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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:  Yellow
Composition - Lithograph by Raphael Alberti - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original lithograph artwork, realized by Rafael Alberti in 1972. Hand-signed, dated, numbered, edition of 83/99 prints The state of preservation is very good. T...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

A Bright Momentum, Abstract Contemporary Acrylic Painting on Panel
Located in Boston, MA
A Bright Momentum, Abstract Contemporary Acrylic Painting on Panel This is a finger painted, original painting. Created in Los Angeles, CA Professional grade acrylic paint on wood ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Acrylic

Yellow City Lights, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic Abstract Painting, Original artwork created by Ronald Hunter. A balanced composition of white, yellow and black, reminiscent of a city skyline. The fresh minimal feel of this...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Acrylic

Mrs. Darwin, Original Abstract Painting, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: Maya--the mirror of illusions About the artist: Oi Fortin is an award-winning monotype printmaker, working in New Haven, CT, USA. Her c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Paper, Acrylic

Levels - Lithograph by Claudio Verna - 1970 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 150 prints, numbered and hand signed.
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1970s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Pulse (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Pulse (Abstract drawing) Watercolour on Arches paper - Unframed Uchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. She often develops as many as eight compositions at one time, movin...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Paper, Watercolor

French Contemporary Art by Cyrielle Schoorens - Jaune
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Desert Sand Will Warm Us, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A vibrant multi-layered abstract in black, red, and yellow by artist Linda Shaffer. The piece is embedded with hand-printed paper, washi paper, and original ima...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Mixed Media

Attachment, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Red and blue shapes which are overlapped in the piece imply emotional dependency," explains artist Shyun Song. "The yellow background signifies the emotional f...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Oil

That Is (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
That Is (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and Flashe on canvas - Unframed Note that this artwork will be sent rolled in a tube if shipped outside the United States. This method is espe...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Honey Cream Violet Ink (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Honey Cream Violet Ink (Abstract Painting) Oil on Panel - Unframed The dimension of the entire piece (the way it is shown hanging) is approximately 17X19/43.2x48.3cm Dimensions of ...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Detachment, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Emotional freedom is portrayed by the parallel placement of the red and blue shapes together with the space between them," states artist Shyun Song. "The yello...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Oil

Femme á la Pipe (Green)
Located in Quogue, NY
Vibrant, colorful and dynamic mixed media on panel with high gloss resin finish
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Resin, Mixed Media, Panel

Juicy Little Passion (Yellow)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Henry Ramirez has shown throughout the United States and Europe. He has had numerous one-person museum exhibitions including the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the Whit...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Etching

1960's Large Colorful Abstract Expressionist Swiss Oil Painting Robert Lauro
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting on canvas Hand signed to lower right Lauro. Provenance: Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco, CA Work Size: 39.5 x 39.5 in. framed 44 X 44 inches. Roberto Lauro is a British-Swiss Post War & Contemporary artist who was born in 1932. Roberto Lauro was born in 1932 in Gorey Harbor on the island of Jersey (Great Britain) the son of a Swiss mother, Rosa Ramseier, from Oberdiessbach / Emmental, Switzerland, and and Italian father Innocenzo Roberto Lauro, born in Mondovi, Italy. In 1941 he moved to Switzerland with his mother. 1949-1953 he lived in Gunten (Switzerland) where he did an Apprenticeship as a lithograph and offset printer and graphic designer in Thun. There he was introduced to the color theory of Johannes Itten by Hermann Oberli at the Bern School of Applied Arts. From 1953 to 1955 he worked as a fine art printer in Norway where he was influenced by the color theory of Edvard Munch. These works bears the influence of Russian artist Andre Lanskoy, Tachisme and the Cobra artists Karel Appel, Constant, Corneille, Christian Dotremont, Asger Jorn, and Joseph Noiret. In 1955-1956 he worked as an offset printer in Amsterdam (Netherlands). Visit to the Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs. In 1957 he returned to Gunten, Switzerland. Where he started working in printmaking and and oil painting. He resumed his studies at the Bern School of Applied Arts. He was greatly impacted and influenced by abstract art on the occasion of a large Paul KIee exhibition. In 1958 he moved to Zurich where he worked part-time work as an offset copyist; fulfilling graphic orders for advertising agencies. In 1962 he took his final examination as graphic designer at the Zurich School of Applied Arts. In 1980 he begins his development of three-dimensional picture objects, Sculpture, detachment from the canvas, using metal as a support and play space for light and color. By 1981 he has turned full time to fine art. He spends the next years growing and developing his considerable talent. Inspired by classical music, the rhythm, mood and lightness of which form the basis for the large swings and loops of his colorfully lacquered metal and blown glass sculptures. These are "pensieri", thought sketches that capture the emotions in countless versions. There is something dance-like about his rotating sculptures. Everything becomes music and the rhythm of colors. In 1988, after exhibitions in Europe, he has his first exhibitions in Atlanta and San Francisco (USA), In 1989 he does his first glass and metal sculptures at the Roberto Niederer...
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1960s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Mellow", Abstract, Acrylic Painting on Aluminum Panel by Kevin Barrett
Located in New York, NY
"Mellow" by Kevin Barrett Acrylic and epoxy on carved aluminum panel Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic, abstract indoor and outdoor sculpture and wall reliefs. Paintin...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Metal

Abstract Visionism 2738i
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Giclée photograph printed on metal
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Metal

Yellow Curtain - Painting by Giuseppe Zumbolo - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Yellow Curtain is one of the best works by the artist Giuseppe Zumbolo realized in 2018. It is made on assembled and unraveled canvases painted in acr...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Acrylic

Paradigm Yellow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unframed, signed, limited edition pigment print by artist Brad Ellis exists in an edition of 30. Paper size is 30"h x 24"w with an image size of 24"h x 19"w. Brad Ellis is a Da...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Cotton, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital...

Untitled - Original Screen Print by Antonio Calderara - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original print realized by Antonio Calderara in the 1970s. Colored serigraph. Good conditions except for some shadings along the mar...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Screen

NY # 40.78N_73.96W (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
NY # 40.78N_73.96W (Abstract photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Artwork made with 2 elements ( 80 x 250 ...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Plexiglass, C Print

Study after Laocoon 1 El Greco (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Study after Laocoon 1 El Greco (Abstract painting) Acrylic on panel - Unframed. This work is part of the series Abstract Studies after Old Masters. Dana Go...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Acrylic, Panel

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Composition No.283
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas, artwork can be shipped in a tube or framed in a crate Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Ma...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Large Painting on Canvas Titled: PDP 1172
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Post Dogmatist Painting on Canvas, signed verso Cecil Touchon Born 1956 Austin, Texas is a contemporary American collage artist, painter, published poe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Acrylic

Art Deco Marlin Hotel On South Beach, Miami Beach with Hot Colors
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage pink Cadillac car in front of the classic art deco Marlin on Miami Beach. This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Candy Wrapper 1 - Giclée by Dadodu - 2009
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions 49 x 70 cm Candy Wrapper 1 is a beautiful giclée print realized by the contemporary artist Dadodu in 2009. This original artwork is d...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Giclée

M-104793 - Giclée Print by Dadodu - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Laid Egg is a lovely giclée print realized by the contemporary artist Dadodu in 2019. This original artwork shows an abstract composition with three-dimensional shapes. Hand-signed...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Giclée

Yellow Landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
Yellow Landscape – Jon Rowland – Abstract Expressionism [2020] original Mixed media of acrylic, oil, and collage on paper Image size: H:51 cm x W:71 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Dolphin Dance 24 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 24 (Abstract Drawing) Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Gouache, Vellum

High Frequency/Slow Shift (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
High Frequency/Slow Shift (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on canvas. Unframed. This work is a triptych which focuses on a shallow, mostly monochromatic surface that include bas-relief planes “locked” together against a more “fluid”, painterly background. The dripped surface of that background is only seen through small openings, or gaps between the flat, assembled forms. The tension of overlapping foreground shapes and the contrary background treatment is accentuated by the high-key yellow color that pushes the composition forward toward the viewer. It creates a drama that might not readily be associated with such a shallow space that includes subtle shifts and provides a perceptual twist that has a kind of electric visual charge. Macyn Bolt is an American abstract painter. Using a visual language informed by geometric abstraction, he creates artworks that examine how color and form create shifts in visual perception. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and upstate Pennsylvania. Bolt works with acrylic paint on a variety of surfaces including canvas, wood panel, vinyl and paper. Using scrapers...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Spring Run XVI
Located in New York, NY
Vivid color monotype by American Abstract Expressionist artist Helen Frankenthaler, signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Printed and published in collaboration with Tyler Graphics...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

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Monotype

Faces3 - Part Of Un·I·Den·Ti·Fi·A·Ble Series, Abstract Photograph, 2015
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: part of un·i·den·ti·fi·a·ble series – inspiration was to work with a portrait and distort the image until the face became invisible. "removing identities until the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Photographic Paper

Dolphin Dance 05 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 05 (Abstract painting) Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Gouache, Vellum

"Mon Jardinet" Red, Orange, and Yellow Toned Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Warm toned abstract expressionist painting by Ford Beckman. Abstract painting depicting red toned overlapping circular shapes against a yellow and orange toned background. Signed and...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Mixed Media

Boom IV (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Boom IV (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...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Uccelliera - Artwork by Leo Guida - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Uccelliera is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera on ivor...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Tempera, Cardboard

Light Struck (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Light Struck (Abstract painting) Acrylic and Flashe on canvas - Unframed Note that this artwork will be sent rolled in a tube if shipped outside the United States. This method is ...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Rope (Green and Pink) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Rope (Green and Pink) (Abstract painting) Acrylic on aluminum - Unframed Brent Hallard is an Australian - born artist and co organiser of The Shape of Things. His work is deeply ro...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Acrylic

SUMMER HOLIDAY, Digital on Other
By Lynne Godina-Orme
Located in Yardley, PA
New Media: Digital on Other. Original mixed media artwork, digitally printed on high quality acrylic glass. All pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity and will never be repr...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Digital

Ziggourat III
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1985 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 120 Publisher : Lelong (Paris) LCD4197
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1980s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Pulse (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Pulse (Abstract drawing) Watercolour on Arches paper - Unframed Uchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. She often develops as many as eight compositions at one time, movin...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Sixteen Street 7.15 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Sixteen Street 7.15 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Gouache on paper - Unframed. Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Gouache, Paper

The Good Shepherd, Digital on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The painting is available as a print in limited edition of 10. It is printed on archival quality, acid-free, 100% cotton 270 gsm paper with no optical brighteners. Pigments used in the printing process should have a color stability of more than 100 years. The print is signed and numbered on the front inside of the print border on the image itself. This painting has been inspired by the Bible text: I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Digital

Golden Sun, Modern Impressionist Landscape Painting, Colorado, Limited Edition
Located in Golden, CO
This large limited edition modern landscape painting of Colorado's, Golden Sun is a bold vivid work of contemporary art. The large-scale digital p...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Metal

Yellow Stack, Oil on Canvas, 2016
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Lloyd Martin Title: Yellow Stack Size: 45 x 92” Year: 2016 American artist Lloyd Martin, known internationally for his rhythmically constructed abstract painting, continues ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sky Pilot: contemporary mid-century modern style abstract painting in gold
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a contemporary mid-century modern style abstract acrylic painting on canvas framed in a brushed platinum painted wood frame with a narrow black reveal. It is heavily textured with dominant gold, yellow, pink, and green accents. It is signed lower right. Every purchase comes with a free, hardcover copy of the beautiful illustrated new book, "Joseph McAleer: Sixty Years." "Joe McAleer...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Holding Thought (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Holding Thought (Abstract drawing) Oil and graphite on canvas. Unframed. McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underl...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil, Graphite

Segnali gialli - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Segnali gialli is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera and...
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1980s Abstract Art

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Watercolor, Tempera, Cardboard

In Tanglewood
Located in Lawrence, NY
Joe Novak's focus throughout his career was the exploration of color and light through abstraction. During the eighties and nineties, he painted large monochromatic color field canva...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Acrylic

Splendor, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"The arrangement of three primary colors in the left panel of this diptych emanates intense light," states the artist Shyun Song. "Its whole atmosphere exudes...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Oil

Plate Invasion - SciFi in Primary Colors - Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Two plates are placed in the foreground and shot with a 20mm lens again the Manhattan skyline that gives an unearthly quality with common objects. Primary colors of the yellow and r...
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1970s Abstract Art

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Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment

Yellow tango. 2018, oil on canvas, 90x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Yellow tango. 2018, oil on canvas, 90x100 cm Abstract composition in red, blue, yellow colors Igor Leontiev (1957) - one of the leading independent pain...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Lumo
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

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Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment

Dolphin Dance 24 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 24 (Abstract Drawing) Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

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Gouache, Vellum

Ghost Trees in the Fall, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020
Located in Boston, MA
Ghost Trees in the Fall, Original Glass Sculpture, 2020 15″ × 12″ × 3″, 10 lbs Fused Glass Free Standing Can be placed indoors and outdoors. Artist Commentary: This is part of a ser...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Glass

Contour Flow
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

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Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment

Pixie Willoughby, Eternal Flames, Original Abstract Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Eternal Flames [2021] Original Abstract Acrylic on canvas Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:80 cm x D:1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled - Original Screen Print by Antonio Calderara - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original print realized by Antonio Calderara in 1973. Colored serigraph. Edited by La Nuova Foglio. Good conditions except for some...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

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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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