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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
17M2G-2017 (Abstract print)
Located in London, GB
17M2G-2017 (Abstract print) Aquatinte on BFK Rives paper - Unframed. Clément's work fluctuates between painting and sculpture, a back and forth that both results from, and contribu...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

"MIA Vietnam" Red, Blue, and Black Figurative Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Red, blue, and black abstract figurative painting by Texas artist Paul Reeves. The work features a central figure with the text "NAM.MIA RA16Q42081" set about an abstract background of red, blue, and black rectangles. Currently unframed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Paul Reeves is the owner of Reeves Antiques...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

TRES COLORES, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Pintura acrilica en bastidor de madera sobre soporte de tela. Se suministra con los cantos acabados listo para ser colgado. Lleva una capa de barniz para evitar el polvo y la humed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Acrylic

Canvas 080, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Hot Pink, French Lavender, Peachy Orange, Lemon Yellow on Matte Indigo. Can be presented horizontally or vertically. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with a...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Acrylic

"Spiritual Advisor" Red, Orange, and Navy Modern Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract expressionist painting influenced by Mark Rothko's color field paintings that incorporates red, orange, and navy tones. Signed in lower right corner as well as titled...
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20th Century Abstract Art

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Oil

Distant Horizons 30 X 30 Deep Red Oil on Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sebastian Spreng, is a Miami-based artist born in Argentina, who at the early age of 17, had his first solo show at a gallery in Buenos Aires which was sold out at opening night. Wh...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Red Pool I
Located in Los Angeles, CA
De Bruycker was born in Ghent, Belgium but has lived and worked in Santa Fe, NM for the past 30 years until his passing in July 2015. In addition to oil paint, De Bruycker also uses asphalt, gesso and cobalt drier on canvas. De Bruycker took an intuitive, process-oriented approach to his work, which he described as “emotive and fluid”. His abstract color forms were created with a palette composed of what he defined as “internal emotional” colors. De Bruycker was honored with the prestigious Visual Artist Fellowship Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and has paintings in the permanent collections of the New Mexico Art...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

SIN TITULO 3, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Pintura acrilica en bastidor de madera sobre soporte de tela. Se suministra con los cantos acabados listo para ser colgado. Lleva una capa de barniz para evitar el polvo y la humed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Red, Painting, Oil on Paper
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. Two matching paintings , each is 10"...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Oil

Eklat V, unique 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...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Canvas 021, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Red White and Blue. Can be presented horizontally or vertically. My largest painting to date! :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece c...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

RARO 2, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Pintura acrilica en bastidor de madera sobre soporte de tela. Se suministra con los cantos acabados listo para ser colgado. Lleva una capa de barniz para evitar el polvo y la humed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Catch, striped hard edge abstraction
Located in Greenwich, CT
An impressive. large and lively hard edge abstraction by celebrated Jay Rosenblum. A classic work by him from 1979 and a great investment. This ...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

No Man Ever, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. Heraclitus Oil on canvas 80 x 70 cm (32 x 27.5 inch) :: Painting :: Abstract Ex...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Crimson Pulse I
Located in Los Angeles, CA
De Bruycker was born in Ghent, Belgium but has lived and worked in Santa Fe, NM for the past 30 years until his passing in July 2015. In addition to oil paint, De Bruycker also uses asphalt, gesso and cobalt drier on canvas. De Bruycker took an intuitive, process-oriented approach to his work, which he described as “emotive and fluid”. His abstract color forms were created with a palette composed of what he defined as “internal emotional” colors. De Bruycker was honored with the prestigious Visual Artist Fellowship Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and has paintings in the permanent collections of the New Mexico Art...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Casino Knokke Poster (Signed) /// Contemporary Abstract Sculpture Frank Stella
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Frank Stella (American, 1936-) Title: "Casino Knokke" Series: Casino Knokke Posters *Signed by Stella in black marker lower center Year: 1991 Medium: Original Offset-Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on glossy wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Unknown Publisher: Casino Knokke, Knokke, Belgium Sheet size: 24.5" x 16.63" Condition: Some minor handling creases. In excellent condition Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Paris, France; acquired directly from the exhibition at Casino Knokke, Knokke, Belgium. Poster produced for a special exhibition of Stella's work at Casino Knokke, Knokke, Belgium from June 23 - September 1, 1991. The artwork featured on this poster is Stella's 1991, 133" x 87" x 75" stainless steel, bronze, copper, aluminum and carbon steel sculpture "Raft of the Medusa, Part IV". Comes with its rare 56 page softcover exhibition catalogue "Frank Stella: Casino Knokke" featuring 18 artworks. GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer: Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters. Biography: Frank Stella (1936-) is an American artist best known for his use of geometric patterns and shapes in creating both paintings and sculptures. Arguably one of the most influential living American artists, Stella’s works utilize the formal properties of shape, color, and composition to explore non-literary narratives, as seen in his work Harrar II (1967) from the Protractor series. “Abstraction didn't have to be limited to a kind of rectilinear geometry or even a simple curve geometry. It could have a geometry that had a narrative impact. In other words, you could tell a story with the shapes,” he explained. “It wouldn't be a literal story, but the shapes and the interaction of the shapes and colors would give you a narrative sense. You could have a sense of an abstract piece flowing along and being part of an action or activity.” Born on May 12, 1936 in Malden, MA, Stella went on to study history at Princeton University before moving to New York in 1958. Having moved to the city, Stella was immersed in the heyday Abstract Expressionism, but it was the work of Jasper Johns that inspired Stella’s Black...
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1990s Abstract Art

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Lithograph, Offset, Permanent Marker

Sunny closeup, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract minimalist painting acrylic on canvas This artwork was created layering and blending layers of red, orange,pink, yellow with the idea of bringing the most depth and harm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Chinese Contemporary Art by Wu You - Look of A Bird
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink & colour on paper - The artwork comes with COA Framed 101 x 51 x 4 cm
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Rouge (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Rouge (Abstract painting) Ink on paper - Unframed. Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediums so the color...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Ink, Paper

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 2020 Acrylic on hardboard 10 x 10 in De Volder’s incursions into the nature of drawing, and into the possibilities of dark and light, led him to explore color and painting...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Homage To Paul Klee, Original abstract painting of circles
Located in Deddington, GB
Homage to Paul Klee by Catherine Ruth Church [2020] original Acrylic, Gouache, Pearlised Paint Image size: H:60cm cm x W:60cm cm Complete Size...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Acrylic, Gouache

Solar Eclipse at Sea, Abstract Landscape Painting on Canvas, 2015
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: The power of the sun eclipsed and hanging over the ocean is something rare so I tried to capture that moment here... Keywords: Solar Eclipse, Sea, red, sun Artis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Large Abstract Biomorphic Spanish Bold Modern Oil Painting Angel Ponce de Leon
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstracto Rojo (Red Abstract) Hand signed and dated 1966 Angel Ponce de León (Spanish-French, 1925-) The artist, apparently still living in his late 8...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Do you want to love him forever?, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The work comes from my series "Big City Tales" and deals with the selection of applicants for love in the city of singles. Because, you make the decision. It's a wish. The desire to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Pool Blood Orange
Located in Atlanta, GA
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

Transmutation
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...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment

Apali
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Acrylic and polymer on aluminum panel
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

"Totem, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 72" x 48"
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract Limited Edition giclee print by Sofie Swann features an organic abstract red shape that covers almost the entire canvas, leaving a small border of off-white around it. ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Digital, Giclée

Untitled by Yuko Nasaka. Resin and lacquer on board (1984) (abstract sculpture)
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yuko Nasaka (1938) Untitled Resin and lacquer on board 45.5 x 45.5 cm (17.9 x 17.9 in) not considering the frame Executed in 1963 About the Artist: Born in Osaka in 1938, Yuko Nasak...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Resin, Lacquer, Board

Split panorama 5 (Action divided), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
abstract painting acrylic on canvas This artwork was created layering and blending layers of bright colors, green, red, blue. Signed and ready to hang. For this work I used a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Composition" by Erich Buchholz, Woodcut
By Erich Buchholz
Located in Berlin, DE
Woodcut on red tinted paper by Erich Buchholz ( 1891-1972 ). Exemplar no. 155 out of an edition of 157 by the estate of the artist. Stamped signature at the lower right: Erich Buchho...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Woodcut

davidelvisandi
Located in Houston, TX
Jack Davidson davidelvisandi, 2016 Woodcut 24 1/2 x 17 in (62.2 x 43.2 cm) Edition of 20
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Woodcut

Half Red - Lithograph by Gianni Polidori - 1970 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 150 prints, hand signed and numbered. Very good conditions.
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Red On Green
Located in Lawrence, NY
Note: We would call the "red" more of a "tomato red". Figurative expressionist Rex Ashlock began studying under David Park in 1938 at the then San Francisco School of Fine Arts. F...
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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Black X with Blue Circles
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Wyona Diskin, American (1915 - 1991) One Black Stick Bright Blue Balls Monoprint, signed with pencil in the lower left. Unframed. Wyona Diskin's abstract monoprints juxtapose strong...
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1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Monoprint

Acrylic Abstract Colorful Contemporary Gilt Collage Painting Gold Leaf Gilding
Located in Surfside, FL
Titled: Chants. Hand signed and dated. Sonja Kuhfahl (1928-) is a German born woman artist. She began her art career studying fashion design in Europe,...
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1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Wo Alu und Honig Fließen by OTTO PIENE - Red and Black Abstract Painting
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL NEED TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Wo Alu und Honig Fließen by OTTO PIENE (1928-2014) Fire gouache with aluminium on cardboard 99 x 64 cm (39 x...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Cardboard, Mixed Media, Gouache

Boiling Blood, Fly, 1969
Located in London, GB
ED (Edward) RUSCHA (born 1937) 1937 Omaha, Nebraska (American) Title: Boiling Blood, Fly, 1969 Technique: Original Hand Signed, Dated and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on Wove...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

"Totem, " Large Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract statement painting by Sofie Swann is made with acrylic paint on canvas. It features an organic abstract red shape that covers almost the entire canvas, leaving a ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Save The World XXX (Big)
Located in Miami, FL
Original work of art. Cerj Lalonde moves smoothly from the canvas to the camera, from computers to installations, producing and showcasing an extraordinarily rich and complex body o...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Chelleneshin 51 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Chelleneshin 51 (Abstract Painting) Oil on canvas - Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mys...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rougeur complice
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist. Edition size: 50. Christian Bozon was born in Lons-le-Saunier, France in 1969. He was trained at the Art School of Besancon and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Over Under (Red)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Archival pigment inks with hand-varnish on Innova 315 gsm paper
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Varnish, Archival Pigment

As white as snow and as red as blood, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
After all, the mother wished for a magical child and can no longer experience his life. The child becomes beautiful and is envied by the stepmother. Despite everything, it does not l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Starfish (4/20)
Located in Nashville, TN
Edition 4/20 Signed & numbered "Starfish" is a two-color hand screen print by AI artist Tom White from his "Perception Engines" series. This piece was created using neural networks ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Screen

She Said 03, From the series "Power". Abstract color photograph
Located in Miami Beach, FL
She Said 03, 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...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment

Abstract, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Large Oil Painting Color field, Minimalist, Abstract Expressionist John Zinsser
Located in Surfside, FL
John Zinsser (American, b. 1961) Iron City, 1997 oil on canvas signed John Zinsser, titled and dated (verso) 72 x 60 inches Done in bright vibrant shades of red. American artist John Zinsser was born in New York City in 1961 and studied art, art history and literature at Yale University (where he did his senior thesis on Andy Warhol). He co-founded Journal of Contemporary Art in 1987 and lectures at The New School. He has had over 40 solo shows in the U.S. and Europe, and is known in Europe for his association with monochrome painters of a previous generation. Zinsser has been a devotee of postwar Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism for decades. A native New Yorker, he came of age as an artist during the late 1980s and early 1990s alongside other now established abstract painters, including Richmond Burton, Gail Fitzgerald, Daniel Levine, Carl Ostendarp, Kate Shepherd, Cary Smith, Dan Walsh, Mary Weatherford, and Stephen Westfall, among others. Zinsser’s material paintings and conceptual drawings often pay homage to, expand upon, and subvert earlier precedents in NYC’s painting history, from Abstract Expressionism to Radical Painting to Post-Modernism. Zinsser interned for the architect Peter Eisenman, when he was director of the Institute of Architecture and Urban Studies in New York City. Select Group Exhibitions 2017 Six Artists, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA New New York: Abstract Painting in the 21st Century, curated by Debra Drexler and Liam Davis, 2016 Carrie Moyer/David Reed/John Zinsser, Dedalus Foundation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2012 Fabulists, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NY (Four-person show with: Donald Evans...
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1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled 1591 - Acrylic Painting by Sergio Boaretto - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled 1591 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...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled 1560 - Acrylic Painting by Sergio Boaretto - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled 1560 is one of the best works by the Italian artist Sergio Boaretto. It is made on wooden board, painted in acrylic in 2021. The author ranges between colors playing from o...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Eurydice, red gestural abstract w figures
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eurydice in the Underworld, as Hades and Persephone inform her that Orpheus has bargained for her release.
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shine Bright 3 !, Mixed Media on MDF Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
Mixed media painting on the cradled wooden panel. Painting is 8"x8". The sides are 1.5" . The sides are painted black. Bold, Brave, Expressive! :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Abstract Oil Painting by Linda Touby 'Pigeons 562'
Located in White Plains, NY
“Pigeons 562” by Linda Touby, circa 2010. Oil and wax on canvas, 30 x 30 inches. This painting features textural stripes of bright pigments including red, orange, blue, black, green,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Canvas, Wax, Oil

"Redness of Red" Lithograph Screenprint Collage Contemporary Abstract Abex 1/100
Located in New York, NY
"Redness of Red" Lithograph Screenprint Collage Contemporary Abstract Abex 1/100 Redness of Red by Robert Burns Motherwell (1915-1991) Lithograph Scree...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Paper, Lithograph, Screen

The New Definition on Red
Located in Miami, FL
Acrylic on canvas. Unique, 1 of 1 piece. Cerj Lalonde moves smoothly from the canvas to the camera, from computers to installations, producing and showcasing an extraordinarily rich and complex body of work created during the last 30 years. His purpose is to pursue a direct, and, in each case, a different communication with the spectator. It can be said that Lalonde works as a team with himself, not only to develop his artwork, but also to sharpen his personal ideas about contemporary culture, trends... Lalonde is putting a lot of time, energy and thought into his new media and technology productive structure, where he can directly address his issues... His paintings, installations, photographs and web pages, are intended to function each in its own way, as an overt revision and critique of the contemporary art system, as they establish parallel dialogues between the artist, the public, and the curatorial values. "Lalonde, the painter" Cerj Lalonde works his painting with a conceptual approach, as an attempt to restate the validity of painting as a practice per-se. His abstract language ranges from lyric abstractionist pieces to many personal interpretations on art history masterpieces, as specific reflections upon geometric abstract paintings like Malevich´s black square series, or Albers study of color, among others. Lalonde holds many layers as an artist. His years of experience as a painter and thirst for art history and critique have helped him develop into a consciously literate artist. Formally, his domain of techniques ranges from drawing, printing, and primarily acrylic painting by means of a wild contrasting palette. But more than any type of formalism, Lalonde´s work is a strong statement about painting itself and how he approaches abstraction from a conceptual viewpoint. His paintings celebrate the power and meaning of color and texture, the imperative voice of contrast and stridence, and the million of possible solutions for a white canvas. I also see in his artwork a psychoanalytical interpretation of art, and a curiously unintentional approach to oriental philosophy appears throughout his multi sized body of work. In many of his canvas, the presence of the square has been integrated as an element of equilibrium and unity to the soul of the artwork itself. Lalonde is specifically interested in the qualities of painting as a media: “What Painting and only Painting can do”. Of all arts, painting is perhaps the most intimate and personal of art languages. It reaches the viewer at a last phase, in the gallery, or museum, or exhibition space. In the meanwhile, there is a time frame between the moment when the artist finishes his work and it gets shown. This space of time is silence. It can be said that the gap between the act of painting and its way out of the studio has had Lalonde wondering about other strategies of approaching the viewer, the critic, and to challenge the art world as a system. New media's and technology In his body of work related to the Internet, the use of language can be established as the first notable addition where the silent scream that comes from his paintings invades the screen and transforms it into words. We can feel the imperative urge to communicate. Lalonde addresses everyone and no one, and a certain/uncertain dialogue is established between him and the anonymous viewer/Web surfer/browser who reads it. Lalonde has produced multiple web sites. With this media, he has taken over a physical/nonphysical space to express his ideas about the act of seeing, of looking, and getting intoxicated by the gaze, by the sight, by the cognitive look, and the subjective one. Another interesting aspect is the inclusion of his images as an artist in several ways. For example, in SELF PORTRAIT AS A FAMOUS ARTIST he presents himself in all the archetypical attire of the romanticized representation of the artist. Lalonde has reverted all his irony and sarcasm as images that appear as brushstrokes on his Web sites. Another image that frequently appears is the sweet face of a very young woman, who looks at the browser with sweetness and nostalgia. As websites are build through layers, Lalonde has as well, constructed layers of impact, thought, and reflection, by means of the multiplicity of images that appear, ranging from his own paintings, installations, portraits, and text. He is interested in what defines art, who validates artwork, how artist’s success has a strong pull to media and critic dependency. Lalonde points out these issues as loud as a silent scream. Phrases such as the Dominance of Curatorial Ideology, Global Mono Cultural Art Discourse or Hegemony of the Global Curatorial Class are samples of titles that frame parts of his Web visual discourses. In his installations and performances such as THE NO SHOW, and WORKING TO BECOME RICH AND FAMOUS SO YOU CAN LOVE ME FOREVER, Lalonde discusses the notion of the self and identity, the artist as a social figure, and the severe critique of the contemporary art system, and society at large. He questions the validity and the ideology of the curatorial establishment, the marketing methods, and the issues of the self - as he queries the conventional paradigm of the artist. On his Web pages, Lalonde metamorphoses from an anonymous painter in his studio to a more public personae. His gaze looks at the viewer, his open mouth screams and questions the browser constantly, sometimes as an outsider and sometimes from the hypothetical voice of the viewer’s conscience. In SEEING, a photographic installation that can be considered as a milestone in his work, he presents a dark room that has many different sized eyes that are looking at the viewer. An interesting aspect of Lalonde’s digital work is the presence of a perpetual reflection that not only shows the act of seeing itself, but in a more profound way it presents the subconscious mind of the viewer. He inverts his role of an artist and establishes a dialogue with the unconscious of the spectator, both through his installations and digital art work...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled (P.P) Printer's Proof
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/ Unidentified Artist, "Untitled" (P.P, Printers Proof), Abstract Figurative Lithograph signed in pencil, 22.50 x 19.75, Late 20th Century Color...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pool Cassis
Located in Atlanta, GA
Acrylic and resin on wood panel
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Red Roses for Warhol, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract limited edition print by Sofie Swann features a square pattern composition in a deep red color, with abstracted, thin black line drawings of roses within each square. T...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Digital, Giclée

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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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