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: Blue
"The Morning", Turquoise Sky Rust Earth Abstract Landscape Acrylic Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork named "The Morning" is an abstract painting on canvas by French artist Anne Revol.
Through her abstract artworks, Anne Revol likes to express trips, invitations, sugges...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Sky 1", Blue Sky Rust Earth Abstract Landscape Acrylic Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork named "Sky 1" is an abstract painting on canvas by French artist Anne Revol.
Through her abstract artworks, Anne Revol likes to express trips, invitations, suggestions,...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Baku
Located in Baranzate, IT
TITLE: Baku
ARTIST: Antonio Franchi
YEAR: 2016
CLASSIFICATION: Unique
MEDIUM TYPE: Painting
MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Acrylic on canvas
DIMENSIONS: 80 x 80 cm
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Soothing Blues - Abstract Color Field Seascape, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
“Soothing Bluesâ€
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Mantel
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann
Mantel
1998
Acryl auf Leinwand
150 x 100 cm
Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig bei Pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
White acrylic on natural silk from Oaxaca, hand-dyed with cochineal and indigo
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Ricardo Mazal
De (Grey), 2023
Acrylic on natural silk, hand-dyed with cochineal grain, indigo and iron oxide, mounted on aluminum panel
18 x 19 inches
RM533
Ricardo Mazal is perhaps...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Silk, Acrylic
Aquatic Blues - Abstract Seascape Color Field, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
“Aquatic Bluesâ€
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Dancing In The Moonlight
By Camila Tobon
Located in BOGOTÁ, CO
Dancing In The Moonlight, Edition of 10, printed on 100% cotton canva.
Recharging my mind and soul in the stillness of nature has become a necessity for me, not only as an artist, bu...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Abstract Art
Materials
Digital
Colourscape 79, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Inspired by clouds, exploring movement through colour. Vibrant bright colours are favoured in the palettes of these works, reflecting the artists’s personal relationship with co...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Ashawagh Hall: The Springs Artists' Exhibition Poster /// Female Artist Abstract
By Lee Krasner
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Lee Krasner (American, 1908-1984)
Title: "Ashawagh Hall: The Springs Artists' Exhibition"
Series: Ashawagh Hall Posters
*Signed by Krasner in the...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
FIGURES OF LIGHT, 168 х 245 cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
FIGURES OF LIGHT, 168 х 245 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nantucket, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Trixie Pitts
Located in Yardley, PA
"Nantucket" is a stunning, dynamic show-stopper of an oil painting on canvas in the abstract expressionist style by Trixie Pitts, a trusted artist seller. The daring palette is bold ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Retrato en Azul, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
180x130cm
Signed
About the artist
Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado (ENPEG) “La Esmeralda”. As a Mexican Contemporary Expressionism artist...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Expression"
Located in Sempach, LU
This is a large abstract beautiful structured mixed media painting with deep (4cm) painted edges, so it can be hung immediately without framing.
This painting has a lot of structure...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
T-19 constraint
Located in Milano, IT
A meditative suspended calm of color, recalling an iconic theme.
Painting through dynamic and oblique forms mixing western and oriental
zen colors as the sides of the paintings expa...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wind Rose
Located in Istanbul, 34
Suzy Hug Levy is a contemporary painting, sculpture, installation, performance and video artist born and raised in Istanbul. Her works are in Turkey and abroad, in the USA (San Franc...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper
THINGS THAT GLOW IN THE MOONLIGHT, 150 х 110 cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
ANIMA I, 200 х 195 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Safiro 30
Located in Madrid, ES
UV Printing on Methacrylate/Plexiglass with Silver Dibond
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital
Le Long du Cour d'eau
Located in Naples, FL
Born in Breton, in 1960, Hervé Lenouvel had an assertion to paint at a very young age. He spent his childhood in the countryside where his love of natur...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Safiro 40
Located in Madrid, ES
UV Printing on Methacrylate/Plexiglass with Silver Dibond
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital
Mareas Helenicas
Located in Madrid, ES
“La vida humana es como las mareas helénicas siempre en constante cambio y movimiento.”
Technique: Paint on ceramic
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic
Small Gypsy Girl in Paris 1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
READY TO HANG with the edges painted. The technique I use is: palette knife, professional varnished acrylic pigments, neon acrylics on stretched canvas. At the end I covered with a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Safiro 50
Located in Madrid, ES
UV Printing on Methacrylate/Plexiglass with Silver Dibond
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Digital
Abstract Expressionist Painting Colorful Investment Nature Tree Beauty
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title of Painting: I AM the Storyteller - Sunshine and Magical Moments
Colorful Nature Tree of life Beauty Dreams Striking Sunshine
This work is part of...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Odds 6 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Odds 6 (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 of n...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pigment
Amazonite Revealed II, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Here’s a large square piece in colors of the amazonite gemstone (turquoise) with black whining through the white surface. It’s the sister painting to Amazonite Revealed I….Enjo...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Antique Blue Exclusive", TA3Z, Abstract, 21st Century, Acrylic, Clay
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany.
Roger Koenig, the talented abstract painter, resides and creates his magnificent...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
AZAE THETA NEBULA (with LEDs), Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
AZAE THETA NEBULA was made using Tiffani's signature holographic resin painting technique to capture the vibrant exhilaration of cosmological discovery. Rich sapphire-blue fades into...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Shambala by M.Y., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I am constantly looking for different techniques, colors and materials to experiment with, and always strive to achieve sensual harmony in every composition. I am primarily inspired ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Travesias Helenicas
Located in Madrid, ES
“Navegar por la travesía helénica es descubrir el verdadero significado de la vida.”
Technique: Paint on ceramic
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic
Soft Blues - Modern Abstract Seascape, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
“Soft Bluesâ€
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Amazonite Revealed I, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Here’s a large square piece in colors of the amazonite gemstone (turquoise) with black whining through the white surface. It’s the sister painting to Amazonite Revealed II….Enj...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Aliento de Poseidon
Located in Madrid, ES
“El aliento de Poseidón representa la fuerza y el poder del océano en nuestras vidas.”
Technique: UV printing on aluminium
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
Slutnja / Permonition
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Slutnja (eng. Permonition). Original color vernis-mou (soft-ground etching), 1971. Edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Metka Krašovec is one of the most im...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
The Puzzle, Original Contemporary Figurative Painting on Canvas
Located in Boston, MA
The Puzzle, Original Contemporary Figurative Painting on Canvas
36x36 (HxW), Acrylic Paint
This fun, colorful, inverted abstract figura...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Across Blue
Located in King, ON
In this abstract painting repetitions of geometric forms provide a sense of harmony, rhythm and explore the mediative relationships of patterns on the surface. Original painting, sig...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Textured Architectural Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Duayne Hatchett (1925 - 2015). Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ultra radiant dawn, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
This radiant modern abstract was created blending iridescent drizzles of acrylic paint in random yet calming pattern. A color palette of turquoise, blues, yellow over orange, most...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Bora Bora, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic on canvas, Texture,100x150x2cm Ships Ready to hang Medium: High Quality Acrylic colors, High gloss Varnish, This painting is made on high quality gallery wrapped canvas wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Soap Opera, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Pallet knife work in acrylic colors that remind me of the bar of soap that we were using at home when I was a child. ;-) Unique painting using high-quality acrylic colors on profe...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Summer Flickering, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A classic pallet-knife piece in acrylics in pastellic colors of a light summer breeze. You can almost smell a flower meadow on a hot summer day... Unique painting using high-qual...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Found You in Paradise - Figurative Nature Flowers Boy Seduction Striking Sun
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: Found You in Paradise
Figurative Nature Flowers Boy Seduction Striking Sun Pride Sunflower Van Gogh Muse Inspiration Eyes Piercing Blue Ora...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Turquoise Dream, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original abstract textured painting with turquoise colors. It was painted in multiple layers with palette knife and brushes. * The artwork is signed on the back and includes a Cer...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Rain On A Tin Roof, Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Cool water tones with flashes of neon green impart a feeling of the ocean in this intricate painting by Susan Bleakley. Susan's pieces are characterised by ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
INDIGO COLLAGE I
By Kim Fonder
Located in Tulsa, OK
INDIGO COLLAGE I by artist Kim Fonder is a grey, indigo, blue, and white contemporary abstract mixed media on canvas painting that measures 60 x 60 and is priced at $6,200.
Kim Fonder loves texture and touch. Her paintings and furniture reflect her infatuation with these two characteristics. From the materials Fonder selects, to the way she crafts each piece; these two attributes remain her focus. She seeks to honor Leonardo Da Vinci's words, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Born Corvallis, Oregon
creative director, aberson exhibits
master of science in applied behavioral studies, school psychometrics
bachelor of science degree education
group shows and juried exhibitions
biting the apple, IAO gallery, oklahoma city, oklahoma 1999
mayfest invitational gallery tulsa, oklahoma may 1999
biting the apple,IAO gallery, may 2001
mayfest invitational gallery may 2002 j
joseph gierek fine art/ group show tulsa, oklahoma 2003-2004
oklahoma visual artists coalition “visionmakers” January 2006
“oklahoma friendly” oklahoma artist guild, march 2008
-honorable mention-
“personal space” gallery RFD swainsboro, georgia october 2008
tubac center for the arts tubac, arizona october 2008
artspace international juried exhibition raleigh, north carolina november 2008
gallery shows
fashionhaus, manhattan, new york june 2008
jordan art gallery corsicana, texas october 2008
marziart international galerie, hamburg, germany october 2008
helen yi, chicago, illinois october 2008
exhibit by aberson tulsa, oklahoma april 2009
fashionhaus, manhattan, new york 2010
leslie powell...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
DOWN WETHERBY, Original Abstract Painting
Located in Boston, MA
DOWN WETHERBY
60 x 48 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 with tra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Torrential purple storm (A closer look) 4, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Passionate abstract expressionistic action painting inspired by Pollock. Layers of paint, Purple, iridescent purple , Prussian blue and silver. Large statement artwork. Signed on the...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Blue Dream Landscape 03
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Title: "Blue Dream Landscape"
On the canvas, a world of tranquility and serenity emerges, where shades of blue and white intertwine in a harmonious dance that captivates the viewer....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Aegean sea, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic on canvas, Texture,100x100x2cm Ships Ready to hang Medium: High Quality Acrylic colors, High gloss Varnish, This painting is made on high quality gallery wrapped canvas wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Tempestuous Nature
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This painting is the tempestuous behaviour of nature from an emotional perspective. Although this is an abstract painting and emotionally driven, there are similarities with the temp...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic Polymer, Varnish, Acrylic
Salvagers, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I envisioned salvages searching for a sunken vessel, and tried to capture this idea with the flow of the painting and use of different colors. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece c...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Werkstatt
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann
Werkstatt
2015
Acryl auf Leinwand
50 x 60 cm
Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig bei Pr...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
HUSH, Original Abstract Paintings
Located in Boston, MA
HUSH
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 with travel not lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas
"Untitled 3" Abstract Painting 43" x 31.5" inch by Zelimkhan Saidzhanov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 3" Abstract Painting 43" x 31.5" inch by Zelimkhan Saidzhanov
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tangled up in green, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Multi canvas abstract Expressionistic abstract painting with synchronized drizzles in shades of green, silver, yellow, pale iridescent orange over green background. Completed with...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Small Gypsy Girl in Paris 2, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
READY TO HANG with the edges painted. The technique I use is: palette knife, professional varnished acrylic pigments, neon acrylics on stretched canvas. At the end I covered with a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Knowledge & Power (original blue textured abstract, minimalist)
Located in Tempe, AZ
Contemporary original textured abstract painting by Svetlana Shalygina. Uniquely minimalist & vibrant, with shades of blue ombre style details.
*It is with a heavy heart that we in...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
EVENING FLORAL BREEZE, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Welcome to my Gallery and thanks for your visit! The concept of the piece is to show motion through feelings linked with personal experiences, love, mood, passion. The playfulnes...
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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