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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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Abstract
R. Poch Partying Toast Blue original acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
87.-Drinks 92x92 cm original acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production company La Cos...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Vast and Intimate
Located in Atlanta, GA
Crowell's abstract paintings are in the challenging media of oil paint and cold wax. "Techniques I originated in my practice 20 years ago are now widely recognized and taught. My pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Wax, Wood Panel
R. Poch 4 Vertical colors. ."Child with ballons 2" 125x98 cm original acrylic
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Child with ballons 2. 125x98 cm original acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production co...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
"Rose Passage" abstract landscape painting in pink, sepia brown, blue, grey
Located in New York, NY
Peggy Cyphers “Rose Passage” acrylic, sand and gold leaf on canvas 36"x36"
This painting was featured in a solo exhibition of paintings at the Front Room Gallery entitled, "Passages...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Derriere Le Miroir-Page 9
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Derriere Le Miroir-Page 9
Color lithograph, 1973
From: Derriere Le Miroir, No. 201, January 1973
Unsigned (as issued)
Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris
Printer: L’Imprimerie Arte, Adr...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Birds, Lithograph by Hoi Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lebadang (aka Hoi), Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) - Birds. Medium: Lithograph on Rives BFK, signed "Hoi" and numbered in pencil, Edition: E.A., Image Size: 18 x 12.5 inches, Size: 25.5 x...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sarah Helen More, 167th & Division, quilt-inspired, bright, geometric painting
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Helen More is a Seattle-based west coast artist with an eclectic history that spans from her birthplace of Hartford, Connecticut to her hometowns of Portland, Oregon and Housto...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Panel
Departure #1
Located in Atlanta, GA
Crowell's abstract paintings are in the challenging media of oil paint and cold wax. "Techniques I originated in my practice 20 years ago are now widely recognized and taught. My pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Wax, Wood Panel
Dream On, original 30x40 abstract expressionist marine landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
From amber skies to purple mountains the brigade of trees stand guard over the inlet. In this multi-faceted abstract expressionist marine landscape, painted with many nuances of col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Overlay #2
Located in Atlanta, GA
Crowell's abstract paintings are in the challenging media of oil paint and cold wax. "Techniques I originated in my practice 20 years ago are now widely recognized and taught. My pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Wax, Wood Panel
Huge Abstract Modernist "August Series" Mixed Media Monotype Colorful Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Terence La Noue was born in Hammond, Indiana in 1941. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1964. After going to Berlin as a Fulbright Meister Student ...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Monotype
Afterglow
Located in Lawrence, NY
Like many of his compatriots of the time, Shulman transitioned from representation to abstraction in the post-WWII period as he studied with Hans Hoffman. Yet, his work, whether or a...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cross Mental sync III
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Space, beyond Faraway IV
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
A Little Red II
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Space, beyond Faraway III
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Dotting Mental Landscape VI
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
A Little pink III
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Dotting Mental Landscape V
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Dotting Mental Landscape IV
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Croire au Destin - Green Teal Abstract Floral Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from an immersive and impressionistic interpretation of nature, Canadian artist Vé Boisvert paints textural original artworks that capture the fleeting effects of...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled" Abstract, Straight Edge, Colorist, Abstract Squares and Rectangles
By Doug Ohlson
Located in New York, NY
Doug Ohlson
Untitled, 1978
Signed, dated, and inscribed "For Michael" on the reverse
Acrylic on canvas
18 x 18 inches
Doug Ohlson was born in 1936 in Cherokee, Iowa and died in 201...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
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
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
Coral Bouquet - Abstracted Underwater Scene in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Coral Bouquet - Abstracted Underwater Scene in Acrylic on Masonite
High contrast abstract composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). Vibrant scene composed of abstract shapes ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Climb (Gestural Abstract, Pastel, Toned-Down, Pink, Gray, ~31% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kelley Carman
Climb (Gestural Abstract, Pastel, Toned-Down, Pink, Gray)
Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2024
Size: 13.5 x 10.5 inches
Framed Size: 20 x 17 inches
Signed and titled
COA provid...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
A Little pink II
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Mid Century 1960's Original Colorful Abstract Woodblock Circles Geometric
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original Mid Century woodblock print titled "Three Suns" by American artist Toma Yovanovich. Hand signed in pencil and numbered 9 out of an edition of 20.
Tovanovich's work is f...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Woodcut
A Little Red I
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Cave Drama" Abstract Surrealism, Surrealist landscape, Modernism
By Boris Margo
Located in New York, NY
Boris Margo
Cave Drama, 1938
Signed and dated lower left
Oil on canvas
22 x 30 inches
Best known as a painter of surrealist imagery, Boris Margo was born in Wolotschisk, Ukraine, i...
Category
1930s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Light and Shadow
Located in Atlanta, GA
Crowell's abstract paintings are in the challenging media of oil paint and cold wax. "Techniques I originated in my practice 20 years ago are now widely recognized and taught. My pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Wax, Wood Panel
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
"Night Transitions" by James Rosenquist, 1985
Located in Hinsdale, IL
JAMES ROSENQUIST
(B. 1933)
"Night Transitions"
12 color lithograph on Arches, 1985
Catalog #204
Sheet size: 47” x 30”
Printers Proof 2/4 – full edition of 35, and 7 AP
Signed, ...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
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
Look At Me #3 Contemporary Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Look At Me #3 Contemporary Original Abstract Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel
The Look At Me series references society’s hunger for attention. Social media, news outlets, and the pres...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Green Oval, Lowell Nesbitt - Painting
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: Green Oval
Year: 1962
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 48 x 28 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Signed, dated, titled by the artist, verso
LO...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Alizarin Orionids" Abstract Watercolor, Work on Paper, Abstract forms
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
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
Bridge (Abstract Painting in Blue & Green by James O'Shea)
By James O'Shea
Located in Hudson, NY
Bridge, 2024
oil on canvas
27.5 x 39.5 inches with a natural maple floater frame
Predominantly painted in blue and green, this abstract work by James O'Shea is vivacious while delic...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jumping Jack, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
My recent abstract art explores the theme of networks. In this series, I use painted networks to create a single result from its many individual lines. I use a network of random line...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
'Poppy Fields' by Lori Poncsak - Orange and Green Bright Abstract Expressionism
Located in Carmel, CA
'Poppy Fields' by Lori Poncsak is a mesmerizing 48" x 60" acrylic on canvas that embodies the essence of abstract expressionism. This artwork uses a palette dominated by shades of gr...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
Ruz 15 Light and Black Background - Abstract Acrylic on paper Painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
abstract. light and black background
Original artwork by Spanish artist Rafael Ruz. virtual frame
Acrylic on paper in perfect condition.
RUZ, Rafael (Barcelona 1956)
While contempl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Rare print for Very Special Arts Gallery (hand signed by Frank Stella) Framed
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella
Untitled, for the Very Special Arts Gallery (Hand Signed by Frank Stella), 1992
Offset lithograph on thin board (hand signed)
Frame included:: elegantly floated and fra...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset, Ink
Cherry Blossoms, Lithograph by Hoi Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lebadang (aka Hoi), Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) - Cherry Blossoms. Year: circa 1970, Medium: Lithograph on Handmade paper, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 29 x 21 in. (73.66 x 53....
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
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
'Continuance' by Lori Poncsak - Blue and Pink Splatter Abstract Expressionism
Located in Carmel, CA
'Continuance' by Lori Poncsak is a stunning 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas that masterfully illustrates the fluidity and depth of abstract expressionism. This artwork features a rich ta...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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 right, signed dated and titled on the back
Georges Ferrato (born in 1949 in Aix-en-Pr...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Flowers on Table, Lithograph by Hoi Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lebadang (aka Hoi), Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) - Flowers on Table. Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 18 x 12.5 inches, Frame Size: 23 x ...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Crossing Bridge, Lithograph by Hoi Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lebadang (aka Hoi), Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) - Crossing Bridge. Year: circa 1970, Medium: Lithograph, signed Hoi and numbered in pencil, Edition: 38/250, Image Size: 21.25 x 16 inch...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Nude with Two Cats, Etching by Hoi Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lebadang (aka Hoi), Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) - Nude with Two Cats. Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching with Relief, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 9.5 x 10 in. (24.13 x 25.4 cm)
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
Wine Glass with Flowers, Lithograph by Hoi Lebadang
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lebadang (aka Hoi), Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) - Wine Glass with Flowers. Year: circa 1970, Medium: Lithograph on Handmade paper, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 29 x 21 in. (73....
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
China Dog, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
“China Dogâ€
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Almost Touching (Gestural Abstract, Whitewash, Pastel, ~43% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kelley Carman
Almost Touching (Gestural Abstract, Whitewash, Pastel, Yellow, Pink, Gray)
Acrylic on Birch Panel
Year: 2024
Size: 11.5 x 23.5 inches
Framed Size: 19 x 31 inches
Signe...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Birch, Acrylic, Panel
Sea Cliffs 7 (Hand-printed 40 x 20 inch abstract cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
Though it resembles a giant abstract watercolor painting owing to its soft gradations and luminous quality, this is a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram
Wading in Blue, Diptych, Painting, Abstract, Blue, White, Acrylic, Oil Stick
Located in Riverdale, NY
Wading in Blue is an abstract painting, a diptych, filled with blues, pink, and white by Australian artist, Jill Morton. It is 40x60 (each panel is 40 x 30), acrylic and oil stick ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Soleil rouge (Red Sun)
By Raoul Lazar
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Soleil rouge (Red Sun)
Etching and embossing, c. 1974
Signed and editioned in pencil by the artist (see photos)
Condition: Paper has yellowed. There is a white square at top of shee...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
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