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
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Love
Located in Ridgewood, NY
Most mornings we wake up to a physical reality of sharp contrast and clear-cut edges. Defined outlines help us navigate everyday life and the world around us. But the blurry fringes ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary, Floral Portrait. Minas Halaj Floral.
By Minas Halaj
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The artist certificate is included.
Floral Portrait" by Minas Halaj is a captivating masterpiece that seamlessly blends natural beauty with the human form. The artwork features a fi...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Standing Figure" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Standing Figure" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure of gray and white standing within a neutral interior.
Artist Stateme...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Destination Unknown
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on wood panel
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Ramon Poch Yellow Eyes Blue acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
13.-Yellow eyes 90 x 73 cm acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production company La Co...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Goldie" Figure with Gown French Haute Couture Colorful 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
'Blue Divinity' Fallen Angel Series - Blue Angel Figurative Abstract by Avelino
Located in Carmel, CA
Avelino Sanher's 'Blue Divinity' part of the 'Fallen Angel' Series is a 60" x 48" oil on canvas that merges contemporary abstraction with figurative gra...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"BLUE (LIBERTY)" Oil Painting 78" x 118" inch by Charles Malinsky
Located in Culver City, CA
"BLUE (LIBERTY)" Oil Painting 78" x 118" inch by Charles Malinsky
Artwork ships rolled due to its size.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Charles Malinsky is an internationally acclaimed Canadian painter. His artwork is represented in many distinguished museums throughout the world and has been featured in countless publications. His extraordinary achievements throughout his career have made him one of the most dynamic figurative painters working in the 21st century.
Malinsky was born in 1956 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and grew up in the isolation of the vast Canadian prairies. He earned his diploma from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 1978. He then spent his early years in Calgary as a graphic designer in educational Television, winning several international awards from the small, obscure station. Malinsky states, "The shear good fortune to be taken under the wing of a small group of the most talented and creative individuals I’ve encountered in my entire life, including Greg and Gary Crossley, Brian Huffman, John Blackie, and Peter Ivens was a revelatory experience for me." In 1984, he took a posting at ACAD where he taught drawing. It was at this point that Malinsky changed streams and devoted himself to pure art. It took seven years of dedicated studio work for him to find his voice as an artist. His first public exhibition at the Fran Willis Gallery in Victoria, British Colombia created a media sensation normally reserved for rock stars and garnered wide public attention.
Malinsky’s richly complex, layered visual narratives are emotionally clear and accessible. His suburban prairie upbringing provided him with a backdrop of physical and social isolation, obsessed with image over content. His early work thus became focused on the rift between what was experienced and what could not be said. Malinsky’s first exhibitions in the early ’90s, during a time when figurative painting was not considered a legitimate, cutting-edge genre for art, flew in the face of the self-created, intellectual elitism of the deconstructionist movement of the time by creating complex, rich, layered narratives accessible through his figurative approach. He first received critical attention for depicting the dark, disturbing undercurrents of mainstream life, eloquently communicated to a popular reception through his figurative approach.
In 1998, Malinsky left the comfortable confines of his Calgary studio and his posting at ACAD to take on the International art world. He established a base in Madrid, Spain, and began showing successfully throughout Europe as well as the United States.
Malinsky’s paintings and drawings have been the subject of numerous solo and major group exhibitions and his work is represented in many museums, as well as prestigious private and corporate collections, including Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes, Barcelona, Spain(5 works), Collection of the Victoria College of art, Victoria British Colombia, Canada, Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Michael Williams Collection, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Colombia, Canada(18 works), Permanent collection of the Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Colombia, Canada, Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
His work can also be found in the private collections of notable celebrities such as Dr. Dre, Phil Everly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Her Universe" Large Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Woman
Located in Carmel, CA
Kristy Chettle's "Rising" is a 72" x48" oil on canvas that embodies the raw, emotive power of abstract expressionism infused with figurative elements. Swirls of dark and moody blues ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Parisian Days" Abstract Figure in Chanel Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting Canvas
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
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
"Serena" Figure with Gown French Haute Couture Colorful 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
"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
Big Blue
By Vicki Sher
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic & collage on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
This and No Other
Located in Dallas, TX
oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Swansong
By Vicki Sher
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Seascape on canvas, oil, blue, cold tones, green, sea tide, original piece.
Located in Carballo, ES
THE SALE INCLUDES TWO WORKS BY THE ARTIST, AS APPEARED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
Landscape painted by Luis Moscardo, from his series with oil paintings "Land of Storms", in which he paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
The Mind of Other Thing
By Lisa Taliano
Located in Dallas, TX
oil on linen
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"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
"Dior 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
Workshop at the Academy of Arts, 70x70cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Workshop at the Academy of Arts
70x70 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
Invention 13
By Vicki Sher
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic & pencil on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Paper
Tree of Life Painting Yoga Artwork Reiki Original Art
Located in Sempach, LU
Tree of Life Painting Yoga Artwork Reiki Original Art Impasto Painting Esoteric Wall Art Palette Knife Art by OlgaNikitinArt
⭐ Title: Tree of Life. Reiki...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Canvas, Oil
"Parisian Nights" Abstract Figure Chanel Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting Canvas
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
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Take Me to Paris" Abstract Figure Chanel Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting Canvas
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
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Times Square III, New Years, unique painting by renowned contemporary artist
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel
Times Square III, New Years, 2014
Oil on canvas painting
Hand signed, titled and dated on the back
41 × 31 × 1 1/2 inches
Frame included
This unique signed painting was ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"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
St. George, Painting. From the Series Figures
Located in Miami Beach, FL
St. George, 2021 by José Ignacio Suarez Solis
From the Series Figures
Acrylic paint on canvas
Size: 130 H x 140 W cm.
Unframed
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Son of Cuban parents, José Ignacio Suarez Solis a...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Sunburst" Abstract 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
"Paris Forever" Colorful Figure in Chanel Haute Couture Oil Painting on Canvas
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, Canvas
Break , 80x115cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Break , paper, oil crayons,80x115 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon
Break at the Academy of Arts, 75x71cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Break at the Academy of Arts
75x71 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
R. Poch three eyes original acrylic
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
. original acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production company La Cosa de las Peliculas...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
R. Poch Women Hat Red Square Big. 97. Orange Cocktail original acrylic
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
97. Orange Cocktail 120 x 120 cm. original acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Invention 12
By Vicki Sher
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic & pencil on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Paper
"Chanel in Jardin des Tuileries" Figure with French Haute Couture Oil Painting
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
"Gianni" Abstract 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
Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper
"Winter 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
Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper
"Chanel by the Arc de Triomphe" Figure with French Haute Couture Oil Painting
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
"AD 1.23" Abstract Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"AD 1.23" 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 completion ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Intertwined" Figure in Chanel Gown Haute Couture Colorful 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
R. Poch Big Square. 130 x. 130 cm original acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
90.-Philip with his cats. 130 x. 130 cm original acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising produ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Singing in the Rain" 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
Full Eyes by Laura McCarty, Framed Behind Glass Contemporary Still Life
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born and raised in Georgia, from a young age, Laura developed a deep love for an array of creative outlets. Design, painting and florals have played a huge part in her life. Laura at...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Wadoons Pool
By Vitali Bondarenko
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Vitali Bondarenko was born in 1965. He graduated from the Kiev State Institute of Fine Arts in 1990, where he majored in oil painting and developed his talents for landscape and fig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"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
"Rainbow 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
"Night Out 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
untitled 01022
By Vicki Sher
Located in Dallas, TX
gouache on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Lynch, 85x100cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
Lynch, 2014,Сanvas, oil crayons,100x85 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon
Abstract painting of two Matisse inspired nude figures in Pink and White
Located in Woodbury, CT
Acquiring a contemporary English abstract figure painting inspired by Henri Matisse in Pink and White from me is an invitation to bring a vibrant and modern expression of artistic e...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Canvas
You Looking At Me?
Located in Cazadero, CA
You Looking at me?
Everywhere you look you are seen, and looking backwards only turns your world around. We have stumbled into the matrix of vision.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dots and Flowers
By Vicki Sher
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic, collage & pencil on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Big Blue Dot
By Vicki Sher
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Remember When
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on wood panel
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Awkward Entanglement 3 - Chevalier Descarconne
Located in Dallas, TX
ink, acrylic, flashe on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Ink
R. Poch Clock Cat Character Red original acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
85 R. Poch. Clock. Cat. character. red original acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising produ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
I Promise
By Vicki Sher
Located in Dallas, TX
acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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.