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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America (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
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"America" is a unique eagle design by Mauro Oliveira.
This exquisite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas
Many-Worlds Interpretation (H.C.H.C.E.d)
By Colin Hunt
Located in New York, NY
Looking at a painting by Colin Hunt is like watching someone pass through a hole in our consciousness. As the landscape refracts through the sitter’s absence and fills that emptiness...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
item #5 from series "Mystère de la Caverne de Platon"
Located in CHÂTILLON-EN-DIOIS, FR
The large-format canvases evoke quivering universes of life. Aquatic, green universes, improbable landscapes are structured by discovering the rhythmic compositions that evoke a real...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
N° 78-367
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
Oasis
Located in Breckenridge, CO
"Oasis" is a mesmerizing abstract landscape oil painting that invites the viewer into a realm of profound emotion and boundless imagination. Created by a visionary artist, this mast...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
EMKAY
Located in Marrakech, MA
Abstract calligraphy.
Mixed media on canvas.
Black exterior frame.
Framed dimensions : 115x101x5cm.
Signature on the back.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Curious Sound
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Lyrical abstraction in black
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
El Lado Obscuro
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media on canvas
50 x 30 in
Unstretched
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings ma...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
1
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Acrylic paint and ink on archival paper. In white frame.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Imago, 2015
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Jacopo Scassellati was born in Sassari (Sardinia) in 1989 where he still resides today. His family is originally from Umbria. Very early on, he disp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
"ORGASME INTENSE" Style Pollock
Located in SAINT-ALPINIEN, FR
Hand-painted. Not a print. Painting is signed at the back. Dated. Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING, acrylic , spray and collage on st...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Burst III - large scale abstract photograph of caleidoscopic color explosions
Located in San Francisco, CA
From Christian Stoll's body of works BURST (2015), an abstract exploration of high speed photographs capturing mesmerizing explosions of caleidoscopic color
27 x 40 inches (68 x 102...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Joyful Moments by Annemarie Ambrosoli, Geometric Abstract Color Pencil + Gouache
Located in Kiens, BZ
Joyful Moments (2019-2022), Color Pencil + Gouache on toned paper, 23x23 cm, by Italian contemporary artist Annemarie Ambrosoli (ICA - International Certified Artist)
The theme of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Gouache, Color Pencil
"Valentine's Day II"
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Lamar Briggs (1935 – 2015)
Abstract artist, Lamar Briggs, was born November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He initially attended the University of Southern Louisiana for architec...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
"Modern Woman"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980)
Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Via Crucis II
Located in Barcelona, ES
Inspirado en dos fugas de la Misa en si menor de Johann Sebastian Bach.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Vacuum Horizontal Light-Glyph (Silver)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
With Light Glyphs, Casper Brindle presents two new bodies of work, each involving dramatic investigations into light, color and perspective. The results are poetic, sensual and spat...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
Mimesis Noir III, 2018
By Robert Kelly
Located in Atlanta, GA
2020
Pigment Ink Print on Natural Cotton Rag 360 GSM
42 x 35 in.
Edition of 30
Signed and numbered by artist
Drawing on his extensive travels, Robert Kelly’s painted collages contain found print and material from around the world. Kelly has included antique botanical drawings...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Enter Here, Chapter 18
Located in Nashville, TN
Since the 1990s, Heinsohn’s work has addressed climate change, impending cataclysm and cultural dysfunction in numerous bodies of work including his mixed media wall reliefs, his "Time Frames" series of photo-based abstractions and his turbulent, thickly painted, cratered abstractions. However, as mentioned in his recent statement:
“Given the current dysfunctional mayhem of our planet, I believe we need visual art that provides a place for the mind to transcend our calamity, to thoughtfully explore the multitude of unknowns connected to our daily lives and to thereby refresh our optimism and our sense of urgency in the reimagining of our existence.”
These new works channel the meditative properties of abstraction pursued by Kandinsky and Malevich, combined with intuitive approaches of accessing higher consciousness which guided Hilma af Klint as well as, much later, artists of Abstract Surrealism such as Gordon Onslow Ford, Roberto Matta, Wolfgang Paalen...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Burlap, Acrylic Polymer
"Orb"
By Rex Ashlock
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Verso
Rex Ashlock (1918 - 1999)
Born in Spokane, WA on Aug. 23, 1918. Ashlock moved to San Francisco in 1937 and was a copy boy for Associated Press while studying at the C...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic on canvas
Exterior black wood frame
Framed dimensions: 150 x 118 cm
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Affordable Slacks
Located in New York, NY
Abstract geometric painting on canvas.
About the Artist:
My text based paintings build upon the theme of myth vs. memory, which has been the f...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Acrylic
ECLOSIONS GEOMETRIQUES
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic painting on canvas
Black exterior frame
Signed on the back
Framed dimensions: 143x203(x4.5)cm
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Waterfront Theatre
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Painting. Can be hung vertically or horizontally. Vibrant Colors. The surface is the result of an intriguing contrast. Acrylics glazed with resin. The acrylic’s softnes...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Canvas
SHAPED PAINTINDS #013
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic paint on galvanized steel plates X2
125X82 CM, Thickness 5.5 CM, 2022
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
No. 78, October 1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Paper
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Bright Green Car In Front Victorian House, San Francisco, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
San Francisco victorian house.
Signed dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto, other sizes available, unframed, printed later - Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
Can a street ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Artemis
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 Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Carioca No. 1"
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Lamar Briggs (1935 – 2015)
Abstract artist, Lamar Briggs, was born November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He initially attended the University of Southern Louisiana for architec...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
Williamsburg Brooklyn In Golden Light, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Silhouette of family walking in front of the Williamsburg Bridge.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/15, lower rig...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Street Art Houston Street, Soho - Early Street Art
Located in Miami, FL
Early Street Art in New York City documented in color in 1971. Street Art is not a recent phenomenon. The appreciation of it by the art world is. The horizontal white painted lines...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Cat Who A-1
By Ed Moses
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ed Moses has been a prominent figure in the Los Angeles art scene for almost six decades. Born in 1926 in Long Beach, CA, Moses studied art at UCLA, and trained under the expressionist painter, Rico Lebrun.
He first exhibited work in 1949, and was part of the original group of artists from the legendary Ferus Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Generations 19
By Robyn Denny
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper
53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins)
Edition of 35, Set of 24
Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35
Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London
Prin...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
S/T, 2017
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Noel Dobarganes (b. Matanzas, Cuba, 1977) Graduated from Escuela Profesional de Artes Plásticas “Roberto Diago”, Dobarganes focuses on time and memory ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Hoop-It-Up", David L. Deming, Stainless Steel Contemporary Sculpture, 80x25x26
Located in Dallas, TX
David L. Deming’s world of lively canine sculptures captures the artist’s love for dogs and presents a whimsical look at four-legged behavior at its best.
His extensive and unique collection of painted steel and lacquered steel dog sculptures...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Steel
Luminous Black Waves . Organic sculpture on wood backlit with an LED light
By Cari Cohen
Located in Miami, US
LUMINOUS BLACK WAVES . A sculpture made by plaster and painted with acrylic and spray paint is assemble to the wood piece creating a unique peace illuminated from behind with a LED light box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Spray Paint, Plaster, Wood, LED Light, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled
By Gilad Efrat
Located in Houston, TX
Gilad Efrat
Untitled, 2016
oil on canvas, 175 x 250 x 5 cm (68.9 x 98.4 x 2 in)
This painting is part of new series of work by Israeli artist Gilad Efrat. The paintings comprise th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SF64-045, Sam Francis, Acrylic, American Abstraction, Postwar, Work on paper
By Sam Francis
Located in Geneva, CH
SF64-045, Sam Francis, Acrylic, American Abstraction, Postwar, Work on paper
1964
Acrylic on paper
73 x 56.5 cm
94 x 75 cm / 37 x 29.5 in. (w...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled
By Gilad Efrat
Located in Houston, TX
Gilad Efrat
Untitled, 2016
oil on canvas, 150 x 150 x 5 cm (59.1 x 59.1 x 2 in)
This painting is part of new series of work by Israeli artist Gilad Efrat. The paintings comprise th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Caliber Abstraction (Navy Blue on Burnt Gold #1)
By Nick Hunt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Born February 4th, 1985 in Newport Beach, California. Nicholas Hunt grew up surrounded by business minded entrepreneurs and Southern California art icons. These experiences in business, art, California culture, and the unmistakable beauty and variety of Southern California landscapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Undulating Trio in White Outdoor Large Abstract Metal Sculpture
By Zammy Migdal
Located in Miami, FL
This large monumental white sculpture is actually painted in three colors of white. The outdoor/indoor work is suited for any environment as it is fabricated from aluminum and poly...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Aluminum
Untitled
By Martin Reyna
Located in New York, NY
Martin Reyna
Untitled, 2015
Mixed media on paper
19.6 x 19.6 in
(49.78h x 49.78w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Cuarto Oscuro (espejo)
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Digital print mounted on Diasec with lead
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Digital
Mourning
Located in London, GB
111.8 x 140.3 cms (44 x 55.25 ins)
Edition of 50
Impressed with Solo Press stamp and the printer’s stamp. Lithograph (from three plates) with hand colouring in gouache (two greys...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Full Circle
Located in New York, NY
Cecilia Biagini
Full Circle, 2013
Acrylic on canvas
65 x 45 in
(165.1h x 114.3w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Landscape #22
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jennifer Wolf grew up in Southern California hiking the Santa Ynez and Santa Monica Mountains. This intimate connection with the landscape led Wolf to explore using the earthen colo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
One Dimensions
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Seeking to evolve the way in which she collaborates with nature, Jennifer Wolf’s most recent series of works combine her signature flow process with innovative new layers of painterl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Orfeo 2, 2020 Pigment Ink Print on Natural Cotton Rag 360 GSM 42 x 35 in.
By Robert Kelly
Located in Atlanta, GA
2020
Pigment Ink Print on Natural Cotton Rag 360 GSM
42 x 35 in.
Edition of 30
Signed and numbered by artist
Drawing on his extensive travels, Robert Kelly’s painted collages contain found print and material from around the world. Kelly has included antique botanical drawings...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Pink Lady"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right
Titled and Numbered Lower Left
Josef Zenk (1904-2000)
Josef Zenk was born in New York City in 1904. After graduating from high school he studied for three years...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Color
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Birthday Party
Located in London, GB
Lithograph from a stone printed in sepia and green, with hand colouring in two shades of blue gouache. On Velin Arches mould-made paper (300 gsm)
Signed and dated 77 in pencil, lower...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph, Color
Organic Composition 0004
Located in Easton, PA
Morning meditation: Organic Compositions.
Utilizing only naturals materials such as charcoal from burned wood, stones, branches, leaves and feathers I have found on wandering walks ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled (Fresh Air School) /// Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Walasse Ting
By Walasse Ting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Walasse Ting (Chinese-American, 1929-2010)
Title: "Untitled (Fresh Air School)"
Portfolio: Fresh Air School
*Unsigned edition
Year: 1972
Mediu...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Diagonal Stripes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Petra Rös-Nickel, "Diagonal Stripes", Oil paint and rubbed stone powder on canvas.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Wave Rider, 79, 2019
Located in Quogue, NY
Powdered pigments with microcrystalline oilsticks
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Wherever I Go, I See Black Water
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Lin Ji, also known as Webson Ji, is a New York-based Chinese multimedia artist. He holds an M.A. degree in Sculpture from Savannah College of Art and Design and a B.F.A. degree in Public Art from China Academy of Art. Webson Ji is a member of the International Sculpture Center, a member of the New England Sculptors Association and an associate member of the National Sculpture Society. Ji’s practice focuses on the presentation of water, combining it with various industrial materials to present the viewer with a unique interpretation of his meditation.
Webson Ji's works have been widely exhibited nationally and internationally. His most recent solo exhibition was held at Obition, Seoul, South Korea 2020. Other exhibitions include solo exhibitions at theBlanc Gallery in Manhattan, NY 2019; Besharat Museum Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2019; Garcia Wilburn Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2018, as well as group shows at the Oculus World Trade Center, Manhattan NY; Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn NY; La Mama La Galleria, Manhattan NY; Novado Gallery, Jersey City NJ; BINNAR Art Festival, Portugal; Antilia Gallery, Italy; Loosenart Gallery, Rome Italy; CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do South Korea; Gustein Gallery, Savannah GA; Yonsei University, Seoul South Korea; Z-Art Center, Shanghai China.
In July 2018, Webson Ji was honored as the Best Young Artist of the Year of 2018 GAMMA Young Artist Competition in Tokyo, Japan, out of 226 participants from over 26 different countries. In February 2019, Webson Ji exhibited his work in a group art exhibition curated by the Asian Cultural Center at New York City's landmark, the Oculus World Trade Center. His works and practice were covered by media and press like Art China, Sina, Sohu, Ifeng, Chinaweekly, The China Press...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Acrylic Polymer
Tropic Fruit
Located in London, GB
80 x 94 cms (31.5 x 37 ins)
Edition of 100
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Color, Screen
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