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: Pink
Maryanne Pollock "Alizarin Maze lll"
Located in Washington, DC
Painting by Maryanne Pollock titled "Alizarin Maze lll". Work is signed and dated 2020 on reverse.
Maryanne Pollock received her BFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Ro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Pink Abstract, Silkscreen by Piero Dorazio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Piero D'Orazio, Italian (1927 - )
Title: Pink Abstract
Year: 1992
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 66/99
Size: 30 x 21.5 inches
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Enter my Soul, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
An original one of kind multilayer palette knife abstract painting. Warm and earthy colors full of details and movement. Shades of pink, light purple, burnt sienna with a touch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Patricia Fabricant, 062820, 2020, Gouache On Panel, 12 x 9 inches, Optics, Color
Located in Darien, CT
Throughout her career as a painter Patty Fabricant has pivoted back and forth between figurative and abstract work. Each time she makes the switch it feels abrupt, and yet increasing...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Panel, Gouache
Kiss & Tell, Abstract Painting
By Karen Hansen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Every shade from violet through reds and pinks to orange explode in this painting offering a romantic take on this limited palette acrylic painting. You can a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Oblivion Of Flowers
Located in Fairfield, CT
When a simple vertical line finds itself in the midst of accidental organic chaos, a sense of directionality and stability is introduced. The line itself can act as a tool used to di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Enamel
Cityscape #1, urban architectural abstraction
Located in Brooklyn, NY
acrylic on archival Canson watercolor paper
Mauricio Trenard is an artist, educator and arts activist.
He says this series is of great interest to him, as it offers the potential
...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Acrylic
"Macroblast 7", pastel, drawing, microscopic, orange, pink, purple, black
By Kay Hartung
Located in Natick, MA
Kay Hartung’s “Macroblast 7” is a 19.5 x 25 inch pastel drawing done on black Canson Mi Teintes paper. In pinks, oranges and purples this drawing is beautifully detailed with both br...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Girl in Front of a Mirror - Abstract Painting Colors Purple Black Pink Red
Located in Sofia, BG
"Girl in Front of a Mirror" is an oil painting by Nikolay Yanakiev.
The vivid colors of his paintings bring emotion happiness, love and energy, represented by the vast creative pow...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Praga P-4
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by world renown artist Ricardo Mazal exists in an edition of 30. The paper size is 35 inches h x 39 inches w and an image size of...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Spring Fever, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting is part of an ongoing series in which Natasha Tayles abstracts the world around her. Her color palette and mark-making adjust to reference the sea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
"June". Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
'June, Cartrefle'. oil on canvas 24" x 30".
Inspired by an informal country garden that became neglected for a year and subsequently burst into an exuberant and uncontrolled celebra...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Psychedelic Hippie Guitar Player Groovy Washington Square Park
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. In-Camera Multiple Exposure with colored filters and emulsion match burn on 35mm slide
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto. Edition 4 of 15, ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Inkjet, Photographic Paper
In My Own Space, Mixed Media on Paper
By Karin Hay White
Located in Yardley, PA
Mixed media on paper, Inspiration from Industrial Design. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Bleed # 202012
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Available on request - 4 week turnaround.
Backed with extruded polystyrene, concrete, acrylic, enamel and pigments (5...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Untitled 535, 1990s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Red and Blue Composition - Acrylic on Plywood by M. Goeyens - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Red And Blue Composition is a beautiful painting realized by the Belgian artist Martine Goeyens in the 2000s.
Acrylic on plywood. Hand-signed on the lower right margin.
Very good c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
"IMAGINED HEAT SPOTS 06212018 807pm", Abstract, Digital, Rose, Pink, Blue, Gold
By Justin Neely
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract print "IMAGINED HEAT SPOTS 06212018 807pm" is a digital artwork, created with the Brushes Redux iPhone app, and printed at 36x36" on museum-quality Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm archival paper. As the title indicates, the artwork was created on June 12, 2018 at 8:07 pm.
While Justin Neely...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
RESISTE
By Jazzu
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
RESISTE - 2019
30 x 20 cms
Techniques mixtes sur toile coton
Signé au dos par l'artiste / avec son certificat
PRIX: 550 euros
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Andra Samelson, Target Practice, 2016, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, the celestial and terrestrial. Her imagery is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. Combin...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Weight Of Air I
Located in Brecon, Powys
The Weight of Air I, 2019
Oil & wax on deep-fame canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
Bull, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A minimal abstract painting with minimal geometric shapes on juta canvas. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artis...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Tone on Tone, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Like most of my work my inspiration comes often from the urban art with its colors and rhythms. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authentici...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Room with a View, 1980s
Located in Quogue, NY
Oil on linen
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Why Not Ask For More?" Figurative Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Linda Delaney
Located in Houston, TX
Two abstract women by Houston artist Linda Delaney in the 20th century titled, "Why Not Ask For More". Currently unframed.
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Fade to Pink
Located in Denver, CO
Rocky Hawkins was born in 1950 in Seattle, Washington and grew up in small towns near the Cascades Mountains. His interest in the mystery and spiritual element of the Indian culture ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Crags and Critters - Lithograph poster
Located in Paris, FR
Alexander CALDER (after)
Crags and Critters, 1975
Lithograph poster
Made for the exhibition of Alexander Calder at Maeght Gallery
Printer : Arte Paris
Editor : Maeght
69 x 48.8 cm (...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hover # 201914
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print face-mounted 3mm matt plexiglas - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Available on request - 4 week turnaround
Edition o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
A20 - Make it sexy
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
The artist created this series shortly afterward arriving in NY.
His interest was to see what responses the paintings evoke.
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
EM2020-59
By Bill Kane
Located in London, GB
Pigment on watercolor paper - Unframed.
Edition of 10.
The Emanations series is an attempt to express the spiritual potential of the most essential aspect of photography: light. Ea...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Pigment
"Spiral Leap" Abstraction in blues, red, chartreuse, white
By Susan Sharp
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Spiral Leap" 2020, Acrylic and Gouache on Panels, 48 x 48 x 1 inches (Diptych)
Abstraction in shades bright red, blues, white, and black.
This painting consists of 2 panels whic...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Gradient #5, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Robert LeMar
Located in Yardley, PA
A grid-like matrix of gradients. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes ::...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Bright star 4 - Signed limited edition abstract pigment print, Color square photo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
' Bright star 4 ' - Limited edition pigment print
Limited Editions of 5
Signed + numbered by artist, with certificate of authenticity
This is an Archival Pigment print on fiber bas...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Japanese Contemporary Art by Fusako Ekuni - Into the Light
By Fusako Ekuni
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork made with pigment (Iwaenogu), glue & water on cotton paper (Washi) marouflaged on Japanese wooden panel
Fusako Ekuni is a Japanese artis...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton, Glue, Panel, Pigment
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Mod Day Glo Neon Color Field Acrylic Painting
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Surfside, FL
Large Abstract Expressionist color field painting. Similar in the manner of the colorful abstract works of Paul Jenkins. This one is a very vibrant day glo neon color. This is bein...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Gestural Abstraction
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hannes Grosse
Title: Gestural Abstraction
Medium: Color silkscreen
Size: 23.6 × 15.8 inches
COA provided
Hannes Grosse (German, born 1932)
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Over the Top
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Nicholas Krushenick
Title: Over the Top
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 30
Image Size: 29 x 24 in. (...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Untitled 2006
Located in London, GB
Pen on tracing paper - Unframed.
Richard Caldicott drawings have a minimal esthetic, an architectural character, created with only one or two lines. Pastel tones, softened colors, a...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Pen
Dreamy Red, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract painting with bold red brush work. Always trying to create form and movement. All works are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by the artist. :: Painting :: Abstract :...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Symbiosis" Contemporary Large Scale Abstract Painting 60"x48"
Located in New York, NY
60"x 48" acrylic on canvas, signed on reverse by the artist. This is a contemporary abstract painting by the New York/ Hawaiian artist, Debra Drexler.
Turquoise and violet raspberry colored forms reminiscent of Matisse cut outs, curl in a textural ground of brushed and poured paint. Drexler's process of composed shapes and fields of color are created with brushwork, poured glazes and and textural depth. This immersive and expressive painting is created with vibrant colors, which react beautifully with each other to create a rhythm of forms that is meditative and contemplative.
Debra Drexler's paintings are informed both by participating in the contemporary resurgence of abstraction coming out of New York, and by living in the Post Colonial Pacific for close to three decades. In the 21st century, much of our experience is mediated through the screens of our devices. In contrast, the making and viewing of paintings remains a direct, engaging experience in Drexler's paintings. She aims to take us to a state of timelessness that is primal in its humanity, disconnecting us momentarily from the mediated “now” of our electronic devices, and connecting us to a “now” that gives us a glimpse of the infinite. As a colorist, Debra Drexler provokes unexpected color relationships and creates spatial contradictions that come from those interactions. Some of her color choices reference the post digital experience with its highly saturated synthetic color. The luminosity and saturation also mirror the unique quality of light and tropical color interactions in Hawai’i, where Drexler also lives. Her work is driven by an athletic...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Geometric Composition
By Nick O'Connor
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold geometric abstract painting by Nick O'Connor (American, late-20th Century). Signed, numbered, and dated "#1 Nick O'Connor 2002" on verso, with an inscription that reads "Hinduis...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint
A coral sunset (Silver reflections), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nestor Toro
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract coral tones and fine details. Inspired by nature yellow, silver and red. This painting arrives mounted in a wooden frame, signed, READY TO HANG. I include a certificate o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
American Pie
Located in Delray Beach, FL
American Pie, acrylic on canvas gallery wrap.
Malgosia Kiernozycka was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She graduated high school at the School of Fine Arts and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Heartbeat, Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Signed
Located in Armonk, NY
Heartbeat
60" x 48"
Abstract Acrylic on Canvas
Signed
Claudia Mengel has been studying, instructing, and making art for many years. She left her corporate career as Vice President ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hover # 201913
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print face-mounted 3mm matt plexiglas - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Available on request - 4 week turnaround
Edition o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Dreamy Red, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract painting with bold red brush work. Always trying to create form and movement. All works are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by the artist. :: Painting :: Abstract :...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Starting Line, Abstract Expressionist Acrylic Painting by Wilma Rudolph
By Wilma Rudolph
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting by gold medalist sprinter Wilma Rudolph was commissioned in 1980 by Anheuser Busch to be auctioned off for charity. This work is particularly interesting because it app...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Growing Wild, Edition 45/ 200
Located in New York, NY
Victor Rosado (Puerto Rican/ American, 1938 - ), "Growing Wild " Edition 45/ 200, Abstract Screen Print Serigraph, 17.38 x 13, Late 20th Centu...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Parallel Fields #3. Abstract limited edition color photograph
By Monika Bravo
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Parallel Fields #3, 2018 by Monika Bravo
From the series of Parallel Fields
Archival pigment print on ultra premium photo paper unmounted
Medium image size: 30 in. H x 40 in. W
Editi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Interior with Orange Chair, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An abstract interior with a small amount of collage; this is a richly colored and fanciful composition. Dry mounted onto foam core, the painting is easy to frame. :: Painting :: Abs...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Larry Zox "Meta Center" Drawing, 1965
By Larry Zox
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Larry Zox (1937-2006) was a central figure in the evolution of 20th century abstraction in America.
Raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Zox studied at the University of Oklahoma and went o...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
TRANSFORMATION, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
Thick, vibrant, oils on canvas influenced by the color, movement and texture found in the natural world around us. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certif...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
PINK & BLUE, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
Swarming, swirling and moving together in harmony. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
BIG DATA 2, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Bill Stone
Located in Yardley, PA
Thick, vibrant, oils on canvas influenced by the color, movement and texture found in the natural world around us. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certif...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
"Orange Slide" Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in New York, NY
60"x48" oil and acrylic on canvas, signed on reverse by the artist. Hot pink, violet, tangerine and sherbert colors flow into forms or cerulean blue and orange in this abstract paint...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Oil
Fragmented Nuclei
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
Pink Cab - Florescent Abstract Photograph of New York City
By Pico Garcez
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pico Garcez (b.1963, São Paulo, Brazil) In Love with Photography, Iconography and Painting, exercises his gaze from childhood when he began to play with his first camera. Practicing ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Untitled, 2001
Located in Concord, MA
ZIGI BEN-HAIM (Israeli, born 1945)
Untitled, 2001
Mixed media on aluminum
16 x 21 inches
Signed and dated at lower right: Zigi Ben-Haim 2001
Numbered at left edge: AL-411
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
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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