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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:  Red
Life
Located in Singapore, SG
Life is a daughter-mother co-project by Deeksha and Roma in an effort to re-create the light and energy that sustain are precious planet Earth! It is inspired by poet Rabindranath Tagore...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Generations 16
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper 53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins) Edition of 35, Set of 24 Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35 Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London Prin...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint

Geodesy 1218
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 curve inward like the old Cinerama movie screens...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Wood Panel, Canvas, Acrylic

Butterfly
Located in Quogue, NY
Vibrant, colorful and dynamic mixed media on canvas with high gloss resin finish
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Resin, Mixed Media

Strangers not Friends - People Passing On Powell Street, Nob Hill San Francisco
Located in Miami, FL
An uncanny caught moment where two people with the same build and with the same pose appear as if they are going to greet one another as friends. On closer inspection, their body l...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Origin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Drawing from the ever-changing nature of California light, Gregg Renfrow works in translucent layers, pouring mixtures of polymer and pigment over sheets of cast acrylic. A disciple...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Pigment, Polymer

Big Red Shoe On Fremont Street In Downtown Las Vegas
Located in Miami, FL
Abstract image of large red high heel shoe in downtown Las Vegas Nevada. Shipping should be around $100. This archival color photograph by fine art phot...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Lantern Flowers (Red and Black)Color silkscreen with flocking 2-ply museum board
Located in Atlanta, GA
Donald Sultan (Born 1951) Lantern Flowers (Red and Black), 2017 Color silkscreen with over-printed flocking on Rising, 2-ply museum board 32 x 32 in. Edition 34 of 50 Signed by artis...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Color, Screen

Caliber Abstraction (Magenta on Blue #1)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Born February 4th, 1985 in Newport Beach, California. Nicholas Hunt grew up surrounded by business minded entrepreneurs and Southern California art...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Metal, Enamel

F.P.L.P.1
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Yuasa achieves a brilliant, sensory color experience by layering acrylic, oil and alkyd paint over large square canvases. The artist uses the language of abstraction to express the c...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Alkyd

Landscape #13
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jennifer Wolf grew up in Southern California hiking the Santa Ynez and Santa Monica Mountains. This intimate connection with the landscape led Wolf to explore using the earthen color...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
ca. 1965 Acrylic on canvas 54 1/4 x 54 in. (137.8 x 137.2 cm) Signed, verso
Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mesmer, 2008
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

Mixed Media

White Diamond Red Ground
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Always fascinated by the uncertainty of human perception, and the duplicitous nature of vision, which can be both revealing and deceitful, Lodato creates paintings that delve into th...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Asbury Park II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Asbury Park II" 1992 is an original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American abstract expressionist artist, Michael Rubin, bor...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Red Eye #1, 2022, digitally made print, edition of 3, signed
Located in New York, NY
Red Eye #1, an edition of 3, is part of the artist's "At The Center of Seeing" Series. This archival pigment print is printed on Epson Enhanced Matte paper. Image and paper size is...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Inspire (diptych) - Large contemporary abstract art by emerging artist
Located in London, GB
With the use of a variety acrylics on canvas, Dick Roberts' work boasts vibrant colour and energy. It is through Dick's studious attention to detail toget...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dancers 7 - Red and Black Figures Embracing the Love of Movement and Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel, an internationally collected artist, effortlessly channels vitality and sensuality through her awe-inspiring collection of abstract and figurative paintings. With an u...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Ink, Paper

Machine One /// Abstract Geometric Contemporary Colorful Painting Canvas Striped
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Machine One" Series: Abstract *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, dated, and titled on verso Year: 2022 Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas Canvas size: 32" x 26" Condition: The stretched canvas was custom built by the artist himself. In mint condition Biography: Jack Graves III is an American artist, born in 1988 in Jacksonville, Florida. He grew up surrounded by inspiration having an art dealer as a father, John Graves...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Georgia O'Keeffe by Johanna Goodman (Women's History, Iconic Women Artists)
Located in Brighton, GB
Please be aware that all prints are produced to order. Lead times expected between 15-20 days. Prices may change due to currency fluctuations. Giclée print on Archival Matte Paper ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Giclée

Plate VI, from Joan Miro by Jacques Prévert and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Plate VI, from Joan Miro by Jacques Prévert and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, a book published by Maeght and Printed by Mourlot in 1956. Reference: Mo...
Category

1950s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Warming
Located in NIAGARA PARK, NSW
This painting exploring the idea of energy and warming, in a personal sense. It speaks to an emotional representation of warming. This work is painted in the style of abstract expres...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic

Red Canyon, Original Signed Colorful Fauvism Landscape Oil on Paper
Located in Boston, MA
Red Canyon, Original Signed Colorful Fauvism Landscape Oil on Paper 22x30 (WxH), Oil Paint Hand-signed by the artist. A cross between an abstract painting of geometric forms and a l...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Fingerprints
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Denise Yaghmourian is a painter, sculptor and installation artist who works with a variety of materials, including paper pulp, paint, thread, vinyl and found objects. Her works are h...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Thread, Acrylic

Shoreline Cliff Walk, Original Signed Colorful Fauvism Landscape Oil on Paper
Located in Boston, MA
Shoreline Cliff Walk, Original Signed Colorful Fauvism Landscape Oil on Paper 30x22x0.0025 (HxWxD), Oil Paint A cross between an abstract painting of geometric forms and a landscape...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Aurora
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Denise Yaghmourian is a painter, sculptor and installation artist who works with a variety of materials, including paper pulp, paint, thread, vinyl and found objects. Her works are h...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Thread, Acrylic

Space Field, Digital Iris Print Muse X Large Photograph on Heavy Paper
Located in Surfside, FL
These are from the 1990s printed at Muse X and never framed. they are unsigned and unnumbered but from a very small edition. they are quite beautiful. Victor Raphael was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1950. He studied art and theater at California State University Northridge and graduated from UCLA. He has exhibited throughout the nation and abroad. In 1996, his work was among the 50 best examples of Polaroid photography included in Polaroid 50: Art and Technology, an international touring exhibition commemorating the company’s 50th anniversary. He works in a wide range of media spanning painting, photography, filmmaking, printmaking, and digital technology. He creates complex and beautiful images that expand conventional views of time and space. For the past three decades, Raphael has produced a unique body of work by merging traditional media such as painting, photography and printmaking with modern electronic media, including video, digital printing and interactive technologies. In addition to his central themes of the exploration of the cosmos and aspects of travel–through space or time–and their visual records, the artist has developed an important body of paintings, in which water, for instance, and its protean and timeless qualities, form an important part. His photography process of digitally manipulating NASA photographs of planets and other natural celestial phenomena into Polaroid prints, and next altering them by hand with metallic paints and gold and metal leaf. Education: University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1973, Magna Cum Laude California State University, Northridge, 1968-1970 SELECTED ONE AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, From Lead Into Gold Oregon Jewish Museum, The Heavens Spread Out Like A Prayer Shawl Skirball Cultural Center, Illuminated Reflections: A Bill Aron and Victor Raphael Collaboration. Cypress College, Victor Raphael & Clayton Spada Collaboration: From Zero to Infinity Karpeles Manuscript Library and Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, Jean-Pierre Hebert & Victor Raphael: Illuminated Collaboration Cypress College, Paris Polaroids: Art In The City Of Lights Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Victor Raphael: Envisioning Space (20-year survey with catalogue) Santa Monica College, Space Fields, Abstractions and Jackson Pollock 1980-1991 (catalogue) Richard Green Gallery...
Category

1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Chinese American Modernist Abstract "Red Tapestry" Color Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Printed on French Arches paper. Hand signed and numbered 11/35 Artist's Proof Seong Moy was born in Canton on April 12, 1921 but he immigrated to the United States in 1931, settlin...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled, 2000, by Mark di Suvero (pink and orange abstract)
Located in New York, NY
This screen print by Mark di Suvero pops with day-glo colors. Bright green lines on a hot pink and orange background make for a fun piece of art in any room. This print is signed and numbered by the artist. The print comes directly from the publisher, Lincoln Center Editions...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Colgate, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The work is made on canvas of 100% high-quality and thick cotton. The Italian canvas is stretched on a solid pine wood frame with a profile thickness of 2.5 cm and a width of 4 cm. S...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

White acrylic on red natural silk from Oaxaca, hand-dyed with Brazilian cherry
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Ricardo Mazal Xna (Red), 2023 Acrylic on natural silk, hand-dyed with Brazilian cherry, mounted on aluminum panel 18 x 19 inches RM542 Ricardo Mazal is perhaps best known for his ne...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Silk, Acrylic

Seclusion
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

Art Gang Oldschool Cartoons, Original Painting, 48" x 63"
Located in Toronto, ON
Diogo Neves also known by his artist name D-Snow, was born and raised in São Paulo Brazil and currently resides in Toronto, Canada. Using a variety of mate...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Bhutan Abstraction with Red - 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by world renown artist Ricardo Mazal exists in an edition of 30. Paper size is 35 inches h x 30 inches w with an image size of 26...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Cajas-I
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by world renown artist Ricardo Mazal exists in an edition of 50. The paper size is 37 inches h x 35 inches w and an image size of...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Outrun No. 2, 2023, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist John Diehl creates a sharp diagonal division that cleaves the subject into two distinctive halves. The upper portion features a solid white trapezoid, wh...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

A Shift in Season with Pink and Black - colorful, abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Aron Hill’s dynamic graphic compositions were inspired by the work of the late Canadian modernists like Jack Bush. Minimalist shapes and bold colours continue to characterize their n...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

No. 48354 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
No. 48354 (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

Derrière Le Miroir No. 250 (page 20, 21) /// Modern Abstract Joan Miro Red Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983) Title: "Untitled (page 20, 21)" Portfolio: Derrière Le Miroir: Hommage à Aimé et Marguerite Maeght (No. 250) *Issued u...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mosaico Rojo, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting Acrylic on canvas 120x200cm Signed FREE SHIPPING ROLLED UP About the artist Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado (ENPEG) “La Esmeralda”. As a Mexican Contemporary Expressionism artist...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

No. 48354 (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
No. 48354 (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

The Visible of the Invisible - Red Composition -Screenprint by I. Bressan - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
The visible of the invisible - Red composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by Italo Bressan in 1989. Mixed colored screen print. Hand signed and dated on the lower...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Canyon Falls, Original Signed Colorful Fauvism Landscape Oil on Paper
Located in Boston, MA
Canyon Falls, Original Signed Colorful Fauvism Landscape Oil on Paper 30x22x0.0025 (HxWxD), Oil Paint Hand-signed by the artist. A cross between an abstract painting of geometric fo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Serbian Contemporary Art By Marko Reeboskic - Grounded
Located in Paris, IDF
Batik technique on cotton
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton, Acrylic

Black Lines Across a Red Field - Abstract Composition on Starched Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright abstract by D. Whelan (American, 20th Century). Vertical strokes of bright red are laid atop a peach colored background, creating a vibrant under layer. Thin broken lines of b...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

"Flames of Passion", Bette Ridgeway, 56x78, Acrylic/Canvas, Fluid Contemporary
Located in Dallas, TX
Today we can consider the artist Bette Ridgeway as the one and only true heir of Paul Jenkins: her mentor and teacher. Ridgeway's painting is dynamic and rhythmic; like the most “en...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Untitled" abstract painting by Doris Vlasek Hails, acrylic on heavy paper
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled" by American artist Doris Vlasek Hails is an abstract acrylic painting on heavy paper. Signed “1979 Vlasek Hails” in upper left corner. Doris Vlasek-Hails was born in Chic...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

The Rush
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nine miles an hour – that’s the top speed of a rooster in a rush. This rooster is one of Thomas Easley’s more abstract depictions, but he is still unmist...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Haunted passage Yankel Contemporary drawing red abstract art geometrical form
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache on paper Unique work Hand-signed lower right by the artist
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1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

French Contemporary Art by Murielle Argoud - Ephemeral Eternal
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed Media (oil color, pigments, sand, lava) on canvas Signature in the bottom middle Murielle Argoud is a French artist born in 1954 who lives and w...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Pigment, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Modern Art at the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven – Original Vintage Dutch Poster
Located in Zurich, CH
Original Vintage Poster in bright and crisp colors by the Dutch graphic design legend Wim Crouwel, advertising rather the museum's collection of works by...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Paper

Geoforms Red & Beige
Located in King, ON
Bright red & beige have been used in this abstract painting, exploring the boundaries between space and color. The sides are painted, so the painting is ready to be hung on the wall....
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled (Red) /// Abstract Expressionism Robert Motherwell Screenprint Minimal
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991) Title: "Untitled (Red)" Portfolio: London Series I *Signed by Motherwell in pencil lower right. It is also signed in the plate (printed signature) upper left Year: 1971 Medium: Original Screenprint on J. B. Green Double Elephant paper Limited edition: 32/150, (there were also 10 artist's proofs) Printer: Chris Prater of Kelpra Studio, London, UK Publisher: Marlborough Graphics, Inc., New York, NY Reference: Belknap No. 62, page 176-177; Engberg No. 90 Framing: Within its original frame - the artwork is floated, framed in a gold contemporary moulding with black fabric matting and gold filet Framed size: 51.38" x 38.38" Sheet size: 41.25" x 28.25" Image size: 36.25" 24.13" Condition: In excellent condition Rare Notes: Provenance: one owner ever - private collection - Detroit, MI; acquired from GMB Gallery Inc., Birmingham, MI in 1982 retaining its original receipt and appraisal. Numbered by Motherwell in pencil lower right. Comes from Motherwell's 1970-1971 "London Series" portfolio of 5 screenprints, (Belknap No. 60-64, page 176-177). The five works include "Untitled (Orange...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Guerre froide by Stefano - Oil on canvas 50x40 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Stefano est un artiste peintre Genevois contemporain qui s'amuse entre l'abstrait et un figuratif suggéré. Cette pièce représente pour l'artiste "Guerre froide". Elle a été peinte en 2023 et fait partie des dernières productions de l'artiste. Ce sont des études pour de...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Autumn Red - abstract nature inspired minimal collage of polymer clay on paper
Located in New York, NY
The new works of Mylinh Nguyen designed from polymer resin, bring us into a nature whose refinement commands admiration. From the physiognomy of living or extinct plant species, the ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Clay, Polymer

Hidden In Plain Sight
Located in Greenwich, CT
This abstracted painting offers glimpses of a woman's body in a burst of vibrant colors, but only if you can see her. Shades of red -- from bright hues to deep red-browns -- dominate...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Red Monologue (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Red Monologue (Abstract painting) Acrylic, charcoal and oil pastel on canvas — Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube....
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Invisible Women Vermell
Located in New York, NY
Angels Grau is a Catalan artist who spends her time between Barcelona, New York, and a small village located in the breathtaking Priorat, one of the most n...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Laid Paper

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