Abstract Portrait 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
Abstract Figurative Red Pink Gestural Oil Portrait Modern Contemporary
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Verano
Description: Oil on canvas, figurative, red, pink, gestural, modern, abstract
This painting is a double portrait that is more than the sum of its parts. Expressively painted,...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The British Blue with Acrylic on Canvas, Painting by Gerard Tunney
Located in Deddington, GB
The British blue by Gerard Tunney [2022]
A woman enjoys the company of her pet cat; a British blue, hence the unusual blue -grey colouring of the cats' coat
Additional information:...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
World's Greatest Autobiographer
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Portrait of Gertrude Stein, trailblazing modernist writer and supporter of modern art.
Rich reds, energetic brush strokes, female, square format
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Oil on Canvas Figurative Portrait Multi-Color Bright
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Summer Sun
Description: Oil on canvas, multi-color, bright, figurative, abstract
Expressively painted, the glowing surface of color and light in this painting seamlessly dissolve ...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Oil on Canvas Abstract Figurative Gestural Portrait Red Pink
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Summers End (Blue Eye)
Oil on canvas, figurative, red, pink, gestural, modern, abstract
Expressively painted, the glowing surface of color and light in this painting seamlessly dis...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"TOUTE UNE VIE" Portrait, acrylic, 50x70cm.
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
In this artwork, the artist captures a poignant moment inspired by an unexpected encounter with a dear friend of her mother.
The subject is depicted from behind, hands delicately re...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
SECRET
By Jazzu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
SECRET - 2019
24 x 18 cms
Techniques mixtes sur toile coton
Signé au dos par l'artiste / avec son certificat
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
RESISTE
By Jazzu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
RESISTE - 2019
30 x 20 cms
Techniques mixtes sur toile coton
Signé au dos par l'artiste / avec son certificat
PRIX: 550 euros
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Boxer Knockout Punch - Esquire Magazine Mid- Century Sports - Action Painting
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Brilliant American Illustrator Bob Peak captures the fury and power of a punch to the face with rapid broad strokes of the brush. Combined with a somber color scheme and gestural bru...
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Donna Isham Portrait Female Blue Face Black Abstract Figurative People
Located in Nantucket, MA
The title of this painting is Isis. Dark tones combined with accents of blue present a confident female portrait.
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
"Caroline #2"
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Donna Isham Gold Portrait Face Female Bright Colors Abstract Figurative Blue
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pheobe is part of a series of abstract portraits Donna Isham created in 2022. Bold brush strokes and the use of brilliant colors form into confident and strong female images.
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Donna Isham Portrait Female Abstract Figurative Modern Face Gray Red
Located in Nantucket, MA
Blurred is the title of this painting. A softer pallet of grays with touched of red gives a more gentle image of the female than her newer works.
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
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Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic on canvas. Hand signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will ...
Category
1980s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Father, Son-Modern Figurative Expressionist Painting, Cityscape, Chinatown, LE
Located in Golden, CO
This large limited edition modern figurative expressionist painting of a Father and Son in San Francisco's Chinatown is a boldly vivid work of contemporary art. The large-scale digit...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Metal
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Pathfinder - Abstract Map - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media by George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
The Last Snapshot - Minimalism
Located in Miami, FL
This graphic and flatwork was an Interior illustration for the Saturday Evening Post.
George Giusti( Italian - American 1908-1990)- ''The Last Snapshot''- ink and acrylic on illust...
Category
1960s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Ink
Lipstick
Located in New York, NY
Eric Friedmann
Lipstick, 2018
Acrylic polymer and pigment on canvas
80 x 74 cm
International Fine Arts Consortium and IFAC Athina present Eric Friedmann in his premier solo
exhibiti...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
Death of Marat
Located in New York, NY
Eric Friedmann
Death of Marat, 2018
Acrylic polymer and pigment on canvas
200 x 150 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer
Rayuela
By Isabel Pena
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Peña
Rayuela
Photo-painting on parchment paper
46h x 40w in
framed
116.84h x 101.60w cm
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Speak From The Heart
Located in London, GB
Danny O’Connor is an artist based in Liverpool, he graduated from Liverpool John Moores Art School where he studied graphic arts.
Danny is predominately a figurative and portrait ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Graphite
I Was Here All Along
Located in London, GB
Danny O’Connor is an artist based in Liverpool, he graduated from Liverpool John Moores Art School where he studied graphic arts.
Danny is predominately a figurative and portrait ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Graphite
«Self portrait» Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas, 2017 Expressionism
Located in Oslo, NO
For Julia Kiryanova, painting is a dialogue – a dialogue which she beautifully facilitates, layering her work with various techniques.
At the heart of much of her work an inherent fascination for people lies, intimately displaying abandoned figures seemingly floating in an abstract dream world, where time has stopped everything, but them.
Julia Kiryanova has exhibited work at Amsterdam museum, Museum Op Solder and The Holocaust Museum...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Heritage Vermell
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Terracotta
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Eu...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Turquoise
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most notorious wine regions in Europe.
This combination allows her to have the best of three worlds; it brings together the creativity and passion that her paintings demand.
"I invest time in my work. You must look at paintings on different days, with different eyes. There is a need to go back to it again and again.”
Born to a family of artists, she grew up surrounded by drawings, tapestries, and paintings that awakened a special sentiment that over time matured into her work. A graphic designer first and painter by evolution, in 2018 she decided to make the leap into becoming a full-time artist. Nothing has deterred her since.
After traveling the world and bringing up four children who are almost living their own lives, the artist feels the need to empower the role of women inspired by her own journey. “Invisible Women” is a tribute to each and every woman that fights from anonymous positions, in everyday jobs and everyday lives, to improve their family, their society, their world.
Some of her pieces are part of the personal art collections of different CEOs of fortune 100 companies. “Invisible Women” is part of a recent purchase...
Category
2010s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pop Art, Pink Pop Art, Portrait Artwork-Sparkling Rosé
Located in Delaware , OH
Pop Art, Pink Pop Art, Portrait Artwork-Sparkling Rosé
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T:
Introducing the iconic Andy Warhol style print with neon colo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pop Painting, Yellow Pop Painting, Portrait Artwork-Pop Chic
Located in Delaware , OH
Pop Painting, Yellow Pop Painting, Portrait Artwork-Pop Chic
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T:
Introducing the iconic Andy Warhol style print with neo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Addiosnjones artwork, Neon Noir pop painting
Located in Delaware , OH
Addiosnjones artwork, Neon Noir pop painting
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T:
Introducing the iconic Andy Warhol style print with neon colors and screen p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Addisonjones artwork, Luminos Illusion neon pop art
Located in Delaware , OH
Addisonjones artwork, Luminos Illusion neon pop art
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T:
Introducing the iconic Andy Warhol style print with neon colors and sc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Neon Pop Art, Portrait Artwork, Yellow Portrait Art-Antithesis Charm
Located in Delaware , OH
Neon Pop Art, Portrait Artwork, Yellow Portrait Art-Antithesis Charm
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T:
Introducing the iconic Andy Warhol style print w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pop Artwork, Yellow Portrait Art, Yellow Pop Artwork-Enchanting Airs
Located in Delaware , OH
Pop Artwork, Yellow Portrait Art, Yellow Pop Artwork-Enchanting Airs
A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T:
Introducing the iconic Andy Warhol style print with ne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Self Portrait #3)
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Self Portrait #3)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Unttled (Portrait #1)
Located in New York, NY
Unttled (Portrait #1)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Abstract portrait paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract portrait 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 portrait 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, purple, red, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Beatrice Werlie, Carlos Carnero, Masri Hayssam, and Addison Jones. 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 portrait paintings, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait 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 $22 and tops out at $570,000, while the average work sells for $1,960.