Abstract Sculptures
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
Angeli Minori A
Located in BARCELONA, ES
In apparent disagreement with the state of grace of human anatomy, Nicola Cucchiaro goes to the very origins of artistic endeavor. His production consists of combining and displacing...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
"Clue #2", abstract sculpture, wood, paint, rubber tubes, found objects
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"Clue #2" is an abstract artwork by Stan Olthuis composed of acrylic paint on reclaimed bicycle inner tube, wrapped on torched and plain reclaimed canvas ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Rubber, Wood, Acrylic
Antique Hebrew letters
By Moshe Castel
Located in Jerusalem, IL
The subject of Castel’s early paintings were scenes of Sephardic Jews in the Holy Land. In 1947, Castel helped to found the "New Horizons".In the 1950s Moshe's Castel artwork work was inspired by ancient relief paintings depicting predecessors of the Jewish people...
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Pinnacle XIX", Abstract, Bronze Metal Sculpture by Bill Barrett
By Bill Barrett
Located in New York, NY
"Pinnacle XIX" by Bill Barrett
Fabricated bronze
Bill Barrett is considered a central figure in the second generation of American metal sculptors and is internationally known for hi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Virus Lamp Tripod - Set
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Virus lamp tripod large
Our Virus luminaire is a spherical luminaire on pedestals with a color filter attachment for indoor use.
The tubular sectional steel has been arranged here a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Vessel A-21, warm copper mixed media sculptural piece, textured, 36" diameter
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic paint and aluminum leaf on acrylic glass. 36" diameter.
This is a time that has forced us to redefine. Redefine how we live, how we interact, how we see, what we value. Th...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Golden Apples 24
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Hand Built and glazed ceramic. Free standing, two pieces (sphere and stand).
My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Tower
By Tom Nussbaum
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tom Nussbaum is known for a variety of work including drawings, paper cuts, prints, sculpture, children’s books, animations, functional design objects, and site-specific commissions....
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stainless Steel
$3,400
"Cabra" Fantasy Skull Sculpture, Outdoor , Cast Glass Aluminum, Steel
Located in Benahavis, ES
" Cabra ". This sculpture was created with recycled glass , sand cast aluminium and steel.
Sand cast in our foundry, mounted and finished in our workshop in Andalucia, Spain.
It is ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Mastheads and Mountains, bright colors, yellow, purple, pink, green, red
Located in New York, NY
Silk, wool, and thread
Padma Rajendran was born in Klang, Malaysia. She studied at Bryn Mawr College and received her M.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design. She has exhibited at...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Textile
Untitled Raku Sculpture
Located in BARCELONA, ES
His production explores the intersections between popular culture, sculptural language, and everyday objects. Over the years, Cucchiaro has incorporated elements from the imaginary w...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Clay Pearls
Located in Santa Fe, NM
FRANCES PARKER
Clay Pearls
88”h x 8”dia (diptych)
glazed ceramic
$ 12,500.
Hand Built and glazed ceramic. Free standing, safe for outdoors.
My inter...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Almiranta tricornio, Sculpture. From the Series Sculptures
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Wood, stone, iron. The raw material and the material of a sculptor. ancestor of any architectural practice. But the architect, the sculptor and the artist do not remain alone in thei...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Granite, Copper, Iron, Wire
Little Weirdo No. 3
Located in New York, NY
Hand-machine knitted thread, fluid acrylic, burlap on dyed fabric
16.5 x 17 inches framed
Statement
My work is at the intersection of painting, object making, and immersive installation. I use various materials such as vintage threads...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Dye
The 11th Commandment, abstract geometric wooden sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Milled wood, crayon 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 f...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Ragisména series White M1, Abstract Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ragisména series White M1, 2024 by Rodrigo Zampol
From Ragisména Series
Plaster on canvas
Dimensions: 30 cm H x 20 cm W
Weight: 3 kg
Unique piece
Signed on the back
The piece has a...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Plaster
The Skies of Sky #2 (blue)
Located in Phoenix, AZ
b. Melbourne, Australia
Louise Blyton is a reductive artist exploring the romance of raw linen and dry pigment. The artist’s geometrically shaped canvases explore color, light, and form through the visual language of Reductivism, an aesthetic style characterized by streamlined compositions, restricted color, and a reduction of form and means. Identifying with Reductivism’s simplicity, Blyton’s shaped canvases and three-dimensional wall sculptures elevate craftsmanship and process, achieving a compositional clarity that unifies color and form.
To construct her works, Blyton covers custom built balsa wood stretchers with raw linen, adorning them with layers of pure pigment or acrylic paint. Each pigment reacts differently to raw linen and requires a specific number of coats to reach the artist’s desired level of saturation. As the artist explains, “I’m always looking for a kind of quietness and harmony when making my works even if the color being used is loud.”
The artist creates her own spatial dimension by manipulating the shape of the canvas, which escapes from the flat surface of the wall, confusing its role as a painting. “Rather than responding to the architecture they ask particular attributes of the building to act as support,” as some works appear to climb the surface of the walls, while others straddle columns and corners.
Louise Blyton lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia in 1988. Her works are held in significant corporate and private collections in Australia, China, France, United Kingdom, Portugal, and the United States. Since 2000, Blyton has run an artist supply store called, St. Luke Artist Colourman, which specializes in professional paint and raw materials, with her husband David Coles.
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
" Fissure" Unique Modern Metal Sculpture for Garden our Indoor cast Aluminium
Located in Benahavis, ES
The modern Outdoor / Indoor Sculpture " Fissure ” is a unique Mural made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2024, sand cast in aluminium in our foundry, handcrafted by the Art...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Tantra 67: minimalist abstract spiritual mandala sculpture painting, red circles
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Antonio Puri's "Tantra" sculptural painting is one of 100 intimately-scaled minimalist round mandala circles built from tiny seed beads adhered to canvas ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Hang Tight, Glass and Metal Sculpture with natural Stone base, colour Silver
Located in Benahavis, ES
" Hang Tide " This unique sculpture was created by David Marshall and Jennifer Baker from sand cast aluminium and cast glass. Mounted on sandstone base.
Certified authentic by both ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone, Metal
Dream tree
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
SW25 by Mattia Bosco - Medium-size sculpture, Palissandro marble, grey tones
Located in Paris, FR
SW25 is a unique sculpture by contemporary artist Mattia Bosco. This sculpture is made of Palissandro marble, dimensions are 60 × 25 × 20 cm (23.6 × 9.8 × 7.9 in).
This sculpture is...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
" DELTA FORCE " Modern Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Wood Aluminium
Located in Benahavis, ES
The Abstract Totem " Delta Force ” is a unique Sculpture made from a burnout mold by David Marshall in 2015, sand cast recycled aluminium in our foundry, handcrafted and mounted o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Spiral#3-Green, large maple sculpture
By Eric Pesso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large maple abstract sculpture, geometric spiral, created from one tree trunk. This sculpture is subtracted from the single block using primarily hand tools, not an assembled constru...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Maple, Latex
Copper
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Copper From the series, Elements, are three artworks of precious commodities, combining their beauty of material with the exquisite simplicity of numerical Pi. These artworks draw yo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
$3,840 Sale Price
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Joel Froment, S, blue square, 2007, acrylic on composite material
Located in PARIS, FR
Joël FROMENT (1938-2023)
S, blue square, 2007
Acrylic on composite material
Signed on the base, signed and dated on the back
Height : 30 cm
a very few minor stains on the base (visib...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Other Medium
$1,430 Sale Price
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Archy - #12 P, Sculpture 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
"My Pop Minimalist collection, “A Small World”, celebrates iconic characters from pop culture, film, music and television by presenting them in a pared-down, regressive form, highlig...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Archy - #1 M & M (Part One), Sculpture 2024
Located in Greenwich, CT
"My Pop Minimalist collection, “A Small World”, celebrates iconic characters from pop culture, film, music and television by presenting them in a pared-down, regressive form, highlig...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Acrylic, Wood
Abstract Stone Modern Black Sculpture Minimal Contemporary Signed African Artist
By Jezifous Jang (Van Damn)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Windows of Opportunity" is an original serpentine sculpture by Van Damn. The artist signed the piece "Vandee" on the back bottom right of the sculpture.
Sculpture Size: 9 5/8" x 9...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Round Square All White (Abstract Sculpture)
Located in London, GB
Aluminum sheet, metal wire and acrylic - mobile
"Limited edition of 8
1/8
Available on request — 3 week turnaround "
Amaury Maillet is a self-taught ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pathways of Desire, Contemporary Abstract Tapestry, Textile Wall Sculpture
Located in Wilton, CT
Pathways of Desire (2009) - block printed, manipulated, stitched, heat-set polyester, cotton thread. This contemporary abstract tapestry is by UK-based contemporary textile artist, Caroline Bartlett...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Tapestry, Cotton, Thread, Polyester
Israeli Abstract Expressionist Dina Recanati Cosmos Painting, Sculpture in Metal
Located in Surfside, FL
Dina Recanati
Cosmos Series
(they look like outer space or abstract desert landscapes)
Hand signed and dated
2002
Metallic paint, acid etched on aluminum, wood
Dina Recanati (born Diane Hettena; 1928 – 2021) was an Israeli artist, sculptor and painter.
Diane Hettena was born in Cairo, Egypt. In 1946, she married Raphael Recanati in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine.
Went to London to study History and Art 1946-1948.
Moved to New York 1948. Raised two sons, Oudi and Michael.
Attended Art Student League 1959-1962. Studied with Jose de Creft and John Hovannes.
Beginning in 1964, she was active on the board of the America-israel Cultural Foundation. In the 1970s, she was a member of the board of the Israel Museum and in the 1980s Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem. At the same time as she was working as an artist, she was also collecting artwork. She lives and works in Herzliya and New York.
Most of Recanati's work is in the medium of sculpture. Her works, which contain images of books or parchment, have been influenced by American abstract expressionism in their use of swaths of color. In the 1980s and 1990s, she worked widely in sculptures in the public domain. Dina Recanati was a proponent of Israeli art and supported many Israeli artists. In the 1950s and 1960s, she showcased the work of beginning artists at the 5th Avenue branch of Israel Discount Bank in New York City, while growing Discount Bank’s art collection.
She has gone on to exhibit worldwide with permanent works in the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum, Ben Gurion Airport, The Jewish Museum (New York) among others. She is the recipient of the AICF AVIV Award and The Council for a Beautiful Israel Yakir Award.
She was represented by Flomenhaft Gallery in New York City (was included in the Feminist Art Project along with Miriam Schapiro) and Gordon Gallery in Tel Aviv.
Recanati died in Herzliya Pituah at the ate of 93.
Israeli Art: Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Work. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 1971
Artists: Igael Tumarkin, Bezalel Schatz, Yehiel Shemi, Buky Schwartz, Dina Recanati, Menashe Kadishman, David Palombo, Itzhak Danziger, Sorel Etrog, Yaacov Agam, Jakob Steinhardt, Louise Schatz, Anna Ticho, Ruth Schloss, Moshe Castel, Yohanan Simon, Lea Nikel, Marcel Janco, Mordecai Ardon etc.
40 From Israel: Contemporary Sculpture & Drawing Israel: Contemporary Sculpture & Drawing Brooklyn...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Matchless III" Abstract, Industrial Steel Metal Sculpture by Joel Perlman
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
"Matchless III" by Joel Perlman
Abstract sculpture in welded steel
Joel Perlman has been creating complex sculptures out of steel, bronze, and aluminum since the early 1970's. While...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Steel
Santa Fe Bamboo 1
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Hand Built and glazed ceramic. Free standing, safe for outdoors.
My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused on creating ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
The Binding of Isaac, abstract geometric wooden sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Milled wood, string 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 for over 20 years starting in 1980, his focus was special needs housing and other government sponsored commissions. A second career started in 2001 as owner and CEO of Chilewich, the design brand best known for beautiful and functional home textiles. He built their factory in Georgia where all the products are made, with machines and processes of his design. He stepped down as CEO in May of 2022.
During all phases of his career Joe made art, first engraving and drawing before turning to sculpture. But it was at the Hudson Valley house that he turned exclusively to sculpture using the abundant wood of his land. He mills the wood into sticks, planks and blocks. The milling leaves ridges, valleys and cambers making every raw piece, unique. Sculptures start by putting 2 random sticks together, there’s no plan to start with, or drawings. But there’s always an idea about form, space or memory that guides them. The idea solidifies as the piece grows and eventually supersedes initial randomness. All the work contain the markings of its making.
Joe’s work was first shown at Susan Eley Fine Art...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Out West 2
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Out West 2 is from a series of wall sculptures inspired by the open spaces of sky and landscape of the American West. The landscape is abstracted to painterly and geometric forms and...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Wall Flowers
By Gwen Samuels
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The flowers in this installation are hybrids of other flowers. I liked the idea of creating my own flowers and being able to arrange them in different ways depend...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Feast of Tabernacles, abstract geometric wooden sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Milled wood, plaster, burlap 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 h...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Disc for Apollo 2
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Hand Built and glazed ceramic.
My interest in clay as an artistic medium began in 1984. Like most beginners in the medium, I focused on creating wheel thrown vessels. After several...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Window 3
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Window 3 is from a series of 7 painted aluminum wall sculptures. These wall sculptures are abstractions on the windows we use in our daily lives. We look into windows as well as out ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"№5" Abstract Aluminum Sculpture 46" x 19" in Edition of 5 by Sergii Shaulis
Located in Culver City, CA
"№5" Abstract Aluminum Sculpture 46" x 19" in Edition of 5 by Sergii Shaulis
From "The man without a rod" series
Bronze. Approximate weight 110lbs.
*...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Umbra series 15, Abstract Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Umbra series 15, 2023 by Rodrigo Zampol
From Umbra Series
Oxidated and varnished brass. Wooden chassis
Dimensions: 50 cm H x 50 cm W
Weight: 3 kg
Uniqu...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Umbra series 13, Abstract Wall Sculpture
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Umbra series 13, 2023 by Rodrigo Zampol
From Umbra Series
Oxidated and varnished brass. Wooden chassis
Dimensions: 50 cm H x 50 cm W
Weight: 3 kg
Uniqu...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Cascade, Hanging Sculpture, Metal art, Gold, Anodised aluminium, Nature, Energy
Located in Deddington, GB
Cascade is a hanging sculpture by artist Simon Day.
HANDMADE TO ORDER : 8-12 WEEKS
The material is anodised aluminium.
Complete size of sculpture: 340 H x 170 W x 25 D cm (133.86 x ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
W2
Located in New York, NY
Found objects, repurposed textiles
Statement
In work that integrates the theories and methodologies of both fine art and craft, I transform domestic cast-offs, such as old furnitu...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Textile, Found Objects
$1,725
Portrait of Nut / Goddess No. 1
Located in New York, NY
Hand-machine knitted thread, fluid acrylic on dyed fabric
Statement
My work is at the intersection of painting, object making, and immersive installation. I use various materials such as vintage threads...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Dye
Rose Sprinkle Pop
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Betsy Enzensberger sculpts works that create a visceral longing and remembrance of the most nostalgic delights from childhood. The artist uses the familiarity of those sweet treats t...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Resin, Epoxy Resin
L'Amphore
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Francois Bauer studied graphic design in Chaumont, then went to HEAR, where he deepened his curriculum in object design. He then studied at the European Institute of Ceramic Arts in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
Warp Ikat Spiral, Mid-Century Abstract Woven Tapestry, Textile Wall Sculpture
By Ed Rossbach
Located in Wilton, CT
Warp Ikat Spiral, weaving, 36"x108", 1962.
This mid-century geometric abstract tapestry was done by American textile artist, Ed Rossbach (1914-2002, Chica...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Tapestry
POINTER (K Back), Industrial Abstract Sculpture, Slate Stone Bronze Steel Metal
Located in New York, NY
"POINTER (K Back)" by John Van Alstine
Slate, Bronze, Pigmented Steel
Stone, Metal, Sculpture, Abstract, Contemporary, Outdoor, Industrial, Industry, Nature, Orange, Red
The sculpt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Slate, Metal, Steel, Bronze
Abstract Cast Glass Sculpture, 'Cujam', 1993 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
'Cujam' is a contemporary abstract cast glass sculpture by David Ruth from his Internal Space series. This part of the series was inspired by astronomy and the distant galaxies and ...
Category
1990s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Nailed it Series No.50
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on wooden panel
Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion Marke...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Mixed Media
$1,280 Sale Price
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Dispute
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
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
"Untitled, " Seymour Fogel, Geometric Abstraction, Texas Hard-Edge
Located in New York, NY
Seymour Fogel
Untitled
Oil on illustration board construction
10 x 7 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Charles and Faith McCracken
Larry and Trish Heichel
Private Collection
Seymour Fogel was born in New York City on August 24, 1911. He studied at the Art Students League and at the National Academy of Design under George Bridgeman and Leon Kroll. When his formal studies were concluded in the early 1930s he served as an assistant to Diego Rivera who was then at work on his controversial Rockefeller Center mural. It was from Rivera that he learned the art of mural painting.
Fogel was awarded several mural commissions during the 1930s by both the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, among them his earliest murals at the Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1936, a mural in the WPA Building at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, a highly controversial mural at the U.S. Post Office in Safford, Arizona (due to his focus on Apache culture) in 1941 and two murals in what was then the Social Security Building in Washington, D.C., also in 1941. Fogel's artistic circle at this time included Phillip Guston, Ben Shahn, Franz Kline, Rockwell Kent and Willem de Kooning.
In 1946 Fogel accepted a teaching position at the University of Texas at Austin and became one of the founding artists of the Texas Modernist Movement. At this time he began to devote himself solely to abstract, non-representational art and executed what many consider to be the very first abstract mural in the State of Texas at the American National Bank in Austin in 1953. He pioneered the use of Ethyl Silicate as a mural medium. Other murals and public works of art done during this time (the late 1940s and 1950s) include the Baptist Student Center at the University of Texas (1949), the Petroleum Club in Houston (1951) and the First Christian Church, also in Houston (1956), whose innovative use of stained glass panels incorporated into the mural won Fogel a Silver Medal from the Architectural League of New York in 1958.
Fogel relocated to the Connecticut-New York area in 1959. He continued the Abstract Expressionism he had begun exploring in Texas, and began experimenting with various texturing media for his paintings, the most enduring of which was sand. In 1966 he was awarded a mural at the U.S. Federal Building in Fort Worth, Texas. The work, entitled "The Challenge of Space", was a milestone in his artistic career and ushered in what has been termed the Transcendental/Atavistic period of his art, a style he pursued up to his death in 1984. Painted and raw wood sculpture...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Oil, Board
$4,600 Sale Price
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Soft Swirl
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fibers, drawing, and sculptural work titled "Soft Swirl" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand-embroidery, colored pencil, and acrylic paint on paper. The artist us...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Found Objects
Space concept, '90s - plexiglass, 14x16x14 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Little sculpture by the south france sculptor Edmond Vernassa. Signed.
Né à Nice, le 3 septembre 1926, Vernassa dessine et sculpte dès son plus jeune âge.
Il obtient un CAP d’électr...
Category
1990s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plexiglass
Lucite Pyramid Modern Decorative Centerpiece
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beautiful rare tall magnificent modern Lucite Pyramid Modern Decorative Centerpiece midcentury
Category
1970s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Lucite
$650 Sale Price
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Figurative Grey Stone Sculpture of a Female
Located in Houston, TX
Figurative sculpture of a nude female figure. The stone is a grey tone with speckling. The artist signed and dated the piece in the crevice on the bottom. Jose Zacarias is known for ...
Category
1980s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Unknown Body
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Born Monterrey, Mexico 1991.
Graduated from the Bachelor of Arts at the University of Monterrey. (2014)
Andrés uses ceramics as a medium to create amorphous beings that seem to belo...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Resin, Polyurethane
Energy Explosion
Located in Zofingen, AG
The sculpture is a part of the series - Forward to the Future. The core idea of this project is to encourage people to use infinite and environmentally friendly natural energy. The ...
Category
2010s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
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.
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