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: Black
Jon Rowland, Coast - The River Bank, Original Abstract Landscape Painting
By Jon Rowland
Located in Deddington, GB
Jon Rowland
Coast – The River Bank
Original Abstract Landscape Painting
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Canvas Size: H 50cm x W 76cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ines Hildur German Artist Painter " Diptichon" Mixed Media on Canvas
By Hildur Ines
Located in Paris, FR
" Diptichon" Mixed Media on Canvas
Signed on the back
No framed
"Art is transformation" Art is the purpose of art as love is the purpose of love. “Heinrich Heine Ines Hildur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Urban Prism, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This work explores the urban art form with its colors and rhythms. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Re...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Transit
By Steve Cohen
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful use of color. Abstract painting.
About the Artist:
Steve has been a professional lighting and scenic designer for 4 decades. Envisioning some of the most spectacular productions in the music business. Starting a lighting company in LA in 1974, he is one of the originators of the “lighting for music” discipline which has been the foundation for the creation of emotions that pervade the live concert experience. Billy Joel, The Eagles, Elton John, Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey, Blake Shelton, Reba McEntire...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Covers 13-Blue Black
Located in London, GB
Gouache on handmade Khadi paper. Unframed.
Joanne Freeman's works on paper are made with gouache on handmade Indian Khadi paper.
She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard e...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Watching in Silence 2- Large Textural Original Black and White Gestural Abstract
By Gail Titus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Arizona artist Gail Titus paints vibrant abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas with a focus on texture and color. The geometric planes of her artworks and the texture in her mov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Black Drop X
By Tom Lieber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This dramatic painting by Tom Lieber has hints of color popping through the blacks and whites, much more stunning in person! This painting has a walnut "floater" edge frame included.
Lieber's paintings are in the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, Tate London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MOCALA, Bolinas Museum, Honolulu Contemporary Museum, Fleming Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, Farnsworth Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Newport Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe, University of Arizona Museum of Art, De Saisset Museum, Chrysler Museum, Bloomington Art Museum, Krannert Art Museum, St. Louis Art Museum, and Evanston Art Museum. Lieber is a recipient of the Visual Artist Fellowship Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Lieber's gallery solo exhibition "Hot Water" featured new paintings inspired by the topography of Hawaii, where artist Tom Lieber lives and works and witnesses hot lava beautifully and violently greeting the ocean waters in spectacular fashion.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"CORNER POCKET", Abstract Painting, Naples Yellow, Green, Black, Dynamic Angle
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract painting "CORNER POCKET" by Jeffrey Kurland is a diptych of two panels measuring 24" tall by 15" wide, and 24" tall by 24" wide. Installed it measures 24" tall by 40" wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
No. 2 Shadow in the Pond
By Md Tokon
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Painting. Rich, vibrant colors.
About the Artist:
Md Tokon has lived and worked in the United States for the last twenty years, where he had attended the prestigious The...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blue Black - Abstract Collection IV
By Fabien Rocca
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed-media contemporary artist from Miami via Corsica, France who has lead national digital art campaigns, most notably for Warner Bros 75 Years of DC Comics, and the development o...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
"12" Composed of 12 5" X 5" oil on canvas paintings
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
"12" is a composition of 12 oil paintings which each measure 5" X 5".
They can be configured in several patterns.
The 11 black paintings each have a distinctive painted surface.
Seb...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Sandra Detourbet - Huit Et Demi
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on canvas & handmade paper
Sandra Detourbet is a French artist born in 1967 who works & lives in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris. She is graduated in 1997 from ENSAD in Paris, Ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Canvas, Handmade Paper
Nightbird Bags all Flesh in Wide Screen, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Dark bird-like head and figurative abstraction in painting that mimics wide-screen cinema dimensions :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authe...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Collection Présence n°9
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Desert Rose, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Anne Oliver
Located in Yardley, PA
Much of her inspiration stems from the sights, sounds and colors around her; from the quiet moments reflecting at the beach, the endless walks and time spent in nature, to the crowds...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Chasing the Sun, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Newel Hunter
Located in Yardley, PA
"Chasing the Sun" is painted with acrylic on a 24 x 30 x 1.5 inch gallery-wrapped canvas, edge painted, ready to hang. This expressive, colorful and energetic image is a reflection ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Drift Expanse, Alison Johnson, Bright Art, Contemporary Seascape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Alison Johnson
Drift Expanse
Original Seascape Painting
Oil Paint on Canvas
Canvas Size: H 76cm x W 101cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of ho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Birth of Mystery - Acrylic on Canvas by Elena Ksanti - 2019
By Elena Ksanti
Located in Roma, IT
Birth of Mystery is an original acrylic painting on canvas realized by the young artist Elena Ksanti in 2019.
This artwork is a real example of Art Therapy, capable of influencing t...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
A sinful garden (anochecer) 2, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Energetic, impactful, bold and contemplative inspired by nature abstract. Rich colors with lots of light coming from pitch black background. Many shades of blue, burgundy, white, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Geometric Polychrome Abstract'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial linear abstract comprising contiguous rectangles in primary and secondary colors contrasted against a background of scumbled chestnut and aubergine.
Signed lower right...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wheel Alive, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This artwork is oil on canvas with the theme life cycle. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Han...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Small Nocturnal #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
This painting by Michasel Tyzack (1933-2007) is a bold composition with an equally bold palette. It measures 36 in x 64 in (91cm x 162 cm) and is composed of acrylic on canvas. The background colors are some kind of wash The piece is titled "Small Nocturnal #2" and dated 1981. It is signed en verso on the stretcher "Michael Tyzack...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
The game II. 2004. Oil on cardboard, 100x115 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The game II. 2004. Oil on cardboard, 100x115 cm
Abstracts painting with game cards, guitars and yellow and lilac color fields
Round composition in rectangle
Janis Zemitis...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Little devil swimming, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Eva Hoffmann
Located in Yardley, PA
Original oil painting on canvas. Humor :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Presence, Painting by Gustavo Schmidt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gustavo Schmidt
Title: Presence
Year: 2016
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and titled verso
Size: 34 x 26 inches
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vomiting Figure
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
I think of my paintings primarily as landscapes. Recently, these landscapes appear to be more manufactured than organic. At first glance the subjects seem to be monumental forms such...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"LA ESPERA", Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
THE ARTIST LEAVES THE INTERPRETATION OF THE WORK TO THE VIEWER :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Time and Again 1 (Abstract Expressionist Painting in Blue, Gold & Gray)
By Bruce Murphy
Located in Hudson, NY
Time and Again 1, 2020 by Bruce Murphy
Gestural abstract expressionist painting on paper in colorful hues blue, gold and gray
10" X 8" enamel paint and metallic powders on wood pane...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Maryanne Pollock
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Maryanne Pollock titled "Totem". Work is signed and dated 2018 on reverse.
Maryanne Pollock received her BFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Rome, Italy. She continued studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Corcoran College of Art and Design and American...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Bamboo Paper
Untitled 03 - Contemporary, Monochrome, Black, Minimalist, Abstract, Organic
Located in Berlin, DE
Untitled 03, 2015 - 2016
Mixed technique: black silicone, oil paint, wire structure on canvas
(Signed on reverse)
15.74 H x 15.74 W in
40 H x 40 W cm
Zsolt Berszán’s work speaks of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Silicone, Oil
Crucifixion
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Canvas.
About the Artist:
Francine Tint is a New York based abstract expressionist painter. She studied painting at Pratt Institute as well as the Brooklyn Museum Colleg...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pink synergy (Fantasy garden), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Vibrant abstract painting with many action drizzles in vibrant pink, orange, green and iridescent clear paint, over dark forest metallic green background. Signed in front. I inclu...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Drifters, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Newel Hunter
Located in Yardley, PA
"Drifters" is a perfect example of Hunter's highly fluid, calligraphic style -- which so often results in arresting images with a sense of depth and sculptural form. Black and white...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Soft Touch, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Newel Hunter
Located in Yardley, PA
"Soft Touch" is a perfect example of Hunter's highly fluid, calligraphic style -- which so often results in arresting images with a sense of depth and sculp...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
And Furthermore, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Newel Hunter
Located in Yardley, PA
"And Furthermore" is a perfect example of Hunter's highly fluid, calligraphic style -- which so often results in arresting images with a sense of depth and sculptural form. Black an...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Carousel, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Newel Hunter
Located in Yardley, PA
"Carousel" is a perfect example of Hunter's highly fluid, calligraphic style -- which so often results in arresting images with a sense of depth and sculptural form. Black and white....
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
HOTSPOTS, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is still drying. Will be available in July. Feeling the impact of these strange days. Thick, vibrant, oils on canvas influenced by the color, movement and texture fou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
ANNONCIATION / Oil on Linen abstract realism sky clouds
Located in Burlingame, CA
Annonciation is a warm glowing sky scape with evening clouds, that is timeless, modern and unique. Colors range from subtle red to glimmering green to grey in this painting that brid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Red and Bronze Kimono Monoprint
Located in Soquel, CA
Kimono monoprint by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). This piece has an iridescent quality to the coloration. This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of othe...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Contemporary Art by Renjie Gao - The Hopeless Madhouse
By Renjie Gao
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Renjie Gao or Jean-Michel Gao is a Chinese artist born in 1994 in Inner Mongolia. He is a member of New York Hudson Artists Association based in US. He lives & works i...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chrystal's Favorite, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This piece is a large acrylic art piece on canvas (30x48"). My hope is that my art comforts and inspires those around me through my bold, colorful abstract art. During a near death...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
French Contemporary Abstract Art by J.-L. Veret - Adoption
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & marouflaged paper mounted on canvas
Jean-Luc Veret is a French artist born in 1953 who lives & works between Paris & Corancy, France. He recognizes himself as a protean ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Black Lines
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Christina Craemer is a Los Angeles-based artist who travels the world photographing water in its many forms, especially waterfalls. The theme and goal in all of Craemer’s work is to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Buzzed (36"x12", Geometric Abstract Painting, Black, White, Camel)
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This abstract painting uses playful geometric lines to form a strong visual statement. Emphasis is placed on high contrasting elements of design and composition. The engaging, zig-za...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Elements 3039" Abstract Mixed Media Layered Composition on Baltic Birch Panel
Located in New York, NY
This piece Owen depicts an abstract composition with the use of mixed media and bold patterns producing work which is visually textured and rich with layers and is a part of the arti...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Clark Nicol, Barcode for a Clean Ocean, Original Seascape Art, Contmeporary Arrt
By Clark Nicol
Located in Deddington, GB
Clark Nicol
Barcode for a Clean Ocean
Original Abstract Seascape Painting
Acrylic Paint and Seaweed on Canvas
Framed Size: H 100cm x W 100cm x D 4cm
Sold F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Suburban Autumn, Original Painting
By Janet Dyer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The first signs of autumn light up the street in this quiet suburban neighborhood. Cool purple-blue afternoon shadows in the foreground invite the viewer into...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Study on Board 2307
Located in Mill Valley, CA
Abstract impasto oil painting.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Flower Power
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Acrylic on canvas with whispers of glitter coated with heavy resin.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Glitter, Ink, Acrylic
Nathalie Fontenoy French Artist Painting on Canvas "Fenêtre" Window
Located in Paris, FR
Painting "Fenêtre" Window reference to Matisse's work
Year 2012
Unframed, this can be rolled or we can fixe it on a frame "chassis" Please let us know to calculate the shipping price...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas Titled “Brother”
By Vicki Wilson
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Painting on canvas
Artist living and working in Orlando Florida
University of Minnesota Fine Arts 1969
Aspen, Colorado School Printmaking
Art Students League, New York City Printma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
No. 3 River to Sea
By Md Tokon
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Painting. Rich, vibrant colors.
About the Artist:
Md Tokon has lived and worked in the United States for the last twenty years, where he had attended the prestigious The...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"DARK MATTERS", Abstract Painting, Violet, Brown, Ochre, Amber, Crystalline Web
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract painting "DARK MATTERS" by Jeffrey Kurland is an acrylic on canvas measuring 48" tall by 66" wide. DARK MATTERS is new work from the long hot summer of 2020. Often emplo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Level Up, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a gallery quality, PMS abstract acrylic painting for your home or office. It was painted with the highest quality materials and will make a statement in your space. It part o...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Letrianus Dereas
By Roi James
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In James' paintings, he explores how uncertainty can lead to meaning and understanding. How harmony can be experienced even within tension and chaos and how the recognizable can rise out of purely abstract form. In his abstract paintings he responds to these phenomena by creating contemporary icons – works meant to encourage contemplation and meditation.
James' more recent works have evolved from the romantic representational ideal into the symbolic, abstract archetype. He comes from a classical background inspired by the great romantic landscape painters such as Turner, Lorrain, Friedrich and Moran, his recent work is more influenced by the work of artists like Klee, Miro, Rothko, Pollock, Riley and Richter.
James creates complex abstractions layered in familiarity and veiled in mysteriousness. The unorthodox methods he uses to apply and move oil paint allow him to create compositions that are formally beautiful – infused with tension and drama but also expressive of the spiritual, symbolic, mysterious and eternal. James' work counters...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Weeds" Colorful Abstract Expressionistic Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Paul Kostabi is known for his wildly fun, expressionistic, and colorful portraits. This painting is a perfect definition of his most popular works. Red, bright whites, greens, and blues disperse in a frenzy of splatters, fast brush strokes, and speckles ascending across the canvas. The exuberant, bright, and messy depictions of this piece hold much fascination in its execution. His layered approach to the paint is part of what makes his works so attractive and exciting; creating many dimensions and highlights resembling the shine and gleam of stars in the universe.
Art measures 24 x 18 in
Paul Kostabi (Paul Indrek Kostabi) was born in 1962 in Whittier, California. He is an American artist, musician, music producer, and audio engineer. He is the brother of artist Mark Kostabi. He became part of the CBGB Festival in 2014 exhibiting paintings alongside photographers Bob Gruen, Michael Lavine...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Into the Night Norway V
Located in Deddington, GB
Annamarie Dzendrowskyj
Into the Night Norway V
Oil on Australian Polyester
56 x 60 cm
Landscape Painting
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Polyester, Oil
Missing the Moments, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Onelio endeavored to convey our culture's modern fixation with our phones. "It seems that wherever we are, we feel compelled to 'stay connected' even at the exp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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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