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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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Kaliakra - Figurative Painting Yellow Blue Brown White Red Black Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Kaliakra" is a modern, figurative, abstract art line painting by Maestro Anatoliy Stankulov The painting is unframed. The vivid colors of his paintings bring emotion happiness, love and energy, represented by the vast creative power of his talent.” About the artwork: TECHNIQUE: Acrylic painting STYLE: Modern, Figurative, Abstract, Contemporary Edition : Unique, signed Weight: Approximately 2 kg. The painting is unframed. Frame: Optional Snow Pearl gallery offers the possibility to increase the value of this artwork by adding a gorgeous wooden Italian contemporary frame on your choice. We can also offer a restored ancient golden frame...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

ATO>MIC #3, Unique Silver Luminogram Print, Warm toned black and white abstract
Located in London, GB
ATO>MIC #3, 2020 Unique Gelatin Silver Print/ Luminogram and Photogram technique, Printed on tea infused fibre based paper, Custom Framed: museum mount-board with antireflective UV protective art glass in dark brown lacquered hardwood frame, /hand made in UK/ 23 x 18 cm (image print) 40.5 x 36 cm (Framed) Unique Series: ATO>MIC Signed and dated in pencil on verso Provided with the Certificate of Authenticity “The ATO>MIC work started as an attempt to replicate the idea behind still life painting - where you are trying to reproduce the image of solid looking things, things that could be on a shelf. So, I wanted to try doing that with just using light instead of paints - however I soon started to see the similarities with Harold Edgerton’s famous atomic explosion photos and how the scale of my work could be switched between small items on a shelf to enormous atomic explosions. That is the reason behind the strange title ATO>MIC - where the “>” is a kind of link between larger and smaller scales, between the two influencing ideas.” – Mike G Jackson The images (from the ATO>MIC series) may be reminiscent of the first milliseconds of atomic bomb explosions captured by Harold Edgerton's Rapatronic camera in the early 1950s but also visualise the thought of Maholy-Nagy’s bold visions in the Bauhaus’s movement toward the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or “total work of art.” The 3D concepts that were first expanded in the same art movement by El Lissitzky a hundred years ago, are also explored here by Jackson’s drowned thin line within the third of the image. In his vision, the line reflects a shelf with the object on top, by adding the weight to it, the gravity pushing them down. Or maybe the thin line is just the horizon, where the enormous atomic blast took place…? Beyond these flat forms of two dimensional ‘lumino-graphic’ works on paper, the purest form of photography (‘light drawing’) lays a visible path to three-dimensional imaginary world, realised in precise composition, rhythm and warm earthy tones of these works. It’s up to the viewer to decide what they prefer to see and take with them. As Wassily Kandinsky once said; “Imagination is what allows your mind to discover.” About the Artist: Michael G Jackson...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Glass, Wood, Archival Paper, Black and White, Bromoil, Silver Gelatin, T...

Cumulus Frontier
Located in Tulsa, OK
BRANDON REESE Cumulus Frontier • salt glazed porcelain on stoneware and mid 1800's barn beam oak 60.00w x 65.00h x 16.00d in $67,500.00
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2010s Abstract Art

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Porcelain, Stoneware, Wood

Flower's Day - Figurative Painting Yellow Blue Brown White Red Black Pink
Located in Sofia, BG
"Flower's day" is a modern, figurative, abstract art line painting by Maestro Anatoliy Stankulov The painting is unframed. The vivid colors of his paintings bring emotion happiness...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Two Sides 18 - Triptych, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The principle that organizes the universe is movement between opposite sides. “Everything flows, nothing remainsâ€
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Citrino 40
Located in Madrid, ES
UV Printing on Methacrylate/Plexiglass with Silver Dibond
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Digital

Spring Angst, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I was having a particularly rough day when I made this work. I remember quickly getting in my car and heading to the studio. It was as if some hidden part of me took over, urging me...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Citrino 50
Located in Madrid, ES
UV Printing on Methacrylate/Plexiglass with Silver Dibond
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Digital

Citrino 30
Located in Madrid, ES
UV Printing on Methacrylate/Plexiglass with Silver Dibond
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Digital

Geodesy 1516
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A Los Angeles-based artist with a unique take on color and the relationship between space, shape and light. Andy Moses paints with pearlescent pigments on concave canvases, which cur...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel

STUDY FOR THE INTERIOR OF A GRAND PIANO
Located in Istanbul, 34
Ismail Ozgur Soganci was born in Turkey in 1974. After graduating from the department of art education at Gazi university in Ankara, capital city of Turkey, he worked as an art teach...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Dreams at the Solstice
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Is a captivating masterpiece that embodies the essence of the action painting movement. With its vibrant display of colors against a pristine white backdrop, this artwork emanates an...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Walter Wellenstein Oil Painting "Sinkende Sonne" ( Setting Sun ), 1957
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil on cardboard, 1957. Signed and dated lover right: Wellenstein 57. Framed. Height: 23.62 in ( 60 cm ), Width: 18.5 in ( 47 cm ) Provenance: Son of the artist
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1950s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

“What Did You Wish For?”
Located in Austin, TX
Original piece based on energetic fields
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

The Movement Of Trees In The wind
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is part of a series titled Wander, Wonder and Recall. The series is about movement. The movement of wind and water in nature. Have you ever just stopped and listened t...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Acrylic

Abstract Painting on Canvas by Warhol Factory Artist Steve Balkin 'RAIN FOREST'
Located in Hudson, NY
Steve Balkin (1938-2023) This painting was purchased from Balkin's estate. It came from his home in upstate NY. It is titled "Rain Forest", dated 8/2007 a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Blue Super Moon Over Havana, imaginative large scale abstract cityscape
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil paint and mixed media on repurposed bulletin board. Note, the wood border is part of the artwork, not to be mistaken for an actual "frame."
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

CP-001, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
'CP-001' is the first painting in my 'Circle Painting' series. Oil on canvas, 48x48". :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Versions, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
'Versions' oil, graphite, and canvas collage on canvas 36x48" :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the art...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Persée F01
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Born in 1988 and graduated from Villa Arson in 2012, Quentin Derouet came out with honors and the Nice city’s price that rewards his masterful and minimal gesture : the trace of a crushed rose on a wall. He now works between his two studios, in Paris and Aveyron in South of France. Between 2012 and 2014, Quentin Derouet worked on different conceptual projects - Le Cirque Noir - he created a perfume, - Intention - developed The Little Mathematical Theory of Poetic Spaces. In 2014 he collaborated with Fabrice...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Walnut, Charcoal, Egg Tempera

Flow Through the Hues
Located in Readsboro, VT
Original, one-of-a-kind wall hanging sculpture Upcycled fabric, organic kapok fiber, thread, wood 100% Vegan and Cruelty-Free Artwork is signed by the artist
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Fabric, Textile, Wood

not stretched, "Heroes 11", Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Storyâ€
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

CE-092
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charlie Edmiston's work explores the boundaries of form, media, and color in a manner evocative of mid-century modernists. Where his predecessors' explorations are narrowing and subt...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Plywood, Adhesive, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Porcelain

Cremesi
Located in Madrid, ES
Technique: UV printing on aluminium
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Metal

'Composition # 4' — Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Thomas Robertson, 'Composition #4,' color serigraph, edition 47, c. 1940. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Ed/47' in pencil. A superb, painterly impression, with fresh colors, on buff wove paper, the full sheet with margins (1 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size: 10 9/16 x 8 1/2 inches (268 x 216 mm); sheet size 13 x 12 1/2 inches (330 x 318 mm). An impression of this work is represented in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Thomas Arthur Robertson (1911-1976) was the son of an attorney. Although his father, a co-owner of the Arkansas Law School, insisted that his son study there, after graduating, Robertson enrolled at the Adrian Brewer...
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1940s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

CE-093
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charlie Edmiston's work explores the boundaries of form, media, and color in a manner evocative of mid-century modernists. Where his predecessors' explorations are narrowing and subt...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Porcelain, Plywood, Adhesive, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Surprise box, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
SUPRISE BOX is an acrylic on wood panel of 12 in H X 12 in W x 1.5 in DEEP piece of work. It is a flamboyant piece of work with warm colors. My work is influence by my surrounding, e...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Abstract Wooden Wall-Mounted Art Sculpture Panel by Maxime Tendero
Located in Atlanta, GA
This superbly handcrafted abstract wooden wall art sculpture panel was designed by French artist Maxime Tendero (1927-1998) in 1973. Mounted o...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Wood

CE-094
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charlie Edmiston's work explores the boundaries of form, media, and color in a manner evocative of mid-century modernists. Where his predecessors' explorations are narrowing and subt...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Plywood, Adhesive, Mixed Media, Acrylic

French Contemporary Abstract Painting Gold Highlights Expressionist Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French expressionist/ abstract contemporary artist, 21st century Title: Abstract composition Medium: oil/mixed media painting on canvas, unframed. canvas: 25.75...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Mixed Media

Enchanted - Iris Sunrise - Abstract Floral Colorful Focal Bright Beauty Flowers
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: Enchanted - Iris Sunrise Abstract Floral Colorful Focal Bright Beauty Flowers We all need to feel enchanted ever so often... This artwork with its vibrant style, intricate...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Sueños Eternos
Located in Madrid, ES
“Los sueños eternos fluyen como las olas del mar siempre en movimiento y transformación.” Technique: Paint on paper, aluminium and wood base
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Metal

We've Got You, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Oils on canvas expressive painting with multi-colours. This lively statement painting has it all. Color, beautiful form, an accomplished style by the highly regarded British Artist V...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Essencia Azul
Located in Madrid, ES
“El mar nos enseña a apreciar la esencia azul de la existencia.” Technique: Paint on acrylic and aluminium
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Metal

Missed hugs, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Is priceless to hold on to letting ourselves go unconditionally to the other. The pandemic has made us orphans of this wonderful gesture that gives us trust, protection and affection...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Shaft of Light, Original Abstract Painting, Oil and mixed media
Located in Deddington, GB
Shaft of Light [2023} Shaft of Light is an original abstract painting by Claire Wiltshire. Oil paint on canvas. Additional information: Original painting Oil and mixed media on can...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Mujer en Lila
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph. Signed and numbered 40/150 in pencil. Printed by Desjobert, Paris. Published by Touchstone Publishers, Ltd., New York. From "Mujeres....
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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph

New York / Acrylic on board, own technique / 95 x 135 cm
Located in KRAKÓW, PL
New York. One of the paintings inspired by a stay in a given city while traveling around the USA. Urban cycle in the USA. Each city visited created one work of abstract art, full of ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Extracto de Mar
Located in Madrid, ES
“Cada gota de mar contiene el secreto de la creación un extracto de la eternidad.” Technique: Paint on paper, aluminium and wood base
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Metal

Xagon
Located in Madrid, ES
“En cada forma, en cada ángulo, reside una historia que aguarda ser descubierta en el Xagon.” Technique: Paper on aluminium and wood base
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Metal

gaia 48, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In this healing and metamorphic new series we explore the countless and brilliant facets of GAIA (to the ancient Greeks) or TERRA (in the Roman pantheon). GaIa was a Mother Earth God...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Ballroom Frenzy, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This large pallet-knife painting in acrylics comes with multiple layers of paint. In this one I see coloful robes swirling through majestic ballroom halls, leaving a frenzy of colors...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Favola - Soft, dreamy abstract landscape painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
An ethereal, dreamy abstract landscape painting, a piece from the Mystic Landscapes series, born of an imaginary inspiration. A journey towards the light in a palette of warm greens ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Luz del Egeo
Located in Madrid, ES
“La luz del Egeo ilumina nuestro camino hacia la sabiduria y la plenitud.” Technique: Paper and wood work
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Wood, Paper

Waiting for Pink II
Located in Sausalito, CA
In a world where we continually redefine ourselves through the changing lenses of gender and politics, Laura Roebuck’s solo exhibition, “Reclaiming Pink”...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Vuelos de Ikaro
Located in Madrid, ES
“Ícaro nos recuerda que el deseo de volar está arraigado en la naturaleza humana por busqueda de la libertad.” Technique: Paper on wood and aluminium
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2010s Abstract Art

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Metal

Ecos del Oceano
Located in Madrid, ES
“Los ecos del océano nos hablan en susurros recordándonos la profundidad de la existencia.” Technique: Paint on methacrylate and Wood base
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood

Home Is Paradise No.1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Home is Paradise No.1 is a 80 cm/31.49 in H x 80 cm/31.49 in W, 2 cm/0.6 in deep mixed media painting. „To live in a peaceful home is to experience paradise on earth.“ ( Shri Ra...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

'Purple Noon' Contemporary Abstract Landscape Oil on Board By Katheryn Holt
Located in Carmel, CA
This intricate artwork unfolds as a multi-dimensional tapestry, where each layer contributes to a narrative that resonates with the soul. At the uppermost layer, a delicate dance of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

Abstract modernist still life and an interior, dinning table and with landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English Abstract scene of an interior with still life, landscape and table top. William Yates painted exciting colorful vibrant scenes often of interiors and abstract fig...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Golden Mica Polka Daubs, Original Pop Art Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Golden Mica Polka Daubs, Original Pop Art Painting This heavily textured painting from Ann Marie Coolick's Polka Daubs series was created using oil paint and golden mica. 18"x14" fra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Oil

Crazy Love II, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A colorful work in acrylics, mostly in pallet-knife technique, in a joyful mix of all colors of the rainbow, which will alight any room…. Enjoy! If you have been crazy in love, yo...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Acrylic

Bleed # 202390 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202390 (Abstract Photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option. Edition: 1/3...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Plexiglass, C Print

Abstract Landscape Painting by Victor Manuel Gomez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large Format Abstract Pink & Black Mixed Media Painting by Cuban Artist Victor Manuel. Victor is an emerging talent born and raised in Havana. With a great sense of Havana’s always ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Mid Century Modern New York Geometric Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

item #7 from series "Jeux de glace"
Located in CHÂTILLON-EN-DIOIS, FR
His way of painting exudes history, the culture of plunging his gaze as far as the techniques in broken and fragmented touches. This kaleidoscope of emotions revealed in its canvases...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Play #8 Contemporary Original Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
This series focuses on the idea of play and the emotions involved in the act of playing. We often forget the importance of relaxing the mind, of letting go of our troubles, of being ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

"Askjer" by Eva Ullrich, 30 x 25 1/5 in, 2019
Located in Paris, France
"Askjer", 2019 Using the intrinsic language of paint, Eva Ullrich is able to simplify her work to create bold, confident pieces that capture the essence of specific places, or natu...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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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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