Abstract Art
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
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Milky Way 4 - contemporary, geometric abstract, aluminum sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This enigmatic and intriguing sculpture is by Jean-Pierre Morin. The Quebec artist is known for his compelling contemporary work inspired by natural form...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
Wonderworld - Contemporary Mixed Media
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Note: sorry for what looks like a fold at the bottom; this is not a crease, it was pulled out of an old frame for photography and wouldn't lie flat for shooting but of course will b...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Primary Tones Geometric Rainbow, Vertical CMYK and Circles Squares, Red, Yellow
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Bauhau...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Organic Forms Y87
Located in King, ON
This abstract painting from series “Organic Forms” is inspired by minimalism, modern art and hard edge.
This work is signed, dated and tilted by Artist on the back. Signed certificat...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
First Rights
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Charles Arnoldi, is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker. He was born April 10, 1946 in Dayton, Ohio.
Charles Arnoldi has been described as an artist who “draws in space” to...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Purple Haze, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Janet Hamilton portrays a contemporary abstract painting with a captivating visual impression. The composition boasts a textured surface created through ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Mad red 2 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Mad red 2 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic and pigments on paper — Unframed.
Emma Godebska is a French abstract artist living in Nimes, France.
Her use of natural pigments, reflective o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pigment
Untitled
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Claude Tousignant is one of those very few artists whose lives have been dedicated exclusively to their art. At school, the only classes that interested him were drawing and geometry...
Category
1950s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Full Moon Loop
By Tom Lieber
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and gesso on canvas
Stemming from his interest in human energy, Tom Lieber creates works that evoke notions about the way we experience, feel, receive and express. While in Berk...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Oil
Untitled
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Claude Tousignant is one of those very few artists whose lives have been dedicated exclusively to their art. At school, the only classes that interested him were drawing and geometry...
Category
1950s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Polka Daub Carnival, Original Pop Art Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Polka Daub Carnival, Original Pop Art Painting
Heavily textured abstract geometric painting inspired by the colors and textures of the carnival.
Orig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Cohabiter
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Born in 1988 and graduated from Villa Arson in 2012, Quentin Derouet came out with honors and the Nice city’s price that rewards his masterful and minimal gesture : the trace of a cr...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas
Dreaming in a Cave, Pastel Pink and Blue Diptych, Cartoon Style Black Lines
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Dreaming in a Cave" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion.
Romina Mi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Claude Tousignant is one of those very few artists whose lives have been dedicated exclusively to their art. At school, the only classes that interested him were drawing and geometry...
Category
1950s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
To be like you, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
TO BE LIKE YOU Painting Size - 30 x 40 inches HAND PAINTED original stretched on raw canvas - signed + sealed. Please know that colors will vary slightly from screen to scre...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Flying Buttress 3 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Flying Buttress 3 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper — Unframed.
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidos...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Bateaux, original lithograph
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is from my private collection and is in very good condition. It is a limited edition 75/220.
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
THE LOVE WE UNRAVEL, Original Abstract Painting
Located in Boston, MA
THE LOVE WE UNRAVEL
60 x 72 inches
Mixed media on linen
Original painting signed by the artist
Unframed
Artist's Commentary:
"I fell in love with flowers young. I fell in love wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Since March #5 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
This 18 x 18 inch oil painting on canvas is stretched on heavy-duty stretcher bars. The sides are white. This piece is not framed. Please inquire if you have any questions at all.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Since March #4 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
This 18 x 18 inch oil painting on canvas is stretched on heavy-duty stretcher bars. The sides are white. This piece is not framed. Please inquire if you have any questions at all.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
"OBLIVION" Abstract Painting 40" x 30" inch by Carlos Delgado
Located in Culver City, CA
"OBLIVION" Abstract Painting 40" x 30" inch by Carlos Delgado
ABOUT:
Carlos Delgado is a Colombian artist with international recognition living betwe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Beverly Fishman "UNTITLED" Abstract Silkscreen Stainless Metal 2008
Located in Detroit, MI
"Untitled" by Beverly Fishman is a silkscreen on polished stainless metal filled with bright primary colors and repetitive designs and swirls. Fishman draws on a range of artistic and conceptual influences in crafting her unique canvases, from the industrial-inspired Minimalism of artists like Donald Judd or Frank Stella to techniques taken from the fields of science and medicine.
The piece is signed and dated on verso by the artist along with the provenance via a label from the Bruno David Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri stating artist's name, title, date, size and medium and date of 2/2009 when it was in the possession of the gallery.
Beverly Fishman’s neon-hued geometric works utilize both shaped canvases and eye-popping forms within the picture plane. Her subjects range from stars and boxes to depictions of human heads and skulls and crossbones and include cameos by pop culturalicons like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel
Flamingos and Church, 2018, Curacao, digitally manipulated photograph, signed
By Gary Cruz
Located in New York, NY
Flamingos and Church, 2018 is part of the artist's "The Curacao Pictures" Series. This archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 18" x 13.5" on...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Play #7 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance of relaxing the mind, of letting go of our troubles, of being ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Whisky jug with apple blossom, Original painting, interior art, food art
Located in Deddington, GB
Maggie LaPorte Banks. Whisky jug with apple blossom [2022]
original
Oil on canvas
Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Reg Butler Abstract Figurative Signed "Manipulator"
By Reg Butler
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Manipulator" is an abstracted figurative drawing in charcoal and graphite. The figure seems to be "manipulating" some object it holds without visual clarity as w...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Charcoal
See (right)
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil and acrylic on canvas
In the Diamond Sūtra, existence and emptiness are fundamental Buddhist notions. Buddha states that, “All conditioned phenomena are like a dream, an illusio...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Born in spring - Soft green and gold abstract landscape painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
"Born in spring" is a soft abstract landscape painting, in a beautiful palette of greens and gold and celestial blue running through the sky. It is a painting dedicated to the Italia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1970
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated EA - Artist Proof
Edition : 300
Printer : Clot, Bramsen et Georges (Paris)
Catalog : [Mason Putman 58]
65.50 cm. x 4...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Chromatic, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series “Chromaticâ€
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Lily, Flower
Located in Greenwich, CT
Visually bright and dynamic work by expressive California artist Bengston. Colors are crisp and the oversize sheet and size mays for strong visual impact in a room. Newly framed in...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
The Dance Of Aarna And The Maharaja Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
A leading exponent of contemporary art in Europe, Paul Wadsworth utilises a palette of vibrant colours to achieve his signature paintings redolent of people and place. Expressionism ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By Jürgen Görg
Located in Toronto, ON
Original Oil on Canvas
Hand Signed by Jürgen Görg
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter sunset, Painting, Acrylic on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
An original abstract landscape with a deep texture inspired by a winter evening where sunset reflects on the show and turns the white snow into a pink fairytale. The metallic colo...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Removal of Self #56" Photography 16" x 20" inch Edition 1/1 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
"Removal of Self #56" Photography 16" x 20" inch Edition 1/1 by Ben Cope
2011
Photo on deconstructed paper
16” x 20” inch
Ben Cope is a Georgia native graduating from Columbus Sta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Pigment
#8
By Diana Kurz
Located in Lawrence, NY
The story of the post-WWII New York School artists is still being written. The role of women in the art of the day still needs examination and study. Kur...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Mid Century Oil
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
Category
1950s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Different Beat
Located in Washington, DC
"A Different Beat" by Washington DC artist Jeanne Cosimano. Painting in gouache and chalk on paper and dated 2022. Artist is known for her dynamic composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Chalk, Gouache, Archival Paper
Flying Buttress 1 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Flying Buttress 1 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper — Unframed.
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidos...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Seed (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Seed (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper — Unframed.
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic worlds ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Bourrée Fantasque #3
Located in Glenford, NY
Francisco Moncion's Pastel on Paper "Bourrée Fantasque #3" a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet for the New Y...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
"From the Back" Abstract Acrylic Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Jalen Masai
"From the Back"
2021
Acrylic paint on paper
12"x9"" unframed
Unsigned
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
N° 78-469
Located in Toronto, CA
Robert’s work incorporates small poetic texts, often in a childlike manner. She did not utilize conventual tools, such as a paintbrush, but moved the paint with her hands. Though right-handed, she preferred to use her left hand to tap into a fragile creative energy akin to the mark-making of an untrained child’s first gestures.
Her work, therefore, has a sense of discovery that is both assertive and tentative. Her poetic texts are evocative and sometimes nonsensical, functioning more compositionally than literally. Her works on paper are often composed of variegated scribbles, and her paintings are rich painterly statements that move between abstraction and fantastical landscapes.
Louise Robert’s first professional exhibition was held in Montreal...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Estate of David Hayes_Form Study_carved plaster of paris_1970_abstract sculpture
By David Hayes
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to offer this important sculpture from the Estate of David Hayes.
David Vincent Hayes (March 15, 1931 – April 9, 2013) was an American sculptor..
Hayes received a...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Plaster
Pink Wave, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Multicolored bold abstract painting with orange rust, pink, navy blue and white. Bold and joyful colors, to create a happy mood. It was painted with professional acrylic paint on ca...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Join me to heaven, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Large abstract expressionism artwork realized in winter 2023 in France. Bright palette mainly of pink, red, orange and white. Professi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Black Sun, Yellow Sun" Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Jalen Masai
"Black Sun, Yellow Sun"
2021
Spray paint, acrylic paint on paper
12"x9" unframed
Unsigned
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Untitled Study"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Rolph Scarlett (1889 - 1984)
A major exponent of non-objective painting, Rolph Scarlett's career and art...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
Apollo in Gold, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
My new painting “Apollo in Goldâ€
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Endless beauty, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract multicolored painting with orange, yellow, different tones of blues, turquoise and white. Bright colorful and bold tones create a happy and peaceful mood. - Title: Endless ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Venus sunrise - soft pink and gold abstract sky painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
"Venus sunrise" is a soft pink and gold abstract sky painting, a sensual, mysterious, mystic sunrise dominated by warm umber, crimson, soft fleshy pink and gold. A soft, warm, sweet ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By Gina Pellón
Located in Miami, FL
Gina Pellón (1926-2014)
Cuban Artist
"Untitled"
Lithograph
24 x 19 in
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Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Eyes Didn't Let Me Open (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Eyes Didn't Let Me Open (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed.
Fattovich calls his style Abstract Punk.
His compositions evolve according to a subliminal process in which he ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Westbound - earth tone abstract 3D composition using car parts
Located in New York, NY
Scott McMillin is perpetuating the tradition of well-known scrap metal artists such as John Chamberlain or Cesar to create unique abstract geometric compositions. Using discarded car...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
"Sierra Country", Abstracted Landscape Watercolor
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant abstract landscape watercolor titled "Sierra Country" by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), 1984. Titled, signed, and dated on verso. Presented in a painted metal frame, without glass. Image, 23"H x 31"L. Measures: 30"H x 37"W.
Erle Loran was a modernist of urban and coastal views and geometric painting.
Erle Loran was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied at the Minneapolis School of Art under the direction of Cameron Booth...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Wallpaper
By Max Ernst
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving, 1967
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and Annotated "Essay"
Edition : 99 + HC
Publisher : Georges Visat (Paris)
Printer : Georges Visat (Paris)
Catalog : Leppien 118
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Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Engraving
Riding High, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Newel Hunter
Located in Yardley, PA
As an eclectic artist with wide-ranging interests, approaches, techniques and tools, Hunter's work can be a challenge to classify. "Riding High" is in an infinite celebration of gest...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Song of the Equinox - Abstract expressionist pink floral painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
"Song of the Equinox" is an abstract expressionist pink floral painting finished on the day of the Spring Equinox in my Forest Studio in the middle of a national forest in Florida. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Abstract art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract art 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 art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Sumit Mehndiratta, Giorgio Lo Fermo, Francisco Nicolás, and Dadodu . Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Synthetic Resin 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 art, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available.
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