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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
Color:  Gold
Dance - table top bronze sculpture abstract abstract art
Located in London, Chelsea
A sculpture made using Bronze in a bold and significant way.  With a background in architecture, interior and furniture design I am a self-taught sculptor and specialise in sandcast...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Bronze

Jorinde Voigt, Grüne Treppe (II) - Signed Print, Abstract Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jorinde Voigt (German, b. 1977) Grüne Treppe (II), 2015 Medium: Digital print, gold leaf applied by hand, on 320g cotton paper Dimensions: 80 x 51.8 cm Edition of 35: Hand-signed, nu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

Immersion 2-original abstract floral landscape painting-modern contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This original abstract artwork by Magdalena Morey is inspired by nature, presenting a picturesque painting that makes a wonderful statement, offering a milieu of style and character....
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 3), bronze fantastical sculpture of female hand
Located in New York, NY
A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT. Artist Statement: #1 My hands reach, touch, and shape. Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Leslie Fry, Untitled (Cuffed 5), bronze fantastical sculptures of female hands
Located in New York, NY
A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT. Artist Statement: #1 My hands reach, touch, and shape. Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Leslie Fry, Untitled (Little Cuffed), bronze fantastical sculpture female hand
Located in New York, NY
A 2023 recipient of the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, Leslie Fry is represented in this show with fantastical sculptures of female hands, titled the “Cuffed” series. Tensely poised and mannered gestures, inspired by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, cascade into blooms and barnacles, creating a mesmerizing visual dissonance. This elision of romance and rigidity both draws attention to the limitations of the female form and liberates it from the constraints of reality. Leslie Fry’s works have been exhibited internationally at such venues as Kunsthaus in Hamburg, Zwitscher Machine Gallery in Berlin, Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, Windspiel Galerie in Vienna, Couvent des Cordeliers in Paris, Artists Space and Wave Hill in New York, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum near Boston, and Centre des Arts Visuels in Montreal. Her public sculptures have been commissioned in New York, South Korea, Montreal, Florida, Wisconsin, and Vermont; public collections include Tufts University, Songchu International Sculpture Park, Freehand New York, Kohler Arts Center, Tampa Museum of Art, Fleming Museum of Art, Musée d’art de Joliette, and St. Petersburg, Florida’s Museum of Fine Arts. Fry’s M.F.A. is from Bard College, and her B.A. is from the University of Vermont, with a Foundation year at the Central School of Art in London. She currently lives and works in Winooski, VT. Artist Statement: #1 My hands reach, touch, and shape. Hands let go and receive; they try to hold things and to hold things together. Some of my images of hands are derived from Mannerist paintings by Parmigianino and Caravaggio, and are ink-washed onto vintage tablecloths...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Thank you, Dotahn by Lélia Pissarro - Work on paper, Abstract
Located in London, GB
Thank you, Dotahn by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963) Tempera, watercolour and gold leaf and powder on paper 26 x 17 cm (10 ¹/₄ x 6 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower left, Lélia Pissarro. Titled and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

Gold
Located in Baranzate, IT
TITLE: Gold ARTIST: Ornella Uboldi YEAR: 2017 CLASSIFICATION: Unique MEDIUM TYPE: Painting MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Acrylic on canvas DIMENSIONS: 80 x 120 cm
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Acrylic

"Upsurge" bronze maquette pedestal sculpture
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
"Upsurge" is a minimalist, abstract pedestal sculpture in fabricated bronze. It was conceived in 1989 and can be considered a Mid-Century Modern artwork. It is finished with Clement ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Bronze

'Oberon, Series 1', Instituto Allende, Carmel Art Association, NAWA, La Jolla
By Barbara Johnson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Barbara Johnson' (American, 1927-2021) and titled, lower left, 'Oberon Series 1'. Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, circa 1995 (accompanied by original label) ...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

CRUCIFIX MEXICAN HEADDRESS - Abstract Bronze Fine Statue Sculpture 1993
Located in Chico, CA
Full bronze sculpture. Private collection piece. ARTIST STATEMENT My work passionately reflects my Mexican cultural roots. The art forms appear and are created as stories in the r...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

ROJO NO. 1 - Oil and Gold leaf on canvas, abstract red, contemporary
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
ROJO #1 is dominated by the richness of the red in the oil paint on the canvas. The perfectly geometric gold leaf circle, a recurring visual element in Yuri's works, contrasts nicely...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

Blue Moon - 21st Century, Oil painting, abstract, night, blue, gold leaf
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

"Land & Sea" Bronze sculpture 16" x 14" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Land & Sea" Bronze sculpture 16" x 14" inch by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak Double-faced Bronze & Marble Signed & Dated Sculptures that mostly depict his characteristic figures of femin...
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20th Century Abstract Art

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Marble, Bronze

Beehive Frame No 1, No 2 and No 3
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This is a bronze bas-relief triptych sculpture that was cast in Kyiv by Mykola Zhuravel in 2003. This sculpture is unique and consists of three parts - three unique Beehive Frames. I...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Special Gold Trio – Special Edition, Print by Gavin Dobson
Located in Deddington, GB
Special Gold Trio – Special Edition, Painting by Gavin Dobson A special collection of 3 handmade screen prints at a special price for a ltd period only. Additional information: E...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Screen

When The Music's Over. Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Acrylic, Texture, Rust, Oxidized Copper, Gold Leaf, Bitumen Climate Collapse has been happening for years but now as countries are literally on fire around us, is it too late for pe...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Copper, Gold Leaf

French Contemporary Art by Murielle Argoud - Magic Orphic I
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media (oil color, pigments, gold leaf, sand, lava) on canvas Signature at the bottom right Murielle Argoud is a French artist born in 1954 who l...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

French Contemporary Art by Murielle Argoud - Beyond Appearances
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed Media (oil color, pigments, gold leaf, sand, lava) on canvas Signature at the bottom right Murielle Argoud is a French artist born in 1954 who l...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

French Contemporary Art by Murielle Argoud - Sounds Under Light
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media (oil color, pigments, gold leaf, sand, lava) on canvas Dyptichon 2 x 150 x 50 cm Signature at the bottom right Murielle Argoud is a Frenc...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

WATERFALL
Located in New York, NY
WATERFALL 39" x 49", $12,000 Frame option is available. About the Series: For Dray, Philosophy deals in the abstract and abstraction is an indispensable tool in art and culture. Through his paintings, he reasserts that abstraction has been a part of humanity, all cultures in all ages. It’s an indispensable tool, as we create symbols, vessels to fill with allusions and messages. The resulting artwork have a strong sense of purpose. Each painting contains hundreds of hand coloured trapezoid shapes, hand drawn with a sharp blade onto silver or gold leaf. Each coloured shape can be interpreted to represent an ‘atomic’ element. On its own a block of colour is insignificant but seen as part of a whole it becomes dynamic and alive reflecting on how nature works. The phenomena of light is also important to the work. The light of the sun in a room illuminates and reflects off the paintings as they come alive and change through time. About the Artist: Benjamin Dray...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Silver, Gold Leaf

'Abstract', Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne, Royal Academy, Académie Grand Chaumiere
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'P. Saint-Sorny' for Pierre Saint-Sorny (Belgian, 1914-2020) and painted circa 1960. Provenance: Private collection, Alameda, California. Previously with: Galerie Frédéric Gollong, Saint-Paul-De-Vence, 1984 Pierre Saint-Sorny first studied at the Royal Academy in Brussels (1932-1933) and, subsequently, at the Académie des Beaux Arts in Mons (1934-1935) where he received the Grand Prize for Design. In 1946, he resumed his studies at the Académie de Namur where he was awarded the Sculpture Prize. In 1950, he moved to Paris to attend the Académie de la Grande Chaumière which he followed with a period of study at the Centre de l'Expressionisme in Flanders. Over the course of a long and successful career, Saint-Sorny exhibited widely at numerous solo and group exhibitions including at the Musée d'Art Moderne in Paris and was also appointed a member of the jury at the Academie de Namur. Reference: E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Foil, Gold Leaf

Instructions on how to disappear in three moments (pink), neuroscience triptych
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In this triptych, Felipe Fredes explores how painting can show how people form a thought (left panel) and how time takes a toll on our memory of that thought (slowly fading from midd...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

'Large Abstract', Exhibited at Tokyo Museum Of Fine Arts, Japanese Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Nagai" for Ikuko K. Nagai (Japanese-American, born 1932) and painted circa 1980. Previously with: Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco paper dimensions: 33.5 x 45 inch...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf, Silver

Spring Blooms 3, Contemporary Still Life Painting, Abstract Floral Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Spring Blooms 3 is an original abstract floral painting by Magdalena Morey capturing a sense of the freshness of Spring. This original mixed media floral artwork by Magdalena Morey u...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

"Insignia" #1 Hand Made Paper Aquatint Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
"Insignia" #1 Hand Made Paper Aquatint Abstract Tactile Abstract on handmade paper by David Dodsworth (English, b-1952) David’s work is typified by his...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

Bird Alighting
Located in Kailua Kona, HI
Cold cast bronze relief sculpture. This is an abstract rendering of a large bird landing on a lava rock. Its inspiration was a picture I took at Kilauea Volcano on the Big Island of ...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

It's OK , 70cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
It's OK, 70 cm
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

Sculpture, bronze polished modern contemporary art. Title the Gate
Located in LELYSTAD, NL
"The Gate" is a contemporary modern art polished bronze sculpture. This playfull and harmonious composition is a mix of geometrical and organic forms and stands well inside or outsid...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

PEARL
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Bronze Casting. Polished bronze, patina and crystal. This abstract bronze sculpture is a tribute to the beauty of shells that have been eroded by time and the ocean.
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Bronze

GENESIS
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
MEDIUM/MATERIALS: Bronze Casting. Polished bronze, patina, and marble. The sculpture is a reminder of the ever-changing environment in which we live and the constant transformation ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Black & Gold Glyphs II by Cheryl R. Riley, metallic abstract geometric symbols
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Black & Gold Glyphs II by Cheryl R. Riley Metallic abstract geometric symbols Gouache and metallic ink on 140# cold press watercolor paper Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / G...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

British Contemporary Sculpture by Philip Hearsey - Drift [C]
Located in Paris, IDF
35.5 cm high x 13 x 19.5 cm Bronze on a Forest of Dean stone base Series of variations. Stamped with monogram signature and uniquely numbered 728C The edges of the bronze are finely...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Stone, Bronze

British Contemporary Sculpture by Philip Hearsey - Nightwalk VI
Located in Paris, IDF
59 high x 15 x 13 cm Bronze on a circular oxidised brass base Stamped with monogram signature and uniquely numbered 881 The exposed natural bronze tip of the curve is highly polished...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze, Brass

British Contemporary Sculpture by Philip Hearsey - Scope
Located in Paris, IDF
53 high x 29 x 9.5 cm Bronze on a Jesmonite composite base. Unique Stamped with monogram signature and uniquely numbered 884 The natural bronze edges of the “marquise” shape are fine...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

OASIS
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
MEDIUM/MATERIALST: Bronze Casting. Polished bronze, patina. This work reflects the beauty and nature as interpreted by the sculptor's life in Florida.
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Entwined, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture, edition 1 of 10
Located in WOOLLAHRA, AU
Michael Vaynman Born December 1974 to a family of artists in St Petersburg, Michael has always exhibited a strong talent in the visual arts. Michael e...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

British Contemporary Sculpture by Philip Hearsey - Fronts
Located in Paris, IDF
58 high x 28 x 15 cm Bronze on a circular oxidised brass base Unique variation. Stamped with monogram signature and uniquely numbered 880 The exposed natural bronze elements are high...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze, Brass

Herringkel MK2
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original Aircraft Sculpture - Created in Bronze 2nd in the series of the Herringkel in the Aerogenic series of sculptures, This piece is a mela...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

British Contemporary Sculpture by Philip Hearsey - Shelter III
Located in Paris, IDF
52 high x 36 x 33 cm Scorched oak enclosing a “boulder” finished with oxidised silver leaf. Unique Stamped with monogram signature and uniquely numbered 806 The boulder is free to m...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

British Contemporary Sculpture by Philip Hearsey - Ceremony
Located in Paris, IDF
57.5 high x 22 x 15 cm Bronze on a weathered steel base Stamped with monogram signature and uniquely numbered 870 Unique The natural bronze areas are lacquered for protection against...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Red, White and Blue, Abstract Painting, Geometric Artwork, Abstract Floral Art
Located in Deddington, GB
The original colour inspiration for this canvas , was the beautiful blossom on the red horse chestnut trees , surrounding the studio. I also wanted to use fragments of treasured char...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

Herringkel III
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original Aircraft Sculpture - Bronze- Deep Sea Green Patina Part of the Aerogenic series of bronze sculptures, a progression in the HERRINGKEL seri...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Fork Tailed Devil Mk1
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original Aircraft Sculpture Cast in Bronze on a mild steel base, the sculpture is patinated in a rich “Christmas Island Crab Red “ patina to emphas...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

White flower garden, abstract art, landscape art, floral, impressionism
Located in Deddington, GB
White Flower Garden By Catherine Ruth Church [2021] original Acrylic, Gold Leaf, Pearlised Image size: H:64cm cm x W:43cm cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60cm cm x W:40cm cm x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

Black Beauty
Located in New York, NY
2013 Bronze 18 1/10 x 23 7/10 x 12 inches Edition of 20 Signed, dated, and numbered, base Osvaldo Mariscotti’s art is an art of fundamentals: color, line, and the possibilities inhe...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Kinetic Bronze Sculpture "Vortice Energia", by Gianfranco Meggiato
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kinetic Bronze Sculpture by Gianfranco Meggiato. In his work, Meggiato gets inspiration from the most mysterious city on Earth, city where he was born, lives and works - Venice. Spa...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze, Gold Leaf

Black & Gold Glyphs I by Cheryl R. Riley, metallic abstract geometric symbols
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Time Travel Black & Gold Glyphs I by Cheryl R. Riley Metallic abstract geometric symbols Gouache and metallic ink on 140# cold press watercolor paper Feminist Art and Contemporary F...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

A Playful Disposition 3, Bright Semi Abstract Floral Painting, Still Life Art
Located in Deddington, GB
A Playful Disposition 3 by Magdelena Morey [2022] A Playful Disposition 3 is a cheerful, original abstract floral painting by Magdalena Morey. This co...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Metal, Gold Leaf

Bronze Sculpture “Arise”
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Bronze

Singing Vessel Citrine Gold 32 - circular, contemporary, steel wall sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Artist Marlene Hilton Moore continues to explore the theme of listening with the creation of more beautiful ‘singing bowls.’ Like ancient vessels they are intended to be objects of h...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Steel

Reclining Figure (woman)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
William King (1925-2015). Reclining figure, ca. 1965. Cast and welded bronze, 7 x 9.5 x 5 inches. Unsigned. William King, a sculptor in a variety of materials whose human figures traced social attitudes through the last half of the 20th century, often poking sly and poignant fun at human follies and foibles, died on March 4 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 90. His death was confirmed by Scott Chaskey, who is married to Mr. King's stepdaughter, Megan Chaskey. Mr. King worked in clay, wood, bronze, vinyl, burlap and aluminum. He worked both big and small, from busts and toylike figures to large public art pieces depicting familiar human poses -- a seated, cross-legged man reading; a Western couple (he in a cowboy hat, she in a long dress) holding hands; a tall man reaching down to tug along a recalcitrant little boy; a crowd of robotic-looking men walking in lock step. But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer's arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. His figurative sculptures, often with long, spidery legs and an outlandishly skewed ratio of torso to appendages, use gestures and posture to suggest attitude and illustrate his own amusement with the unwieldiness of human physical equipment. His subjects included tennis players and gymnasts, dancers and musicians, and he managed to show appreciation of their physical gifts and comic delight at their contortions and costumery. His suit-wearing businessmen often appeared haughty or pompous; his other men could seem timid or perplexed or awkward. Oddly, or perhaps tellingly, he tended to depict women more reverentially, though in his portrayals of couples the fragility and tender comedy inherent in couplehood settled equally on both partners. Mr. King's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, among other places, and he had dozens of solo gallery shows in New York and elsewhere. But the comic element of his work probably caused his reputation to suffer. Reviews of his exhibitions frequently began with the caveat that even though the work was funny, it was also serious, displaying superior technical skills, imaginative vision and the bolstering weight of a range of influences, from the ancient Etruscans to American folk art to 20th-century artists including Giacometti, Calder. and Elie Nadelman. The critic Hilton Kramer, one of Mr. King's most ardent advocates, wrote in a 1970 essay accompanying a New York gallery exhibit that he was, "among other things, an amusing artist, and nowadays this can, at times, be almost as much a liability as an asset." A "preoccupation with gesture is the focus of King's sculptural imagination," Mr. Kramer wrote. "Everything that one admires in his work - the virtuoso carving, the deft handling of a wide variety of materials, the shrewd observation and resourceful invention - all this is secondary to the concentration on gesture. The physical stance of the human animal as it negotiates the social arena, the unconscious gait that the body assumes in making its way in the social medium, the emotion traced by the course of a limb, a torso, a head, the features of a face, a coiffure or a costume - from a keen observation of these materials King has garnered a large stock of sculptural images notable for their wit, empathy, simplicity and psychological precision." William Dickey King...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Bronze

Unstructured, Abstract Painting, Gold, Black and White Painting, Mixed Media Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Unstructured Landscape by Candy James [2021/22] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Large scale Abstract Painti...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Gold Leaf

"Chrysalis" Bronze and Marble sculpture 19" x 15" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Chrysalis" Bronze and Marble sculpture 19" x 15" in by Ibrahim Abd Elmalak Chrysalis, 2005 Bronze & Marble 48 x 39 cm, Signed & Dated Sculptures that mostly depict his character...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Marble, Bronze

Bronze Sculpture 'Bolas IV' by Carola Eggeling, Bronze Patina
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze Sculpture 'Bolas IV' by Carola Eggeling Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines. German bronze sculpture Bronze Patina Certific...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Bronze

"WATERFALL" Mixed Media Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Masha Iv
Located in Culver City, CA
"WATERFALL" Mixed Media Painting 31.5" x 47" inch by Masha Iv Medium: Mixed Media. Canvas, acrylic, ceramic paint, liquid bronzes ABOUT: Masha Iv is a Russian artist, performer and fashion designer who works in various techniques (painting, graphics, collage, installation, etc.). Masha Iv was born on May 23, 1986. In 2006, she graduated from the Carl Faberge College of Arts and Crafts (Moscow), in 2007 - from the school "Free Workshops" at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. In 2010, she received an additional education at the Russian Correspondence Institute of Textile and Light Industry. Since 2007, Masha Iv has actively participated in group exhibitions and realized a large number of art projects in Russia and abroad, including such major events as the Moscow Biennial of Young Art (2008) and the Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art (2009, 2011 and 2013). Cooperates with the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the State Darwin Museum. In 2013, Masha Iv creates a special project "Malevich Space" for the "Night of Museums" campaign at the State Tretyakov Gallery, and in the fall of 2014, she works in collaboration with the Tretyakov Gallery on an interactive installation "From Grief to Happiness" based on the works of artist Dmitry Prigov (shown as part of the "Night of Art" campaign). In 2015, Masha took part in large group exhibitions in Moscow: Workshop'15 "SUB OBSERVATIONEM" at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the Bartenev Factory project within the exhibition "Say: I love you", also at MMOMA. In February 2017, the artist's first solo exhibition "Mountains: Colorful Music" was held at the A.N. Scriabin House Museum. Among Masha Iv's foreign projects and exhibitions are the performance "Cyclicity", shown at the Women in Paradise festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands (2015), the creation of costumes for the theatrical production "Iphis and Ianthe", shown in Paris, France (2015). In May 2017, Masha Iv's solo exhibition "Adventures in the Mountains" was held in Paris. Since 2012, Masha Iv is a member of the Union of Artists of Russia. Artists statement: The key themes of my works are the study of the natural landscape of our planet, drawing attention to environmental issues and the harmonious coexistence of man and nature. I work in mixed techniques, as I like to experiment with paints on different bases and observe how they interact with each other. Such experiments often lead me to surprising results. I most often find the phrases and captions integrated into my works in in-flight magazines, glossies, advertising campaigns and other print media. More precisely, the right phrases find me on their own at the right time when I'm working on a particular painting. Glimpsed phrases are often stored in our subconscious and sometimes serve as a trigger or set a vector of movement. Motivational phrases in paintings are like beacons that point in the right direction so as not to veer off course. Education 1993-2003 Art school 2003-2006 College of Art and Crafts of the Carl Faberge 2006-2010 Russian Correspondence Institute of Textile and Light Industry 2007 "Free Workshops" at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art Group Exhibitions 2023 «Gift under the tree» «Zdes na Taganke». Moscow. Russia 2022 «Starfall» Gallery «Zdes na Taganke». Moscow. Russia 2021 « House inside out» Rakov Gallery. Saint Petersburg. Russia 2021 «Observers of earthlings» Gallery «Zdes na Taganke». Moscow. Russia 2021 «Mask mode». Gallery «Our artists». Moscow. Russia 2017 «HaHaHa Moscow». Museum Art 4. Moscow. Russia 2017 «START in Art».Gallery K-35. Moscow. Russia 2016 «Legs in water, head's in the clouds» Gallery «Zdes na Taganke».Moscow. 2015 Project « Bartenev's factory» during the exhibition « Say: I love you» Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, Russia 2015 Workshop’15«SUB OBSERVATIONEM».Moscow Museum of Modern Art. Moscow, 2014 Project «Zu-Zu». State Darwin Museum. 2013 5 Moscow Biennale of contemporary art. Special project “ Book-Art- Botany” 2012 «Original fake...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Sculpture 'O.T. IV' by Carola Eggeling, Patinated Bronze
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze Black Sculpture 'O.T. IV' by Carola Eggeling Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines. German bronze sculpture Certificate of authenticity Numbered and signed artwork L...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Bronze

The Sun
Located in LELYSTAD, NL
"The Sun" is a Modern Art and contemporary sculpture. "The Sun" is a unique and one of a kind, since there are no other copies available besides this original....
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Bronze

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