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
Abstract (with Two White Vases)
By Ed Baynard
Located in New York, NY
Ed Baynard
Abstract (with Two White Vases), 2005
Signed, titled, and dated along the verso
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 40 inches
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Painting Diptych Blue Pigments Contemporary Artist Gabriela Meunie 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Diptych artwork.
100x100 cm each artwork
100x200 cm two artworks
GABRIELA MEUNIE. Mallorca, 1987. Based in Bordeaux
Franco-American artist Gabriela Meunié started her career as a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
In the manner of Affandi
Abstract Lotus, circa 1970
Unsigned
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Painting Orange Green by Contemporary Artist Gabriela Meunie 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The artwork will be shipped rolled in a tube.
For more shipping options, please contact our gallery.
GABRIELA MEUNIE. Mallorca, 1987. Based in Bordeaux
Franco-American artist Gabr...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Alizarin Orionids
Located in New York, NY
Charles Hinman
Alizarin Orionids, 2003
Signed and dated lower right
Watercolor on paper
12 x 12 inches
Throughout his long career, Charles Hinman has collapsed the divide between p...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Painting Magenta by Contemporary Artist Gabriela Meunie 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The artwork will be shipped rolled in a tube.
For more shipping options, please contact our gallery.
GABRIELA MEUNIE. Mallorca, 1987. Based in Bordeaux
Franco-American artist Gabr...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Velvet
Located in London, GB
Artist: Olga Volha Piashko
"Black and White “100x200x0,1cm
(106x210x0,1cm full size) cm )acrilyc on canvas.
hand signed
unframed
A world of energy and vibration, of subtle nuan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Metamorphosis, Etching with Aquatint by Joe Durante
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joe Durante - Metamorphosis. Year: 1982, Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 9.75 x 17.5 inches, Size: 15 x 22 in. ...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Cosmic Splash - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Cosmic Splash - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant and expressive composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018).
Artis...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Ebbing Tide, Abstract Seascape, Original Landscape Painting, Framed Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Ebbing tide is an original landscape painting by Stephen KInder. This painting was completed on location in the late summer of 2019. The painting was completed on West Wittering...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Flowing Through Blue" Large Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Flowing Through Blue is a real statement piece from Bleakley. It has all the hallmarks of intricacy for which she is known allied with beautiful colourways. Susan paints in her cliff...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Still life with oysters, 80х80cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life with oysters, 80х80cm, print on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Color
Still life with oysters, 80х80cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life with oysters, 80х80cm, print on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Color
Still life with oysters, 80х80cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life with oysters, 80х80cm, print on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Color
Creation 7 (Creation Series), Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is an original acrylic painting on canvas and the 7th in the Creation Series. Lianna's artwork is energetic and packed with bright and vivid colours.This series depicts the begi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
The Prince
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charles Collins is a true Renaissance man. From a family of New Orleans artists, he chose to pursue a career as a pathologist, attending medical school in New Orleans and becoming pa...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Spektrum Series Rouge, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The Spektrum Series is based on the hope and joy I find in coming into this new year with all it's potential. My hope is to create an atmosphere through this series where the observ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
So Engulfed in Making One; The Point Was Left Meaningless
By Brian Jerome
Located in Conshohocken, PA
It is so easy, within our nature and defense mechanisms to get so heated, riled up, loud and confrontational, that we can forget what we are trying to stand up for, argue for, and th...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Oil
View From the Balcony, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
There was a lush foliage area visible from the balcony of my son's new home. I have incorporated large amounts of collage into the painting, helping to evoke the natural lushness ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Venice (Our Town Series), Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This series is based on my interpretation of the colours and textures I see in the cities I have lived in or loved! Venice was a delightful surprise for me. I had expected huge cro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Portland (Our Town Series), Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
My fave city in the Northwest (besides Vancouver), is Portland, Oregon. It's the original hipster town with a wonderful appreciation for the arts. It's our go to place for a long w...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Belfast (Our Town Series), Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I started going to Belfast and Northern Ireland on a regular basis in 2002. I've watched the city change and thrive in those years and still love it! This piece is from the Our Town...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Vancouver (Our Town Series), Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Vancouver is the city where I was born and where I live now. It is a city of hipsters, beer and coffee, outdoor enthusiasts and beautiful greens and blues in the surrounding mountai...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Dubrovnik (Our Town Series), Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Last summer I went to Dubrovnik for the first time and the city enchanted me. So much history and such beauty. This piece is part of the Our Town Series. Each painting is created ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Cordoba (Our Town Series), Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A must see on your travel bucket list should be the mosque of Cordoba in Spain. This piece is part of the Our Town Series.Each painting is created using high quality acrylic paint, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract
Located in New York, NY
Georges Ferrato
Abstract
Oil on Canvas
1969
29 x 36 in, 73 x 91 cm
Signed and dated lower left
Georges Ferrato (born in 1949 in Aix-en-Provence) is perfect harmony: a universal sub...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Oia, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
I've only been to Oia once, but it stole a piece of my heart. This piece is part of the Our Town Series.Each painting is created using high quality acrylic paint, using mostly palet...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Apolonovka, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
My father is involved in farming in Siberia with the Mennonites there. We visited the farm in the summer of 2017 and it had a profound impact on me. This piece is part of the Our ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled "Composition"
Located in New York, NY
Georges Ferrato
Composition
Oil on Canvas
57.5 x 44.5 in, 146 x 113 cm
1985
Signed at bottom left, signed dated and titled on the back
Georges Ferrato (born in 1949 in Aix-en-Prove...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Avignon (Our Town Series), Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Avignon...memories of great food and wine, lavender fields and lavender shops, narrow streets (crunched cars!!) and flowers everywhere. This piece is part of the Our Town Series.Eac...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Sommières
Located in New York, NY
Georges Ferrato
Sommières
Oil on Canvas
35 x 45.5 in, 89 x 116 cm
1996
Signed at bottom, signed dated and titled on the back
Georges Ferrato (born in 1949 in Aix-en-Provence) is ...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Lithograph Edward Avedisian Color Field Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian (1936-2007)
Cleo, Fur Queen, 1969
Lithograph in color on Arches wove paper.
Hand signed, dated and numbered in pencil.
Edition 100
Dimensions:
22.25 inches X 30.25...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Athanaeus Codex - Contemporary Mixed media artwork, Gold leaf on wood
Located in London, GB
Russell Frampton, was born in 1961 in Hampshire. He was educated at Portsmouth and at Exeter Art College (B.A. in Fine Art), later taking his M.A. in Fine Art at the University of Pl...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
XII. From The Red Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The Red Series
Cotton wicks, watercolour pencil and acrylic on paper
Size: 11.7 in H x 8.3 in W
Frame size: 12.5 in H x 9.5 in W x 1.5 in D
Certificate of authenticity
The red ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Cotton, Acrylic, Pencil
XIII. From The Red Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From The Red Series
Cotton wicks, watercolour pencil and acrylic on paper
Size: 11.7 in H x 8.3 in W
Frame size: 12.5 in H x 9.5 in W x 1.5 in D
Certificate of authenticity
The red ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil
Paris Garden #7, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This vibrant painting is based on the gardens in Paris that are an inspiration for many of the artist's work. Highly textured with layers of paint that represent in abstract realism...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Blue Sky-original surreal realism seascape-architecture-still life oil painting
By Luis Fuentes
Located in London, Chelsea
This original oil painting by Luis Fuentes depicts a pleasant scene, featuring jucy Oranges accompanied by glorious summer lighting streaming through the windows. Painted on stretch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lab #4 and #3 Paintings. From the Lab series
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Lab #4 and #3, 2024 by Alec Franco
From the Lab series
Overall size: 50 H x 70 W cm.
Individual size: 50 H x 35 W cm.
Unframed
Signed by the artist
_______
The artist's works are b...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Woman at Open Window
Located in Fairfield, CT
Frame size: 24.75x17"
Represented by George Billis Gallery. Elizabeth Higgins describes herself as an abstract figurative and landscape painter. Everything around her serves as a po...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Monotype
Yellow, Green, and Orange - Abstract Expressionist Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Yellow, Green, and Orange - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Layers of ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Woven Moon - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Woven Moon - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Expressive composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Splashes of color are ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Mixed Media
Chaos, Mixed Media on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
Vibrant abstract painting :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Sig...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Love Adventures - Contemporary geometric colorful abstract - Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's geometric abstractions are colourful works full figures that of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. Her use of colour is bold yet ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tarantino's by Susan Pear Meisel
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Colorful limited edition lithograph plate signed by the artist Susan Pear Meisel.
It is framed and measures 17 x 21.
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Mid 20th Century American Abstract Large. Comprised of Four Canvases Color Field
Located in New York, NY
Mid 20th Century American Abstract Large. Comprised of Four Canvases Color Field
JAMES DAUGHERTY (1887 - 1974)
"The Sun is but a Morning Star"
Acrylic on canvas, c. 1965.
Each canv...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dilema 2
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"No one can escape being an artist, being one indelibly at all times and circumstances; since the spectator is an artist even when what he observes has nothing to do with art." - Ant...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Monotype
Walk Around A Lake
Located in Dallas, TX
Batista apprehends different materials and different supports such as resin, inclusion, concrete, wood, neon, oil and acrylic painting. He sculpts and paints everything that concerns...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Birds, 50x60cm
By Fleur
Located in Yerevan, AM
Birds
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Find a bird, 50x60cm
By Fleur
Located in Yerevan, AM
Find a bird, 50x60cm
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Blue & Yellow Abstract Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Blue & yellow abstract watercolor by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed on verso and unframed. Image...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lemon leaves, 100x70cm
By Fleur
Located in Yerevan, AM
Lemon leaves
100x70 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Menagerie, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original abstract painting on canvas I like to work in an intuitive manner without any clear idea of the finished work instead letting the process direct the finished form of the wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Song of the Equinox - Abstract expressionist pink floral painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
"Song of the Equinox" is an abstract expressionist pink floral painting finished on the day of the Spring Equinox in my Forest Studio in the middle of a national forest in Florida. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Untitled - Figure Studies II, Lithograph with Intaglio Etching by Hoi Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lebadang (aka Hoi), Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) - Untitled - Figure Studies II. Medium: Lithograph with Intaglio Etching, Signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 12 x 34.5 in. (30.48 x ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Dilly Dallying, Original Abstract Painting, Original Art, Expressionist
By Janet Keith
Located in Deddington, GB
The Way Home is an original abstract painting by Janet Keith. The Way Home is an expressive, gestural painting evoking a feeling of movement, light and fresh air. The painting is bui...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hydrangea - Soft abstract floral painting
Located in Ocklawaha, FL
"Hydrangea" is a beautiful soft abstract floral painting and a lyrical ode to spring. It is made with ample paint and texture, in a beautiful palette of chromatic grays, violet, rose...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Antoni Tapies Post Modern Abstract Expressionist Aquatint
Located in Surfside, FL
Size includes frame. There is a plate impression at the image that leads me to believe this is an aquatint.
Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquis of Tàpies (Catalan: 13 December 1923 – ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
SW6 by Mattia Bosco - Abstract sculpture, black Palissandro marble and gold leaf
Located in Paris, FR
SW6 is a unique sculpture by contemporary artist Mattia Bosco. This sculpture is made of Black Palissandro marble and gold leaf, dimensions are 49 × 30 × 16 cm (19.3 × 11.8 × 6.3 in)...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Marble, Gold Leaf
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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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