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
Color: Black
Shine On Me Crazy Diamond - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Black and White
We Are Ghosts - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Color
Space Running Girl - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Black and White
Awake - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Black and White
Sitting Woman - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Black and White
Hope in My Embrace - Abstract Expressionist Art Photography
Located in Salzburg, AT
Der Foto-Künstler, Roger Reist, reflektiert die Welt um uns herum und in seinen Bildern auf zauberhafte Weise: "Die gesellschaftlichen Muster zu erkennen, diese anhand von meinen Bil...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Black and White
Due Soli
Located in Milano, MI
With the works "Leonardo's Purpose" and "Two Suns" he continues his path toward an increasingly essential three-dimensionality, in which removing allows the forms and the shadows bet...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Florist, Mandala - collage of dead flowers
Located in London, GB
‘Florist’ originally called ‘dead flowers’, was created using the flowers from my girlfriends ‘Zoom’ backgrounds over the space of several months. Usually scanned the moment she cons...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
UNTITLED 44
Located in Las Condes, CL
UNTITLED 44, is an abstract painting, mixed technique on canvas, measuring 260x130 cm. Created by Chilean artist Jorge Reyes Zepeda.
Jorge works with the canvas on the floor or a tab...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Enamel
The Kitchen Drawer - An overwhelming source of detritus... everyday objects
Located in London, GB
The Kitchen Drawer
Simply an overwhelming source of detritus...
'Detritus' series was born from the twin frustrations of lockdown halting all planned projects, yet litter still some...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
UNTITLED COMPOSITION
Located in Portland, ME
Margules, De Hirsh. UNTITLED COMPOSITION, Ink on paper, 1962. Inscribed and signed in pencil within the image. 28 x 37 inches, 711 x 940 mm. In very good condition.
Margules (1899-1...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Ink
In Between the shadows
Located in London, GB
In Between the Shadows 3
Giclee Print on Hahnemuhle Pearl Fine Art Paper
Print Size: 37x 30cm , Framed: 44 x 37 cm
Edition of 7 + 2 AP, Currently available of the edition: 5-7
The series ‘In Between the Shadows’ consists of structural and geometric photographs that take their inspiration from the cubist movement.
The works aim to challenge the conventional perception of depth within the medium of photography by showing different viewpoints at the same time and within the same space. The chiaroscuro lighting embraces shadows and light as juxta- positional tools to deconstruct familiar objects and transform them into surreal compositions.
Sander Vos...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Color, Archival Pigment
Chronos 5
By Jane Booth
Located in San Diego, CA
Jane Booth lives and works on the rural Kansas prairie where the broad, open vistas of land, water, and sky, act as a foundation for her work. Booth paints from the inside out, from ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"David Eclipsed by the USA"
Located in New York, NY
Sharing a significant aspect of my artistic journey, particularly
about a unique piece named "David Eclipsed by the USA" that I created
when I first arrived in this country. This pie...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Damping Coefficient
Located in Henderson, NV
Damping Coefficient is an continuation of Algebraic Relativization of Geometry 2022 now available for sale.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
Ceramic abstract face with hat, Original Ceramic Sculpture
Located in Boston, MA
Ceramic abstract face with hat
8.5 x 19.6 x 8.0, 2.2 lbs
Ceramic
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"Project 'Iliad.' The artworks in this section are influenced by the H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Black and White Luminogram Print of Central Park in New York City
Located in London, GB
Central Park is part of a group of prints based on a visit to New York City, Because I live and work in quiet isolation and often don't meet anyone apa...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photogram, Silver Gelatin, Archival Paper, Black and White, Photographic...
Shining Field, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"I am inspired by light in the natural world," says artist Kent Sullivan. "The compliment of dark shapes in the foreground lush a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Small Works on Paper, Untitled #8
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Stephanie Visser, a native of southwestern Michigan, was educated at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids Michigan. She continued her education in fine arts and painting...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Yellow Sunshine
Located in Yuba City, CA
Inspiration came while I was looking at lemon and lime trees .I was amazed about the yellow and green colors .
Ready to hang either way .The painting is signed on the back and on the...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mandrill - Abstract Expressionism, Graffiti-Style Painting with Bright Colors
Located in Chicago, IL
Color, line, texture, pattern and process are the formal qualities of abstract work. By exploring these qualities, Connor Hughes creates a visceral and cerebral experience within the abstract. Fields of color and texture fill the canvas. He attacks his work with a vigorous show of emotion, a struggle between self-expression and the chaos of the subconscious. The heavy paint spills...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Damping Coefficient
Located in Henderson, NV
Damping Coefficient is a continuation of my piece entitled: Algebraic Relativization of Geometry, 2022.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
Damping Coefficient
Located in Henderson, NV
Damping Coefficient Series 2024 is a continuation of the Algebraic Relativization Of Geometry 2022.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
1M 1 CENT POSTAGE DUE. Drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
1M 1 CENT POSTAGE DUE, 2023 by Rodrigo Spinel
Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g.
Frame size: 43 cm H x 43 cm W x 3 cm D
Image size: 30 cm H x 30 cm W
Unique
Ivory Wood Brown Fra...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, India Ink
300K, 100 OBVERSE RIGHT "WATERMELON NOTE". Drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
300K, 100 OBVERSE RIGHT "WATERMELON NOTE" by Rodrigo Spinel
Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g.
Image size: 30 cm H x 15 cm W
Frame size: 43 cm H x 28 cm W x 4 cm D
Ivory Wood Br...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Geometrical Clouds. One Continual Line
Located in Henderson, NV
Geometrical Clouds is an ongoing series since1974. This was originally a pencil and ink on paper drawing. It has be reimagined as Archival Ink on Canvas.
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
Colorful expression of joy / Oil Pastel on cardboard / 50 x 70 cm
Located in KRAKÓW, PL
"Colorful expression of joy" from 2013 is a painting full of expression and energy, emanating warmth and inducing well-being. The painting is framed in a passe-partout and a black w...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel
Joyspring - Blue Ocean Water Free Blues Abstract Contemporary Striking Invest
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: Joyspring
Blue Ocean Water Free Blues Abstract Contemporary Striking Invest
Joyspring - An everlasting spring or fountain of joy.
While creating this work, the artist was tr...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Prowl - Abstract Expressionism Mixed Media Graffiti-Style Painting Bright Colors
Located in Chicago, IL
Color, line, texture, pattern and process are the formal qualities of abstract work. By exploring these qualities, Connor Hughes creates a visceral and cerebral experience within the abstract. Fields of color and texture fill the canvas. He attacks his work with a vigorous show of emotion, a struggle between self-expression and the chaos of the subconscious. The heavy paint spills...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media
"The Black Series number seven" by Anna Pennati - collage on paper on canvas
Located in Milano, MI
We are pleased to present this event, which will see the exclusive world premiere of Anna Pennati's works entitled The Black Series, that the artist reserved exclusively for 1stDibs ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Cardboard
Sitting on a bench / Oil Pastel on cardboard / 70 x 50 cm
Located in KRAKÓW, PL
Oil pastel on cardboard "Sitting on a bench". A reflective and nostalgic painting painted with white oil pastel on black cardboard.
Catalog Number P0066. The painting is framed in a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel
Black space II, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The challenge of minimalistic expression is to use very simple signs for aiming at creating feelings and sensations. It is a play between simple forms, little variance of light and a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"The Black Series number six" by Anna Pennati - collage on cardboard on canvas
Located in Milano, MI
We are pleased to present this event, which will see the exclusive world premiere of Anna Pennati's works entitled The Black Series, that the artist reserved exclusively for 1stDibs ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Cardboard
"The Black Series number five" by Anna Pennati - collage on cardboard on canvas
Located in Milano, MI
We are pleased to present this event, which will see the exclusive world premiere of Anna Pennati's works entitled The Black Series, that the artist reserved exclusively for 1stDibs ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Cardboard
Logarithmic Study
Located in Henderson, NV
Logarithmic Study. 1974. Archival Ink on Canvas. Originally done on Logarithmic Engineering
Graph Paper and thjen transferred as watercolor on paper is now reimagined as archival in...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
Study for Shaped Painting
Located in Henderson, NV
This work was created with the intent during time Study for Bauhaus and has the same mindset.
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
The Blue Picnic Blanket- Figurative Contemplate Male Gentle Kind Colorful Flower
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: The Blue Picnic Blanket
Figurative Contemplate Male Masculine Gentle Kind Colorful Flowers Blossom Pink Blue
THE BLUE PICNIC BLANKET celebrates the quiet times, happy mome...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Souvenir, Howard Hodgkin: large scale black white gray abstract interior scene
Located in New York, NY
Very large scale black and white abstract interior scene with dots, lines, brushstrokes, paint daubs, fingerprints, squares and rectangles. Striking print to hang in contemporary, modern and minimalist spaces. While British pop artists such as David Hockney and Patrick Caulfield numbered amongst Howard Hodgkin's circle of friends, Hodgkin's work is more painterly, expressionist, and abstract.
Paper 45 x 55 in. / 114.3 x 139.7 cm.
Souvenir by Howard Hodgkin. Screenprint on Arches aquarelle mould-made paper. Signed by the artist with initials and dated 80 in pencil lower center, numbered in pencil lower left.
This bold Howard Hodgkin print layers five shades of black, with a wide variety of marks including some from the artist’s fingerprints and hand. Scribbles and lines of grey loosely define what could be an interior space with furniture. As is typical of his prints, there is a sense of space, and of the passage of time, expressed through shapes that seem to recede through the picture, deep black shades and, unusually for Hodgkin’s work, the white of the paper showing through. The last photograph displays these rich surface textures on the sheet at an angle.
Catalogue reference: Elizabeth Knowles...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Curtain Wall
Located in Lincoln, RI
Curtain Wall is a piece created from cast resin panels. The piece depicts the nighttime Mountain Views and a cave system within that range. With this piece I was inspired by tapest...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Copper, Foil
TURNING Black Granite Abstract Sculpture , 2013
Located in London, GB
Coming Exhibition
Art Central HK Art Fair, 28–31 March 2024
Stand: C09
Hsu Tung-Lung (b.1947) is a highly accomplished contemporary artist, who specializes in paintings. His latest ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Granite
"The Black Series number three", by Anna Pennati, collage on cardboard on canvas
Located in Milano, MI
We are pleased to present this event, which will see the exclusive world premiere of Anna Pennati's works entitled The Black Series, that the artist reserved exclusively for 1stDibs ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Cardboard
"The Black Series number four", by Anna Pennati - collage on cardboard on canvas
Located in Milano, MI
We are pleased to present this event, which will see the exclusive world premiere of Anna Pennati's works entitled The Black Series, that the artist reserved exclusively for 1stDibs ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Cardboard
"The Black Series number two", by Anna Pennati - collage on cardboard on canvas
Located in Milano, MI
We are pleased to present this event, which will see the exclusive world premiere of Anna Pennati's works entitled The Black Series, that the artist reserved exclusively for 1stDibs ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Cardboard
"The Black Series number one", by Anna Pennati - collage on cardboard on canvas
Located in Milano, MI
We are pleased to present this event, which will see the exclusive world premiere of Anna Pennati's works entitled The Black Series, that the artist reserved exclusively for 1stDibs ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Ink, Cardboard
HUG Black Granite Abstract Sculpture , 2010
Located in London, GB
Hsu Tung-Lung (b.1947) is a highly accomplished contemporary artist, who specializes in paintings. His latest collection "Memory Landscape" features an original abstract oil painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Granite
EMBRACE Black Granite Abstract Sculpture , 2010
Located in London, GB
Hsu Tung-Lung (b.1947) is a highly accomplished contemporary artist, who specializes in paintings. His latest collection "Memory Landscape" features an original abstract oil painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Granite
Abundance - The Grapevine Feminine Humanity Colorful Striking Painting Sensual
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: Abundance - The Grapevine
Feminine Humanity Colorful Striking Painting Sensual Humanity Powerful Purple Turquoise Flowers Fruit Book Nature Grapes Landscape
This strikingly...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Patches (autumn)
Located in Lincoln, RI
Thank you for stopping by and looking at this wonderful piece. Based on an afghan, the patchwork of colors you see are leftovers pigments from past projects. Every artist has piles...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
Jungle Nights Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Color, texture, light and shadow interplay in this dark jewel tone abstract by an unknown Bay Area abstract expressionist artist (American, 20th Century). Signed indistinctly ("Cydo"...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil
Black Granite and Iron "Faces No2", 2020
By Hsu Yun Chin
Located in London, GB
Hsu Yun Chin is an artist who lives and works in London, Glasgow and Taipei. Her practice is multifaceted and primarily focused on sculpture and photography. She combines her learned...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Granite, Iron
Everything Happens For A Reason
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Shipped rolled in a tube without frame
Enamel and Acrylic on Canvas
The work itself is an impressive example of the artistic style known as "action painting". This style is charact...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Enamel
Monumental Mid Century Modern Abstract Minimalist Sleek Design Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
An abstract mid century painting by Duayne Hatchett . Oil on canvas, circa 1973. Signed verso. Framed.
Duayne Hatchett was a visual artist whose work included prints, painting...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Nature of Light No. 6
Located in Nashville, TN
A series inspired by luminosity in her myriad forms.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Series', C. 1996 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Faces No3 - Black Granite and Iron Abstract Sculpture , 2020
By Hsu Yun Chin
Located in London, GB
Hsu Yun Chin is an artist who lives and works in London and Taipei. Her practice is multifaceted and primarily focused on sculpture and photography. She combines her learned craftsma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Granite, Stainless Steel
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Spirit', 1992 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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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