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
Touchstone
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
$18,200
Mantel
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann
Mantel
1998
Acryl auf Leinwand
150 x 100 cm
Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig bei Pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Plantage
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann
Plantage
2015
Acryl auf Leinwand
50 x 60 cm
Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig bei Pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sommerabend
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann
Sommerabend
2015
Acryl auf Leinwand
50 x 60 cm
Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig bei ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Alpines Vorland
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann
Alpines Vorland
2015
Acryl auf Leinwand
50 x 60 cm
Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Der Ofen
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann
Der Ofen (aus Siedlung 1)
2015
Acryl auf Leinwand
80 x 100 cm
Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Zwei Wege
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann
Zwei Wege
2017
Acryl auf Leinwand
100 x 130 cm
Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig bei ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Felder
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann
Felder
2015
Acryl auf Leinwand
90 x 70 cm
Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig bei Profe...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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 green violet balls 2
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Pintura de Jeff Engberg con las siguientes dimensiones: 60 x 100 cm
Técnica: Óleo sobre tela
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Yellow green violet balls 1
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Pintura de Jeff Engberg con las siguientes dimensiones: 60 x 100 cm
Técnica: Óleo sobre tela
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Yellow circle
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Pintura de Jeff Engberg con las siguientes dimensiones: 75 x 75 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
Blue yellow 4
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
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
Blue yellow 2
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
Yin&yang events
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Want to play?
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
Take my rose
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Take my breath away
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Stronger
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sexy in red
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Reborn
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Memories that Pierce the Bones
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, ABS
Just Breathe
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, ABS
Want my apple too?
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Beautiful Girl
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Do You Like What You See?
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Day dreamer
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blow My Mind
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
All her work represents emotions on canvas. Abstract and figurative paintings.
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Downtown
Located in Miami, FL
Downtown is a painting made by Evelyne Ballestra, a French contemporary artist. This orange and blue tons expressionist painting is inspired from Lower Manhattan and its Twin Towers ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1970s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Prepare
Located in New York, NY
ink and watercolor on paper, 42"x 42" available framed
This painting is from as series of ink and watercolor paintings that depict ad-hoc structures, similar to tree hous...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$5,800
Thread 1
Located in New York, NY
15"x15" ink and watercolor on paper
This painting is from as series of ink and watercolor paintings that depict ad-hoc structures, similar to tree houses or forts. The st...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Watercolor
$1,600
Large Ragged Gloves (Triptych)
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
The Other
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
Scream
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
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,200
The Talking Hills
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
Straining to Hear
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
Curtain
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
Outskirts
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
Vomiting Figure
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
Ropes, Fire and Trees
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
Talking to Ourselves
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
Mesmerized
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
Post
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
$1,600
Median
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
$1,700
Molson Park
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
Study for Island
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
Untitled #3
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
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
Bending Roads and Targets
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
Outlook (I Dream of Japan)
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, Canvas
Abstract ropes
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
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