Abstract 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
Color: Beige
"Colder", Street Styled, Abstract Expressionism, Black & White, Collage Acrylic
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Motivation:
FEEL the hip, funky, cool "Street Vibe" of this painting!
Created in a "Street Art" Style, this piece is compelling, edgy, chic and beautiful! " AND, it's not ju...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Spray Paint
Imagine is Real A2
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
In this work, I have poured my passion using acrylics to evoke depth and movement. Blues and whites intertwine, reflecting abstract emotions that flow freely, like ocean waves on a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Yellow
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
In this work, I have poured my passion using acrylics to evoke depth and movement. Blues and whites intertwine, reflecting abstract emotions that flow freely, like ocean waves on a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Imagine is Real 03
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
In this work, I have poured my passion using acrylics to evoke depth and movement. Blues and whites intertwine, reflecting abstract emotions that flow freely, like ocean waves on a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Book of Flowers 1 (small)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "Book of Flowers" series is a collection of pages from a Botanical book in which he plastered them onto the canvas and proceeded to paint his own botanicals over them. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Book of Flowers 2 (large)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "Book of Flowers" series is a collection of pages from a Botanical book in which he plastered them onto the canvas and proceeded to paint his own botanicals over them. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Steven Baris, Ruse Of Transparency 13, 2014, plexiglass, acrylic paint
By Steven Baris
Located in Darien, CT
Steve Baris is interested in the interconnections of the built environment and spatial experience.
His artwork is a response to a largely overlooked type of landscape that is emerg...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
Book of Flowers 4 (small)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "Book of Flowers" series is a collection of pages from a Botanical book in which he plastered them onto the canvas and proceeded to paint his own botanicals over them. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Flowers (Yellow Background) 2
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
One of two works in the series titled "Yellow Background" by Jordi Molla. Beautiful Multimedia painting using a lovely shade of yellow. The sale of this painting benefits the Ann Nor...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Imagine is Real A1
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
In this work, I have poured my passion using acrylics to evoke depth and movement. Blues and whites intertwine, reflecting abstract emotions that flow freely, like ocean waves on a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Angel of a long way" , oil pastel, paper, 1995
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil pastel on paper.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
White & Green Pattern Triptych Painting by George McClancy
Located in Washington, DC
George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern triptych painting.
Acrylic on canvas
75W" x 48H"
George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic University in Washington DC, ...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Abstract Garden" No1, Absrtact Mixed Media Painting, 2017
Located in London, GB
Hsu Tung-Lung (b.1947) is a highly accomplished contemporary artist, who specializes in paintings. His latest collection "Memory Landscape" features an original abstract oil painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic
Abstract Pollock
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "tennis" series in which he takes tennis balls submerged in acrylic paint and serves them against prints of famous paintings by Pollock, Bowler, etc.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Flowers (Yellow Background 1)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
One of two works in the series titled "Yellow Background" by Jordi Molla. Beautiful Multimedia painting using a lovely shade of yellow. The sale of this painting benefits the Ann Nor...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Path Upwards, Contemporary Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Path Upwards is painted with oil and wax on canvas created in 2023. The painting contains layers of oil paint built up to a rich surface of whites and greys. The oil paint mixed with...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Knuckleball
Located in Toronto, CA
Alexander Rasmussen’s “Better Days Are Comin’.” This vibrant new series of abstracts was presented in part at Art Miami 2023, and the remaining pieces are now being exhibited for the...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Sungazing
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Some scratched out, illegible writing in paint and graphite verso, which may have indicated the artist's original pricing, as well as a possible title.
...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Double Dip
Located in Toronto, CA
Alexander Rasmussen’s “Better Days Are Comin’.” This vibrant new series of abstracts was presented in part at Art Miami 2023, and the remaining pieces are now being exhibited for the...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
'Sardinian Cove ' , mixed media C2003
Located in Frome, Somerset
Original piece, ,mixed media circa 2003. signed
dry mounted 50cmx50cm.
painting 32cm x 32cm.
Plein air study from the portfolio of his travels in Sardinia. Chosen by the artist to e...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Sand Rivers Run Fast
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
"Pandemonium", Graffiti Styled / Abstract Expressionism Modern Vivid Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Motivation:
Graffiti styled, hip & funky, this piece gives a "go bold or go home!" energy!
This super fun piece, done in a "Street Art" Style, is guaranteed to add edge and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic, Spray Paint
Through The Fields
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poem in colour...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
Where The Honey Flows
Located in London, GB
A beautiful small abstract painting with warm earthy yellow colours, and silver and black and white ink accents. The gestural abstraction that captures a sensation, an emotion, a poe...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Ink, Acrylic
"Arrested Love", Abstract, Emotional, Modern, Bold, Floral, Purple, Orange
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Motivation:
Arrest your Love every time you look at this piece!
This piece rich, vibrant and emotionally charged, can hang anywhere in your beautiful home! Place it in your...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Julien Airault (B.1979)
Untitled
Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm / 36.22 x 28.74 inches
With frame : 98 x 79 cm / 38.58 x 31.10 inches
2024
Born in 1979, Julien Airault is a French painter...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
LocoMotion, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Engaging in a diary-like approach, merging memory, stream of consciousness writing, and abstract mark-making this piece began as a sizable text-based painting, however, it gradually ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Julien Airault (B.1979)
Untitled
Oil on canvas
92 x 73 cm / 36.22 x 28.74 inches
With frame : 98 x 79 cm / 38.58 x 31.10 inches
2024
Born in 1979, Julien Airault is a French painter...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Glastonbury Nights' mixed media signed piece.
Located in Frome, Somerset
Fine piece painted at Glastonbury Festival .Mixed media signed. An amalgamation of experience in time and place.
Dry mount 50cmx 50cm
painting 32cm x 32cm
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Passion Fruit", Abstract Expressionism, Emotional, Spiritual, Acrylic Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Motivation:
Embrace the depth and allure of this piece in your living space!
This richly colored fun piece, will add a pop of color and energy to your favorite cozy nook or ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
Baram 146
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Baram 144
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Chronos 2
By Jane Booth
Located in San Diego, CA
Jane Booth lives and works on the rural Kansas prairie where the broad, open vistas of land, water, and sky, act as a foundation for her work. Booth paints from the inside out, from ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Mystery Unraveled, minimalist, blue, red, simple, decorative
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is part of a series that is influenced by trying to find simplicity and beauty in todays chaotic world. I start each painting with a feeling; hope, despair, happiness, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Pencil
Untitled Abstract
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stewart has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and is represented by the Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans, Gail Severn Gallery in Sun Va...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Conté, Crayon, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Wild Flowers, Holly And Ivy
Located in Manchester, GB
Matthew Bourne derives his work from his passion for metaphysical concepts such as sight, sound, and emotion. As a result, Bourne argues that his abstra...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Photophobia
By Brian Jerome
Located in Conshohocken, PA
My best friend always told me i have black eyes. They are dark, but black eyes dont exist. Everyone with brighter eyes told me the light hurts their eyes and head. Life only hurts m...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Tulips & Girls
Located in Toronto, ON
Eaton writes "My paintings are constructed slowly and deliberately by building layer upon layer of vibrant acrylic colour. My approach is similar in the way areas are carefully deve...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Untitled oil on canvas, signed and dated 1988 by American artist Giorgio Cavallon (1904-1989) on the reverse. Cavallon was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists and a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
New York
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
"New York" is a vibrant artistic expression that encapsulates the dynamic energy and diversity of the city that never sleeps. With a palette of bold colors and abstract forms, this p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
“Divine Hostage 3”
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Etherial, tonal abstract color field oil on canvas by important 20th century artist. Signed and dated on the back. Framed in a wooden box frame with gold metal banding.
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring Floral Study 1
Located in Covington, LA
"The nostalgia of a tropical climate is the undercurrent that inspires my process. Bright and vibrant pigments live on my palette. I treat each canvas with an intuitive approach, nev...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Thank You
Located in Toronto, CA
Alexander Rasmussen’s “Better Days Are Comin’.” This vibrant new series of abstracts was presented in part at Art Miami 2023, and the remaining pieces are now being exhibited for the...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
No.10
Located in Bantam, CT
Steven Miller trained at Parsons School of Design, Miller derives inspiration from electron microscope images that reveal the invisible building blocks of natural world. His pursuit ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 2005 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Camaraderie (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Camaraderie (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas — Unframed
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube.
This method is especially safe for large works, and provid...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Perfect Sunset
Located in Yuba City, CA
One-of a -kind artwork . This is original ,color field painting ,which offers a space to practice perception and to
experience the present of active silence ,and mindfulness . I draw...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', c. 2008 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lyric Waves
Located in King, ON
The vertical waves, expressed through bold and expressive stripes, create an immersive experience, drawing the viewer into a dynamic dance of color and form.
This work is signed by A...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Antithesis (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Antithesis (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas — Unframed
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube.
This method is especially safe for large works, and provide...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Warm Tones on Flatcreek, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A glowing atmospheric sunset over a green landscape. The soft light reflects on the river running through the middle of the scene. "Sunset colors are kind to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Once it Comes" (abstract, stone, sculptural, graphic landscape, bold, dynamic)
Located in Paris, IDF
ONCE IT COMES
2024
Paris, France
Originally inspired by weathered stone, this painting portrays an abstracted, organic landscape. Deep green acrylic paint on antique, natural linen,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Color waves
Located in King, ON
"Color waves" is a captivating composition that seamlessly blends vibrant hues into a mesmerizing tapestry of color. The hard-edge style enhances the clarity and precision of each ho...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Grand rising - Large peach fuzz color abstract landscape painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
"Grand rising" is an abstract landscape painting in the pantone color of the year, peach fuzz. It is a glorious Ascension painting. It tells the story of that magical moment every ti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
LA LUNE
By Holly Addi
Located in Tulsa, OK
Holly Addi makes paintings to explore the art of abstraction and the philosophy of beauty in imperfection.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Math
By Jane Booth
Located in San Diego, CA
As an oversized canvas, this painting can be unstretched and shipped rolled for ease of transport if desired.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Jane Booth lives and works on the rural Kansas pra...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract 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 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, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Giorgio Lo Fermo, Sumit Mehndiratta, Nestor Toro, and Cindy Shaoul. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Synthetic Resin 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 paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available.
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