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: Red
Passaggi - Tempera on Paper by Paolo Cotani - 1972
By Paolo Cotani
Located in Roma, IT
Passaggi is a painting realized by Paolo Cotani (Rome, 1940-2011) in 1972.
Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right margin. Tempera on paper.
The artwork was exhibited on...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Red Cloud
Located in London, GB
Mixed media on canvas - Unframed.
Fattovich calls his style Abstract Punk.
His compositions evolve according to a subliminal process in which he responds viscerally to the colors, l...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Cipher Six (Sense)", abstract, geometric, red, black, white, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
"Cipher Six (Sense)" is a 12 x 12 inch geometric abstract painting in red, black, white and metallic gold that translates snippets of the human genome into a quilt-like grid by subst...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Big Reds", contemporary, abstract, yellow, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
Melissa Shaak’s “Big Reds” is a 38 x 50 inch abstract acrylic painting on paper. A bright, slightly transparent red blankets the painting. The subtle lay...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Big Red Shiny Object, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Big Red Shiny Object /red Color Field Painting / On High Quality Archival Yupo Paper - Fresh - Action - Harmony - Vibrant - Striking / Frame or Mount to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"YOU SAY X, I SAY I 05132018 822pm", Abstract, Digital, Pink, Silver, Blue, Red
By Justin Neely
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract print "YOU SAY X, I SAY I 05132018 822pm" is a digital artwork, created with the Brushes Redux iPhone app, and printed at 36x36" on museum-quality Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm archival paper. As the title indicates, the artwork was created on May 13, 2018 at 8:22 pm.
While Justin Neely...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Farm
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on honeycomb aluminum - Unframed.
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challenge the perception ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Reds and Blues 3", abstract, bold, whimsical, yellow, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
Melissa Shaak’s “Reds and Blues 3” is a 30 x 22 inch abstract acrylic painting on top-quality Stonehenge paper. Vibrant red dominates this painting. Bold, curving lines define shapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Diana Torje - Trinity
By Diana Torje
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork framed
Diana Torje is a prizewinning Romanian artist born in 1983 & based in Paris whose works have been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout France & worldwide. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hammer by Michele Mikesell, abstract and bold colorfiel painting
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
The Promise, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract oil on canvas inspired by nature, life, observations, love, life and dreams. My abstract paintings are all about creating excitement for the viewer through concentrated expl...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Caliber Abstraction (Magenta on Blue #1)
By Nick Hunt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Born February 4th, 1985 in Newport Beach, California. Nicholas Hunt grew up surrounded by business minded entrepreneurs and Southern California art...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal, Enamel
The Red Cloth 91
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media
Santa Ana
Located in Burlingame, CA
Vibrant original painting in red and green with black and white action painting 'Santa Ana' by Mexican-American contemporary visual artist and celebrated arc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Oil
A closer look (more is more) 3, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Vibrant expressionistic Inspired by nature abstract bright white and red background with burst of colors. Light yellow, pink, clear iridescent acrylics and magenta. This artwork arri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Belgian Abstract Contemporary Art by Nicole B. - L'Arbre du Voyageur
By Nicole B.
Located in Paris, IDF
Pigments on paper Arches with anti-reflective glass metal black frame, 54 x 42 x 3 cm
Nicole B. is a Belgian artist born in 1944 who lives & works in Braibant, Ciney in Belgium.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Pigment
Night City - Colorful Original Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ekaterina Ermilkina’s original, abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspiratio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
And Then He Kissed Me
Located in New York, NY
Abstract art on canvas. Vibrant colors.
About the Artist:
DeVault is a California native living in western Massachusetts with family ties to the Hamptons. She earned a degree i...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Superhero, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The heroes are part of the childhood of many children, this work depicts the stereotype of heroes :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an off...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red with Black, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I create a version of entertainment or Architectural fiction by communicating my interpretation of the shapes, colors and movement of natures impacted by the ongoing man made environ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Bottle & Glasses"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
James Lechay (1907 – 2001)
Born in the Bronx in 1907, James Lechay spent most of his childhood in Brooklyn before moving to Joilet, Illinois at age 13 to live with his uncle after his mother passed away. In 1928, he received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Illinois. The next year, he attended one week of graduate school before leaving to study under his brother, the painter Myron Lechay, in New York. At his brother’s studio, James began to associate with other artists of the time such as Milton Avery, Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky, William Zorach, and Raphael and Moses Soyer. From Myron, James Lechay learned to train his eye to observe natural forms and developed a philosophy dependent upon the relationship built between the artist and the subject.
Lechay became engaged in the social and political issues of Depression-era New York and even joined the social realism movement for a brief time in the 1930s. He operated as the leader of the Artists Union while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). With the WPA, Lechay traveled to Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he established a gallery and exhibited the works of Milton Avery, Max Weber, and other WPA artists. Despite his association with many artists and artistic communities in New York in the 1930s and 40s, Lechay opposed adopting a style due to its popularity and commercial success. His use, however, of large brushstrokes from Abstract Expressionism, the flattened plane of Modernism, and the simple compositions of early Abstraction created a combination of styles completely his own.
A painter of a vast range of subjects, including still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, Lechay was known to reduce these forms to their visual essentials. Lechay often did not date his paintings as he frequently reworked them, even after they were exhibited, calling his pieces, “finished at all stages and never finished”.
In 1945, Lechay was hired by the University of Iowa’s art department, where he worked alongside Mauricio Lasansky, Humbert Albrizio, Carl Fracassini, and Byron Burford...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Aurora
By Jeff Hoare
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jeff Hoare, British
Title: Aurora
Year: 1980
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed and dated
Size: 73 x 57 inches (185.42 x 144.78 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Stopping Awhile, JESSICA BROWN, Original Abstract Painting for Sale, Red Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jessica Brown
Stopping Awhile
Original Abstract Painting
Mixed media on Canvas
Framed Size: H 65cm x W 65cm
Sold Framed in a Off white wooden frame
We live such hectic lives that we ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
F.P.L.P.1
By Rex Yuasa
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Yuasa achieves a brilliant, sensory color experience by layering acrylic, oil and alkyd paint over large square canvases. The artist uses the language of abstraction to express the c...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Alkyd
Jon Rowland, Tree Love #5, Original Abstract Painting, Bright Contemporary Art
By Jon Rowland
Located in Deddington, GB
Jon Rowland
Tree of Love #5
Original Abstract Painting
Acrylic and Oil Paint on Board
Board Size: H 61cm x W 61cm x D 3.6mm
Sold Unframed and Unmounted
(Please note that in situ imag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Deep Red, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Dan Louth
Located in Yardley, PA
Red with Stripes - this painting has a lot of energy - very rock n' roll - street art feel. 48" x 48" - Oil on Canvas :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official ce...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Break Dance, 1975 Large Abstract Figurative Collage Painting, Black Pink Purple
By Margo Hoff
Located in Denver, CO
'Break Dancers' is an original vintage 1980s painting by Chicago artist, Margo Hoff (1910-2008).
From the artist's "Action Series" the painting depicts ...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Red Mist Descending, Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting by Sue Bleakley
Located in Brecon, Powys
Beautifully intricate piece from Sue's studio nestling above the Atlantic Ocean.
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
1960's Amazing Colors Abstract Signed Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Superb Modern British abstract painting dating to 1969. The work is signed with the artists initials "RG" and dated 1969.
The painting captures an amazing array of bright and colou...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"ALIZARIN GARDENS", Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Red Rose Yellow Green
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The large abstract painting "ALIZARIN GARDENS" by Jeffrey Kurland, with acrylic paint on canvas measuring 30" high by 48" wide, is new work from the su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
white, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Tiril Benton
Located in Yardley, PA
My work is a testament to my understanding and experience of Consciousness, the Divine, God, Source. A mystery. A known mystery. Gnosis. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece come...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Acrylic on Canvas "Matrix in Creation No 6" , 2015 by Claudia Fauth
Located in Berlin, DE
Acrylic paint on raw canvas, 2015. Ready to hang. It comes directly from the studio of the artist.
Height 64.96 in ( 165 cm ), Width 39.37 in ( 100 cm ).
Matrix In Creation belongs t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life 12-9-19, red gestural abstract mixed media painting, 2019
By Ray Kass
Located in New York, NY
The latest from Ray Kass' series of abstracted red "still lifes:" a departure from his large-scale compositions, this latest trio of paintings saturate their more compressed planes. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Watercolor, Panel, Rag Paper, Pigment, Mica, Wax
"QUID PRO QUO", Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Blue, Orange
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The large abstract painting "QUID PRO QUO" by Jeffrey Kurland, with acrylic paint on canvas measuring 54" high by 54" wide, is new work from the summer of 2019. Often employing paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Create, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This piece, is part of a series entitled, "Art of Boxing." Each work is painted on real, used, boxing ring canvas. Exploring: color, composition and imperf...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Orange reveries, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract painting of blue flowers in an orange golden field. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of auth...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ab-Ex Shapes Series No. 32, ca. 2000
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on paper
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Mercy., Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Igor Shulman
Located in Yardley, PA
This picture is absolutely unambiguous for me. Mercy cannot be interpreted otherwise. Therefore, it is so simple to read. I intentionally simplified this. And also for those who fin...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carry Over The Mountain
By Purvis Young
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mixed Media house paint on cardboard
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Cardboard
Japanese Contemporary Art by Fusako Ekuni - Into the Light
By Fusako Ekuni
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork made with pigment (Iwaenogu), glue & water on cotton paper (Washi) marouflaged on Japanese wooden panel
Fusako Ekuni is a Japanese artist born in 1947 and who lives & works ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Glue, Pigment
"Sea Level Kaneohe Bay" Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in New York, NY
Collage, acrylic and graphite on paper. This abstract collage by the New York/ Hawaiian artist, Debra Drexler, incorporates cut paper, drawing and impasto brushwork with poured pain...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Graphite
No. 23, January 1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Paper
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
No. 125, 1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Paper
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Bank Street Series No. 42, 1978-1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nathalie Fontenoy French Artist "Singular Portrait“ Plexiglass Unique Piece
Located in Paris, FR
Nathalie Fontenoy French Artist "Singular Portrait“ Plexiglass Unique Piece
Plexiglass object # 2, Series “Singular Portrait”
Consisting of two plates of plexigass 1cm thick each.
T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass
"Sea Level Honolulu Harbor" Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in New York, NY
Collage, acrylic and graphite on paper. This abstract collage by the New York/ Hawaiian artist, Debra Drexler, incorporates cut paper, drawing and impasto brushwork with poured pain...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Graphite
Red Pond Trees, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A stand of trees on a hill overlooking a pond during a sunny day with blue skies. The scene is framed with a deep red abstraction characterized by a very thic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Minimalist Red & Black Abstract Geometric, "John Favors Red"
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold organic geometric abstract with black and light yellow form titled "John Favors Red", by Oregon artist Cassandra Linnea Auker (American, b. 1971), 2005. Interesting grainy texture varying among colors adds interest and depth. Titled and signed on verso "John Favors Red", "Auker 2005". Presented in slat frame painted to match piece. Condition: Good. Image size 24"H x 24"W. Framed size: 24.50"H x 24.50"W.
Cassandra Auker...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silicone, Acrylic, Board
Debra Smith "Talking Stories 9" -- Abstract Silk Collage
By Debra Smith
Located in New York, NY
Debra Smith
Talking Stories 9, 2020
pieced vintage silk
13 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.
This work will be on view as part of "Seeking Balance," a solo exhibition of new work by Debra Smith, at ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Textile, Silk
GIFT, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Joseph Korom
Located in Yardley, PA
Few works are, at the same time, as bold and demure as the painting Gift. The color red dominates the work, yet straight lines forming squares and rectangles emerge from the background. Subtle geometries set...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Quantum Color #47 Mixed media painted books recycled on a wood panel
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Quantum Color #47, 2019 by Natasha Zupan
One of a kind mixed media painted reicled books on a wood panel
Size: 70 in. H x 60 in. W x 4 D in
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Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting "Window"
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich.
Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016)
Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whose work is in collections a...
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jamboree
By Jim Waid
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
Jim Waid creates abstract worlds saturated with color, layered with mark, filled with rhythm and movement, and intricately textured. His canvases barely contain th...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
There (Abstract Painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and Flashe on canvas - Unframed
Note that this artwork will be sent rolled in a tube if shipped outside the United States.
This method is especially safe for large works....
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Quantique 2 - Superposition Bis
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Large and impressive artwork by Fabien Hemard
nice mixed media with acrylic and Gesso
signed
certificate
perfect condition
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic
GIFT, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Joseph Korom
Located in Yardley, PA
Few works are, at the same time, as bold and demure as the painting Gift. The color red dominates the work, yet straight lines forming squares and rectangles emerge from the background. Subtle geometries set...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Powerful Large Black, Yellow and Orange on Red Background Abstract Oil Painting
By Jean Soyer
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This very powerful artwork features Jean Soyer's favorite color palette. It is particularly charged, in matter and reliefs as well as in emotion. This painting is not and does not need to be framed. Jean Soyer does not name his works, but gives them a number. This item is listed as "F 21". Jean Soyer is a rising French artist, mostly influenced by Nicolas de Staël, Georges Mathieu and Fabienne...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Coral and Scarlet', Woman Artist, Pacific Grove Art Association
By Dorothy Stonely
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Stonely" for Dorothy Stonely (American, 20th century), titled verso "Redolent" and painted circa 2005.
Abstract painting comprising interspersed with spiral cloud forms in aqua, purple, and goldenrod contrasted against a vivid scarlet field .
Stonely is a Signature Member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters. She has exhibited widely and with success, including at the Pacific Grove Art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Laid Paper
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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