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
Item Ships From: Tri-State Area
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Large Oil Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker. Framed. Oil on canvas.
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rectangle Abstraction" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field
Located in New York, NY
"Rectangle Abstraction" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field
James Daugherty (1887 - 1974)
Rectangle Abstraction
13 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Oil on canvas, c. 1960s
Signe...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Signed Original Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract oil painting by Anton Sipos (Born 1938). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Martina Nehrling "Lattice 3" Abstract Acrylic Painting on Montval Paper
Located in New York, NY
"Seduced by the formal complexity of color, I revel in its emotive slipperiness and enjoy mining its controversial decorativeness. The inextricability of these aspects unique to col...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Untitled" Gene Hedge, Abstract Color Field, Pink Midcentury Bauhaus Painting
Located in New York, NY
Gene Hedge
Untitled, 1966
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 43 inches
(P276)
Gene Hedge was born (1928) and raised in rural Indiana. After military service, he briefly attended Ball State Univ...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sunrise sunset - Bowls & Orbs (Polyptych) by Sean Maze
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and Spray paint on canvas
Set of 4 originals
20 x 20 inches each
2023
Signed on the reverse
(To purchase a canvas individually message us for details)
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Untitled" Edward Zutrau, Intense Color Abstract Expressionist Composition
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau
Untitled, 1960
Oil on linen
51 1/2 x 38 1/4 inches
Edward Zutrau is among the American artists who worked within the whirlwind of diverse abstraction that blossomed i...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Portrait of I.D. Orr
By Franz Kline
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at upper left): Franz Kline
RECORDED: Darío Suro, “Freedom and Space,” Américas (June 1968), p. 28 illus
EX COLL.: the artist; to I. David Orr (1904–1997), Long Island, New...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Landscape Morris Shulman Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract Maine landscape painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Image size, 30...
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Tempo" Fine Art Mirror
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract fine art mirror by Alina B is made with dichroic film on mirror, and is framed in a champagne-toned frame. The film on the mirror allows for it, and the space it ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Film
Rhythm & Form, Painting by Kim Hardiman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kim Hardiman, American XXth
Title: Rhythm & Form
Year: 1984
Medium: Mixed media on canvas, signed, dated, and titled verso
Size: 36 x 42 in. (91.44 x 106.68 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
Rick Lewis - OCBLK00010122, Painting 2021
By Rick Lewis
Located in Greenwich, CT
OCBLK00010122
Oil, Bitumen, Sand, Mica, Collage On Canvas
72" X 60"
I am a visual artist whose work investigates small and large -scale abstraction primarily in the medium of painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Untiled" Edward Zutrau, 1963 Intense Color Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau
Untiled, 4/1963
Signed and dated on stretcher bar
Oil on linen
35 1/2 x 51 inches
Edward Zutrau is among the American artists who worked within the whirlwind of diver...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract St.Ives style landscape from Cornwall
Located in Woodbury, CT
This captivating British St. Ives School abstract landscape is a striking example of mid-20th-century artistic innovation, seamlessly blending geometric abstraction with the natural ...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Dmitri Wright - Maine Nocturne Opus VIII, Painting 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on canvas
Compline:
Compline is a recent piece, a work honoring New England. It is a culmination of what I developed and experienced from those decades painting and trekking thr...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
"Dior in Venice" Figure with Gown French Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper
Colorful, Abstract, Acrylic Painting 'On the Road IV' by Wosene Kosrof
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. 'On the Road IV' by Ethiopian/American artist Wosene Worke Kosrof, 2024. Acrylic on linen, 42 x 34 in. This colorful abstract painting feature...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
"Half Moons 3078" Abstract Layered Mixed Media Composition on Baltic Birch Panel
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts an abstract composition with the use of mixed media and bold patterns producing a work that is visually textured and rich with layers, as Owen creates an intricate...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Pencil
"Kristy" Red Versace Gown French Haute Couture Oil Painting Paper Silver & Gold
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Vintage Female Modernist Abstract Nature Painting Albright Knox Provenance
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting by Jane Lapey. Oil on canvas. Exhibition label verso. Framed. Image size, 28L x 22H.
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Ballerina" Figure with Chanel Gown French Haute Couture Oil Canvas Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited compositions are both dramatic and invigorating, capturing the fleeting moment of innocence swept up in bold color and seemingly controlled movement. "The Ballerina" demonstrates a whimsical expression of femininity and formality; a stunning display of understated grandeur. It is as if the shape's only purpose is to hold the magnificent pallet. This piece is signed lower left by the artist and is painted oil and on canvas and it comes housed in a contemporary white floater wood...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Daniel Hill, Untitled-9, 2014, acrylic. 6 x 9 inches
By Daniel Hill
Located in Darien, CT
Daniel Hill’s work is an exploration between vision and sound and the power of this connection to generate compelling visual environments. The inquiry of this integration has also sa...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Shape 16 (2019) - Abstract shape, work on paper, minimalist, orange yellow
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 16 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract geometric art, acrylic on 300gsm archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Bright oran...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
NEW YORK Broadway Street Scene FEMALE American Modernist Impressionist Painter
By Jane Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Up for sale is a New York City Street, Broadway by Jane Wilson (1924-2015). Jane wilson was an important female Abstract Expressionists painter. She has been exhibited in many museum...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Asian Modernist Abstract Signed Original Minimalist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century Asian abstract painting. Oil on board. Signed verso.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joanne Freeman "Squares and Strokes 40 (red)" Oil on Linen
Located in New York, NY
My paintings and drawings incorporate elements found in architecture, design, popular culture and art history. My reductive compositions and pure color mimic the low-tech graphics ut...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Dream of Paris" Colorful French Haute Couture Red Gown Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Chanjun Zheng Contemporary Original Oil Painting "Hometown"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Hometown
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 15.5 x 19.5 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yolanda Sánchez "After CT, #5" Oil on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Nature, in a very broad sense, is my source of inspiration. In a non-intellectual way, I am translating and projecting thoughts, emotions and sensations, into a moment of meeting, w...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist abstract painting by Elsie Orfuss (Born 1913). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Nicely framed.
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Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Head Full of Air - Surrealist Blue Painting
By Parris Jaru
Located in New York, NY
Parris Jaru's Head Full of Air is a 9 x 8 inches surrealist oil painting. The main color is blue. A surrealist representation of a human face can be recognized. The surface is define...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dmitri Wright - Daffodils Bursting, Painting 2021
Located in Greenwich, CT
Oil on panel
WEIR FARM Series:
“[This] series runs the full range from natural to post-impressionism, yet always having the themes of the American pictorial sense of place with an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil, Panel
Dmitri Wright - Giocoso Opus 1, Painting 2018
Located in Greenwich, CT
PROVENCAL Series:
“In [this] series I was exploring the classical influences of the impressionist masters, to build on their ideas to move them forward, yet being true to the many ap...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Paint, Oil
"Angela" Abstract Figure with Gown French Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Antique American Signed Interior Modernist Abstract San Fran Museum Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed interior oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 9L x 10H. Provenance from the San Francisco Museum of Art.
Category
1930s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Autumnal Landscape in Ochre, Red, Green)
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified/Unknown Artist "Untitled (Autumnal Landscape in Ochre, Red, Green) , Abstract Landscape Oil on Canvas signed, 26.25 x 32.50, Mid 20th Century, 1957
Colors: Ochre, White...
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Modernist Abstract Portrait Dancer Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1970. Unsigned. Image size, 30L x 40H. Framing available.
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Precisionist Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American precisionist abstract oil painting by Lad Montgomery. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 25H by 30L.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bruhel Point - Textured contemporary painting, colorful blue, round format
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful contemporary high textured abstract painting is great for a classic and contemporary setting. The variation of colors and rich texture would greatly bring a space to l...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel
Nocturno 1 - Green and Blue Abstract Painting, South American Magical Realism
By Alfredo Aya
Located in New York, NY
This painting captures a delicate interplay of color and form, ideal for those seeking a piece that blends abstraction with subtle movement. Muted greens, pale blues, and golds cre...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Infinity II - abstraction art, made in gray-blue, brown colors
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The diptych is made with alcoholic ink on Yupo paper.
Each work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold) with a styrene face on a double mat board in dark...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Dream Awaken - Original Geometric Circle Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Dream Awaken
16.0 x 16.0 x 2.0, 2.0 lbs
Acrylic paint
Hand signed by the artist
Artist's Commentary:
"Glenn Fischer is an abstract artist working in collage and painting to creat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Paris at Twilight" Colorful French Haute Couture Gown Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper
Shoshone - Yellow textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautiful contemporary high textured abstract painting is great for a classic and contemporary setting. The variation of colors and rich texture would greatly bring a space to l...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel
"Paris in Saint Laurent" Figure Chanel Gown Haute Couture Colorful Oil Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper
Sea Anemone- made in beige, pale rose, sand color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with acrylic in light rose, sand color on Yupo paper. The work is 20 by 26 inches in size, framed in fine-quality solid wood with a styre...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Antique American School New York City View Beach Swimming Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 17 by 21 inches overall and 11 by 16 painting alone.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Domenick Capobianco Color Field Oil on Canvas
Located in Astoria, NY
Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928), Abstract Color Field Composition in Yellow and Orange, Oil on Canvas, 1980, apparently unsigned, dated to verso and with "Studio Domenick Capobianco" stamp to side, unframed. 64" H x 66" W.
Provenance: From the Collection of the Artist.
Note: Domenick Capobianco is a graduate of Washington University at St. Louis, a Rutgers Fellow (1979), and a Guggenheim Fellow (1984/85). He was an educator and mentor at Rutgers University. Capobianco's work can be found in collections worldwide, including: The Academie des Beaux-Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia, The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, and The M.V. Nesterov Museum, Ufa, Russia. Alongside his wife, artist Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), he frequently exhibited with the famed 55 Mercer Gallery in New York. Keywords: Painting, Works on Canvas, Mark Rothko style...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Work 1" Yoko Matsumoto, Abstract Expressionist Work by Japanese Artist
Located in New York, NY
Yoko Matsumoto
Work 1, 1965
Signed and dated lower left; signed on reverse and inscribed extensively in Japanese
Oil on canvas
36 x 35 3/4 inches
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1936. Mats...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Abstract Icelandic Abstract Expressionist Signed Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and interesting mid century Icelandic abstract painting. Oil on canvas board. Signed verso. Image size, 16H by 13L.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colorful Abstract Expressionist Painting by Marylyn Dintenfass 'Heart Throb'
Located in White Plains, NY
'Heart Throb' by American artist Marylyn Dintenfass. 35 x 47 in. is a stunning abstract expressionist painting that features a vibrant color palette and dynamic, gestural brushstroke...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Spirits Through Time V, " Abstract Figurative Painting
By Ned Martin
Located in Westport, CT
This painting by Ned Martin blends the artist's signature abstract style with portraiture that is reminiscent of the Old Masters. The softly-executed realistic face and neck of the w...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Dmitri Wright - Polyphony Opus 3, Painting 2017
Located in Greenwich, CT
PROVENCAL Series:
“In [this] series I was exploring the classical influences of the impressionist masters, to build on their ideas to move them forward, yet being true to the many ap...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Dmitri Wright - Visione Mistica, Painting 2018
Located in Greenwich, CT
PROVENCAL Series:
“In [this] series I was exploring the classical influences of the impressionist masters, to build on their ideas to move them forward, yet being true to the many ap...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Tumble, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Justin Brown
Located in Yardley, PA
Justin's work, including Tumble, focuses on juxtaposition of color, depth, and texture. Paint is added and subtracted simultaneously using a variety of tools including some that have...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Study in Greens and Blues #1" Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This small abstract painting by Sue De Chiara is made with acrylic paint on board. It features a blue, teal, and green palette and a layered, minimalist composition. The painting is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Forest Interior Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. No signature found. Image size, 24L x 20H. Framing available.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Modernist Winter Abstract Landscape Exhibited Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage signed abstract landscape painting by Gabriel Godard (Born 1933).
Oil on canvas. Framed. Exhibited.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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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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