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
Artist: Giorgio Lo Fermo
Grey Composition - Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Grey Minimalism is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2020.
Original Oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the back.
Perfect co...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink - Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2015
Located in Roma, IT
Pink is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2015.
Oil on canvas.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the back.
Perfect conditions.
Pink is a gorgeous...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Blue Hand - Oil on Canvas by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
The Blue Hand is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2020.
Original oil painting on canvas.
Hand-signed and dated overleaf: Anno 20...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Black Ideogram - Oil Painting by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
The Black Ideogram is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian contemporary artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2020.
Original oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed and dated...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Geometrical Abstract Composition - Mixed Media on Paper - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Geometrical Abstract Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo (Messina, 1947) in 2020.
Mixed Media on Paper.
Hand-signed on t...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Abstract Composition - Oil Painting 2011 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2011.
Oil on canvas applied on hardboard.
This contemporary painting is a pleasure example of an abstrac...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Violent Violet - Oil Painting by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Violent Violet is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2020.
Original oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Butterflies - Oil on Canvas by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Butterflies is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2020.
Original oil painting on canvas....
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Mosaic - Oil on Canvas by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
The Mosaic is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2020.
Original oil painting on canvas.
Hand-signed and dated on the back by the a...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Informal Blue - Oil Painting by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Informal Blue is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian contemporary artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2020.
Original oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed and dated by t...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Black Holes - Oil on Board by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2010
Located in Roma, IT
Black Hole is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2010.
Oil on board.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the back.
Perfect conditions.
Giorgio Lo F...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Orange and Black Composition - Oil paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2012
Located in Roma, IT
Orange and Black Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2012.
Original Oil painting on plywood.
Hand-signed and dated o...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition - Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2020.
Oil on canvas.
Hand signed by the artist on the back. Hand signed on the lower right cor...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Optical - Oil Painting 2019 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Optical is an original oil on plywood realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2019
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the back.
The artwork represents a very colored optical abstract ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Expressionism is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2022.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand signed and dated on the lower left margin and on...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grid - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Grid is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2022
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand signed on the lower left margin
Hand-signed, titled and dated on t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hommage to Futurballa - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Hommage to Futurballa is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2022.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Includes frame
Hand signed, dated and titled on the b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2022
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand signed and dated on the lower left margin.
Hand-si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expression - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Expression is an artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2022.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand signed and dated on the lower left margin.
Original title: ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2022
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand signed and dated on the lower right margin.
Hand s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Post-Cubism - Oil Painting 2015 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Post-Cubism is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2015.
Oil on canvas applied on hardboard.
This contemporary artwork is characterized by a colorful comp...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Extroversion on Orange - Enamel on Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2016
Located in Roma, IT
Estroflessione su arancione is an original enamel painting on canvas, realized in 2016 by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo.
Hand-signed and dated on the back " G. Lo Fermo / anno...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Mosaic - Oil Painting 2019 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Mosaic is an original oil on canvas on canvas realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2019.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the back.
The artwork represents an abstract composition...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Informal Painting - Oil Painting 2010 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Informal Painting is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2010
Oil on canvas. Hand signed by the artist on lower left.
This contemporary artwork is composed of very...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Caption - Oil Painting 1999
Located in Roma, IT
Caption is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 1999. Oil on canvas hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower left margin. Perfect conditions.
This gorgeous pa...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition - Oil Painting 2010 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2010.
Oil on canvas applied on cardboard.
This contemporary artwork is an abstract composition character...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Expression - Oil Painting 2011 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Expressionism is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2011.
Oil on canvas applied on hardboard. Hand signed on lower left.
This contemporary abstract compo...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Homage To De Kooning - Oil Painting 2012 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Homage To De Kooning is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2012.
Oil on canvas applied on hardboard.
This contemporary artwork represents a wonderful exemplar of a...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Expression - Oil Painting 1994 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Expression is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 1994.
Oil on canvas on hardboard.
This contemporary abstract composition is characterized by tones of red...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Homage To Afro - Oil Painting 2012 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Homage to Afro is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2012.
Oil on canvas applied on hardboard. Hand signed on the lower left margin.
The artwork represents an abs...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fox Hunting - Abstract Expression - Oil Painting 2011
Located in Roma, IT
Caccia Alla Volpe (Fox Hunting) is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2011.
Oil on canvas applied on hardboard.
This contemporary artwork is a representation of an...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Geometric Cubism - Oil Painting 2011 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Geometric Cubism is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2011.
Oil on canvas applied on hardboard.
This contemporary painting is a very beautiful abstract compositio...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled - Geometric Abstractism - Oil Painting 2012 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Geometric Abstractism is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2012
Oil on canvas.
This contemporary artwork is a representation of an abstract lattice: red predomina...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Expression is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2020.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed, titled and dated on the back of the canvas....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition -Tempera and Watercolor by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original drawing in Tempera and Watercolor on paper realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2020.
Good Conditions.
The Artwork is Depicted through strong strokes...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Abstract Composition - Tempera and Watercolor by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original drawing in Tempera and Watercolor on paper realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2020.
Good Conditions.
The Artwork is Depicted through strong strokes...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Abstract Composition -Original Tempera and Watercolor by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original drawing in Tempera and Watercolor on paper realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2021.
Good Conditions.
The Artwork is Depicted through strong strokes...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Abstract Composition -Tempera and Watercolor by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an drawing in Tempera and Watercolor on paper realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo 2021.
Good Conditions.
The Artwork is Depicted through strong strokes in a well-...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Blue Spots - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Spots is an artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2021.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed, titled and dated on the back of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expression - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Expressionism is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2021.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed, titled and dated on the back of the canv...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expression -Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Expression is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2014.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed, titled and dated on the back of the canvas....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Great Blue Shape - Oil Painting by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
The Great Blue Shape is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2020.
Original oil painting on canvas.
Hand-signed and dated on the bac...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Colored Composition - Tempera and Watercolor by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Colored Composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2020.
Tempera and Watercolor on Paper.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right
...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Grey Shape - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Grey Shape is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2020.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower left margin: G. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geometrical Abstract Composition - Mixed Media on Paper by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Geometrical Abstract Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo (Messina, 1947) in 2020.
Mixed Media on Paper.
Hand-signed on t...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Geometrical Abstract - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Geometrical Abstract is an artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2021.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lback: Lo Fermo 21.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geometrical Face - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Geometrical Face is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2018.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed and dated on the back. Hand-signed on the lower...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressionism - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Expressionism is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 1983.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the back.
Perfect cond...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Expressionism - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2008
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Expressionism is an artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2008.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas applied on Plywood.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lowe...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Lines - Tempera and Watercolor by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Lines is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2020.
Mixed media in tempera and watercolor on paper
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower ri...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Tempera, Watercolor
Homage to Arshile Gorky - Oil on Canvas by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Homage to Arshile Gorky is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2020.
Original oil painting on canvas.
Hand-signed and dated on the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue and Yellow Composition - Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2015
Located in Roma, IT
Blue and Yellow is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2015.
Original Oil Painting on canvas.
Hand signed by the artist on the back.
Perfect conditions.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Square - Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2015
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Square is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2015.
Oil on canvas applied on plywood.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the back. Hand signed o...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Plywood
Pink and Fuxsia Composition- Oil by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Pink and Fuxsia is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2019.
Oil on canvas.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the back.
Perfect conditions.
The co...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition - Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2010s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original Contemporary artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in the 2010s.
Original Oil painting applied on plywood.
Hand signed by the artist on the bac...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Plywood
Geometrical Composition - Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2010
Located in Roma, IT
Geometrical Composition is an original Contemporary Artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2010.
Original Oil painting on canvas.
Hand-signed and dated on the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Composition - Oil on Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2015
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original Contemporary Artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2015.
Original Oil on plywood.
Hand-signed and dated on the back.
Ex...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mosaic - Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Mosaic is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2019.
Oil on canvas.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the back.
Perfect conditions.
This gorgeous pa...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ideograms III - Oil paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Ideograms III is an original Contemporary Artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2021.
Original Oil painting on canvas.
Hand-signed and dated on the back.
Min...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Yellow Impression - Oil on Canvas by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Yellow Impression is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2020.
Original oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed and dated by the artist...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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