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
Eden - Colorful abstract landscape soak-stain painting, acrylic on raw canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
'Eden' - Colorful abstract landscape soak-stain painting, acrylic on raw canvas 28" x 38" by Abstract painter Elisa Niva.
This bright and cheerful painting featuring unconventional ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Me and My Arrow
By Rick Lewis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Me and My Arrow
Oil On Jute, Laid On Canvas
10" x 8"
I am a visual artist whose work investigates small and large -scale abstraction primarily in the medium of painting employing th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Jute, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Vivid Gestures on Vanilla, Urban Brush Strokes in Red, Pink and Green, Diptych
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Vivid gestures on Vanilla" is an abstract painting diptych by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. It is a beautiful series of rhythmic brushstrokes combined with subtle tones and unique s...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Matt Enger 'Hurley Burly #99'
Located in New York, NY
Hurley Burly #99
2021
Cast acrylic on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Matt Enger’s new body of work evokes a mystical experience combining aspects of expres...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Vinyl
Shape 33 (2019) - Abstract shape, work on paper, minimalist, purple & white
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 33 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Deep purple...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Bukhara XII" Abstract Oil Painting 59" x 39" inch by Muzaffar Abdullaev
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bukhara XII" Abstract Oil Painting 59" x 39" inch by Muzaffar Abdullaev
ABOUT:
He was born in 1953 in Bukhara, where he lives and works. Boastin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting Ojai California Artist Wesley Johnson
Located in Surfside, FL
A listed California painter, muralist, and teacher, Wesley Johnson was born in Ojai, California in 1934, and educated at Ventura College and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was also a pupil of Howard Warshaw and Andre L'Hote. The cubist style of Warshaw, combined with the airy and light feeling of impressionism and the abstraction of expression, influenced Johnson's style of painting. His paintings often contain large, sweeping strokes, but a subtle use of color that evocative of his spontaneous, non-objective style.
Wesley Johnson is an Abstract Expressionist with strong influences from Cubism and Impressionism. His work has run the gamut from figurative murals painted on the commissary walls at Fort Ord, to large, colorful abstract oils...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shape 36 (2019) - Abstract shape, work on paper, minimalist, black & white
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 36 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Black on wh...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
The Dream Machine (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
The Dream Machine (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper mounted on wood panel - Unframed.
"Matthew Langley's technique in creating the artworks come from building and extending as wel...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel
D100012014
By Rick Lewis
Located in Greenwich, CT
D100012014
Asphalt, Aluminum Powder, Resin On Canvas
12" x 12"
I am a visual artist whose work investigates small and large -scale abstraction primarily in the medium of painting em...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Cotton Canvas, Asphaltum
Learn How to Float, bright color abstract painting, blues yellows reds
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bold combination of colorful floating rectangles, geometric and gestural styles of abstraction by NYC based designer/artist Fredda Tone
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage American School Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist framed oil painting. Oil on board. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 13L x 12H.
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American School Abstract Diptych Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Each panel image size, 18L x 26H.
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Traveling Inside
By Jane Booth
Located in San Diego, CA
acrylic and watercolor pencil on raw canvas
This vibrant and exuberant abstract painting by artist Jane Booth is a thrilling ode to spontaneity and imagination. Filled with color a...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Signed Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting Mid Century New York School
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 7L x 5H.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Changing Stations (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Changing Stations (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper mounted on wood panel - Unframed.
"Matthew Langley's technique in creating the artworks come from building and extending as wel...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Wood Panel
"Ring Three" Abstracted Caryatid Figurative
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous abstracted figurative of Caryatids titled "Ring Three" by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed, titled, and dated "Warner 1970" on verso. Displayed in rustic wood ...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Venus
Located in BARCELONA, ES
David Dellagi was born in 1970 in Copenhagen where he lives and works as a visual artist. Between 1987 and 1992 he studied with the multifaceted Lithuanian painter Evgenii Brukman, a...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Attesa - Mixed Media By Meriem Delacroix - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
This work represents the feeling of waiting, of uncertainty, what we experience when something in our life is suspended waiting for a verdict.
Synesthesia is a rare neural cross-wir...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Emotional Color Change 17 (Abstract painting)
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Emotional Color Change 17 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
Kyong Lee's series combines colour and language to visually represent the e...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
In the Midst, Abstract Painting, Picasso Style Art, Matisse Style Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Artwork by expressionist artist Harriet Chomley is available online and in our gallery at Wychwood Art. Haz is a London-based expressionist artist who plays with bold colours and tex...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Two Stories (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Two Stories (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, charcoal and graphite on canvas — Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
This artwork will be shipped rolled in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic, Graphite
Untitled, sailboat, original lithograph
By Jean Le Moal
Located in Belgrade, MT
Color lithograph, pencil signed by artist, limited edition.
ean Le Moal ( French, 1909-2007) was a French painter, watercolorist, and printmaker known for his colorful abstract compo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Shape 32 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist work on paper, neutral gray & white
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 32 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral pal...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
A Crapshoot of Luck (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
A Crapshoot of Luck (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Acrylic and collage on canvas - Unframed.
This artwork is on un-stretched canvas as per the artist's esthetic's choice and doe...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Moving Colour Transition
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This is a colour transition painting, that for me is about finding that darker emotions can be lightened, even to the point of joy with plenty of colours in one's life, painted in th...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
The Secret Garden (Abstract Contemporary Painting, Framed)
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Comes professionally framed in a solid maple floater frame, ready to hang)
Artist's Statement
"This series of intensely colorful paintings was begun a couple of years back in reaction to the gray oppressive weight that had descended like a pall on the American scene. I wanted to make paintings about nothing but pure delight, in honor of the fact that beneath the fog of germs and political antagonism, we still eat, laugh, love and if we're wise, acknowledge how spectacularly fortunate we are -- at least for now, in this time and place, despite the problems. For me, the colors, forms and brushstrokes here feel exuberant without suggesting an unnerving chaos. I have purposely used unlikely color combinations that despite their dissonance seem to work together. I don't feel this is a time to be making brooding works that reflect the problems we are working our way through; we all know about this. On the contrary, I think it's a time for art...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Charcoal, House Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Emotional Color Change 19 (Abstract painting)
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Emotional Color Change 19 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
Kyong Lee's series combines colour and language to visually represent the e...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Real 08
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Is a captivating masterpiece that embodies the essence of the action painting movement. With its vibrant display of colors against a pristine white backdrop, this artwork emanates an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Shape 44 (2019) Minimalist abstract shape, work on paper, green stylized seven
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 44 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, minimalist geometric art, acrylic on 300gsm archival paper. Abstract s...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Yin Yang
Located in MADRID, ES
Acrylic and polymer on round canvas
Artwork Unique
"Yin Yang" was inspired by the balance and light I gain from my meditation practice. Using brilliant and v...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Shape 22 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist gestural, deep red & white on paper
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 22 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral pal...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Vertical Stripes 52
Located in King, ON
This abstract painting from new Series “Vertical Stripes” is inspired by minimalism, modern art and hard edge.
Work is signed, dated and tilted by Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gertrude
Located in Deddington, GB
‘Gertrude’ is an original abstract painting on board by contemporary artist Wendi Weller. Oil pastel mark making details are added to many layers of acryl...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
The Guardians of the Carnival - Colorful Striking artwork Expressionist Abstract
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: The Guardians of the Carnival
Love the detail in this artwork by Karnish.
This work is part of a series. It is part of a story... It portrays truth, abundant energy, utmost ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Puzzle" No7, Absrtact Oil Painting, 2018
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
Oil
Fiesta!, Original Abstract Expressionist Painting, Affordable Art, Original Art
By Janet Keith
Located in Deddington, GB
Janet Keith
Fiesta!
Original Abstract Expressionist Painting
Acrylic paint on deep edged canvas – edges painted white.Can be hung unframed.
Image Size: H101 cm x W 76 cm x D 4 cm
Sol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Two Stories (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Two Stories (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, charcoal and graphite on canvas — Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube.
Th...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic, Graphite
"Antique Gold/White " T4RK9, Abstract, 21st Century, Acrylic, Clay
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany.
König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, he connects contemporary art with tradition. The natural clay color bestows the pictures with a completely special dim texture which stands in an exciting contrast with the delicate luster of the acrylic color. The features of the clay color allow a more intensive treatment of the surface. Often, there are lines, scratches or breaks in the surface, as if the canvas had been covered with a fair patina. More subtle strokes in the color bring graphic characters to mind, color gradients natural phenomena, divided canvasses the contrast which is immanent in everything: the principle of yin and yan.
Roger König's works are in private collections worldwide. His admirers include leading figures in international business, film and media.
Submit Best Offer, all reasonable offers will be considered
Signed front 'Roger König'; signed reverse 'Roger König'
This original artwork includes a Certificate of Authenticity . The piece will be stamped from Roger König Art...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
Waterfall Sunset by rocky outcropping
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and Spray paint on wood panel
12 x 12 x 1.25 inches
Set of 4 canvases
(To purchase individual canvases instead of all 4 message us to discuss)
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Geoforms 68
Located in King, ON
This abstract painting from new Series “Geoforms” is inspired by minimalism, modern art and hard edge.
Work is signed, dated and tilted by Artist on the back.
This work will be shipp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Synapses – Dance Of The Bumble Bee #5
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Abstract Synapses – Dance Of The Bumble Bee #5 By Lucy Moore [2022]
original
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:1....
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
British Contemporary Art by Disha Solanki - Freedom
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on Canvas with detail in Acrylic and Varnish
Underpainting thin layer of oil grey pencils and shading applied, chiaroscuro technigue applied to create more 3d, concentrated fem...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Blue and Beige Gestural Abstract
Located in Austin, TX
By Charly Tomorrow
39" x 48" x 2.75" Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas wrapped on wood frame.
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Love Wins a modern abstract expressionist mixed media painting on paper
By Michele Zuzalek
Located in Washington, DC
Love Wins is an expressive mixed media painting on watercolor paper. It has bold multiple strokes of color in mixed media from acrylic, to oil pastel, to charcoal. It is executed lay...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite
Scintillo, encaustic blue and green abstract painting in wood frame
Located in Basalt, CO
Encaustic is a beeswax-based paint that is applied to a surface while molten and then fused with heat, resulting in a layered, textural effect. The texture of the wax creates interes...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Encaustic
I'll Have Pistachio, Abstract Painting, Original Contemporary Art, Patterned Art
Located in Deddington, GB
This painting is one from a series exploring ideas of layers revealing layers beneath and further beneath again until portals are created in the surface of the work, into its history. This particular one being in pastel shades of light green and pink reminded me of ice cream - hence it's title "I'll have pistachio".
Alison is a British contemporary abstract artist...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
ST16055
Located in Lisboa, PT
ST16055, 2018
oil on canvas
185 x 185 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bath Apollo Series "Blue Gaze"
Located in New York, NY
Blue Gaze, 1977, by Robert Natkin (1930-2010)
Acrylic on canvas
66 x 66 inches framed 25.98 x 25.98 cm)
Signed on bottom right
Exhibitions:
In 1957, Momentum, Chicago, IL
In 1968, Pointdexter Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
In 1969, San Francisco Museum of Art (retrospective 1952-1969), San Francisco, CA (solo)
In 1974, Within the Decade: Selections from the Guggenheim Museum Permanent Collection, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
In 1980, Masters of American Watercolor, The Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
In 1992, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, UK (solo)
In 2007, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Way Through, Pink and Purple Acrylic Painting, Bright Abstract Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Shades of dark magenta and purple contrast with rich creams in this abstract composition. Paint has been built up in layers and then sanded back to reveal the history of the piece, and to create a surface full of depth and visual interest. The bold mark-making and shapes bring a lively contrast. The work is presented in a natural wood tray frame, not a wide border frame as in the in situ photos.
Alison Gilbert is an Artists with Wychwood Art. Alison is a British contemporary abstract artist...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Superpang (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Superpang (Abstract painting)
Oil and acrylic on canvas.
Fattovich calls his style Abstract Punk.
His compositions evolve according to a subliminal process in which he responds visc...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
New Orlean /Acrylic on canvas / 100 x 70 cm
Located in KRAKÓW, PL
New Orleans. One of the paintings inspired by a stay in a given city while traveling around the USA. US City Cycle.
From each visited city, one work of abstract art was created, full...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Windswept (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Gina Werfel
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and mixed media on paper - Unframed.
Werfel employs expressive, lyrical gestures that create bursts of movement and energy. Her color choices create a range of tones from th...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
UNTITLED
Located in Marrakech, MA
Abstract calligraphy.
Mixed media on 300 grs paper.
Black exterior frame.
Framed dimensions : 69x54x5cm.
Signature on the Front.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Paper
"Natura Pura" - Contemporary Abstract Painting - colorful - Hilma af Klint
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Natura Pura" is an abstract painting featuring the full rainbow of colors.
Kate Hooray Osmond is inspired by the work of Hilma af Klint and Damien Hirst.
“...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Things to Come by Lilly Muth - Contemporary geometric abstraction - Oil Painting
Located in DE
Things to Come is an original oil painting, where colorful circles are inter-lapping on top of a grey color plane, surrounded by beige and black squares.
Lilly Muth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
British Contemporary Art by Disha Solanki - Rose Delight
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on Canvas with detail in Acrylic and Varnish
Underpainting combined with impasto to give a 3d effect, finished with a glazing technique using varnish to highlight, concentrated ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Power of Colors 68
Located in King, ON
This abstract painting from new Series “Power of Colors” is inspired by minimalism, modern art and hard edge.
Work is signed, dated and tilted by Artist on the back. Signed certifica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
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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