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
122001 by Kyoko Sasai
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kyoko Sasai is a renowned Japanese artist, esteemed due to her innovative approaches to cultural representation and unique artistic methodologies.
She liv...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper
Want a macaron ? Ah Ah
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Peasant Woman
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original acrylic on paper by American artist Richard Huntington entitled "Peasant Woman".
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Ganesha, Modern Impressionist Figurative Painting, 2022, Original Triptych
Located in Golden, CO
Immerse yourself in the mystical realm of the Hindu deity Ganesha with Topher Straus' captivating "Ganesha" Original Edition Triptych. This awe-inspiring...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
Bouquet, contemporary, abstract floral landscape, 2023
Located in Basalt, CO
This is a unframed 48" x 24" painting in an abstract oil painting floral style, from an ongoing floral series the artist has been working on since 2022. This image is exuberant and l...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Maybe, Maybe Not" Blue and Red Abstract Longitudinal Female Portrait Painting
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Red and blue longitudinal abstract figurative painting by Reeves Art + Design owner and Houston, TX artist Paul Reeves. This piece depicts a woman with blue and white hair against a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Butterfly hunting 2001, wood, oil, 50.5x34 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Butterfly hunting
2001, wood, oil, 50.5x34 cm
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
$1,528 Sale Price
20% Off
THE DECORATOR 42 - Abstract Figurative Painting on Canvas, Marine Purple, Blue
By Chloe York
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
"Decorator 42" is part of an on-going series of paintings by Chloe York centered around marine biology. Chloe’s work is flat and linear and always begins with a human head and shoulders. She call's the process "decorating", which is in her word “metaphorical for the way clothing and makeup prepare her for social interaction. These paintings are anthropomorphic portraits encrusted with oceanic and organic shapes and patterns, a nod to the decorator...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Borden Screen Saver
By Gary Evans
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Gary Evans is widely recognized for his distinctive painting practice that spans two decades. Evans’ vibrant paintings challenge traditional notions of perception and our experience ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Swedish Figurative Unframed Oil Painting by Hans Osswald - The Pair
Located in Bristol, GB
THE PAIR
Size: 80 x 60.5 cm
Oil on Canvas
A large and very unique mid century modernist oil composition of two figures, painted onto canvas.
The artist has flattened the surface, r...
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Modern Abstract Portrait Oil on Canvas Figurative Multi-Color Gestural
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Poem 1
Description: Oil on canvas, figurative, multi-color, gestural, modern, abstract
In this painting we see a woman staring off in a dreamlike way, surrounded and entwined with marks of abstraction. The artist describes this piece as many of her others where, “the elements of the painting are arranged in a way that evokes a feeling, like the stanzas in a poem.” This painting was featured in a series of NFT’s (available soon) and an animation depicting love during WWI.
Jessica Benjamin was born in Bloomington, IL and graduated from the New York Academy of Art with his MFA in 2014.
Her paintings have been featured on the cover and interiors of three albums by Wynton Marsalis...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unruffled
By Behzad Tabar
Located in Atlanta, GA
About Behzad Tabar
My background is in fine and graphic arts, working in a wide range of styles and mediums. My painting has evolved from realism, to surrealism, to abstract. I am mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$6,500
Blue and Gray Toned Abstract Figurative Mixed Media Stitched Linen Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and gray-toned mixed media painting depicting an abstracted figure with hands on a pipe formed by cut-out pieces of stitched linen. The textile is in blue, cream, and gray, draw...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pen
A Trepar (To Climb)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ernesto Bertani was born in 1949 and was largely inspired by the 1960s. Art turned into a vehicle for dogmas and other agendas, with Pop and Minimalism...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madrid, colorful abstract female figure
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
C. Dimitri’ exhuberant paintings blend abstraction with human and nature forms. His uninhibited painterly brushwork and color palette create exceptional and compelling energy
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
South from high school study
By Gary Evans
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Gary Evans is widely recognized for his distinctive painting practice that spans two decades. Evans’ vibrant paintings challenge traditional notions of perception and our experience ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“198002” by Kyoko Sasai
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kyoko Sasai is a renowned Japanese artist, esteemed due to her innovative approaches to cultural representation and unique artistic methodologies.
She liv...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
REM (Rapid Eye Movement) 2
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
This captivating artwork presents a dynamic interplay of geometric forms and rich, deep hues that command attention. Dominated by bold, angular lines that crisscross energetically, t...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On leaving. 2003, oil on canvas, 79x67 cm
Located in Riga, LV
On leaving. 2003, oil on canvas, 79x67 cm
In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art Academy of Latvian State, painting department, Head of the diplo...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,757 Sale Price
20% Off
Two. 1997. Oil on cardboard, 55x55 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Two. 1997. Oil on cardboard, 55x55 cm
In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art Academy of Latvian State, painting department, Head of the diploma w...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$1,757 Sale Price
20% Off
Walking Man, Oil, painting, Musician, Dire straits, British, figurative, male
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Walking Man is an oil on canvas painting of a figure - formed in a geometric abstracted manner by Artist & Musician John Illsley. The artwork comes signe...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A clown. 1997, canvas, oil, 54x65 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A clown. 1997, canvas, oil, 54x65 cm
Elizabete Melbarzde (b. 1970.18.VII)
Elizabete Melbarzde graduated Riga secondary school of applied arts and Painting department at Art academy ...
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$936 Sale Price
20% Off
Ganesha, Modern Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Painting, 2022, Limited Ed
Located in Golden, CO
Immerse yourself in the mystical realm of the Hindu deity Ganesha with Topher Straus' captivating "Ganesha" Limited Edition. This awe-inspiring digital artwork portrays the elephant-...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
"Why Not Ask For More?" Figurative Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Linda Delaney
Located in Houston, TX
Two abstract women by Houston artist Linda Delaney in the 20th century titled, "Why Not Ask For More". Currently unframed.
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Small Yellow City
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I think of my paintings primarily as landscapes. Recently, these landscapes appear to be more manufactured than organic. At first glance the subjects seem to be monumental forms such...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Indian Man
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lluvia
By Sol Halabi
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sol Halabi is an artist who specializes in painting, but has been known to experiment with drawings, sculpture and installation. She combines the techniques of informality and abstr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,800
Show (Original)
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Oil on Board
Hand Signed by James Gordaneer
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Bubunauri - Wave
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil, acrylic on canvas
Keti Bubunauri is Georgian artist born in 1993 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her source of inspiration are people, their faces, facial expressions,...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Keti Bubunauri - Rain
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil, acrylic on paper
Framed 79 x 57 x 3 cm
Keti Bubunauri is Georgian artist born in 1993 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her source of inspiration are people, their faces...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Oil
Two Seated Figures
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Two seated figures, 2019, 30x40 inches, oil on canvas, signed lower right. Artist certificate of authentic is included.
The distinct quality of Koko’s painti...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Three Graces after Rubens V
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Dimitar Hinkov (1972) lives and works in Germany. He is a contemporary artist with over 50 solo and 70 group exhibitions worldwide.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Festival
Located in New York, NY
Festival
2014
Acrylic on canvas
39 x 39 inches
Caption: The title for Festival is inspired by a feeling of celebration, loud sounds and visuals and all the cacophony and sense domin...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Emoji
Located in New York, NY
Emoji
2019
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Caption: There is a smiley face emoji hidden in plain sight in the painting. When I made this work I was thinking about the recent extensi...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Longing
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I think of my paintings primarily as landscapes. Recently, these landscapes appear to be more manufactured than organic. At first glance the subjects seem to be monumental forms such...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Carro degli Dei (diptych), 2013
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he displayed a strong predisposition for ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Puglia II, Oil, painting, Musician, Dire straits, British, Abstract, aerial
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Puglia II is an abstract oil painting with an aerial viewpoint by Artist & Musician John Illsley. It focuses on the landscape & coastal lines of the South...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Emotions in Optical
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Bonr on December 18, 1940 in Vestignè (Turin) in Italy, Ferruccio Gard is considered to be a central figure in Programmed Art, Kinetic Art and Constructivism since the 1970s.
Gard i...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
It’s Really Very Easy
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I think of my paintings primarily as landscapes. Recently, these landscapes appear to be more manufactured than organic. At first glance the subjects seem to be monumental forms such...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Suspended
By Behzad Tabar
Located in Atlanta, GA
About Behzad Tabar
My background is in fine and graphic arts, working in a wide range of styles and mediums. My painting has evolved from realism, to surrealism, to abstract. I am mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$4,810
John Paul George & Ringo
By Wyona Diskin
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Wyona Diskin, American (1915 - 1991)
John Paul George & Ringo
Acrylic on canvas, Unsigned. Framed.
Measurements: Frame H 50.5 x W 60.5 x D 1.5 - Sight H 50 x W 60 inches
Wyona Diski...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"No Way"
Located in Rye, NY
A contemporary commentary on the human condition in Vietman. Nguyen draws inspiration from Basquiat while applying surreal expressionism through his own lens. The painting uses col...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Memorie Imperiali: Costantino, 2014
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he disp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Moat, Green Water and Rope
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I think of my paintings primarily as landscapes. Recently, these landscapes appear to be more manufactured than organic. At first glance the subjects seem to be monumental forms such...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Green Hat"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Ashley John is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985)
Gershon Benjamin is a painter of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene. He had a pro...
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dragon Parade, Modern Impressionist Figurative Painting, Chinese New Year, LE
Located in Golden, CO
This large limited edition figurative, abstract painting titled Dragon Parade is a bold vivid work of contemporary art. The large-scale digital painting, dye-sublimated onto aluminum...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
Bowl Reset I Oil Painting on Panel Brown Still Life Figurative In Stock
By Kees Blom
Located in Utrecht, NL
Bowl Reset I Oil Painting on Panel Brown Still Life Figurative In Stock
Kees Blom (Apeldoorn, 1968) comes from an artistic family. While his father already had a passion for paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Reborn
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled #1
By Gary Evans
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Gary Evans is widely recognized for his distinctive painting practice that spans two decades. Evans’ vibrant paintings challenge traditional notions of perception and our experience ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Sprout Garden
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Her art is placed in a position of balance between abstraction and figuration, where references to nature, landscape and primordial elements become pretexts for a deeper investigatio...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Dreaming'
Located in Rye, NY
‘Dreaming’ is a large abstract expressionist oil on canvas painting created by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Quang Huy in 2008. Featuring a cold palette mostly made of blue and grey color...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beatrice e Linferno
Located in Atlanta, GA
Donatella Violi was born in Ovada (AL), moved to Milan and subsequently to Reggio Emilia. As she was taking lessons at the Institute of Science, she was taking courses engraving pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Purple atmosphere with green balls
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Pintura de Jeff Engberg con las siguientes dimensiones: 100 x 100 cm
Técnica: Óleo sobre tela
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Duende
By Behzad Tabar
Located in Atlanta, GA
About Behzad Tabar
My background is in fine and graphic arts, working in a wide range of styles and mediums. My painting has evolved from realism, to surrealism, to abstract. I am mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$6,500
Sports Portrait of Athletic Partially Nude Boy with Rapid Brushstrokes
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Figuration and abstraction meet in this energized quick portrait of an athletic boy with headband and resting on a bench, Most likely done for a magazine like Sports Illustrated - Si...
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite, Mixed Media
Blue yellow 3
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Pintura de Jeff Engberg con las siguientes dimensiones: 50 x 50 cm
Técnica: Óleo sobre tela
Quatro telas, venda conjunto
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mom, Bart's Twisting Facts in an Orwellian Fashion! colorful abstract faces
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil, acrylic, gesso on panel.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Yellow brown 1
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Pintura de Jeff Engberg con las siguientes dimensiones: 100 x 100 cm
Técnica: Óleo sobre tela
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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