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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
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

The Blue Rider
The Blue Rider

The Blue Rider

By Max Papart

Located in San Francisco, CA

Max Papart (1911-1994) "The Blue Rider" Original Etching with Aquatint, circa 1973 This is a rare artist proof. The artist proof is pencil signed and titled by the artist. The regu...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Cuban 1998 Abstract/ figurative scene
Cuban 1998 Abstract/ figurative scene

Cuban 1998 Abstract/ figurative scene

Located in Woodbury, CT

Very Interesting and unique late 20th-century Cuban Abstract scene. Signed top left and inscribed on the reverse the piece has a great impact and presents. Influenced by Picasso with the Bull...

Category

1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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

Colorful Emotion, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Colorful Emotion, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Colorful Emotion, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Emily STARCK

Located in Yardley, PA

Large work of abstraction in a colorful palette. Worked in several layers with dynamic, free and positive gesture. Professional and high quality painting with anti UV protection an...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

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

Vintage American School Modernist Gilt Framed Abstract Expressionist Painting
Vintage American School Modernist Gilt Framed Abstract Expressionist Painting

Vintage American School Modernist Gilt Framed Abstract Expressionist Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist abstract painting. Mixed media watercolor on board. Framed. Measuring: 16 by 18 inches. Handsomely framed in giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready...

Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Proximity - Painting Maximalism Night-skies Shooting-star Flowers Dreams Invest
Proximity - Painting Maximalism Night-skies Shooting-star Flowers Dreams Invest

Proximity - Painting Maximalism Night-skies Shooting-star Flowers Dreams Invest

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

Title: Proximity In this one-of-a-kind abstract impressionism artwork by Karnish, the delight of closeness, stargazing and wishes that do come true is portrayed. Her signature style...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

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

Untitled_2021 - painting, acrylic on canvas
Untitled_2021 - painting, acrylic on canvas

Untitled_2021 - painting, acrylic on canvas

By Paul Fournier

Located in Bloomfield, ON

"This contemporary abstract painting by Paul Fournier captures the tropical colours of the Caribbean. For more than six decades, the brilliant, colourful artwork of Paul Fournier ha...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

111-22

111-22

By Lisa Kowalski

Located in Los Angeles, CA

According to the artist, "everything in life inspires me, not quite with direct interpretation, but as I see and experience faces, words, gestures, colors and shapes – all of it – I ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Overhead Migration, Abstract Oil Painting
Overhead Migration, Abstract Oil Painting

Overhead Migration, Abstract Oil Painting

By Heidi Hybl

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Fascinated by the birds that soar over her Big Sur home, artist Heidi Hybl paints an abstract depiction of their migration. Their bold forms contrast the soft...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Gray Instrumentation I by Josef Albers

Gray Instrumentation I by Josef Albers

By Josef Albers

Located in Morton Grove, IL

Josef Albers (German/American, 1888-1976) Gray Instrumentation I, 1974 color screenprint signed, titled, and numbered in pencil edition of 36, #16/36 Framed: 20 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches ...

Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Abstract Oil Painting by Yvette Dubois-Habasque, Signed, 21st Century
Abstract Oil Painting by Yvette Dubois-Habasque, Signed, 21st Century

Abstract Oil Painting by Yvette Dubois-Habasque, Signed, 21st Century

By Yvette Dubois Habasque

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Stunning original abstract painting by the French artist, Yvette Dubois-Habasque (1929-2016). The painting has excellent provenance having come from the artists studio sale in Paris....

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Specimen of Purple Coral on Lucite
Specimen of Purple Coral on Lucite

Specimen of Purple Coral on Lucite

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Rare purple coral specimen with its ocean inspired form, textures and alluring violet color. Presented on a Lucite base to enhance the sculptural elements. Available only in the Uni...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Organic Material

Monterey  Pier
Monterey  Pier

Monterey Pier

By Gregory Kondos

Located in San Francisco, CA

Untitled (Cityscape) is an oil on canvas created by Gregory Kondos (American, b. 1923), one of the world's most prominent California landscape artists. The artwork is signed in the lower right corner and was created circa 1950. The canvas size is 24 x 47.75 inches. Overall in good condition. Framed in a gold wooden frame. The size including frame is 33 x 56.75 inches. Gregory Kondos has spent decades depicting California’s unique, majestic beauty, from its rolling farmland to its varied coastline, to the forests and peaks of Yosemite, where he has often served as artist-in-residence. He has been drawn as well to the deserts around Santa Fe, and to Europe, especially Greece, the country from which his parents emigrated. Now in his nineties, he is celebrated as one of the world’s foremost landscape painters, known for his light-filled palette and intuitive, organic forms that seem like effortless extensions of nature. Kondos describes his paintings as possessing a sense of quietude and cleanliness while maintaining a necessary lonely quality: “Less is more…and what is left out makes the picture more understandable.” His distilled images tend to feature a solitary element—a lone boat, a mountain peak, a house standing away from the others—that projects a contemplative sense of being alone in thought. His simple yet lively palette and elegant lines, influenced by artists like Willem de Kooning, Cezanne, and Gauguin, allow us to place ourselves within the space of the painting. Chief curator and associate director at Sacramento’s Crocker Art Museum, Scott A. Shields, who organized “A Touch of Blue: Landscapes by Gregory Kondos” at the museum in 2013, remarks: “His paintings simultaneously celebrate the terrain's inherent formal, abstract properties, as well as the beautiful possibilities of the paint itself." Kondos’ lifelong achievements place him in the great tradition of American landscape painters such as Albert Bierstadt, Edward Hopper, and Georgia O’Keefe. He has won numerous prizes and awards, including a lifetime achievement award from International Bienniale in Florence, Italy, and has been elected to the National Academy of Design in New York. Collections of Kondos’ work are displayed in museums around the world, including the Shanghai Art Museum in China, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The gallery at Sacramento City...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

#107-19
#107-19

#107-19

By Lisa Kowalski

Located in Los Angeles, CA

According to the artist, "everything in life inspires me, not quite with direct interpretation, but as I see and experience faces, words, gestures, colors and shapes – all of it – I ...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Eve Drewelowe "Alpha – The Beginning"  1957 Abstract Modernist Oil Painting
Eve Drewelowe "Alpha – The Beginning"  1957 Abstract Modernist Oil Painting

Eve Drewelowe "Alpha – The Beginning" 1957 Abstract Modernist Oil Painting

By Eve Drewelowe

Located in Denver, CO

Eve Drewelowe (American, 1899–1989) Alpha – The Beginning, 1957 Oil and mixed media on board Dimensions: 24½ × 32½ inches A sophisticated example of American Modernist abstraction, ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

The Moon and the Sun
The Moon and the Sun

The Moon and the Sun

By André Masson

Located in Paris, FR

Lithograph, 1968 Edition : 200 ex. 75.00 cm. x 57.00 cm. 29.53 in. x 22.44 in. (paper) 61.00 cm. x 45.00 cm. 24.02 in. x 17.72 in. (image) Handsigned by the artist in pencil Artist...

Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

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

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...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Pigment

RV Float (Abstract drawing)
RV Float (Abstract drawing)

RV Float (Abstract drawing)

By Xanda McCagg

Located in London, GB

RV Float (Abstract drawing) Watercolor on paper . Unframed. McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underlying aestheti...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Clear Skies NYC-Original Abstract cityscape-waterscape painting-contemporary Art
Clear Skies NYC-Original Abstract cityscape-waterscape painting-contemporary Art

Clear Skies NYC-Original Abstract cityscape-waterscape painting-contemporary Art

By Alex Hook Krioutchkov

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract art for sale on 1stDibs.

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.