Abstract Interior Paintings
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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2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Varnish, Spray Paint, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Artist Comments
A glowing semi-abstract depiction of the Chicago Riverwalk in the early evening. Artist Yangzi Xu paints with both tonal and striking cool colors, highlighted...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Panel
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Panel
Artist Comments
The painting is a result of my impressions from traveling in Mexico. Old, colorful, dramatic looking houses under the bright sun look dynamic and full of life energy.
About the Artist
Suren is an impressionist painter eloquently capturing nature, landscapes, and cityscapes in paint. His body of work reflects several different stylistic approaches. Suren’s scenes in oil are inspired by Impressionist masters Monet and Van Gogh, while his watercolor series of flowers and birds are influenced by Eastern styles of painting and the colors of the Middle Eastern environment. Suren believes his role as an artist is to remind viewers that we all are part of the same natural universe.
Sunny Day, Street in Puerto Vallarta...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas, Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Archival Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Spray Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Spray Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Cotton, Paper, Chalk, Charcoal, Color Pencil, Varnish
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Varnish, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas, Varnish
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Linen, Paint, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Charcoal, Pastel
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Gesso, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Gesso, Gouache, Panel, Graphite
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Board, Pen
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Board
2010s Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board, Pen
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Interior Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media