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
A Celebration, Original Painting, Contemporary, Food, Still Life
Located in Deddington, GB
This piece celebrates many of the good things in life - colour, pattern & cake! Rendered in oil paint on a cradled plywood panel & framed in a contemporary white tray frame, the flat...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel
Black Skull. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin’s Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In “person” they are electric and magnetic...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"That Kat Miles" Neo Expressionist Contemporary Portrait of Miles Davis
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Jazz aficionado Sax Berlin offers his homage to Miles Davis. This piece is a street art version of portraiture, bold & incisive. There's a raw feel to this painting that has the musi...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
Fiddler and Dancers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Shay Rieger (1923-1975). Fiddler and Dancers, 1975. Oil on canvas, 38 x 50 inches. Some ares of paint loss and flaking as documented in detail photos. No tears or punctures in canvas...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
N188 , 140x180 cm
By Max Orlitsky
Located in Yerevan, AM
Max Orlitsky explores the human response to and adaptation to all sorts of change, focusing on the tipping point when mental transformation becomes physical, creating an entirely ne...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"AD 2.23" Abstract Painting 71" x 79" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"AD 2.23" Abstract Painting 71" x 79" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Emerging From The Lake. Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Inspired by Degas’ painting; ‘Ballet Dancer’s [1890-1900]. This is a beautiful painting in tonal shades reflecting the great standard of British Expressionism and women artists in t...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tigresses. 120x180cm
By Max Orlitsky
Located in Yerevan, AM
This is a painting from the Lycanthropy series. This is a mental illness in which, usually as a result of trauma, the individual refuses to associate himself with a human being and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Airplane Abstract Original Painting Collage on Paper -- "Airfoul 1"
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Airplane Abstract Original Painting Collage on Paper -- "Airfoul 1"
This is dynamic figurative abstract painting by Marc Foster Grant...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Foil
Small Pink Temple. Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
With hints of hot spicy colour this piece also reflects the cooling effect the water has on the surrounding temple area. It's a more pastel coloured work offering time for contemplat...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Zoo Incident , 130x180 cm
By Max Orlitsky
Located in Yerevan, AM
The Zoo Incident, 130x180 cm
Max Orlitsky explores the human response to and adaptation to all sorts of change, focusing on the tipping point when mental transformation becomes phys...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Matisse with Pears, Original Painting, Contemporary, Paris
Located in Deddington, GB
This vivacious still life painting draws inspiration from Matisse's iconic 1910 masterpiece 'Dance' and the enchanting ambiance of the French 'salon'. The artist adds a contemporary ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel
Sleeping Under A Lemon Yellow Sky. Large Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
The sky isn’t always blue. Our sky takes on so many different colours, it creates patterns and moods in a tangible way as we react to what we see. In this piece Francesca Owen has cr...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
R Poch Faces Happy Birthday 43 original acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
43 Happy Birthday 200x50 cm original acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production compa...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tulips & Girls
Located in Toronto, ON
Eaton writes "My paintings are constructed slowly and deliberately by building layer upon layer of vibrant acrylic colour. My approach is similar in the way areas are carefully deve...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Sisters" Interior Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Sisters" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts two abstracted feminine figures sitting together as sunlight streams through a window as the rest ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Red Symphony" Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Red Symphony" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two ambiguous human figures of white and grey sitting in an inter...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lous and Y Diptych, From the series Lous and The Yakuza.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Lous and Kakoma Diptych, 2022 by Hunter & Gatti
From the series Lous and The Yakuza
Acrylic and oil wax on fine art paper 255 grs.
Overall size: 20.6 in H x 31.4 in W
Individual size...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Untitled, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Untitled" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure standing in a striped interior setting.
Artist Statement:
Born: 1942
A s...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Joy Of Eden". Large Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Francesca Owen creates wonderful images using warming tones and bold images in this painting. There’s a balance between humanity and nature on this canvas that is rare and very speci...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Violinist
Located in Oslo, NO
The painting “Violinist” was created in 2009, when the career of the world famous pianist David Garrett was just beginning. I saw in the magazine his small photograph from a concert....
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rajasthan Gypsy Dance. Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Paul Wadsworth is one of the UK’s leading exponents of Expressionist paintings. His pieces are heavily worked with layers of richly applied paint, the result is paintings that sing w...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT Animals Dark Red Text Ukranian Artist Anna Veriki 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Field
Oil on canvas
80x125 cm
2024
In her practice, Anna Vereshchaka focuses on the depiction of animals and the human body in combination with naive elements of the red color.
Anna...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Encaustic Figurative 1960's Gloria Dudfield
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield (1922 – 2015)
Untitled
c.1960's
Encaustic and charcoal on paper
16"x18"
Unsigned
Came from a portfolio of her work in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Gloria had a Mast...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Gouache, Charcoal
Louisiana Parish Oil Painting Out in the Countryside Framed Palette Knife
Located in Houston, TX
Louisiana Parish shows the people gathering for the Sunday worship in the countryside of Louisiana. Many people would go to the service in the morning,m go home for lunch and a nap and come back for the evening service. Sunday was a day of rest for these people. No shopping, no cell phone, a day devoted to the Lord.
A versatile and prolific painter and sculptor, Kirby Daniel Rogere was born in Jeanerette, Louisiana on February 14, 1929 to Marguerite Minvielle and Kirby Serafin Rogere. He painted still lifes, landscapes and abstracts. Rogère's art was influenced by both his Cajun upbringing as well as by great artists, classical musicians and places from around the globe. His work is populated with dancers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
In the fields
Located in PUIFLIJK, NL
Over the last few years Francien has created a series of paintings, which stylistically dovetail into its overall work. This interesting new series came about by the birth of her lon...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Whisky Jug with Apple Blossom on Canvas, Painting by Maggie Laporte-Banks
Located in Deddington, GB
Whisky jug with apple blossom By Maggie LaPorte-Banks [2022]
This impressionistic still life features the black whisky jug, traditionally used for storing moonshine. I love this old...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dreaming of the Future
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gallery)
About Artist
Abiodun Nafiu Azeez is an accomplished artist with a diverse background in contemporary painting, particularly Osogbo art. However, his true passion lies in abstract expression, where he seeks to promote African art, culture, and nature. Influenced by his artist father, he paints to preserve memories and connect with broader societal concerns.
Abiodun's artistic style is characterized by the abstraction and simplification of human compositions. He employs vibrant oil colors, often focusing on primary colors that transition into secondary and tertiary hues. His subjects stand out against neutral backgrounds, creating a harmonious balance in his paintings. A prominent feature in his works is the use of red, blue, and yellow tones, subtly blended to emphasize form and shape.
His artistic journey includes training under renowned bead painting contemporary artist Jimoh Buraimoh...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Dancers" Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "The Dancers" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two ambiguous human figures of white and grey with a white and mar...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Radiance" Abstracted Figure Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "RAdiance" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous figure of white and grey sitting in an interior of grey ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lous and Kakoma Diptych, From the series Lous and The Yakuza.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Lous and Kakoma Diptych, 2022 by Hunter & Gatti
From the series Lous and The Yakuza
Acrylic and oil wax on fine art paper 255 grs.
Overall size: 20.6 in H x 31.4 in W
Individual size...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Horizontal and Vertical Figures, Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By John Emanuel
Located in Brecon, Powys
Warm sepia tones in this classic Emanuel painting.
John Emanuel "it is the figure , not the nude I am interested in..."
Oil on board. Signed. Black wood frame
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
E and V Diptych, From the series Opposed Tendencies. Mixed media photography
Located in Miami Beach, FL
E and V Diptych, 2022 by Hunter & Gatti
From the series Opposed Tendencies
Acrylic and oil wax on fine art paper 255 grs.
Overall size: 29.5 in H x 47.2 in W
Image size: 29.5 in H x ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Picking Roses. Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Paul Wadsworth is one of the UK’s leading exponents of Expressionist paintings. His pieces are heavily worked with layers of richly applied paint, the result is paintings that sing w...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Watching Clouds Drift. Large Expressionist Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Who doesn’t love the indulgence of just watching the sky; clouds endlessly swirling in intricate patterns and constant movement resonate deep within us. Francesca Owen has captured t...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"El Moez Street 2" Abstract Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"El Moez Street 2" Abstract Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
LV and LVII Diptych, From the series Lous and The Yakuza. Mixed media photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
LV and LVII Diptych, 2022 by Hunter & Gatti
From the series Lous and The Yakuza
Acrylic and oil wax on fine art paper 255 grs.
Overall size: 20.6 in H x 31.4 in W
Individual size: 20...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
L, K and B Triptych, From the series Opposed Tendencies. Mixed media portrait
Located in Miami Beach, FL
L, K and B Triptych, 2022 by Hunter & Gatti
From the series Opposed Tendencies
Acrylic and oil wax on fine art paper 255 grs.
Overall size: 29.5 in H x 70.8 in W
Individual size: 29.5 in H x 23.6 in W
Unframed
Set of 3 photographs...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Bishop Wrote With Dirty Lines
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic, charcoal, pencil, pastel, oil stick
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Charcoal, Oil, Pencil
Byzantine Women
By Selina Trieff
Located in Provincetown, MA
The legendary and beloved Selina Trieff has been represented by the Berta Walker Gallery since it opened. She studied with Hans Hofmann in Provinc...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rudbeckia Black and White
Located in Valencia, ES
Every artwork is hand-made and supported with a certificate of authenticity.
Made in Spain, 2024.
The frame is included.
Package: protected cardboard box.
Dispatching terms: 2-3 work...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
Many Ways
Located in Dallas, TX
Oil & spray on Fabriano paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Spray Paint, Paper
Clematis Brown
Located in Valencia, ES
Every artwork is hand-made and supported with a certificate of authenticity.
Made in Spain, 2024.
The frame is included.
Package: protected cardboard box.
Dispatching terms: 2-3 work...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
"Z" Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting by Sax Berlin
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Z: Sax's object is purity of form and modulation of colour. What kind of words could accompany this portrait. A study of the humanitarian in humanity.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Silver Skulls. Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Sax Berlin’s Skull series form part of his Neo-Expressionist works. Berlin works with speed on these pieces, gives them a sense of urgency. In “person” they are electric and magnetic...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Silver
Amistat en els jardins del casino
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
1980's French Abstract Surrealist Original Oil Amazing Bright Blue Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French abstract, signed by T. Fabris
Title: Abstract Surrealist Composition
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
inscribed verso
Painting: 18 x 15 inches
Provenance: p...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Third Chapter, Suite #1
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Kennedy Contemporary is proud to announce a solo exhibition by Laguna Beach artist, Chris Gwaltney. This will be Gwaltney's second solo exhibition with the gallery and will remain on...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
Yin & Yang
By Zabel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guided by her passion for life and her spirit, French Canadian painter Zabel creates vibrant artworks filled with romance and immersive textures. With a belief that art is all about ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large 1980's French Abstract Surrealist Original Oil Amazing Bright Green Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French abstract, signed by T. Fabris
Title: Abstract Surrealist Composition
Medium: signed oil on canvas, unframed
Painting: 15 x 18 inches
Provenance: private co...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT Animals Dark Red Text Ukranian Artist Anna Veriki 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
White Hearth
Oil on canvas
55x85 cm
2024
In her practice, Anna Vereshchaka focuses on the depiction of animals and the human body in combination with naive elements of the red color...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Iris Germanica Blue
Located in Valencia, ES
Every artwork is hand-made and supported with a certificate of authenticity.
Made in Spain, 2024.
The frame is included.
Package: protected cardboard box.
Dispatching terms: 2-3 work...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Sandstone
Life's a Bowl of Cherries, Paper, Painting Kerry Louise Bennett naive art
Located in Deddington, GB
Colourful and witty portrait with lively patterns and still life elements. Painted in acrylic on paper and framed in a gorgeous chunky black wooden frame. A small painting with a big...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper
CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT Animals Dark Red Text Ukranian Artist Anna Veriki 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Look Up
Oil on canvas
135x200 cm
2024
In her practice, Anna Vereshchaka focuses on the depiction of animals and the human body in combination with naive elements of the red color.
A...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
CONTEMPORARY British Figurative Artist Pastel Color Ed Burkes 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Inspired by the belief that music, language, and art deeply influence one another, Ed Burkes, a highly acclaimed painter, dedicates himself to exploring the e...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper
Sungazer I
By Ryan Cobourn
Located in Dallas, TX
mixed media on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
1980's French Abstract Surrealist Original Oil Amazing Bright Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French abstract, signed by T. Fabris
Title: Abstract Surrealist Composition
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
inscribed verso
Painting: 18 x 15 inches
Provenance: p...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Each Minute, This
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
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