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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
The Awakening: Colorful Floral Landscape Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
The Awakening: Colorful Floral Landscape Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

The Awakening: Colorful Floral Landscape Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

Title: The Awakening 2 Floral Landscape Nature Colorful Vibrant Flowers Joy Delight Texture Layers Little Gem In creating this painting, I portrayed the vibrant dance of nature and...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Stretcher Bars

Signed Late 20th-century California Abstract
Signed Late 20th-century California Abstract

Signed Late 20th-century California Abstract

Located in San Francisco, CA

This vibrant work is an original mid-career abstract painting by the California Abstract Expressionist Albert E. Smith (1929–2008). Smith was a highly regarded West Coast artist know...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Fortune Teller
The Fortune Teller

The Fortune Teller

By Roland Berthon

Located in Southampton, NY

Oil on canvas painting done in heavy impasto paint. Signed lower right. Has 2 patches that are much bigger than actual holes. Each repair is half the size of a dime and is not visible from the front of the painting. Original bill of sale from the Gallerie Ferrero in Geneve comes with the painting. Titled in French verso "La Cartomancienne" which translates to the fortune teller...

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1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Day on the Horizon
Day on the Horizon

Day on the Horizon

By Yury Darashkevich

Located in Atlanta, GA

This painting has only been shown in a gallery setting. All images have light and shadow reflections due to the reflective nature of the resin finish. Yury was born in Belarus and...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Acrylic, Panel

SINCRONIA ROSA - Angelo Palazzini Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting
SINCRONIA ROSA - Angelo Palazzini Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting

SINCRONIA ROSA - Angelo Palazzini Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting

By Angelo Palazzini

Located in Napoli, IT

Sincronia Rosa - Abstract Oil on Canvas Paintng , Angelom Palazzini, Italy Angelo Palazzini was born in Lodi in 1953 where he still resides and has his own studio. His encounter wit...

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1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Copper Quasar-original mixed media geometric abstract painting-contemporary Art
Copper Quasar-original mixed media geometric abstract painting-contemporary Art

Copper Quasar-original mixed media geometric abstract painting-contemporary Art

By Antoinette Ferwerda

Located in London, Chelsea

Gallery service: Complimentary worldwide shipping is offered, with Signet Contemporary Art covering all tariffs, customs duties and import taxes, making international collecting simp...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Source of Renewal
Source of Renewal

Source of Renewal

By Olena Kishkurno

Located in Zofingen, AG

This work captures a moment of absolute tranquility-a private paradise bathed in light and hidden behind a dense veil of emerald greenery. Horses gathered at the water's edge in the ...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dialogue of Forms — Contemporary Geometric Abstract Oil Painting, Sophie Dumont
Dialogue of Forms — Contemporary Geometric Abstract Oil Painting, Sophie Dumont

Dialogue of Forms — Contemporary Geometric Abstract Oil Painting, Sophie Dumont

By SOPHIE DUMONT

Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR

French contemporary artist Sophie Dumont presents in Dialogue of Forms a refined geometric abstraction structured through a delicate balance of curved forms, architectural lines, and...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Light Consideration (Orange DPP) 2 (Abstract Painting)
Light Consideration (Orange DPP) 2 (Abstract Painting)

Light Consideration (Orange DPP) 2 (Abstract Painting)

By Andy Harwood

Located in London, GB

Andy Harwood (b. 1983) is a prominent Australian abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of mathematical precision and the sensory mechanics of perception. A significant...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

On the other side
On the other side

On the other side

By Iryna Bondar

Located in Zofingen, AG

"On the other side" is about dawn on a quiet river, when the morning wakes up and everything around is full of gentle light. The author caught the moment when the sun gently kisses t...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Rhapsody in Red" Large-Scale Acrylic, Oil Pastels, Pencils Abstract 72"x60"
"Rhapsody in Red" Large-Scale Acrylic, Oil Pastels, Pencils Abstract 72"x60"

"Rhapsody in Red" Large-Scale Acrylic, Oil Pastels, Pencils Abstract 72"x60"

By Karina Gentinetta

Located in New York, NY

"Rhapsody in Red", 2025, 72" H x 60" W. Large-scale abstract painting in hues of a warm, desaturated crimson consisting of acrylic, pencils, and oil pastels on canvas by Argentine-bo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil

Virginia Barry Original Abstract Painting on Board, Custom Frame
Virginia Barry Original Abstract Painting on Board, Custom Frame

Virginia Barry Original Abstract Painting on Board, Custom Frame

Located in Palm Coast, FL

This is a one-of-a-kind original acrylic painting on canvas board in a fantasy abstract style. This piece has a wonderful color scheme with a modern contemporary feel. Presented in...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Original Modern Contemporary painting on canvas, Abstract, Fantasy style, Framed
Original Modern Contemporary painting on canvas, Abstract, Fantasy style, Framed

Original Modern Contemporary painting on canvas, Abstract, Fantasy style, Framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

Up for sale Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on canvas in a fantasy abstract style. A unique technique, very colorful. An unusual combination of colors, a flow from sharp to soft s...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Practice On Me" (Contemporary, Sensual, Feminine, Women, Figure Painting, Wood)
"Practice On Me" (Contemporary, Sensual, Feminine, Women, Figure Painting, Wood)

"Practice On Me" (Contemporary, Sensual, Feminine, Women, Figure Painting, Wood)

By Nicholas Evans

Located in Paris, IDF

"PRACTICE ON ME" 2025 Paris, France “Practice on Me” is a study of intimacy and surrender, a reflection on the vulnerability that exists between devotion and desire. Two figures, t...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic

Garden Series - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas, Signed
Garden Series - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas, Signed

Garden Series - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas, Signed

By Charles David Francis

Located in Soquel, CA

Garden Series - Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas, Signed Vibrant and textured abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). A...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Spring Bloom II
Spring Bloom II

Spring Bloom II

By Olena Kishkurno

Located in Zofingen, AG

shipped in roll “Spring Bloom II” captures a quiet moment of connection between two young women surrounded by blooming spring trees. Soft dresses, fresh greens, and gentle light crea...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Organic Abstract, Sunset and Cyan'
'Organic Abstract, Sunset and Cyan'

'Organic Abstract, Sunset and Cyan'

By G. Distefano

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed lower right 'G. DiStefano' and dated 1971. A suspended composition of colorful forms contrasts against a blended polychrome background.

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1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Postcard, Oil

Meet Me There IV (Abstract Painting)
Meet Me There IV (Abstract Painting)

Meet Me There IV (Abstract Painting)

By Petra Schott

Located in London, GB

This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. German artist Petra Schott translates human emotions, memories, and sensory experiences into expressive, lyrical abstr...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil

The Tender Collision
The Tender Collision

The Tender Collision

Located in Zofingen, AG

Some things from home follow you without being asked. Not the furniture. Not the photographs. Something quieter — a pattern on a curtain, the way light passed through lace on an ordi...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint

Forgotten melody 150x200cm, Extra Large Abstract Violet Painting Interior Design
Forgotten melody 150x200cm, Extra Large Abstract Violet Painting Interior Design

Forgotten melody 150x200cm, Extra Large Abstract Violet Painting Interior Design

By Anastasia Vasilyeva

Located in Zofingen, AG

This extra-large artwork is made with acrylic on canvas. UV protection varnish. Inspired by the Very Peri color and abstract elements with fantasy lettering. The artwork and the com...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Permanent Marker

Mid Century French Figurative Painting Boys in Blue Oil on Board Signed
Mid Century French Figurative Painting Boys in Blue Oil on Board Signed

Mid Century French Figurative Painting Boys in Blue Oil on Board Signed

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist: French School, mid 20th century Medium: Oil on board Size (framed): 34.5 x 23 inches Frame: Framed Signature: Signed lower right (indistinct) Condition: Good condition Descr...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Time to Bloom
Time to Bloom

Time to Bloom

By Olena Kishkurno

Located in Zofingen, AG

Time to Bloom from the Inner Landscapes series Acrylic on canvas Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting Time to Bloom is a contemporary abstract landscape acrylic painting from th...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Large Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Large Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Large Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Unsigned. Measuring: 46 by 58 inches overall, and 45 by 57 painting alone.. In excellent original condition...

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1950s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Mid Century French Abstract Tree Expressionist Ink Painting
Mid Century French Abstract Tree Expressionist Ink Painting

Mid Century French Abstract Tree Expressionist Ink Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Mid Century French Abstract Tree Expressionist Ink Painting Medium: Black ink and wash on paper, unframed French, circa 1950's Size: 23.75 inches x 15.75 (height x width) Condition: The work is structurally sound though with visible creasing, surface rippling and age related toning throughout the sheet. There is a horizontal fold line across the centre and light edge wear consistent with storage. The ink remains bold and stable. This would benefit from professional flattening and framing. Provenance: from a large collection in Paris Description: A striking mid-century French abstract expressionist ink painting on paper, executed in bold black gestural marks with a strong sense of movement and rhythm. The composition reads as a lively field of calligraphic brushwork, with sweeping strokes, broken textures, and clustered forms that suggest foliage, energy, or a landscape fragment without becoming literal. The confident use of black against the raw paper creates a dramatic, graphic impact, making this an ideal piece for modern interiors, particularly for collectors drawn to monochrome abstraction, post-war European modernism, and expressive works on paper. In this particularly powerful example, the abstract gestures resolve into a sculptural tree form. A thick, sweeping trunk rises from the lower edge of the sheet, curving upward into branching limbs that extend dramatically across the upper half of the composition. The bold, loaded brushstrokes create dense black passages, contrasted with dry-brushed edges that reveal the speed and physicality of execution. The central mass gives the composition weight and presence, while the upward branching creates a sense of growth and vitality. The organic structure is rendered through expressive, economical mark making, aligning closely with the spirit of post-war French Art Informel and modernist landscape abstraction. This fabulous mid century original French expressionist abstract tree painting...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

Epiphany
Epiphany

Epiphany

Located in Zofingen, AG

Epiphany From the series “Between States” This work explores a moment of sudden clarity emerging from uncertainty. Rather than depicting a specific landscape, Epiphany evokes an inn...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

ABSTRACT Contemporary Artwork White Brown Earth Minimal Texture On Hansen
ABSTRACT Contemporary Artwork White Brown Earth Minimal Texture On Hansen

ABSTRACT Contemporary Artwork White Brown Earth Minimal Texture On Hansen

By On Hansen

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Glimmer
Glimmer

Glimmer

By Aliona Koroliova

Located in Zofingen, AG

“Glimmer” captures a moment of transition, where tension slowly dissolves into light. The work explores a subtle boundary between heaviness and ease, where silence becomes a space fo...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Modern Neon Colored Gestural Splatter Framed Abstract Painting
Modern Neon Colored Gestural Splatter Framed Abstract Painting

Modern Neon Colored Gestural Splatter Framed Abstract Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American abstract painting on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 20.5 by 38.5 inches overall and 20 x 38 painting alone. Framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang...

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20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1983 Abstract Geometric Oil and Gouache Painting Study for Alma Robert Kelly
1983 Abstract Geometric Oil and Gouache Painting Study for Alma Robert Kelly

1983 Abstract Geometric Oil and Gouache Painting Study for Alma Robert Kelly

By Robert Kelly

Located in Surfside, FL

Robert Kelly (American, 1956-) Abstract Mixed Media on paper Study for Alma 1983 Pencil titled Hand signed lower right Dimensions: Frame: 26 X 19 Image: 24 X 17.5 Robert Kelly (born 1956) is an American artist. He is based in New York City. Kelly was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and studied at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (B.A. 1978). His paintings have been acquired by public and private collections in Europe and the United States, including The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Smith College Art Museum, Northampton MA; Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutger’s University, NJ; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery; The Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA; The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL; and the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. Kelly has traveled throughout the United States, Europe, North Africa, the Near East, and Nepal. His work often incorporates unusual materials from his journeys, among them vintage posters and printed antique paper, obscured and layered in saturated pigments on a canvas faintly scored with irregular grids. Kelly’s paintings have been likened to palimpsests and his method described as one of building “meticulously on inhabited ground, layering materials, documents, and signs, covering them, wiping out their beauty, nearly, but allowing something of the labor and their languages to persist.” Kelly worked as a commercial photographer for Polaroid in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and completed residencies at The MacDowell Colony and The Karolyi Foundation, Vence, France, before devoting himself entirely to painting in 1982. His work has been the subject of more than forty-five solo shows at venues in North America and Europe, including Spazio Bianco/AR Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy; Leslie Feely Fine Art, New York; and The John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California. He has participated in more than one hundred group shows in the United States and abroad. including the Projects Inaugural Exhibition at Bentley Gallery Featuring works by Jim Dine, Jennifer Bartlett, Donald Sultan, Frank Stella, John Chamberlain, Julian Schnabel and, Dominique Blain. Kelly’s influences include the De Stijl movement, Malevich and Mondrian and modernists like Bauhaus, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Philip Guston, Richard Diebenkorn, Kurt Schwitters, Blinky Palermo and Brazilian Neo-Concretists Lygia Clark and Helio Oiticica. Kelly himself cites Hans Arp, Myron Stout, Tony Smith, Brancusi, Calder, Bill Traylor, Louise Bourgeois, and Ellsworth Kelly. Primary Abstraction, Process-Oriented, Hard-Edged, New York School Artists, Line, Form, and Color, Curvilinear Forms. “Kelly compares his work method to the practice of a stonemason building a wall, setting the components in place as they rise with an astuteness and precision found in the process of composing formal puzzles. Addressing the full expanse of a canvas covered entirely with paper, he masterfully builds up his surface with the pared down tools of line, form and color. Given their remarkable elegance, sheen and tactile qualities, the paintings invite drop-dead awe.” Edward Leffingwell, Robert Kelly: Paper Trails “In these works the sophisticated play between translucency and opacity, representation and abstraction conflates past and present—be it the history of art or of a psyche.” Hilarie M. Sheets, Art in America “[His] process yields the self-sustaining and harmonious ‘rightness’ of so much of Kelly’s work, a sense that each form could never be other than it is; were it sharper, more obtuse, or thicker, each angle, curve, or horizontal band would collapse into formlessness. Kelly’s compositions are held in such perfect moments of balance...” João Ribas, Robert Kelly: Praxis and Poesis “The works are paradoxical: by disassembling and then reassembling the pieces, Kelly seems to undermine visual ‘completeness’ by a fragmented presentation. Yet it nonetheless feels as though the image is a cohesive whole.” Melissa Kuntz, Art in America “Confronted as all artists are now with the exhaustion of subjectivity, Robert Kelly insists on the capacity of painting to mediate subjective apprehension through symbolic forms and sensual experience. Nothing less.” Lyle Rexer, Robert Kelly: Painting’s Place “Robert Kelly’s art is exemplary. It reveals an intelligence that is as alert and modern as one could wish but is at the same time saturated in the knowledge of other times and places.” John Ash...

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1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Gouache

Eternal Abstract Expressionist Painting, XXL Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
Eternal Abstract Expressionist Painting, XXL Oil & Acrylic on Canvas

Eternal Abstract Expressionist Painting, XXL Oil & Acrylic on Canvas

By Katarina Joys

Located in London, London

full size 211x159cm stretched size 200xx150cmx10cm All custom charges are included in the final price agreed. unframed, shipped rolled XXL, Extra-large painting, large painting, ab...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Structure Study I by Murray Duncan, Abstract Geometric, Mixed Media on Paper
Structure Study I by Murray Duncan, Abstract Geometric, Mixed Media on Paper

Structure Study I by Murray Duncan, Abstract Geometric, Mixed Media on Paper

By Murray Duncan

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Title: Structure Study I By Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" × 44" Unframed, signed Bold gestural brushstrokes sweep across a warm monochromatic ground, reducing abstra...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Glaze, Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Pencil

Imbrication, French Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting by Sophie Dumont
Imbrication, French Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting by Sophie Dumont

Imbrication, French Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting by Sophie Dumont

By SOPHIE DUMONT

Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR

French contemporary artist Sophie Dumont has been developing her distinctive approach to oil painting since the early 1990s. Born in Paris in 1964 and based in Normandy, she creates ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

White folds 9. 3D abstraction
White folds 9. 3D abstraction

White folds 9. 3D abstraction

By Svetlana Saratova

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting, created on canvas with clay, depicts soft, flowing folds that create the impression of draped fabric. The entire piece is rendered in a pure white color, giving it eleg...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Clay, Canvas, Acrylic

Infinite Moments, Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting
Infinite Moments, Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting

Infinite Moments, Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This abstract monochrome painting explores the interplay of black and white through bold, gestural brushstrokes and layered textures. Organic shapes, sweeping arcs, and scattered cir...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

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.