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.
Find original abstract paintings, sculptures, prints and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Abstract
Color: Blue
Blue Horizon of Peace
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Important for the buyer
The work is sent without a wooden frame and rolled in a reinforced tube to avoid damage during transportation.
"Blue Horizon of Peace" is an oil masterpiece...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Jonathan Speed, Journey's End, Original Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Journey’s End [2021]
Original
Landscapes and seascapes
Oil paint on canvas
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:4cm
Sold Unframed
Please ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wellspring - Green, blue and yellow abstract water landscape
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
Wellspring is a dancing water interpretation, he new spring and rains creating new life and power in nature. In a beautiful palette of greens, blues, and yellows. A perfect size moun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Portal III, 2024, unique pigment print, signed
By Gary Cruz
Located in New York, NY
Portal III, 2024 is part of the "Another World" series. This unique archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 9" x 6.5" on 10" x 7.5" paper siz...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Outpost III, 2024, unique pigment print, signed
By Gary Cruz
Located in New York, NY
Outpost III, 2024 is part of the "Another World" series. This unique archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 9" x 6.5" on 10" x 7.5" paper si...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Floral Abstract, Blue and Coral', Post-Impressionist Still Life
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Nira Moblad' ( American, 1920-1993) and dated 1964; additionally signed verso.
A substantial and dynamic, semi-abstracted oil still-life of Lilies and Honeysuck...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Living & Dying III, 2024, unique pigment print, signed
By Gary Cruz
Located in New York, NY
Living & Dying III, 2024 is part of the "Another World" series. This unique archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 9" x 6.5" on 10" x 7.5" p...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Portal I, 2024, unique pigment print, signed
By Gary Cruz
Located in New York, NY
Portal I, 2024 is part of the "Another World" series. This unique archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 9" x 6.5" on 10" x 7.5" paper size ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Solar Dazzle, Abstract Art, Contemporary Art, Reflection Series of Water &Glass
By Ellen Hart
Located in Houston, TX
Celadon Sea
Celadon Sea is part of C. Ellen Hart’s Reflection Series. The works feature reflections found on the surfaces of water and glass. She seeks out images that commonly ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Revolviendo el Estofado
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Marta Crespo is an Argentinian artist born in 1960.
She studied arts in Buenos Aires. Marta participated in workshops with various renowned artists, such as Santa Maria, Eckell, a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Border II, 2024, unique pigment print, signed, blue
By Gary Cruz
Located in New York, NY
Border II, 2024 is part of the "Another World" series. This unique archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image size is 9" x 6.5" on 10" x 7.5" paper size...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Circle of Peace
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Important for the buyer
The work is sent without a wooden frame and rolled in a reinforced tube to avoid damage during transportation.
"Blue Horizon of Peace" is an oil masterpiece ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Yves Klein Blue M3
Located in San Juan, PR
CARLOS MERCADO
ABSTRACT
Inspired in the work of Franz and Ives Klein
This body of work was produced during the initial months of the lock down due to the pandemic. This tragedy crea...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Yves Klein Blue M4
Located in San Juan, PR
CARLOS MERCADO
ABSTRACT
Inspired in the work of Franz and Ives Klein
This body of work was produced during the initial months of the lock down due to the pandemic. This tragedy crea...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Yves Klein Blue M1
Located in San Juan, PR
CARLOS MERCADO
ABSTRACT
Inspired in the work of Franz and Ives Klein
This body of work was produced during the initial months of the lock down due to the pandemic. This tragedy crea...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Yves Klein Blue M2
Located in San Juan, PR
CARLOS MERCADO
ABSTRACT
Inspired in the work of Franz and Ives Klein
This body of work was produced during the initial months of the lock down due to the pandemic. This tragedy crea...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"1369 Gold/White/Turquoise "Landscape, Abstract Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
Inside Blue
Located in King, ON
An abstract painting of a round shape, made in blue, creates a serene atmosphere reminiscent of the limitless sky. Its clean, geometric style lends a contemporary feel while giving t...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Morning Poppy Meadows #16
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Morning Poppy Meadows #16 By Lucy Moore [2022]
original
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:1.5cm
Sold Unframed
Ple...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Baram 127
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Baram 114
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Believe in Yourself
Located in Yuba City, CA
Enjoy the charm of simplicity . One-of a kind abstract painting on canvas .Multiple layers of acrylic paint creating
nice texture .Ready to hang ,either way .Signed by artist -front ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
DANCER 6
By Lyle London
Located in Tempe, AZ
DANCER 6 is one of a series of dancing figures in a style best described as anthropomorphic abstraction. The piece shown is 10 feet high and is made of aluminum with an automotive b...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
Bubbleliscious
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- With these new paintings, Charlotte Smith has gone from workmanlike, whimisical, crafty surfaces with encrustation of pleasing pile...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Blue Topaz
Located in Boston, MA
Elizabeth builds the wooden structure giving the piece a solid surface to work with. These pieces are encaustic and hand rubbed. She uses a torch to accomplish the dark colored nua...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Encaustic
Colors of Scotland
Located in Baranzate, IT
TITLE: Colors of Scotland
ARTIST: Antonio Franchi
YEAR: 2017
CLASSIFICATION: Unique
MEDIUM TYPE: Painting
MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Acrylic on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 60 x 60 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Queenston, ON
Can be purchased as a diptych, or individual art work .
custom framing options available. Adam makes bespoke one fo a kind furniture and frames.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Alkyd
Basiluzzo
Located in Baranzate, IT
TITLE: Basiluzzo
ARTIST: Antonio Franchi
YEAR: 2020
CLASSIFICATION: Unique
MEDIUM TYPE: Painting
MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Acrylic on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 100 x 100 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Azul, Brickell Key
Located in Baranzate, IT
TITLE: Azul, Brickell Key
ARTIST: Antonio Franchi
YEAR: 2020
CLASSIFICATION: Unique
MEDIUM TYPE: Painting
MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Acrylic on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 100 x 100 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Pierre Tal Coat - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pierre Tal Coat - Original Lithograph
1976
Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm
Revue XXe Siècle
Edition: Cahiers d'art published under the direction of G. di San ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Lisca Bianca
Located in Baranzate, IT
TITLE: Lisca Bianca
ARTIST: Antonio Franchi
YEAR: 2020
CLASSIFICATION: Unique
MEDIUM TYPE: Painting
MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Acrylic on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 100 x 100 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Forte dei Marmi
Located in Baranzate, IT
TITLE: Forte dei Marmi
ARTIST: Antonio Franchi
YEAR: 2018
CLASSIFICATION: Unique
MEDIUM TYPE: Painting
MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Acrylic on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 50 x 50 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Gemma Bedford, Summer Dreams, Original landscape painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Summer Dreams Original Landscape painting by Gemma Bedford [2021]
original
Oil paint on canvas
Image size: H:49.5 cm x W:49.5 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:49.5 cm x W:49.5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sea reflections, Original Painting, Seascape, Marine Landscape
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Painting, Unique Work. Painted in 1997. Framed. Provenance from Private collection in France. Very good Condition.
Medium : Acrylic on Linen Canvas.
Artist : Loïc Le...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nuit Blanche à Jérusalem 2
Located in Montreal, Quebec
It is the luminous colours of Michel Piquette’s works that first catch the eye. His chromatic circles that stir up vision take root in an aesthetic tradition a few decades old alread...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Aluminum
Flamingo
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Nataliia Svitlychna "Flamingo"
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Free Soul - Joyful Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The original artworks by Canadian artist Julie Naima feature visually appealing abstract compositions with organic shapes that evoke a sense of tranquility and serenity. The harmonio...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Graphene III
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original artwork - industrial paints on aluminium.
The technique is extraordinary. Acid etch primer is applied, followed by multiple paint layers blown onto the surface and polished...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
"Golden Morning" textured vertical format floral acrylic painting on canvas
Located in Sempach, LU
Abstract textured acrylic painting on canvas 100x50x2 cm (39,4 х 19,7 х 0,8 inches). Mixed Media on gallery-wrapped canvas. The work is ready to hang. No framing required. The sides ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Ashore the Sea of Peril
Located in San Diego, CA
"Ashore the Sea of Peril" in the "Water in Motion" collection is inspired by the rhythm and flow of water derived from San Diego encaustic artist Shima Shanti's own observation and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Encaustic, Wax
Squared
Located in New York, NY
Original monotype made from found objects and textures. I use found objects with various shapes and textures in my original prints to make the monotype have depth and texture. All of...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Monoprint, Monotype
La flor del mar
Located in Madrid, ES
A colourful paining with geometric shapes. The piece is an invitation to explore something much more than the traditional. A simple concept of color and shape that eludes superficial...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Yellow Ball, East Hampton
Located in East Hampton, NY
Yellow Ball, East Hampton, NY, Archival Pigment Print, $550, Ed. 1/5, 2016
Printed to Order
*Photography: U Wash Truck, Death Valley and Mulford Lane, Amagansett 2012 have been fea...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Valiant Cove
By Sam Peacock
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original Artwork ~ Sugar, Coffee, Wax and Oil onto Steel
Each steel sheets hangs onto the wall with a bracket which is fastened to the reverse of the steel. The painting therefore s...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Cristales
Located in New York, NY
acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Expression #600
Located in San Antonio, TX
Laredo Jackson, American, Texas, b. 1987.
Abstract Expression #600, 2024. Signed.
This Medium Sized print measures 16x20 and is a one-off print, editi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Digital
Abstract Expression #367
Located in San Antonio, TX
Laredo Jackson, American, Texas, b. 1987.
Abstract Expression #367, 2020. Signed.
This Medium Sized print measures 16x20 and is a one-off print, editi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Digital
"Stripe Drawing #10" Contemporary Original Abstract Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
My drawings and paintings are an examination of three major elements - color, surface and mark making. These nonrepresentational pieces give me the freedom to concentrate on and inve...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel
Abstract Expression #492
Located in San Antonio, TX
Laredo Jackson, American, Texas, b. 1987.
Abstract Expression #492, 2023. Signed.
This Medium Sized print measures 16x20 and is a one-off print, editi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Digital
Mi propia estrella
Located in Madrid, ES
A colourful paining with geometric shapes. The piece is an invitation to explore something much more than the traditional. A simple concept of color and shape that eludes superficial...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Limits. Damping Coefficient
Located in Henderson, NV
Limits. Damping Coefficient 2024 is a continuation of Damping Coefficient Series started in 2022 as Algebraic Relativization of Geometry.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Archival Ink
"Regenesis", Abstract, Modern, Large, Bold, Green, Blue/Green, Bold, Teal
Located in Atlanta, GA
Breathe new life into your home with 'Regenesis'!
Allow this statement piece to resonate resilience, regeneration and evolution throughout your space! "Regenesis," rendered in a v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Varnish
Untitled from the portfolio “Poems dans le ciel”
By Sam Francis
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Poems dans le ciel (eng. Poems in the sky). Original lithograph, 1986. Edition of 100 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Samuel Lewis Francis was an American artist, we...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Light-Glyph 46 (Turquoise)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
In the first of his newest series, Light-Glyphs, a range of colors illuminate the interior of translucent sculptural boxes. Light diffuses through their frosted surfaces and softens ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
Liberare il tempo
Located in Milano, MI
In over twenty years of activity he has developed a language that, starting from an emblematic figurality, arrives at the current symbolic research begun at the end of the 1980s.
In...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Afterglow
Located in Lawrence, NY
Like many of his compatriots of the time, Shulman transitioned from representation to abstraction in the post-WWII period as he studied with Hans Hoffman. Yet, his work, whether or a...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
In the sea / Acrylic on canvas / 60 x 80 cm
Located in KRAKÓW, PL
"In the sea" /acrylic on canvas / 60 x 80 cmit is abstract painting, full of expression and emanating great energy. It revitalizes and adds power and energy to the room.
The painting...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
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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