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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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Period: 1990s
Style: Abstract
Composition
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Born in New York on March 16th 1952, Lawrence Alexander Willette cultivated his prowess as an abstract expressionist and had since mastered several other genres of painting over the ...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media

Untitled Jacques Rouby (1953-2019) Contemporary art painted sculpted cardboard
Located in Paris, FR
Painted and sculpted cardboard Unique work Coming from the artist's studio Jacques ROUBY, the aesthetics of mystery « Experimental dreamer, passionate about graphic adventures, del...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

The Offering Table
Located in New York, NY
"The Offering Table" projects power and solid presence. The central shape is reminiscent of a monumental ancient sculpture. On top of its head Stefanell...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Abstract Composition, Graphite, colored pencil and paper collage, Signed, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Murray Untitled Abstract Composition, 1990 Graphite, colored pencil and paper collage on paper (frame bears the original Paula Cooper Gallery label) Signed and dated Spring...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Graphite, Color Pencil, Mixed Media, Paper

Running the Light (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Running the Light (Abstract painting) Gouache on matte board. Unframed. This work is part of an early series made in 1998 where Gordon explored with free flowing interacting with c...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Gouache, Board

“Studio 1” Contemporary Gestural Purple, Blue, and Cream Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary gestural purple, blue, and cream abstract painting by American artist Michael Kessler. The work consists of many very thin layers of paint that are built up to reveal th...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Panel

New Year
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed & dated verso, 1992 Enrico Donati, a surrealist and abstract expressionist painter, was born in Milan, Italy in 1909 and died in Manhattan on April 25, 2008. He was known for his association with the surrealist movement of the 1940's, but his artwork continued to transform itself through the many trends that have occurred during his long career. In Italy he attended the Universita degli Studi in Pavia where he studied economics. In 1934, he moved to the United States settling in New York where he studied at the New School for Social Research and the Art Students' League. Considered the surviving dean of the Surrealist Movement and a member of the New York School, Donati painted with Ernst, Matta and Tanguy in the thirties and forties, and in particular with Andre Breton, regarded by many to be the grand master of Surrealism. He helped organize the Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme in Paris in 1947 where he exhibited three of his pieces. The Surrealists were known to avoid presenting or representing reality, and put the emphasis on invention and creativity by uncovering the poetic aspect of life with its kaleidoscopic multidimensional images, using reality only to enhance imagination. Donati survived the decline of Surrealism in the late 1940's by adapting his style to current art trends as he worked with new materials and textures throughout the 1950's. One trend with which he became involved was Abstract Expressionism, which originated in the 1940s, and became popular in the 1950s. It was a movement in which artists typically applied paint, rapidly and with force, to large canvases, in an effort to show feelings and emotions. Paint might be applied with large brushes, sometimes dripping or even throwing it onto canvas. Abstract Expressionist work is characterized by a strong dependence on what appears to be accident and chance, although it is actually highly planned. Donati held a retrospective at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels in 1961 and went on to exhibit at the Betty Parsons Gallery with other forerunners of American Abstract Expressionism: Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, and Jackson Pollock. It was at this time that Donati created some of his most inventive and extraordinary work, some of which was featured in a survey exhibition at the Alter & Gil Gallery, Beverly Hills, California, in January 2000. He has held many teaching positions and has been an active lecturer, while continuing to add to his artistic repertoire. From 1960 to 1962 he was a Visiting Lecturer at Yale University, and from 1962 to 1972 a Member of the Yale University Council for the Arts and Architecture. He has had seventy-five one-man shows, among them an exhibit of new paintings at the Maxwell Davidson Gallery (57th St., New York) in the fall of 1997. Donati's work is held in collections throughout the world, and his work has appeared in over 300 articles and publications, two hard cover books...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media

"Lady Bug" - Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Fabulous abstract expressionist painting in black, grays and white with a tiny red lady bug punctuating the linear field by Duane Albert Armstrong (b. 1998). Done in a high gloss pai...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Deflection of Light - Venice No 1
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Deflection of Light - Venice No 1 1995 Mixed crayons on paper Image: 26.4 x 19.6 cm Mount: 40.0 x 32.4 cm Reference no: 1233/1 George Dannatt’s lon...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Oil Crayon

Millennium
Located in Henderson, NV
Millennium is a complex integration of mathematical elements through collinear intersects completing a geometric picture with vivid colors. Is an interpretation of the world approac...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Plexiglass

Millennium
$28,000 Sale Price
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"Pink Vase with Flowers"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: James Lechay (1907 – 2001) Born in the Bronx in 1907, James Lechay spent most of his childhood in Brooklyn before moving to Joilet, Illinois at age 13 to live with his uncle after his mother passed away. In 1928, he received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Illinois. The next year, he attended one week of graduate school before leaving to study under his brother, the painter Myron Lechay, in New York. At his brother’s studio, James began to associate with other artists of the time such as Milton Avery, Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky, William Zorach, and Raphael and Moses Soyer. From Myron, James Lechay learned to train his eye to observe natural forms and developed a philosophy dependent upon the relationship built between the artist and the subject. Lechay became engaged in the social and political issues of Depression-era New York and even joined the social realism movement for a brief time in the 1930s. He operated as the leader of the Artists Union while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). With the WPA, Lechay traveled to Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he established a gallery and exhibited the works of Milton Avery, Max Weber, and other WPA artists. Despite his association with many artists and artistic communities in New York in the 1930s and 40s, Lechay opposed adopting a style due to its popularity and commercial success. His use, however, of large brushstrokes from Abstract Expressionism, the flattened plane of Modernism, and the simple compositions of early Abstraction created a combination of styles completely his own. A painter of a vast range of subjects, including still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, Lechay was known to reduce these forms to their visual essentials. Lechay often did not date his paintings as he frequently reworked them, even after they were exhibited, calling his pieces, “finished at all stages and never finished”. In 1945, Lechay was hired by the University of Iowa’s art department, where he worked alongside Mauricio Lasansky, Humbert Albrizio, Carl Fracassini, and Byron Burford...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The People Want It
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mixed Media House Paint on wood and laid fabric
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Fabric, Wood, House Paint

Carlos Mendez Sin Pts II acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
sin titulo. acrylicc painting (CARLOS MENDEZ, ARGENTINA, 1943) Carlos Méndez is an Argentine plastic artist of great projection, based in Barcelona since the eighties. It uses a f...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Limacon
Located in Henderson, NV
Limacon is a complex integration of mathematical elements through collinear intersects completing a geometric picture with vivid colors.
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Limacon
$60,000 Sale Price
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Carlos Mendez Tae I acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
sin titulo. acrylicc painting (CARLOS MENDEZ, ARGENTINA, 1943) Carlos Méndez is an Argentine plastic artist of great projection, based in Barcelona since the eighties. It uses a f...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Carlos Mendez Mis sueños acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
sin titulo. acrylicc painting (CARLOS MENDEZ, ARGENTINA, 1943) Carlos Méndez is an Argentine plastic artist of great projection, based in Barcelona since the eighties. It uses a f...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Grau Garriga 14 Textile Collage. abstract
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original abstract mixed media painting. virtual framed GRAU-GARRIGA, Josep (San Cugat del Valles, 1928 - Angers, 2011). Grau-Garriga was a Catalan artist, muralist and one of the...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Tharrats Blue Black original abstract acrylic paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
constellation original acrylic paper painting virtual ramed Son of Josep Tharrats i Vilà, in 1932 he moved to Béziers until 1935, when he returned to Barcelona to study at the Massan...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

Red-8
Located in Austin, TX
Waterline Fine Art, Austin, TX is pleased to present the following work: Oil on canvas. Signed, titled, and dated on verso. 36.25 x 42 in. 37.25 x 43.25 in. (framed) Custom framed in maple. Provenance Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta Yoshishige Furukawa...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

No title
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Lithograph

Untitled
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Untitled 1992 Medium: Mixed media on paper Image: 14.9 x 10.9 cm Mount: 29.8 x 24.8 cm George Dannatt’s long career as a painter and sculptor ended w...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Pencil, Graphite

A genial painting of a songbird with a red sky by a talented and tortured artist
Located in Colfax, CA
Steensma was an enigmatic figure in the Seattle art scene.  He was a highly talented artist, with a celebrated future predicted for him, yet he suffered from manic-depression and had...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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House Paint

Untitled
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Untitled 1992 Medium: Mixed media on paper Image: 11.5 x 16.5 cm Mount: 26.0 x 30.5 cm George Dannatt’s long career as a painter and sculptor ended w...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Pencil, Graphite

Vagues 'Wave' by TOSHIMITSU IMAÏ - Abstract Art, 20th-Century Japanese Artist
Located in London, GB
Vagues “Wave” by TOSHIMITSU ÏMAI (1928-2002) Acrylic on paper 127 x 95 cm (50 x 37 3⁄8 inches) Signed in Japanese and English lower right, inscribed and dated 1992 on the reverse Provenance: Studio of the artist Dr Jean-Paul Coussy (Director of MCAP Museum, France), acquired directly from the artist, March 15th 1998 Dr Giorgio Tosetti, Italy, acquired from the above Exhibitions: Paris, Galerie Chozo Yoshii, Hommage à André Malraux - Les voix du Silence, September - November 1997 Literature G. C. Calza, Imaï, Electa, Milan, 1998 (Onde/Waves series) Artist biography: Born in Kyoto, Japan in 1928 Imai was part of the 20th century Japanese avant-garde. He began his formal education at the Tokyo State Art Academy where he took up painting. His early works are characterised by colourful abstractions, reminiscent of Favuism. In 1951 Imai was awarded the Kansai-Shinseisaku Prize and in 1952 the prize for the best new artist at the 15th Shinseisaku Salon. Imai relocated to Paris in 1953, the same and subsequent year he exhibited at the Salon de L’Art Sacré. Meanwhile, he attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and the Sorbonne to read medieval history and philosophy. In 1955, Imai completely abandoned representational art in favour of abstraction. After meeting the art critic Michel Tapié via the artist Sam Francis, Imai was the first Japanese artist to join the Art Informel movement. In 1956 Imai was called upon by the Japanese artist Taro Okamoto to curate an exhibition entitled The World: Today’s Art in Tokyo. Artists such as Jean Dubuffet, Jean Fautrier, Lucio Fontana, and Karel Appel gained important exposure in Japan. It was also in 1957, when Imai arranged for Tapié and the artists Georges Mathieu and Sam Francis to travel to Japan, that a connection between Art Informel and Gutai occurred. The Ashiya-based Gutai Art Association formed in 1954 was proclaimed a kindred spirit by Tapié which he subsequently promoted internationally. Founding members included Yoshihara Jiro, Kanayma Akira, Murakami Saburo, Shiraga Kazuo and Shozo...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Tharrats Red Black Constellation 7 original acrylic paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
constellation original acrylic paper painting .framed Son of Josep Tharrats i Vilà, in 1932 he moved to Béziers until 1935, when he returned to Barcelona to study at the Massana Scho...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

Abstract Mixed Media environmental art collage Andre Emmerich Gallery, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Judy Pfaff Untitled, 1994 Collage, Mixed media, Gouache and Leaves on paper, in Artist's Frame. Signed with Andre Emmerich & Bellas Artes Gallery Labels - accompanied by original...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Gouache

Color drawing #3
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
Paul SHAPIRO (né en 1939) Color drawing #3, 1996 Mixed media on paper Size : 47 x 62 cm Framed. Size with frame : 69 x 84 cm Signed lower right Provenance: - Katharina Rich Perlow Ga...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Space', C. 1998 by David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Castillo Compañeros expressionist abstract litografia
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
die-cut, lithograph, colored with guoache CASTILLO, Jorge (Pontevedra, 1933). Since childhood, Jorge Castillo is passionate about drawing, and takes only ten years, with crayons, yo...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Lithograph

MB Code
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Expressionist Painting. Acrylic on Canvas. Collection from revered artist of NYC and The Hamptons. About the Artist: Part of the New York School Abstract Expressionists. Recognized around the world as the leading art movement after WW II. He showed with Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. 1921 born in Philadelphia 1934 – 38 Graphic Sketch Club 1938 – 40 Philadelphia Museum School of Art 1940 – 41 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 1942 – 45 WWII War Correspondent-Artist, Yank magazine 1946 – 47 Art Students League, Will Barnett 1947- 48 Hans Hofmann Academy 1960–1979 Instructor at: University of California, Berkeley, CA; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; New York University, New York, NY; Columbia University, New York, NY; Brooklyn College, New York, NY; Temple University, Rome, Italy 2017 deceased Collections: Ciba-Geigy Collection Chase Manhattan Bank Art Institute of Chicago Corcoran Art Museum, Washington Eugene V. Thaw Collection Max Kozloff Collection Montana Historical Society, Montana New York University Norfolk Art Museum Robert Rosenblum Collection Sarah Lawrence Collection Union Carbide Collection University of California Museum University of Massachusetts University of Montana Walter P. Chrysler Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Whitney Museum, New York Yellowstone Art Center, Montana Exhibitions: Individual 2020 Frankfurt TBD 2018 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt 2008 Suvretta House, St. Moritz, Schweiz Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt 2006 Ludwigmuseum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf 2005 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt New York „Abstract Expressionism” Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Dr. Alexander Georgieff & Dr. Peter Sewing bei Georgieff Capital, Frankfurt 2004 Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf CherryStoneGallery, Massachusetts 2003 Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt Kunstverein Augsburg 2002 ART Frankfurt, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt 2001 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M. Art Cologne, Galerie Barbara von Stechow Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York City 2000 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M. Art Frankfurt, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M. Galerie Schröder & Dörr, Bergisch-Gladbach 1999 Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg 1998 Conrad Hinrich Donner Bank, Hamburg 1996 Galerie Hexagon, Aachen Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln 1995 Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln Denise Bibro Gallery, New York City 1994 Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln 1993 Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg Bologna-Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1992 Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln Benton Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1991 St. Mary’s College, Maryland M 13 Gallery, New York City 1989 Randall Gallery, St. Louis, Mass. RH Love Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Morris Gallery), Pennsylvania 1988 Cyrus Gallery, New York City Benton Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1987 Armstrong Gallery, New York City 1986 Barbara Ingber Gallery, New York City 1984 Barbara Ingber Gallery, New York City 1982 The New School, New York City 1981 Benson Gallery, New York City 1980 Landmark Gallery, New York City 1978 Temple University Abroad, Rom 1977 Andre Zarre, New York City 1974 Bertha Schaefer, New York City 1973 Bertha Schaefer, New York City 1971 Westbeth Galleries, New York City 1965 University of Arkansas, Little Rock 1964 Princeton University, New Jersey 1963 Thibault Gallery, New York City 1962 Hacker Gallery, New York City 1960 Poindexter Gallery, New York City 1958 Poindexter Gallery, New York City 1957 Poindexter Gallery, New York City 1956 Ganymede Gallery, New York City 1954 Artists’ Gallery, New York City 1953 Hendler Gallery, Philadelphia 1952 New Gallery, New York City 1950 Artists’ Gallery, New York City Group Exhibitions: 2018 Titans In the Rough Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY 2011 Joe Stefanelli...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

July Grid - modern, contemporary, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting by Milly Ristvedt features a colourful grid pattern. The powerful visual language of colour has seduced Milly Ristvedt, one of Canada’s important...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

California Sunset - Blue, Red & Yellow Modern Abstract Landscape Seascape Art
Located in Preston, GB
California Sunset - Blue, Red & Yellow Modern Abstract Landscape Seascape Painting art on thick washi paper mounted behind glass in a silver leaf frame Art measures 30 x 23 inches ...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Washi Paper

the Old Berge, Abstract St.Ives style landscape from Cornwall, UK
Located in Woodbury, CT
This captivating British St. Ives School abstract landscape is a striking example of mid-20th-century artistic innovation, seamlessly blending geometric abstraction with the natural ...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Untitled
Located in Berlin, MD
Andre Cottavoz (French, 1922-2012) Untitled, Paris scene with multitude of French flags. Canvas on board, framed. Frame: 20 1/2" x 22" x 1 1/4, Board 13 3/4" x 15"
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Tharrats Vertical Blue Red Yellow original acrylic paper
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
constellation original acrylic paper painting . virtual framed Son of Josep Tharrats i Vilà, in 1932 he moved to Béziers until 1935, when he returned to Barcelona to study at the Mas...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

Why Me
Located in Dallas, TX
In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined painti...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Raventos Square Big Lilac. original painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Fecundacion original painting Raventos trained at the elite Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. Raventós expanded her studies in etching and lithography at the Friedlaender ...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Series', C. 1996 by David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

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,...

Untitled
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009) Untitled, 1998 Image: 21.7x 9.2cm Frame: 38.6 x 25.2cm George Dannatt Trust Estate stamped George Dannatt’s long career as a painter and sculptor ended wi...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Composition
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper White wooden frame with glass pane 60 x 48.5 x 2 cm
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Pastel

Near Cedar Street
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Expressionist Painting. Acrylic on Canvas. Collection from revered artist of NYC and The Hamptons. About the Artist: Part of the New York School Abstract Expressionists. Recognized around the world as the leading art movement after WW II. He showed with Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. 1921 born in Philadelphia 1934 – 38 Graphic Sketch Club 1938 – 40 Philadelphia Museum School of Art 1940 – 41 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 1942 – 45 WWII War Correspondent-Artist, Yank magazine 1946 – 47 Art Students League, Will Barnett 1947- 48 Hans Hofmann Academy 1960–1979 Instructor at: University of California, Berkeley, CA; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; New York University, New York, NY; Columbia University, New York, NY; Brooklyn College, New York, NY; Temple University, Rome, Italy 2017 deceased Collections: Ciba-Geigy Collection Chase Manhattan Bank Art Institute of Chicago Corcoran Art Museum, Washington Eugene V. Thaw Collection Max Kozloff Collection Montana Historical Society, Montana New York University Norfolk Art Museum Robert Rosenblum Collection Sarah Lawrence Collection Union Carbide Collection University of California Museum University of Massachusetts University of Montana Walter P. Chrysler Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Whitney Museum, New York Yellowstone Art Center, Montana Exhibitions: Individual 2020 Frankfurt TBD 2018 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt 2008 Suvretta House, St. Moritz, Schweiz Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt 2006 Ludwigmuseum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf 2005 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt New York „Abstract Expressionism” Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Dr. Alexander Georgieff & Dr. Peter Sewing bei Georgieff Capital, Frankfurt 2004 Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf CherryStoneGallery, Massachusetts 2003 Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt Kunstverein Augsburg 2002 ART Frankfurt, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt 2001 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M. Art Cologne, Galerie Barbara von Stechow Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York City 2000 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M. Art Frankfurt, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M. Galerie Schröder & Dörr, Bergisch-Gladbach 1999 Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg 1998 Conrad Hinrich Donner Bank, Hamburg 1996 Galerie Hexagon, Aachen Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln 1995 Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln Denise Bibro Gallery, New York City 1994 Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln 1993 Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg Bologna-Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1992 Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln Benton Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1991 St. Mary’s College, Maryland M 13 Gallery, New York City 1989 Randall Gallery, St. Louis, Mass. RH Love Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Morris Gallery), Pennsylvania 1988 Cyrus Gallery, New York City Benton Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1987 Armstrong Gallery, New York City 1986 Barbara Ingber Gallery, New York City 1984 Barbara Ingber Gallery, New York City 1982 The New School, New York City 1981 Benson Gallery, New York City 1980 Landmark Gallery, New York City 1978 Temple University Abroad, Rom 1977 Andre Zarre, New York City 1974 Bertha Schaefer, New York City 1973 Bertha Schaefer, New York City 1971 Westbeth Galleries, New York City 1965 University of Arkansas, Little Rock 1964 Princeton University, New Jersey 1963 Thibault Gallery, New York City 1962 Hacker Gallery, New York City 1960 Poindexter Gallery, New York City 1958 Poindexter Gallery, New York City 1957 Poindexter Gallery, New York City 1956 Ganymede Gallery, New York City 1954 Artists’ Gallery, New York City 1953 Hendler Gallery, Philadelphia 1952 New Gallery, New York City 1950 Artists’ Gallery, New York City Group Exhibitions: 2018 Titans In the Rough Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY 2011 Joe Stefanelli...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 31 by 31 inches overall, and 30 by 30 painting alone.. ...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tharrats Reds Blacks Blue original abstract acrylic paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
constellation original acrylic paper painting virtual frame Son of Josep Tharrats i Vilà, in 1932 he moved to Béziers until 1935, when he returned to Barcelona to study at the Massan...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

In May : Oil painting on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Painting by established contemporary artist Jan Wunderman. Oil on canvas. Jan Wunderman primarily lived and worked in New York City and New Hampshire. Wunderman is noted for richly ...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

People Out
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Purvis Young (1943 - 2010) People Out, 1995 Mixed Media house paint and carpet on plastic & cardboard 17 x 41 in
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Fabric, Plastic, House Paint, Cardboard

Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Surrealist Head Portraits
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition by Sally Vaughan (contemporary) gouache painting on card, unframed measurements: 10.25 x 9.25 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large private collec...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Abstract Expressionist -- Figurative Walk in Golden Gate Park Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstract expressionist painting of couple walking through Golden Gate Park titled, "Memorable Day" by California artist and poet Mary Rudge (American, 1929 - 2014), Circa 1...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Newsprint

Untitled Jacques Rouby (1953-2019) Contemporary art painted sculpted cardboard
Located in Paris, FR
Painted sculpted cardboard Unique work Coming from the artist's studio
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Jungle Nights Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Color, texture, light and shadow interplay in this dark jewel tone abstract by an unknown Bay Area abstract expressionist artist (American, 20th Century). Signed indistinctly ("Cydo"...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil

Jungle Nights Abstract
Jungle Nights Abstract
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Abstract Oilpainting on canvas for sale - unique by Frank Vaders
Located in Winterswijk, NL
This painting by Frank Vaders is a unique piece from the 1990s, made in oil on canvas with the dimensions 251 × 200 cm. It is in good condition. Vaders' works have been offered at au...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sommières
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed on bottom
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Untitled. Large Mixed Media Splatter Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Mixed media (acrylic and oil paints) splatter painting on canvas Signed and dated verso. Gordon Couch born 1949 British artist based in Cornwall and ...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Untitled, Dale Chihuly
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Dale Chihuly (1941) Title: Untitled Year: 1996 Medium: Acrylic and India ink on Arches Aquarelle Rag paper Size: 30.25 x 22.5 inches Inscription: Unsigned, as issued Provenan...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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India Ink, Acrylic

Ikebana Series, Dale Chihuly
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Dale Chihuly (1941) Title: Ikebana Series Year: 1996 Medium: Acrylic and inks in colors on Arches Aquarelle Rag paper Size: 30.25 x 22.25 inches Inscription: Unsigned, as iss...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, India Ink

E. Jacobson Colors.. original painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Ellis Jacobson (San Diego, 1925 - Palma de Mallorca, August 23, 2013) was an American cartoonist and painter who lived most of his life in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), where he develop...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

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

Abstract Expressionist Figure
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract expressionist figure, a seated blonde female nude with dynamic expressive lines by San Francisco artist Michael William Egglest...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Charcoal, Paper, Pencil

My Country - 1995
By Emily Kame Kngwarreye
Located in Miami, FL
EMILY KAM KNGWARRAY 1916 - 1996 Country: Central/Eastern Desert, NT Language: Anmatjerre Community : Utopia, Soakage Bore/ Alhalkere Octogenarian Emily Kam Kngwarrey painted for jus...
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1990s Abstract Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Polymer, Raw Linen

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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