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
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
Oil, Canvas
Jamaica Day 7
Located in New York, NY
2021, Acrylic on Canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Berwick Tower
Located in London, GB
Copper and Silk
Etching on Somerset gsm
Edition of 50
Signed, titled and numbered
61 x 48.5 cm
2008
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
No. 131, January 1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Paper
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, 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
Gate
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Canvas. Vibrant colors. Blues. Pinks. Greens. Whites.
About the Artist:
Francine Tint is a New York based abstract expressionist painter. She studied painting at P...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
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
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
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled
1995
Etching in colours, Edition of 35
53.3 x 45.7 cms (21 x 18 ins)
SF17887
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
Perspective 2
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Atmospheric gradations of color are encased in hardened surfaces in a constant push and pull between depth, light and texture. Capturing the effect of light purely with color is wher...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, 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
Sail Boats with Two Men in a Boat on a Silver Gray Sea, Monochromatic
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Simmering silver water underpins a group of sailboats punctuated by a small boat in the foreground.
The image takes on the look of traditional Asian art with its simplicity and per...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
The Explorer
By Nella Lush
Located in New York, NY
Abstract, oil on canvas. Subtle hues. Framed in natural wood. 2 inch deep.
About the Artist:
Nella was born, raised and educated in Italy in a family with a long heritage o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
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
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
Northwest Harbor II
Located in Fairfield, CT
Oil on canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Water Mirror
By Ira Barkoff
Located in Greenwich, CT
Abstract Expressionist seascape oil painting.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, 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
Abstract Expressionist painting- Shared future for human beings
Located in Beijing, CN
Description:
Wan Rui
acrylic on canvas
150 x 100cm
dated 2022
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
Oil, Canvas
Three Years
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Geometric style. Acrylic & Satin Varnish on Canvas.
About the Artist:
Manhattan based mural and studio artist Tony “Rubin” Sjöman has painted all over the world and his works have been shown in galleries throughout the US and Europe.
Sjöman’s roots are in Finland and Sweden and he draws inspiration from his Scandinavian heritage for his complex abstract geometrical murals and studio works. Sjöman has become a staple of the art scene of New York City and beyond. His murals can be seen in a wide variety of spots in and around the city:
on churches, in hotels and high-end boutiques, in luxury high-rises throughout Manhattan and on the 69th floor of WTC 4.
Sjöman’s studio works are based on canvases, prints and installations and he is no stranger to painting on metal and wood. Rubin's studio works have been on display at Scope New York, Scope Miami and Art Miami during Art Basel, as well as in galleries throughout New York City, Miami and Los Angeles.
Sjöman’s art has been featured in NBC News, New York Post...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
The Source Index
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Geometric style. Acrylic & Satin Varnish on Canvas.
About the Artist:
Manhattan based mural and studio artist Tony “Rubin” Sjöman has painted all over the world and his works have been shown in galleries throughout the US and Europe.
Sjöman’s roots are in Finland and Sweden and he draws inspiration from his Scandinavian heritage for his complex abstract geometrical murals and studio works. Sjöman has become a staple of the art scene of New York City and beyond. His murals can be seen in a wide variety of spots in and around the city:
on churches, in hotels and high-end boutiques, in luxury high-rises throughout Manhattan and on the 69th floor of WTC 4.
Sjöman’s studio works are based on canvases, prints and installations and he is no stranger to painting on metal and wood. Rubin's studio works have been on display at Scope New York, Scope Miami and Art Miami during Art Basel, as well as in galleries throughout New York City, Miami and Los Angeles.
Sjöman’s art has been featured in NBC News, New York Post...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
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
Maraschino
By Eric Johnson
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Inspired by both art and science, Eric Johnson creates composite works of pigment, wood and resin that reference a kinship with other artists: to the sensuality of Brancusi, the arch...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Resin
Commencement 13
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
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
Two Front
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Carlos J. Tirado (born on April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an artist, painter and sculptor who has developed a very personal and precise line of work linked to Neo-Pop art. With plenty of personal art exhibitions, Tirado has participated in numerous collective exhibitions, receiving different awards such as “III Premio de Escultura” del Certamen Aires de Córdoba in 2004 and other recognitions, among them, at the Venezuelan Embassy in DC (2005), and the X Latin Art Festival of Atlanta (2005).
Childhood
Tirado grew up in an upper-middle-class family environment. His inclination for the arts started from an early age. At 8 years old, he was already experimenting with tridimensional forms, creating molds out of cast lead from pieces previously gathered on the streets. These first artistic experiences led by his inquisitive nature, provided the ground to continue exploring the possibilities with different materials like wood, waste and plaster. His childhood games were centered around painting and sculpting, which played an important role that ranged from recreational to aesthetics.
When Tirado turned 12 years of age, his parents agreed for him to attend private art classes with professor Javier Hernandez in Caracas. Later on, he realized that Art was a profession that required investment in materials, reason that led him to work at a furniture store painting landscapes and figurative art to decorate the exhibit room. He created numerous paintings of Caracas’ famous mountain: El Avila, and other art pieces that not only served as a source of income, but more importantly, led him to deepen his figurative expression.
In 1985, he started drawing comic sets for a renowned newspaper El Diario de Caracas, alongside Jorge Blanco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Topologie II
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Photogravure, Lithograph
"Machinery"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964)
Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
Category
1940s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Pastel Alley In North Beach, San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
Colorful houses on Fresno Street in the North Beach district of San Francisco.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is signed, dated and numbered 2/1...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Inkjet
interStella / Quad 1 pt2
Located in Bristol, GB
interStella / Quad 1 pt2 is a ten colour archival pigment print on 305gsm, 100% cotton, Hahnemühle fine art paper.
The work can be supplied unframed, or framed and ready to hang. I ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fashion Red Hat in Paris
Located in Miami, FL
Fashion Hat in Paris. Style above it all.
A graphic statement in red, black and green
Signed and dated on the lower right, numbered on verso, Edition 3 of 15, Printed later. Unf...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
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
Far Arden
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Geometric style. Acrylic & Satin Varnish on Canvas.
About the Artist:
Manhattan based mural and studio artist Tony “Rubin” Sjöman...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bank Street Series No. 44, 1978-1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Circles #8
Located in New York, NY
Abstract art. Strong colors. Red. Black. White. Circle motif.
About the Artist:
Steve Joester is a British-born Rock & Roll photographer and mixed media artist, currently living and working in New York City.
Joester, a leading Rock & Roll photographer in the 70's and 80's, had his iconic images of the greatest rock performers appear on album sleeves, posters, exhibitions and magazines worldwide. Joester made his mark shooting icons such as Mick Jagger, Bob Marley, Neil Young, Sting, and also documented Andy Warhol on film with Rob Halford of Judas Priest backstage at the Palladium in April, 1979.
In an explosive interpretation of the rock icons that left their indelible mark on our generation, Joester's unique mixed media works transcend his photography. Using an unconventional mixture of materials on his canvases, he echoes the raw energy of Rock & Roll with his own Interpretation of the emotion and power of the live performances. Joester was the first mixed media artist to be represented by the Morrison Hotel Gallery, and his work is included in collections internationally.
COLLECTED BY
JOHN VARVATOS
RALPH LAUREN
E. AZRAK; NYC, MIAMI
CESARE OLIVETI; ITALY
RICKY BIRD; NYC
N. ZWAIL; CA
FRANCOISE BEVY; NYC
TERRY FORD; ISLAMORADA
G. KAUFMAN; GERMANY
JOHN HOCKMAN; NYC
BRIAN COANTROPO; NYC
E. SHEMESH; OREGON
C.JEHASSI; NYC
JEN BROWN...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Uptown Series No. 1, ca. 1975
Located in Quogue, NY
Crayon on paper
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Blue and White
By Peter Lodato
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Lodato, Blue and White, 2017, oil on canvas, 48” x 36”, $14,500
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unbound
By David Bender
Located in New York, NY
Abstract piece on canvas. Textural quality from layering of paints. Not framed. But canvas is painted on the sides.
About the Artist:
David Bender is an award-winning Brook...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cry me a River
Located in New York, NY
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pons and William Scharf. Her spontaneous and...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
No. 72, September 1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Paper
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Yellow Square, Red Square and Blue Triangle
By Marcel Janco
Located in London, GB
MARCEL JANCO 1895-1984
Bucarest 1895-1984 Ein Hod (Rumanian/Israeli)
Title: Yellow Square, Red Square and Blue Triangle
Technique: Original signed Oil ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Wind"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964)
Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Thaw #8
Located in Fairfield, CT
This piece is framed.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mylar, Color Pencil, Graphite
Silhouetted Figures on New York Street
Located in Miami, FL
500mm lens and high angle transforms pedestrians into a Rorschach test of abstract and intertwined black shapes . Signed and dated on lower right, num...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Abrazo de Elefante
Located in New York, NY
Valeria Vilar dissolves and gives rise to strokes of abstraction through figuration allowing viewers to recompose the story. She reconstructs and creates spaces from memories, tales...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract #75
Located in San Antonio, TX
Contemporary Abstract Giclee Print, 21st Century, by Robert Wynn Taylor, a contemporary American artist. It is signed in pencil "R. Wynn Taylor" in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Giclée
Should I go
Located in New York, NY
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pons and William Scharf. Her spontaneous an...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Dal più al meno (14)
Located in New York, NY
Roberto CARACCIOLO
Dal più al meno (14), 2016
Oil on canvas
57 1/2 x 72 inches
146 x 183 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circle III
By Kim Seungwoo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kim Seungwoo is a contemporary Korean sculptor, based in Seoul, South Korea, famous for his sculptures made of coins or buttons.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plastic
Stuttgart Series II No. 7, 1960s
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Escalera 2
By Isabel Pena
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Peña
Escalera 2, 2006
Photo-painting on parchment paper
39.50h x 48w in
100.33h x 121.92w cm
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
SAGG STORM DIPTYCH
Located in Fairfield, CT
SAGG STORM DIPTYCH is sold together for $18,000 or individually for $9,000 each.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Immemorial Wind 2017
Located in White Plains, NY
Immemorial Wind 2017
From the Crittically Acclaimed series The Power of the South Wind Across Borders
Oil on Canvas with Silver Leaf
43.3 × 43.3 × 2 in
The artist studied the images...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Riopolis
By Isabel Pena
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Peña
Riopolis, 2006
Photo-painting on parchment paper
33h x 60w in
83.82h x 152.40w cm
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Vaiven
Located in New York, NY
Throughout Isabel Turban work process, collected maps gathered from various travels are the most significant material as they fuel inspiration for the work.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
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