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
City Life (Circa 2017) - Vivid Abstract Expressionism Colorful Original Painting
By Dez Gaskin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Desireé Gaskin (Dez) is a self-taught artist living and working in Dallas, Texas. Her artistic style is a form of abstract expressionism ruled by her creative imagination and love fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fervor, Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas, 2016
By Julie Gudger
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This one was fun, I haven't done a bright piece like this in a long time. It shows expression and happiness I am feeling about life right now!
Keywords: Bright, b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ohne Titel
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ohne Titel" 1973 is an original color silkscreen by noted New York artist Nicholas Krushenick, 1929-1999. It is hand signed, dated and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Pistachio Nut, 1970s Mixed Media Collage, Paper Collage on Board, Red Orange
By Margo Hoff
Located in Denver, CO
Crayon and paper collage on board depicting a pistachio nut by 20th century artist, Margo Hoff circa 1970. Presented in a custom wood frame, outer dimen...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Crayon, Mixed Media
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
Falling
Located in Park City, UT
NICHOLAS WILTON’s paintings are visual poems, informed by Nature and his personal experience of life. Color, texture, and organic forms are layered into a complex visual weave that h...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
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
Patricia Abramovich - "Pink Sky" - abstract & neo-impressionis landscape art
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Below is the artist statement of our artist Patricia Abramovich from Israel.
"Art for me is the freedom to create with no boundaries, to express the diversity of color from which th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Black Cathedral
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Black Cathedral
1991
Lithograph on white Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper, Edition of 40
170.2 x 119.4 cms (67 x 64 ins)
RM17876
Siri Engberg and Joan Bana...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Running the Light (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
Running the Light (Abstract painting)
Gouache on matte board. Unframed.
This work is part of an early series made in 1998 where Gordon explored with free flowing interacting with c...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Gouache, Board
Abstract in Three Dimensions
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper
Jo Aarons Gallery Label en verso
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than ...
Category
1940s Abstract Art
Materials
Gouache
sbc 141 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
sbc 141 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on linen - Unframed
This acrylic painting on linen is one of 8 medium-scale paintings that Cantrick produced for her 2012 series based on the pr...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Femme á la Pipe (Orange)
Located in Quogue, NY
Vibrant, colorful and dynamic mixed media on panel with high gloss resin finish
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Panel
Key West Bound 72
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The Key West Bound Series is about the insistent nature of Key West’s ability to adapt and thrive despite the continual barrage of hurricanes, weather patterns, a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monoprint
Key West Bound 2
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
The Key West Bound Series is about the insistent nature of Key West’s ability to adapt and thrive despite the continual barrage of hurrica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monoprint
The Promise of Summer 1
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
Abstract Perspective, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Robert Lynn
Located in Yardley, PA
Completed Oct. 10. 2021. Abstract Acrylic Painting. Sides will be painted to match artwork. Use of Gallery Wrapped Cotton Canvas 16 x 20 x 1.5. (4 Primer Layers & 4 Main Layers appli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing)
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Landscape Abstraction with Blue Waters, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A vibrant abstract in hues of red, pink, orange, yellow, and blue by artist Patrick O'Boyle. "I paint with an acrylic wash establishing shapes, color & texture ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Chaud (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Chaud (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
French abstract artist Jérémie Iordanoff blends the visual languages of Western Modernist...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hopscotch
Located in ATLANTA, GA
You meet the Spanish artist Alexandro Santana and you think, cripes, can he be for real? So handsome, so flamboyant, so seductive, so amusing -- you’...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract Drawing)
By Tilman
Located in London, GB
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract Drawing)
Crayon on vellum. Unframed.
In a broader sense, Tilman’s works on paper function as an archive of the artist’s ideas and observations. The visu...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Crayon, Vellum
Fields, Painting, Oil on Paper
By Laura Spring
Located in Yardley, PA
This is cold wax painting on paper. Cold wax medium is made from beeswax, it is mixed with oil paints to paint. The painting needs to be framed for display. I can mail up to 5 painti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Paix
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Jean-François LARRIEU (1960) (France) is an artist born in 1960 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Geostructure IX" Abstract, Geometric, Colors, Primary Shapes, Acrylic
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Geostructure IX" is an intensely colorful painting of the primary shapes of the circle, square, and triangle. Though the shapes are repetitive their mixed juxtapositions and the creative use of color moves the eye around the canvas with constant interest. This painting is an extraordinary example of Franklin Jonas...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Midcentury Blocks - Abstract Print in Navy Yellow Peach Mid Mod Inspired
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
"Midcentury Blocks" is an abstract contemporary monoprint by Texas artist Roberta E. Laine. In this one-of-a-kind print, layers of mulberry papers have been run through an etching pr...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Stencil, Mixed Media, Mulberry Paper, Monoprint, Monotype
Mountain Sunset /// Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Colorful Painting Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Mountain Sunset"
Series: Abstract
*Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and date...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Chinese Contemporary Art by Renjie Gao - Silence
By Renjie Gao
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
#1283 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
#1283 (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed.
Boecker begins each new work by penciling in his composition. But the work ultimately is about the colors and layers that will e...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orange Blossom Special (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Orange Blossom Special (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
Matthew Langley's technique in creating the artworks come from building and extending as well as reducing a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Pinar Akbaba
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic on canvas :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Locat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Pinar Akbaba
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic on canvas :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Locat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Goddess of the Subtle Matrix #2 (Abstract geometric painting, Orange & Neutrals)
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary abstract geometric painting on 12 x 12 inch wood panel in colorful shades of orange, burnt sienna, with pops of grey and white
Goddess of the Subtle...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Duration 08. Abstract limited edition color photograph
By Monika Bravo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Duration 08, 2019 by Monika Bravo
From The Series of Duration
Paper Type: Ultra Premium Photo paper
Paper size: 40 in. H x 30 in. W
Image size on paper: 40 in. H x 30 in. W
Edition 1...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Juicy Little Passion (Orange)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Henry Ramirez has shown throughout the United States and Europe. He has had numerous one-person museum exhibitions including the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the Whit...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
Mustard abstract painting HJ317, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Radek Smach
Located in Yardley, PA
Radek Smach - Original abstract acrylic painting on canvas. Mixed media. My works are part of many private collections all over the world. Ready to hang. No framing required (i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Orange Spots - Oil On Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Orange Spots is an artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2021.
Original Oil Painting on Canvas.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin: G. Lo Fer...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow, Orange and Blue 2, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Brilliant yellow, orange, red, and blue orbs fall from the sky, backlit by the bright sunshine. A happy scene, reminiscent of dandelions swaying on a warm sprin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Pinhel
Located in ATLANTA, GA
The painter Gonzalez Bravo lives and works in Lisbon since 1970. His paintings speak as equations to be solved, sharing an intimate and symbolic languag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Collectors Limited Edition 1980's warm colourful abstract geometric graphic 3
Located in Norfolk, GB
Canton III
Available both as a unique print or as part of the Triptych, Canton I, II & III.
Edition 41/45
Made on Arches paper, 16 colour screen prints, signed and numbered by Anth...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen, Archival Paper
Red Energy XXL 2, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Intense artwork in red, orange, pink, yellow, white, green, blue, purple and magenta hues. The three-part center becomes lighter from bottom to top. A real eye-catcher that lets your...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Striptease (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
Striptease (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
Note that this artwork will be sent rolled in a tube.
This method is especially safe for large works.
Rolled works can...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Visual Healing 11
Located in Paris, IDF
Archival pigments on archival canvas, ed. of 7 each - shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Archival Pigment
Bright star 9 - Signed limited edition abstract print, Color Photo, Square blue
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bright star 9 - Limited edition pigment print
Limited Editions of 5
Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber based p...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigme...
Candy Wrapper 2 - Giclée by Dadodu - 2009
By Dadodu
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions 49 x 70 cm
Candy Wrapper 2 is a beautiful giclée print realized by the contemporary artist Dadodu in 2009.
This original artwork is d...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Giclée
Tandoori
Located in ATLANTA, GA
You meet the Spanish artist Alexandro Santana and you think, cripes, can he be for real? So handsome, so flamboyant, so seductive, so amusing -- you’re not sure whether it’s intentio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Mystic Rituals 4
By Brad Ellis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by artist Brad Ellis exists in an edition of 30. Paper size is 46"h x 35"w with an image size of 40"h x 29"w.
Brad Ellis is a Da...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital...
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Visual Healing 6
Located in Paris, IDF
Archival pigments on archival canvas, ed. of 7 each - shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Canvas
Constellation of Grief (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Constellation of Grief (Abstract Painting)
Oil on paper - Unframed.
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a tim...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
We Float IV (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
We Float IV (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic and pumice on sailcloth, hessian, netting, scrim, sail and canvas - Unframed.
Anthony Frost, son of Sir Terry Frost RA, is an English abstra...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pablo Picasso 'Sauterelle sur une branche' A. R. 259
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)
Sauterelle sur une branche (A. R. 259)
Terre de faïence bowl, 1955, from the edition of 100, partially glazed and painted, with the Madoura Empreinte Orig...
Category
1950s Abstract Art
Materials
Ceramic, Terracotta
The Light That Won't Turn Off
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This piece is part of a series I've been working on about my recent trip visiting family in the Philippines. The paintings all contain layered elements of plants, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
The Wayward Way (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
The Wayward Way (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Unframed.
Note that this artwork will be sent rolled in a tube if shipped outside the United States.
This method is especia...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Goddess of the Subtle Matrix #1 (Abstract geometric painting, Orange & Neutrals)
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary abstract geometric painting on 12 x 12 inch wood panel in colorful shades of orange, burnt sienna, with pops of citron, yellow, white and black
Goddess of the Subtle...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Le Salut de Cavalier - Épreuve d'Artiste
Located in New York, NY
Paul Guiramand (French, 1926-2008), "Le Salut de Cavalier", Abstract/ Figurative Lithograph signed in pencil ( Épreuve d'Artiste ), 22 x 29, Late 20th Century
Colors: Orange, Yellow...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
July Notes, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This square abstract is a celebration of summer. Bright primary colors - yellow, red, orange and aqua, reminding rainbow, are applied with bold brush strokes and palette knives on a textured canvas, The layers of distressed shapes interact with fine geometric lines and circles creating rhythm. This warm painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Intersect # 201503 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Intersect # 201503 (Abstract photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed.
Available on request 5-6 week turnaround.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hangi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing)
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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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