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
"Chromanthropus" - Contemporary Multimedia Abstract Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emerging artist Leroy Miranda took off like a rocket a few years back in 2015 when he was discovered in New Orleans. A painting of this self-taught artist with what he describes as "...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"The Inquisitor" - Contemporary Multimedia Abstract Portrait Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
Emerging artist Leroy Miranda took off like a rocket a few years back in 2015 when he was discovered in New Orleans. A painting of this self-taught artist with what he describes as "...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Yellow Car with Woman and Puppet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'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
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze - Blue Sky
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze - Aquamarine Ocean
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze - Before We have Snow
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze - Aquamarine Ocean
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled with ecology, making their lives more diverse and fascinating''
Rusiko Chikvaidze is a Georgian artist born in 1970, who lives and works between Tbilisi, Georgia and Chevy Chase...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze - Spring on the Aquamarine Ocean
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled with ecology, making their lives more diverse and fascinating''
Rusiko Chikvaidze is a Georgian artist born in 1970, who lives and works between Tbilisi, Georgia and Chevy Chase...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow swirl with 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
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
Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Occasion
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on mirrored cardboard
Mariam Odishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1994 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She mainly uses oil on canvas. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cardboard, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Inconsistencies
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
Canvas, Cardboard
Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - They Noticed
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
Canvas, Cardboard
Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Parallel Boundaries 2
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 first solo show in 2021 at Gamr...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cardboard
Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Parallel Boundaries 3
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 first solo show in 2021 at Gamr...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cardboard
Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Parallel Boundaries 1
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
Canvas, Cardboard
Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Untitled
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
Canvas, Cardboard
Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - Phantasmagory
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas (Plastic frame) 30 x 35 x 3
Mariam Odishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1994 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She mainly uses...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cardboard
Georgian Contemporary Art by Mariam Odishvili - The Game has Changed
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 first solo show in 2021 at Gam...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cardboard
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
Canvas, Oil
Matt Enger 'Hurley Burly #14'
Located in New York, NY
Hurley Burly #14
2021
Cast acrylic on canvas
10 x 10 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Matt Enger’s new body of work evokes a mystical experience combining aspects of expres...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Vinyl
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Wilds - Figurative Painting Yellow Blue Brown White Red Black Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Wilds" is a modern, figurative, abstract art line painting by Maestro Anatoliy Stankulov
The painting is unframed.
The vivid colors of his paintings bring emotion happiness, love ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Todorov Day - Figurative Painting Yellow Blue Brown White Red Black Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Todorov day" is a modern, figurative, abstract art line painting by Maestro Anatoliy Stankulov
The painting is unframed.
The vivid colors of his paintings bring emotion happiness,...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Morning's Breakfast Painting Yellow Blue Brown White Red Black Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Morning's breakfast" is a modern, figurative, abstract art line painting by Maestro Anatoliy Stankulov
The painting is unframed.
The vivid colors of his paintings bring emotion happiness, love and energy, represented by the vast creative power of his talent.”
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic painting
STYLE: Modern, Figurative, Abstract, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, signed
Weight: Approximately 2 kg.
The painting is unframed.
Frame: Optional
Snow Pearl gallery offers the possibility to increase the value of this artwork by adding a gorgeous wooden Italian contemporary frame on your choice.
We can also offer a restored ancient golden frame...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Kaliakra - Figurative Painting Yellow Blue Brown White Red Black Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Kaliakra" is a modern, figurative, abstract art line painting by Maestro Anatoliy Stankulov
The painting is unframed.
The vivid colors of his paintings bring emotion happiness, love and energy, represented by the vast creative power of his talent.”
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: Acrylic painting
STYLE: Modern, Figurative, Abstract, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, signed
Weight: Approximately 2 kg.
The painting is unframed.
Frame: Optional
Snow Pearl gallery offers the possibility to increase the value of this artwork by adding a gorgeous wooden Italian contemporary frame on your choice.
We can also offer a restored ancient golden frame...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Matt Enger 'Taos Rain'
Located in New York, NY
Taos Rain
2021
Cast acrylic on canvas
10 x 10 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Matt Enger’s new body of work evokes a mystical experience combining aspects of expressive hi...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Vinyl
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
The Thinker - Figurative Painting Green Yellow White Grey Black Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
The Thinker - painting by Maestro Omar Kamal El Din
The painting is unframed.
“The impressions of the paintings on the viewer is so mighty, mesmer...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
“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
Figurative Painting Green Blue Grey Red Black Lilac Pink Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
A painting by Maestro Omar Kamal El Din
The painting is unframed.
“The impressions of the paintings on the viewer is so mighty, mesmerizing, grand, that it paralyzes the imaginati...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Feast Day - Figurative Painting Black Red Yellow Green White Brown
Located in Sofia, BG
A Feast day - a painting by Maestro Omar Kamal El Din
The painting is unframed.
“The impressions of the paintings on the viewer is so mighty, mesm...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Tres ojos, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Large Abstract portrait Painting, , gray & black, White , on canvas ,work by Dimitris Pavlopoulos Painting created with acrylic . Colors: gray & black, White , Abstract Canvas Col...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Kiss me
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, ABS
pursuit, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Thong Le
Located in Yardley, PA
artist in a dream :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grisaille Still Life 1
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"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
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Eliashvili - Rebel
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Eliashvili - Lonsome
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Eliashvili - Dancer
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Frammenti Angelici, 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, Panel
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
Encounter
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The themes visited in this show stem from a desire to extend the vocabulary of my painting while forming a metaphor for the chaos of contemporary life.
The title, Escalade, has differing and complimentary functions in English and French. Continuing to paint, over a lengthening career, the medium poses more questions than answers. The title is a reference to my attempt to overcome these difficulties through the expansion of my painting language. The title also refers to the escalation of crises in the world at large. It is the larger picture in which I am a small person trying to make my way.
In a concrete sense, the title also refers to a strategy I have taken in a number of these paintings. That is, to re-examine very small paintings...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Garden of Paradise
Located in Boston, MA
"Garden on Paradise" is an exceptional example of Michael's most recent body of work, continuing his exploration of perception vs. reality. Michael's work has received many accolades...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Storm - Landscape Abstract Oil Painting Colors Green Blue White Orange Black
By Nina Ruseva
Located in Sofia, BG
Storm - abstract painting by Maestro Nina Ruseva.
About the artwork:
TECHNIQUE: Oil painting
STYLE: Abstract, Contemporary
Edition : Unique, signed
Weight: Approximately 2 kg.
Th...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Danielle Maillet-Vila - Lumière
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Danielle Maillet-Vila is a French artist born in 1945 who lives and works in Barbizon, France. She first moved into fashion industry and started her own business at ju...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Danielle Maillet-Vila - Swing
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Danielle Maillet-Vila is a French artist born in 1945 who lives and works in Barbizon, France. She first moved into fashion industry and started her own business at ju...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Danielle Maillet-Vila - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork sold with American box in black color
Danielle Maillet-Vila is a French artist born in 1945 who lives and works in Barbizon, France. She first moved into fashion industry an...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper
X2 - French Artist large Painting Colors Pale Brown Beige Yellow Green
Located in Sofia, BG
"X2" is a painting by the French artist - designer Hélène Cohen Carricaburu.
Through her art, she has a very sharp, abstract and unique style of bright and colorful expression.
Abo...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
30 - French Artist large Painting Colors Pale Brown Beige Yellow Green
Located in Sofia, BG
"30" is a painting by the French artist - designer Hélène Cohen Carricaburu.
Through her art, she has a very sharp, abstract and unique style of bright and colorful expression.
Abo...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Brigitte Mathé - Norma Jane Mortenson
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Plein air, 2000
Located in Atlanta, GA
Jean-François LARRIEU (1960) (France) is an artist born in 1960 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting sold in 1991, at...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
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