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
Happy Gypsy Dance 18, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A very beautiful large colorful abstract painting with many neon nuances, havy textured with palette knife, vibrant and emotional. READY TO HANG - GALLERY QUALITY It's all about co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Conference of the Birds 68 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Conference of the Birds 68 (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet comple...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Intersect # 201603 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Intersect # 201603 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed
Available on request 5-6 week turnaround.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hangin...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Cerca del Mar
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50.
Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. They reflect t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Composition with Red (also called Arch), from ‘Europäische Graphik VII. Englisch
Located in London, GB
Lithograph from four zinc plates, printed in red, yellow, blue and green. On Hosho vellum Japanese paper or Arches (250 gsm)
Published by Felix Man and Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Mun...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Intersect # 201603 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Intersect # 201603 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed
Available on request 5-6 week turnaround.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hangin...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
United Europe - France - Original Etching by Piero Dorazio - 1994
Located in Roma, IT
United Europe - France is an original print realized by Piero Dorazio in 1994.
Mixed colored etching and aquatint on paper.
Hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower margin.
N...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Transition 4
By Jeff Kahm
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by artist Jeff Kahm exists in an edition of 25. Paper size is 37"h x 35"w with an image size of 30"h x 30"w.
Jeff Kahm was born in Edmonton Alberta, Canada in 1968 and attended the Institute of American Indian Arts...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alive
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
The canvas is a continuation of a series of works Confused Sky. The author introduces man into his landscapes. now there are signs of life. for the author it is a symbolic step and r...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
It All Moves 01, From the Universe Within series. Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
It All Moves 01, by Angelica Tcherassi
From the series "Universe Within"
Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs
Sheet size 39.3 H x 27.5 W inches.
Image size 33 H x 22.8 W inches.
Edition of 2...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Celestial Abstract Tryptic, "Vertical State Tryptic"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original oil triptych painting by San Diego artist, Julia San Roman. Its dimensions are 60" x 60" It is unframed. A certificate...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Lincoln Center, Large Abstract by Nicholas Krushenick 1968
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lincoln Center
Nicholas Krushenick, American (1929–1999)
Date: 1968
Screenprint on canvas mounted to paper, signed, numbered, and dated verso
Edition of 119/144
Size: 73 x 42 in. (18...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Life at the Blue Bar #5, Abstract Yellow Acrylic Painting, 2017
Located in Boston, MA
Life at the Blue Bar #5, Abstract Yellow Acrylic Painting, 2017
24" x 20" x 1.5" (HxWxD)
Unframed, but comes "cloth-edged" (black) and ready to display with hanging wire
Artist Comm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache
Like a Summer (Abstract Painting)
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Like a Summer (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on acrylic panel (plexi) - Unframed.
This work on plexiglass is part of an ongoing series titled Hue[s]pace, it comes with a cleat system ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
Figurative photo, Signed limited edition contemporary print - Golden Girl 3
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Golden Girl 3
Large scale photograph by Michael Banks - Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm )
Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbered...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Archival Pigment, Di...
Mimulius
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Eloignement
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1977
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 31/100
Publisher : Maeght (Paris)
Printer : Pierre Badey (Paris)
Catalog : Mason 267
87.00 cm. x 62.00 cm. 34.25 in....
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Oil on Canvas "Center"
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
“Center” is 60”x48” The impasto surface stages a range of yellow and gold earth tones. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest quality materials for a truly archival piece, crea...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Those...Plants
Located in London, GB
Soft-ground etching from three copper plates printed in sepia, with hand colouring in watercolour (a yellow wash background) and green gouache. On Stoneridge mould-made etching paper
Signed with initials and dated 1980 in black wax crayon, lower centre. Numbered in black wax crayon, lower left
Published by Petersburg Press
Exhibition History: 'Howard Hodgkin Recollections’, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 21 April - 14 May 2022
Literature: 'The Tate Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions 1980-82', London, 1984, p. 261 (ill.); Elizabeth Knowles...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Color, Etching
Flower Shop 2
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Natasha Tayles describes this painting as an abstract expression of the flower shops she passes on the street. I am filled with wonderment of how different al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Love Interest - Original Lithograph, handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Joan Gardy Artigas
Love Interest, c. 1977
Original Lithograph
Handsigned
Justified H.C (Hors Commerce)
On Velum 75.5 x 35.5cm (c. 29.5x 13.6inch)
Excellent Condition
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Number 78
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This work is numbered as it in a similar style to others in a long series that spans several years. The numbered series are large-format artworks. This work explores the idea of shad...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Varnish, Acrylic
A Ciascuno il suo Tempo
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Donatella Violi was born in Ovada (AL), moved to Milan and subsequently to Reggio Emilia. As she was taking lessons at the Institute of Science, she wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled 1663 - Acrylic Painting by Sergio Boaretto - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled 1663 is one of the best works by the Italian artist Sergio Boaretto. It is made on wooden board, painted in acrylic in 2020.
The author ranges between colors playing from o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Manifest 02, From the series "Power". Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Manifest 02, by Angelica Tcherassi
From the series "Power"
Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs
Sheet size 39.3 H x 27.5 W inches.
Image size 33 H x 22.8 W inches.
Edition of 22
Unframed
A...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Shine Bright ! 1, Mixed Media on MDF Panel
By Laura Spring
Located in Yardley, PA
Mixed media painting on the cradled wooden panel. Painting is 12"x12". The sides are 1.5" . The sides are painted black. Bold, Brave, Expressive! :: Mixed Media :: Abstract Expr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Pacific Orange
By Stan Brodsky
Located in Lawrence, NY
Brodsky was a "romantic" painter, although he painted abstractly, and a master colorist. His abstract works are not "action paintings" in the sense of De Kooning or Pollock, but expl...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Summer Light Series: Pauillac, No.2
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Summer Light Series: Pauillac, No.2
1973
Lithograph, screenprint, pochoir, and collage, Edition of 55
91.4 x 45.7 cms (36 x 18 ins)
RM12795
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
17M4G-2017 (Abstract print)
Located in London, GB
17M4G-2017 (Abstract print)
Aquatinte on paper - Unframed.
Clément's work fluctuates between painting and sculpture, a back and forth that both results from, and contributes to, an...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Aquatint
Girl at the Window - Original Lithograph - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Girl at the Window is an original artwork realized in 1969.
Hand signed, dated and numbered. Edition of 100 prints.
Mixed colored lithograph.
Go...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Austrian Contemporary Art by Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk - La Joie de Vivre
Located in Paris, IDF
After decades of accelerated technical experimentation and refinement, decades of waiting to finally have access to academia to study Art History, and being mentored by renowned arti...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Freemont Street Neon Lights Shine in Vintage Las Vegas - urban photography
Located in Miami, FL
Historic Downtown Las Vegas was famous for Illuminating the night with glowing neon. Photographer Mithcell Funk has captured the essence of old Freemont's street. The Mint, Binion'...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Aerography II Original abstract resin painting
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
So much energy!
Keywords: abstract, resin, color, abstract, marble, painting
Artist Biography:
Created during her daily art and meditation practice, Michelle’s ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Resin
Shine Bright ! 2, Mixed Media on MDF Panel
By Laura Spring
Located in Yardley, PA
Mixed media painting on the cradled wooden panel. Painting is 12"x12". The sides are 1.5" . The sides are painted black. Bold, Brave, Expressive! I can combine shipping. :: Mixed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
The Promise of Summer 18
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
After a long, dark and cold Vermont winter, the longing for summer is strong. We dream of the first bloom of the bleeding hearts and the scent of peonies. Sometim...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monoprint
Metamorphosis, Original Acrylic Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Metamorphosis, Original Acrylic Painting, 2021
This is a finger painted, original painting.
Created in New York City
Professional grade acrylic paint on wood panel
Ready to hang wit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Anima, Abstract Oil Painting
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This piece captures the inner feminine side of a man which instinctively releases nurturing energies," states artist Shyun Song. "The blue on blue rectangle st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Discourse, Abstract Oil Painting
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This piece illustrates an inner dialogue which we frequently go through by exchanging and interchanging our thoughts, ideas, knowledge, and views," explains ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Reflection - Acrylic on Canvas by Laura Placa - 2020s
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful abstract painting Reflection was realized by the artist Laura Placa, an Italian documentary director, street photographer, and abstractionis...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fauvist rose - original hand signed gouache painting, 1997
Located in Paris, FR
Michel Guignard
Fauvist rose, 1997
Original gouache painting
Hand signed and dated at the bottom left
Countersigned on the back
On red canson paper 65 x 50 cm (c. 25,5 x 19,6 inch)
...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Gouache
Orange Abstract Composition - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Orange Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2021.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed, titled and dated on the back of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Textured Painting, "In Flight"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a king original acrylic expressionist landscape painting titled by San Diego artist, Sherry Beaton Krulle. Its dimensions are 24...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Geometric Abstract Painting by Listed British artist Red Blue Navy Gold Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Composition'
by Michael Haswell (British, 1931-2020)
inscribed verso
acrylic painting on box canvas (painted edges so do not require framing)...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Visible Things, abstraction in Orange
By John Zinsser
Located in Greenwich, CT
Visible Things is a striking work in rich orange by highly respected abstract artist John Zinsser. The pasto and thickness of the paint is sculptural in feel. Zinsser paints his wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Enamel
Eklat I, limited edition abstract screenprint
Located in New York, NY
Each made with only two colors, the prints are masterful marriages of vibrant autumn leaves and crystalline sky. Titled Eklat (German for éclat) these works are a stunning display of...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Bloomstone (Banded Ziggurat) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Bloomstone (Banded Ziggurat) (Abstract Painting)
Mixed media on canvas panel - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
Although the initial inspiration for a painting might come f...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Gateway 01, From the series "Portal". Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gateway 01, by Angelica Tcherassi
From the series "Portal"
Photo Rag Hannemuhle 308grs
Sheet size 39.3 H x 27.5 W inches.
Image size 33 H x 22.8 W inches.
Edition of 22
Unframed
...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Blue, Yellow, Orange and Cream Toned Abstract Figurative Landscape with Lake
By Wayman Adams
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, yellow, orange, and cream toned abstract field landscape depicting a figure in blue reading a book. Matted in linen and framed in a carved vintage frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 14.25 in. x W 19.5 in.
Artist Biography: Wayman Elbridge Adams (September 23, 1883 – April 7, 1959) was an American painter best known for his portraits of famous people...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Lonely Tree, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The Lonely Tree - The Tree fascinating me. I made several paintings inspired by their majestic posture, by their change of colors with the seasons and by the variety of forms ... The...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Color the world - Fine art giclée print, Digital on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Color the world. Music and colors inspire me as always. I'm hoping color the world, music the world, make the world a better place to live... We can't change the world, but we could ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Digital
Contextual Splinters #12, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Pastel on heavy duty archival paper with architectural photographs mounted. Size given is image size. Comes in a traveling frame for shipping purposes - can be re-framed if desired. ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Solares 52 X 42
By Mimi Bates
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The brilliant yellow of Solaris is oil paint on aluminum and is 52 X 42 inches.
Mimi Bates:
"As a child I loved to paint and draw on my bedroom walls. Inspired by the images in the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Lost In (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Lost In (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
This work is exclusive to IdeelArt.
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube.
This method is especial...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Breather (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Breather (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
For Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks. The marks coal...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green Comma (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Green Comma (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn w...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sindibad's Voyage - contemporary abstract colourful acrylic painting
Located in London, GB
Following a BA in Fine Art at Portsmouth, Brian Bartlett was awarded a travel scholarship to the USA, where he gained his Masters Degree at the University of Eastern Illinois.
Brian...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
This Dirt, Ain't My Home, Abstract Ink Painting, 2019
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece was originally inspired by the Aspen trees that are all over the state of Colorado. They are my favorite trees and are beautiful all year long, even wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Ink
Ethereal Abstraction 28, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting is part of artist Patrick O'Boyle's ongoing Ethereal Abstraction series. Vibrant hues in orange, yellow, peach, and neon green blend boldly togeth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
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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