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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
Fest
Fest

Fest

By Robert Rauschenberg

Located in Indianapolis, IN

Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) Fest (1991) Four color lithograph Size: 26 x 21 in (66 x 53.3 cm) Frame size: 33.5 x 28.25 (85 x 71.7 cm) Edition of 51, this is 38/51 Hand signed an...

Category

1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Composition for Lisa, Willem de Kooning
Composition for Lisa, Willem de Kooning

Composition for Lisa, Willem de Kooning

By Willem de Kooning

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) Title: Composition for Lisa Year: 1984 Medium: Color silkscreen on wove paper Edition: 250, plus proofs Size: 17.75 x 23.25 inches Condition: Ex...

Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Hui Sheng Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Kunlun Mountains I"
Hui Sheng Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Kunlun Mountains I"

Hui Sheng Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Kunlun Mountains I"

By Hui Sheng

Located in New York, NY

Title: Kunlun Mountains I Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 15.5 x 15.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This pa...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Vacances à Tramery
French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Vacances à Tramery

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Vacances à Tramery

By Francine Ledieu

Located in Paris, IDF

Oil on 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...

Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

"PDP 1417" Acrylic on Canvas (72 x 72)
"PDP 1417" Acrylic on Canvas (72 x 72)

"PDP 1417" Acrylic on Canvas (72 x 72)

By Cecil Touchon

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Acrylic over Paper on Canvas by renown artist Cecil Touchon. Signed verso Cecil Touchon (born 1956, Austin, Texas) is a contemporary American collage artist, painter, published poet...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Coastal Fog, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Coastal Fog, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Coastal Fog, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Filomena Booth

Located in Yardley, PA

Coastal Fog 30" x 30" x 1.5" Acrylic painting on gallery-wrap canvas This evocative abstract landscape captures the serene beauty of a coastal wetland beneath a dynamic, expres...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Brown abstract painting MP632, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Brown abstract painting MP632, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Brown abstract painting MP632, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Radek Smach

Located in Yardley, PA

Radek Smach - Original abstract acrylic painting on canvas. Mixed media. My works are part of many private collections all over the world. Ready to hang. No framing required (i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Richard Anuszkiewicz - Near and Far Acuity, Signed Mid Century Modern painting
Richard Anuszkiewicz - Near and Far Acuity, Signed Mid Century Modern painting

Richard Anuszkiewicz - Near and Far Acuity, Signed Mid Century Modern painting

By Richard Anuszkiewicz

Located in New York, NY

Richard Anuszkiewicz Near and Far Acuity, 1957 Gouache and watercolor painting on board Hand signed and dated 1957 by Richard Anuszkiewicz on the right front Frame included Anuszkie...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache

Blue Landscape II
Blue Landscape II

Blue Landscape II

By Pat Forbes

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
I see blue as a seminal color representing life in all its forms.

About the Artist
Pat Forbes is an abstract painter whose aesthetic is heavily influenced by her 20 years as a collector and dealer of Middle Eastern textiles. Pat, who lives on the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts, uses a neutral palette to present her interpretation of the world around her– from marshes and mountains to stones and spiderwebs. She is drawn to pattern and design, both of which influence the use of balanced repetition in her work. Pat’s muted colors invite pensive meditation, while her deliberate use of line guides the eye through satisfyingly symmetrical compositions.

Blue Landscape...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

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...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Clay, Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled (Concetto Spaziale Blue)
Untitled (Concetto Spaziale Blue)

Untitled (Concetto Spaziale Blue)

By Lucio Fontana

Located in Washington , DC, DC

Tipped in color plate produced in 1962 for a rare official Lucio Fontana artist monograph published by famed art book publisher Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (not included), during the artis...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Paper

Desert Series B
Desert Series B

Desert Series B

By Ruth Leaf

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Desert Series B" c.1990, is an original colors monoprint aquatint on Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015. It is hand signed, titled and numb...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Aquatint, Monoprint

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Traces of Memory
Traces of Memory

Traces of Memory

Located in Zofingen, AG

From the series “Between States” This work unfolds as a space of layered memory — not linear, but embodied, fragmented, and sensed rather than clearly seen. As in the broader “Betw...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

French Abstract Landscape Composition Oil Painting Yvette Dubois Habasque
French Abstract Landscape Composition Oil Painting Yvette Dubois Habasque

French Abstract Landscape Composition Oil Painting Yvette Dubois Habasque

By Yvette Dubois Habasque

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist: Yvette Dubois-Habasque (French, 1929–2016) Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 14 x 17 inches Frame: Unframed Provenance: Acquired from the artist’s studio sale, Paris Condition: Ver...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Three Standing Figures
Three Standing Figures

Three Standing Figures

By Henry Moore

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork, titled "Three Standing Figures," 1976, in an original color lithograph on Arches paper by British artist Henry Moore, 1898-1986. It is hand signed with initials in pencil. It was published by Association de Bibliophiles Art et Poesie, and printed by Curwen Studio, London. From the suite, La Poesie, Les Poetes. From the edition of 110. Catalogue raisonne by Cramer, plate #323. In excellent condition. It is beautifully framed in a custom wooden gold frame with gold color bevel and fabric matting. Henry Spencer Moore...

Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled, #36 (abstract expressionist painting)
Untitled, #36 (abstract expressionist painting)

Untitled, #36 (abstract expressionist painting)

By Esteban Vicente

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Esteban Vicente (1903-2001). Untitled, #36, 1955. Gouache on paper, image measures 8 x 11 inches, 16.5 x 19.5 inches framed. Signed, dated and numbered on verso. Excellent condition....

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Gouache

Pumpkin, Red/White, Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生
Pumpkin, Red/White, Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生

Pumpkin, Red/White, Yayoi Kusama 草間 彌生

By Yayoi Kusama

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Yayoi Kusama (1929) Title: Pumpkin, Red/White Year: 2016 Medium: Painted cast resin sculpture Sculpture Size: 4 × 3.5 x 3.5 inches Inscription: ©Yayoi Kusama, as issued Notes...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Epoxy Resin

Untitled 028 - Geometric Abstraction with turquoise, black and blue
Untitled 028 - Geometric Abstraction with turquoise, black and blue

Untitled 028 - Geometric Abstraction with turquoise, black and blue

By Kera

Located in DE

Artist: Kera Geometric abstraction in white, yellow, black and blue Medium: Acrylics and spraypaint on canvas, framed in thin wood frame. Size: 130 x 90 cm Original painting ___...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Spray Paint, Acrylic

‘Sun 1’  British Huge Abstract Oil Painting Expressionist Composition
‘Sun 1’  British Huge Abstract Oil Painting Expressionist Composition

‘Sun 1’ British Huge Abstract Oil Painting Expressionist Composition

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

‘Sun 1’ Large British Abstract, Oil Painting By British artist, 21st Century Titled 'Sun' and dated '2018' on the back of the painting Oil painting on board, unframed Board size: 39.5 x 39.5 inches Striking abstract oil painting on a huge square board. This fabulous colourful abstract depicts a sunrise unveiling a plethora of rich red, yellow and dark tones. The paint technique is quite liberal, creating a tactile effect. The artist created two similar paintings, this is the first, please contact us if you would like to see the second. Abstract art uses...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Miro Original Wax Painting, Abstract, Framed, Circa 1960
Miro Original Wax Painting, Abstract, Framed, Circa 1960

Miro Original Wax Painting, Abstract, Framed, Circa 1960

By Joan Miró

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

Original drawing painted in wax by Joan Miro. Certified by Jacques Dupin, official certifier of the artist's work. The work is a wax painted on two continuous pages of a book publish...

Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Crayon

Ethereal Abstraction 31, Abstract Painting
Ethereal Abstraction 31, Abstract Painting

Ethereal Abstraction 31, Abstract Painting

By Patrick O'Boyle

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Patrick O'Boyle abstractly paints a dreamy mist of hot pink, mustard yellow, and violet with gentle strokes of emerald. He applies several coats of col...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

6349 - Original Framed Figurative Oil Painting
6349 - Original Framed Figurative Oil Painting

6349 - Original Framed Figurative Oil Painting

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Swiss artist Edith Konrad paints figurative abstract compositions with mixed media on canvas. She layers her expression of her emotional response to the subjects with dynamic textures and subtle patterns in her artworks. The thick layers of paint add a sculptural and tactile, rich looking feel to her paintings, along with the bodily presence of her subjects. Her works have been exhibited internationally, including Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles and many art fairs such as Montreux, Geneva, Salzburg, Rotterdam, Marbella, Los Angeles, Toronto and Paris. This 18 inch square original artwork is created with mixed media on wood. It is framed in a silver wood frame. The dimensions include the frame. It is wired and ready to hang. The artist signed this abstract figurative painting on the front in the lower right corner. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Edith Konrad has studied in numerous master classes with artists from Germany and Italy. She paints in a variety of techniques and particularly prefers the use acrylic on canvas, collage and mixed media. In 2007 her art was acquired by the State Museum Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She won the 2009 Palm Art Award, a Certificate of Excellence for outstanding artistic quality and originality of the work. In 2010 she exhibited at the Salon de la Culture at the Louvre in Paris, France. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA EXHIBITIONS 2022 Identity With A Chance of Imperfection, Los Angeles, CA 2020 In Search of Principle, Artspace Warehouse. Los Angeles, CA 2019 Something Vague, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA Opposites Group Exhibition, Hotel Chlosterhof, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland Falcon Gallery, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland K-13 Freiamt, Villmergen, Switzerland 2017 Falkengalerie, Stein am Rhein, Germany Banca intermobiliare di investimenti Lugano, Switzerland Arte Genova 13, Art Fair Genova, Italy 2016 Fugo Diethelm, Mühlau, Switzerland Galerie f 5, Lucerne, Switzerland Kunstsupermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland Kunstwarenhaus Zürich, Switzerland Affordable Art Fair New York, NY Galerie-Beck, Saarbrücken, Germany 2015 Affordable Art Fair Singapore Migros Kulturprozent Zugerland, Switzerland Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California Love Art Fair Toronto, Canada Affordable Art Fair New York, NY LA Art Show International Art Fair, Los Angeles 2014 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles Houston Fine Art Fair, Texas Kunstwarenhaus Zürich, Switzerland Love Art Fair Toronto, Canada Who’s Who Deutschland (Germany) 2013 Galleria Alter Ego, Ponte Tresa, Switzerland Schweizer Kunstraum, Lausanne, Switzerland Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, California Kunstwarenhaus Zürich, Switzerland Flussreif in Berikon, Switzerland Ateliernacht im Freiamt, Switzerland Kunst-Supermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland 2012 Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, CA Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles Galerie Katapult, Basel, Switzerland 2011 Kunst-Supermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland Kunstwarenhaus Zurich, Switzerland Zugermesse, Switzerland 2010 Kunstwarenhaus, Zürich, Switzerland Ennenda, Switzerland Zentrum Aettenbühl Sins CH Louvre, Salon de la Culture, Paris, France 2009 International Art Fair, Europ Art Geneva, Switzerland Palm Art Award, Leipzig, Germany Kunst-Supermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland Porto Ceresio Italy Galerie Tedden Düsseldorf, Germany Galerie Katapult, Basel, Switzerland Who‘s Who Deutschland (Germany) 2008 Chunschtspycher Bettmeralp, Switzerland Bad Ditzenbach Germany Porto Ceresio Italy Forum Zugerland Migros Kulturprozent, Switzerland Kunst-Supermarkt Solothurn, Switzerland 2007 International Art Fair ROTTERDAM, Holland Kulturachse Horw: art five, Switzerland Acquisition by STATE MUSEUM HALIFAX, Nova Scotia 2301 Art Fair Zug Design, Switzerland Vita Solothurn Gallery, Switzerland 2006 International Art Fair EUROP`Art Genève International Art Fair ART SALZBURG, Austria International Art Fair ART MARBELLA, Spain Müllerhaus Lenzburg group exhibition CH 2005 International Art Fair ART GALLERY Montreux, Switzerland Porto Ceresio Italy Kulturschür Windisch, Switzerland 2004 Bahnhofgalerie, Sins, Switzerland 2003 Keller Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland 2002 Bahnhofgalerie, Sins, Switzerland 2001 Jugendseelsorge, Zürich, Switzerland 2000 Zentrum Aettenbühl, Sins, Switzerland TV & FILM Athena, Amazon Prime...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Board

Apple Garden Latte
Apple Garden Latte

Apple Garden Latte

By Olena Kishkurno

Located in Zofingen, AG

shipped in roll Apple Garden Latte (from the Inner Landscapes series) This work is a visual embodiment of a May morning, a moment when space fills with light, fragrance, and movement...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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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.