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: Orange
Abstract Expressionist painting- The myths of love
Located in Beijing, CN
Description:
Wan Rui
acrylic on canvas
80 x 120 cm
dated 2021
About Wan Rui
Wan rui is a chinese contemporary artist, born in 1970 in Hunan, China. The artist received her MA fro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (SF-311), 1979
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled (SF-311), 1979
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Inscription #07
Located in Antwerpen, VAN
Starting with inspiration from the visible world around him, Saleh Mohammadi reaches beyond the tangible and reproduces his own mind's eye.
Geometric shapes with a reference to the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Textile, Acrylic
The Nobles at the Trapdoor II, from: Series for King Ubu
By Joan Miró
Located in London, GB
JOAN MIRÓ 1893-1983
Montroig 1893-1983 Mallorca (Spanish)
Title: The Nobles at the Trapdoor II, from: Series for King Ubu Les Nobles à la Trappe II, from: Suites pour Ubu Roi, 1966...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Solidly grounded in Abstract Expressionist tradition, process-oriented painter Thomas Nozkowski’s method is predicated on relinquishing the idea of an end result. To highlight this, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Woodcut
Red Brick Building Facade Street Scene in New York City by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late light skims off the brick facade of a historic red brick building in Manhattan. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk creates an image that is both a realistic document of an urban...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Geomorphology 1706
By Andy Moses
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A Los Angeles-based artist with a unique take on color and the relationship between space, shape and light. Andy Moses paints with pearlescent pigments on concave canvases, which cur...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Four Hills - vibrant, minimalist, abstracted landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
BC artist Pat Service is well known for her beautiful landscapes. In the last few years she has interpreted those images in minimalist form rendered in vivid colours. Four Hills is a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jessie Woodward, #577, Original Abstract Style Art, Bright Modern Statement Art
Located in Deddington, GB
#577 by Jessie Woodward [2022]
Signed by the artist
Acrylic on canvas
Size: H:80 cm x W:100 x D3cm
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
#57...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Meg Atkinson, Sunset at Waverly Park, 2015, oil on canvas, Abstraction
By Meg Atkinson
Located in Darien, CT
It was Picasso who said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
While her work in the exhibition Child's Play is not meant specifical...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled # 1435
By Jay Kelly
Located in New York, NY
This is an Iris print in soft yellow and red tones. It is signed and numbered. The total edition size is 72 plus 18 APs.
"Calling to mind the work of Martin Puryear, Paul Klee, Alex...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Inkjet
AL AMANECER
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cecilia studied Social Studies and Literature at Universidad Catolica del Peru, Drawing with Cristina Galvez, and Watercolors with Juan Pastorelli. She...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil Pastel, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Sonia Delaunay - Original Watercolor on paper
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Sonia Delaunay - Original Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 21 x 21 cm.
Authentified by her son Charles Delaunay on the back.
Sonia Delaunay was known for her vivid use of color and her bold, abstract patterns, breaking down traditional distinctions between the fine and applied arts as an artist, designer and printmaker.
Born Sarah Stern on November 14, 1885 in Gradizhsk, Ukraine, she was adopted in 1890 by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she moved to Germany to study drawing with Ludwig Schmidt-Reutler (1863–1909) at the Karlsruhe academy of fine arts; Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer-to-be, was among her classmates there. In 1905, she traveled to Paris where she attended art classes at the Académie de la Palette, learned printmaking from Rudolf Grossman (1889–1941), and met Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1966), André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), and Jean-Louis Boussingault (1883–1943). Sonia spent much of her time at exhibitions and galleries in Paris, which showed works by Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard, as well as Les Fauves, Henri Matisse and André Derain. She did, however, maintain contact with Germany, exhibiting at the Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, in 1913, 1920 and 1921.
During her first year in Paris, Sonia met the German collector and art-dealer, Wilhelm Uhde (1874–1947), whom she married on December 5, 1908, and whose Montparnasse gallery, the Galerie Notre-Dame des Champs, showed her first solo exhibition. Through Uhde, Sonia encountered many painters, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Robert Delaunay (1885–1941). In 1910, Sonia divorced Uhde by mutual agreement, married Delaunay that same year, and gave birth to their son, Charles, in January 1911.
Together Sonia and Robert Delaunay pursued the study of color, influenced by theories of Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889). Sonia’s interest in simultaneous contrast, as evidenced in her early collages, book bindings, small painted boxes...
Category
1930s Abstract Art
Joan Miro - Abstract Lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Joan Miro Miro Abstract Lithograph
Artist: Joan Miro
Plate III from “Miro Lithographs I”
Medium: Lithograph on Rives vellum
Year: 1972
Image Size: 10" x ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Large Abstract Silkscreen by Raymond Parker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raymond Parker, American (1922 - 1990)
Title: Untitled 14
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 70
Image Size: 31 x 36 inches
Size: 32 x 37.5 ...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Variations on Verticals No 1
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Variations on Verticals No 1
Reference no: 0320/1
Date: 1973
Medium: Oil & pencil on paper
Image: 4 x 4” 10.1 x 10.1 cm
Frame: 9 x 9” 22.8 x 22.8 cm
Exhib...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Oil, Pencil
True Romance
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
The feelings associated with a true romance, love, devotion, trust, optimism, and so on, are so precious and sort after. I believe I have a true romance a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Gesso, Acrylic Polymer, Varnish, Acrylic
Arcana 07. Abstract color photograph
By Monika Bravo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Arcana 07, 2023 by Monika Bravo
From The Series Arcana
Archival digital print
Size: 16 in. H x 24 in. W
"Arcana" stems as a series of unique studies for an upcoming commissioned gla...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment
Frolicking Occasion
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This artwork is an emotional exploration of a free frolicking occasion where happy times are being had. This work is painted in the style of abstract expressionism.
This work is pai...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
The Sun, Golden Colors, Warm Tones Diptych, Space Age, Abstract Geometry Hue
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cyd Fontaine (Lausanne, 1992) is a contemporary artist renowned for her captivating use of dreamy atmospheric gradients, which has helped her carve a distinctive niche in the world o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, G...
Happy Gypsy Dance XXXII
Located in Sempach, LU
A very beautiful large colorful abstract painting with many neon nuances, havy textured, vibrant and emotional.
READY TO HANG - GALLERY QUALITY
It's all about colors happiness and fr...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Fruition, Abstract Oil Painting
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"Amid the autumn season, I revisit the natural stages from sprouting to maturing and the long waiting in between," says artist Shyun Song. The yellow-green, str...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Moulded by Water, Abstract Landscape Painting, Contemporary Scottish Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Scott Naismith’s painting Moulded by Water is an original painting that has been created using oil and spray paint on linen canvas. Scott Naismith usually paints bright and vibrant a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Composition, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
100x150cm
Signed
About the artist
Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escue...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Radiant Aura" - Celestial Abstract Multi-Colored Mixed Media by Nan Van Ryzin
Located in Carmel, CA
Introducing the Aura Collection by Nan Van Ryzin, where ethereal beauty and color converge. In "Radiant Aura," a vivid tapestry of colors unfolds before ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Experience
Located in Istanbul, 34
Stranger to Oneself Series
Foil and embroidery on porcelain) 82x57 cm. (Framed 106x76 cm.)
At a time when we are all alienated from ourselves; The contemporary interpretation of kn...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Ultra radiant fire spectra, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Expressive modern fiery abstract, bold full of life, gloss and shimmer! inspired by nature, many of bright tones combined with mica particles and iridescent drizzles over orange yel...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Sunrise On The Lake, Original Contemporary Bold Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Sunrise On The Lake, Original Contemporary Bold Abstract Landscape Painting
48x48 (HxW), Acrylic Paint
This large square format painting by artist Jen Sterling depicts a sky glowing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Mixed Media Drawing - Mid 20th Century by Rem Raymond Coninckx Belgium
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Rem Raymond Coninckx was born on 28th March in Couvin (Belgium) 1904 and died in Dinan 1974. He was a painter, draftsman, engraver and also created metallic panels and mosaics.
Conte...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
Picking Roses. Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
A leading exponent of contemporary art in Europe, Paul Wadsworth utilises a palette of vibrant colours to achieve his signature paintings redolent of people and place. Expressionism ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Colour Form 18 - large, yellow, green, pink, minimal abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The power of pure colour and minimal form on raw canvas. This is Milly Ristvedt.
Three rows of gently curved horizontal bands of colour—golden yellow, hot pink and green create a str...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Backdrop for a Summer Party #1 - colorful, abstract shapes, acrylic on canvas
By Aron Hill
Located in Bloomfield, ON
For Aron Hill the world is full of colour—bold, vivid colour. The Calgary born artist has often favoured an imaginative colour palette as it accentuates the expressive but minimalist...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Life in E Flat
Located in Provincetown, MA
This near-comic portrait demonstrates that style as well as the artist’s affinity for jazz. Life in E Flat bursts with color- and light-borne energy, and draws the viewer into that e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
"Revival" Oil Painting 39" x 35" inch by Anastasiia Danilenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Revival" Oil Painting 39" x 35" inch by Anastasiia Danilenko
Anastasiia Danilenko is an artist and graphic designer.
But the area of her occupation is painting and such a traditio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rhythmic verticals
Located in King, ON
This abstract painting from series “Geoforms” is inspired by minimalism, modern art and hard edge.
This work is signed, dated and tilted by Artist on the back. Signed certificate of...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Linda Turner, Art Meditation 12, Collage, Pattern and Decoration, Automatism
Located in Darien, CT
Linda Turner, raised both in NYC and Northern Virginia, resides in Brooklyn, NY. She achieved a BFA in Surface Design/Textile Design from the Fashion Inst...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Never A Dull Moment, Original Contemporary Bold Pink Abstract Painting on Canvas
Located in Boston, MA
Never A Dull Moment, Original Contemporary Bold Pink Abstract Painting on Canvas
48x60 (HxW), Acrylic Paint
This large scale acrylic painting by artist Sarah Finucane features a vib...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
No. 48329 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
No. 48329 (Abstract Photography)
Photography / Archival pigment print — Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Available on request - 2 weeks turnaround. Print can be mounted to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ink, Archival Pigment
Southern Hemisphere Sunset, Squared Bauhaus, Pink Yellow Gradient, Fucsia Grid
Located in Barcelona, ES
This abstract geometric acrylic painting is a vibrant and playful composition that draws inspiration from vintage Italian parasols. With a focus on bold, bright colors and clean line...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Serbian Contemporary Art By Marko Reeboskic - Breaking Point
Located in Paris, IDF
Batik technique on cotton
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton, Acrylic
Gracefully crossing the space
Located in Berlin, DE
Gracefully crossing the space
Gestural photography Intentional Camera Movement
The edition size (regardless of the printed size) is 7+2 E.A. each
Betty Schmidt is a German artist, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas
T Series (Orange), Serigraph by Arthur Boden
By Arthur Boden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Arthur Boden, American
Title: T Series (Orange)
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100
Size: 29 in. x 23...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
The Matador
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Matador" is a gouache on paper by Elaine de Kooning. The artwork is signed lower left, "E. de K." The framed piece measures 15 3/8 x 17 1/4 x 3/4 in....
Category
1950s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
With Geraniums At the Window and Doves On the Roof
Located in Burlingame, CA
'With Geraniums At the Window and Doves On the Roof' is 60 x 12 inches. Matuszewski creates meditative and harmonious color field paintings to invoke a sense of peace through a visua...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Graphite
French Contemporary Art by Murielle Argoud - Let the Waters Calm down You'll See
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media (oil color, pigments, gold leaf, sand) on canvas
Dyptich 2 x 140 x 70cm
Signature at the bottom right
Murielle Argoud is a French artist born in 1954 who lives and works in Morges...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Murielle Argoud - Magic Orphic III
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media (oil with color, pigments, sand) on canvas
Signature at the bottom right
Murielle Argoud is a French artist born in 1954 who lives and wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Shape 26 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist gestural, black & white on paper
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 26 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral pal...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Acrylic
Shape 19 (2019) - Abstract shape, work on paper, geometric, minimalist, orange
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 19 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, geometric art, acrylic on 300gsm archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Orange on white.
Min...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
1000 Stars New Constellations (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
1000 Stars New Constellations (Abstract painting)
Acrylic paint on canvas - Unframed.
This work is exclusive to IdeelArt.
This work is part of the series Asphalt Abstracted Ad Astra...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Burning Bush by Haim Sherrf
By Haim Sherrf
Located in Montreal, Quebec
-- Artwork comes with a certificate of authenticity
-- Artwork is signed by the Artist Haim Sherrf
-- Premium quality frame is included
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Large Colorful Abstract Silkscreen by Raymond Parker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raymond Parker, American (1922 - 1990)
Title: Jazz
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 90
Size: 35.25 x 46 in. (89.54 x 116.84 cm)
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
The Tailor. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Paul Wadsworth is one of the UK’s leading exponents of Expressionist paintings. His pieces are heavily worked with layers of richly applied paint, the result is paintings that sing w...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Geoforms 69
Located in King, ON
This abstract painting from new Series “Geoforms” is inspired by minimalism, modern art and hard edge.
Work is signed, dated and tilted by Artist on the back. Signed certificate of a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Sunrise in The Tropics, Warm Tones Abstract Landscape, Yellow, Orange, Geometric
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Saffron: Large Contemporary Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Paul Wadsworth is one of the UK’s leading exponents of Expressionist paintings. His pieces are heavily worked with layers of richly applied paint, the result is paintings that sing w...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hoga Hoda Walking The Dawn
Located in Greenwich, CT
Thomas Easley’s mastery of the female form is evident in this reclining nude. Painted with smooth and precise strokes of the palette knife in tonal shade...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Accomplish (To Accomplish * Goals & Task)
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Accomplish (To Accomplish * Goals & Task)
Gouache and metallic ink on 1957 Encyclopedia page
Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / Geometric Abstraction / Gestural Abstraction /...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Magazine Paper
Fantasy II, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Intuitive composition, fantasy, oil on canvas, I love Gaudi :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
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Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Sumit Mehndiratta, Giorgio Lo Fermo, Francisco Nicolás, and Dadodu . Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Synthetic Resin Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract art, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available.
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