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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:  Pink
Long Story Short-Neon, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Iridescent abstract colorfield painting layered . Bold pink, black and yellows with iridescent mediums to make all the small details just pop! Lots energy and beauty! High quality ac...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Color Revolution, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
- READY TO HANG - SIGNED CANVAS - BOLD STATEMENT PIECE - SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY NOTE: This Original Fine Artwork Includes a Certificate of Authenticity signed by N...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Matching breed, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
They have found each other in a weird place, Now they're sticking together. matching breed. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Echoes in paradise, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Intricate and impactful colorful abstract painting many colors with orange, magenta and gold as prominent colors with teal and yellow undertones. Large statement piece. Signed. O...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Underwater Coral Retreat (2017), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Vibrant detailed piece with bold color blending, lots of drips and big palette knife strokes...Pretty much everything I love in a painting!!! This painting conveys motion and energy ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Windows 8, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Mesmerizing the "start up circle" chasing it's tail in Windows8. The "Busy!" wheel is just as hypnotic. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Hacienda, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A colorful compostion of abstract signs and symbols on a warm background of oranges and pinks recalling the high desert of New Mexico. Unstretched - ships in tube :: Painting :: Abst...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Ancient Truth, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Ancient Truth" is part of the PRIMORDIAL SERIES expressing ideas on canvas about the history of communication and its importance to the creative evolution of mankind. From the earliest languages and Cave Art to the development of writing and computers, our incentive has been to share our individuality with others. "Ancient Truth" is a celebration of this journey illustrated through bold, rudimentary colors and uncomplicated shapes. Secondary to the dominant composition are the underlying African symbols from Nsibidi, the Runic spelling of "truth" and the depiction of the word "truth" in binary code...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Creation #3 (Creation Series), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is an original acrylic painting on canvas. Lianna's artwork is energetic and packed with bright and vivid colours. This series depicts the beginning of creation. Each painting...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

It's time for a Vacay!, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Vibrant detailed piece with bold color blending and big palette knife strokes. This painting conveys energy as well as lots of light and fast changes in contrast. Has a very active f...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

"Glimpse", abstract, whimsical, pink, magenta, orange, gold, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
Denise Driscoll's "Glimpse" is a large whimsical 64 x 58 inch abstract acrylic painting on canvas in hot pink, magenta, orange, metallic gold and white. Irregular diamonds form a net...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Passion Spectra, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Very vibrant and bold colorfield painting with great light and organic details. Textured with many layers of gesso to prime the canvas then applied acrylic paint with spatulas and pa...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Dancer, Abstract French Oil Painting, Large Size
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dancer, Abstract French Oil Painting, Large Size By Josette Cayol, French Artist, C.2000 Signed by the artist, on the lower right hand corner Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Charles Pachter "Dawn Barn"
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Charles Pachter (b. 1942) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. His iconic, uplifting and patriotic images have independently earned their place in the natio...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Fine British Abstract Original Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Robert Somerton (British, born 1972) Abstract composition oil on wood pane, unframed 16 x 22 inches signed verso Superb original abstract painting by the contemporary British abstra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Kinetic Energy, Abstract Geometric Acrylic Painting by Genero Moreno
By Genaro Moreno
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Genaro Moreno, Venezuelan (1921 - 1991) Title: Kinetic Energy Year: 1981 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 23 x 19 in. (58.42 x 48.26 cm)
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Yellow Magenta 1 & 2 - fun, colourful, gold leaf edge, acrylic on shaped panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Lively and colourful, Aron Hill’s abstract paintings explore colour and form. Inspired by the vivid colours of modernists like Jack Bush, Hill plays with natural and geometric shape...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Big Pink!, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oil on canvas inspired by natural elements and sculptural influences. My abstract paintings are all about creating excitement for the viewer through concentrated exploration. Each pa...
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Early 2000s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
"Behind my canvases, collages, and drawings lies a singular proposition: places are not inert; they are repositories for all that passes through them. My work is an inquiry into the ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Paper

Jagged Sea, 1960s Abstract Landscape Painting, Tones of Pink, Red, Orange
Located in Denver, CO
Abstract acrylic on board painting by Margo Hoff (1910-2008) titled 'Jagged Sea'. Outer dimensions measure 37.5 x 41.5 x 2 inches. Image dimensions measure 36 x 40.25 x 1 inches. Provenance: Estate of the artist Painting is in good condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. About the Artist: Born Oklahoma 1910 Died New York 2008 A prolific artist, Margo Hoff’s exquisite style evolved throughout her career yet was always rooted in the events, people, and places in her life. The human experience was her sole focus, expressed through her eyes alone. Born in 1910 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Hoff began creating white, clay animals at a young age, giving them to her friends and family. At eleven she contracted typhoid fever and was bedridden for a summer. During her convalescence, she drew and made cutouts, and it was during this time that her bold, artistic imagination came alive. She began formal art training in high school and continued her education at the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa. In 1933 she moved to Chicago and attended the National Academy of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Between 1933 and 1960, her Chicago years, Hoff’s work was deeply rooted in a figurative, regionalist style. She often used elements of magical realism, and many of her paintings have dreamlike qualities. As a child she learned about color by grinding down rocks, plants, and berries. Her color pallet during the Chicago years is indicative of her early, life color experimentation as she consistently used warm, earth tones in her work. Hoff was a born adventurer and traveled extensively. She lived, worked, taught, and painted in Europe, Mexico, Lebanon, Uganda, Brazil, and China. She also showed at the Denver Art Museum’s Annual Western Exhibitions in 1952, 54, 56 and 57. In 1957 she showed along-side Colorado modernist Vance Kirkland at the Denver Art Museum’s exhibition, Man’s Conquest of Space. What was once a focus on the representational, her work began to change after 1957 when she saw Sputnik in its orbit around Earth. At that moment, feet firmly placed on the ground, she was able to imagine herself in space, looking down from the cosmos, and what she saw was an abstracted world. She then had the opportunity to peer into an electron microscope where once again she was looking down into what seemed to be a realm of pure abstraction. These two events profoundly changed her perspective and she began to move from figural painting to abstract, geometric collage. In 1960, Hoff moved to New York City and she began creating collages. Placing the canvas on the ground, and working from all sides, she used strips of painted paper and tissue, and later painted pieces of canvas, glued onto the canvas surface, building layer upon layer, shape against shape, “action of color next to stillness of color.” She believed these simplified, abstracted forms held the spirit of the subject in the same way poetry reduces words to their essence. These pieces range from aerial cityscapes, to dancers in motions, to flora...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Vintage San Francisco School Oil Paint Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
A bold San Francisco School abstract expressionist painting by artist Kristin Cohen (American, b. 1963). Unsigned and unframed. Image size, 22"H x...
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20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Another whatever, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Another whatever oil on canvas :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nancy Baker, Pink Golden Section, 2017, paper, acrylic paint
Located in Darien, CT
In Baker’s work, there is solace in the geometry of fundamentals, and a practice that focuses on the ephemeral nature of paper and the ease of its transportability, which allows her to create large-scale constructions. A desire for definitive certainties and incontrovertible truths in an era of “alternative facts”, precipitate the need for Baker to assert her clarification of evidence. A new major installation has been created for her exhibition at ODETTA that layers baroque design elements found in paper cup carrying trays with anxiety-provoking phrases, rendered as gorgeous, yet fragile paper spheres. This collapsible, frantic universe parallels the global climate created by our current administration. Nancy Baker is compelled to put things together; underscoring the process of combining and interlocking forms in elegant configurations, she interweaves mathematical data in her constructions that speak to her need for stasis and a reliable reality. The recently new experience of living once again in an urban environment has made her sensitized to the dominating forces of infrastructure, and to those corresponding interstitial spaces that, arouse wonder and anxiety. The competition for space and sky has been instructive; her work reflects this struggle by recreating the battlefield in the studio, and attempting to tame it, and ultimately, to own it. For the exhibit, No Regrets, Baker seizes upon current political anxiety that informs her series of works which employ text from the US Constitution, in addition to mathematical constructs such as Pi, and the Golden Section...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Digital Pigment

Œillet 02
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Hédy Gobaa uses his immediate surroundings as his subject matter. Gobaa presents recognizable flora in a disembodied context, and the result is at once familiar and jarring. As of la...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Night of Shooting Stars, Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Vibrant detailed piece with bold color blending, lots of drips and big palette knife strokes...Pretty much everything I love in a painting!!! This painting conveys motion and energy ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Abstract Transition II (Falls), Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a beautiful one-of-a-kind original abstract acrylic painting on canvas. It is a vibrant piece with bold color blending, drips and big palette knife strokes. This painting con...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

PR 15
Located in New York, NY
Andre Costa, PR 15, Abstract Acrylic Painting on Vinyl, 19.75 x 19.75, 2015 Colors: Purple, Black, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green Andre Costa is Brazilian visual artist and author of th...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Canopus II
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Portals - Brindle’s newest body of work - evolved from the otherwordly Aura paintings that he debuted in early 2017. Sharing the central form of an enigm...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic, Panel

"My Last Rose" Acrylic Paint on Canvas, 2016 by Claudia Fauth
Located in Berlin, DE
Acrylic paint on canvas, 2016. Signed on the back. Ready to hang. It comes directly from the studio of the artist. Height: 39.37 in ( 100 cm ), Width: 59.06 in ( 150 cm ) This painting has been exhibited at several exhibitions like Art Explosion, Berlin 2016-2017 Claudia Fauth was born 1962 in Berlin. Lives and works as a singer, songwriter, visual and acoustic artist. Worked many years as an art dealer. Realizes extensive art projects around the world including the natural environment and make the unknown experienceable. She understands herself as a Quantum Philosopher. She is known for her abstract works, she often works with elements of sacred geometry. Her works are in public collections in Austria, Belgium, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, Poland, Spain and the US. Selection of exhibitions: ° 2014 Von der Avantgarde zur Moderne, Berlin The Original Miami Beach Antique Show, Miami ° 2015 Biennale, Venice Expansion und Konzentration, Berlin It‘s Liquid international art show, Venice Future Memories - The Contemporary Sence Of Awarness, Venice ° 2016 Ein Sommertreffen, Berlin Berliner Liste, Berlin Galerie Zandi, Berlin ART EXPLOSION, Berlin ° 2017 Enter Art Foundation, Berlin Art Up ! Lille Friends space - Freunde von Freunden, Berlin DAILY RUSH, MOCAD, Detroit ° 2018 Art Collectors Are Talking About It, Berlin Random Impression, Berlin Women perspectives, Museum Barberini, Potsdam ° 2019 SILENT PERCEPTIONS, Kunsthalle Hamburg Von Improvisation zur Konstruktion, Berlin Amsterdam International Art Fair Platonicsolids in space, 'Labor C', ETH Zurich ° 2020 -2021 Combray Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Claudia Fauth Acrylic Painting On Canvas, No Title
Located in Berlin, DE
Acrylic and acrylic ink on raw canvas, 2016. Ready to hang. It comes directly from the studio of the artist. Height 43.31 in ( 110 cm ), Width 31.89 in ( 81 cm ) Claudia Fauth was born 1962 in Berlin. Lives and works as a singer, songwriter, visual and acoustic artist. Worked many years as an art dealer. Realizes extensive art projects around the world including the natural environment and make the unknown experienceable. She understands herself as a Quantum Philosopher. She is known for her abstract works, she often works with elements of sacred geometry. Her works are in public collections in Austria, Belgium, Canada, England, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, Poland, Spain and the US. Selection of exhibitions: ° 2014 Von der Avantgarde zur Moderne, Berlin The Original Miami Beach Antique Show, Miami ° 2015 Biennale, Venice Expansion und Konzentration, Berlin It‘s Liquid international art show, Venice Future Memories - The Contemporary Sence Of Awarness, Venice ° 2016 Ein Sommertreffen, Berlin Berliner Liste, Berlin Galerie Zandi, Berlin ART EXPLOSION, Berlin ° 2017 Enter Art Foundation, Berlin Art Up ! Lille Friends space - Freunde von Freunden, Berlin DAILY RUSH, MOCAD, Detroit ° 2018 Art Collectors Are Talking About It, Berlin Random Impression, Berlin Women perspectives, Museum Barberini, Potsdam ° 2019 SILENT PERCEPTIONS, Kunsthalle Hamburg Von Improvisation zur Konstruktion, Berlin Amsterdam International Art Fair Platonicsolids in space, 'Labor C', ETH Zurich ° 2020 -2021 Combray Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Oil Painting Titled: Unfolding Path
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Oil on wood panel, custom framed in Acrylic floater (colors: hot pink, newport blue, baby blue, black, red) Born in Havana, Cuba, in the late 70s during a well-documented time of re...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Samurai Galaxy I
Located in Fairfield, CT
For a thousand years, Islamic artists have patterned their surfaces, long before Pollock activated the surface of his canvases in what Harold Rosenberg called “apocalyptic wallpaper....
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Oil on Canvas Painting Titled: "Obscura"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Oil on Canvas,(colors: red orange green grey) Born in Havana, Cuba, in the late 70s during a well-documented time of religious and political oppression, abstract expressionist artis...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

G 32-15
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Steven Kinder talks a lot about energy, form and movement and getting at the essence of something. Getting to the middle of it. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Celebration, Abstract Canvas Collage and Acrylic Painting, Pink Orange Green
Located in Denver, CO
Original abstract painting titled "Celebration" dated 1984 by abstract expressionist Chicago artist Margo Hoff (1910-2008). Signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Painted in...
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20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Baby Red, Framed
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Steven Kinder talks a lot about energy, form and movement and getting at the essence of something. Getting to the middle of it. H...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

F-Red-G28-15 in Red, Framed
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Steven Kinder talks a lot about energy, form and movement and getting at the essence of something. Getting to the middle of it. He wa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Pigment

Lola & Guillermo II
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Acrylic on canvas Born in Havana, Cuba, in the late 70s during a well-documented time of religious and political o ppression, abstract expressionist artist Mirtha Moreno, immigrated ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Eduardo Infante, Pink Siesta, 2013
Located in New York, NY
This pastel and spray paint on paper, depicts two white abstract figures. One person lays on her back, and the other figure is on top. Their arms are stretched out towards each oth...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Spray Paint

"Lose My Mind", Abstract, Emotional, Modern, Bold, Floral, Fuchsia, Purple, Blue
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Motivation: Lose your mind every time you look at this piece! This piece is sexy, fun, rich and wild! Experience the versatility of this extraordinary artwork – it's not ju...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

What Would Dolly Do?
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic

"Actions Speak Louder Than Words"- Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paddy Cohn is an abstract artist whose sensuous, mysterious explorations into textures, layers and distressed materials reflect a childhood spent in the landscapes of the Caribbean. ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Side Track 48
Located in New York, NY
Earth, air, water, and fire are the center subjects of my art. I live in New York City-it is close to the ocean, and I’ve developed a deep affinity for the sea, which has also evoked...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Surrendering on High
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This work explores the emotion of surrendering to a higher purpose, be it a career or a belief or a mission, there is something so undefined in the surrendering. An emotion of being ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

"Early August Garden" Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
"It's not a likeness of the garden but a picture trying to capture how I felt and enjoyed its profusion, light and 'hot' colour as I was sitting in it." P Alder Oil on linen. Framed
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Monumental Pink Abstraction
By John Richard Fox
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Strips of canvas saturated in pink are shaped and curated into a large vertical swath in this bold painting. The hue, tone and personality of this dramatic rose colour framed by pass...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic Polymer

Reef Painting #3
Located in New Orleans, LA
Hackett’s paintings defy popular convention. They are not figurative, decorative, representative, or even completely abstract. While it is hard to tie them to any one style or movement, they manage to be a part of all of them. Hackett’s work is influenced by pattern, midcentury design, art of indigenous peoples, and the art and craft movement, combined with a loose examination of the natural world. She creates a visual environment that is both recognizable yet strangely mysterious. While steeped in art history and influenced by a range of artists from Miro to Arthur Dove, Charles Burchfield, Agnes Pelton, Florine Stettheimer...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

Pink Lush (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Pink Lush (Abstract Painting) Painting / acrylics, epoxy resin, phosphorescence on wood - Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. Danny Giesbers is a Dutch, autodidact a...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Resin, Wood, Acrylic

Pink Lush (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Pink Lush (Abstract Painting) Painting / acrylics, epoxy resin, phosphorescence on wood - Unframed This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt. Danny Giesbers is a Dutch, autodidact a...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Resin, Wood, Acrylic

For a New World #1738
Located in Miami, FL
Work on paper, oil and collage. Unique, 1 of 1 piece. Cerj Lalonde moves smoothly from the canvas to the camera, from computers to installations, producing and showcasing an extraordinarily rich and complex body of work created during the last 30 years. His purpose is to pursue a direct, and, in each case, a different communication with the spectator. It can be said that Lalonde works as a team with himself, not only to develop his artwork, but also to sharpen his personal ideas about contemporary culture, trends... Lalonde is putting a lot of time, energy and thought into his new media and technology productive structure, where he can directly address his issues... His paintings, installations, photographs and web pages, are intended to function each in its own way, as an overt revision and critique of the contemporary art system, as they establish parallel dialogues between the artist, the public, and the curatorial values. "Lalonde, the painter" Cerj Lalonde works his painting with a conceptual approach, as an attempt to restate the validity of painting as a practice per-se. His abstract language ranges from lyric abstractionist pieces to many personal interpretations on art history masterpieces, as specific reflections upon geometric abstract paintings like Malevich´s black square series, or Albers study of color, among others. Lalonde holds many layers as an artist. His years of experience as a painter and thirst for art history and critique have helped him develop into a consciously literate artist. Formally, his domain of techniques ranges from drawing, printing, and primarily acrylic painting by means of a wild contrasting palette. But more than any type of formalism, Lalonde´s work is a strong statement about painting itself and how he approaches abstraction from a conceptual viewpoint. His paintings celebrate the power and meaning of color and texture, the imperative voice of contrast and stridence, and the million of possible solutions for a white canvas. I also see in his artwork a psychoanalytical interpretation of art, and a curiously unintentional approach to oriental philosophy appears throughout his multi sized body of work. In many of his canvas, the presence of the square has been integrated as an element of equilibrium and unity to the soul of the artwork itself. Lalonde is specifically interested in the qualities of painting as a media: “What Painting and only Painting can do”. Of all arts, painting is perhaps the most intimate and personal of art languages. It reaches the viewer at a last phase, in the gallery, or museum, or exhibition space. In the meanwhile, there is a time frame between the moment when the artist finishes his work and it gets shown. This space of time is silence. It can be said that the gap between the act of painting and its way out of the studio has had Lalonde wondering about other strategies of approaching the viewer, the critic, and to challenge the art world as a system. New media's and technology In his body of work related to the Internet, the use of language can be established as the first notable addition where the silent scream that comes from his paintings invades the screen and transforms it into words. We can feel the imperative urge to communicate. Lalonde addresses everyone and no one, and a certain/uncertain dialogue is established between him and the anonymous viewer/Web surfer/browser who reads it. Lalonde has produced multiple web sites. With this media, he has taken over a physical/nonphysical space to express his ideas about the act of seeing, of looking, and getting intoxicated by the gaze, by the sight, by the cognitive look, and the subjective one. Another interesting aspect is the inclusion of his images as an artist in several ways. For example, in SELF PORTRAIT AS A FAMOUS ARTIST he presents himself in all the archetypical attire of the romanticized representation of the artist. Lalonde has reverted all his irony and sarcasm as images that appear as brushstrokes on his Web sites. Another image that frequently appears is the sweet face of a very young woman, who looks at the browser with sweetness and nostalgia. As websites are build through layers, Lalonde has as well, constructed layers of impact, thought, and reflection, by means of the multiplicity of images that appear, ranging from his own paintings, installations, portraits, and text. He is interested in what defines art, who validates artwork, how artist’s success has a strong pull to media and critic dependency. Lalonde points out these issues as loud as a silent scream. Phrases such as the Dominance of Curatorial Ideology, Global Mono Cultural Art Discourse or Hegemony of the Global Curatorial Class are samples of titles that frame parts of his Web visual discourses. In his installations and performances such as THE NO SHOW, and WORKING TO BECOME RICH AND FAMOUS SO YOU CAN LOVE ME FOREVER, Lalonde discusses the notion of the self and identity, the artist as a social figure, and the severe critique of the contemporary art system, and society at large. He questions the validity and the ideology of the curatorial establishment, the marketing methods, and the issues of the self - as he queries the conventional paradigm of the artist. On his Web pages, Lalonde metamorphoses from an anonymous painter in his studio to a more public personae. His gaze looks at the viewer, his open mouth screams and questions the browser constantly, sometimes as an outsider and sometimes from the hypothetical voice of the viewer’s conscience. In SEEING, a photographic installation that can be considered as a milestone in his work, he presents a dark room that has many different sized eyes that are looking at the viewer. An interesting aspect of Lalonde’s digital work is the presence of a perpetual reflection that not only shows the act of seeing itself, but in a more profound way it presents the subconscious mind of the viewer. He inverts his role of an artist and establishes a dialogue with the unconscious of the spectator, both through his installations and digital art work...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Oil

Long Hair
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic on canvas.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Serie Umbral
Located in New York, NY
Gel ink on canvas 15.75 x 21.65 in unstretched
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Gel Pen

Sneaks Through a Door
Located in New Orleans, LA
Paula DeLuccia believes that being able to make art is a multi-layered gift. For her, being artist requires courage to believe in yourself enough to enter the studio, to push the wor...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Rouge
Located in New Orleans, LA
The color field and action painting movements have always influenced Francine Tint’s work. She is a colorist first and foremost. She works instinctively, creating expressive pieces, ...
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Red Edged Magenta
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Red Edged Magenta, 1977 - 2017 36 x 36 inches Acrylic on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large Abstract French Portrait of Lady Signed Oil on canvas
By Philippe Gabriel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Portrait of a Lady" by Philippe Gabriel (French, b.1963) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed painting: 36 x 28.5 inches Stunning original oil painting by the contemporary Fren...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Floating Downstream #47
Located in Santa Monica, CA
I make expressionistic paintings and drawings that embrace the irrational. The imagery in these works derives from the subconscious and is often characterized by grotesque attributes...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Essence - Abstract Oil Painting Red Yellow Orange Blue Brown Beige White Grey
Located in Sofia, BG
"Essence" is an abstract oil painting by Maestro Lili Sotirova. The painting is unframed. About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: Oil painting STYLE: Abstract, Contemporary Edition : Uniqu...
Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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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