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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
Cardboard Sea - abstract white yellow grey orange painting and collage on panel
Located in New York, NY
Deborah T Colter is a contemporary abstract painter who lives on the Island of Martha’s Vineyard. Deborah graduated from the Rhode Island School of D...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Synthesism: Solitude 2 - Large Original Abstract Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract minimalist artist Jason DeMeo presents a collection of artworks designed to engage viewers in a meditative experience, drawing them closer to the enduring ideals of truth, b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

The Poetry of Meadows, Blooming Landscape Painting on Paper, Turquoise, Orange
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful landscape painting by Alexandra Czierpka. By reducing color and form to their essentials, she invites the observer to contemplate the harmony between humans and n...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Rag Paper

Large Geometric Abstract Oil Painting on Masonite
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large Geometric Abstract Oil Painting on Masonite No visible signature 36 x 48 unframed, 37.5 x 49.5 framed
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Untitled 753 (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 753 (Abstract work on paper) Watercolour on paper - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. French abstract artist Jérémie Iordanoff blends the visual languages of Weste...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Perilous Rejection-original abstract minimalist painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Fiona Debell's "Perilous Rejection" is a compelling abstract m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache

Elastic. Mixed media Abstract painting on Canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
" The work resists framing in concepts, it overflows the contours and borders of the rational. It is through the presence of color, combined with an abstraction at times with express...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Blue & Red II Abstract Expressionist Painting by Leading British Urban Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Blue & Red II Abstract Expressionist Painting - a rare early work from Leading British Urban Artist, Angela Wakefield. Entitled 'Tropical City #2', this moody and atmospheric artwork...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas, Varnish, Paint, Cotton,...

Abstraktes Bild 758-2
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Abstraktes Bild 758-2" is an oil on canvas painting by Gerhard Richter. The framed size is 28 1/4 x 36 x 2 1/2 inches. The work is signed verso, "Richter 1992". "Abstraktes Bilds" ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Glimpses No. 8 - Original Turquoise Green Gold Abstract Geometric Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alexander Eulert's original mixed media paintings on wood panels are abstract propositions of worlds where divergent forces coalesce into harmonious geometric interactions. He draws ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Abstract Composition -Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2019. Oil on canvas. Hand signed by the artist on the lower right corner: G. Lo Fermo. Perfec...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Foot Steps and Foothills
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic

"Rich to Grey" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Rich to Grey" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure. Bio/artist statement: Danny McCaw is ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Africano, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting Acrylic on canvas 185x270cm Signed FREE SHIPPING ROLLED UP About the artist Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado (ENPEG) “La Esmeralda”. As a Mexican Contemporary Expressionism artist, Pichardo reminisces about the Pre-Hispanic past and indigenous traditions by using symbolisms of a time when the civilizations believed in magic, rituals and created beautiful colors. Through his work, he also pays tribute to world renowned Mexican artists such as Rufino Tamayo, Francisco Toledo, Rodolfo Morales...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Modern Expressive Geometric Abstract Tan and Cream Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern expressive abstract painting by Mexican artist Juan Sanchez-Juarez. The work features a tan and cream field with large geometric sh...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Hidden Depths: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Heavily textured with paste, crackle, bitumen, fabric and acrylics. In the words of the artist; “this piece reminds me that we are all more than what we can see on the surface”. Signed on reverse so that it can hang whichever way you choose. NB:- This piece may work well as a diptych with Scar Face...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Paste, Fabric, Acrylic

Pattern Seeker- blue white black abstract geometric painting
Located in New York, NY
Hadley Radt’s abstract geometric paintings explore the connection between systems in our environment and how they relate to her own impulse to construct order. The structures she dev...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Vibrant Shoreline - Abstract Impressionist Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant Shoreline - Abstract Impressionist Landscape in Oil on Canvas Gorgeous, vibrant abstract impressionist shoreline landscape by artist Kristin Cohen (American, b. 1963). The s...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

THE BLUE IRISES. by Vasili Zianko, author's volume-contour technique
Located in Zofingen, AG
The paint is made in the author's technique of painting by Vasili Zianko based acrylic painting on canvas using a variety of textures, washes, the finest glazing, volumetric contour ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract Landscape Sky Painting of English Countryside by British Urban Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Abstract Landscape & Sky Painting with Reds, Purples & Blues of Pendle Hill in the Northern English Countryside by leading British Urban Artist Angela Wakefield. Art measu...
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Early 2000s Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Acrylic, Oil, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas, Varnish, Paint, Cotton,...

"Two Broken Hearts Growing, Shedding Old Love"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
"Two Broken Hearts Growing and Shedding Old Love" captures the raw emotions of heartbreak and the process of healing. Nashali's use of vibrant colors and intricate details reflect th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

"The Getty Houx"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The Getty Hoax tells the captivating tale of a masterful deceiver Getty *Getty established by businessman and art collector J. Paul Getty (1892–1976). Mr. Getty viewed art as a civi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Oil

Solares 52 X 42
By Mimi Bates
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The brilliant yellow of Solaris is oil paint on aluminum and is 52 X 42 inches. Mimi Bates: "As a child I loved to paint and draw on my bedroom walls. Inspired by the images in the ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Impressionist seascape acrylic painting paper "Coastal village with its boats "
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork " Coastal village with its boats" is a striking expression of tranquility and movement, vividly capturing a scene with a set of swaying boats anchored near a serene wate...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Original-Summer Night-British School-UK Awarded Artist-impressionist-abstract
Located in London, GB
This painting captures a view from the east end of the garden, looking towards the west gate where old giant trees frame wildflower areas on both sides. Shizico Yi used the colour bl...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

The greatest Happiness is to be loved - K Husslein Hyperrealistic Still life
Located in DE
This is a beautiful oil painting of an array of flowers in a vase in front of a dark background. Reminding us of old master paintings, this is a brand new painting full elegance and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

TN680-D by Hachiro Kanno - Large calligraphy-based abstract painting, diptych
Located in Paris, FR
TN680-D is a unique diptych painting by Japanese contemporary artist Hachiro Kanno. The painting is made with ink and acrylic on canvas, dimensions are 200 × 200 cm (78.7 × 78.7 in)....
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Contemporary art Impressionist abstract nature landscape oil painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In "Connecting to Nature", French artist Natalya Mougenot masterfully brings the untamed beauty of the natural world to life through a semi-abstract impressionist lens. This vibrant ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Artwork Geometry Oil Pastel Earth Colors by Spanish Artist Mariona Espinet 2023
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

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Imagine-Original abstract painting- contemporary artwork- contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. "Imagine" by Roman Goss is a captiva...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Beach Bar BY CATHERINE WARREN, Bright Art, Seascape Art, Abstract Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Beach Bar Original Abstract Painting Acrylic & mixed media on canvas Image Size: 40 cm x 40 cm x 4 cm Framed Size: 54 cm x 54 cm x 4 cm Sold Framed Beach Ba...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

"Reverie" by Dan McCaw, Abstracted, Figural Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Reverie" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in an interior setting. Artist Statement: Born: 1942 A solid foundation o...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

ABSTRACT Painting Texture Landscapes Earth by Contemporary Artist On Hansen 2023
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

7.10.24 #24 - Colorful Abstract Cool Tone Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

7.10.24 #23 - Multicolor Abstract Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Heavenly Gaze
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Pastel pigment on cork
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Pastel, Mixed Media

"Changing Seasons" - Red Over Blue Tribute to Mark Rothko in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Changing Seasons" - Red Over Blue Tribute to Mark Rothko in Acrylic on Paper A bright abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Draw...
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1980s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Composition 209 (Abstract Bauhaus painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Werner Drewes (1899-1985). Composition 209, 1939. oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches; 28 x 32 inches in original frame. Signed and dated with artist monogram lower left and again on verso...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Strands of Time", Abstract, Green, Blue, Red, Yellow, Oil Painting, 2019
Located in Natick, MA
Katherine Borkowski-Byrne’s “Strands of Time” is a colorful abstract oil painting, 30 x 24 inch, on canvas with very thick texture and spontaneous brushwork in saturated greens, blue...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

'Geometric Abstract', Japanese Mid-century Oil, Saitama, Hanno City, Iwasawa
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'K. Miyoshi' for Kazuo Miyoshi (Japanese, 20th century) and painted circa 1960. Titled on old label, verso, 'Fantasia', additionally signed by the artist and with...
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1960s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hog Scalding, Canada
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Floyd Clymer (1893-1982), ca.1930. Watercolor and pencil on paper measures 15 x 20.5 inches. Signed lower margin. James Floyd Clymer ( 1893-1982 ) known for his Regionalist ...
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Early 20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Watercolor, Rag Paper, Pencil

A586 - Large Contemporary Blue Abstract Painting With White Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss born artist Marco Schmidli creates minimalist paintings with a contemporary edge. Placing emphasis on process, he lets the mediums naturally manifest within his artwork. “An im...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Nita. Mixed media Abstract painting on Canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
" The work resists framing in concepts, it overflows the contours and borders of the rational. It is through the presence of color, combined with an abstraction at times with express...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Golden Iris
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Simone Theelen, a dynamic and exploratory artist born in 1963. embarks on a continuous journey of creativity and discovery in her studio, where chaos an...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Leather, Mixed Media

Light and Space: Impasto Abstract Oil Painting in Red, Black, and Violet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This striking circular oil painting is a masterful example of contemporary abstract art utilizing a tactile impasto style. Inspired by the percep...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Junco, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A contemporary abstract acrylic on canvas - unstretched - will stretch for additional fee :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity sig...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

The Guardians - Ad Infinitum - Expressive Bold Striking Abstract Invest Large
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: The Guardians - Ad Infinitum Expressive Bold Striking Abstract Invest Gallery Extra Large This extra large expressionistic, abstract artwork, maps the road to freedom and l...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

El Faro del Fin del Mundo
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Antonio Gritón (Mexico City, 1953) Lives and works in Mexico City. Antonio Griton is a visual artist and tireless promoter of Mexican culture. He captures a visual discourse that r...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Pomegranate Music I
Located in Sofia, BG
"Pomegranate Music 1" is a painting, oil on canvas by Maestro Natalia Yampolskaya. The painting is framed. Her paintings bring emotion of happiness, love, energy and beauty represe...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sunset on the River Trail, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero captures this scene of a sunset's effects on a snow-covered trail near his home in northern New Jersey. The rich colors and textures of this painting, rendered in sensitive yet bold strokes, reflect the fleeting light filtering through the trees. Onelio works from a small oil study and paints the rest from memory.


About the Artist
Artist Onelio Marrero paints impressionist city scenes of everyday life. He captures the romanticism of New York City, from the picturesque fountains in Central Park to a glistening city street on a rainy afternoon. He creates a sense of nostalgia and intimacy with his work, offering the feeling that you have visited this particular scene before. “Each play of light, each texture, and each movement of a figure can have a captivating effect on me,” says Onelio. He studied at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art where he mastered discerning color and values, giving his work a more spontaneous appearance. Onelio’s work is an appreciation for beauty in all of its greatest forms; nature, art, and people.


Words that describe this painting: woods, forest, trees, leaves, snow, winter, season, trail, shadow, impressionism, sunset, oilpaint, nature, impressionism, nature, oil painting, purple


Sunset on the River...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

“Multishore”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting titled “Multishore” by the well known American artist, Syd Solomon. Signed Syd Solomon lower right. Signed and dated Syd Solomon 1971 on the stretcher, inscribed as titled on the reverse 30 × 26 inches. Condition is excellent. The painting is housed in its original wood with silver reveal floating frame. Overall framed measurements are 32.75 by 28.75 inches. Provenance: A private collector. Syd Solomon was born near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1917. He began painting in high school in Wilkes-Barre, where he was also a star football player. After high school, he worked in advertising and took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the war effort and was assigned to the First Camouflage Battalion, the 924th Engineer Aviation Regiment of the US Army. He used his artistic skills to create camouflage instruction manuals utilized throughout the Army. He married Ann Francine Cohen in late 1941. Soon thereafter, in early 1942, the couple moved to Fort Ord in California where he was sent to camouflage the coast to protect it from possible aerial bombings. Sent overseas in 1943, Solomon did aerial reconnaissance over Holland. Solomon was sent to Normandy early in the invasion where his camouflage designs provided protective concealment for the transport of supplies for men who had broken through the enemy line. Solomon was considered one of the best camoufleurs in the Army, receiving among other commendations, five bronze stars. Solomon often remarked that his camouflage experience during World War II influenced his ideas about abstract art. At the end of the War, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Because Solomon suffered frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge, he could not live in cold climates, so he and Annie chose to settle in Sarasota, Florida, after the War. Sarasota was home to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and soon Solomon became friends with Arthur Everett “Chick” Austin, Jr., the museum’s first Director. In the late 1940s, Solomon experimented with new synthetic media, the precursors to acrylic paints provided to him by chemist Guy Pascal, who was developing them. Victor D’Amico, the first Director of Education for the Museum of Modern Art, recognized Solomon as the first artist to use acrylic paint. His early experimentation with this medium as well as other media put him at the forefront of technical innovations in his generation. He was also one of the first artists to use aerosol sprays and combined them with resists, an innovation influenced by his camouflage experience. Solomon’s work began to be acknowledged nationally in 1952. He was included in American Watercolors, Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From 1952–1962, Solomon’s work was discovered by the cognoscenti of the art world, including the Museum of Modern Art Curators, Dorothy C. Miller and Peter Selz, and the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Director, John I. H. Baur. He had his first solo show in New York at the Associated American Artists Gallery in 1955 with “Chick” Austin, Jr. writing the essay for the exhibition. In the summer of 1955, the Solomons visited East Hampton, New York, for the first time at the invitation of fellow artist David Budd. There, Solomon met and befriended many of the artists of the New York School, including Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, James Brooks, Alfonso Ossorio, and Conrad Marca-Relli. By 1959, and for the next thirty-five years, the Solomons split the year between Sarasota (in the winter and spring) and the Hamptons (in the summer and fall). In 1959, Solomon began showing regularly in New York City at the Saidenberg Gallery with collector Joseph Hirshhorn buying three paintings from Solomon’s first show. At the same time, his works entered the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Connecticut, among others. Solomon also began showing at Signa Gallery in East Hampton and at the James David Gallery in Miami run by the renowned art dealer, Dorothy Blau. In 1961, the Guggenheim Museum’s H. H. Arnason bestowed to him the Silvermine Award at the 13th New England Annual. Additionally, Thomas Hess of ARTnews magazine chose Solomon as one of the ten outstanding painters of the year. At the suggestion of Alfred H. Barr, Jr., the Museum of Modern Art’s Director, the John and Mable Ringling Museum in Sarasota began its contemporary collection by purchasing Solomon’s painting, Silent World, 1961. Solomon became influential in the Hamptons and in Florida during the 1960s. In late 1964, he created the Institute of Fine Art at the New College in Sarasota. He is credited with bringing many nationally known artists to Florida to teach, including Larry Rivers, Philip Guston, James Brooks, and Conrad Marca-Relli. Later Jimmy Ernst, John Chamberlain, James Rosenquist, and Robert Rauschenberg settled near Solomon in Florida. In East Hampton, the Solomon home was the epicenter of artists and writers who spent time in the Hamptons, including Alfred Leslie, Jim Dine, Ibram Lassaw, Saul Bellow, Barney Rosset, Arthur Kopit, and Harold Rosenberg. In 1970, Solomon, along with architect Gene Leedy, one of the founders of the Sarasota School of Architecture, built an award-winning precast concrete and glass house and studio on the Gulf of Mexico near Midnight Pass in Sarasota. Because of its siting, it functioned much like Monet’s home in Giverny, France. Open to the sky, sea, and shore with inside and outside studios, Solomon was able to fully solicit all the environmental forces that influenced his work. His friend, the art critic Harold Rosenberg, said Solomon’s best work was produced in the period he lived on the beach. During 1974 and 1975, a retrospective exhibition of Solomon’s work was held at the New York Cultural Center and traveled to the John and Mable Ringling Museum in Sarasota. Writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. conducted an important interview with Solomon for the exhibition catalogue. The artist was close to many writers, including Harold Rosenberg, Joy Williams, John D. McDonald, Budd Schulberg, Elia Kazan, Betty Friedan...
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1970s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Frescos" abstract acrylic, collage, marble powder.
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
I woke up one morning and this painting was in my head. I just had to paint it. I am sensitive to the test of time and the day before I had long looked at photos of Italian frescoes ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Big Blue" Abstracted Dog Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted painting of a dog features a loose, energetic style and vibrant, colorful palette. The artist layers wide brush strokes and thin, swirling lines to create the dog's f...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Impressionist expressive nature landscape oil painting on cavnas Provence France
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This captivating painting "Dinner on the terrace in Provence" presents a serene coastal scene viewed from an inviting terrace. The artist’s use of an expressive, painterly style im...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract R 2427
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I channeled the raw, vibrant clash of dawn and dusk. Employing acrylics allows the expression of freedom—each stroke and splash tells a story of conflict and harmony. ...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Contemporary Belgian Mixed Media Abstract In Blue.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Contemporary abstract mixed media on paper by Belgian artist Francis Besson, signed bottom right. Francis was born in Dundee (Scotland) in 1943 however...
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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Sandstone

Set the Intention - Original Bold Meditative Gold Leaf Painting on Linen Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract minimalist artist Jason DeMeo presents a collection of artworks designed to engage viewers in a meditative experience, drawing them closer to the enduring ideals of truth, b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Work 1 (Nude)" Abstract Nude Figure Expressionist Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
This piece is an abstract composition done with mixed media, oil and acrylic paints on linen. The artist explores an incredible world filled with color and expressive brush strokes. ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

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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