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
Interaction
By Mark Lembo
Located in Boston, MA
About the piece:
Done in a palette very similar to Mr. Bill and in a similar style. They work well together with Swizzle and Splat as well. One of the action painting exercises.
Si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Pulse (Abstract drawing)
By Kim Uchiyama
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Obsession 4, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Three groups of purple hues sprout to the surface above a yellow background. Circles drift lively about the piece like petals blown gently by wind. This piece...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Ethereal Abstraction 27, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
As part of artist Patrick O'Boyle's ongoing Ethereal Abstraction series, he painted electric orange against a bright green background and accented with blue. "I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Yellow Stripes / Photography / Print / Signed / Limited
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Print, belongs to a collection "STRIPES". Limited edition of 10. Signed by the author. The picture was taken during a hot summer day in Bratislava.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
"Sparrow, " Acrylic Paint on Canvas - Abstract Boxing Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Bright, vivid, and saturated colors in combination with a furious treatment of the medium compel this work to stand out as an iconic blend of passion and poise.
Born in Tokyo in 1932, Ushio Shinohara (nicknamed "Gyu-chan"), is a Japanese Neo-Dadaist artist who has lived and worked in the United States since 1969. Shinohara is well known for his boxing paintings...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Geometrical Abstract Composition - Mixed Media on Paper by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Geometrical Abstract Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo (Messina, 1947) in 2020.
Mixed Media on Paper.
Hand-signed on t...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Transference, Abstract Oil Painting
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
With her minimalist conceptual approach, artist Shyun Song delicately joins a psychological occurrence with stunning visual imagery. "A mysterious phenomenon ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled - Original Screen Print by Antonio Calderara - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an original print realized by Antonio Calderara in the 1970s.
Colored serigraph. Edited by La Nuova Foglio.
Good conditions except for ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Accident - Acrylic on Canvas by Leo Guida - 1992
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Accident is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1992 by the Italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original Acrylic Painting on canvas.
Frame is included.
Total Dimensi...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Yellow Grid Play - orange, grey, green, geometric abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Precise squares in orange, rust red, green, grey, maroon and white dance, overlap and swirl on a washed canary yellow ground in this intimate canvas by Milly Ristvedt. Color and the grid are the focus of Ristvedt's paintings that through one's lens of experience will reveal a narrative.
"Painting is my freedom 'to be' in the world, to transform what I think and feel about life, to express the essence of things that matter. Colour is the magical sensation and substance, the 'philosopher's stone,' that for me represents hope in a time of great challenge for us all." Milly Ristvedt
Early in her career in Toronto in the late 1960s, Ristvedt shared a studio with Canadian painter Jack Bush, met art critic Clement Greenberg and was inspired by American painters Jules Olitiski and Frank Stella. Ristvedt's work can be found in major public collections including the Art Gallery...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Light Struck (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
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 especially safe for large works.
R...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Yellow with Orange, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I create a version of entertainment or Architectural fiction by communicating my interpretation of the shapes, colors and movement of natures impacted by the ongoing man made environ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
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 17”X19""""/43.2x48.3cm
Dimension...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
That Is (Abstract Painting)
By Dana Gordon
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Study after Laocoon 1 El Greco (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
High Frequency/Slow Shift (Abstract Painting)
By Macyn Bolt
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tropical Dreams By Troy Smith Fine Art Abstract Art
Located in Toronto, CA
Title - Tropical Dreams.
Acrylic Painting by Artist Troy Smith. The painting is signed by the artist on the back and comes with a small brass plaque with the artist's name.
Comes w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Copper, Gold, Silver, Brass
Innocence, from Pleni Luna Serie colorful lithograph by Wifredo Lam
By Wifredo Lam
Located in New York, NY
This colorful abstract original lithograph was printed at the Atelier Mourlot in 1974. This print is marked "H.C." on the bottom righthand corner, indicating it is a "Hors Commence" ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sixteen Street 7.15 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
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...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
André Lanskoy - Composition - Original Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
André Lanskoy - Composition - Original Etching
From Dédale
Material: Made on Lambskin
Edition: 190
Dimensions: 32 x 18 cm
This etching is from the first ...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
GPB Slurp (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
GPB Slurp (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on aluminum - Unframed
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challe...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Composition - Watercolor by G. Schneider - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original watercolor on paper, realized in 1963 by Gérard Ernest Schneider
Hand signed and dated by the artist on lower margin.
Provenance: Carlo Pellizzari Colle...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
Fronteras
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Medium: Limited Edition Print
Technique: Collagraph
Support: Paper Velin Arches 300 g.
Edition of: 10
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
C Print
Claire Chandler, Yellow Leaves, Original abstract painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Yellow Leaves by Claire Chandler [2020-21]
original
oil on canvas
Image size: H:40 cm x W:40 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:40 cm x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Goldfield
By Daniel Phill
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. These recent paintings are my abstracted interpretations of the natural world. This is an ongoing reimagining of vegetation, flowers and the la...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Geometrical Abstract Composition - Mixed Media on Paper by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Geometrical Abstract Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo (Messina, 1947) in 2020.
Mixed Media on Paper.
Hand-signed on ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Sixteen Street 7.15 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
Located in London, GB
Gouache on paper - Unframed.
Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing and the animated image.”
Her work is in the colle...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Colors and Structures III, Abstract Painting 2021 by Udo Haderlein
Located in Berlin, DE
Acrylic ink on board, 2021. Signed, titled and dated on the back. Framed. The artwork comes directly from the artist's studio.
Height: 17.32 in ( 44 cm ), Width: 17.32 in ( 44 cm ), ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Ink
Yellow Shape - Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2015
Located in Roma, IT
Yellow Shape is an original Contemporary Artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2015.
Original Oil painting on plywood.
Hand-signed and dated on the back. Hand...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boom IV (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on aluminum - Unframed
Hallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challenge the perception of the viewer.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Theatre with Signals 1 - Original Tempera by Leo Guida - 1986
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Theatre with signals 1 is an original sketch in tempera by Leo Guida (1986).
The artwork is in good conditions. Image Dimensions：67 x 45.7 cm
Hand-signed with pencil by the artist...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Tempera
Large Abstract Oil painting - Color Code I - unframed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful bright vibrant oil on paper. Unframed but framing can be requested, custom framed in Los Angeles. A very high resolution photograph is provided here to enable vie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Paper
Siren III, Oil Painting
By Ryan Pickart
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In this contemporary expressionist portrait, artist Ryan Pickart explores negative space with ethereal shapes. The model's gentle ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
The Light of Hope, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting was inspired by mood rather than imagery. I experimented with textures and structure in this work. Many layers of natural material including marble dust and pigments wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Big Lolly & Cone, colorful, bold, candy, abstract, hard edge, playful, pop art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Big Lolly & Cone is a mixed media piece featuring a swirly lollypop, an icon of american amusements and escapism plus an ice-cream cone, another sweet treat. The swirly lolly is ren...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Color
Geometrical Abstract Composition - Mixed Media on Paper by G. Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Geometrical Abstract Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by the Italian artist Giorgio Lo Fermo (Messina, 1947) in 2020.
Mixed Media on Paper.
Hand-signed on t...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
NY # 40.78N_73.96W (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Plexiglas - Unframed.
Artwork made with 2 elements ( 80 x 250 cm/31.5 x 98.4" each).
Available on request 5-6 week turnaround.
Backed with Dibond ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Study after Laocoon 1 El Greco (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Lunanguria - Oil Paint by Leo Guida - 1992
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Lunanguria is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1992 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original Oil on Wood.
Dimensions: cm 96 x 3 x 60.
Frame...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Peace flags n°30
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Joy, Abstract Oil Painting
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
As an intense observer, I am interested in mythology and psychology. Whenever I come across a concept that sums up an element of psychology, I start sketching....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Memories By Troy Smith With Gilt Frame Fine Art Abstract Art
Located in Toronto, CA
The painting is titled Memories. Painted by Troy Smith in acrylic on canvas the painting's rich colours blend seamlessly together to form an abstraction of colours. The deep colours ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
Precious Palm
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. With a high level of technical virtuosity Keifer creates...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled Gestural Abstraction
By Bernd Berner
Located in Kansas City, MO
Bernd Berner
Title: Untitled Gestural Abstraction
Year: 1971
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: X + 50
Size: 19.5 × 17.3 on 25.4 × 19.5 inches
COA provided
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Longleat - Giclée by Dadodu - 2008
By Dadodu
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions 49 x 70 cm
Longleat is an incredible giclée print realized by the contemporary artist Dadodu in 2008.
This original artwork represents complementary green and yell...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Giclée
Sunblind #4 (20), Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic ink painting, which has been prepared for c-print. Original limited edition c-prints (20) on Canson Infinity Rag, 100% cotton museum grade white Fine Art paper or similar. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Dolphin Dance 05 (Abstract painting)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed.
This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1-22”.
Those brush paintings are Pri...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Gouache, Vellum
Triangles on Yellow - Screen Print by Lia Drei - 1970 ca.
By Lia Drei
Located in Roma, IT
Hand Signed. Artist's Proof out of the edition of 50 pieces.
Very good conditions.
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Monochrome Painting "Words Triology" by Korea-American Artist
By Hyun Ae Kang
Located in Palm Beach, FL
«A WORK WILL ONLY HAVE DEEP RESONANCE, IF THE KIND OF LIGHT I’M TRYING
TO GENERATE IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY IN ME» - Hyun Ae Kang
Hyun Ae Kang is an internationally renowned Ko...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Resin, Acrylic
Peace, Abstract Oil Painting
By Shyun Song
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
As an intense observer, I am interested in mythology and psychology. Whenever I come across a concept that sums up an element of psychology, I start sketching....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
"Echoes No.14" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Echoes No.14" Photography 40" x 40" inch Edition of 20 by Giuliano Bekor
Original fine art photography by Giuliano Bekor
Signed and numbered by the artist
Printed on fujiflex mou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
Untitled - Abstract Expression - Oil Painting 2016
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2016. Oil on canvas. Perfect conditions.
It is a representation of an abstract composition characterized ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled 8, Abstract Screenprint by Raymond Parker
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raymond Parker, American (1922 - 1990)
Title: Untitled 9
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 70
Image Size: 20 x 29 inches
Size: 27.25 x 37 ...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Claire Chandler, Yellow Leaves, Original Abstract Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Yellow Leaves [2020-21]
Original
Abstract
Oil on canvas
Image size: H:40 cm x W:40 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:40 cm x D:4cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
This last year has made me realise that painting inspiration is right on my doorstep. Noticing the changing seasons has a great influence on my colour palette. These colours and marks are testament to the beauty of our natural environment.
Claire Chandler...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Accident - Acrylic on Canvas by Leo Guida - 1992
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Accident (Original Title: Incidente) is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1992 by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original Acrylic on canvas.
Frame is includ...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Onda I, 2018, relief, woodblock, chine colle
By Robert Kelly
Located in Atlanta, GA
Drawing on his extensive travels, Robert Kelly’s painted collages contain found print and material from around the world. Kelly has included antique botanical drawings...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Woodcut
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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