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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
Pink peony on a golden background
Pink peony on a golden background

Pink peony on a golden background

Located in Zofingen, AG

A delicate close-up of a blooming pink peony, built on a subtle play of light and tonal transitions. The petals appear to glow from within, shifting from pale blush to richer raspber...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Fragmented Presence- Modern Abstract painting, Geometric, Original Oil on Canvas
Fragmented Presence- Modern Abstract painting, Geometric, Original Oil on Canvas

Fragmented Presence- Modern Abstract painting, Geometric, Original Oil on Canvas

By SOPHIE DUMONT

Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR

Sophie Dumont is a contemporary French painter whose work explores the construction of space through color and material. Painted in oil on canvas, Fragmented Presence reflects an app...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled (Abstract, Impasto, Monochrome, Red)
Untitled (Abstract, Impasto, Monochrome, Red)

Untitled (Abstract, Impasto, Monochrome, Red)

By Melanie Sherman

Located in Kansas City, MO

Melanie Sherman Untitled Mixed Media on Canvas 2004 Signed by hand, dated on verso Size: 24 x 24 inches (61.0 × 61.0 cm) COA provided This contemporary abstract painting commands a...

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Early 2000s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Crows. Contemporary Mixed Media Painting, Abstraction, Birds, Polish art

Crows. Contemporary Mixed Media Painting, Abstraction, Birds, Polish art

By Anna Mikke

Located in Warsaw, PL

Contemporary mixed media on board painting by Polish artist Anna Mikke. Birds are next to people favourite artistic subject of Mikke. This piece is in neutral colors, the background ...

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Early 2000s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

May 29 (Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting in Earth Tones of Green & Blue)
May 29 (Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting in Earth Tones of Green & Blue)

May 29 (Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting in Earth Tones of Green & Blue)

By James O'Shea

Located in Hudson, NY

Gestural, abstract expressionist oil painting on canvas in earth tones of blue and green, with accents of burgundy and pale yellow "May 29", Painted by Hudson Valley based artist, James O'Shea in 2021 Oil on canvas, 26 x 26 inches unframed, raw canvas sides Wire backing, ready to hang Signed verso James O’Shea’s deeply pigmented abstractions are grounded in the landscape. Taking his cues from the bare winter months in the Northeast when the horizon is stripped of its foliage, he suggests that “So much of life’s structure reveals itself when it goes into hibernation”. The architecture in O’Shea’s compositions takes form with expressive gestures using...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunny Day - Abstract Figurative Still Life Landscape Textured Impasto Painting
Sunny Day - Abstract Figurative Still Life Landscape Textured Impasto Painting

Sunny Day - Abstract Figurative Still Life Landscape Textured Impasto Painting

By Ekaterina Ermilkina

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Ekaterina Ermilkina’s original, abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspiratio...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Unfolding
Unfolding

Unfolding

Located in Zofingen, AG

This work embodies the state of opening oneself to new experience. “Unfolding” is the moment of meeting your own strength and vulnerability at once — where chaos transforms into harm...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night-Hand painted No 2 Limited Edition of Ten
Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night-Hand painted No 2 Limited Edition of Ten

Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night-Hand painted No 2 Limited Edition of Ten

Located in London, GB

This striking large hand painted limited Edition is No. 2 of only 10 in existence. 90% of the painting is hand-painted in oil and gesso on giclee by Shizico Yi, the edition featuring...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Giclée

Forever Hope - Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Framed, 1980s
Forever Hope - Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Framed, 1980s

Forever Hope - Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Framed, 1980s

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This modern abstract is a Harold Feist 'spoke' painting. Early in his career, Canadian artist Harold Feist was mentored by the famed New York Art critic, Clement Greenberg and the f...

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1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Where Water Holds the Evening
Where Water Holds the Evening

Where Water Holds the Evening

Located in Zofingen, AG

Where Water Holds the Evening From the series Inner Landscapes There are evenings by the water you never quite let go of. Where Water Holds the Evening is painted from exactly that ...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Monochrome Ultramarine Blue Abstract Painting on Canvas by Gabriela Meunie
Monochrome Ultramarine Blue Abstract Painting on Canvas by Gabriela Meunie

Monochrome Ultramarine Blue Abstract Painting on Canvas by Gabriela Meunie

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

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

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment

Original Drawing on Wood-Breakfast with Cat-British Awarded Artist-Large panel
Original Drawing on Wood-Breakfast with Cat-British Awarded Artist-Large panel

Original Drawing on Wood-Breakfast with Cat-British Awarded Artist-Large panel

Located in London, GB

This special large drawing on wood board (ready to hang) created by Shizico in early autumn where her Cat and the garden take centre stage. The pictorial language in this series pays...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

Vibrant Modernist Abstraction by Claire Burch
Vibrant Modernist Abstraction by Claire Burch

Vibrant Modernist Abstraction by Claire Burch

Located in New York, NY

Claire Burch (American, 1925-2009) Untitled, 20th century Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. Framed: 31 2/3 x 37 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. Signed lower right: Claire Burch After attending grade school in Brooklyn, Burch completed a commercial art course at Washington Irving High School in Manhattan and received her B.A. in English from NYU. In the suburbs of Great Neck, New York, she first began writing poetry and articles which were published in Life magazine, The New Republic, Mademoiselle, McCall's, Saturday Review, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and numerous literary quarterlies and anthologies.[1] Burch also developed a career as a psychiatric writer, publishing two books on the subject: Careers in Psychiatry and Stranger in the Family. In the early 1970s Burch became a playwright and painter. Her play Ten Cents a Dance was optioned to be directed by José Quintero, the famous O'Neill interpreter. Burch wrote a total of seven plays and several folk operas, but eventually moved on to filmmaking and video anthropology—she was an early adapter of video as a medium. In 1978, Burch moved to California with her longtime companion Mark Weiman, publisher and owner of Berkeley's Regent Press. She had endured a series of illnesses and wanted to escape the harsh climate of Manhattan. Burch gained insight and inspiration from insanity and the often unexpected behavior associated with it. She would often videotape homeless people in People's Park and Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, which were collected in her film People's Park in Berkeley: Then and Now. The film documented the dispute between homeless activists and the University of California from the riots of 1969 through 1996 by interviewing park "regulars," and profiling the events surrounding the deaths of park supporters James Rector and Rosebud Denovo.[2] She also produced documentaries on noted cultural figures such as James Baldwin (whom she knew as a teenager), Timothy Leary and Country Joe McDonald. Also of note was Oracle Rising, a film about the legendary psychedelic newspaper The SF Oracle published in the Haight-Ashbury district during the Summer of Love. Her last completed film was Elegy for the Naked Guy...

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20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Capulin Volcano
Capulin Volcano

Capulin Volcano

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,...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic

Råmark 5 - Original Minimalist Abstract Textured Painting on Canvas
Råmark 5 - Original Minimalist Abstract Textured Painting on Canvas

Råmark 5 - Original Minimalist Abstract Textured Painting on Canvas

Located in Manchester, GB

Henry Woolway, Råmark 5, 2025 Overlapping acrylic dyed canvas with frayed edges 64 x 94.5 cm (25.19 x 37.2 in) Artwork is hand-framed in a tray frame Henry Woolway’s wide-ranging b...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mosaic like - abstract painting, landscape painting
Mosaic like - abstract painting, landscape painting

Mosaic like - abstract painting, landscape painting

Located in New York, NY

The painting is in a special format - horizontal, wide, and elongated. This artwork was created using a technique reminiscent of pointillism; the painting evokes a colorful mosaic, w...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Beginning
The Beginning

The Beginning

Located in Zofingen, AG

“The Beginning” Oil on linen, multilayer technique This work captures the moment when form is born out of silence. Translucent layers of oil, laid one upon another like breaths of t...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Growing

Growing

Located in Dallas, TX

acrylic & labels on paper

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Rosaile Gossamer-original modern geometrical abstract artwork- contemporary Art
Rosaile Gossamer-original modern geometrical abstract artwork- contemporary Art

Rosaile Gossamer-original modern geometrical abstract artwork- contemporary Art

By Antoinette Ferwerda

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

ECHO
ECHO

ECHO

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting resonates with silence dissolved in shades of blue. Gentle layers of color, from the lightest to the deepest, unfold into an invisible vibration—an echo that seems to...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century Original French Expressionist Oil Painting Abstract Face
20th Century Original French Expressionist Oil Painting Abstract Face

20th Century Original French Expressionist Oil Painting Abstract Face

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century) oil on canvas, unframed size: 24 x 19.75 inches condition: very good provenance: from the artists estate, Franc...

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20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Déchiré 03: Mixed Media Painting: Floral Motif & Feminist Discourse
Déchiré 03: Mixed Media Painting: Floral Motif & Feminist Discourse

Déchiré 03: Mixed Media Painting: Floral Motif & Feminist Discourse

Located in BARCELONA, ES

The work of Gloria Segura Jordá transcends mere aesthetics to constitute a feminist discourse deeply anchored in the pictorial. Her production challenges the passive gaze, inviting a...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel, Color Pencil

1980's French Expressionist Painting Rolling Hills and Valleys Verdant Landscape
1980's French Expressionist Painting Rolling Hills and Valleys Verdant Landscape

1980's French Expressionist Painting Rolling Hills and Valleys Verdant Landscape

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Expressionist Composition by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed inscribed verso dated 85' canvas size: 35 x 46 inches condition: ov...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Quiet Garden III" floral large painting
"Quiet Garden III" floral large painting

"Quiet Garden III" floral large painting

Located in Zofingen, AG

Abstract textured acrylic painting on canvas 100x100x2 cm (39,4 x39,4 x 0,8 inches). Mixed Media on gallery wrapped canvas. The work is ready to hang. No framing required. The sides ...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Holy Split I Mixed Media Original Painting on Canvas, Abstract Landscape, 2026
Holy Split I Mixed Media Original Painting on Canvas, Abstract Landscape, 2026

Holy Split I Mixed Media Original Painting on Canvas, Abstract Landscape, 2026

By Nicholas Evans

Located in Paris, IDF

HOLY SPLIT I 2026 Paris, France HOLY SPLIT I is an ethereal mixed medium painting on canvas depicting a surreal dreamlike rift in a serene landscape. Abstract fuchsia forms suggesti...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Pencil

Sedona Red Bluffs and Seguaro Cactus Abstract
Sedona Red Bluffs and Seguaro Cactus Abstract

Sedona Red Bluffs and Seguaro Cactus Abstract

Located in Soquel, CA

Stunning and bright mid-century abstracted Sedona desert landscape of red bluffs and Seguaro cactus by unknown artist, 1957. Signed lower left illegibly and dated "June 1957" on vers...

Category

1950s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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

ABSTRACT Contemporary Artwork White Brown Earth Minimal Texture On Hansen

By On Hansen

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

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

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Moonscape I

Moonscape I

By Marina Stern

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This work is part of our exhibition Marina Stern Luminary, the first retrospective of the artist since 2007. Marina Stern was a multifaceted New York-based artist whose works ranged...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract 2297
Abstract 2297

Alex SenchenkoAbstract 2297, 2022

$2,097Sale Price|20% Off

Abstract 2297

Located in Zofingen, AG

This high quality acrylic painting is done on gallery wrapped canvas, with no need for framing, as the edges are painted. You will receive it "ready to hang", with a hook on the back...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Giorgio Lo Fermo, Sumit Mehndiratta, Nestor Toro, and Cindy Shaoul. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Synthetic Resin Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available.