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
Returnable Items Only
blau - bunt
Located in Berlin, DE
Jürgen Reichert - Maler
Freischaffender Künstler, Farbflächenmalerei, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin.
blau - bunt
2019
Acryl auf Leinwand
180 x 150 cm
Jürgen Reichert, 1953 in Mannhei...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Suite
Located in Berlin, DE
Jürgen Reichert - Maler
Freischaffender Künstler, Farbflächenmalerei, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin.
Suite
2015
Acryl auf Leinwand
170 x 140 cm
Jürgen Reichert, 1953 in Mannheim gebo...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Siluetas
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pigments, varnishes and various elements
to create imprecise special shapes
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Mea Culpa #26
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
The Mea Culpa series is more about feeling than a specific vision. I attempt to use mark-making, color, and surface to explore the emotions I need to convey. I never know when they w...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
o.T. (2201)
Located in Berlin, DE
Jürgen Reichert - Maler
Freischaffender Künstler, Farbflächenmalerei, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin.
o.T. (2201)
2019
Acryl auf Leinwand
50 x 60 cm
Jürgen Reichert, 1953 in Mannheim ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
La romana
Located in Barcelona, ES
It is a limited series of 5 copies. Printing on 315gr fine art paper with a white border of around 2 cm. Color photography mixed media digital collage.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
A Love Letter
Located in New York, NY
2023, Oil & cold wax on wood panel
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
o.T. (kleines Feld)
Located in Berlin, DE
Jürgen Reichert - Maler
Freischaffender Künstler, Farbflächenmalerei, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin.
o.T.
2015
Eitempera auf Leinwand
120 x 120 cm
Jürgen Reichert, 1953 in Mannheim g...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Egg Tempera
Manhattan Day 3
Located in New York, NY
2023, Acrylic on Canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The glare, constructive painting of visions of a dream.
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Constructive Figurative Painting 37" x 24" inch by Ion Xiua. Mixed technique. Oil on canvas made with professional Winsor & Newton colors protected with gloss varnish with UV protect...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Arlequina
Located in Barcelona, ES
It is a limited series of 5 copies. Printing on 315gr fine art paper with a white border of around 2 cm. Color photography mixed media digital collage.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Inisheer Lighthouse, Aran Islands, Co Galway
Located in Belfast, GB
Inisheer Lighthouse, Aran Islands, Co Galway
Oil on Board
24 x 32 in
61 x 81.3 cm
"Painting is trial and error, somewhere between this there is a balance in which a painting will wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Tears of a Striped Elephant
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oil painting on canvas.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Macro Leaf
Located in Norwalk, CT
This image is part of my Floraphilia portfolio that has been an ongoing visual exploration for over two decades. A B&W portfolio was first published in Lenswork Magazine in 2010, a s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Girl with Headphone
Located in New York, NY
2017, Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sparta Lilies
By Mark Schiff
Located in New York, NY
2023, Mixed media on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Poipu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition 6/15
Archival pigment print
“Water’s Edge” a collection of photos by Marian Crostic defines the power of the ocean
and the land which borders it. Having spent much of her l...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Heart
Located in New York, NY
2022, Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Green swamp path 2
Located in Southampton, NY
The latest in the wide world of J. Oscar Molina's "Children of the World" Collection--a profound color driven body of paintings in assorted sizes and mediums which have been inspired...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Formes Suspeses - 21st Century, Abstract Art, Cement on Wood, Earth Tones
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
"The constant search for matter with its limitations has led me to work with different elements throughout my career, but it is now with cement, waxes and tar that I have found my ow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Concrete
Ocean Blue
Located in New York, NY
2019, Collage on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Vis
By Holly Addi
Located in Sausalito, CA
"There is a constant internal back and forth, and it's a huge part of my creative process. I'm simultaneously creating space for dialogue and following the lead of the piece, and to...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Two Stallions and a Blond
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oil painting on canvas.
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
imposter Syndrome
Located in New York, NY
2023, Digital print on fine art paper
Limited edition of 8
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Digital
The Mysterious flight of a Unicorn
Located in Barcelona, ES
Oil painting on canvas.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Drift Away
Located in New York, NY
2022, Collage on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Summer Dream III
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas
43x 86in unstretched
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pon...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
item #5 from series "Mystère de la Caverne de Platon"
Located in CHÂTILLON-EN-DIOIS, FR
The large-format canvases evoke quivering universes of life. Aquatic, green universes, improbable landscapes are structured by discovering the rhythmic compositions that evoke a real...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
item #4 from series "Jeux de glace"
Located in CHÂTILLON-EN-DIOIS, FR
Imaginary landscape
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
The Movement Of Trees In The wind
Located in Jönköping, SE
This painting is part of a series titled Wander, Wonder and Recall. The series is about movement. The movement of wind and water in nature. Have you ever just stopped and listened t...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Acrylic
Joy
Located in New York, NY
2023, Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Crack the Sky
Located in New York, NY
2023, Oil & cold wax on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Wax, Oil
The World Seen from the Inside
Located in New York, NY
2022, Print on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Printer's Ink
Miners Lamp
Located in Southampton, NY
This is a masterful example of J. Oscar Molina's one-of-a-kind lamps, a signed original edition that lets you expand your fine art collection on a practical note. Each lamp shows th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Walk in the Park
Located in New York, NY
2021, Mixed media on board
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Passing Through
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edition 2/15
Archival pigment print
“Water’s Edge” a collection of photos by Marian Crostic defines the power of the ocean
and the land which borders it. Having spent much of her l...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
On Shaky Ground
Located in New York, NY
2023, Metal print
Limited edition of 8
Sets of 4, 8, 12, or 16 also available, please inquire
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
Mea Culpa #1
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
The Mea Culpa series is more about feeling than a specific vision. I attempt to use mark-making, color, and surface to explore the emotions I need to convey. I never know when they w...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Plantage
Located in Berlin, DE
Hans Bohlmann
Plantage
2015
Acryl auf Leinwand
50 x 60 cm
Hans Bohlmann studierte von 1991 bis 1996 Malerei- und Grafik an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig bei Pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Scar Tactics
Located in New York, NY
2023, metal print
Limited edition of 8
Sets of 4, 8, 12, or 16 also available, please inquire
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
A GARDEN FOR ICARO - Etching on paper signed Gaetano Carboni, Italy 1970
Located in Napoli, IT
Etching on paper, signed Gaetano Carboni
A painter and engraver, Gaetano Carboni was born in 1928 in Ascoli Piceno and, between 1940 and 1950, implemented his first figurative experi...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Love in the NY City
Located in New York, NY
2017, Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moonlight through the Woods - 21st Cent., Oil, abstract, night, blue, gold leaf
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists continue ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Creation
Located in New York, NY
2023, Acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Frenzied Pedestrians at Crosswalk Times Square - Street Photography Literally
Located in Miami, FL
Street Photographer Mitchell Funk nabs the frenetic energy of Times Square, where the streets are as over-stuffed as the billboards. They are one and the same and powered by an ele...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Power Are My Words #5 Contemporary Original Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
Power Are My Words
This series looks at the emotion around words. The way we use words can be uplifting or hurtful, empowering or degrading. Words have always been a tool to suppres...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil, Pencil
#26, Joseph Albers Color Aid Paper Collage, Pastel & Optical Illusion Grid
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Colors appear connected predominantly in space. Therefore, as constellations they can be seen in any direction and at any speed. And as they remain, we can return to them repeatedly...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper
Kaleidoscope #3
Located in New York, NY
2023, Collage on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Tampoco imagine ver paisajes flotantes, acrylic on wooden panel, soccer painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Artist Statement on “Empty Landscapes” series:
In the life of the artist, sport fields and arenas have been a refuge and a home. Empty Landscapes is a project that started during the pandemic which explores the football field as a place de-peopled. Among other things we never imagined happening in our lifetime, this space built into our landscapes to be occupied became for nearly a year and a half a space inaccessible- even prohibited. By placing the field vertically, deconstructing it, or rearranging the boundaries and shapes that lay down the foundations of the game the artist creates a familiar, but obsolete representation of a space treasured by so many.
About the artist:
Magdalena Paz...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Translucid Territories 6: Eye
Located in New York, NY
2011, Fine art paper, mounted on aluminum
Limited edition of 20
Unframed prints and custom sizes available, please inquire.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Sea Change
Located in New York, NY
2022, Collage on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Box of 64 with Built-in Sharpener" - Abstract Contemporary Painting 2022
Located in San Diego, CA
An original, fine art, abstract painting, "Box of 64 with Built-in Sharpener" is a playful, contemporary work for the child in us all. The painting features brilliant red, orange, ye...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Charcoal, Crayon, Acrylic, Graphite
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Engraving
W.T.C: Concrete Abstract#11
By Shai Kremer
Located in New York, NY
Shai Kremer lives and works in New York. He completed his MFA studies at the School of Visual Arts (S.V.A) in Manhattan.
For many years, Kremer's eye has been drawn to themes of urban destruction and reconstruction and to landscapes evidencing trauma. These concerns merged in his ambitious series W.T.C: Concrete Abstract, which explores the impact of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. For more than a decade, Kremer made periodic visits to Ground Zero, focusing his camera on the efforts towards recovery, repair, and renewal. As a collection, Concrete Abstract conveys the gradual progression from tragedy towards healing.
Each large-scale archival pigment print in the series is composed from as many as sixty to 100 overlapping images, resulting in a subtle collage that invites closer inspection while also reading as a unified whole.
W.T.C: Concrete Abstract series was shown in the following venues:
9.11 Memorial Museum New York
Museum of the City of New York
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
The Brooklyn Academy of Music
Photolux Festival. Lucca, Italy
FMoPa. Tampa, USA
Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Robert Koch Gallery...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink
Monologue Serie #1
Located in Singapore, SG
A reflection of the artist when he finds himself in dialogue with himself regarding many things in life, even death. As we get older, there are more and more burdens and responsibili...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orange and White
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Shingo Francis grew up in Los Angeles, immersed in the intense light and vast ocean vistas of life in southern California. Like many LA artists, Francis be...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Republic of Haut Bay II
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Danielle Eubank is a painter who is exploring the relationship between abstraction and realism. Based on the oceans of the world, her abstract oil paintings are modern and emotive.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Renneth Over
Located in New York, NY
2021, Photograph on aluminum
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Film
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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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