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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
The Quiet Bloom
The Quiet Bloom

The Quiet Bloom

Located in Zofingen, AG

Size: 97×97 cm (overall size with stretching 107×107 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled A serene, intimate composition where a slender white figure rests i...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Architecture of Chaos
Architecture of Chaos

Architecture of Chaos

Located in Zofingen, AG

From the series “Between States” Before you is a space where familiar reference points dissolve. The work does not depict a specific place; instead, it captures a moment of transfor...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Metal squares. 3D textured.
Metal squares. 3D textured.

Metal squares. 3D textured.

By Svetlana Saratova

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting is made up of individual squares on canvas, creating a unique and intriguing geometric composition. Each square, crafted using clay, represents an individual element, im...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Clay, Canvas, Acrylic

Sunset VW Van - Colorful California Beach Still Life Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Sunset VW Van - Colorful California Beach Still Life Acrylic Painting on Canvas

Sunset VW Van - Colorful California Beach Still Life Acrylic Painting on Canvas

By Kathleen Keifer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

1950's Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist painting
1950's Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist painting

1950's Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist painting

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Stunning abstract expressionist painting, ca. 1955. Oil on Canvas, measuring 36 x 40 inches. Some natural cracking and paint loss due to heavy impasto technique. Unsigned. Art su...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Protected Serenity
Protected Serenity

Protected Serenity

Located in Zofingen, AG

Size: 142×142 cm (overall size with stretching 152×152 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled This evocative painting immerses the viewer into a realm of absol...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Spanish, Abstract, 38% OFF)
Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Spanish, Abstract, 38% OFF)

Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Spanish, Abstract, 38% OFF)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Josep Guinovart Untitled Composition from "Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona at Redfern Gallery, London" Original Color Lithograph Year: 1979 Size: 10 x 7.325 inches (25.4 × 18.61 cm) E...

Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Quiet Horizon, Abstract Oil Painting
Quiet Horizon, Abstract Oil Painting

Quiet Horizon, Abstract Oil Painting

By Janet Hamilton

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Layered palette knife strokes form a rhythmic horizon where a soft, light-filled sky meets deep, shifting water. The textured surface suggests the quiet movemen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Spring. Awakening
Spring. Awakening

Spring. Awakening

By Olena Kishkurno

Located in Zofingen, AG

shipped in roll “Spring. Awakening” reflects the first quiet shift of the season — a moment when light, color, and space begin to open. Soft layers of pale tones, subtle pinks, and g...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Whispers in Blue - Abstract Figurative Landscape Textured Impasto Oil Painting
Whispers in Blue - Abstract Figurative Landscape Textured Impasto Oil Painting

Whispers in Blue - Abstract Figurative Landscape Textured Impasto Oil Painting

By Ekaterina Ermilkina

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Ekaterina Ermilkina’s original, abstract fine art paintings are created using a skillful combination of applying and removing oil paint with a palette knife on canvas. Her inspiratio...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Foundation
The Foundation

The Foundation

Located in Zofingen, AG

Size: 110×97 cm (overall size with stretching 120×107 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled the series "The Inviolable Reserve" Painting "The Foundation" is ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Meeting Point
Meeting Point

Meeting Point

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Acrylic, pencil, and paint stick on cradled wood panel Edges painted pale gray. Sarah Trundle is a Charlottesville, Va. painter who, after beginnings in representational art, now ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Pencil

Emanation Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, XXL, Signed Art
Emanation Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, XXL, Signed Art

Emanation Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, XXL, Signed Art

By Katarina Joys

Located in London, London

Cobalt Blue, Blue, yellow, green, flowers, nature, beige, pink, red, golden, ochre, XXL size, extra large abstract painting, large scale, design artwork. Artist: Katarina Joys Tit...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Geometrie de la pensee- Large Abstract Library – Oil on canvas, Contemporary art
Geometrie de la pensee- Large Abstract Library – Oil on canvas, Contemporary art

Geometrie de la pensee- Large Abstract Library – Oil on canvas, Contemporary art

By SOPHIE DUMONT

Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR

Oil on canvas – 39.37 × 39.37 in (100 × 100 cm) Framed: approx. 42.13 × 42.13 in (107 × 107 cm) Frame options: natural wood or black collector's choice Year: 2025 – Signed front Cert...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Where it is quiet, No.7
Where it is quiet, No.7

Where it is quiet, No.7

By Aliona Koroliova

Located in Zofingen, AG

There are moments when the world no longer asks for explanations. When nothing needs to be named in order to be felt. Silence is not the absence of sound — it emerges where inner ten...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Sunrise Corals Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Abstract, 21st Century
Sunrise Corals Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Abstract, 21st Century

Sunrise Corals Acrylic Painting on Canvas, Abstract, 21st Century

By Katarina Joys

Located in London, London

All the custom charges are included in the final price agreed. Corals, water, Blue, turquoise, pink, beige, ochre, ocean, sea, current, fluid, yellow. Title: "Sunrise Corals" Arti...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Bold Contemporary - Abstract Painting, Colorful Texture, Large, Dream
Bold Contemporary - Abstract Painting, Colorful Texture, Large, Dream

Bold Contemporary - Abstract Painting, Colorful Texture, Large, Dream

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

Title: Interconnected Dream Bold Abstract Contemporary Colorful Masculine Investment Red Yellow Grey Blue Orange Texture Detail This series expresses our unity and our interconnect...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil, Gesso, Canvas, Stretcher Bars

Nick Thomm - LUMINANCE - SET (Standard)
Nick Thomm - LUMINANCE - SET (Standard)

Nick Thomm - LUMINANCE - SET (Standard)

By Nick Thomm

Located in FITZROY, VIC

Nick Thomm 'LUMINANCE' (SET) 69cm x 92cm (27"×36″) per print. Blue Limited Edition of 425. Orange Limited Edition of 409. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Pape...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

A floral tribute to my school - abstract vs figurative painting
A floral tribute to my school - abstract vs figurative painting

A floral tribute to my school - abstract vs figurative painting

Located in New York, NY

This painting will be shipped rolled in a tube and is not stretched! This expressive mixed-media composition unfolds like a visual diary, where flowers, leaves, handwritten notes, a...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Helter Skelter - Large Contemporary Cubist Terracotta Orange Oil Painting Canvas
Helter Skelter - Large Contemporary Cubist Terracotta Orange Oil Painting Canvas

Helter Skelter - Large Contemporary Cubist Terracotta Orange Oil Painting Canvas

By Harrison Gilman

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles artist Harrison Gilman graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In 2018 his artworks were exhibited at the We Rise Art Fair in Los Angeles alongside Shepard Fairey ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Line of Silence No. 7
Line of Silence No. 7

Line of Silence No. 7

By Aliona Koroliova

Located in Zofingen, AG

“Line of silence” is an ongoing painting cycle that explores the fragile boundary between presence and dissolution. Through a restrained color palette, layered surfaces, and a soften...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Tennessee Rain

Tennessee Rain

By Lynn Sanders

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic

Nick Thomm - Loom (HYDRA) Standard
Nick Thomm - Loom (HYDRA) Standard

Nick Thomm - Loom (HYDRA) Standard

By Nick Thomm

Located in FITZROY, VIC

Nick Thomm 'LOOM' (Hydra) 69cm x 92cm (27"×36″) Limited Edition of 305. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Paper. Condition: NEW. Worldwide Shipping. Sold Unframed.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Source of Renewal
Source of Renewal

Source of Renewal

By Olena Kishkurno

Located in Zofingen, AG

This work captures a moment of absolute tranquility-a private paradise bathed in light and hidden behind a dense veil of emerald greenery. Horses gathered at the water's edge in the ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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.