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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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Love Loves Silence - Abstract Figurative Blue Tone Textured Impasto Painting
Love Loves Silence - Abstract Figurative Blue Tone Textured Impasto Painting

Love Loves Silence - Abstract Figurative Blue Tone Textured Impasto 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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (6)
Untitled (6)

Untitled (6)

By John von Wicht

Located in Columbia, MO

Signed recto, Signed and titled verso. John von Wicht (German-American, 1888 - 1970) was a painter and printmaker whose abstract works evolved from European modernism t...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

Bold Abstract and Figurative Composition in Blue and red Acrylic on Paper
Bold Abstract and Figurative Composition in Blue and red Acrylic on Paper

Bold Abstract and Figurative Composition in Blue and red Acrylic on Paper

By Ricardo de Silva

Located in Soquel, CA

Bold Abstract and Figurative Composition in Blue and red Acrylic on Paper Bright and colorful abstracted figural painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Bra...

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1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Return to Forever - Large Original Abstract Expressionism Painting on Canvas
Return to Forever - Large Original Abstract Expressionism Painting on Canvas

Return to Forever - Large Original Abstract Expressionism Painting on Canvas

By Bruce Rubenstein

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The paintings of Bruce Rubenstein seamlessly marry sophistication with affordability. His original art merges the creative attitudes of the two distinct art hot spots of New York and...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

United! Original Mixed Media Painting, Warm, Colorful, Maximalism, Large, Bold
United! Original Mixed Media Painting, Warm, Colorful, Maximalism, Large, Bold

United! Original Mixed Media Painting, Warm, Colorful, Maximalism, Large, Bold

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

Title: United! Original Painting Colorful Conversation Bold Statement Invest Artwork Maximalism Best In this mixed media artwork, with the array of bright colors, unity is expresse...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Gesso, Canvas, Stretcher Bars

“Let’s Play”
“Let’s Play”

“Let’s Play”

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting "Let’s Play" immerses the viewer in a playful world, inviting them into a fairy tale reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. The girl holds a small rabbit tightly in her arm...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Conrad Marca-Relli Composition 2 - 1977
Conrad Marca-Relli Composition 2 - 1977

Conrad Marca-Relli Composition 2 - 1977

By Conrad Marca-Relli 1

Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Conrad Marca-Relli Composition 2 64/75 Mixed media on guarro paper Poligrafa Edition Numbered out of 75 and signed in pencil by the artist Circa 1977 76 x 56 Perfect condition 110...

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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Bacon, Le Boeuf, 1986

Bacon, Le Boeuf, 1986

By Francis Bacon

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: After Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Title: Le Boeuf, exhibition poster Year: 1986 Medium: Offset Lithograph on premium paper Size: 30.75 x 18 inches Condition: Excellent Notes: Published by Foundation Maeght FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992) Francis Bacon has a distinctive style as a figure painter. In his mature style, developed in the 1950s, the paintings include images of either friends or lovers, or images of people found in movie stills...

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1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Landscape
French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Landscape

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Landscape

By Francine Ledieu

Located in Paris, IDF

Gouache on craft paper Francine Ledieu is a French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who specialized in Sacred art. In the ’80s, Francine was a student of Jean Bertholle from the Saint Roch Academy. The artist had personal exhibitions at Maison Mansart from 1989 to 1993 and at Étienne de Causans Gallery in 1997. In 1998 & 2009 she exhibited at La Petite Galerie. Francien Ledieu had three exhibitions at La Capitale Gallery in 2001, 2004, and 2007. She also showed her paintings at L’Oeil du Huit in 2011, 2013, 2016 & 2019. She participated in many group exhibitions as at Strasbourg Contemporary Art Fair in 2005. She exhibited also at Réalités Nouvelles in 2006, 2007, 2010 & 2011. She also worked in stained glass and mosaics in France. She achieved artworks in 1963 at Saint-Henri Pontoise chapel, Saint-Pierre des Louvrais church in Pontoise in 1969 & Mosaic in the same year at Jean Moulin...

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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Dreaming Abstract Painting, Large Square Canvas, Original
Dreaming Abstract Painting, Large Square Canvas, Original

Dreaming Abstract Painting, Large Square Canvas, Original

By Kathleen Rhee

Located in COOMERA, QLD

Dreaming A large square canvas abstract expressionist painting from Magical and Mystical Collection, Ethereal abstracts delicately layered in soft hues, inviting contemplation and e...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Sunny Day 2 - Abstract Figurative Still Life Landscape Textured Impasto Painting
Sunny Day 2 - Abstract Figurative Still Life Landscape Textured Impasto Painting

Sunny Day 2 - Abstract Figurative Still Life Landscape Textured Impasto 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

Inner Relief
Inner Relief

Inner Relief

Located in Zofingen, AG

“Inner Relief” From the series “Between States” This work explores the landscape as a reflection of an inner state — a space where emotional, bodily, and psychological processes eme...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Contemporary Interior Scene Oil Painting "Sara's Salon" by Amy Dixon

Contemporary Interior Scene Oil Painting "Sara's Salon" by Amy Dixon

By Amy Dixon

Located in Atlanta, GA

Rich with atmosphere and painterly charm, Sara's Salon captures an intimate interior bathed in shifting light. Amy Dixon's expressive brushwork and nuanced palette transform an every...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

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

Neptune - Stormy Ocean Abstract Blue Sea Nature Invigorating Painting Art Energy
Neptune - Stormy Ocean Abstract Blue Sea Nature Invigorating Painting Art Energy

Neptune - Stormy Ocean Abstract Blue Sea Nature Invigorating Painting Art Energy

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

Title: Neptune Stormy Ocean Abstract Blue Sea Nature Invigorating Painting Art Energy In this painting, I've channeled the tempestuous power of the ocean's depths. While I creat...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Stretcher Bars

Palimpseste- Large Black Abstract Library Painting – Oil on Canvas –Contemporary
Palimpseste- Large Black Abstract Library Painting – Oil on Canvas –Contemporary

Palimpseste- Large Black Abstract Library Painting – Oil on Canvas –Contemporary

By SOPHIE DUMONT

Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR

Title: Palimpsest Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 100 x 100 cm 39.37 x 39.37 in (canvas only), 107 x 107 cm 42.12 x 42.12 in framed Year: 2025 Framing: Black wooden floater frame ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Aquatic Resonance, Abstract Painting
Aquatic Resonance, Abstract Painting

Aquatic Resonance, Abstract Painting

By Mandy Main

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
An abstract seascape painting in various shades of blue, green, and aqua suggests a harbor scene. The serene and misty atmosphere evokes a sense of quiet reflec...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Abstract 2434
Abstract 2434

Abstract 2434

By Alex Senchenko

Located in Zofingen, AG

In creating this artwork, I harnessed the raw energy of nature's very own clash of calm and chaos. Swirls of soothing blues and shocking whites mirror the tranquility and turmoil fou...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled #14, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Untitled #14, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Untitled #14, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By John Kilduff

Located in Yardley, PA

Large abstract painting on Linen using acrylic markers and acrylic paint. Painting will be shipped rolled. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative
Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative

Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative

By Marguerite Blasingame

Located in Soquel, CA

Na Kumuwaiwai Hohonu, Underwater Spirt - Hawaiian Symbolist Figurative Hawaiian symbolist nocturnal figurative of glowing whispy figure underwater with mountains and red coral garden by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...

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1940s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Abstract in Coral and Jade', American School
'Abstract in Coral and Jade', American School

'Abstract in Coral and Jade', American School

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Signed center right "J. Haigh" (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975. An elegant, cabinet-size, American School abstract comprising fragmented structural areas of goldenro...

Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

The Hush of Winter, Abstract Oil Painting
The Hush of Winter, Abstract Oil Painting

The Hush of Winter, Abstract Oil Painting

By Jenn Williamson

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A quiet, enveloping atmosphere emerges. The abstract scene evokes the stillness of winter days when hushed sound and landscape rest within a veil of calm. Subtl...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

“Seagame”
“Seagame”

“Seagame”

By Syd Solomon

Located in Southampton, NY

0riginal acrylic on panel painting by the well known American artist, Syd Solomon. Signed Syd Solomon lower center. Signed and dated Syd Solomon 1971 and inscribed as titled on the reverse. 30 × 24 inches. Condition is very good, no issues. The painting is framed in its original wood with silver reveal floating frame. Overall framed measurements are 32.5 by 26.75 inches. Provenance: A private collector. American, 1917-2004 SYD SOLOMON BIOGRAPHY: Written by Dr. Lisa Peters/Berry Campbell Gallery Syd Solomon was born near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1917. He began painting in high school in Wilkes-Barre, where he was also a star football player. After high school, he worked in advertising and took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the war effort and was assigned to the First Camouflage Battalion, the 924th Engineer Aviation Regiment of the US Army. He used his artistic skills to create camouflage instruction manuals utilized throughout the Army. He married Ann Francine Cohen in late 1941. Soon thereafter, in early 1942, the couple moved to Fort Ord in California where he was sent to camouflage the coast to protect it from possible aerial bombings. Sent overseas in 1943, Solomon did aerial reconnaissance over Holland. Solomon was sent to Normandy early in the invasion where his camouflage designs provided protective concealment for the transport of supplies for men who had broken through the enemy line. Solomon was considered one of the best camoufleurs in the Army, receiving among other commendations, five bronze stars. Solomon often remarked that his camouflage experience during World War II influenced his ideas about abstract art. At the end of the War, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Because Solomon suffered frostbite during the Battle of the Bulge, he could not live in cold climates, so he and Annie chose to settle in Sarasota, Florida, after the War. Sarasota was home to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and soon Solomon became friends with Arthur Everett “Chick” Austin, Jr., the museum’s first Director. In the late 1940s, Solomon experimented with new synthetic media, the precursors to acrylic paints provided to him by chemist Guy Pascal, who was developing them. Victor D’Amico, the first Director of Education for the Museum of Modern Art, recognized Solomon as the first artist to use acrylic paint. His early experimentation with this medium as well as other media put him at the forefront of technical innovations in his generation. He was also one of the first artists to use aerosol sprays and combined them with resists, an innovation influenced by his camouflage experience. Solomon’s work began to be acknowledged nationally in 1952. He was included in American Watercolors, Drawings and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From 1952–1962, Solomon’s work was discovered by the cognoscenti of the art world, including the Museum of Modern Art Curators, Dorothy C. Miller and Peter Selz, and the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Director, John I. H. Baur. He had his first solo show in New York at the Associated American Artists Gallery in 1955 with “Chick” Austin, Jr. writing the essay for the exhibition. In the summer of 1955, the Solomons visited East Hampton, New York, for the first time at the invitation of fellow artist David Budd. There, Solomon met and befriended many of the artists of the New York School, including Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, James Brooks, Alfonso Ossorio, and Conrad Marca-Relli. By 1959, and for the next thirty-five years, the Solomons split the year between Sarasota (in the winter and spring) and the Hamptons (in the summer and fall). In 1959, Solomon began showing regularly in New York City at the Saidenberg Gallery with collector Joseph Hirshhorn buying three paintings from Solomon’s first show. At the same time, his works entered the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Wadsworth Athenaeum in Hartford, Connecticut, among others. Solomon also began showing at Signa Gallery in East Hampton and at the James David Gallery in Miami run by the renowned art dealer, Dorothy Blau. In 1961, the Guggenheim Museum’s H. H. Arnason bestowed to him the Silvermine Award at the 13th New England Annual. Additionally, Thomas Hess of ARTnews magazine chose Solomon as one of the ten outstanding painters of the year. At the suggestion of Alfred H. Barr, Jr., the Museum of Modern Art’s Director, the John and Mable Ringling Museum in Sarasota began its contemporary collection by purchasing Solomon’s painting, Silent World, 1961. Solomon became influential in the Hamptons and in Florida during the 1960s. In late 1964, he created the Institute of Fine Art at the New College in Sarasota. He is credited with bringing many nationally known artists to Florida to teach, including Larry Rivers, Philip Guston, James Brooks, and Conrad Marca-Relli. Later Jimmy Ernst, John Chamberlain, James Rosenquist, and Robert Rauschenberg settled near Solomon in Florida. In East Hampton, the Solomon home was the epicenter of artists and writers who spent time in the Hamptons, including Alfred Leslie, Jim Dine, Ibram Lassaw, Saul Bellow, Barney Rosset, Arthur Kopit, and Harold Rosenberg. In 1970, Solomon, along with architect Gene Leedy, one of the founders of the Sarasota School of Architecture, built an award-winning precast concrete and glass house and studio on the Gulf of Mexico near Midnight Pass in Sarasota. Because of its siting, it functioned much like Monet’s home in Giverny, France. Open to the sky, sea, and shore with inside and outside studios, Solomon was able to fully solicit all the environmental forces that influenced his work. His friend, the art critic Harold Rosenberg, said Solomon’s best work was produced in the period he lived on the beach. During 1974 and 1975, a retrospective exhibition of Solomon’s work was held at the New York Cultural Center and traveled to the John and Mable Ringling Museum in Sarasota. Writer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. conducted an important interview with Solomon for the exhibition catalogue. The artist was close to many writers, including Harold Rosenberg, Joy Williams, John D. McDonald, Budd Schulberg, Elia Kazan, Betty Friedan...

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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Panel, Acrylic

Quiet Serenade - abstracted figurative art - underwater expressive oil painting
Quiet Serenade - abstracted figurative art - underwater expressive oil painting

Quiet Serenade - abstracted figurative art - underwater expressive oil painting

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract portraints 2
Abstract portraints 2

Abstract portraints 2

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Abstract portraits, Colours of life. Bright interior work, a surge of desire to live, write, produce new art works, a continuation of life, positive energy

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Huge French Contemporary Modernist Colourful Market Scene Oil Painting
Huge French Contemporary Modernist Colourful Market Scene Oil Painting

Huge French Contemporary Modernist Colourful Market Scene Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Colourful Market Scene signed by Jacqueline VERDET (French, 1931-2023) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 45.5 x 35 inches condition: the work is in overall very sound and good...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

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Canvas, Oil

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