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.
Find original abstract paintings, sculptures, prints and other art on 1stDibs.
Style: Abstract
Color: Pink
Notation (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Notation (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 coa...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled 156 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 156 (Abstract photography)
C print - Unframed.
Richard Caldicott is most well known for this earlier work series which used Tupperware containers as the subject for his ph...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
C Print
Chance/Fall (4) (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Chance/Fall (4) (Abstract Photography)
C Print - Unframed
As the title suggests, Chance/Fall emanates from Caldicott’s improvised method.
This abstract composition with overlappin...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
C Print
Bleed # 202172 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202172 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Available on...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Happy Gypsy Dance 16, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A very beautiful large colorful abstract painting with many neon nuances, heavy relief textured with palette knife, vibrant and emotional. READY TO HANG - GALLERY QUALITY It's all ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Blast number 2, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series “Blastâ€, oil on thick paper, 44 x 44 cm, 2020. On a very simple geometric pattern that resembles a city map, concentric circles are superimposed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Memory of Spring (Abstract painting)
By Debra Ramsay
Located in London, GB
Memory of Spring (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on acrylic panel (plexi) - Unframed.
This work is sold as a triptych which could be hung on a wall (cleat system supplied) or displayed...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Acrylic
Violent Violet - Oil Painting by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Violent Violet is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2020.
Original oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed and dated by the artist on...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Candy (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Candy (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving between...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bright & Colorful French Signed Abstract Oil Painting Amazing Shapes & Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
French School, circa 1970's
indistinctly signed and dated
oil painting board, unframed
overall size: 18 x 21.5 inches
condition: overall good and sound
provenanc...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Alpha Beta (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
Alpha Beta (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 especially sa...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Waterlilies 3 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Waterlilies 3 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic, oil bar, oil pastel and graphite on canvas - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
BLEED # 202042 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
BLEED # 202042 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Available on request - 4 week turnaround.
Backed with extruded polystyrene, co...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Kaleidoscope: Untitled, Digital Art, Hot pink & Indigo - Purple Abstract Pattern
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Digital art print on Lex Jet, 170 gram Satin Stock paper
Hot pink and purple - indigo abstract geometric kaleidoscope pattern made as abstractions of t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Digital
Telepathy-Contemporary, Abstract, Modern, Surrealist
By Nicole Lin
Located in London, GB
Nicole Lin
Telepathy-Contemporary, Abstract, Modern, Surrealist
2020
Giclée fine art print on German Etching paper.
Dimensions Height: 406mm Width: 304mm (Paper Unframed)
Hand s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Digital
New York City Abstract Multiple Exposure Kaleidoscope Reds Blues, Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
In-camera Multiple Exposure using colored gels and negative color.
Eye-popping and optically stimulating interpretation of New York skyscapers.
Signed and dated on lower right, num...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Cursive (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Cursive (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
SALLY BRADSHAW (b.1962) CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT BRITISH PAINTING - BRIGHT COLOURS
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition"
by Sally Bradshaw (British, b.1962)
oil painting on canvas
signed verso
painting: 15.5 x 20 inches
Superb original modern abstract expressionist painting by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Stunning British Abstract Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by the British contemporary artist, Sally Bradshaw.
The work, painted on an a large scale, displays an abundance of rich and warm colours - of warm pinks, yellows, reds and light greens - a diverse range of palette all blended to create this wonderful work of art.
The work is signed by the artist verso and is a stunning example of her work.
A regular exhibitor here at the Stag Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
My Solitude and My Freedom-Contemporary, Abstract, Modern, Surrealist
By Nicole Lin
Located in London, GB
Nicole Lin
My Solitude and My Freedom-Contemporary, Abstract, Modern, Surrealist
2020
Giclée fine art print on German Etching paper.
Dimensions Height: 406mm Width: 304mm (Paper U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Digital
Wolfgang Hutter - "The mistress of the dragon and the bald head" - giclée print
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Wolfgang Hutter - "The mistress of the dragon and the bald headwith the balls".
Giclée print.
Hand signed and numberd.
A beautiful artwork that look...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Giclée
Holding Hands: abstract gestural expressionist painting w/ reds, pinks, & darks
By Elyce Abrams
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract acrylic on panel painting with bold, gestural brushwork reminiscent of the style of Gerhardt Richter. Predominant colors are reds, pinks, and darks. It has all hanging hardware attached; no need for additional framing. Works particularly well in a pair or series. Will combine shipping for multiple purchases.
Elyce Abrams...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
“Red Room, White Pitcher” Red Toned Interior Still Life
Located in Houston, TX
Red toned interior still life depicting a white pitcher, two beverage bottles, three yellow ripe mangoes and one unripe, and a shape that resembles a sliced cantaloupe--all on top of...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
ABS, Acrylic, Giclée
Boom II (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Boom II (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on aluminum - Unframed
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challeng...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Light-Glyph 45 (Pink)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
In the first of his newest series, Light-Glyphs, a range of colors illuminate the interior of translucent sculptural boxes. Light diffuses through their frosted surfaces and softens ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Pigment
Playing For Time (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Playing For Time (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed.
For Russinof, everything begins with color. She begins a painting by applying color in lyrical, gestural marks. The m...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Quite a Bit (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Quite a Bit, (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on panel - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
For Nehrling, smaller pieces often operate as a visual poem, prayer or wish. The challe...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Yvaral (Jean-Pierre Vasarely) Lithographie - 1978
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Yvaral (Jean-Pierre Vasarely)
Lithograph - 1978
Signed by the artist in pencil
Numbered in pencil by the artist XXII/C
Annotated in pencil
77 x 77 cms
890 euros
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper
"Study for Caldwell 49, " Acrylic on Canvas, 2021
Located in Chicago, IL
The colorful paintings of Jan Pieter Fokkens transport us to distant worlds beyond our comprehension. Within his seemingly infinite networks of lines, dots, and crosses, he decodes t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Plastomatic
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Resin coated and mounted to layers of plywood, these digital/mixed media ‘picture objects’ represent interpretations of contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment
"The Pear, The Rose, The Wrench" Abstract Paper Collage John Peters 2005
By John Peters
Located in Arp, TX
John Peters 1927-2019
"The Pear, The Rose, The Wrench"
2005
Collage on board
8"x10"
Came from a portfolio of the artist's work
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Illustration Board, Magazine Paper
Untitled 2006 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2006 (Abstract Drawing)
Pen on tracing paper - Unframed.
Richard Caldicott drawings have a minimal esthetic, an architectural character, created with only one or two lines...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Pen
Unapologetically Pink 2, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Laura Spring
Located in Yardley, PA
This one of a kind painting is done in acrylic on paper. The photos show the painting in different light conditions. A few gold accents.I try my best to represent the true colors of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Polygen
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Resin coated and mounted to layers of plywood, these digital/mixed media ‘picture objects’ represent interpretations of contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment
Quite a Bit (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Quite a Bit, (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on panel - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
For Nehrling, smaller pieces often operate as a visual poem, prayer or wish. The challe...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
A20 - Make it sexy (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
A20 - Make it sexy (Abstract Drawing)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The artist created this series shortly afterward arriving in NY.
His interest was to see what responses the paint...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Schist 9 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Schist 9 (Abstract painting)
Casein on paper - Unframed
Anne Russinof often does paintings on paper to loosen up for the larger canvas works. The point is to free her hand.
For h...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Casein
Trafalgar Square, Abstract Painting
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"London’s celebrated public park, Trafalgar Square, faces the National Gallery," says artist Joey Korom. "Trafalgar is the hom...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Moving-Contemporary, Abstract, Modern, Surrealist
By Nicole Lin
Located in London, GB
Nicole Lin
Moving-Contemporary, Abstract, Modern, Surrealist
2018
Giclée fine art print on German Etching paper.
Dimensions Height: 406mm Width: 304mm (Paper Unframed)
Hand sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Digital
Colorful Street Art Reflected in Car
Located in Miami, FL
Street photographer Mithcell Funk achieves a heightened a dramatic effect of color as he shoots the reflection of the street art in a car. Through Funk's lens, the car becomes the w...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Pink dreams II - abstraction art, made in gray, pink, fuchsia color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work is made with alcoholic ink in pink, grey - blue color on Yupo paper.
It is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold) with styrene face on a double m...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Contemporary Art by Chen Xiao Ying - Love Cures No.1
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Chen Xiao-Ying is a Chinese artist born in 1968 who lives & works in Yongzhou in the province of Hunan in China. Throughout her career for over thirty year...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
PGB Slurp (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
PGB Slurp (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on aluminum - Unframed
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challe...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Myriad / copper base
Located in Bristol, GB
Myriad / copper base is a metallic Lambda photographic print, optionally mounted to Plexiglass, laser cut to shape, and fitted with a hidden subframe, ready to install.
Work can be supplied unmounted and ready to frame if you’d prefer.
The work is individually signed and numbered verso, with both a unique catalogue raisonné number and the edition number for guaranteed authenticity.
From an edition of 12
Image size ⋅ 80cm H x 80cm W
.
Myriad is a study based on a number of ideas for processing digitally drawn sculptural forms, that I was keen to explore further for my Generator show.
The drawing progresses from a circular core to a square form at its outer edges, literally squaring the circle.
The whole form becoming redolent of a 12” record, perhaps a white label, or similar unbranded sleeve often used for limited releases and remix EPs, a format which of course comprises a circular vinyl disc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Hover # 201913 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Hover # 201913 (Abstract photography)
Chromogenic Print face-mounted 3mm matt plexiglas - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Available on ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
C Print, Plexiglass
Pink dreams - abstraction art, made in gray, pink, fuchsia color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work is made with alcoholic ink in pink, grey - blue color on Yupo paper.
It is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold) with styrene face on a double m...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
"NGC-3201, " Acrylic on Canvas, 2019
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how reality is mediated by digital image.
Entitled "NGC-3201," this vibrant drawing offers a representation of the globular cluster NGC-3201. Using an image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
Architectural Butterfly #09 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Architectural Butterfly #09 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on aluminum - Unframed.
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Fluxion 1 (Abstract Painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
Fluxion 1 (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
This work will be sent flat within the US and rolled in a tube for international shipping. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
Candy (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Candy (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving between...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coralina, pink, orange and coral abstract expressionist painting on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pink storm - Tableau n°11 by Jean Krillé - Oil on wood 100x100 cm
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
Of Germanic descent, the painter Jean Krillé was born in 1923 in Switzerland. His father, writer and poet, oriented him towards art and culture. From the age of 16, he enrolled at th...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
untitled
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Noel Dobarganes (b. Matanzas, Cuba, 1977) Graduated from Escuela Profesional de Artes Plásticas “Roberto Diago”, Dobarganes focuses on time and memory ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Bleed # 202042 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202042 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Available on request - 4 week turnaround.
Backed with extruded polystyrene, co...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Contemporary Scholar's Stone I (black with pink light)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Kristina Larson creates biomorphic three-dimensional works primarily out of clay. Within her multidisciplinary practice she seeks to blur the lines between art, craft, and design by ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze, LED Light
Sarah Foat, Almost Real Love, Original Abstract Painting, Affordable Art
By Sarah Foat
Located in Deddington, GB
Sarah Foat
Almost Real Love
Original Painting
Acrylic on Canvas
Canvas Size: H 30cm x W 30cm x D 3.5cm
Signed
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Geometric abstract Op Art Pop Art painting in pink & red w/ cubes & triangles
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and against each other to create mov...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"NGC-6397, " Pigment Ink on Paper, 2019
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based artist Jan Pieter Fokkens uses his work as a means of processing the incomprehensible. Navigating the relationship between algorithmic abstraction and the tangible qualities of pattern and color, Fokkens meditates on how reality is mediated by digital image. Entitled "NGC-6397," this vibrant drawing offers a representation of the globular cluster NGC-6397, also known as Caldwell 87, located 7,800 light-years from Earth. Using an image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper
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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