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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
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Haumi', 2004 by David Ruth
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Haumi', 2004 by David Ruth

Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Haumi', 2004 by David Ruth

By David Ruth

Located in Oakland, CA

'Haumi' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. It features painterly brushstroke formations in glass called trails. Trails are ...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

TAKI-KASURI FOLDS (dark indigo blue thick textile linen fold monochrome design)
TAKI-KASURI FOLDS (dark indigo blue thick textile linen fold monochrome design)

TAKI-KASURI FOLDS (dark indigo blue thick textile linen fold monochrome design)

By Chloe Hedden

Located in Quebec, Quebec

TAKI-KASURI FOLDS from Chloe Hedden’s Fold Series explores the tension between softness and structure through the poetic manipulation of handmade Japanese fabric on linen. In this sc...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Wood, Linen

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

Glass Sculpture Forgotten
Glass Sculpture Forgotten

Glass Sculpture Forgotten

By L.G.

Located in Paris, FR

Gorgeous One of a kind Blown and fused Glass Sculpture in molted opaque black , black, brown, grey and sandbusted. Includes its black metal base ( about 32 cm X 10 cm X 18 cm ). To...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Blown Glass

John Van Alstine - Lunge V, Sculpture 2006
John Van Alstine - Lunge V, Sculpture 2006

John Van Alstine - Lunge V, Sculpture 2006

By John Van Alstine

Located in Stamford, CT

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 level the work is ...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Slate, Steel

Rise Studies

Rise Studies

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Set of Three miniature ceramic stoneware sculptures, glazed, each featuring a different repeating abstract form. Each figure is approximately 2" x 2"

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Coral Mood (small)
Coral Mood (small)

Coral Mood (small)

By Olga Radionova

Located in Zofingen, AG

In Coral Mood sculpture, bronze transforms into a living organism. The organic form recalls underwater reefs, echoing the fragile yet eternal architecture of the sea. Its folds and c...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown
Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown

Abstract Mixed Media Biomorphism Wall Sculpture. Miami Artist Carol K Brown

By Carol K. Brown

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a wall sculpture of a protruding abstract organic appendage form. They are in the form of Surrealist fantastic flora and fauna. It is from her 1990-1995 series called tondos & squares. This is a mixed media sculpture composed of plastic/resin (it looks like blackened steel), rubber and metal wire. Hand signed verso. This sale is for one. I have 5 of them available, they make a great wall installation grouping. Carol K. Brown is an American woman artist born in Memphis, Tennessee and lives and works in New York and Miami Beach, Florida. Brown works with sculpture, painting, photography, video, digital and installation art. She has received the State of Florida Fine Arts Fellowship (1983), Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Fellowship (1986), and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1984 and 1986). Her work is owned by the Perez Art Museum Miami, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University. She is a professor of sculpture at the New World School of the Arts in Miami. She was included in the show Making Art in Miami along with Jose Bedia; Consuelo Castaneda; Quisqueya Henriquez...

Category

1990s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

John Van Alstine - Fleche VIII, Sculpture 2017
John Van Alstine - Fleche VIII, Sculpture 2017

John Van Alstine - Fleche VIII, Sculpture 2017

By John Van Alstine

Located in Stamford, CT

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 level the work is ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze, Steel

Joey, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

Joey, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

By Joe Sultan

Located in New York, NY

Milled wood, encaustic and acrylic. Joe Sultan started sculpting later in life after building a home in the Hudson Valley in 2012. He trained, worked as an architect and led his own...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Groundless, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2018

Groundless, Original Abstract Sculpture, 2018

By Tanner Gauvin

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: As a continuation of the screens series, I experimented with adding air between layers to show the organic process and the play with not only reflected light from behind, but also shadow. (Photo files include one angled shot, and one closeup.) Keywords: abstract, transparent, brush...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

My Mother's Tears Inundation (grey 3D textile burlap fold monochrome design)
My Mother's Tears Inundation (grey 3D textile burlap fold monochrome design)

My Mother's Tears Inundation (grey 3D textile burlap fold monochrome design)

By Chloe Hedden

Located in Quebec, Quebec

My Mother's Tears Inundation is a deeply emotive work from Chloe Hedden’s Fold Series, composed of hand-dyed linen in soft, stormy tones. A pale, silvery veil of fabric envelops the ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Linen, Canvas, Burlap, Acrylic

White Reticello Wiggle

White Reticello 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

Grey Blanket Vessel

Grey Blanket Vessel

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

Duomo 13

Duomo 13

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

Endless Graduation, Paper sculpture by Norie Hatakeyama
Endless Graduation, Paper sculpture by Norie Hatakeyama

Endless Graduation, Paper sculpture by Norie Hatakeyama

By Norie Hatakeyama

Located in Wilton, CT

Hatekayama works with factory-made paper-packing tape to realize her geometric concerns. It is an experimental material that enables her to break free from traditional limitations. ...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Rice Paper

Whistle A Happy Tune: shadow box painting & collage w/ figures & found objects
Whistle A Happy Tune: shadow box painting & collage w/ figures & found objects

Whistle A Happy Tune: shadow box painting & collage w/ figures & found objects

By Richard J. Watson

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

This is a shadow box construction approx. 13" x 9" x 2.5" with painted and collaged materials and found objects. Encased in a dark wood frame under glass. It is signed and dated twice, at different orientations. PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022. "Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Found Objects, Acrylic

Elevate

Elevate

By Greg Joubert

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Hand carved aspen wood sculpture torched burnished and painted Greg Joubert was born in 1977 and raised in the seaside New England town of Hingham, Massac...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Prophesy

Prophesy

By Damon Hyldreth

Located in Napa, CA

The sculptures of Damon Hyldreth appear both static and fluid, rigid and flexible, strong and smooth, effectively blurring the line between nature and structure. By crafting organic ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Hancock Park, Geometric Abstract Composition in Enamel on Metal by Jay Phillips
Hancock Park, Geometric Abstract Composition in Enamel on Metal by Jay Phillips

Hancock Park, Geometric Abstract Composition in Enamel on Metal by Jay Phillips

By Jay Phillips

Located in Long Island City, NY

This Enamel on aluminum in plexi box by Jay Phillips, is a structural contemporary work. Phillips cut and folded his materials to form overlaps and projections. His use of bright colors reflected his early Southern California art...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum, Enamel

Geometric (Dancing Gold Var.)
Geometric (Dancing Gold Var.)

Geometric (Dancing Gold Var.)

By Catherine Lee

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Catherine Lee, American (1950 - ) Title: Geometric (Dancing Gold Var.) Year: circa 1989 Medium: Welded Bronze and Steel Sculpture Size: 57 x 35.5 x 3.5 in. (144.78 x 90.17 x ...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Sun Moon

Sun Moon

By Ron Reihel

Located in West Hollywood, CA

In Sun Moon, Ron Reihel distills form, process, and symbolism into a sculptural painting rooted in natural cycles and quiet resilience. Inspired by the winter-blooming camellia, whic...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

White Marble Form
White Marble Form

White Marble Form

By Robert Winslow

Located in Three Oaks, MI

Robert Winslow emerged as a recognized sculptor and painter in the late 1970’s. His paintings and sculptures are in the collections of many prominent corporations including McDonalds Corp., Helene Curtis Corp., The Chicago Board Options Exchange...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Now You See It, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

Now You See It, abstract geometric wooden sculpture

By Joe Sultan

Located in New York, NY

Milled wood and acrylic. Joe Sultan started sculpting later in life after building a home in the Hudson Valley in 2012. He trained, worked as an architect and led his own firms fo...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Abstract sculptures for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract sculptures 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 sculptures created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Scott Troxel, John Van Alstine, Marty Mackenzie, and Stephen Walling. Frequently made by artists working with Wood, and 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 sculptures, so small editions measuring 0.38 inches across are also available. Prices for sculptures made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $11 and tops out at $1,400,000, while the average work sells for $4,500.