, when his family sent him to live with a relative in Chicago. His parents were secular Jewish socialists and were killed by the Nazis during the Second World War. Baranik was well known in the art world for his political advocacy, and was one of the first artists to organize protests against the war in Vietnam. Some of his best known works are the Napalm Elegies, a series of 30 antiwar paintings created between 1967 and 1974. His art was inspired by his sense of the gross inequities around the world, and he led virtually every progressive political movement within the New York art world from the 1960s to the mid-1990s. Significant exhibitions and awards include:1981 Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts, 1982 "Art Couples 1: May Stevens and Rudolf Baranik," P.S. 1, New York, NY, and 1966 Peace Tower. Baranik's art is included in many collections, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Hirshhorn Museum.
Baranik died in Eldorado, New Mexico in 1998.
The paintings of Rudolf Baranik are increasingly thought to be among the most important works of the New York School painting...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled #3
Located in New York, NY
Kathy Grayson explores how day-to-day transitions from analog to digital media affect traditional painting. Fascinated by the transformations of meaning that occur when pictorial tec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
In the Court of the Last Panjandrum (Contemporary Multimedia Abstract Painting)
By Guy Lyman
Located in New Orleans, LA
"I have been painting seriously for somewhere around 35 years, but have only ever sold regionally - most recently, through my gallery on Magazine Street in New Orleans. Through 1stDibs I am now (thankfully) able to reach a worldwide audience and have sold paintings...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic
$2,240 Sale Price
22% Off
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Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract figurative 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 figurative 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, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Cindy Shaoul, Simon Richard Halimi, Frank Arnold, and Judith Berry. 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 Abstract figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative 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 $121 and tops out at $570,000, while the average work sells for $2,500.
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