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
"Rocket" Original Abstract Painting on Paper by Meredith C. Bullock
Located in Pleasant Shade, TN
This original painting was created by abstract painter, Meredith C. Bullock.
The painting measures 19x24" on thick white paper. Materials used: acrylic painting, chalk pastel, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
The Movement Of Trees In The wind
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is part of a series titled Wander, Wonder and Recall. The series is about movement. The movement of wind and water in nature. Have you ever just stopped and listened t...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Acrylic
MAXA. Mixed media Abstract painting on Canvas
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
MAXA, 2024 by Alec Franco
Mixed media acrylic and oil pastel on canvas
Image Size: 130 cm H x 215 cm W
Unframed
Signed by the artist
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The artist's works are based on time and...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
item #4 from series "Jeux de glace"
Located in CHÂTILLON-EN-DIOIS, FR
Imaginary landscape
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
item #10 from series "Mystère de la Caverne de Platon"
Located in CHÂTILLON-EN-DIOIS, FR
Landscape with multiple readings, where the viewer's gaze can form its own imaginary universe
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
item #5 from series "Mystère de la Caverne de Platon"
Located in CHÂTILLON-EN-DIOIS, FR
The large-format canvases evoke quivering universes of life. Aquatic, green universes, improbable landscapes are structured by discovering the rhythmic compositions that evoke a real...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Dream III
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas
43x 86in unstretched
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pon...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Girl with Headphone
Located in New York, NY
2017, Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White acrylic on natural silk from Oaxaca
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Ricardo Mazal
Tee 2 (Beige 2), 2023
Acrylic on natural silk mounted on aluminum panel
18 x 19 inches
RM541
Ricardo Mazal is perhaps best known for his near decade-long investigation...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silk, Acrylic
Breakthrough
Located in New York, NY
2021, Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
N° 665
Located in Toronto, CA
Robert’s work incorporates small poetic texts, often in a childlike manner. She did not utilize conventual tools, such as a paintbrush, but moved the paint with her hands. Though right-handed, she preferred to use her left hand to tap into a fragile creative energy akin to the mark-making of an untrained child’s first gestures.
Her work, therefore, has a sense of discovery that is both assertive and tentative. Her poetic texts are evocative and sometimes nonsensical, functioning more compositionally than literally. Her works on paper are often composed of variegated scribbles, and her paintings are rich painterly statements that move between abstraction and fantastical landscapes.
Louise Robert’s first professional exhibition was held in Montreal...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Love in the NY City
Located in New York, NY
2017, Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scallop Shanty
Located in New York, NY
2019, Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tampoco imagine ver paisajes flotantes, acrylic on wooden panel, soccer painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Artist Statement on “Empty Landscapes” series:
In the life of the artist, sport fields and arenas have been a refuge and a home. Empty Landscapes is a project that started during the pandemic which explores the football field as a place de-peopled. Among other things we never imagined happening in our lifetime, this space built into our landscapes to be occupied became for nearly a year and a half a space inaccessible- even prohibited. By placing the field vertically, deconstructing it, or rearranging the boundaries and shapes that lay down the foundations of the game the artist creates a familiar, but obsolete representation of a space treasured by so many.
About the artist:
Magdalena Paz...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Renneth Over
Located in New York, NY
2021, Photograph on aluminum
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Photographic Film
Monologue Serie #1
Located in Singapore, SG
A reflection of the artist when he finds himself in dialogue with himself regarding many things in life, even death. As we get older, there are more and more burdens and responsibili...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Seeing Light Through the Shadows 555
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas
78 x 50 in
Unstretched
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Box of 64 with Built-in Sharpener" - Abstract Contemporary Painting 2022
Located in San Diego, CA
An original, fine art, abstract painting, "Box of 64 with Built-in Sharpener" is a playful, contemporary work for the child in us all. The painting features brilliant red, orange, ye...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Acrylic, Graphite
Pura Vida
Located in Toronto, ON
Isabel Beaubien, a native of Montreal, received her training in fine arts at Concordia University. After launching her career in the UK, she later obtained her Masters degree in Con...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Carried Away
By Thea Schrack
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Thea Schrack is a photographer and painter with a penchant for the past. Her photographic forays have taken her to English country estates, Czech castles, vineyards and to the shores...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Republic of Haut Bay II
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Danielle Eubank is a painter who is exploring the relationship between abstraction and realism. Based on the oceans of the world, her abstract oil paintings are modern and emotive.
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Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Joy
Located in New York, NY
2023, Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitiled
Located in Queenston, ON
Painted in Alkyd paint, oil paint and gold leaf.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Bardo
Located in New York, NY
The watercolor series is a group of forty iridescent watercolors made during my time in the Hawaiian Islands. Those works on paper are made under the inspiration of the light phenome...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
To Plant Flowers While Waiting
Located in New York, NY
2012, Acrylic on canvas (Triptych)
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
Orange and White
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Shingo Francis grew up in Los Angeles, immersed in the intense light and vast ocean vistas of life in southern California. Like many LA artists, Francis be...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Returning Life
Located in Singapore, SG
Shop "Returning Life" by Tapas Das, an Indian contemporary artist. This one-of-a-kind contemporary artwork is made with tempera on paper medium.
Artwork Description:
The constant us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Window
Located in New York, NY
2021, Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
ST
Located in Lisboa, PT
ST, 2018
oil on paper
100 x 70 cm (framed : 109 x 79 cm)
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Simulation on photo : mansonia solid wood profile frame, uv70 museum quality anti reflex glass
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Free shipping conditioned...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Down To Earth
Located in Singapore, SG
Making mistakes is often a taboo in society. This forms a person's mentality and when problems come they tend to blame circumstances. This artwork invites us to be more open and acce...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Play Drawing #4 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Play Drawing #4 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil
Look At Me #9 Contemporary Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Look At Me #9 Contemporary Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel
The Look At Me series references society’s hunger for attention. Social media, news outlets, and the pres...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Play Drawing #8 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Play Drawing #8 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance o...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil
Formes Suspeses - 21st Century, Abstract Art, Cement on Wood, Earth Tones
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The constant search for matter with its limitations has led me to work with different elements throughout my career, but it is now with cement, waxes and tar that I have found my ow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Concrete
"Pollen" Textured Mixed Media Collage Abstract Painting on Canvas, 2021
Located in Mantova, MN
This artwork has been on exhibit at Volta Basel Art Fair 2022 with AC Latin Art.
Textured mixed media and collage abstract modern painting inspired by nature and flowers, questioning reality, often playing with inserts to introduce the doubt of something more. In the research of contemporary artist Federica Aiello Pini...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil
Resilience #1
Located in Singapore, SG
" The paintings I create are my connections to any city, mountain or coast I visit. I’m fascinated by the everlasting relationship I have with every place I visit, even if in passing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Children of the world ( Multidimensions 1 )
Located in Southampton, NY
J. Oscar Molina is a painter and sculptor as well as Founder of Oscar Molina Gallery in Southampton, NY. He is most well-known for his “Children o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Landscape
Located in Singapore, SG
The colourful backdrop of nature blends in a sacred moment when the artist explores the outdoors. The beauty, majesty, wonder and allure are all turbulent yet calming.
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Life
Located in Singapore, SG
Life is a daughter-mother co-project by Deeksha and Roma in an effort to re-create the light and energy that sustain are precious planet Earth! It is inspired by poet Rabindranath Tagore...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Génétic ‘ IOTA
Located in New York, NY
2023, Watercolor & acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor
Génétic ‘ TAU
Located in New York, NY
2023, Watercolor & acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor
Mann und Frau
Located in Wien, 9
Seit seinem frühen Tod 1999 erlebt das Werk von Franz Ecker eine längst fällige Neubewertung, die sich auch in zahlreichen Einzelausstellungen, Katalogen und einem sehenswerten Kinof...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Human Centipede
Located in New York, NY
2022, Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Serie Diálogo Rosa y Gris #5
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
55 x 40 in
Unstretched
Rebeca Mendoza plays with simultaneity, superimposition, and ambiguity in her work as she goes through the stages of oil painting. The artist se...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Worries and Fear
Located in New York, NY
2023, Metal print
Limited edition of 8
Sets of 4, 8, 12, or 16 also available, please inquire
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Creation
Located in New York, NY
2023, Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Self-Portrait as Mad Queen
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rainshower
Located in MADRID, ES
Wooden shelf, acrylic, polymer
Artwork Unique
Inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s ready-made objects, “Rainshower” is actually an environmentally conscious and up-cycled object. The artist was walking in his neighborhood in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, when he found a brand new bookshelf on the street that was to be thrown away. The white bookshelf...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Polymer
Abstract Expressionist painting- The myths of love
Located in Beijing, CN
Description:
Wan Rui
acrylic on canvas
80 x 120 cm
dated 2021
About Wan Rui
Wan rui is a chinese contemporary artist, born in 1970 in Hunan, China. The artist received her MA fro...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Parkside Place
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Suzie Buchholz is a Bay Area-based abstract painter with a playful yet rebellious approach to the tradition of Abstract Expressionism. Her process is highly physical,driven by an ins...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Discarded treasures
Located in MADRID, ES
This mixed media work was created intuitively, with the creature emerging only towards the end of the process. It suggested to me a dinosaur or ancient extinct monster.
As part of my...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Dream intent
Located in MADRID, ES
I had a dream/vision of this painting before I started it. The colours were the starting point. I wanted to revel in warm reds, oranges and pinks. As the painting progressed figures ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Zoo Escape
Located in PARIS, FR
" Zoo Escape "
270 x 195 x 2
Indian Ink on Canvas
2023
Unique
by Ammar Hammoud Syrian Contemporary Artist
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
India Ink
Transhumanismo (Oil Paint Abstract Wood Contemporary Mexican)
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Raúl Cerillo’s creations are characterized by the construction of surfaces with multiple layers of paint, acquiring a three-dimensional appearance. Each piece, according to the artis...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"LES FRUITS DE L'ACTE" Pollock style
Located in SAINT-ALPINIEN, FR
Hand-painted. Not a print. Painting is signed at front and back. Dated. Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING, acrylics, collage(silk, pearls) , spray paint on paper, unframed. Title:Les fruits...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Silk
Tracery
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Suzie Buchholz is a Bay Area-based abstract painter with a playful yet rebellious approach to the tradition of Abstract Expressionism. Her process is highly physical,driven by an ins...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Map of A Myth II
Located in MADRID, ES
Using calligraphic brushstrokes and muted color tones, I intend to bring in some traits of Chinese art. Assembling elements of art in the East and West is to signify the unique histo...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
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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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