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
Explotion of Life
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A series of polaroid's shot by Jordi Molla during lockdown in which he painted over them. The sale of this art piece goes towards the benefit of the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Reflex
Located in New York, NY
Reflex, 2022
Acrylic on paper
16 1/2 x 11 4/5 in. (42 x 30 cm)
Unique
Signed and dated, lower right
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Earth Balance, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting uses simple geometric shapes and color harmony to explore balance and the relationship between positive and negative space. Cool blues and warm green shapes bring a sen...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Ways Away, Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting uses cool earth colors and a combination of oil and wax to create a landscape focusing on brushwork, color and form. Like many of the artists paintings the landscape co...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Distinguished landscape and Marine Painter, Charles Movalli "The Horse Farm"
Located in Rockport, MA
Charles Movalli (1945–2016) had a BA from Clark University and a PhD from the University of Connecticut. He painted and wrote about art for over thirty years. He belonged to the Nort...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
De Idas y Vueltas, se Trata
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Marta Crespo is an Argentinian artist born in 1960.
She studied arts in Buenos Aires. Marta participated in workshops with various renowned artists, such as Santa Maria, Eckell, a...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Zebra Bouquet (Creme)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 4 painting series with a zebra like pattern using acrylic paint by Jordi Molla.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Hourglass Vows
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This new series of colorful abstract paintings continues the
artist’s exploration of memory - delving into those aspects of life that can be controlled and those that cannot.
“I oft...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Inky, abstract expressionist painting by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres
American, 1927-2013
Inky, c. 1984
acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas
signed lower right, signed and titled verso
20 x 16 inches
Richard Andres was born in Buf...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Blue Waters
By Dorothy Hood
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Blue Waters" is an oil on canvas painting by Dorothy Hood. The painting size is 90 x 70 inches.
Early in her maturation, Hood established herself as an artist of metaphysically cha...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Astronaut - Abstract on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Browns, black, white and silver. No frame needed.
About the Artist:
Michael has been working as a painter and designer for over 20 years. His work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums throughout the country including The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Austin Museum of Digital Art, The Westmoreland Museum of Art, UICA/Michigan, and The Mattress Factory. His paintings have been featured in Atlantic Homes and Lifestyles, Beaux Arts, Table Magazine, Perlora Contemporary Home Magazine, The Wall Street International Magazine and the cover of Housetrends. His work will also be featured in Design Within Reach’s 2019 Catalog.
His clients have included The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Nintendo, IBM, Sony Pictures and Panasonic. His work has been published widely in various publications including TIME, The Wall Street Journal, How Magazine, Graphis, London’s Computer Arts, BIg Magazine, The Book of Probes by Marshall Mcluhan (designed by David Carson), Big Magazine and Speak.
His collaboration with José Muniain on the short film installation “Navarro”, which documented his painting process, was a finalist in the D.C. Independent Film Festival. Some recent projects include the main lobby...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Rebirth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Atmospheric gradations of color are encased in hardened surfaces in a constant push and pull between depth, light and texture. Capturing the effect of light purely with color is wher...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Panel
Happy Party 45" x 30"
Located in Toronto, ON
With a vision of paintings that literally break free of the canvas, Blady + Van Mil invented moulage (molded collage) through experimentation in the early days of the pandemic. It be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
Composition N27. Oil on Canvas. 28.5X 47 Inch. 2015. By Giorgi Vepkhvadze.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Giorgi Vepkhvadze’s art is an Abstract expressionism for modern interior designs for Residential and Commercial spaces. Well suited for New York Apartments and Houses. Artist graduat...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Gently Does It
Located in Manchester, GB
An original acrylic painting on wood panel by artist Laura Pedley, signed on reverse by the artist, finished with archival UV protective varnish, this art...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
untitled
Located in Queenston, ON
Can be purchased as a diptych, or individual art work .
custom framing options available. Adam makes bespoke one fo a kind furniture and frames.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Alkyd
Night Falls - On Canvas
By Sara Conca
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting on canvas. Rich texture and vibrant colors.
About the artist:
Sara Conca is a world renowned, American, contemporary abstract artist of French-Italian descent...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Red King - Enamels on Plexi
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting on plexi. Vibrant red with black and yellow and charcoal hues. No frame needed. King theme.
About the Artist:
Michael has been working as a painter and des...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Marine Landscape done by Charles Movalli Painting "Covered Snow"
Located in Rockport, MA
Charles Movalli (1945–2016) had a BA from Clark University and a PhD from the University of Connecticut. He painted and wrote about art for over thirty years. He belonged to the Nort...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Elsewhere, Suite #7 - Small Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Kennedy Contemporary is proud to announce a solo exhibition by Laguna Beach artist, Chris Gwaltney. This will be Gwaltney’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and will remain on...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elsewhere, Suite #10 - Small Colorful Oil Painting
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Kennedy Contemporary is proud to announce a solo exhibition by Laguna Beach artist, Chris Gwaltney. This will be Gwaltney’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and will remain on...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Raw Linen, Oil
Drip, Drip, Drip.
Located in Toronto, CA
Acrylic painting on canvas by artist Troy Smith. The Drip, Drip, Drip painting measures 48" x 72" and is painted on canvas. Painted in his studio in the summer of 2022, Troy experime...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cerulean Flora
Located in Readsboro, VT
Infused with a tranquil palette, this textile sculpture was crafted to evoke serenity and growth, drawing inspiration from the resilience of nature. Its cerulean hues and wood founda...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Cotton, Wood, Latex
Children of the World: Midnight #4
Located in Southampton, NY
The latest in the wide world of J. Oscar Molina's "Children of the World" Collection--a profound collection of paintings and sculptures in assorted sizes and mediums which have been ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Stripe Drawing #11" Contemporary Original Abstract Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
My drawings and paintings are an examination of three major elements - color, surface and mark making. These nonrepresentational pieces give me the freedom to concentrate on and inve...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Down Comes the Sky
Located in San Diego, CA
"Down Comes the Sky" in "Urban Peace" collection is an original painting by San Diego Artist Shima Shanti in the ancient art form of Encaustic. Up to 50 layers of purified beeswax m...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Oil
unusual ORIGINAL 1960's plaster & oil paint relief panel painting VENICE ITALY?
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very unusual plaster and paint relief painting with wonderful depth. Possibly depicting St Marks Basilica Venice ? there work is signed and dated 1964 lower right - but we have been ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Four & Six, No. 1 painting by Naohiko Inukai
Located in Hudson, NY
Strong vertical and horizontal elements woven into a repeating pattern, Naohiko Inukai's painting Four & Six, No. 1 offers a calming rhythmic symmetry. As was noted the the March 196...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joy Factory
Located in Covington, LA
"The nostalgia of a tropical climate is the undercurrent that inspires my process. Bright and vibrant pigments live on my palette. I treat each canvas with an intuitive approach, nev...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Lets Not Think About Tomorrow
Located in Jönköping, SE
Keeping with my passion of nature, this collection focusses on the movement and structure of nature. Primarily that from trees. I am fascinated by trees and their amazing beauty. Co...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
New Space Arabia 1979 Colossal Abstract Red Blue Green Museum Canvas James Yohe
By James Yohe
Located in Miami, FL
James Yohe painted this large scale red and deep hues of blue and green powerful and beautiful original work on canvas in 1979. This early work by this famous artist of the 1980's a...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer
Birchband
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in Rome in 1990 and the Pollock/Krasner Award in Painting. His modern artwork has been widely exhibited in the US and abroad via international and national galleries, and has been featured in over 150 SOLO exhibitions since 1983. Michael Kessler’s abstract contemporary paintings are widely collected and appear in over 20 museum collections in the US, including the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Appearances are deceptive, and anyone who is interested in the true nature of the universe knows that there are far more questions than answers. The more we know, the more we know we don’t know. I want my paintings to reflect both the desire to know and the futility of trying to know. I’m building a surface and not so much an image. I see my work as a metaphor for nature – about wondering how it (nature) got that way, realizing that we may never find out. I’m interested in beauty, but not a superficial or superfluous beauty – something deeper. It is daunting, but if you go through the forest at night...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Singularity I-Modern abstract geometric graphic atwork-painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Singularity I" by Heny Steinberg is a mesmerizing exploration of abstract geometrical minimalism that invites viewers to contemplate the convergence of form and space. Crafted with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
El Ravel - Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Browns and blues.
About the Artist:
Michael has been working as a painter and designer for over 20 years. His work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums throughout the country including The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Austin Museum of Digital Art, The Westmoreland Museum of Art, UICA/Michigan, and The Mattress Factory. His paintings have been featured in Atlantic Homes and Lifestyles, Beaux Arts, Table Magazine, Perlora Contemporary Home Magazine, The Wall Street International Magazine and the cover of Housetrends. His work will also be featured in Design Within Reach’s 2019 Catalog.
His clients have included The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Nintendo, IBM, Sony Pictures and Panasonic. His work has been published widely in various publications including TIME, The Wall Street Journal, How Magazine, Graphis, London’s Computer Arts, BIg Magazine, The Book of Probes by Marshall Mcluhan (designed by David Carson), Big Magazine and Speak.
His collaboration with José Muniain on the short film installation “Navarro”, which documented his painting process, was a finalist in the D.C. Independent Film Festival. Some recent projects include the main lobby...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Forgotten Landscape
Located in Greenwich, CT
Elizabeth Higgins Biography
b. 1960
Elizabeth Higgins describes herself as an abstract figurative and landscape painter. Everything around her serves as a potential subject, an insp...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Untitiled
Located in Queenston, ON
Painted in Alkyd paint, oil paint and gold leaf.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
What Is What Really Is
Located in San Diego, CA
"What Is What Really Is" in "A Clearing for Silence" collection is an original painting by San Diego Artist Shima Shanti in the ancient art form of Encaustic. This painting conveys ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Oil
Hold my Hand, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Ana Valdes
Located in Mexico City, MX
Hold my Hand
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
100x100cm
2024
Signed and dated on the side
About the Artist
Painting was always present in Ana Valdes's life, bu...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Egipto
Located in Barcelona, ES
Various sophisticated with oxides, pigments, etc., etc.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Deep River Turnaround"
Located in Bantam, CT
Emilia Dubicki's paintings evoke the infinite: duration, expanse and change knowing no limits. The artist based in New Haven Connecticut says " I like to combine the feelings, struc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
City Scene with Faces casein tempera on canvas by Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and dated "Vytlacil 32" lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist #1584; Martin Diamond Fine Art
Exhibitions: 1990 Graham Gallery, NYC (label verso)
About this artist: B...
Category
1930s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Casein, Canvas
blau - bunt
Located in Berlin, DE
Jürgen Reichert - Maler
Freischaffender Künstler, Farbflächenmalerei, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin.
blau - bunt
2019
Acryl auf Leinwand
180 x 150 cm
Jürgen Reichert, 1953 in Mannhei...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Four seasons Spring LITHO
By Karl Momen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Hand signed and numbered lithograph Momen has made a small collection of lithographs in full colours, for these under painting of his large famous paintings.
Momen is the creator of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Suite
Located in Berlin, DE
Jürgen Reichert - Maler
Freischaffender Künstler, Farbflächenmalerei, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin.
Suite
2015
Acryl auf Leinwand
170 x 140 cm
Jürgen Reichert, 1953 in Mannheim gebo...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Inisheer Lighthouse, Aran Islands, Co Galway
Located in Belfast, GB
Inisheer Lighthouse, Aran Islands, Co Galway
Oil on Board
24 x 32 in
61 x 81.3 cm
"Painting is trial and error, somewhere between this there is a balance in which a painting will wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Siluetas
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pigments, varnishes and various elements
to create imprecise special shapes
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Mea Culpa #26
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
The Mea Culpa series is more about feeling than a specific vision. I attempt to use mark-making, color, and surface to explore the emotions I need to convey. I never know when they w...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
o.T. (2201)
Located in Berlin, DE
Jürgen Reichert - Maler
Freischaffender Künstler, Farbflächenmalerei, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin.
o.T. (2201)
2019
Acryl auf Leinwand
50 x 60 cm
Jürgen Reichert, 1953 in Mannheim ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A Love Letter
Located in New York, NY
2023, Oil & cold wax on wood panel
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
Tears of a Striped Elephant
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oil painting on canvas.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Manhattan Day 3
Located in New York, NY
2023, Acrylic on Canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Plantage
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann
Plantage
2015
Acryl auf Leinwand
50 x 60 cm
Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig bei Pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Two Stallions and a Blond
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oil painting on canvas.
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The glare, constructive painting of visions of a dream.
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Constructive Figurative Painting 37" x 24" inch by Ion Xiua. Mixed technique. Oil on canvas made with professional Winsor & Newton colors protected with gloss varnish with UV protect...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Green swamp path 2
Located in Southampton, NY
The latest in the wide world of J. Oscar Molina's "Children of the World" Collection--a profound color driven body of paintings in assorted sizes and mediums which have been inspired...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Window
Located in New York, NY
2021, Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blue Heart
Located in New York, NY
2022, Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
The Mysterious flight of a Unicorn
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oil painting on canvas.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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