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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
Fusion Acrylic Painting on Cotton Canvas, Abstract Expressionism
Fusion Acrylic Painting on Cotton Canvas, Abstract Expressionism

Fusion Acrylic Painting on Cotton Canvas, Abstract Expressionism

By Katarina Joys

Located in London, London

Title: "Fusion" Artist: Katarina Joys Medium: Acrylic on Cotton Canvas Dimensions: 110x180cm (114x184 cm full size) original painting on canvas hand signed one-of-a-kind Certificate...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Absolute Wealth - Large Contemporary Abstract Maximalism Painting, Ready to Hang
Absolute Wealth - Large Contemporary Abstract Maximalism Painting, Ready to Hang

Absolute Wealth - Large Contemporary Abstract Maximalism Painting, Ready to Hang

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

Title: Absolute Wealth Large Painting Absolute Wealth - Contemporary Abstract Colorful Maximalism Bold Invest Another soulful artwork by Karnish. Symbols and forms unfold in this m...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic, Wood, Charcoal, Spray Paint, Color Pencil, Stret...

Blue & Gray Offset Print, Abstract Style, Circa 2005, Unframed
Blue & Gray Offset Print, Abstract Style, Circa 2005, Unframed

Blue & Gray Offset Print, Abstract Style, Circa 2005, Unframed

By Mark Rothko

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This high-quality reproduction poster of Mark Rothko's Blue & Grey (1962) was published and designed by the Beyeler Foundation in Basel, Switzerland. The artwork features a subtl...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Offset

Abstract Landscape Painting: Acrylic on Canvas, 21st Century
Abstract Landscape Painting: Acrylic on Canvas, 21st Century

Abstract Landscape Painting: Acrylic on Canvas, 21st Century

By Katarina Joys

Located in London, London

extra large scale abstract painting artist: Katarina joys 110x210cm abstract painting, landscape, The item is located in central London, United Kingdom. The painting will be shippe...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Red fish
Red fish

Red fish

Located in Zofingen, AG

The red fish is a symbol of confidence, stable good fortune, and abundance. It represents moving in one’s own rhythm, trusting intuition, and inner stability. The red color emphasize...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Mediterranean Garden (Under the Mandarin Trees)
Mediterranean Garden (Under the Mandarin Trees)

Mediterranean Garden (Under the Mandarin Trees)

Located in Zofingen, AG

This work emerges at the intersection of a personal journey through Italy and the universal image of the garden as a space of harmony and inner order. The Mediterranean garden here i...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Where it is quiet No.4
Where it is quiet No.4

Where it is quiet No.4

Located in Zofingen, AG

In this work, the artist explores silence as a state of inner balance and presence. Drawing from the ощущення of natural landscapes, she creates a distilled, atmospheric space where ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Cuerpos Magnéticos #44. Wall sculpture
Cuerpos Magnéticos #44. Wall sculpture

Cuerpos Magnéticos #44. Wall sculpture

By Carla Gimbatti

Located in Miami Beach, FL

From the series Cuerpos Magnéticos (Magetic Bodies) Cuerpos Magnéticos was born searching for the relationship between nature and our bodies, attraction and rejection. We see rocks,...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Pigment

1950's Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist painting
1950's Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist painting

1950's Mid-Century Abstract Expressionist painting

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Stunning abstract expressionist painting, ca. 1955. Oil on Canvas, measuring 36 x 40 inches. Some natural cracking and paint loss due to heavy impasto technique. Unsigned. Art su...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Huge French Contemporary Modernist Abstract Geometic Composition Oil Painting
Huge French Contemporary Modernist Abstract Geometic Composition Oil Painting

Huge French Contemporary Modernist Abstract Geometic Composition Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Abstract Composition signed by Jacqueline VERDET (French, 1931-2023) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 39.5 x 29 inches condition: the work is in overall very sound and good c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mother of Pearl Circle.     3D textured
Mother of Pearl Circle.     3D textured

Mother of Pearl Circle. 3D textured

Located in Zofingen, AG

The image depicts a work of art created on canvas, featuring a circular composition made of circles cut from air-dry clay. Each circle is crafted from clay, allowing for a creative s...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Clay, Canvas, Acrylic

Cuerpos Magnéticos Spring. Wall sculpture
Cuerpos Magnéticos Spring. Wall sculpture

Cuerpos Magnéticos Spring. Wall sculpture

By Carla Gimbatti

Located in Miami Beach, FL

From the series Cuerpos Magnéticos (Magetic Bodies) Cuerpos Magnéticos was born searching for the relationship between nature and our bodies, attraction and rejection. We see rocks,...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Pigment

Golden branch on a mint green background. 3D textured.
Golden branch on a mint green background. 3D textured.

Golden branch on a mint green background. 3D textured.

Located in Zofingen, AG

The painting, created on a round plywood canvas, is a unique combination of sculpture and painting. The upper part of the artwork is adorned with a hand-painted botanical pattern usi...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Support. Diptych
Support. Diptych

Support. Diptych

Located in Zofingen, AG

“Support” is a work about inner stability and the quiet strength found within oneself. The painting explores a state in which reliance on external structures dissolves, giving way to...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Secrets of the Garden
Secrets of the Garden

Secrets of the Garden

Located in Zofingen, AG

Secrets of the Garden is a contemporary figurative painting capturing a quiet summer moment of rest and intimacy. Two female figures stand together in a garden, suggesting friendship...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original Spring Triptych-British Awarded Artist-Abstract British Contemporary
Original Spring Triptych-British Awarded Artist-Abstract British Contemporary

Original Spring Triptych-British Awarded Artist-Abstract British Contemporary

Located in London, GB

Spring Triptych begun in 2024 — Spring Duet Series — where Shizico Yi explores abstraction through the expanded formats of diptych and triptych. In this series, Shizico focuses on a restrained, luminous palette of soft greens, creamy whites, and pink-apricot tones, evoking the fragile early spring light of Northern Europe. The works hold a sense of emergence — of quiet awakening — where colour breathes gently across the canvas. Although abstract in form, all three paintings were created en plein air, in situ, capturing both the landscape surrounding her studio and the interior space itself across the unfolding months of spring. Each canvas functions like an individual musical note. Together, the three form a visual harmony — a quiet concert of rhythm, colour, and movement. This triptych is part of Shizico’s long-running Memory Landscape Project (initiated in 2015), an expansive body of work spanning painting, sculpture, installation, and abstraction. Across this project, she moves fluidly between impressionism, expressionism, and abstract language, allowing memory and presence to shape form. -Artist's Lifetime Warranty for the original artwork. -Guarantee End to end tracking Delivery Worldwide by Royal Mail Worldwide at lowest Rate £28 only. About the artist: Dr. Shizico Yi is a London-based multidisciplinary artist working across painting, installation, and film. Her practice explores themes of loss, repetition, the everyday, and the formation of memory, weaving personal narratives into broader social and human contexts. Drawing on a background in design and film, Yi’s work moves fluidly between mediums, allowing lived experience, place, and time to shape each project. Yi holds a PhD in Fine Art from the University of East London (2017), an MFA, and a BA in Womenswear from the University of the Arts London. Her practice is grounded in both rigorous research and embodied making. Alongside her studio practice, Yi works en plein air from spring through autumn, returning to studio-based work during the winter months. This cyclical approach allows seasonality, landscape, and environment to inform the scale, materiality, and emotional tenor of her work. Her work has been exhibited internationally in the UK, South Korea, and Italy, and is held in private collections across the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. In addition to her visual art practice, Yi is an award-winning filmmaker. She was the Winner of the Women Filmmakers: Best Shorts Competition in Los Angeles (2013) and has served as a guest jury member for the 14th–16th Annual New York City Independent Film Festival (2022–2024). She is also the founder and curator of no barking aRt...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Early Morning
Early Morning

Early Morning

Located in Zofingen, AG

This work is part of the Inner Landscapes series, in which the landscape becomes part of a memory, a lived state, or emotions that cannot be expressed in words and can only be felt. ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Plate #4 from Album 19
Plate #4 from Album 19

Plate #4 from Album 19

By Joan Miró

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Plate #4 from Album 19" 1961, is an original color lithograph on watermarked BFK Rives paper by renown artist Joan Miro 1893-1983. It is hand signed (monogramed...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Assembled Whole. No 6
The Assembled Whole. No 6

The Assembled Whole. No 6

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting from the The Assembled Whole series is created on canvas using a collage technique with various textured materials. The composition features soft pink, gray, and black ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Flower in Bowl - Abstract Cool Tone Botanical Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Flower in Bowl - Abstract Cool Tone Botanical Mixed Media Painting on Paper

Flower in Bowl - Abstract Cool Tone Botanical Mixed Media Painting on Paper

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Rasplerry folds. 3D abstraction
Rasplerry folds. 3D abstraction

Rasplerry folds. 3D abstraction

Located in Zofingen, AG

This exquisite clay miniature, measuring just 26 × 32 cm, is created on a canvas fully formed from clay. The sculpted surface resembles softly draped fabric, with fluid folds seeming...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Clay, Canvas, Acrylic

Nick Thomm - Loom (HYDRA) Standard
Nick Thomm - Loom (HYDRA) Standard

Nick Thomm - Loom (HYDRA) Standard

Located in FITZROY, VIC

Nick Thomm 'LOOM' (Hydra) 69cm x 92cm (27"×36″) Limited Edition of 305. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Paper. Condition: NEW. Worldwide Shipping. Sold Unframed.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

#12, 1956 Abstract Expressionist painting
#12, 1956 Abstract Expressionist painting

#12, 1956 Abstract Expressionist painting

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Beautiful abstract expressionist painting with complex textures in white and terracotta red. #12, 1956. Oil on masonite panel measuring 16 x 20 inches. Framed measurement 18 x 22 i...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Glowing Sunset II - Original Vibrant Warm Tone Textured Abstract Artwork Framed
Glowing Sunset II - Original Vibrant Warm Tone Textured Abstract Artwork Framed

Glowing Sunset II - Original Vibrant Warm Tone Textured Abstract Artwork Framed

By Frederic Paul

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The delicate and poetic artworks of painter Frederic Paul reference his Asian roots in expressive and elaborate compositions. Inspired by the bold colors, spices, flora, and landscap...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Rice Paper

White Standing Pod Ceramic Vessel Sculpture
White Standing Pod Ceramic Vessel Sculpture

White Standing Pod Ceramic Vessel Sculpture

By Adrienne Fierman

Located in East Quogue, NY

"White Standing Pod", Ceramic Sculpture Dimensions: 5 H × 5.5 W × 5.5 D Medium: Hand-built ceramic, glazed stoneware Adrienne Fierman’s "White Standing Pod" embodies the meditative ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

RARE! Mark Rothko at Museo d'Arte Moderna Ca' Pesaro, Venezia hand no. 250/500
RARE! Mark Rothko at Museo d'Arte Moderna Ca' Pesaro, Venezia hand no. 250/500

RARE! Mark Rothko at Museo d'Arte Moderna Ca' Pesaro, Venezia hand no. 250/500

By Mark Rothko

Located in New York, NY

Mark Rothko at Museo d'Arte Moderna Ca' Pesaro, Venezia, 1970 Offset lithograph and lithograph on high quality lithographic paper Numbered in pencil 250/500 in the lower left front ...

Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Pencil, Lithograph, Offset

Line of silence No.5
Line of silence No.5

Line of silence No.5

Located in Zofingen, AG

“Line of silence” is an ongoing painting cycle that explores the fragile boundary between presence and dissolution. Through a restrained color palette, layered surfaces, and a soften...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Falling Reef. From the series Polyculture
Falling Reef. From the series Polyculture

Falling Reef. From the series Polyculture

Located in Miami Beach, FL

These works explore our relationship with the incredible biodiversity of our planet Earth. Visual representations of flowing colours, smells, sounds and the feeling of our life sourc...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Ambient Resonance" - Organic hand-built ceramic bowl sculpture
"Ambient Resonance" - Organic hand-built ceramic bowl sculpture

"Ambient Resonance" - Organic hand-built ceramic bowl sculpture

Located in East Quogue, NY

"Ambient Resonance" Hand-coiled and pinched wide ceramic sculpture vessel by Jessamyn Go. Iron Speckled Brown Stoneware, White Crawl Glaze, White Glaze Interior Size: 11.5 x 11.5 x...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze

Untitled 4. From Ritmos abstractos (Abstract Rhythms) Series
Untitled 4. From Ritmos abstractos (Abstract Rhythms) Series

Untitled 4. From Ritmos abstractos (Abstract Rhythms) Series

Located in Miami Beach, FL

"Ritmos Abstratos" invites us to explore the visual universe of the artist Juan Carlos Amador, who, through his unique perspective, translates the pulsations of space and the invisi...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Nick Thomm - LUMINANCE - SET (Standard)
Nick Thomm - LUMINANCE - SET (Standard)

Nick Thomm - LUMINANCE - SET (Standard)

Located in FITZROY, VIC

Nick Thomm 'LUMINANCE' (SET) 69cm x 92cm (27"×36″) per print. Blue Limited Edition of 425. Orange Limited Edition of 409. Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemühle 308gsm Fine Art Pape...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

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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.