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: Gray
Formes Suspeses - 21st Century, Abstract Art, Cement on Wood, Earth Tones
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The constant search for matter with its limitations has led me to work with different elements throughout my career, but it is now with cement, waxes and tar that I have found my ow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Concrete
item #4 from series "Jeux de glace"
Located in CHÂTILLON-EN-DIOIS, FR
Imaginary landscape
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Summer Dream III
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas
43x 86in unstretched
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pon...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Moonlight through the Woods - 21st Cent., Oil, 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 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pura Vida
Located in Toronto, ON
Isabel Beaubien, a native of Montreal, received her training in fine arts at Concordia University. After launching her career in the UK, she later obtained her Masters degree in Con...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Mini Meditation
Located in MADRID, ES
Acrylic on primed surface with cradled wooden frame
Artwork Unique
“Mini Meditation” was inspired by my meditation and mindfulness practice. It is the smaller version of the much la...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
The Last Banyan Tree
Located in Singapore, SG
The form of a large tree and the city's high-rise buildings are illustrated here to depict the fate of a big tree exposed to the unstoppable concrete flat construction culture.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Pigment
Nebza Sculptures by Camilo Andres Rodriguez Marquez a.k.a CarmWorks
Located in Paris, FR
Nebza by Camilo Andres Rodriguez Marquez
Iranian Pink Marble
Dimensions:
- Small sculpture (Square): H. 16 cm x 15 cm x 4 cm
- Large sculpture: H. 10.5 cm x 33 cm x 4 cm
Camilo A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Marble
Hovering the troposphere, blue, abstract Impressionism
Located in Cumming, GA
“Hovering the troposphere” 36 x 48 inches is a one-of-a-kind original, modern, abstract impressionist painting by Juanita Bellavance. In this highly expressive abstract work, Juanita combined monochromatic blue and white tones. In the atmospheric-inspired painting, the viewer is invited into an experience of hovering over the earth.
About the artist: Juanita Bellavance uses her mastery of color and technique to create abstract landscape impressionism and abstract expressionist paintings. Having previously majored in music with a focus on performance, Juanita enjoys the freedom abstract forms of modern music and abstract art provide. She wanted to go beyond recording the obvious. The subject has changed but the depth of emotion remains. As with music that comes from the heart and moves the soul, her intention to create emotional impact remains the same.
Her paintings are a visual removal of chaos and disorder to quieten the noise of the environment. There is a deep desire to create an instant of pause and connection such that a feeling is experienced. There are layers of history within each painting that lingers on the surface, leaving a richness beyond the obvious.
"In college, I once went to an Atlanta Symphony concert where there was a guest vocal soloist. She performed a modern piece where she used her voice to make the piano strings vibrate and sound as part of the melody. She held the entire audience spellbound. Throughout the performance, you could have heard a pin drop.
She did it with such mastery and it was so unexpected to hear something that stellar at that point in my life that I leaped to my feet to applaud at the end. I almost never gave standing ovations...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Depth
Located in Marrakech, MA
Ink on Fine Art paper
Artwork done with a compass
Black exterior frame
Framed dimensions: 113x83 (x5)cm
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Lantern Column I
By Niho Kozuru
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Title: Lantern Column I
Year: 1998 - 2014
Medium: Mold blown glass, cast polymer, steel, cast iron
Size: 41 3/4" inches
Niho Kozuru (髙鶴丹穂) is a Japanese-born mixed media artist based in Boston, MA. Kozuru casts and reconfigures molds of her own designs, classical and industrial turned architectural forms in unexpected materials. Using rubber, glass and clay she creates columns with undulating silhouettes.
The “Lantern Columns” are a group of 7 towers, ranging from 4 feet to 7 feet tall. They have been shown in various configurations in multiple US States as well as the Fukuoka City Museum in Kyushu, Japan. Kozuru made 60 components by blowing glass into molds of her own designs while at Artists in Residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina.
After traveling the world, the Lantern Columns have been arranged into their final configuration, with a steel armature within and each topped with a vivid cast iron final...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Steel, Iron
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
2018
Watercolor and ink drawing on bamboo paper
19 x 15 in. (48 x 36 cm)
Signed and dated in pencil
Unframed, excellent condition
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Bamboo Paper
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
2018
Watercolor and ink drawing on bamboo paper
19 x 15 in.
Signed and dated in pencil
Unframed, excellent condition
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Transparent Frontier, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 45"
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract Limited Edition giclee print features cool blues and contrasting warm pinks, with light grey and white highlights. Stark charcoal black accents are placed ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Digital, Giclée
Toxic
Located in Singapore, SG
The world is ruled by an elite class who control the lives of most people with big lies and media propaganda. Everything is displayed so convincingly that it's hard for us to see the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled - Textured Mixed Media Minimalist Abstract Painting, 2021
By Pau Escat
Located in Porto, 13
Untitled is an original work of art by the Catalan artist Pau Escat.
This painting is created by the artist Pau Escat. The artist wants to represent landscape through his feelings a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plaster, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Stormy Weather I
Located in Nashville, TN
This stunning abstract by contemporary artist, architect, and designer Ana Carolina Mönnaco blends a beautiful variety of colors that make the piece jump off the canvas.
This piece was made for the artist's exhibit, "Blurred & Fractured," at Modfellows Art Gallery - WeHo in Nashville, Tennessee. The piece is hand signed by the artist in the bottom-right corner and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity issued by the gallery.
Mönnaco’s history in architecture has pushed her to peer past the structured world in which we live, to convey the unbound world which surrounds us. She is interested in the continuous reaching of life. She says, “we live with this blurred and fractured vision of the world, yet inside each of us there’s an undeniable conviction that something beautiful and perfect still exists beyond our grasp.” In response to this, Mönnaco uses a sophisticated color palette and inspiration found in the beauty of the natural world to create rich environments which encapsulate the viewer by surrounding them with wonderment of the unknown.
About the Artist: Ana Carolina Mönnaco is an artist from Curitiba, Brazil, where she developed a love of art and architecture. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating in 2002, she joined Morris Architects in Orlando, Florida. Mönnaco has won many prestigious awards including the International Watercolor Masters Merit Award, the AIP 24 Juror Award, and the AIP Hugh Ferris...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Sharpcut
Located in Marrakech, MA
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
Exterior black wood frame
Framed dimensions: 115x185 (x5) cm
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Late Afternoon in the Museum of Modern Art, from ‘In the Museum of Modern Art’
Located in London, GB
Soft-ground etching from one copper plate printed in black. On buff BFK Rives mould-made paper
Signed, numbered and dated '79 in red crayon, lower centre
Published by Petersburg Press
Exhibition History: 'Howard Hodgkin Recollections’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 21 April - 14 May 2022
Literature: Jacqueline Brody, 'Howard Hodgkin, Alone in the Museum of Modern Art and Not Quite Alone in the Museum of Modern Art (1979)', The Print Collector's Newsletter, vol. 10, no. 3, July-August 1979, p. 93; Pat Gilmour, 'Howard Hodgkin', The Print Collector's Newsletter, vol. 12, no. 1, March-April 1981, p. 4 (ill.); 'Prints by Six British Painters: Stephen Buckley, Robyn Denny, Howard Hodgkin, John Hoyland, Richard Smith, John Walker', Tate Gallery, London, 1981-82 (n.p.); 'The Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1980-82', London, 1984, p. 261; Mary Rose...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
SHAPED PAINTINGS #017
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic paint on galvanized steel plates X2
107X132 CM, Thickness 5.5 CM, 2022
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
Map
Located in New York, NY
2015
Monotype, ink drawing, and collage on Japanese paper
57 x 37 in. (145 x 95 cm)
Signed and dated in pencil
Unframed, excellent condition
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Monotype
Flying Luminous Waves Abstract, red, yellow, Painting Wall Plexiglass Sculptures
By Cari Cohen
Located in Miami, US
Flying Luminous Waves . 2022 These small sized Painting Sculptures are part of the Waves series. This mixed media wall sculptures are painted with acrylic paint, spray paint and past...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Red Twist
By Chris Hayman
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
In her paintings, Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when incorporated into paintings wit...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
August Day
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Andrey Inozemtsev is considered to be a master of Russian impressionism. "August Day" is an impression of light along a small road in a town on the Crimean coast near the Black Sea. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Kinetic sculpture made from coins "Circle XXXIII" by Kim Seungwoo
By Kim Seungwoo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kim Seungwoo is a contemporary Korean sculptor, lives in Seoul, South Korea.
Seungwoo is famous for his sculptures made from coins and buttons. He creates hyper-realistic, life-size...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plastic
"COMBAT SUPREME" Pollock style
Located in SAINT-ALPINIEN, FR
Hand-painted. Not a print. Painting is signed at front and back. Dated. Contemporary FINE ART Original PAINTING, acrylics and spray paint o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Klari Reis, Bliss, Mixed Media and epoxy polymer on wood panel
By Klari Reis
Located in London, GB
Mixed Media and epoxy polymer on wood panel
40.6 x 40.6 cm
16 x 16 in
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Klari Reis uses the tools and techniques of science in her creative proces...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Polymer, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Quantum Mirror #17
By Paul Shapiro
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Paul Shapiro began working in an abstract style in 1990, although the Land of Enchantment (and the artist's current home, New Mexico!) remained a major source of inspiration for him....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Magnolia
Located in ARANJUEZ, ES
Exploring the interaction of humans and nature .
II live in a beautiful place called Aranjuez, it´s famous for it´s gardens. When almost all the garden sleeps cos of cold winter, Mag...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Crayon, Ink, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Royal Curtain /// Gene Davis Contemporary Abstract Geometric Expressionist Art
By Gene Davis
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Gene Davis (American, 1920-1985)
Title: "Royal Curtain"
*Signed by Davis in pencil lower right
Year: 1980
Medium: Original Screenprint on Arches paper
Limited edition: 250, (the number may differ from what is shown in the photos)
Printer: Alpha Omega...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Definición de Arte
Located in New York, NY
Pablo Lehmann creates intricate three-dimensional works by shaping and cutting paper sheets, books and synthetic cloth. His detailed webbing of literary and theoretical book excerpt...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper
Futbolito Piscinero
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
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untiltled
By TANC
Located in Marrakech, MA
Spraypaint on canvas
Black outer frame - framed dimensions: 106x85x(5) cm
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint
Pacifica #4
Located in Quogue, NY
Colorful oil on canvas abstract expressionistic figurative painting.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green Chateau II
Located in London, GB
Lithograph from one zinc plate printed in green with hand colouring in yellow gouache. On Velin Arches mould-made paper (300 gsm)
Signed with initials and dated 78 in pencil, lower c...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Tenri Composition
Located in New York, NY
Vicky Barranguet
Tenri Composition, 2016
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 60 in
(101.6h x 152.4w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
No. 131, January 1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Paper
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Jamaica Day 7
Located in New York, NY
2021, Acrylic on Canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Unstretched
Mixed media on canvas
I am interested in nature as inspiration trigger of my artistic process. The techniques I work with are woodcut, oil, charcoal and collage. I hav...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas
Untitled
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 politic...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Shaman" Mixed Media Figurative Painting Oil onLinen Contemporary Art In-Stock
By Alex Lazard
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This 210 cm by 220 cm mixed media large-scale painting is one of Lazard's most iconic paintings. Alex Lazard, one of Mexico's most noted contemporary artist today, plays with the material load that he uses in this piece. Using asphalt, marble powder, and oil paint, "This is my representation of time... of the navigation of time in humans and how it never stops being there.
This magical painting shows a spiritual, dreamy scenery where Lazard portraits what he sees in the world of "Shaman"... fishes swimming downwards, flying in the background, and the owl flying...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Linen, Mixed Media, Oil
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Plate size: 36.8 x 27. 3 cms (14 1/2 x 10 3/4 ins)
Image size: 15.2 x 9.5 cms (6 x 3 3/4 ins)
Edition of 20
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Aquatint
Bridge
By Behzad Tabar
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
Day Dream II . Abstract, Graffiti, Art Street, Modern, Plexiglass on wood framed
By Cari Cohen
Located in Miami, US
Day Dream I . 2022 Mixed Media abstract painting on Plexiglass on wood panel with white frame 251/2"H x251/2" 25.5"W x 1 1/2"D
Day Dream I is a colorful abstract painting. Has the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Plexiglass, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Watercolor
Rayuela
By Isabel Pena
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Peña
Rayuela
Photo-painting on parchment paper
46h x 40w in
116.84h x 101.60w cm
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Bruce McLean
Located in London, GB
Ink, card and painted collage on paper
Edition of 10
101.6 x 80 cms (40 x 31 1/2 ins)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink
Line Color Form Number 1
By Albert Manchak
Located in New York, NY
Line, Color, Form Number 1, 1959, by Albert Manchak (b. 1925)
Oil on canvas
35 ½ x 35 ½ inches unframed
37 x 37 inches framed
Signed on bottom right
Lab...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Candle Box
Located in New York, NY
2022
Vinyl
20 x 22 in. (50.8 x 55.9 cm)
Edition of 5
Signed and numbered in pencil, verso
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Vinyl
Hudson
By Eugene Healy
Located in Quogue, NY
Abstract, mixed media coastal landscape
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Reminiscence
By Behzad Tabar
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
Nova
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Abstract artist Paul Light Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1966. Before earning his MFA in painting at SCAD-Atlanta in 2012, Light had an extensive business career where he fueled his creative side as a graphic artist, and product designer. It was in these years that he met and was mentored and greatly influenced by Paul Chelko...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Unruffled
By Behzad Tabar
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
Composition V, from: Trous, 1996
Located in London, GB
ENRICO CASTELLANI 1927-2005
Castelmassa 1930 - 2017 Viterbo (Italian)
Title: Composition V, from: Trous, 1996
Technique: Original Hand Signed and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Estructura Rosa y Verde #2
Located in New York, NY
39.40 x 59 unstretched
Oil on canvas
Rebeca Mendoza plays with simultaneity, superimposition, and ambiguity in her work as she goes through the stages of oil painting. The artist se...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Sostenido 7
Located in New York, NY
Miriam Peralta
Sostenido 7, 2012
Mixed media on paper
24h x 29.50w in
60.96h x 74.93w cm
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Northwest Harbor II
Located in Fairfield, CT
Oil on canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Manizales
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
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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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