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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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Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013
Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013

Contemporary Black and White Abstract Framed Rayography 1/1 by Adrian 2013

Located in Barcelona, ES

Contemporary photography by Adrian from 2013. Black and white photography, rayograph. Unique piece 1/1. Comes Handsigned. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with a...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Resolved, Large Scale Abstract Expressionist Painting, Original contemporary art
Resolved, Large Scale Abstract Expressionist Painting, Original contemporary art

Resolved, Large Scale Abstract Expressionist Painting, Original contemporary art

By Lloyd Tabing

Located in Jönköping, SE

This large painting is part of my Sovereign Solitude collection where I have been exploring spatial restraint and composition tension where heavy gestural masses collide against vast...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Acrylic

La Cour (French Courtyard Interior with Birds and Birdcage)
La Cour (French Courtyard Interior with Birds and Birdcage)

La Cour (French Courtyard Interior with Birds and Birdcage)

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Nobuku Koike (Japanese, b.1937) La Cour, 1974. Color etching on Arches paper. Plate measures 7.5 x 8.5 inches. Framed measurement: 12 x 13.5 inches. Signed, dated, numbered an...

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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Etching

'Woman In Bagdad' — 1950s Japanese Sôsaku-hanga Signed Woodblock Print
'Woman In Bagdad' — 1950s Japanese Sôsaku-hanga Signed Woodblock Print

'Woman In Bagdad' — 1950s Japanese Sôsaku-hanga Signed Woodblock Print

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Toshi Yoshida, 'Woman In Bagdad', color woodblock print, 1954, edition not stated. Signed, dated, and titled, in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, with fresh colors, on cream-wove Japan paper; the full sheet with margins (1/2 to 7/8 inch); minor toning in the margins, otherwise in excellent condition. Self-carved and self-printed by the artist. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Image size 14 13/16 x 9 7/8 inches; sheet size 16 1/4 x 11 inches (oban tate-e). Literature: Oliver Statler, Modern Japanese Prints: An Art Reborn, 1959, pp. 168–69. Eugene M. Skibbe, “Yoshida Toshi 1911–1999: Diversity, Change, and Continuity in the Yoshida Art Tradition,” Andon, no. 53, Society for Japanese Arts, 1996, pp. 5–14. Kendall H. Brown, “Yoshida Toshi: The Nature of Tranquility,” in A Japanese Legacy: Four Generations of Yoshida Family Artists, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2002, pp. 72–80; Woman in Bagdad catalogued p. 91, no. 55. Exhibitions: 'Japan & Beyond: The Yoshida Family Legacy in Japanese Woodblock Prints', curated by Kendall Brown and Quyen Le, The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art, Hanford, CA. February 3, 2004 - March 27, 2004. 'Color in Relief: Wood Block Prints from Origins to Abstraction', Georgetown University Library, 2016. Collections: Art Institute of Chicago, Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Minneapolis Institute of Art, University of California Merced, University of Oregon (The Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints). ABOUT THIS WORK Woman in Bagdad belongs to an important group of figure studies Yoshida created in 1954 as he moved beyond the naturalistic landscape tradition associated with his father, Hiroshi Yoshida. The veiled figure is reduced to broad, interlocking shapes of deep brown, ochre, and blue-green, separated by narrow carved white lines. Yoshida appears to have printed the composition from a single block, applying individual colors to separately defined areas—a technique closely related to the white-line color woodcut developed by B. J. O. Nordfeldt and the Provincetown Printers and refined by Blanche Lazzell. The continuous white channels serve as both boundaries between colors and an active linear structure, transforming the figure into a near-abstract arrangement of flattened forms while retaining its human presence. Created at a pivotal moment in Yoshida's development, the print anticipates the increasingly nonobjective woodcuts that occupied him during the following two decades. ABOUT THE ARTIST Yoshida Toshi (1911–1995) began training at the age of fourteen under his father, Yoshida Hiroshi, a leading artist of the twentieth-century Japanese printmaking revival known as shin-hanga (“new prints”), which continued the traditional collaborative system of Japanese woodblock printing. From 1932 to 1935, Toshi studied at the Taiheiyo-Gakai (Pacific Painting Association), which his father had helped establish. Before the Pacific War, Toshi traveled extensively with his father in Asia, Europe, Egypt, and the United States. He later continued his international travels, particularly in Mexico, the United States, Canada, and Africa. His early prints remained strongly influenced by Hiroshi's work and the highly refined techniques practiced in the Yoshida studio. Following his father's death in 1950, Toshi assumed responsibility for the studio while increasingly pursuing an independent artistic direction. Beginning in the early 1950s, he undertook a highly personal exploration of abstraction, creating and printing his own works in the sōsaku-hanga (“creative print”) manner, in which the artist assumes direct responsibility for the design, carving, and printing. During this exceptionally productive period, Toshi produced a large body of nonobjective woodcuts characterized by complex geometric structures, richly layered color, and experimentation with the expressive possibilities of the woodblock medium. His abstract work placed him among the more adventurous Japanese printmakers of the postwar period. The British Museum holds a substantial group of these works, including Misty Dance (1957), Frontier (1962), Mystery (1964), Isotope (1968), and Where (1972). In the early 1960s, Toshi also returned to representational subjects, eventually concentrating on large-scale scenes of African wildlife in its natural habitat. In 1984 he published the first of a series of illustrated children's books devoted to African animals (Dōbutsu Ehon Shirīzu), which he continued into the early 1990s. In 1966, with artist Yuki Rei...

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1950s Abstract Art

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Woodcut

Abstract Expressionist Mid-century American painting
Abstract Expressionist Mid-century American painting

Abstract Expressionist Mid-century American painting

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Beautiful minimal Abstract Expressionist painting. Mixed media on paper glued down to illustration backing board. Paper sheet measures 10.25 x 14 inches. Cardboard panel measures 1...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Paper, Mixed Media, Illustration Board

"PDP799 ct15"  Painting on Panel  ( 66 x 44 )
"PDP799 ct15"  Painting on Panel  ( 66 x 44 )

"PDP799 ct15" Painting on Panel ( 66 x 44 )

By Cecil Touchon

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Post Dogmatist Painting on Panel, signed verso Cecil Touchon Born 1956 Austin, Texas is a contemporary American collage artist, painter, published poet and theorist living in Pagosa...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

21 (Gestural Abstract, Warm, Heart, Pink, Green)
21 (Gestural Abstract, Warm, Heart, Pink, Green)

21 (Gestural Abstract, Warm, Heart, Pink, Green)

By Katherine Bello

Located in Kansas City, MO

Katherine Bello 21 Oil on Canvas 2021 Size: 40 x 30 x 1.5 inches (101.6 cm × 76.20 × 3.81 cm) Signed, dated and titled by hand COA provided *On Stretcher Frame, Gallery-wrapped - re...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Kinfolk
Kinfolk

Kinfolk

Located in Zofingen, AG

Size: 110×97 cm (overall size with stretching 120×107 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled Kinfolk" is a profound visual reflection on the unconditional acce...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Tête-à-tête
Tête-à-tête

Tête-à-tête

Located in Zofingen, AG

Size: 132×142 cm (overall size with stretching 142×152 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled This painting captures a fragile, precious moment of genuine inti...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Seascape – Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting on Jute Canvas, 2018 Made in Italy
Seascape – Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting on Jute Canvas, 2018 Made in Italy

Seascape – Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting on Jute Canvas, 2018 Made in Italy

By Marilina Marchica

Located in Agrigento, AG

Seascape evokes an essential, suspended marine landscape. A delicate blue line crosses the neutral surface, suggesting the horizon and the movement of the sea. The natural texture of...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Jute, Oil

"All Fours" (Animalia, Fauna, Contemporary, Original, Nude Figures, Raw, Horses)
"All Fours" (Animalia, Fauna, Contemporary, Original, Nude Figures, Raw, Horses)

"All Fours" (Animalia, Fauna, Contemporary, Original, Nude Figures, Raw, Horses)

By Nicholas Evans

Located in Paris, IDF

ALL FOURS 2025 Paris, France The painting shows four men on hands and knees in the foreground, their bodies merging in muted white and black tones against a plain ochre-brown backgr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Dye, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Miami Art Deco Pool, Blue Cyanotype on Paper, Abstract Shapes Water Reflections
Miami Art Deco Pool, Blue Cyanotype on Paper, Abstract Shapes Water Reflections

Miami Art Deco Pool, Blue Cyanotype on Paper, Abstract Shapes Water Reflections

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. "Miami Art Deco Pool" shows the movements of water over a tiled swimming pool floor. Details: + Title: Miami Art Deco Poo...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Lithograph, Other Medium

Offering in Bloom: Original Impressionism Floral Painting, Vase, Light, Striking
Offering in Bloom: Original Impressionism Floral Painting, Vase, Light, Striking

Offering in Bloom: Original Impressionism Floral Painting, Vase, Light, Striking

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

Title: Offering in Bloom "Offering in Bloom" is a painting that portrays a deep connection to beauty and a soft sense of calmness. An offering can be seen as a tangible gift... In t...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Other Medium

The Big Lebowski - Colorful Abstract Expressive Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
The Big Lebowski - Colorful Abstract Expressive Mixed Media Painting on Canvas

The Big Lebowski - Colorful Abstract Expressive Mixed Media Painting on Canvas

By Bruce Rubenstein

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The paintings of Bruce Rubenstein seamlessly marry sophistication with affordability. His expressive abstract landscape artwork 'The Big Lebowski' features whimsical details and vibr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

San Francisco Abstract Figurative Painting of Figures in an Asian Opera, 1998
San Francisco Abstract Figurative Painting of Figures in an Asian Opera, 1998

San Francisco Abstract Figurative Painting of Figures in an Asian Opera, 1998

Located in Soquel, CA

San Francisco Abstract Figurative Painting of Figures in an Asian Opera A semi-deconstructed abstract expressionist work in the style of Ferdinand Leger, Picasso and others. By an u...

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1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Noteworthy - Original Contemporary Expressive Geometric Abstract Metal Sculpture
Noteworthy - Original Contemporary Expressive Geometric Abstract Metal Sculpture

Noteworthy - Original Contemporary Expressive Geometric Abstract Metal Sculpture

By Granville Beals

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Inspired by dance and weightlessness, Granville Beals' industrial metal sculptures are primarily about relationships. Concerned with form and abstraction, he does not merely manipula...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Metal, Steel

Juste Milieu by Julien Guarneri - Stainless Steel Sculpture
Juste Milieu by Julien Guarneri - Stainless Steel Sculpture

Juste Milieu by Julien Guarneri - Stainless Steel Sculpture

Located in Paris, FR

Juste Milieu (2022) by Julien Guarneri Sanded stainless steel sculpture, 42 x 22 × 14 cm / 16.5 × 8.7 × 5.5 in. (Can be produced on a monumental scale - contact us for further inform...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

The Shambles in York City England Medieval Street Framed, Acrylic on Board, 2007
The Shambles in York City England Medieval Street Framed, Acrylic on Board, 2007

The Shambles in York City England Medieval Street Framed, Acrylic on Board, 2007

By Angela Wakefield

Located in Preston, GB

The Shambles in York City England Medieval Street Framed, Acrylic on Board, 2007 - a rare early work by leading British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This colourful & en...

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Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Gesso, Paint, Varnish, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Board

Dubrovnik Cityscape Croatian Landscape
Dubrovnik Cityscape Croatian Landscape

Dubrovnik Cityscape Croatian Landscape

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Romana Milutin Fabris (b.1941) Dubrovnik Cityscape with Nude Women, ca. 1970. Gouache on illustration board, 23 x 32.5 inches; 25 x 34.5 inches framed. Signed lower right. Foil frame label on verso from 1960's with 5 digit telephone number, dating this piece to ca. 1970. Romana Milutin Fabris, born in 1941 in Dubrovnik, is one such artist: unwavering, devoted, and endlessly inspired. Her artistic education began at the School of Applied Arts in Split and Zagreb, and continued at the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade, where she laid the foundations of her distinctive visual language. A pivotal moment in her formation came with an international scholarship from the Austrian government, which enabled her to study in Salzburg under the great master Oskar Kokoschka-a painter of profound expressionist vision, whose spirit echoes in Romana’s work without ever being immitated. From the outset, she forged her own path-intimate but consistent, deeply personal and unmistakably her own. In 1964, she opened her first solo exhibition at the Sponza Palace in Dubrovnik, marking the beginning of a presence on the art scene that has now spanned more than six decades. Dubrovnik occupies a special place in her work. It is not merely the city of her birth, but the city of her soul-an eternal source of inspiration. Its stone walls, austere Mediterranean light, and the lush branches of bougainvillea reappear time and again on her canvases. Through these motifs, we sense belonging, but also poetic distance-for Romana does not paint the landscape as an external scene, but as an inner experience. Her colours speak in silence, her forms exude tranquillity, and the figures in her portraits radiate a depth that reaches beyond the visible. Each painting is a page from the diary of a strong and sensitive spirit, a woman who has preserved a childlike wonder, a profound reverence for beauty, and a lifelong belief in the power of artistic expression. Romana Milutin Fabris reminds us that art is not a fleeting moment, but a lasting presence. / 1965 / FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION, SPONZA PALACE ATRIUM, DUBROVNIK · ATELIER FOR INTERIOR DESIGN MASLINA - WORK COMPLETED UNDER THE FAMOUS PAINTER MILOVAN STANIĆ...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Reclaiming Europa
Reclaiming Europa

Reclaiming Europa

Located in Zofingen, AG

This powerful mixed-media work, featuring a neoclassical portrait of Europa upon a dark, graffiti-covered bull against a chaotic neon background, explores the theme of The Sovereign ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint

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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.