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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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Children of the world ( Multidimensions 1 )
Located in Southampton, NY
J. Oscar Molina is a painter and sculptor as well as Founder of Oscar Molina Gallery in Southampton, NY. He is most well-known for his “Children o...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Resilience #1
Located in Singapore, SG
" The paintings I create are my connections to any city, mountain or coast I visit. I’m fascinated by the everlasting relationship I have with every place I visit, even if in passing...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self-Portrait as Mad Queen
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Acrylic Painting Burning Ember On Canvas
Located in Toronto, CA
Burning Ember is painted on a wood panel, in acrylic. The size is 40" x 40". The painting hangs on a French cleat. Troy Smith is a Canadian artist, designer, sculptor and painter w...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel

The Judgemental Lines
Located in Singapore, SG
Illusion is always on the other side of the line of reality. It changes reality into discovery with different perspectives. This discovery of illusion is reflected in the artist’s wo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Metal

Highway
Located in Singapore, SG
A highway always seems never-ending. On its journey it comes across rivers, villages, cities, forests and mountains. It meets with different languages, different traditions, and many...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton, Plywood, Paper

Still Life
Located in London, GB
Screenprint from 18 screens. On Velin Arches mould-made paper Based on 'Still Life', textile dyes on hand-made Indian paper, 1978 Signed with initials and dated 1980 in pencil, lower...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

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 ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Big Flores Yellow
Located in Atlanta, GA
Archival pigment ink prints with silkscreened high-gloss varnish and diamond dust on Innova 315 gsm paper
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Varnish, Archival Pigment

"LE CYCLE DE LA VIE" Pollock style
Located in SAINT-ALPINIEN, FR
Hand-painted. Not a print. Painting is signed atfront and back. Dated. Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING, acrylics and spray paint on paper, unframed. Title: Le cycle de la v...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

"Femme Au Collant Rose", Rufino Tamayo, Figurative Abstraction, Etching, 30x22
Located in Dallas, TX
"Femme Au Collant Rose" by Rufino Tamayo is a Figurative Abstraction lithograph limited edition measuring 30x22 in. The piece is framed beautifully with a white mat in a gold and bla...
Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Etching

Sports Portrait of Athletic Partially Nude Boy with Rapid Brushstrokes
Located in Miami, FL
Figuration and abstraction meet in this energized quick portrait of an athletic boy with headband and resting on a bench, Most likely done for a magazine like Sports Illustrated - Si...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Masonite, Mixed Media

Cosmo
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Manziales, Colombia in 1987, Esteban received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art before returning to his native country. Related works are featured in top collections, ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

They Know Why
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mixed Media house paint on thin wood Purvis Young (1943 - 2010)
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood, House Paint

Endpass
Located in ATLANTA, GA
About Behzad Tabar My background is in fine and graphic arts, working in a wide range of styles and mediums. My painting has evolved from realism, to surrealism, to abstract. I am mo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Breaching For The Stars, 2020, Mixed Media on Wood
Located in Atlanta, GA
2020 Mixed Media on Canvas 60 x 48 in. Signed by artist Justin Lyon's credits his introduction into the world of street art as the spark that led him to his style of work. Over the next several years, Justin started to take his art production more seriously. Inspired by the li- ves and work of Cy Twombly, Barry McGee, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Justin refined his process and worked to develop a style all his own which is both thought- provoked and thought-provoking. Justin’s mediums include wood, acrylic, house paint, spray paint, oil stick, epoxy resin and pencil. He aims to produce art that sticks with the viewer long after they seen it. “What I am after is capturing the thoughts and feelings of the human condition with images and words that make you stop and think about what's in front of you.” Justin wants “to make honest art, raw art, vulnerable art...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Mixed Media

Forgotten Red
Located in ATLANTA, GA
About Behzad Tabar My background is in fine and graphic arts, working in a wide range of styles and mediums. My painting has evolved from realism, to surrealism, to abstract. I am mo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Soffio
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Abstract on canvas. About the Artist: Nella was born, raised and educated in Italy in a family with a long heritage of...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Il Castello dei Destini Incrociati, 2012
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Donatella Violi was born in Ovada (AL), moved to Milan and subsequently to Reggio Emilia. As she was taking lessons at the Institute of Science, she wa...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Hemisphere II - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the body of works titled 'Hemisphere' Hemisp...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Paper, Giclée

I-S #1 /// Abstract Geometric Sewell Sillman Screenprint Purple Pink Modern Art
By Sewell Sillman
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Sewell Sillman (American, 1924-1992) Title: "I-S #1" *Signed and dated by Sillman in pencil lower right Year: 1968 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded heavy white wove ...
Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Terracotta bozzetto, dancing woman nude
Located in Greding, DE
Terracotta bozzetto of a dancing female nude with scarf in mannerist style, on square base.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Terracotta

Night Pilgrim
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Yari Ostovany is an American abstract artist of Iranian origins. He has lived in Tehran, Cologne, Los Angeles, San Francisco and in Reno. He is currently based in New York City. His ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Hemisphere I - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from Christian Stoll‘s body of works titled 'Hemisphere' Hemisphere I by Christian Stoll 58 x 58 inches (147 x 147cm) signed edition of 7 48 x 48 inches (122 x 122cm) signed edition of 7 40 x 40 inches (102 x 102cm) signed edition of 25 archival fine art pigment print signed + numbered by artist on certificate label „frameless“ glass face mounting available on request _________________________ Christian Stoll has experimented with the photography medium since 1991. His predominant interest is the still-life on a monumental scale. As his subject matter, Stoll shoots static objects, forms...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Chelleneshin 37
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Yari Ostovany is an American abstract artist of Iranian origins. He has lived in Tehran, Cologne, Los Angeles, San Francisco and in Reno. He is currently based in New York City. His ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Noah's Messenger III - Original oil on canvas painting by Eduard Grossman
Located in Montreal, Quebec
-- Artwork comes with a certificate of authenticity and a premium quality frame -- Signed by Eduard Grossman
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Resting Boats"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed verso. Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984) He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicag...
Category

20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Board, Oil

Deshilachado 002
Located in New York, NY
unraveled or worn at the edge
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Organic Material, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Russian II (red)
Located in London, GB
Edition of 50 51 x 51 cms (20 x 20 ins)
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Etching

From OJ to Merlot
Located in Miami, FL
This interactive work can fit in any format the collector desires and can contain as many elements, both big and small, that the space requires. From the artist's Levitation series...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Steel

Black Unicorn
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The artist constructs his spirit animal through mixed media. 48" x 60" Spray Paint, Oil, Construction Paper, Acrylic, Pastel, Marker
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Conjugations
Located in New York, NY
Cleve Gray Conjugations, 1975 Vermont Series Mixed media on paper 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches each
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

Whoosh
Located in Boca Raton, FL
An abstract painter who has been an active member of the New York art scene since the early 1980s, James Walsh follows in the modernist tradition of Pollock in using art to reveal it...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Generations 2
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper 53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins) Edition of 35, Set of 24 Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35 Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London Prin...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Aquatint, Color, Etching

Abstract Expressionist painting- Namaste
Located in Beijing, CN
Description: Wan Rui acrylic on canvas 150 x 170cm dated 2020 About Wan Rui Wan rui is a chinese contemporary artist, born in 1970 in Hunan, China. The artist received her MA fro...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Still Life, 2008
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Eugenio Ramos Alvarez Eugenio Ramos born in Madrid And individual awards and exhibitions Painting Prize 1966 of the Ministry of the Army.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

L'appareil digestif, 2000
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Jean-François LARRIEU (1960) (France) is an artist born in 1960 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Chrysler Building Top , Art Deco Architecture New York City
Located in Miami, FL
It's the epitome of Art Deco Architecture. The top of the Chrysler Building is lit by golden light in this photograph of a classic New York City scene. Photographer Mitchell Funk s...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Camino
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Manziales, Colombia in 1987, Esteban received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art before returning to his native country. Related works are featured in top collections, ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

NYC, NY
Located in Quogue, NY
Abstract expressionist painting
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

‘PORTAL 1 ( PROSPERO)’
Located in London, GB
‘PORTAL 1 ( PROSPERO) Abstract Oil and Acrylic on birch ply panel was exhibited at GALLERY46 show 'KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK' - 5TH NOVEMBER – 12TH DECEMBER 2021 Sarah Pickstone's work is in the collections of The Royal Academy of Arts Societe Generale UK Art Collection Saatchi Collection The Walker Art Gallery National Museums of Liverpool The Mercer Art Gallery collection – Yorkshire Museums British School at Rome Teaching is an intrinsic part of Sarah Pickstone's practice and is currently 2019 – Mentor Turps Banana Painting...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Plywood, Oil, Acrylic

Becoming Us
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Turbán layers paintings with transfers, acrylic, charcoal, and other mixed media onto canvas or paper. Her abstract paintings manifest memory, cultural experience, and politi...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Interject
Located in ATLANTA, GA
About Behzad Tabar My background is in fine and graphic arts, working in a wide range of styles and mediums. My painting has evolved from realism, to surrealism, to abstract. I am mo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

All Apologies, 2020 Mixed Media on Canvas 48 x 30 in.
Located in Atlanta, GA
2020 Mixed Media on Canvas 48x48 in. Signed by artist Justin Lyon's credits his introduction into the world of street art as the spark that led him to his style of work. Over the next several years, Justin started to take his art production more seriously. Inspired by the li- ves and work of Cy Twombly, Barry McGee, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Justin refined his process and worked to develop a style all his own which is both thought- provoked and thought-provoking. Justin’s mediums include wood, acrylic, house paint, spray paint, oil stick, epoxy resin and pencil. He aims to produce art that sticks with the viewer long after they seen it. “What I am after is capturing the thoughts and feelings of the human condition with images and words that make you stop and think about what's in front of you.” Justin wants “to make honest art, raw art, vulnerable art...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Chrysler Building Top , Art Deco Architecture New York City
Located in Miami, FL
It's the epitome of Art Deco Architecture. The top of the Chrysler Building is lit by golden light in this photograph of a classic New York City scene. Photographer Mitchell Funk s...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Buff
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic, canvas cloth and twine on canvas
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Higher Ground
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Richard Saba, the American abstract painter, is best known for works that relate to Lyrical Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism. He is renowned for his colorful palette, appearing vastly open yet concise and analytically conceived. The artist’s abstract works juxtapose geometric forms with organic splashes, much like celestial bodies seen through the Hubble Telescope...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cloud Waves . Organic Sculpture on wood backlit with an LED light
Located in Miami, US
Cloud sculpture. It is made up of a sculpture made of plaster and painted with acrylic and spray paint. The sculpture is assembled to a piece of painted wood, which in turn is assembled to a larger one, composing a single piece with several layers. The artwork is backlit with an LED light box...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Plaster, Wood, LED Light, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Creativity of Mind
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Painting. Can be hung vertically or horizontally. Muted hues. The surface is the result of an intriguing contrast. Acrylics glazed with resin. The acrylic’s softness an...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Resin, Acrylic, Canvas

Glass Sculpture Eight-3 One of a Kind Made in France
Located in Paris, FR
Eight-3 by Perrin & Perrin, Galerie Negropontes in Paris, France. One of a Kind Sculpture, "Build-in-Glass" Glass Martine and Jacki Perrin sculpt together as one, forming a duo enri...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Glass

Dragons Eye By Troy Smith Fine Art Abstract Art
Located in Toronto, CA
Title - Dragons Eye. Acrylic Painting by Artist Troy Smith. The painting is signed by the artist on the back and comes with a small brass plaque with the a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

Serie de los rosas #4
Located in New York, NY
Rebeca Mendoza Serie de los rosas #4, 2015 Oil on canvas 55 x 79 in (139.95h x 199.9w cm)
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Big Yellow Poppies, 2015
Located in Fairfield, CT
Donald Sultan (born 1951), is one of the leading American contemporary still life artists. He currently lives and works in New York. Sultan has been given numerous exhibitions dedica...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Steel

Ombre et Lumiere
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mixed-media on wood
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Ochur Scramble
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Expressionist Painting. Acrylic on Canvas. Collection from revered artist of NYC and The Hamptons. About the Artist: Part of the New York School Abstract Expressionists. Recognized around the world as the leading art movement after WW II. He showed with Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline. 1921 born in Philadelphia 1934 – 38 Graphic Sketch Club 1938 – 40 Philadelphia Museum School of Art 1940 – 41 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 1942 – 45 WWII War Correspondent-Artist, Yank magazine 1946 – 47 Art Students League, Will Barnett 1947- 48 Hans Hofmann Academy 1960–1979 Instructor at: University of California, Berkeley, CA; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; New York University, New York, NY; Columbia University, New York, NY; Brooklyn College, New York, NY; Temple University, Rome, Italy 2017 deceased Collections: Ciba-Geigy Collection Chase Manhattan Bank Art Institute of Chicago Corcoran Art Museum, Washington Eugene V. Thaw Collection Max Kozloff Collection Montana Historical Society, Montana New York University Norfolk Art Museum Robert Rosenblum Collection Sarah Lawrence Collection Union Carbide Collection University of California Museum University of Massachusetts University of Montana Walter P. Chrysler Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Whitney Museum, New York Yellowstone Art Center, Montana Exhibitions: Individual 2020 Frankfurt TBD 2018 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt 2008 Suvretta House, St. Moritz, Schweiz Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt 2006 Ludwigmuseum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf 2005 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt New York „Abstract Expressionism” Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Dr. Alexander Georgieff & Dr. Peter Sewing bei Georgieff Capital, Frankfurt 2004 Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf CherryStoneGallery, Massachusetts 2003 Galerie Barbara von Stechow zu Gast in der Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt Kunstverein Augsburg 2002 ART Frankfurt, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt 2001 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M. Art Cologne, Galerie Barbara von Stechow Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York City 2000 Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M. Art Frankfurt, Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt a. M. Galerie Schröder & Dörr, Bergisch-Gladbach 1999 Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg 1998 Conrad Hinrich Donner Bank, Hamburg 1996 Galerie Hexagon, Aachen Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln 1995 Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln Denise Bibro Gallery, New York City 1994 Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln 1993 Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg Bologna-Landi Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1992 Olaf Clasen Gallery, Köln Benton Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1991 St. Mary’s College, Maryland M 13 Gallery, New York City 1989 Randall Gallery, St. Louis, Mass. RH Love Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Morris Gallery), Pennsylvania 1988 Cyrus Gallery, New York City Benton Gallery, East Hampton, New York 1987 Armstrong Gallery, New York City 1986 Barbara Ingber Gallery, New York City 1984 Barbara Ingber Gallery, New York City 1982 The New School, New York City 1981 Benson Gallery, New York City 1980 Landmark Gallery, New York City 1978 Temple University Abroad, Rom 1977 Andre Zarre, New York City 1974 Bertha Schaefer, New York City 1973 Bertha Schaefer, New York City 1971 Westbeth Galleries, New York City 1965 University of Arkansas, Little Rock 1964 Princeton University, New Jersey 1963 Thibault Gallery, New York City 1962 Hacker Gallery, New York City 1960 Poindexter Gallery, New York City 1958 Poindexter Gallery, New York City 1957 Poindexter Gallery, New York City 1956 Ganymede Gallery, New York City 1954 Artists’ Gallery, New York City 1953 Hendler Gallery, Philadelphia 1952 New Gallery, New York City 1950 Artists’ Gallery, New York City Group Exhibitions: 2018 Titans In the Rough Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY 2011 Joe Stefanelli...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Acrylic, Canvas

Untitled 2002
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Ogeeche Lament
Located in ATLANTA, GA
You meet the Spanish artist Alexandro Santana and you think, cripes, can he be for real? So handsome, so flamboyant, so seductive, so amusing -- you’re not sure whether it’s intentional or inadvertent. And then you discover he is the son of a notorious Dominican admiral, that the tyrannical dictator Trujillo was best man at his parents’ wedding, that his mother was a fabled high-society beauty, that he grew up on battleships and estancias before going, inevitably, to Brown. Even more surprisingly, Santana stayed in Providence for graduate studies at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he received his degree in architecture, soon plying his trade in Manhattan and his adopted city of Savannah, where he eventually set up his own firm. Astonishingly, in this era of CAD, he draws every detail entirely by hand. Considering his tweeds, his bow ties, his drawl and debonair dress, it is perhaps not surprising to learn that Santana’s architectural taste is strongly neo-classical, inspired by the vernacular Palladianism of antebellum Georgia, with of course a touch of the Postmodern. Santana’s detailed and decorous architectural plans for his clients are complemented by drawings created for solely for himself -- exotic imaginary cityscapes and urban fantasias, like the dreams of Sir John Soane channeled through Aldo Rossi or John Hejduk...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

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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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