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
The Stories We Tell Ourselves on Canvas, Painting by Maria Pierides
Located in Deddington, GB
The stories we tell ourselves by Maria Pierides [2022]
Part of a series of paintings I worked on towards a group exhibition exploring the theme Journey. The Stories we tell ourselves is based on the idea that we can have quite self limiting beliefs at times, and how we can recognise this in ourselves to change things. When we do the hard work on ourselves, I feel that there can be quite a powerful shift.
Additional information:
Original
Oil, oil stick, pastel and wax on canvas
Image Size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:100 cm x D:2cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Maria Pierides trained as an artist and art psychotherapist and worked in the NHS for a number of years. She is now devoting herself full time to her art at her studio in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons. Living within earshot of a running stream, she explores in paint the texture and temporality of human experience. Building up and scraping back areas of paint to capture the atmosphere, mass, light and poetry of the landscapes she is aiming to represent, Maria's work seamlessly connects inner and outer worlds. Maria’s painting has been shortlisted for the Society of Women Artists Open, Bentley Open Art Prize, The Maidstone Museum, The British Women Artists Competition and the East Meets West Art...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Half Way 8
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
"Half Way 8", an Oil on Canvas painting of Sienna and very pale aqua-blue. Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$32,800
"My Saturday Night Fever Heart" Multicolored Pop Art Oil Painting with Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Lake Effect VI
By Ryan Cobourn
Located in Dallas, TX
Artwork size: 20"h x 16"w
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"An Orange Seducing a Lemon while a Bunch of Grapes Look On" Edward Zutrau, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau
An Orange Seducing a Lemon while a Bunch of Grapes Look On, 4/20/1953
Signed, dated and titled on stretcher bar, and on the side of the work
Oil on linen
18 x 21 inches...
Category
1950s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Travel Drawings Series, Moscow, Pen & Ink on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Yusuf Arakkal - Travel Drawing Series - Moscow
Pen & Ink on Paper , 21 x 14 inches
About the Artist & his work :
Born : Yusuf Arakkal (1945 – 2016) was born in Kerala.
Education & Art Career : Both his parents died when he was young. Leaving the comforts of his house behind, he left for Bangalore, lonely but with a passion to become a painter. The hardships that he faced at Bangalore honed the artist in him and sharpened his sensibility. He took a diploma in painting from Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat (KCP), Bangalore and later specialized in graphic print making from National Academy community studios, Garhi, Delhi.
Solo International Show :
1992 - Relays De Monts - Siux, Limousin, France.
1993 - Gallerie Taormina Del Arte - Le Hwre, France.
1994 - Srijana Contemporary Art Gallery - Kathmandu, Nepal & Art Forum Gallery, Singapore.
1996 - Wallace Gallery, Chelsea, New York & Air Gallery, Dower Street, London.
Group International Shows :
1985 - Thirty contemporary Indian Artists at Habana, Cuba ; Contemporary Indian Art show at the National Museum Mexico City, Mexico ; Second Asian Art show, Fukuoka, Japan & Indian Printmaking, Festival of India, USA.
1986 - Sixth biennale de beau Art, Beaumount, France ; Third Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh ; Inaugural exhibition of the National Museum of Modern Art, Seol, Korea.
1994 - Indian printmaking show, Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery Victoria, British Columbia & Indian Contemporary Art Show, Gallery Maya, Hong Kong.
1996 - Indian Contemporary Art show, Nagai Garo, Tokyo, Japan ; 32 Contemporary Indian artists - exhibition and auction by Christies, London & Women in Indian Art, by The Gallery, Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong.
1997 - Auction of Indian Contemporary Art by Christies, London.
Awards :
2005 : Lorenso-De-Medici Gold...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
"My Turn Turn Turn Heart" Multicolor Gold Contemporary Painting & Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
"Family Portrait II" (Large 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 1stDi...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Unexpected Blooms No. 14
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katrina Revenaugh
Unexpected Blooms No. 14
Archival Pigment Ink, Acrylic, Spray Paint, Belgian Linen, Thrifted Chambray
Year: 2023
Image Size: 13 x 10.25
Frame Size: 21 x 36 Diptych
...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Archival Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Evicted - Painting Gold Leaf Blue Grey Black Orange Red
Located in Sofia, BG
"Evicted" is a painting by Stefano Georges.
The painting is unframed.
He uses mixed techniques on his artworks
“The impressions of Stefano's paintings on the viewer is so mighty, m...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Abstract Figurative Acrylic Canvas Painting American
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of a kind acrylic canvas painting by Linda Coppola.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$320 Sale Price
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Once upon a time
By Rostom
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Once upon a time, 1999. The painting size is 34x48 in. with framed size 36x50 in.
ROSTOM
Rostom Voskanian was born in Tabriz, Iran in 1932. The Vosk...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$8,500
Pocket Graffiti Wall: PEACE and Pocket Graffiti Wall: WOW By dani humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Graffiti Wall: PEACE
Pocket Graffiti Wall: WOW original
Spray paint, acrylic and biro on canvas
Image size: H:10 cm x W:10 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:10 cm x W:10 c...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
The Light
Located in Barbizon, FR
Born in South Africa, Wietzie left Cape Town for the United Kingdom and then Canada. After a long career as a lawyer, she began taking painting classes at the Emily Carr School in Vancouver. The abstract floral artist Bobbie Burgers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,737
Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Introspection
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Mariam Odishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1994 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She mainly uses oil on canvas. She had her ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$4,320 Sale Price
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Amistat en els jardins del casino
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Flying Dragon" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 60 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Flying Dragon" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 60 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz
Medium: Acrylic and Enamel on Canvas
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Born in Israel.
Graduated from the Bazelel Art Academy ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Posthumous
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract Expressionist figurative painting. Cool greys and a textured abstracted surface reveals a subtle yet powerful nude figure in hidden repose.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
From the spring collection. it is oil on canvas board. The painting size is 8"x10" without a frame.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Few More
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
"Few More" Oil on Canvas with broad range of blues and sienna accented foreground. Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptor...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$72,800
History Maps
Located in Deddington, GB
History Maps by Maria Pierides [2020]
original
Oil, oil stick collage, pastel and wax on cradled panel
Image size: H:20 cm x W:20 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:20 cm x W:20...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Angel Alonzo "El Graduado" Original Painting Late 20th Century
By Angel Alonso
Located in San Francisco, CA
Angel Alonzo "El Graduado" Original Painting Late 20th Century
Original acrylic on paper
Dimensions 25" wide x 19" high
The distressed frame measures 35" wide x 29" high
The fram...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Spring begins
Located in Barbizon, FR
Born in South Africa, Wietzie left Cape Town for the United Kingdom and then Canada. After a long career as a lawyer, she began taking painting classes at the Emily Carr School in Vancouver. The abstract floral artist Bobbie Burgers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Serenity
Located in Barbizon, FR
Born in South Africa, Wietzie left Cape Town for the United Kingdom and then Canada. After a long career as a lawyer, she began taking painting classes at the Emily Carr School in Vancouver. The abstract floral artist Bobbie Burgers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,313
The Green Dress 22 - Minimalist Figurative Original Ink Painting on French Linen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses vitality and sensuality in her abstract and figurative paintings. “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, dancers and people ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite
The Cyan Dress 2 - Minimalist Feminine Figurative Original Ink Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses vitality and sensuality in her abstract and figurative paintings. “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, dancers and people ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite
Colourful Modern British Painting The Dancer White against Purple background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporary British artist, 21st century
oil on board, unframed
size: 18 x 22 inches
This came from a private collection of artworks by the artist, a few of which are signed 'Andrew...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Abstract Figurative Expressionistic Painting, "El Diablo" 2021
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original painting by southern California artist, Peter J. Geise. Its dimensions are 10" x 8" x 1.5" (HxWxD). It is acrylic on canvas, it is unframed. A certif...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
20th Century French Expressionist Signed Oil Figure Playing Guitar
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Guitar Player
French expressionist painter, signed
oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 10.5 x 8.5 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: overall very good
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pheromone, colorful abstract with figure beautiful blue tones, brushwork
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A expressionist, abstracted nude immersed in striking colors. The figure melds with the atmospheric surface to form a powerful symbolist imagery.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sea and Sand VIII
Located in Dallas, TX
Ink & gold on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Sea and Sand III
Located in Dallas, TX
Ink & gold on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Sea and Sand I
Located in Dallas, TX
Ink & gold on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Avec Jeune IV
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Avec Jeune III
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Avec Jeune II
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Un Coeur de Roi XI
Located in Dallas, TX
broux de noix, ink & gold on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Un Coeur de Roi VIII
Located in Dallas, TX
broux de noix, ink & gold on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Un Coeur de Roi IV
Located in Dallas, TX
broux de noix, ink & gold on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Un Coeur de Roi II
Located in Dallas, TX
broux de noix, ink & gold on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Lavande II
Located in Dallas, TX
Oil on 300gr Bristol paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Lavande I
Located in Dallas, TX
Oil on 300gr Bristol paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Gris Rose II
Located in Dallas, TX
Oil on 300gr Bristol paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Love, Honey and Chocolate - Large Painting Yellow Black White Brown Blue Red
Located in Sofia, BG
"Love, Honey and Chocolate" is an abstract style painting by the French artist Maestro Simon Richard Halimi.
Through his art, he has a very sharp and unique style of bright and color...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Un Coeur de Roi IX
Located in Dallas, TX
broux de noix, ink & gold on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Un Coeur de Roi I
Located in Dallas, TX
broux de noix, ink & gold on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold
Awake In Da Wang
Located in Dallas, TX
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Hills
Located in Dallas, TX
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Almost April
Located in Dallas, TX
oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
56x52 in. - Mont Blanc - Oil on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Influenced by artistic expression in music, poetry and literature, and drawing inspiration from concepts in art and science, the artist finds bold expression in color, lines and shap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Relational Inefficiency #32
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic & pastel on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
Vintage American Modernist Portrait Abstract Original Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Oil on board circa 1990.
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
Two people, 1965 - oil on canvas, 92x65 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Beautiful oil on canvas by Alfred Angeletti. dated and signed.
Alfred Angeletti, Artiste peintre (1919 - 1991),
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait as Decoy, Oil on Canvas Painting by Julie Heffernan, 2005-2006
Located in Orange, CA
Self Portrait as Decoy, Oil on Canvas Painting by Julie Heffernan, 2005-2006
Additional information:
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimension: 62 × 54 in 157.5 × 137.2 cm
Frame included
Con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Paris in Saint Laurent" Figure Gown French Haute Couture 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 Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper
"Venice in Saint Laurent" Figure Gown French Haute Couture 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 Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
"Olympia in Paris" Figure with Gown French Haute Couture 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 Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
"Symphony in Paris" Figure in Chanel Gown Haute Couture 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 Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper
"Summer in Paris" Figure in Chanel Gown Haute Couture 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 Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Odalisque, colorful gestural abstract, nude, figure, landscape
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Thinking of art-historical nudes from Fortuny and Boucher.
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Dimitri operates from the idea of the “unfinished.” It informs his choice of materia...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Oil, Canvas
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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.