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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
Abstract 2273
Abstract 2273

Alex SenchenkoAbstract 2273, 2022

$1,742Sale Price|20% Off

Abstract 2273

By Alex Senchenko

Located in Zofingen, AG

Abstract 2273 - painting is a powerful vision of Love’s vibration, Compassion’s strength, and Hope’s vitality. Woosh away your worries! Feel the exhilarating and mighty presence of W...

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract Action Painting in Vibrant Colors
Abstract Action Painting in Vibrant Colors

Abstract Action Painting in Vibrant Colors

Located in San Francisco, CA

This abstract painting is a work by Joan Miller Linsley (1922–2000), an American artist recognized for her contributions to the Washington, D.C. art scene and her powerful social com...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Synergy"
"Synergy"

"Synergy"

By Nataliia Svitlychna

Located in Edinburgh, GB

This striking contemporary masterpiece is a profound exploration of human connection and the fragmented nature of identity. Employing a sophisticated palette of earthy ochre, charcoa...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Untitled (hard-edge abstract painting)
Untitled (hard-edge abstract painting)

Untitled (hard-edge abstract painting)

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Budd Hopkins (1931-2011). Abstract, 1968. Oil on canvas, 30 x 52 inches; 31 x 53 inches framed. Signed and dated lower margin. Provenance: Timothy Collins (1940-2017), Palo Alto, CA...

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1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Structure Study I by Murray Duncan, Abstract Geometric, Mixed Media on Paper
Structure Study I by Murray Duncan, Abstract Geometric, Mixed Media on Paper

Structure Study I by Murray Duncan, Abstract Geometric, Mixed Media on Paper

By Murray Duncan

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Title: Structure Study I By Murray Duncan Mixed media on paper Size: 32" × 40" Unframed, signed Bold gestural brushstrokes sweep across a warm monochromatic ground, reducing abstra...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Glaze, Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Pencil

"The Comfort of Rituals", Original Abstract Painting
"The Comfort of Rituals", Original Abstract Painting

"The Comfort of Rituals", Original Abstract Painting

By Sandy Palasti

Located in Westport, CT

Bold yet tranquil, this original floral abstract "The Comfort of Rituals" by Sandy Palasti is an expressive exploration of color, gesture, and atmosphere. Inspired by the fleeting be...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Coast Of Batumi
Coast Of Batumi

Coast Of Batumi

By Alexander Pavlov

Located in New York, NY

A. Pavlov (Lithuanian/Russian) " Coast of Batumi ", Abstract Landscape signed Oil on Canvas, 20.50 x 25.50, Late 20th Century, 1979 Colors: Yellow, White, Black, Blue, White, Purple...

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1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Midnight Blue - Large Modern Abstract Textured Color Drenched Landscape Artwork
Midnight Blue - Large Modern Abstract Textured Color Drenched Landscape Artwork

Midnight Blue - Large Modern Abstract Textured Color Drenched Landscape Artwork

By Lee Herring

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Lee Herring is a contemporary painter specializing in vibrant, textured, and abstract landscapes that convey fleeting moments. Herring's energetic artworks are inspired by everyday m...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)

Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)

By Bertha Davis

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Bertha G. Davis (1911-1997) Untitled, ca. 1960's Oil on cradled masonite panel. 16 x 20 inches; 24 x 28 inches framed. Signed lower left. Artist estate stamp on verso. Vintage custom wormy chestnut frame. A painter of cityscapes, landscapes, and abstracts in Texas, Bertha G Davis was primarily a self-taught artist whose style was influenced by her early life experiences in pre-World War II Lithuania and later Mexico. Her style is expressionistic*, relying on color to denote her profound feelings. She works primarily in watercolor and acrylic with some mixed media*. She is the daughter of Abraham and Dvora Germaize of Vilna, Lithuania and grew up in Jewish ghettos in Vilna, Alita, and Kovno. Davis was influenced by her father who was a decorative wood-worker and carpenter in Lithuania. The family of five daughters and a son escaped to Mexico City in the late 1920’s because of Jewish oppression. The images and emotions she experienced had no outlet. She was known as a beauty, and at age 17 was named Jewish Miss Mexico, barely able to speak Spanish having just emigrated from Eastern Europe. Irving Davis, a merchant from Texas who had also come from Eastern Europe via Cuba, saw her at this event where she was crowned Jewish Miss Mexico, and three days later asked for her hand in marriage. They moved to a small town in Texas, raising a family. Her daughter, Sylvia, was born when Davis was 20 and they were inseparable. As Sylvia became an actress, painter, and sculptor, Davis was amazed at the capacity for creativity. Davis didn’t begin her own artistic journey until she was 47, when her daughter Sylvia Caplan encouraged her to try. She was inspired by this daughter who gave her a drugstore palette of watercolors, paper and brushes and told her to “just try.” Davis did not put down her palette and brushes until her death in 1997. Bertha G Davis was primarily self-taught but maintained a style oriented toward color and texture that reflected her strong feelings. Most of her early work was done while she lived in McAllen, Texas where she was known for her contribution to art and showed her work and the work of other artists at the Bertha Davis Gallery. She studied with Stewart Van Orden, at Pan American College in 1960-61; and was a student at the Art Institute San Miguel Allende, Mexico, 1965. She was also a student of Harold Phenix...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Waterfall (abstract expressionist landscape collage)
Waterfall (abstract expressionist landscape collage)

Waterfall (abstract expressionist landscape collage)

By Elsie Driggs

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Elsie B. (Gatch) Driggs (1898-1992) – Waterfall, 1960. Mixed media collage, signed lower right and on verso. Artwork measures 22 x 30 inches. Framed measurement: 31.5 x 40 inches. ...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Abstract R 2506
Abstract R 2506

Abstract R 2506

By Alex Senchenko

Located in Zofingen, AG

In this painting, I harnessed the dynamic and evocative qualities of acrylics paints to sculpt a vivid landscape of emotion and expression. My aim was to capture the ephemeral play o...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Geometry of Thought – Large Contemporary Abstract Library Painting, Oil on Canva
Geometry of Thought – Large Contemporary Abstract Library Painting, Oil on Canva

Geometry of Thought – Large Contemporary Abstract Library Painting, Oil on Canva

By SOPHIE DUMONT

Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR

Oil on canvas – 39.37 × 39.37 in (100 × 100 cm) Framed: approx. 42.13 × 42.13 in (107 × 107 cm) Frame options: natural wood or black collector's choice Year: 2025 – Signed front Cert...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Don Quixote Portrait Spanish Catalan Expressionist Oil
Mid Century Don Quixote Portrait Spanish Catalan Expressionist Oil

Mid Century Don Quixote Portrait Spanish Catalan Expressionist Oil

By Jaume Muxart Domenech

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Mid Century Don Quixote Portrait Spanish Catalan Expressionist Oil TECHNICAL SHEET Oil on canvas Mid-20th century 55 × 33 cm (21.7 × 13 in) Frame: 58 × 36 cm (22.8 × 14.2 in) Signed lower right Metal frame with matte finish Very good overall condition DESCRIPTION Striking Mid-Century modernist interpretation of Don Quixote by Jaume Muxart, executed in a strong Catalan Neo-Figurative Expressionist language characteristic of Spanish post-war painting. The elongated vertical figure is constructed through palette-knife structure and dense impasto, reducing Cervantes’ legendary knight to a symbolic psychological presence rather than a literal portrait. The helmet-like white head emerging from a deep burgundy background creates a dramatic apparition typical of Muxart’s mature figurative period. The figure represents Don Quixote as an existential literary archetype frequently explored in Spanish modern painting and particularly within the renewal of Catalan modern art associated with artists connected to the Grupo Taüll, one of the key movements in the evolution of post-war avant-garde painting in Barcelona. Compact in scale but visually intense, the painting combines strong decorative presence with the intellectual depth characteristic of Muxart’s Quixote interpretations. ARTIST BIO Jaume Muxart (1922–2019) was a major Catalan painter and founding member of the influential Grupo Taüll, alongside Antoni Tàpies, Modest Cuixart, Josep Guinovart and Joan-Josep Tharrats. After early exhibitions in Barcelona in the late 1940s he travelled to Paris on scholarship, where he encountered the international avant-garde that shaped his expressive language. He later represented Spain at the São Paulo Biennial and exhibited widely across Europe and the Americas. Muxart served as professor and later dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona and became a member of the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi. His work is held in numerous institutional and private collections. ARTISTIC CONTEXT / INSPIRATION This painting belongs to the expressive Neo-Figurative tradition developed in post-war Spain and Catalonia, where literary archetypes such as Don Quixote became vehicles for psychological and symbolic exploration. Comparable resonances can be found in the structural figuration of Bernard Buffet, the expressive intensity of Antonio Saura, and the material experimentation associated with Antoni Tàpies, Modest Cuixart and Josep Guinovart within the post-war Catalan avant-garde. don quixote painting...

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1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ethereal Abstraction 31, Abstract Painting
Ethereal Abstraction 31, Abstract Painting

Ethereal Abstraction 31, Abstract Painting

By Patrick O'Boyle

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Patrick O'Boyle abstractly paints a dreamy mist of hot pink, mustard yellow, and violet with gentle strokes of emerald. He applies several coats of col...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract Oil Landscape on Linen, Warm Seasonal Road Composition, Fauvism, French
Abstract Oil Landscape on Linen, Warm Seasonal Road Composition, Fauvism, French

Abstract Oil Landscape on Linen, Warm Seasonal Road Composition, Fauvism, French

By SOPHIE DUMONT

Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR

This original oil painting on linen is by French contemporary artist Sophie Dumont, whose abstract landscapes and rhythmic compositions are widely collected and exhibited. Her work i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid 20th Century French Expressionist Abstract Portrait Very Thick Impasto Oil
Mid 20th Century French Expressionist Abstract Portrait Very Thick Impasto Oil

Mid 20th Century French Expressionist Abstract Portrait Very Thick Impasto Oil

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Portrait Expressionist work, painted with very thick impasto oil paint. unsigned but clearly by a very good hand. French School, mid 20th century oil on board, unframed 36...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)

Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)

By Jesse Redwin Bardin

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Jesse Redwin Bardin (1923-1997). Untitled, ca. 1960. Oil on canvas, 18 x 31 inches; 21.5 x 36.5 inches framed. Signed lower right. Provenance: Private collection, Philadelphia; F...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shazam Acrylic on Canvas Abstract Painting, Framed, 48 x 48, 2010-
Shazam Acrylic on Canvas Abstract Painting, Framed, 48 x 48, 2010-

Shazam Acrylic on Canvas Abstract Painting, Framed, 48 x 48, 2010-

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Shazam Acrylic on canvas 48 x 48 x 1.5 Edges painted white, back wired, ready to hang. Sarah Trundle is a Charlottesville, Va. painter who, after beginnings in representational ar...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Set Adrift - Large Moody Atmospheric Abstract Alluring Oil Painting on Canvas
Set Adrift - Large Moody Atmospheric Abstract Alluring Oil Painting on Canvas

Set Adrift - Large Moody Atmospheric Abstract Alluring Oil Painting on Canvas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flower Field II - Large Scale Colorful Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Artwork
Flower Field II - Large Scale Colorful Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Artwork

Flower Field II - Large Scale Colorful Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Artwork

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Khoury's art is characterized by her masterful use of vivid fluorescent colors, dark tones, and high-contrast compositions that are both striking and visually compelling. She employs...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Spray Paint, Mixed Media, Pastel, Canvas

Open Spaces, Abstract Painting
Open Spaces, Abstract Painting

Open Spaces, Abstract Painting

By Dorothy Gaziano

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Soft whites and cool blues create a tranquil, expansive space. Accents of orange and fine linework bring contrast and gentle energy. Minimalist abstract forms i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

42.9.2 Homenaje a Jonas Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Abstract, 21st Century
42.9.2 Homenaje a Jonas Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Abstract, 21st Century

42.9.2 Homenaje a Jonas Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Abstract, 21st Century

By Rafael Ruz

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

Original artwork by Spanish artist Rafael Ruz. Acrylic on canvas in perfect condition. While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 11.75 x 11.75 inches condition: very good and impressive provenance: all the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists studio and are all featured in the artists Catalogue Raisonne. Jacques, Paul, Firmin Coulais is a French painter born on March 22 , 1955 in Fenioux ( Deux-Sèvres ) and died at the age of 56, the June 25 , 2011 in Niort (Deux-Sèvres). Born into a farming family, he was the seventh of eight children. Suddenly becoming a quadriplegic at the age of six following poliomyelitis, he overcame this handicap by building with determination an independent life centered on artistic practice and an intense social life. For more than thirty years his house and his workshop have been the center of attraction for many artists, art lovers or simply friends of Niort and all of France. Coulais began to paint with his mouth, as an autodidact. In 1978, he made the acquaintance of a plastic art teacher who advised him and engaged him on the path of watercolour. The freedom granted to him by this technique as well as the flexibility of its application fascinate him. This meeting and the friendship shared with his teacher, lead him and very quickly direct his work from figurative to abstraction in a way that he explores and that he will then find in the works of Kandinsky and Paul Klee. Admitted to the School of Fine Arts in Angoulême, he studied there from 1981 to 1984 and obtained the National Superior Diploma in Plastic Expression at the age of 31. A few years later, Jacques Coulais exhibited at the Museum of Niort and since then, his career has been punctuated by his participation in numerous exhibitions organized very regularly in various French cities as well as abroad. In the 1990s, the AAPBP, Association of Mouth and Foot Painting...

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20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Gouache

Rythmes croisés — Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting, Oil on Canvas
Rythmes croisés — Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting, Oil on Canvas

Rythmes croisés — Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting, Oil on Canvas

By SOPHIE DUMONT

Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR

This oil on canvas by Sophie Dumont presents a structured composition where curved forms and vertical elements intersect in a finely balanced architectural space. Built through succ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist Signed Painting
Large Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist Signed Painting

Large Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist Signed Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Large vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed. Excellent condition, ready to hang and ...

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1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Abstract Landscape, large mid-century green painting, COBRA art movement
Abstract Landscape, large mid-century green painting, COBRA art movement

Abstract Landscape, large mid-century green painting, COBRA art movement

Located in Beachwood, OH

Erik Ortvad (Danish, 1917 - 2008) Abstract Landscape, 1946 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 32 X 37.5 inches 35 x 40.5 inches, framed Born in 1917 in Copenhagen, Erik Ortvad was a surrealist painter and a founding member of the COBRA art...

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1940s Abstract Paintings

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Oil

"I Dream in Flowers", Vibrant Colorful Heavily Textured Mixed Media Abstract
"I Dream in Flowers", Vibrant Colorful Heavily Textured Mixed Media Abstract

"I Dream in Flowers", Vibrant Colorful Heavily Textured Mixed Media Abstract

By Sveta Hessler

Located in Carmel, CA

Sveta Hessler (Russian, born 1973) "I Dream in Flowers" 2025 Oil and mixed media on stretched canvas Signed on verso. “I Dream in Flowers” is a heavily textured contemporary abstrac...

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2010s Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Stretcher Bars, Oil

French Geometric Abstract Grid Composition with Multicolour Lines and Grids
French Geometric Abstract Grid Composition with Multicolour Lines and Grids

French Geometric Abstract Grid Composition with Multicolour Lines and Grids

By Gilbert Pelissier

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

French Geometric Abstract Grid Composition with Multicolour Lines and Grids Gilbert Pelissier (French, born 1924) signed Oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 29 x 24 inches Provenance: Al...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ethereal Abstraction 32, Abstract Painting
Ethereal Abstraction 32, Abstract Painting

Ethereal Abstraction 32, Abstract Painting

By Patrick O'Boyle

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Part of artist Patrick O'Boyle's ongoing Ethereal Abstraction series. He demonstrates an abstract expression of vivid colors. "I paint standing up with the pa...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

When Love lingers in the Air Gaetan de Seguin - Figurative contemporary Painting
When Love lingers in the Air Gaetan de Seguin - Figurative contemporary Painting

When Love lingers in the Air Gaetan de Seguin - Figurative contemporary Painting

By Gaëtan de Seguin

Located in DE

Contemporary figurative painting with lots of details and movement. Beautiful statement piece for any art collection. Combining a lot of different colors in any interiors and settin...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, 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.