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
"Some Surmount" (abstract, dynamic, floral, sky, clouds, blue, blush, pink)
Located in Paris, IDF
SOME SURMOUNT
2024
Paris, France
This charming painting on canvas visually represents the notion of being unshackled from a burden, and an ascension from a darker place. A black, e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Southern Modernist Abstract Musical Oil Painting by Ethel Davis, Alabama 1940
Located in Baltimore, MD
Ethel Rosetta Davis was born in Hardin County, Tennessee in 1897. She studied art in Birmingham, Alabama. Davis married and located to Tuscumbia a...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mountain River - Large Blue and Green Layered Abstract Colorfield Painting
By Greet Helsen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Belgian artist Greet Helsen masterfully layers acrylic paint with the effervescent transparency of watercolors in her large mixed-media abstract paintings. Reminiscent of abstract ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Mixed Media Painting titled "Warm" 37 x 49
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
BORN JULY 31, 1979 IN NEW JERSEY, USA
CURRENTLY LIVES AND WORKS IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
BIO:
As an artist based in the vibrant community of West Palm Beach, my work is an explor...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
1960's French Cubist Abstract Portrait of Woman Colorful Clothing signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman
Andre Dalloz ( French School, circa 1960's)
signed oil on canvas, in a wooden frame
framed : 24 x 15.5 inches
canvas: 23.5 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Kaori III" - colorful impressionistic painting with flowers on linen canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness." - Eckhart Tolle
Let your g...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Quiet Evening
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Quiet Evening” a peaceful and nostalgic moment in a Ukrainian village at the close of day. A vast, cloud-filled sky hangs over a rustic countryside scene, where an elderly man sits...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Figurative Nude Study - Watercolor and Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative Nude Study - Watercolor and Charcoal on Paper
Watercolor and charcoal painting of a nude reclining woman by acclaimed bluegrass musician and San Francisco artist Katherin...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
$700 Sale Price
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Support Can Make Even a Fish Fly
Located in Zofingen, AG
Shipped in Roll
In this work, Iryna Burda explores the transformative power of support—whether internal or external—as a force capable of releasing a person from the weight of limita...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled in Soft White, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
12-03 - Untitled in White - incl. black floating frame - We love the subtle touch of orange. Balanced with blue and white, it just brings a nice freshness in the room, like a spri...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ABSTRACT NEW Colors Artwork by Contemporary Artist Tete Alurralde 2024
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
$1,622 Sale Price
20% Off
Rhodes: modern Italian watercolor of abstract Greek landscape & architecture
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a minimalist watercolor painting depicting abstracted architectural features (windows & doorway) in red and blue with the landscape and ocean of Rhodes, Greece visible. The watercolor itself measures 9.5"x6.5" and is floated in a double-mat 16.5" x 13" narrow, contemporary wood (maple) frame. Signed, titled, and dated on the back of the watercolor paper.
Diego Esposito...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Fresh spring bouquet " (small acrylic expressionist floral artwork on paper)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary colorful artwork celebrating spring features a bouquet of fresh flowers of red, white and green colors.
This artwork belongs to my “Floral” series which is full ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Mona Lisa
By John Bellany
Located in Edinburgh, GB
John Bellany was an influential Scottish painter. Credited with pioneering a style of painting that melded the influences of Impressionism with Naive painting, Bellany’s work explored endemically Scottish symbolism and histories. "What he was doing in the mid-1960s in many ways changed the course of Scottish painting,” Keith Hartley, the senior curator of the Scottish National Gallery, has said of Bellany’s importance. “It was like a manifesto: I don't want to do paintings for Edinburgh drawing...
Category
20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Quiet Cove, Sailing Break, Boat Artwork, Figurative Painting, Swimming Art
By Gordon Hunt
Located in Deddington, GB
Quiet cove sailing' Is an original painting by Gordon Hunt. It shows a group of friends out sailing who anchor up in a quiet cove to have a swim and a break from sailing. Enjoying th...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Things That Were Never Said, encaustic on wood panel
Located in New York, NY
Based in Andres, NY and West Orange, NJ, Lisa Pressman initially focused on sculpture before moving toward painting in the 1980s, shaped by Minimalism and Abstract Expressionism. In ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Pigment
Forest and the Great Bear
Located in Kansas City, MO
Jennifer Bricker-Pugh
Forest and the Great Bear
Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 202s
Size: 44x32x1.5in
Signed, dated and inscribed by hand
COA provided
Ready to...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$3,490 Sale Price
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Odysseus: abstract painting evoking figures on a churning sea, w/ blues & greens
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract acrylic painting on masonite board evoking a figures and boats on a dramatic sea, reminiscent of the ancient Greek epic narrative. Signed "Jomac" lower right, als...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Fall Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$520 Sale Price
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Contemporary abstract floral acrylic painting on canvas "Blooming in sunshine"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Blooming in Sunshine" is a striking, expressive contemporary painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, and it forms part of her Floral series. In this series, Natalya masterfully ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gyre, Abstract Art, Contemporary Art, Bayou Reflections Series, White Oak Bayou
By Ellen Hart
Located in Houston, TX
Celadon Sea
Gyre is part of C. Ellen Hart’s The Bayou Reflections Series which investigates reflections on my local waterways. An arm of White Oak Bayou meanders across the foot o...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Instability, Large Abstract Expressionist Acrylic Painting by James Suzuki
By James Suzuki
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: James Suzuki, Japanese/American (1932 - )
Title: Instability
Year: circa 1975
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed verso
Size: 57 x 59 in. (144.78 x 149.86 cm)
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Prefer Kindness - Original Impasto Abstract Blue Landscape Painting with Houses
By Dana Cowie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Using an impasto, painterly technique Dana Cowie creates cubist-inspired farm and rural landscapes. Working within controlled color schemes, her artworks ap...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
Still Life (Study Of Leaves) - contemporary, still life, oil on canvas on panel
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary, still life, oil on canvas, on panel is by artist Mel Davis. In a style reminiscent of the French master Matisse, Montreal-born Mel Davis reinvents the traditional ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel, Graphite
Jill Campbell, Fell 13, Abstract Art, Affordable Art, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jill Campell
Fell 13
Original Landscape Painting
Acrylic on canvas
Image Size: H 40cm x W 40cm x D 1.5cm
Framed Size: H 43cm x W 43cm x D 3cm
Sold Framed (Wooden White Float Frame)
F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Studio 1528
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
"Studio 1528" Oil on Canvas presents a bold visage in blues and white on a mixed field dominated by blues and green tone.
Frank Arnold is viewed as one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master guided by a personal mission to “turn on a light in the human soul,” through his passionate creation of “Messengers” from his deeper mind connection with Carl Jung's archetypal images, the collective unconscious, and Jungian Synchronicity. These unconscious forms from his deeper mind resonate as personal messages of universal acceptance, reaching out to the viewer.
Arnold has been honored as IAD Artist of the year 2018 by International Artist Day, and 2013 FAC Horizon Artist Award. He has exhibited his artwork in numerous galleries and museums, and is in collections worldwide. Arnold divides his working days between oil painting in San Jose del Cabo, Baja Sur...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Motion (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Motion (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas — Unframed
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube.
This method is especially safe for large works, and provides lo...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Divine Spontaneity II" Acrylic, Oil Pastels, Pencils Abstract Painting 48"x36"
Located in New York, NY
"Divine Spontaneity II" 2023, 48" H x 36" W. Vertical abstract painting consisting of acrylics, house paint, oil pastels, color pencils, and carbon pencils on canvas by Argentine-bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
House Paint, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil, Oil Pastel, Color Pencil
City of Hope - British Abstract oil painting cityscape mapping green
By Stanza
Located in London, GB
To celebrate Stanza's three recent solo exhibitions at HNF in Paderborn Germany 2023, Deutsches Museum 2023 and Samek Art Museum USA we are pleased to present thirty of his works for...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Abstract, Picasso Style, Multicoloured, Original Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Art, Picasso Style, Multicoloured, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century
Signed by the artist on the lower left hand corner
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 24 x 19.5 inches
Sensational abstract oil painting by a French female artist named Beatrice Werlie.
A wonderful nod to the Picasso style of abstract art, using the artists supreme technique of mixing unusual colours together. The striking mix of red, yellow and blue brings a rich sense of warmth to the piece.
The concept of 'abstract' was defined by Picasso, but many artists have looked to the Spanish iconic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Standing Tall, Intersections Series, Abstract Geometric Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Painting description: This is a new example of my ongoing series, "Intersections".
My attempt to capture urban abstraction. Shapes and colors intersect and overlap.
With the use of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Chroniques de l'esprit, Abstract, Black Library, Expressionism Contemporary, Oil
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
SIZE FRAME: 157 X 57 cm (61.81 x 22.44 in) you can request a wood frame
Sophie Dumont is a professional painter whose work is collected worldwide and is known for her deep explorat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hydrangea - Soft abstract floral painting
Located in Silverthorne, CO
"Hydrangea" is a beautiful soft abstract floral painting and a lyrical ode to spring. It is made with ample paint and texture, in a beautiful palette of chromatic grays, violet, rose...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,194 Sale Price
40% Off
Senegalese Couple. Large Colourful African Acrylic Painting on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large expressionist acrylic on canvas of a 'Senegalese Couple' by Senegalese artist Amadou Kré M'Baye. Signed bottom right and dated bottom left.
An arresting and highly coloured do...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,705 Sale Price
48% Off
Contemporary New Abstract Artwork Colors by Artist Christina Gschwantner 2024
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 Authenticity, guaranteeing its originality and provenance. We offer secure worldwide delivery to any address you specify, ensuring that your purchase arrives in pristine condition. If you require additional shipping options or a bespoke quote from our trusted network of carriers, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our team is here to help you find the best solutions for a smooth and secure delivery experience.
In her work, artist Christina Gschwantner...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Raw Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Walpi #4 - Original Semi-Abstract Southwestern Landscape Watercolor Mixed Media
Located in Denver, CO
"Walpi #4" is an original semi-abstract Southwestern landscape by renowned 20th-century artist Bert Van Bork (1928-2014). This captivating watercolor and mixed media painting portrays the dramatic beauty of a Native American Pueblo village nestled on the mesa of First Mesa, Arizona. Van Bork skillfully uses vibrant hues of deep blue, yellow, orange, and pink to convey the cultural richness and natural splendor of the Hopi people. The piece features adobe structures set against the expansive desert sky, merging the artist’s unique style with his deep reverence for Native American heritage.
Presented in a custom white frame with archival materials and UV-protectant glass, the framed artwork measures 8 ½ x 10 ½ x ½ inches, with the image size being 4 ¾ x 7 inches.
Provenance: Estate of Bert Van Bork, Evanston, Illinois
About the Artist:
Bert Van Bork (1928-2014) was a German-born artist, filmmaker, photographer, and writer. Trained under Karl Schmidt-Rottluff in Berlin, he played a significant role in the post-war German art scene before immigrating to the U.S. in 1954. Known for his work as a printmaker and photographer, Van Bork's powerful documentary films earned global recognition, including an Academy Award nomination for EYEWITNESS, the Legacy of Death Camp Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor
Fils I Colors DCXCIV - Large Colorful Abstract Contemporary Art on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Barcelona native artist Raul de la Torre's vibrant abstract mixed media artworks pay homage to material. De La Torre allows the materials to take over during the process and collabor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Dior in Paris" Figure in Chanel Gown 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 compositions are both dramatic and invigorating, capturing the fleeting moment of innocence swept up in bold color and seemingly controlled movement. "Dior in Paris...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper
Contemporary New Abstract Lines Artwork Colors Artist Christina Gschwantner
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Raw Linen, Oil, Acrylic
Huge Mid Century Modern Texas Artist Abstract Expressionist Action Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An abstract expressionist painting by Duayne Hatchett . Oil on canvas, circa 1990. Signed verso. Framed. Image size, 60"H x 56"L.
Duayne Hatchett was a visual artist whose work...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$7,800 Sale Price
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Colorful Large Abstract Graffiti Style Cityscape Splatter Painting on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
Large scale abstract landscape of a city inspired by graffiti painted in the style of Abstract Expressionism. Signed by artist in lower right corner. Currently unframed, but framing ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Maggie Laporte Banks, It takes allsorts, Original Art, Abstract Art, Art Online
Located in Deddington, GB
Maggie Laporte Banks.
It takes allsorts.
Acrylic, collage, graffiti spray paint, carborundum, monoprint.
H. 50 cm x W. 50 cm. x D 2 cm , unframed.
Insitu images are purely an indicat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Monoprint
Colored bird on a dark green background.
Located in Zofingen, AG
This vibrant and expressive painting features a small exotic bird perched on a moss-covered branch. Its plumage delights the eye with a rich palette: bold red accents blend harmoniou...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$343 Sale Price
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Original Triptych Landscape Memories-Gold Leaf with Oil-British Awarded Artist
Located in London, GB
Shizico's unique approach to paintings, erasing, rewriting, and destroying the landscape in the background through bold strokes of gold leaf on the top layers in this series, works o...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Original Diptych-Landscape Memories-British Awarded Artist-Gold Leaf and oil
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$1,444 Sale Price
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Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 28L x 20H.
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
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Arrival To Earth - Colorful Abstract Floral Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from an immersive and impressionistic interpretation of nature, Canadian artist Vé Boisvert paints textural original artworks that capture the fleeting effects of...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sezione Aurea 2024-010 by Mattia Bosco - Wall sculpture, marble, gold leaf, rock
Located in Paris, FR
Sezione Aurea 2024-010 is a unique wall sculpture by contemporary artist Mattia Bosco. This sculpture is made of black Palissandro marble and gold leaf, dimensions are 29 × 24 × 5.5 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
Large Colour Block Abstract, Mixed Medium, Original Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large Colour Block Abstract, Mixed Medium, Original Painting
French School, circa 1990s
sigend indistinctly on the bottom of the painting
Mixed m...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$1,468 Sale Price
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Spring Impression near Mount Fuji / oil impasto painting, Sakura bloom.
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting combines the pure beauty of nature with an impressionistic view of spring. Blooming can't just be seen, it can be felt. This art work vibrates with the ener...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Maine Edge 3, water, blue, green, sunset, orange
Located in Cumming, GA
“Maine Edge 3” 36 x 36 inches is a one-of-a-kind original, modern, abstract impressionist nature inspired painting by Juanita Bellavance. In this highly expressive painting Juanita a...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,000 Sale Price
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Z58
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
"Z58" Oil on Canvas with heavy impasto range of Blue pigments. Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$88,800
Hobbit #3
By Ed Moses
Located in Phoenix, AZ
video copyright by the artist and Bentley Gallery, Inc.
b. Long Beach, CA (April 9, 1926 – January 17, 2018)
Ed Moses was a prominent figure in the Los Angeles art scene and key promoter of Post-War, West Coast art for almost 60 years. Best known for his eclectic range, his canvases are formal abstractions that use a variety of processes to experiment with surface—creating striations, cracks, marks and blurs at times juxtaposed with hard-edge geometric abstraction. As he described, “Painting is like discovery, trying this, trying that, bending this, twirling that, and then, every once in a while, it goes bing!”
As a young man, Moses joined the military during World War II as a Navy Medical Corps surgical technician and discovered an aptitude for treating injuries. After his tour ended, he enrolled in Long Beach City College's pre-med program with the intent of becoming a doctor. After a painting course with Pedro Miller, Moses switched his major to art. He then went on to study at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he would receive both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. While enrolled in his master’s program, fellow artist Craig Kauffman introduced Moses to Walter Hopps, future owner of the influential Ferus Gallery. Though he’d been exhibiting since 1949, Moses first showed at Ferus in 1958—while still enrolled at UCLA—and quickly became part of the “Cool School” with artists Robert Irwin, Larry Bell, Ed Ruscha, John Altoon, and others.
Following graduation, Moses moved to New York City where he became friends with Franz Kline, Milton Resnick, William de Kooning, and Mark Rothko, with whom he would exhibit in New York, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. In 1959, Moses married Avilda Peters and moved back to Los Angeles to start a family, travel, and continue his painting career. Always working with process and experimenting with materials as a painter, Moses was critically lauded for his bold composition and innovation. In 1968, he received a Tamarind Lithography Fellowship as well as the offer of a teaching position at the University of California, Los Angeles, his alma mater, where he would teach until 1972. After travels in Europe, he would return to UCLA to teach until 1976, the same year he was recognized with a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant and his first museum shows: a show of drawings from 1958-1970s at the Wight Gallery at UCLA, and a show of new abstract and cubist red paintings at LACMA curated by Stephanie Barron, the latter marking a transitional moment in his career. While drawing was prominent in his work in the 1960s and early 70s, by the mid-70s, Moses was turning increasingly to painting.
In 1980, Moses was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and traveled in Japan. Moses worked with Peter Goulds...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$55,500
#19, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pigment
Original Oz El Hai Israeli Pop Art Vibrant Lacquer Enamel Painting Colorful Love
By Oz El Hai 1
Located in Surfside, FL
Oz El Hai (Israeli, b. 1976)
Polychrome Figural Painting Lacquer on Wood (possibly acrylic panel)
Oz El Hai, born in Israel in 1976, channels his passion a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Dreams
Located in Roma, GB
one-of-a-kind painting on canvas
XXL Large size
102x172cm (105X175cm)
the painting will be shipped rolled
without frame
without stretcher bars
original painting on canvas
hand sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$8,350
Two Lovers - Abstract Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Wavelet" Fine Art Mirror
Located in Westport, CT
This 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 reflec...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Film
French 20th Century Vibrant Geometric Abstraction Bold Colors and Dynamic Shape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
signed and dated indistinctly
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 39.5 x 39.5 inches
condition: ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,664 Sale Price
30% Off
Abstract impressionist expressive flowers acrylic on paper "Floral Inspiration"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant artwork captures a bouquet of pink flowers displayed in a glass vase, enveloped by expressive, swirling brushstrokes.
This artwork named " Floral Inspiration" belongs ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Giorgio Lo Fermo, Sumit Mehndiratta, Nestor Toro, and Cindy Shaoul. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Synthetic Resin Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available.
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