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
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze - Before We have Snow
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze - Aquamarine Ocean
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Monotype of Abstract Rounded Type, Modern Shapes and Layers, Blue Tones
Located in Carballo, ES
Blue Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2020. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request.
The title of this works is "From the Apollonian pictori...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
City 365
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Risaburo Kimura– Japanese/American (1924-2014 )
Title: City 365
Year: circa 1972
Medium: Serigraph
Sight size: 25 x 19.75 inches.
Sheet size: 28.75 x 22.75 inches.
Signatur...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Screen
Drift, original painting, abstract art, landscape painting, mixed media
Located in Deddington, GB
Drift [2022]
original
Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas
Image size: H:102 cm x W:102 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:100 cm x D:2cm
Frame Size: H:102 cm x W:102 cm x D:3cm
Sold Framed
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A soft and calm mixed media painting inspired by the Cornish Coast. The painting comes professionally framed and is signed and titled on the reverse. Painting by Laura Menzies
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Emotional Color Field 8 (Abstract painting)
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Emotional Color Field 8 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
Kyong Lee's series combines colour and language to visually represent the external environment. The process...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue, Green, and Yellow Gestural Abstract
By Cora Van
Located in Austin, TX
By Cora Van
39" x 48" x 2.75" Acrylic on Panel
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wild Bunch 1 by Johnny Bull, Limited edition print, Floral print, Abstract art
Located in Deddington, GB
WILD BUNCH 1 [2022]
limited_edition and hand signed by the artist
Giclée Print on bright white 230gsm Olmec matte cartridge
Edition number 50
Image size: H:82.5 cm x W:60 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:92.5 cm x W:70 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Inspired partly by Andy Warhol screen prints from the 60s and also by the way I could manipulate the screen dots to give the image a wild and exuberant quality. Pop Art meets Van Gogh. Sort of.
Johnny Bull...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Giclée
Monotype of Abstract Rounded Type, Modern Shapes and Layers, Blue Tones
Located in Carballo, ES
Blue Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2020. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request.
The title of this works is "From the Apollonian pictori...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
UNDEFINED / Print / Signed / Limited
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Color Print, photographed coincidentally, hoping to evoke positive feelings. This size in limited edition of 15, signed by the author. Could be delivered also framed / different priz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Cumulus VI Revisited - large, tall, cloud, outdoor stainless steel sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this elegant sculpture by Ania Biczysko, fine ribbons of stainless-steel overlap in circles forming a cloud-like structure mounted on a tripod stand. When viewed from all sides, the sky is reflected in the luminescent quality of the polished steel.
"Clouds for me represent reaching out for hopes and dreams. They appear in ever changing shapes and light however elusive and untouchable, we find them present in our everyday lives. Like our dreams, they guide us to something bigger and allude to an idea of pure beauty." Ania Biczysko
She obtained a master’s degree in sculpture from the Fine Art Academy in Gdansk, Poland. Over the years, she has received many public exhibitions and commissions within...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Finding Hidden Cornish Coves, Seascape Painting, Coastal Art of Cornwall
Located in Deddington, GB
An original oil painting portraying the view on discovering a hidden cove on a beach in North Cornwall on a beautiful day. The crashing waves of the sea can be seen in the distance b...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
To Bee Wild and Free #5, Abstract Nature Painting, Original Contemporary Artwork
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
To Bee Wild And Free #5 - Using a little texture I have created this happy flourish with little bees going about there day. I love to splash around with colour creating wild abstract...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Studio 1528
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
"Studio 1528" Oil on Canvas presents a bold visage in blues and white on a mixed field dominated by blues and green tone. Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost ab...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tivoli
Located in New York, NY
Type-c print on Ilford Ilfoflex Archival Super Gloss, 2003. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 1/2 on verso.
In the series ‘Weights & Measures’ (2003) Andrew George turns his lens ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Lambda
Loch Caroy, abstract art, impressionistic, affordable art, original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Loch Caroy by Elaine Fox [2020]
original
Acrylic on Cradled Panel
Image size: H:35 cm x W:35 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:35 cm x W:35 cm x D:2cm
Sold Unframed
Please note t...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Flux # 202301 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Flux # 202301 (Abstract photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments.
Edition: 1/3.
Snel...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Concrete, Enamel
Nice Photography Print Limited Edition Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Print/photography, limited edition of 15, signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Color, Digital, Archival Pigment
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze-The Shore of Aquamarine Ocean
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three Kings
Located in Greenwich, CT
In this minimalistic painting, three majestic palm trees emerge from behind rugged rocks against an azure sky. The viewer’s perspective from the ground looking up, creates a sense of mystery about what lies beyond the palm trees. With no beach, people, or ocean in sight, the painting hints at hidden treasures just beyond the horizon. Thomas Easley...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Emotional Color Chart 176 (Abstract painting)
By Kyong Lee
Located in London, GB
Emotional Color Chart 176 (Abstract painting)
Pencil and Acrylic on Fabriano-Pittura paper - Unframed.
This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is ins...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Dawn Greeting.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Acrylic on canvas signed lower right.
About artist:
Born in Connecticut in 1921, Marootian grew up in New Haven, CT, and later became a resident of Pasadena in the 1940s. She earne...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
American (1917-2000) Abstract Drawing, Marker on Paper. Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny (1917 - 2000) Abstract, Marker on Paper. Signed and Dated 71, lower right. Size: 14 x 17
Titled: "Hyler Reflection" Series #5929, July 1971
Aubrey Penny (American 19...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Permanent Marker
Traitors at Midnight (2)
Located in Chicago, IL
Signature: Signed on back of painting
Varnish: Gamvar gloss varnish
Frame: Comes framed in a stained black 3 in. depth floating frame
Medium: Oil, cold wax, and beach sand on canvas
...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Sandstone
Free (Dyptych)
Located in Greenwich, CT
NOTE: This item is a diptych and the dimensions of each rectangle are 40x20x.75 in
The painting depicts an arrested moment of ecstatic daring. The silhouette of a woman leaps out fr...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze - The Shore of Aquamarine Ocean
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Aqua Blue 200813, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Don Bishop
Located in Yardley, PA
Aqua Blue 200813, acrylic 40x40 inches. Ships rolled in a tube. "Aqua Blue 200813" is a large scale abstract expressionist painting...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze - Aquamarine Ocean
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled with ecology, making their lives more diverse and fascinating''
Rusiko Chikvaidze is a Georgian artist born in 1970, who lives and works between Tbilisi, Georgia and Chevy Chase...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze - Blue Ocean
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze - Blue Sky
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Glimmer of Hope 104
Located in Fairfield, CT
For Schmidbauer, artistic abstraction is an approximation of the mind. With even more abstractedness, one can say: abstraction is the approximation of the mental. Changes lead us int...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Effervescent - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract vs Figurative, Acrylic
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Kerry’s education followed the principles of the Bauhaus . He has practiced professionally in all three disciplines of Art, Design, and Architecture. Often as the liaison between the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Georgian Contemporary Art by Rusiko Chikvaidze - Ecological Blue Ocean
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas,
''I offer art collectors series about the world we live in simultaneously with reality, they can live in these colorful, interesting, modern and dynamic world filled ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Into the Blue, Abstract art, Blue and pink landscape art, Devon art
Located in Deddington, GB
This is a stunning limited edition Giclee print reproduced from an original mixed media painting. Blues and golds combine in an intricate Devon landscape that hints at something hidd...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Giclée
Summer Mists, Contemporary Expressionist Style Seascape Painting, Coastal Art
Located in Deddington, GB
This painting reflects the summer sun over Skye on the break of day as the mist lies low in the valleys and the promise of a beautiful day. Using vibrant turquoises to convey the fee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Portrait with Dove - Screen Print by Salvatore Fiume - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Screen Print Artwork realized by Salvatore Fiume in 1970s.
Very good condition on a cream colored cardboard.
Hand-signed and numbered with pencil by the artist on th...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Reef Harmony
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This artwork is an emotional exploration of the sense of being gently moved around like reeds and seaweed in a reef. There is harmony in that movement but at times it can become over...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Reflection by overpass by Sean Maze
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and Spray paint on wood panel
18 x 18 x 1.25 inches
Signed by the artist on reverse
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Sunny Side Up #3, Abstract Expressionist Landscape Painting, Meadow Painting
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Sunny Side Up #3 [2023]
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Sunny Side Up #3 - Exclusive to Wychwood. Nothing says spring is here like a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gardens of Giveney
Located in Miami, FL
My intense passion and extreme love of life is the foundation of my creativity. Elation, contentment and ultimate satisfaction are the feelings I experience when reaching the comp...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic
VF21, abstract art, affordable art, blue art, nature-inspired art, original art
Located in Deddington, GB
VF21 [2022]
original
Oil on aluminium mounted on MDF
Image size: H:30 diameter cm x W:30 diameter cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 diameter cm x W:30 diameter cm x D:2cm
Frame...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
The night I was alone at the Ocean
By Md Tokon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Collection: Silent Space
Acrylic on canvas
Md Tokon's style has reflected the art of American Abstract Expressionists. Md Tokon spent his early years in Jhenidah and Dhaka. The phys...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Glimmer of Hope 102
Located in Fairfield, CT
For Schmidbauer, artistic abstraction is an approximation of the mind. With even more abstractedness, one can say: abstraction is the approximation of the mental. Changes lead us int...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Poets Path, Abstract Painting, Contemporary Blue and Red Painting, Coastal Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Although an imaginary landscape this painting is totally grounded to my local surroundings. Inspired by my daily walks along the coastal path favoured by poets of long ago, the work is about my relationship with this landscape, the places where the land ,sea and sky interconnect and the tension and energy these natural intersections hold.
Rachel Francis is available online and in our gallery at Wychwood Art. Rachel is a contemporary mixed media artist. Her studio looks out over the Bristol Channel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
Vintage Signed American School Abstract Pop Art Large Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ecuadorian Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Doïna Vieru is an Ecuadorian-Moldavian artist born in 1978 who lives & works in France, Paris. She always preferred pas/pas/passionately the image to the word and all ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Infinity Pool Water Reflections, Blue & White Pattern, Handmade Cyanotype Print
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Infinity Pool" is a sophisticated image that captures the water reflections shimmering over ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Lithograph, Monotype
Lavender Field and Mountains, Provence, Original Painting
By Janet Dyer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Janet Dyer paints an impressionist landscape of lavender fields in Provence, France. "I enjoy the varying purples of the blooming flower," says Janet. Sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
NV3, abstract art, unique print, affordable art, blue art
Located in Deddington, GB
NV3 [2016]
limited_edition
Relief Print
Edition number Unique
Image size: H:53 cm x W:61 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:76 cm x W:111 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.
Jonathan Moss NV3 Bright Contemporary Art Unique Relief Print printed on Somerset, 300gsm, paper. Sheet Size: H 76cm x W 96cm x D 0.1cm Sold unframed Please note that in-situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look. NV3 is an original minimalist print...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Color
untitled-#2 red turquoise blue bold geometric shapes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Untitled painting/collage 2022
acrylic and mixed media - painted silkscreen mesh on 140 lb. cold press paper 30x22” unframed
blue, green, orange on bright red
irregular texture surfa...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Flux # 202301 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Flux # 202301 (Abstract photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas, backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments.
Edition: 1/3.
Snel...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Concrete, Enamel
Translucent Teal Kidney Pools, Mid-Century Shapes and Layers in Cold Blue Tones
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Translucent Teal Kidney Pools" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. These painting, influenced by modernist artists of the 50's...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Sumi Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Chinese Contemporary Art by Bao Hongyan - Before Liberation
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
The channel of liberation will never be in a comfortable and happy way, but those who enjoy it may not necessarily think that way.
Bao Hongyan is a Chinese female...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fell 3, original painting, abstract art, affordable art, colourful painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Jill Campbell
Fell 1
Original Landscape Painting
Acrylic on canvas
Image Size: H 40cm x W 40cm x D 1.5cm
Framed Size: H 43cm x W 43cm x D 3cm
Sold Framed (Wooden White Float Frame)
F...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Causeway, Original Abstract Seascape Painting, Blackwater Estuary in Essex
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspired by 'Osea Island', an idyllic haven basking serenely on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex. It is approximately 380 acres in size and is connected to the north bank of the river by a Roman causeway, covered at high water. The tranquil surroundings led me to create this painting to capture the deep moody blues and greens of the water and the orange ochres of the rugged sand dunes. I've use a painterly application with expressive linear marks in oil pastels to create movement and interest.
Artwork by Luana Asiata...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
India, blue indigo print on Japanese paper, circle and squares
Located in Petaluma, CA
This print on Japanese paper is created by carving into a tetrapak carton. Tetrapak is a silver lining, notably in your almond milk or soup. I hand-printed the tetrapak carving twi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Calm after the storm (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Calm after the storm (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas — Unframed
This work is exclusive to IdeelArt.
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube.
This method ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Path Between, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The Path Between :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Loca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary 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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