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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
Jacte Capron Ceramic Geometric Fresco N°JAC23

Jacte Capron Ceramic Geometric Fresco N°JAC23

By Jacotte Capron 1

Located in PARIS, FR

As a colorist for her husband Roger Capron, Jacotte Capron was quickly drawn into the world of ceramics, on which she applies tints and shades to create unique harmonies. In 1952, Ro...

Category

20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Paper Shale- black 3D organic feel contemporary abstract mural sculpture
Paper Shale- black 3D organic feel contemporary abstract mural sculpture

Paper Shale- black 3D organic feel contemporary abstract mural sculpture

Located in New York, NY

Erin Vincent is a Toronto based-artist whose work draws on a variety of repetitive and labor intensive processes and materials. Things and common objects have always fascinated Vinc...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Foam, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Archival Paper

Harlequin - Metal Red, Black, White Abstract Modern Free Standing Sculpture
Harlequin - Metal Red, Black, White Abstract Modern Free Standing Sculpture

Harlequin - Metal Red, Black, White Abstract Modern Free Standing Sculpture

By Granville Beals

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipula...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, 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...

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2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

"Vortex"
"Vortex"

"Vortex"

Located in Edinburgh, GB

"Vortex" is a sculptural wall piece carved from solid wood and shaped through fire, texture, and movement. The concentric patterns evoke the motion of water drawn into a vortex, whil...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Untitled (Organic abstract bronze sculpture)
Untitled (Organic abstract bronze sculpture)

Untitled (Organic abstract bronze sculpture)

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Klaus Ihlenfeld (b.1934). Untitled, ca. 1960. Welded bronze. 8" h.; 5.5 " w; 3.25" d (base). Signed with initial under base. Provenance: Directly from estate of Harry Bertoia. The piece was a gift from Ihlenfeld and is a very early example created during Bertoia apprenticeship era. Excellent condition. Klaus Karl Otto IhlenfeldHe was born in Berlin, Germany in 1934. He studied art at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste and completed graduate work with the metal sculptor Hans Uhlmann. He visited the US in 1957 for the first time living in Durham, NC, where he befriended Dr. W. R. Valentiner, the Rembrandt authority and Director of the Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Through this friendship in 1960 he met and worked with the metal sculptor Harry Bertoia in Barto, PA. He joined the Staempfli Gallery in NYC and entered in many group and one-man shows. He has been an Artist-in-Residence in Ogden, Utah; Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia, Penn State University at University Park; the Colorado State University in Denver; and Shippensburg University. He has large commissions at Kutztown University, Pottstown Hospital, and a monumental relief sculpture at the Emigrant Savings Bank in NYC. He has traveled extensively in Spain, Greece, and Mexico. He is living and working on a farm in Barto, PA welding bronze and forged iron metal sculptures and painting watercolors. Group Shows: North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC - 1957 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City - 1962 Staempfli Gallery in New York City - 1962, 1964 and 1965 Gallery Ludwig Lange in West Berlin, Germany - 1977 Gallery Herbert Remmert and Dr. Barth in Dusseldorf in West Germany - 1981 Jack Savitt Gallery in Macungie, PA - 1981 and 1984 Heinz Ortleb Gallery, West Berlin, Germany - 1992 Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Show at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA - 1997 Berks Art Alliance Show at the Reading Art Museum in Reading, PA - 1997 Mayfair Festival of the Arts at the Allentown Art Museum - 1998 Baum School of Art in Allentown, PA - 1997 Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center Art Show in Pennsburg, PA - 2001 Reading Public Museum in Reading PA, 2014 Solo Shows: Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA - 1960 and 1965 Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, PA - 1960 and 1961 Staempfli Gallery in New York City - 1962 Penn State University in University Park, PA - 1964 and 1972 Berks Art Alliance in Wyomissing, PA - 1966 Bertha Eccles Art Center in Ogden, Utah - 1967 Mansfield University in Mansfield, PA - 1967 Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, WV - 1971 Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, PA - 1972 Albright College in Reading, PA - 1973 Ianuzzi Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ - 1974 Gallery Heimat 85 in West Berlin, Germany - 1977 Jack Savitt Gallery in Macungie, PA - 1981 College Misericordia in Dallas, PA - 1983 Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center in Pennsburg, PA, 2013 Periodical Reference: Kaye, Ellen "The Obsessive Collector," Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine Sptember 21, 1986 pp. 32-33. Chronology: 1-30-1934 Born in Berlin, Germany. Father, Kurt Ihlenfeld, Lutheran pastor, novelist, critic and publisher was born in 1901 in Colmar, Alsace Lorain. Mother, Annie Stuhlmann, was born in 1905 in Breslau, Lower Silesia. 1940 - 1950 Public schools in Berlin; Löwen, Lower Silesia; Coswig, Radebeul, Glaubitz, Saxony. Königin Luise-Gymnasium in Dahlem, Berlin. First artworks, drawings and paintings; few sculptures. 1950 - 1956 Studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in West Berlin, Germany. Graduate work with metal sculptor Hans Uhlmann. For 2 years maintained own studio at the Academy. Friendship with writer Günter Grass, and painter F. S. Sonnenstern. Met painters: Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Carl Hofer, Max Kaus, and sculptors: Bernhard Heiliger, Renee Sintenis, and Richard Scheibe...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

STOI V, unique dazzling large indoor painted wood sculpture by important artist
STOI V, unique dazzling large indoor painted wood sculpture by important artist

STOI V, unique dazzling large indoor painted wood sculpture by important artist

By Alexander Liberman

Located in New York, NY

Alexander Liberman STOI V, 1986 Wood with paper and paint 97 1/2 × 28 × 37 inches This work is hand signed twice by Alexander Liberman: Signed on the side as well as the underside an...

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1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Oil, Laid Paper, Mixed Media

Susi Con Cavallo - Horse and Female Figure One-of-a-kind Cubist Bronze Sculpture
Susi Con Cavallo - Horse and Female Figure One-of-a-kind Cubist Bronze Sculpture

Susi Con Cavallo - Horse and Female Figure One-of-a-kind Cubist Bronze Sculpture

By Nando Kallweit

Located in Los Angeles, CA

German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Bliss #1
Bliss #1

Bliss #1

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Part of Thomas Piekunka’s ongoing Bliss series, this work is inspired by Joseph Campbell’s simple yet challenging admonition: “Follow your bliss.” Through his signature freed paintin...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic

Rendezvous
Rendezvous

Rendezvous

By Kevin Barrett

Located in New York, NY

"Rendezvous" by Kevin Barrett Bronze Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall reliefs. Bronze Metal Outdoor Sculpture...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Metal

Strong Female Form
Strong Female Form

Strong Female Form

Located in New York, NY

This is a great sculpture with real gravitas and elegance. A great conception in terms of the forms and planes. Can be a star piece in a room - stone and surface are very attractive! Active primarily in the mid to late 20th century, Leo De Beer...

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1960s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Lifting Peace III Unique Series 1/1

Lifting Peace III Unique Series 1/1

By Kevin Box

Located in Napa, CA

“It took two years of tireless experimentation for me to develop the process of casting paper into bronze, another seven years to perfect, and it continues to evolve today.” - Kevin...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze, Stainless Steel

The Bather Italy 1981 Roberto Nanut Bronze Nude Sculpture La Bagnante
The Bather Italy 1981 Roberto Nanut Bronze Nude Sculpture La Bagnante

The Bather Italy 1981 Roberto Nanut Bronze Nude Sculpture La Bagnante

By Roberto Nanut

Located in Brescia, IT

This is an engaging multiple artwork by the Italian artist Robert Nanut, a talented artist of 1980’. This is a multiple of numbered edition of 1.000 pieces. This artwork was made in 1980 but it can be considered new cause remained since now stored and packed in the Editor warehouse. The bronze sculpture is completed by the certificate of authenticity, there is the number assigned to the piece and the original signature of the author. Roberto Nanut...

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1980s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Black Oval Pinch - Black Pinched Oval Porcelain Ceramic Vase
Black Oval Pinch - Black Pinched Oval Porcelain Ceramic Vase

Black Oval Pinch - Black Pinched Oval Porcelain Ceramic Vase

By Mary Jaffe

Located in East Quogue, NY

"Black Oval Pinch" Pinched Oval Porcelain sculptural vase with black satin glaze by Mary Jaffe. Size: 7.5 x 6 x 4 in Mary Jaffe creates functional and sculptural ceramics inspired...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain, Glaze

Josie - Elegant Original Figurative Bronze Sculpture
Josie - Elegant Original Figurative Bronze Sculpture

Josie - Elegant Original Figurative Bronze Sculpture

By Nando Kallweit

Located in Los Angeles, CA

German sculptor Nando Kallweit produces figurative bronze sculptures and reliefs with aquiline and a graceful modern appeal. Kallweit is inspired by seemingly disparate cultures; the...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Blue Rhythm - Nature-inspired 3D mural sculpture on cardboard with gold leaves
Blue Rhythm - Nature-inspired 3D mural sculpture on cardboard with gold leaves

Blue Rhythm - Nature-inspired 3D mural sculpture on cardboard with gold leaves

Located in New York, NY

Phély’s practice is rooted in her dialogue with nature, an inexhaustible source of forms, textures, and rhythms. From her early experiments in clay, plaster, and bronze, she has move...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

Black Forest No. 4
Black Forest No. 4

Black Forest No. 4

By Daniel Torre

Located in West Hollywood, CA

In “Black Forest No. 4” Daniel Torre has reimagined the possibilities of wood carving, transforming a traditionally static medium into an evocation of the ethereal and the transient....

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Lichen 9 - Nature-inspired 3D mural sculpture on cardboard with gold leaves
Lichen 9 - Nature-inspired 3D mural sculpture on cardboard with gold leaves

Lichen 9 - Nature-inspired 3D mural sculpture on cardboard with gold leaves

Located in New York, NY

Phély’s practice is rooted in her dialogue with nature, an inexhaustible source of forms, textures, and rhythms. From her early experiments in clay, plaster, and bronze, she has move...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf

Forces of Nature 7  - Sculptural Abstract Minimalist Textural Artwork on Canvas
Forces of Nature 7  - Sculptural Abstract Minimalist Textural Artwork on Canvas

Forces of Nature 7 - Sculptural Abstract Minimalist Textural Artwork on Canvas

By Len Klikunas

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Len Klikunas creates sculptural minimalist artworks to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His original artwork is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between p...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gesso, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Consequence

Consequence

By Ed Haugevik

Located in New York, NY

Abstract Sculpture. About the Artist: Ed Haugevik has established a career as professional sculptor placing his work at numerous private and public sites throughout the country. ...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

22" Becoming 16/49

22" Becoming 16/49

By Lorri Acott

Located in Napa, CA

Lorri Acott’s impressionistic figurative sculptures reside in private and public collections throughout the US and abroad. A favorite of collectors and critics alike, Lorri’s work re...

Category

2010s Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

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.