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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
Face with goggle-eyed, Abstract Sculpture, Suitable for Outdoors
Face with goggle-eyed, Abstract Sculpture, Suitable for Outdoors

Face with goggle-eyed, Abstract Sculpture, Suitable for Outdoors

By Bertalan Andrasfalvy

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Half face with one goggling eye. The turnable eye has pupil on both side, light can go through. When the eye turned sideway, it becomes cat eye. Our eye movements are the most talkative part of our face. Keywords: Abstract, geometric, white, black, kinetic, stone Artist Biography: Born in Hungary, Andrasfalvy is 50, with swift dark eyes, a chiseled jaw, and a casually athletic frame that stretch, well over six feet. He exudes a quiet restlessness. He holds an M.D., a Ph.D., and two curricula vitae—one that lists eleven peer-reviewed publications on neuronal physiology, and another that describes dozens of sculptures, several of them commissioned and many gifts. The pivot between art and science started early. When Andrasfalvy was 10 years old, his father gave him a woodcarving set. By age 20, he had completed his first stone sculpture—and was on the path to medical school. Ever since, he’s spent weekends sculpting leftover granite or marble salvaged...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Marble

Borrego Springs - textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format
Borrego Springs - textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format

Borrego Springs - textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format

By Tim Nikiforuk

Located in Dallas, TX

This beautiful contemporary high textured abstract painting is great for a classic and contemporary setting. The variation of colors and rich texture would greatly bring a space to l...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel

"Forked Tongues Consequences " Mixed Media Sculpture
"Forked Tongues Consequences " Mixed Media Sculpture

"Forked Tongues Consequences " Mixed Media Sculpture

By Duane Paul

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Foam, Pigment

"Wet Dreams and Warm Tea " Mixed Media Sculpture
"Wet Dreams and Warm Tea " Mixed Media Sculpture

"Wet Dreams and Warm Tea " Mixed Media Sculpture

By Duane Paul

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and sensual experience of his work covertly explores sexuality, gender traditions, sex, and race. "My artistic mission is to stimulate productive public conversation around these topics." "Wet Dreams...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Pigment, Foam

"Playground Punching Bag" Mixed Media Sculpture
"Playground Punching Bag" Mixed Media Sculpture

"Playground Punching Bag" Mixed Media Sculpture

By Duane Paul

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Duane Paul's work can best be characterized as innovative, dynamic and intimate. His sculptures each employ colorful organic shapes, which act as a personal language. The playful and sensual experience of his work covertly explores sexuality, gender traditions, sex, and race. "My artistic mission is to stimulate productive public conversation around these topics." "Playground Punching Bag...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Wood, Pigment

Branch Coral Sculpture on a Lucite Base
Branch Coral Sculpture on a Lucite Base

Branch Coral Sculpture on a Lucite Base

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Striking one of a kind assemblage handcrafted with organic branch coral in a dramatic, ocean inspired composition. Designed and crafted exclusively by F.S. Henemader and presented on...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Organic Material

Soda Springs - Textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format
Soda Springs - Textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format

Soda Springs - Textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format

By Tim Nikiforuk

Located in Dallas, TX

This beautiful contemporary high textured abstract painting is great for a classic and contemporary setting. The variation of colors and rich texture would greatly bring a space to l...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel

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

Pewter Black Carnival Mesa Bloom

Pewter Black Carnival Mesa 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

VERSO EQUIVALENCE 1 - acrylic, staples, pine wood, cut linen -Abstract geometric
VERSO EQUIVALENCE 1 - acrylic, staples, pine wood, cut linen -Abstract geometric

VERSO EQUIVALENCE 1 - acrylic, staples, pine wood, cut linen -Abstract geometric

By Linda King Ferguson

Located in Signal Mountain, TN

This painting by Linda King Ferguson is part of her equivalence series, which began as a feminist project; works that subvert the historically male gaze and a material language speaking of gendered concerns. While typically, King Ferguson paints both sides of the canvas and cuts a flap on the the frontside to reveal the color of the back of the canvas, she unexpectedly does the opposite here. The painting is hung from the "frontside" of the canvas, revealing to us the raw edges of her linen canvas, stapled to the stretchers. Two oblong shapes of pink and red dominate the center of the painting. A thin semioval cut has been made inside of both of these shapes. Her color choices first came from Helen Molesworth’s essay, Painting With Ambivalence, published in WACK! Art of the Feminist Revolution. The Essay includes a large reproduction of Mary Heilmann’s 1979 painting...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Column

Column

By Ilya Bolotowsky

Located in New York, NY

Plexiglass and color screenprint multiple, circa 1970. With the artist's signature incised and numbered 85/125 at the base.

Category

1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plexiglass, Color, Screen

Spotted Blue White

Spotted Blue White

By Eric Johnson

Located in Santa Monica, CA

The Madame X works exemplify Eric Johnson’s passionate embrace of the sensuality of form. The sculptures are imbued with abstract bursts of color beneath pristine surfaces, which appear to undulate as one moves around their double-helix curves. Seen together, the series is a celebration of the exquisite harmony of depth, structure, color, and lovingly polished surfaces, somewhat blurring the line between painting and sculpture. Interestingly, the Madame X series was inspired by a painting by John Singer Sargent, and pays homage to Sargent’s portrait of the same title, which scandalized the Paris Salon of 1884. While Parisians were shocked by the slip of a dress strap and the alabaster complexion of the portrait’s subject, Johnson was inspired by the sinewy, vertical curves of Sargent’s composition. At the nexus of the L.A. art scene for nearly forty years, Eric Johnson’s work bears a distinctly Southern California hot-rod, materials-based aesthetic. Early on, Johnson was drawn to artists whose work also grew out of L.A.’s surf and car culture sensibilities. Utilizing new materials and industrial products, like resin & plastic, artwork of impossibly slick, sleek character began to emerge and was termed “Finish Fetish”. Johnson’s work is next generation heir to this work, and carries forward the DNA of such legendary Light and Space, Finish Fetish, artists as Craig Kaufman, DeWain Valentine, Billy Al Bengston, Larry Bell, Tom Jenkins and Tony DeLap. Eric Johnson’s works are also acutely personal representations of his life. A severe neck injury, and struggle with intense spinal pain, served as the initial catalyst for his exploration of structural forms, which are also informed by his ancestral heritage - Scottish, Cree Indian, and perhaps a boat-building urge from the Norse. His father, a race-car driver and expert in custom car fabrication, passed on a passion for cars and their restoration. Scouted into the Air Force during the Vietnam war as a fencing instructor (though he never served), Johnson discovered he was color-blind during an eye-exam. Surprisingly, this ignited an interest in color and experiments with layering automotive pigments and clear resins, which Johnson continues with in this series, fabricating molds, which allow him to do multiple iterations of the same shape while investigating variations of color. Eric Johnson attended Valley College; California Institute of Art and received his Masters of Fine Arts degree from University of California at Irvine. Johnson’s work is in many public and private collections, including: Oakland Museum; Laguna Beach Museum; Museum of Art and History (MOAH); Lancaster, CA; C.B.S. Broadcasting, New York, NY; Digital Domain, Venice, CA; Mary Barnes...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

Giuliano Tosi Large Italian Sculpture - Glass Head with Red Eye
Giuliano Tosi Large Italian Sculpture - Glass Head with Red Eye

Giuliano Tosi Large Italian Sculpture - Glass Head with Red Eye

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Fascinating Large Italian Glass Sculpture - Face with Red Eye. Incised signature on the base - Giuliano Tosi. Created by the famous Italian glassmaker circa 1970's - 1980's. The work measures 19 ½ inches high and 11 inches across at the widest point. It is in excellent condition with no damage and is quite an eye-catching objet d'art. Master Giuliano Tosi, born in 1942, hails from a lineage steeped in glassmaking tradition dating back to 1483. His journey with glass began at the tender age of 12, under the tutelage of Master Albino Carrara. Recognizing Tosi's burgeoning mastery, Carrara gifted him his corteo, an essential glass-cutting tool, symbolizing a rite of passage and an honor Tosi cherishes to this day. Tosi's expertise extends beyond traditional techniques, evident in his introduction of the external sbruffi technique in furnaces, a method enhancing color vibrancy and variation. His works have graced galleries worldwide, including Milan's Fashion District, Chicago, New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, marking him as a significant figure in Murano's glass history over the past six decades. His talent for creating art glass pieces has attracted commissions from luminaries such as the Pope, Julia Roberts, Michael Douglas, and Victoria Adams...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass

American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Breaker
American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Breaker

American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Breaker

By Scott Troxel

Located in Paris, IDF

MDF, acrylic, cherry & satin varnish Scott Troxel has exhibited his work at numerous fairs and exhibitions across the United States, including The Other Art Fair in NYC, Texas Conte...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Varnish, Satin Paper

American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Urban Cactus
American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Urban Cactus

American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Urban Cactus

By Scott Troxel

Located in Paris, IDF

Acrylic washes on Pine, walnut, acrylic & varnish Scott Troxel has exhibited his work at numerous fairs and exhibitions across the United States, including The Other Art Fair in NYC...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Birch, Lacquer, Walnut, Varnish, Acrylic, Pins

"Intersections Garden #12" Colorful, Abstract Outdoor Sculpture
"Intersections Garden #12" Colorful, Abstract Outdoor Sculpture

"Intersections Garden #12" Colorful, Abstract Outdoor Sculpture

By Arlene Slavin

Located in New York, NY

"Intersections Garden #12" by Arlene Slavin Colored vinyl and stainless steel Abstract, Modern, Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture, Plastic, Vinyl, Colorful, Multi-colored, Mesh, Vertic...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Waikiki
American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Waikiki

American Contemporary Sculpture by Scott Troxel - Waikiki

By Scott Troxel

Located in Paris, IDF

Acrylic and texture on solid maple with mahogany. Scott Troxel has exhibited his work at numerous fairs and exhibitions across the United States, including The Other Art Fair in NYC...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Maple, Acrylic, Mahogany

Organic Tube Shell Sculpture
Organic Tube Shell Sculpture

Organic Tube Shell Sculpture

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Tall elegant tube shell sculpture designed and executed by F. S. Henemader with a dramatic form and striking bleached white color. Presented on a Lucite base to enhance the sculptura...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Organic Material

Untitled  beautiful colorful abstract contemporary sculpture
Untitled  beautiful colorful abstract contemporary sculpture

Untitled beautiful colorful abstract contemporary sculpture

By Laddie John Dill

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A central figure in the California Light and Space movement, Laddie John Dill has been crafting light and earthy materials like concrete, glass, sand, and metal into luminous sculptures, wall pieces, and installations since the 1970s. Referring to his choice of materials, Dill explains: “I was influenced by [Robert] Rauschenberg, Keith Sonnier, Robert Smithson...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Wood, Pigment

Guzzolene I - textured contemporary painting, magenta strokes, abstract
Guzzolene I - textured contemporary painting, magenta strokes, abstract

Guzzolene I - textured contemporary painting, magenta strokes, abstract

By Tim Nikiforuk

Located in Dallas, TX

This beautiful contemporary high textured abstract painting is great for a classic and contemporary setting. The variation of colors and rich texture would greatly bring a space to life. Tim Nikiforuk...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel

Confetti Hex
Confetti Hex

Confetti Hex

By Sam Gilliam

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Sam Gilliam (1933–2022) is beloved as one of the 20th century's most important abstract artists. He was a true innovator in the evolution of American abstraction. Several groundbreak...

Category

1970s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Textile, Acrylic Polymer, Mixed Media

"Little Swann 3" Painted Wooden Cube Sculpture
"Little Swann 3" Painted Wooden Cube Sculpture

"Little Swann 3" Painted Wooden Cube Sculpture

By Sofie Swann

Located in Westport, CT

This 5" hand-painted sculptural cube by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint and gesso on wood. It features a sandy beige and white palette with imperfect white circular forms arra...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gesso, Wood, Acrylic

"Little Swann 11" Painted Wooden Cube Sculpture
"Little Swann 11" Painted Wooden Cube Sculpture

"Little Swann 11" Painted Wooden Cube Sculpture

By Sofie Swann

Located in Westport, CT

This 5" hand-painted sculptural cube by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint and gesso on wood. It features light texture and a warm neutral plaette, with a grey background and a l...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gesso, Wood, Acrylic

At last it is here

At last it is here

By Ruan Hoffmann

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Ruan Hoffmann uses ceramic earthenware as his preferred medium. Ruan Hoffmann chooses familiar objects such as plates as his canvases, however the resulting works are not presented a...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Glaze

Light-Glyph (Pink)
Light-Glyph (Pink)

Light-Glyph (Pink)

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

Goddess Ethereal
Goddess Ethereal

Goddess Ethereal

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 3 1/2 inch high base. Kelly works out of his Brooklyn studi...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

"Framed & Draped: Material Collection" Lia Cook, Contemporary Wall Textile
"Framed & Draped: Material Collection" Lia Cook, Contemporary Wall Textile

"Framed & Draped: Material Collection" Lia Cook, Contemporary Wall Textile

By Lia Cook

Located in Wilton, CT

"Framed and Draped: Material Collection", acrylic on abaca, dyes on rayon; woven, 63" x 38", 1989. This contemporary abstract mixed media tapestry was done by California-based Ameri...

Category

1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Tapestry, Thread, Dye, Mixed Media, Acrylic

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

Conversation Piece (reclining)
Conversation Piece (reclining)

Conversation Piece (reclining)

By Bobbi Meier

Located in Boston, MA

Artist Commentary: Paired with "Conversation Piece (erect)" this work was inspired by childhood memories of formal dinner parties in our split-leve...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Found Objects, Other Medium, Wood

Untitled Abstract Steel Sculpture, Circa 2010, 26x9x5 Inches
Untitled Abstract Steel Sculpture, Circa 2010, 26x9x5 Inches

Untitled Abstract Steel Sculpture, Circa 2010, 26x9x5 Inches

By Ben McLeod

Located in Vancouver, CA

Ben McLeod (b. 1948, Aberdeen, Scotland) is a preeminent Canadian sculptor whose over five-decade practice is characterized by a profoundly self-propelled trajectory and the cultivat...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Glory

Glory

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

Shoshone - Yellow textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format
Shoshone - Yellow textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format

Shoshone - Yellow textured contemporary painting, colorful strokes, round format

By Tim Nikiforuk

Located in Dallas, TX

This beautiful contemporary high textured abstract painting is great for a classic and contemporary setting. The variation of colors and rich texture would greatly bring a space to l...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Vinyl, Wood Panel

Mini Totem 1
Mini Totem 1

Mini Totem 1

By Nayla Saroufim

Located in New York, NY

Nayla Kai Saroufim is a Lebanese artist based in Los Angeles and Beirut. She earned a degree in Illustration and Art Direction from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts. She had wor...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

"Royal Whip" Abstract Painting
"Royal Whip" Abstract Painting

"Royal Whip" Abstract Painting

By Teodora Guererra

Located in Westport, CT

This textured abstract painting by Teodora Guererra features a deep, royal violet palette with subtle white and magenta accents. The artist applies paint in thick layers and wide, en...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Lime Glow, Jo Barker, Colorful Contemporary Woven Textile
Lime Glow, Jo Barker, Colorful Contemporary Woven Textile

Lime Glow, Jo Barker, Colorful Contemporary Woven Textile

By Jo Barker

Located in Wilton, CT

Lime Glow, Jo Barker, woven on cotton warp using wool, cotton, linen, silk, embroidery threads, 29" x 30.75" x 1.5", 2010 This colorful contemporary abstract textile is by British...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Wool, Cotton, Linen, Silk, Thread

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.