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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
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Colorful Stories" by Masri - Large Gestural Contemporary Abstract Expressionist
"Colorful Stories" by Masri - Large Gestural Contemporary Abstract Expressionist

"Colorful Stories" by Masri - Large Gestural Contemporary Abstract Expressionist

By Masri Hayssam

Located in Carmel, CA

Masri (Lebanese, born 1965) "Colorful Stories" 2018 Acrylic paint, Oil paint, Mixed Media, Canvas, Stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the painting. "Colorful Stories" by M...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Untitled (Geometric Abstraction Minimalism, ~60% OFF LIST PRICE)
Untitled (Geometric Abstraction Minimalism, ~60% OFF LIST PRICE)

Untitled (Geometric Abstraction Minimalism, ~60% OFF LIST PRICE)

By Max Bill

Located in Kansas City, MO

Max Bill Composition with white center Color silkscreen Year: 1972 Edition: Edition for "Look at" Size: 23.3 × 23.3 inches Unsigned, unknown edition size (pres. ~2,000) - sometimes a...

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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Original Abstract Painting on Canvas "Volcanic Eruption" , Signed, Framed
Original Abstract Painting on Canvas "Volcanic Eruption" , Signed, Framed

Original Abstract Painting on Canvas "Volcanic Eruption" , Signed, Framed

Located in Palm Coast, FL

This is an expressive original acrylic painting on canvas in a fantasy abstract style by Alan Nolan (American Artist) Titled "Volcanic Eruption" Bright colors make this painting ver...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

The Taste of Wild Honey
The Taste of Wild Honey

The Taste of Wild Honey

Located in Zofingen, AG

The Taste of Wild Honey This work is part of the Infinity Map series, dedicated to exploring the inner world and the search for personal answers. Different facets of the inner self ...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Composition (Edition 209/220)
Composition (Edition 209/220)

Composition (Edition 209/220)

By Maurice Élie Sarthou

Located in New York, NY

Maurice Élie Sarthou (French, 1911-1999) "Composition" Edition 209/220, Abstract Lithograph signed and numbered in Pencil, 18.50 x 24.63, Late 20th Century, ca. 1960s Colors: Green, Black, Yellow, Purple, Orange Sarthou was born in Bayonne on January 15, 1911; an orphan following the death of his father during the First World War, he was raised by his mother and grandfather in Montpellier. After high school, in 1927, he obtained the authorization to enter the Beaux-Arts of the city provided he prepared architecture. After a year, he persuades his family to let him study at the painting studio. He first attended a training at the School of Fine Arts in Montpellier; Then in 1930, a fellow of the city of Montpellier as the ward of the nation, he entered the Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1934, birth of Francine, his daughter. To make a living, he introduces himself to the drawing faculty. He was appointed to Bastia, then in 1937 to Bordeaux. In 1939, 1940 and 1941, he made war in the transmissions. In 1943, he became a member of the Société des Artistes Indépendants Bordelais, which regularly organizes exhibitions of Parisian artists (Bissière, Lhote, Walch, etc.); this has a positive influence on him; Artistic emulation allows him to assert his style even more intensely. In 1948 he met the writer Raymond Guérin who introduced him to Maurice Toesca, Marcel Arland and, later, Jean Paulhan. In 1950, he illustrated Raymond Guérin's book "Testamentary fragment". In 1949 he was chosen by Jacques Lassaigne, who came to Bordeaux to preside over the regional selection of the Prix de la Jeune Peinture. He won the price Drouant, the first mention of the price (fourth prize on more than 90 competitors, including Lagrange, Lapoujade, Rebeyrolle, also mentioned). In the jury, Gaston Diehl noticed him and invited him to the Salon de Mai of which he is the founder. It is the first manifestation of Sarthou with the Parisian public with two paintings: "Still life" and "Open window". He will participate in this show until 1963. He moved to Paris in 1950, where he was appointed professor of drawing at Lycée Henri IV, which allowed him to exhibit in the salons of the capital and to be more recognized. From 1950, around Jean Paulhan, meet at the arena of Lutetia, on Sunday morning, to play bowls: Maurice Toesca, Jerome Lindon, Yves Berger...

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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Quiet Vision, Abstract Painting
Quiet Vision, Abstract Painting

Quiet Vision, Abstract Painting

By Alicia Dunn

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
An expansive abstract view of vast blue rolling hills by artist Alicia Dunn. "I wanted to create a dreamscape that would resemble a landscape, or a landscape ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

(r)evolution 31 (Abstract painting)
(r)evolution 31 (Abstract painting)

(r)evolution 31 (Abstract painting)

By Tracey Adams

Located in London, GB

(r)evolution 31 (Abstract painting) Pigmented Beeswax, Oil & Collage on Panel. Unframed. This painting is part of a series titled (r)evolution which started in 2014. This process...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Wax, Oil, Wood Panel, Pigment

Zig Zag 16-3-2 - Original Modern Oil Painting Geometric Stripes with Texture
Zig Zag 16-3-2 - Original Modern Oil Painting Geometric Stripes with Texture

Zig Zag 16-3-2 - Original Modern Oil Painting Geometric Stripes with Texture

By Petra Rös-Nickel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Petra Rös-Nickel’s original paintings merge playful forms, bright colors and architectural compositions in oil and mixed media on canvas. Her contemporary artworks contain rich textu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

"Red on black 3"
"Red on black 3"

"Red on black 3"

By Iryna Iskra

Located in Edinburgh, GB

"Spilled Wine" Spilled wine is an accident, a mistake, a moment after which everything changed. This is life, which we cannot control and cannot predict. A little drama, a little com...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape, Woodstock painting, contemporary art.
Landscape, Woodstock painting, contemporary art.

Landscape, Woodstock painting, contemporary art.

By Arthur Pinajian

Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA

Untitled Landscape, Woodstock, 1969 Oil on canvas, signed by Arthur Pinajian on the lower right. Includes a certificate of authenticity from the Estate of Arthur Pinajian. Arthur Pin...

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1950s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Path of Memories
Path of Memories

Path of Memories

Located in Zofingen, AG

This work explores memory as a path shaped not only by events, but also by people, encounters, and inner transformation. It speaks about how, when we look back, we begin to see a com...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Reconstruction, Abstract Painting
Reconstruction, Abstract Painting

Reconstruction, Abstract Painting

By Dorothy Gaziano

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Several shades of blue sweep across a lightly textured background. Bits of orange highlight the focal point, adding warmth to the composition. Sections of gray ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

"Blue Moon Landing" Mixed Media Painting
"Blue Moon Landing" Mixed Media Painting

"Blue Moon Landing" Mixed Media Painting

By Patrick Burns

Located in Chicago, IL

This mixed-media painting by contemporary artist Patrick Burns is a departure from his "Concrete Gardens" flower paintings, yet continues his use of heavy texture and reverberating, ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Concrete

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on board unframed: 7.75 x 7.75 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we have fo...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

White lacqured foldes
White lacqured foldes

White lacqured foldes

By Svetlana Saratova

Located in Zofingen, AG

An original textured artwork handcrafted on canvas using clay, acrylic, and a glossy finish. The sculptural forms, rendered in pure white, evoke the graceful flow of draped fabric, c...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Clay, Canvas, Acrylic

Improvisation abstract African-American artist painting.
Improvisation abstract African-American artist painting.

Improvisation abstract African-American artist painting.

By Roland Ayers

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Roland Ayers (1932-2017). Improvisation, 2nd Series, #5. Ink on paper, measures 19 x 24 inches. Unframed and unmounted. Signed and dated lower right, titled lower left. There are a few minor areas of loss in margins as depicted in close-up photos. Additionally, there a a few minor tears in margins. Ayers holds the distinction of having participated in the first important survey of African-Americans, Contemporary Black Artists in America, a 1971 show at The Whitney. Biography: Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively. In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery. During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic. A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe. Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content. Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...

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1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Royal Curtain, Gene Davis
Royal Curtain, Gene Davis

Royal Curtain, Gene Davis

By Gene Davis

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Gene Davis (1920-1985) Title: Royal Curtain Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 41/250, plus proofs Size: 30 x 21.5 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Sig...

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1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 11.75 x 11.75 inches condition: very good and impressive provenance: all the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from the artists studio and are all featured in the artists Catalogue Raisonne. Jacques, Paul, Firmin Coulais is a French painter born on March 22 , 1955 in Fenioux ( Deux-Sèvres ) and died at the age of 56, the June 25 , 2011 in Niort (Deux-Sèvres). Born into a farming family, he was the seventh of eight children. Suddenly becoming a quadriplegic at the age of six following poliomyelitis, he overcame this handicap by building with determination an independent life centered on artistic practice and an intense social life. For more than thirty years his house and his workshop have been the center of attraction for many artists, art lovers or simply friends of Niort and all of France. Coulais began to paint with his mouth, as an autodidact. In 1978, he made the acquaintance of a plastic art teacher who advised him and engaged him on the path of watercolour. The freedom granted to him by this technique as well as the flexibility of its application fascinate him. This meeting and the friendship shared with his teacher, lead him and very quickly direct his work from figurative to abstraction in a way that he explores and that he will then find in the works of Kandinsky and Paul Klee. Admitted to the School of Fine Arts in Angoulême, he studied there from 1981 to 1984 and obtained the National Superior Diploma in Plastic Expression at the age of 31. A few years later, Jacques Coulais exhibited at the Museum of Niort and since then, his career has been punctuated by his participation in numerous exhibitions organized very regularly in various French cities as well as abroad. In the 1990s, the AAPBP, Association of Mouth and Foot Painting...

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20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Gouache

Dance '72
Dance '72

Dance '72

By Sam Gilliam

Located in New York, NY

Color screenprint, 1972. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil, lower right margin. Numbered 24/60 in pencil lower left,. Printed and published by Workshop, Inc., Washington, D...

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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Nexus
Nexus

Jack YoungermanNexus, 1990

$4,500Sale Price|30% Off

Nexus

By Jack Youngerman

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Abstract sculpture by American artist, Jack Youngerman (b.1926). Nexus, 1990. 24.5 inches. Aluminum, numbered 2/3. Signed and numbered on base. 1926 Born, St. Louis, Missouri; moved with family to Louisville, Kentucky in 1929 1943-44; 1946-47 Attended University of Missouri 1944-46 U.S. Navy, University of North Carolina 1947-49 Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1949-55 Lived and worked in Paris 1956 Returned to the United States; lived in New York City 1956-1995 1995-current Resides in Bridgehampton, New York ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS: 1951 Galerie Arnaud, Paris 1958 Betty Parsons Gallery, New York (1960, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1968) 1959 Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Sixteen Americans" 1962 Galerie Lawrence, Paris (also 1965) 1963 Galeria dell' Ariete, Milan Everett Ellen Gallery, Los Angeles, California The Phillips Collection, Washington, D. C. 1971 Pace Gallery, New York (also 1972, 1975) 1972 Portland Center for the Arts, Oregon Seattle Art Museum, Washington 1973 The Arts Club of Chicago, Illinois Galerie Denise Rene, Paris 1975 Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 1976 Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York 1981 Washburn Gallery...

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1980s Abstract Art

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Aluminum

Red, green and blue composition 76
Red, green and blue composition 76

Red, green and blue composition 76

By Serge Poliakoff

Located in Paris, FR

Lithograph, 1969 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 26/80 Publisher : Galerie Im Erker (Saint-Gallen) Printer : Erker-Press (Saint-Gallen) Catalog : [Schneider 76] 87....

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1960s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Multicolored Abstract in Acrylic on Canvas
Multicolored Abstract in Acrylic on Canvas

Multicolored Abstract in Acrylic on Canvas

By Sandra Marie Lobue-Erba

Located in Soquel, CA

Multicolored abstract by Aptos, California artist Sandra Marie Lobue-Erba (American, 1945-2007). Signed "S. LoBue" lower right. Presented in a metal frame. Image size, 24"H x 30"L. ...

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1980s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Glitter, Acrylic

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance

French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) gouache painting on paper/ card unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we ...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Oil

Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel (Prefatio) Poster /// Bauhaus Josef Albers Art
Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel (Prefatio) Poster /// Bauhaus Josef Albers Art

Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel (Prefatio) Poster /// Bauhaus Josef Albers Art

By Josef Albers

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: (after) Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel (Prefatio)" Year: 1957 Medium: Original Relief Print (Letterpress), Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany Publisher: Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany Sheet size: 24.75" x 17.63" Image size: 11.75" x 15.63" Condition: A few faint handling creases. Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition Extremely rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Nuremberg, Germany. Poster produced for a special exhibition of Albers' work "Early Pictures from the Twenties and New Works" at the Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel from May 28 - June 8, 1957. The image featured on this poster is Albers' 1942 lithograph edition "Prefatio", (Danilowitz No. 103, page 76), from his 1942 "Graphic Tectonics" series of 9 lithographs, (Danilowitz No. 100-108, page 74-79). Printer's imprint upper right. This is an extremely rare poster being if not the, one of the, earliest documented Josef Albers exhibition...

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1950s Abstract Art

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Paper

Gabriele Meunie Contemporary Abstract Diptych in Blue and Orange Large Painting
Gabriele Meunie Contemporary Abstract Diptych in Blue and Orange Large Painting

Gabriele Meunie Contemporary Abstract Diptych in Blue and Orange Large Painting

By Gabriela Meunie

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

This artwork is a diptych and will be shipped rolled in a protective tube at no additional cost. Shipping the canvases unstretched is the safest method for international transport an...

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2010s Abstract Art

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Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment

Restless Life
Restless Life

Restless Life

By Iryna Burda

Located in Zofingen, AG

by Iryna Burda: The Depths of the Subconscious Iryna Burda’s work resonates with Jungian archetypes, particularly the fish as a symbol of the subconscious, intuition, and deep psyc...

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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

untitled- abstract painting red , blue and yellow dominant
untitled- abstract painting red , blue and yellow dominant

untitled- abstract painting red , blue and yellow dominant

By Olivier Schneider

Located in New York, NY

OLIVIER SCHNEIDER Untitled (Abstract), 1995 32.0 x 32.0 acrylic on paper, mounted on wood board ink signed and dated verso Olivier Schneider delivers a unique and colorful abstract ...

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1990s Abstract Art

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Circles Abstract Painting, Gouache & Ink, Signed, Mid-20th Century
Circles Abstract Painting, Gouache & Ink, Signed, Mid-20th Century

Circles Abstract Painting, Gouache & Ink, Signed, Mid-20th Century

Located in Chesterfield, MI

Gouache & Ink abstracts from the Mid-20th Century are unique. This is by Dutch artist Andrus Theodore Vossen born in the Netherlands in 1893 and he died in 1963. It is pencil sig...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Ink, Gouache

Dance '72
Dance '72

Dance '72

By Sam Gilliam

Located in New York, NY

Color screenprint, 1972. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil, lower right margin. Numbered 24/60 in pencil lower left,. Printed and published by Workshop, Inc., Washington, DC...

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1970s Abstract Art

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Screen

'Green Shade' — Mid-century Modernism, Abstract Expressionism, Atelier 17
'Green Shade' — Mid-century Modernism, Abstract Expressionism, Atelier 17

'Green Shade' — Mid-century Modernism, Abstract Expressionism, Atelier 17

By Stanley William Hayter

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Stanley William Hayter, 'Green Shade', color etching and scraper, 1963, edition 50, (only 39 printed), B&M 278. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered '1/50' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked, luminous impression, with fresh, vivid colors, on Barcham Green textured cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (2 3/16 to 3 1/4 inches), in excellent condition. Printed: intaglio black-green, contact lumogen yellow, soft roller phthalo green. Scarce. Image size 15 7/16 x 11 5/8 inches (392 x 295 mm); sheet size 21 1/8 x 16 inches (537 x 406 mm). Matted to museum standards (unframed). Collection: The British Museum ABOUT THE ARTIST Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988) was a British painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17...

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1960s Abstract Art

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Etching

After sound
After sound

After sound

By Aliona Koroliova

Located in Zofingen, AG

This work is about a sound that has already disappeared, yet continues to exist as a trace. I am interested not in the moment itself, but in what remains after: vibration, residual m...

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2010s Abstract Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Shape of Memory: Textured Abstract Mixed Media Organic Wall Art Sculpture
The Shape of Memory: Textured Abstract Mixed Media Organic Wall Art Sculpture

The Shape of Memory: Textured Abstract Mixed Media Organic Wall Art Sculpture

By Lisa Pressman

Located in New York, NY

The Shape of Memory embodies Lisa Pressman’s long investigation into how memory lives within the body, surface, and time. This sculptural mixed media work is both painting and object...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel, Cardboard

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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.