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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
Red Baby Chinlone

Red Baby Chinlone

By Christopher Thomson

Located in Santa Fe, NM

It was the tumult of the sixties that compelled me to drop out of Swarthmore College, move “back to the land” and become an intuitive artist. I believed that if we were to survive a...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

"Victim of War (WWII)" Signed, Stainless Steel Sculpture
"Victim of War (WWII)" Signed, Stainless Steel Sculpture

"Victim of War (WWII)" Signed, Stainless Steel Sculpture

Located in Chesterfield, MI

This dramatic stainless steel sculpture titled "Victim of War" by Marian Owczarski depicts a falling figure reaching towards the sky. The figure is suspended by a single leg which Ow...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Splash
Splash

Splash

By Robert Cook

Located in New York, NY

Robert Cook’s Splash sculpture draws inspiration from the iconic photograph of a drop of milk creating a circle and splash in a pool of milk. This fleeting moment of suspended motion sparked Cook’s exploration of how to capture such dynamic energy in a static form. Robert Cook was a great American sculptor and his works are in many museums and his iconic Dinoseras piece commands a spot on the street of New York at 51st Street. Important to note with this work that it is unique and there are no other casts. Cook sculpted in wax and when he cast this destroyed the wax and there was no mould. Very few sculptors work in this manner and it speaks to a very pure and altruistic form of sculpture. If perhaps he had been more commercially minded he would have done large editions but instead he valued singularity as in nature. In Splash, Cook freezes a moment of kinetic energy, capturing the elegant tension between impact and expansion. The sculpture embodies both grace and chaos, with a fluidity that suggests movement at the very instant it’s frozen in time. Cook’s mastery of his medium allows this dynamic moment to be immortalized in bronze, creating a powerful and emotional resonance that transcends the physical form, making Splash both a formal and philosophical exploration of time, space, and motion. Signed: R Cook...

Category

1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Abstract Papier Mache Composition, 1950-60 - papier mache, 83x65x4 cm., framed
Abstract Papier Mache Composition, 1950-60 - papier mache, 83x65x4 cm., framed

Abstract Papier Mache Composition, 1950-60 - papier mache, 83x65x4 cm., framed

By Les Argonautes

Located in Nice, FR

Paper mache "Les Argonautes" Artist: JS. Ferlay Vallauris Workshop "Les Argonautes", Vallauris: Isabelle Ferlay (1917-?) And Frédérique Bourguet (1925-1997) Isabelle Ferlay and Frédérique Bourguet founded their ceramic workshop in Vallauris in 1953, which they named "Les Argonautes", in reference to the famous Greek epic. Isabelle studied painting at the Fine Arts school of Lyon in 1940, then she attended the Fine Arts in Marseille. Finally, she finished her artistic training in Montpellier, at the Fontcarade national school, where she learned ceramics. Françoise dit Frédérique Bourguet studied at the Beaux-Arts in Montpellier until 1945 and it was in Sèvres, in Françoise Bizette's studio, that she trained in the art of ceramics. She created her first workshop in Paris in 1945, which she shared with Valentine Schlegel until 1951. The two women ceramicists then practiced modeling technique. It was in 1953 that she met Isabelle Ferlay and together, they decided to set up a workshop in Vallauris. They produce shaped pieces, sometimes molded, made of earthenware, enamelled in bright colors. In the 1970s they made stoneware cooked over a wood fire. Some ceramists frequented their workshop, notably the very talented Jacques Innocenti and François Raty.

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Papier Mâché

Pair of Fossil Specimens
Pair of Fossil Specimens

Pair of Fossil Specimens

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Pair of Orthoconic Cephalopods towers or fossilized squid specimens carefully cut from stone and polished to reveal these remarkable organic sculptures.

Category

20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Organic Material

"Bird" Abstract Bronze Sculpture with Wooden Base
"Bird" Abstract Bronze Sculpture with Wooden Base

"Bird" Abstract Bronze Sculpture with Wooden Base

Located in Houston, TX

W. R. Stevenson's abstract bronze sculpture titled "Bird". The unique sculpture stands on a sleek wooden base and has a plaque that includes the artist and title. Artist Biography: William Robert Stevenson was born in 20 May 1925 in Eugene, Oregon. His family moved to Minneapolis, MN but he promptly returned to Oregon and Washington during the Great Depression to work in the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Hoping to study Art, his future was sidetracked when he was drafted into the United States Army at age 17 years old in early 1942. Being a strong swimmer, and having worked at stables as a child, he initially served in the last US Cavalry Corps, and also as a Swimming Instructor for the United States Army. Upon the abolition of the Cavalry Corps, he was trained as a Gunnar and Tank Commander for the M-4 Sherman Tank under General Patton...

Category

20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Shapes of experience Nr. 2" Sculpture 26 x 14 x 14 in Ed. 1/1 by Sergii Shaulis
"Shapes of experience Nr. 2" Sculpture 26 x 14 x 14 in Ed. 1/1 by Sergii Shaulis

"Shapes of experience Nr. 2" Sculpture 26 x 14 x 14 in Ed. 1/1 by Sergii Shaulis

By Sergii Shaulis

Located in Culver City, CA

"Shapes of experience Nr. 2" Sculpture 26 x 14 x 14 in Ed. 1/1 by Sergii Shaulis Medium: aluminum, stainless steel, steel From the EXPERIENCE series Approximate weight 35lbs ABOUT...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel

Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall

By Victor Prodanchuk

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The project "Eternal and Ingenious" is based on portraits of famous artists from around the world and Ukraine. The concept of the work - the image of internal and external psychologi...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Fleche (diagonally down)", Industrial Abstract Sculpture in Metal & Stone
"Fleche (diagonally down)", Industrial Abstract Sculpture in Metal & Stone

"Fleche (diagonally down)", Industrial Abstract Sculpture in Metal & Stone

By John Van Alstine

Located in New York, NY

"Fleche (diagonally down)" by John Van Alstine Granite, bronze, stainless steel The sculpture of John Van Alstine beautifully, and powerfully, balances the union of stone and metal,...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Granite, Metal, Bronze, Steel, Stainless Steel

Light-Glyph (Gold)
Light-Glyph (Gold)

Light-Glyph (Gold)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Bloom

Bloom

By Christopher Thomson

Located in Santa Fe, NM

It was the tumult of the sixties that compelled me to drop out of Swarthmore College, move “back to the land” and become an intuitive artist. I believed that if we were to survive a...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Emerge

Emerge

By Christopher Thomson

Located in Santa Fe, NM

It was the tumult of the sixties that compelled me to drop out of Swarthmore College, move “back to the land” and become an intuitive artist. I believed that if we were to survive a...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Abstract Wall Sculpture 'Untitled Wallpaper Abstraction #36'
Abstract Wall Sculpture 'Untitled Wallpaper Abstraction #36'

Abstract Wall Sculpture 'Untitled Wallpaper Abstraction #36'

Located in White Plains, NY

'Untitled Wallpaper Abstraction #36' 2024. Found wallpaper collage on wood form, 48 x 36 x 6 in. is a multicolor, abstract geometric sculpture featuring carefully cut pieces of found...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Archival Ink, Wood Panel

Abstract Vertical Wall Sculpture in Natural Materials "Sisters"
Abstract Vertical Wall Sculpture in Natural Materials "Sisters"

Abstract Vertical Wall Sculpture in Natural Materials "Sisters"

By Silvana Ilieva

Located in Sofia, BG

Unique artwork Signature: Hand-signed by artist Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the artist Sculpture: Textiles, object, embroidery, Organic materials, Pig...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Jute, Linen, Organic Material, Pigment

Knife
Knife

Knife

By Kevin Kelly

Located in Westport, CT

This aqua resin and acrylic sculpture is an abstract female for created by Kevin Kelly. The dimensions are noted include a 4 inch high white base. The pedestal is separate. Kelly wor...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

"Flying"
"Flying"

"Flying"

By Katib Mamedov

Located in Edinburgh, GB

This bronze sculpture is an abstract interpretation of the female form. The smooth, rounded shapes convey the softness and fluidity of natural lines, whilst avoiding a direct figurat...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Red Purple Abstract Sculpture, Epoxy Resin, 100x100 cm
Red Purple Abstract Sculpture, Epoxy Resin, 100x100 cm

Red Purple Abstract Sculpture, Epoxy Resin, 100x100 cm

Located in BARCELONA, ES

Últimamente mi obra se compone de dos series. La primera llamada “paisajes casi abstractos” con grandes empastes expresionistas de óleo y, una segunda, denominada “Acumulador de torm...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Epoxy Resin

Double Life

Double Life

By Eileen Braun

Located in Atlanta, GA

Eileen Braun delights in creating biomorphic or organic sculptural forms. Although they may look as though they're constructed of metal rods, they're actually created from rattan ree...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

"Column Swarm", Abstract, Gestural, Ceramic, White, Gray, Stoneware, Sculpture
"Column Swarm", Abstract, Gestural, Ceramic, White, Gray, Stoneware, Sculpture

"Column Swarm", Abstract, Gestural, Ceramic, White, Gray, Stoneware, Sculpture

By Sara Fine-Wilson

Located in Franklin, MA

Sara Fine-Wilson's “Column Swarm" is a gestural 22 x 9 x 8 inch ceramic sculpture in white and gray. It is hand built and wheel constructed in white stoneware. Individual hand formed details are layered over the entire surface creating a graceful and fluid form. The surface is coated in a cool white matte glaze that becomes darker gray and glossy along the edges that have been caught during the soda firing process. The glaze emphasizes the contrast between surfaces and edges. Fine Wilson’s ceramic work contains elements of both raw and refined surfaces including cracks, ruptures and pooling of glaze. Sara Fine-Wilson is a contemporary sculptor based in the Boston area...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze, Ceramic

Woodman

Woodman

By Victor Prodanchuk

Located in Edinburgh, GB

A series of works .. ANCIENT .. ..FOREST .. ..AQUA .. all these series have a magical connection with each other. They have the ancient spirit of past civilizations and sections of d...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

"Milky Jumble", Contemporary, Gestural, Ceramic, Stoneware, Cream, Sculpture
"Milky Jumble", Contemporary, Gestural, Ceramic, Stoneware, Cream, Sculpture

"Milky Jumble", Contemporary, Gestural, Ceramic, Stoneware, Cream, Sculpture

By Sara Fine-Wilson

Located in Franklin, MA

Sara Fine-Wilsons ”Milky Jumble” is a gestural 12.5 x 10 x 8 inch ceramic sculpture in shades of brown, white and cream. In this powerful and evocative sculpture individual slab and ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware, Glaze, Clay

Entanglement
Entanglement

Entanglement

By Robin Antar

Located in Wiscasett, ME

19 x 19 x 18 in October 2021 This piece was carved after reading 50 shades of Gray. Artist statement: My passion for sculpting is expressed in my creation of the virtual records of contemporary culture. I capture everyday objects in carved stone, using a technique I invented more than 20 years ago. At the start I mull over the food, article of clothing or particular brand I wish to replicate as historical evidence for future generations. I feel driven to duplication by carving stone of similar color – or purchasing one of neutral tones and staining it to that which I desire. I ask myself, ‘Will a bottle of Heinz ketchup...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Native New Mexico Pink Alabaster Sculpture of a Corn Man
Native New Mexico Pink Alabaster Sculpture of a Corn Man

Native New Mexico Pink Alabaster Sculpture of a Corn Man

Located in Houston, TX

A lovely Native New Mexico sculpture of a corn man delicately sculpted in a beautiful translucent pink alabaster. Attached to a dark wooden base which compliments the beautiful pink ...

Category

20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster

"Vase «Fool 2: The Mask of Truth»"
"Vase «Fool 2: The Mask of Truth»"

"Vase «Fool 2: The Mask of Truth»"

By Vladyslav Vladymyrov

Located in Edinburgh, GB

The painting "Fool 2" is the second chapter of a symbolic game where beneath the mask of the fool lies a deep internal struggle and a truth known only to the chosen few. In the chaot...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Acrylic

Light-Glyph (Silver)
Light-Glyph (Silver)

Light-Glyph (Silver)

By Casper Brindle

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Brindle’s Light Glyph’s, are luminescent and mercurial sculptures, constantly shifting in hue as the viewer moves around them. Absorbing and reflecting light, they have a meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Automotive Paint, Acrylic

Shared Flat V

Shared Flat V

Located in Winterswijk, NL

Design inspired by the A4 model. The proportions of the sculpture can be traced back to the proportions of the A4 format. If it were possible to fold thi...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Iron

John Van Alstine - Stormwarning IV, Sculpture 2014
John Van Alstine - Stormwarning IV, Sculpture 2014

John Van Alstine - Stormwarning IV, Sculpture 2014

By John Van Alstine

Located in Stamford, CT

Medium: Slate, Pigmented and Sealed Steel Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Slate, Steel, Cut Steel

Jt Wiggle 4

Jt Wiggle 4

Located in Napa, CA

Simon Waranch (b. 1999) is an artist at the vanguard of fine art glass sculpture. Blending a mastery of classical techniques with imaginative formal experimentation, Waranch’s work ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Silver Wiggle

Silver Wiggle

Located in Napa, CA

Simon Waranch (b. 1999) is an artist at the vanguard of fine art glass sculpture. Blending a mastery of classical techniques with imaginative formal experimentation, Waranch’s work ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Small Blue Wiggle

Small Blue Wiggle

Located in Napa, CA

Simon Waranch (b. 1999) is an artist at the vanguard of fine art glass sculpture. Blending a mastery of classical techniques with imaginative formal experimentation, Waranch’s work ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Light Orange Wiggle

Light Orange Wiggle

Located in Napa, CA

Simon Waranch (b. 1999) is an artist at the vanguard of fine art glass sculpture. Blending a mastery of classical techniques with imaginative formal experimentation, Waranch’s work ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

Rah-Rah
Rah-Rah

Rah-Rah

By Ben Watkins

Located in Lincoln, RI

Rah-Rah is made by casting Hydrocal FGR95 (a very hard plaster) on top of an oil clay pattern. The oil clay is extruded to take on a "noodle form". The composition is laid out on pl...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Foil

Amber Light on Ocean Park - Textural Abstract Relief Geometric Wall Sculpture
Amber Light on Ocean Park - Textural Abstract Relief Geometric Wall Sculpture

Amber Light on Ocean Park - Textural Abstract Relief Geometric Wall Sculpture

By Paul Kirley

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Abstract artist Paul Kirley crafts visual journeys that seamlessly intertwine individuals with their surroundings, evoking the ethereal nature of dreams. Blurring the boundaries betw...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood, Mixed Media

Devon

Devon

By Victor Prodanchuk

Located in Edinburgh, GB

A series of works .. ANCIENT .. ..FOREST .. ..AQUA .. all these series have a magical connection with each other. They have the ancient spirit of past civilizations and sections of d...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Vesuvius
Vesuvius

Vesuvius

By Sally Hepler

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Vesuvius 19.5 x 15 x 14" hand fabricated steel with patina, 4 inch tall powder coated steel base, shown in picture There are two sides to any circle: the inside and the outside. In ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Lucid Sculpture
Lucid Sculpture

Lucid Sculpture

By Piers Henry

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Lucid Sculpture by Piers Henry transforms the perception of materiality, presenting metal as fluid, responsive, and in motion. The highly polished gold surface is shaped into soft, u...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

1982 Argentine Metal Sculpture "Serie De Los Sobres" Maria Simon
1982 Argentine Metal Sculpture "Serie De Los Sobres" Maria Simon

1982 Argentine Metal Sculpture "Serie De Los Sobres" Maria Simon

Located in Surfside, FL

María Simón Argentinian (1922-2009) Untitled (from Serie de los Sobres) 1982 welded and enameled black sheetmetal sculpture Escultura en metal, moldeado, soldado, esmaltado 18 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches Provenance: The Graciela Kartofel Collection María Simón Padrós (1922 – 5 July 2009) was an Argentine sculptor. Simón was born in Aguilares, Tucumán in 1922. Her father, John Simon Padrós, was an engineer, a prominent politician and industrialist; her mother was Emilia Dublé. Today she is represented in the collections of the Museo Moderno and the Museo de Bellas Artes, where one of her sculptures is on display until the end of July, along with others by Noemí Gerstein...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

John Van Alstine - FLECHE, Sculpture 2005
John Van Alstine - FLECHE, Sculpture 2005

John Van Alstine - FLECHE, Sculpture 2005

By John Van Alstine

Located in Stamford, CT

Slate, Steel Stone and metal, usually granite or slate and found object steel are central in my sculpture. The interaction of these materials is a major focus. On the most basic lev...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Slate, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel

Colorful Composition 2
Colorful Composition 2

Colorful Composition 2

By Jozef Bajus

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original woven paper and staple wall sculpture by Jozef Bajus. This piece is comprised of hundreds of pieces of old textile patterns created by the artist in his capacity as a fa...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

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