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: Green
Pink and Cyan Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Pink and cyan abstract, an abstract expressionist oil painting by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned and unframed. Canvas is wrapped around 2" stretcher and painted...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Refraction Green by Bernadette Jiyong Frank - Contemporary abstract oil painting
Located in DE
This abstract painting is highly reflective and depending on the light changes its color. Sometimes vividly green, sometimes a darker grey.
At the heart of each of Frank’s painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Resin, Oil
Caught Somewhere In Between, Alanna Eakin, Bright Abstract Landscape Painting
By Alanna Eakin
Located in Deddington, GB
ALANNA EAKIN
Caught Somewhere In Between
Original Abstract Landscape Painting
Acrylic On Canvas
Image Size: 80 cm x 80 cm x 4 cm
Framed Size: 85 cm x 85 cm x 5 cm
Sold Framed In A Na...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gestural Abstraction, Miniature Abstract Expressionist Korean Modernist Painting
By Don Ahn
Located in Surfside, FL
*Card pictured after painting not included.
Dongkuk Ahn (1937-2013), better known as Don Ahn, was a South Korean artist and t'ai chi master who resided in New York City.
Don Ahn (A...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic
Slow Turn (Abstract painting)
By Macyn Bolt
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed
Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and background, center and edg...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Big Blues", geometric, abstract, red, green, gold, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
Melissa Shaak’s “Big Blues” is a 50 x 38 inch abstract acrylic painting on paper. Dynamic blue stripes, swirls and zig-zags spill over the painting in an interplay of geometric patte...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Spring (fresh)
By Dion Johnson
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on paper
Dion Johnson’s studio practice exists at the intersection of intention and reaction. His pared down visual vocabulary in combination with hard-edged abstraction res...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Liquid Uranium - Giclée Print by Dadodu - 2018
By Dadodu
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 49 x 70 cm.
Liquid Uranium is a colorful giclée print realized by the contemporary artist Dadodu in 2018.
This original artwork represents a overlap of soft curvi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Giclée
"Largest Blue, Orange, White, Green Abstraction" Bold Expressionist Colorful
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Largest Blue/Green Abstraction," Oil on Canvas, 36 x 36 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush abstraction, very expressionist and fluid in style in shades of white, g...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Patiently, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"We have many different tropical birds in Florida," says artist Dwight Smith. "I had Ohio friends come to visit once and said we only see birds like that in a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
Dancing birds, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Dancing birds Original painting representing three birds flying in a garden in Summer over the red roses. This painting has been realized with bright...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Map Voice #9, 10" Expressionist Abstract Green Colorful Gouache Modern Bold
By Susan Sharp
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Map Voice #9, 10"" 2020, Gouache and Spray Paint on Yupo (2 Panels, Diptych).
Abstraction in shades of bright chartreuse, blue, white and red.
Yupo is a plastic coated panel....
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Green Oasis, Abstract Oil Painting
By Mark Risius
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"As kids, we used to run around with grass stains on our jeans while playing under a blue sky with a limitless imagination as our guide," says artist Mark Ri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Verano, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Verano is a richly textured work of abstract art. The vibrant green surface, intersected with clean white patterns, is a celebration of the profusion of flora found in the natural world. Gallery wrapped. Mixed media on canvas...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Os. 11, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract mixed media piece created with oil and latex paint, wood and metal on plywood board. 24"x16"x.75" :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certif...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Forest Flood: abstract expressionism oil landscape in green with vertical lines
By Dennis Alter
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Dennis Alter's layered and textured abstract expressionism oil on canvas paintings are rich with painterly activity. Gestural brushwork, heavy impasto, an...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Sandra Detourbet - Le Temps
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on canvas & handmade paper
Sandra Detourbet is a French artist born in 1967 who works & lives in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris. She is graduated in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Handmade Paper
"Munich Olympics 1972", Lithograph Collage by Richard Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Richard Smith, British (1931 - 2016)
Title: Munich Olympics 1972
Year: 1971
Medium: Lithograph with Collage, Signed and numbered in Pencil
Editi...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
20 GREEN DOTS
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Acrylic on canvas, combined technique, framed ( frame may vary could be not the same as on the picture), inspired by the theme "Recycling". Signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
THALASSO 4 - Abstract Figurative Mint Green Painting on Canvas
By Chloe York
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
"Thalasso 4" is part of an on-going series of paintings by Chloe York centered around marine biology. Chloe’s work is flat and linear and always begins with a human head and shoulder...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bakersfield #10
Located in New York, NY
Bakersfield #10
2021
Cast acrylic on canvas
10 x 10 inches
Signed, titled and dated on verso
Matt Enger’s new body of work evokes a mystical experience combining aspects of express...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Vinyl
"Here & There", Abstract Marine Landscape Turquoise & Red Touch Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This artwork by Françoise Duprat depicts an abstract marine landscape in turquoise blue with red touch. In her early artist carrier Françoise painted mostly figurative & symbolist ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Landscape abstract, Digital on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Landscape abstract composition, color, spots, spring, impression, gift, mood. :: Digital :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Digital
American Contemporary Art by Harry James Moody - Abstract the Art Throb n°289 4
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Harry James Moody is a German artist born in 1952 who lives and works in Los Angeles, United States. He received his training as artist at the Frankfurt Stadel Fine A...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rational Abstractionism - Oil Painting 2012 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Rational Abstractionism is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2012.
Oil on canvas on plywood. Hand signed on lower left.
This contemporary artwork represents an a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Alanna Eakin, The Chase, Original Landscape Painting, Contemporary Bright Art
By Alanna Eakin
Located in Deddington, GB
ALANNA EAKIN
The Chase
Original Abstract Landscape Painting
Acrylic On Canvas
Image Size: 70 cm x 70 cm x 4 cm
Framed Size: 75 cm x 75 cm x 5 cm
Sold Framed In A Natural Bare Wood Tr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled VI, Large Abstract Painting by Dan Teis
By Dan Teis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dan Teis
Title: Untitled VI
Year: 1979
Medium: Acrylic and Collage on Canvas, Signed l.r.
Size: 44 in. x 55 in. (111.76 cm x 139.7 cm)
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Borderland III, Contemporary Encaustic Abstract Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Borderland III
2020 Encaustic wax on board
Image 500 x 500 mm
Signed in a Welsh Oak frame
Image 50cm x 50cm
2020
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Board
In the Garden Abstract Expressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous abstract expressionist landscape by Kristin Cohen (American, 20th Century). From a collection of her works. Unsigned and unframed. Image size: 24"H x 18"W.
A California ab...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Green Dress 2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media
Dolphin Dance 30
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed.
This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1-22”.
Those brush paintings are Pri...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Gouache, Vellum
"Abstract Composition VII" in Green Cream Black Modern Art Spots
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Abstract Composition VII" by James Chadwick is from his series that takes from vintage patterning, zooming in to see the abstraction of the detail whic...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Landed (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on anodized aluminum - Unframed.
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challenge the perception of...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Verdor ( Green regrowth), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
XL abstract painting Acrylic on canvas Large impactful abstract piece inspired by nature with shades of green that resemble the tropics and bright undertones, pink, orange, red a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Florescent Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative figurative abstract in florescent hues by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). Signed lower right corner and dated "Louis E Nadalini 88" on verso. Unframed.
Louis Nadali...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Pastel
Green Grid Play - bright, colourful, geometric abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Precisely painted squares and rectangles in orange, rust red, green, yellow, light green, sapphire blue, black and pink dance, overlap and swirl on a washed green-blue ground in this...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Richard Huntington 1970s Geometric Abstraction Large Mid Century Modern Triangle
Located in Buffalo, NY
A mid-century modern geometric abstract painting titled Beacon by American artist Richard Huntington. This work features bold colors and incredible texture.
Richard Huntington (b. ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Green Shapes - Original Screen Print by Renato Barisani - 1983
Located in Roma, IT
Green Shapes is an original colored screen print realized by Renato Barisani in 1983.
Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in pencil on the lower left. Editi...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Glimpse - contemporary turquoise white abstract geometric oil painting on canvas
By Brian Neish
Located in London, GB
Brian Neish is fascinated by painted surfaces, particularly surfaces having to endure the extremes of sunlight, wind, frost and rain. He calls the appearance of these debilitating ef...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green Field, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Susan Ulrich
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic and graphe on heavy linen canvas paper. Matted and framed in 4-ply white archival mat and natural wood frame. Wired and signed on back, ready to hang. :: Painting :: Abstract...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Oil on Canvas “Renew”
By Frank Arnold
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
SLIPPING AWAY, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
A lazy afternoon is slipping away on a warm breeze. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Ye...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
BLUES & GREEN TURQUOISE French Expressionist Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blues, Greens & Turquoise
signed lower right
by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000)
oil painting on board, unframed
painting: 20 x 15.75 inches
Stunning original abstract expressi...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
"Small Abstraction #141" White, turquoise, green and yellow
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Small Abstract #141," Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush abstraction, very expressionist and fluid in style in shades of white, greens, turquo...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Acadian Driftwood - Large Abstract Landscape Painting With Blue and Green Colors
Located in New York, NY
Andrei Petrov's "Acadian Driftwood" is a 66.5 x 48 inch landscape abstract painting on canvas. The main colors are blue and green. The reference to a natural landscape is clearly the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On solid ground (Iridescent spectra), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
On solid ground is a very intricate color field. Lines of gold, nickel red gold and iridescent green mica particles make a grid in and out of bold emerald...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Abstract Landscape" Mixed Media Painting
By John McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
John McCaw's (US based) "Abstract Landscape" is an abstract mixed media painting that depicts stark bright green and red shapes intersecting and weaving together, accented with black...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
"Small Abstract #138" Expressionist Oil in White, Blue, Green, Yellow Ochre
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Small Abstract #138," Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush abstraction, very expressionist and fluid in style in shades white, blue, green and y...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
T Series (Green), Serigraph by Arthur Boden
By Arthur Boden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arthur Boden, American
Title: T Series (Green)
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100
Size: 29 in. x 23 in. (73.66 cm x 58.42 cm)
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
May - Aberglasney Garden. Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Abstract expressionist view of a enclosed garden with its bright colours and feathery textures. Very pretty painting, to be seen in the flesh.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Box II
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on 300 lb. Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challenge the...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Abstract Composition II" in Green Orange Yellow and Black Modern Art Spots
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Abstract Composition II" by James Chadwick is from his series that takes from vintage patterning, zooming in to see the abstraction of the detail which...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Timeless 18. Abstract limited edition color photograph
By Monika Bravo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Timeless Series - Timeless 18 by Monika Bravo
Archival Pigment Print on Ultra Premium Photo Paper Unmounted
Image size: 40 in. H x 108 in. W
Sheet size: 40 in. H x 108 in. W
Edition ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Pastures in late spring (2018), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Nature inspired abstract green shades, blues and earthy tones. Signed ORIGINAL FINE ABSTRACTS - ONE OF A KIND! I only make original works. Each is a one of a kind so you will hav...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
German Contemporary Art by Harry Moody - Abstract Green n°423
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil painting 2019
60 x 48 in
HARRY JAMES MOODY (GER)
Born in 1952
Lives & works in Los Angeles, USA
Harry Moody received his formal training as an artist at the Frankfurt Stadel Fine Art Academy, Frankfurt, Germany. He majored in Free Painting under the Professors Johannes Schreiter, Thomas Bayrle...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Small Abstract #135" Expressionist Oil Greens, Orange, Red, Turquoise, White
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Small Abstract #135," Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush abstraction, very expressionist and fluid in style in shades of white, greens, red, o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Yellow Volume, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Intuitive and gestural strokes, color contrast, balance and form come together in a layered, energetic composition :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certif...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Forest Side, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
<p>Artist Comments
A stand of birch trees in autumn afternoon light. Orange-brown, purple and blue trunks against a bright green forest floor. This paintin...
A stand of birch trees in autumn afternoon light. Orange-brown, purple and blue trunks against a bright green forest floor. This paintin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Abstract art for sale on 1stDibs.
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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