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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
Emotional color chart 257 (Abstract Painting)
Emotional color chart 257 (Abstract Painting)

Emotional color chart 257 (Abstract Painting)

By Kyong Lee

Located in London, GB

This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is inspired by the series Color as Adjective, a series of drawings and paintings that are visual representatio...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Abstract Expressionist Dancers
Abstract Expressionist Dancers

Abstract Expressionist Dancers

By Joseph Kardonne

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Dancers, 1978. Gouache, watercolor and ink on paper, sheet measures 12 x 14.25 inches; 12 1/2 x 17 5/8 inches mounted on cardboard. Signed, dated and t...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

The Basque Suite #4
The Basque Suite #4

The Basque Suite #4

By Robert Motherwell

Located in New York, NY

Color screenprinton J. B. Green paper, 1970-71. Initialed by the artist and numbered 85/150 in pencil, lower right. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London. Published by Marlborough Graph...

Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen, Color

Ruz Big. Black Brown golden acrylic canvas painting
Ruz Big. Black Brown golden acrylic canvas painting

Ruz Big. Black Brown golden acrylic canvas painting

By Rafael Ruz

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

. Ruz. Big. black. Brown. golden acrylic canvas painting Original artwork by Spanish artist Rafael Ruz. Acrylic on canvas in perfect condition. While contemplating the painting of R...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled (Two Figures)

Untitled (Two Figures)

By Willem de Kooning

Located in New York, NY

A very good impression of this scarce offset lithograph on cream wove paper. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 100. Signed in ink, lower right, and inscribed "A/P" in pencil,...

Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

The Red Dress 12 - Abstract Flowy Minimalist Figurative Ink Painting on Paper
The Red Dress 12 - Abstract Flowy Minimalist Figurative Ink Painting on Paper

The Red Dress 12 - Abstract Flowy Minimalist Figurative Ink Painting on Paper

By Bettina Mauel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Linen, Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite

20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude
20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude

20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude

By Marcel Dumont

Located in Woodbury, CT

Outstanding pencil on paper Abstract drawing. Marcel Dumont was a Liège artist who painted in oils and gouache, also produced collages and was an illustrator and engraver, doing so in a number of different styles. Early on in his career, he tended to produce paintings displaying a poetic realism but this changed over time until, in 1957, he was employing geometric abstraction and later still, the influence of pop art could be discerned. His geometric style has strong linear structure which occasionally veers to expressionism and the effect of this is an interesting sense of detachment that the viewer of the work can feel and one engages with the subject on a different level than one would normally expect. A critic wrote of him," Sometimes expressionist, sometimes linear, the abstraction forms itself willingly, in Marcel Dumont's world, to leave the rectangular structure to connect to carefully prepared tones. He retains also, in his abundant output, a few poetic pop-art collages together with a number of drawings and engravings illustrating Stefan Zweig...

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1940s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Spring 69
Spring 69

Spring 69

By Nancy Genn

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Spring 69" 1969 is an original color lithograph by American artist Nancy Genn, b. 1929. It is hand signed, titled and inscribed Artist Proof in pencil by the artist. The size is 23.75 x 34.65 inches. It is in excellent condition, it has very small marks in the back due to tape removal from previous framing, not visible from the front. About the artist: Nancy Genn is an American artist living and working in Berkeley, California known for works in a variety of media, including paintings, bronze sculpture, printmaking, and handmade paper rooted in the Japanese washi paper making tradition Her work explores geometric abstraction, non-objective form, and calligraphic mark making, and features light, landscape, water, and architecture motifs. She is influenced by her extensive travels, and Asian craft, aesthetics and spiritual traditions. Genn's first noted solo exhibition was in 1955 at Gump's Gallery in San Francisco. She received international recognition through her inclusion in French art critic Michel Tapié’s seminal text Morphologie Autre (1960), which cited her as one of the most important exponents of post-war informal art. Her abstract expressionist paintings of this period, continuing through the mid-1970s, featured all-over compositions of colorful layers of gestural brushwork and calligraphic mark making resembling asemic writing. In 1961, Genn began creating bronze sculptures using the lost-wax casting method. Influenced by noted sculptor and family friend Claire Falkenstein, who used open-formed structures in her work, Genn cast forms woven from long grape vine cuttings, and produced vessels, fountains, fire screens, a menorah, a lectern, and, notably, the Cowell Fountain (1966) at UC Santa Cruz. In 1963 her sculptural work was exhibited with Berkeley artists Peter Voulkos and Harold Paris in the influential exhibition Creative Casting curated by Paul J. Smith at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York. Genn was one of the first American artists to express herself through handmade paper, first receiving wide recognition via exhibitions at Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, beginning in 1977, and in traveling exhibitions with Robert Rauschenberg and Sam Francis. In 1978-1979, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and Japan Creative Arts Fellowship, she studied papermaking in Japan, visiting local paper craftspeople, working in Shikenjo studio in Saitama Prefecture,[5] and exhibiting her work in Tokyo. She also learned techniques from Donald Farnsworth...

Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Large Abstract Acrylic on Panel Painting. 46 x 58
Large Abstract Acrylic on Panel Painting. 46 x 58

Large Abstract Acrylic on Panel Painting. 46 x 58

By Mirtha Moreno

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Born in Havana, Cuba, in the late 70s during a well-documented time of religious and political oppression, abstract expressionist artist Mirtha Moreno, immigrated to the United State...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Large, Dynamic 1960s Mid-Century Abstract Painting by Robert (Van) Warren Hoople
Large, Dynamic 1960s Mid-Century Abstract Painting by Robert (Van) Warren Hoople

Large, Dynamic 1960s Mid-Century Abstract Painting by Robert (Van) Warren Hoople

Located in Chicago, IL

A Large, Mid-Century Modern 1960s Abstract Expressionist painting in blues and greens by notable Hillside House of Originals artist, Robert (Van) Warren Hoople. Artwork size: 24 x 36 inches. Framed size: 25 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches. Signed V. Hoople, lower right. Robert (Van) Warren Hoople was born in Chicago in 1934 and studied art at University of Texas, Austin before his apprenticeship as a set painter for Paramount in Hollywood in early 50s. He landed a contract with a gallery, Hillside, House of Originals in 1957 before passing away in 1975. Hillside Originals was founded by artist Etta Benjamin Cien...

Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Board

10th anniversary of the Maeght Foundation
10th anniversary of the Maeght Foundation

10th anniversary of the Maeght Foundation

By Eduardo Chillida

Located in Paris, FR

Wood engraving, 1974 Edition : 71/120 Publisher : Maeght (Paris) Printer : Fequet et Baudier (Paris) Image dimensions : 18.00 cm. x 22.00 cm. (7.09 in. x 8.66 in.) Paper dimensions :...

Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Engraving

Grotto
Grotto

Grotto

By Martha Rea Baker

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Blue white beige teal green khaki orange brown aqua Martha Rea Baker’s technique of choice is driven by her selection of mediums. She has successfully moved between the unique pro...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Loopy
Loopy

Loopy

Located in Los Angeles, CA

2024 Edges painted white, back wired, ready to hang. Sarah Trundle is a Charlottesville, Va. painter who, after beginnings in representational art, now works primarily in abstractio...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Dennis Ashbaugh

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Untitled (Abstraction) Mixed media on paper, 1980 Signed and dated 1980 lower right (see photo) Condition: Excellent, unframed Sheet size: 31 1/2 x 47 1/2 inches Provenance: Jan Cowl...

Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Continuity
Continuity

Continuity

Located in Zofingen, AG

“Continuity” From the series “Metamorphoses of the Spirit” This work explores a state of continuous transition — a process in which form has no clear boundary between emergence, u...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Pink peony on a golden background
Pink peony on a golden background

Pink peony on a golden background

By Svetlana Saratova

Located in Zofingen, AG

A delicate close-up of a blooming pink peony, built on a subtle play of light and tonal transitions. The petals appear to glow from within, shifting from pale blush to richer raspber...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

original lithograph

original lithograph

By Alexander Calder

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original lithograph. This is one of the Alexander Calder lithographs from his "Stabiles" series, printed in 1963 for the art revue Derriere le Miroir (issue number 141) and p...

Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Bram Van Velde

Located in Paris, FR

Lithograph, 1976 Edition : 27/100 Publisher : Maeght (Paris) Printer : Pierre Badey (Paris) Catalog : [Mason - Putman II n°247, p. 62] 47.50 cm. x 60.00 cm. 18.7 in. x 23.62 in. (pa...

Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pair, Red Woven Abstract Tapestry of Figures, Textile Sculpture
Pair, Red Woven Abstract Tapestry of Figures, Textile Sculpture

Pair, Red Woven Abstract Tapestry of Figures, Textile Sculpture

By Lilla Kulka

Located in Wilton, CT

Pair, sisal, wool, stilon, 125" x 77", 1989. This large figurative, abstract tapestry was done by textile artist, Lilla Kulka (b. 1946, Krakow, Poland). Artist Statement: "I creat...

Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Wool, Thread

Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025
Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025

Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025

By Emma Labattaglia

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

At Escat Gallery, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection includes a Certificate of Authe...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Linen, Charcoal

Tryptich "Aftertaste of the Aroma of Sakura"
Tryptich "Aftertaste of the Aroma of Sakura"

Tryptich "Aftertaste of the Aroma of Sakura"

By Anatoly Kost

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Anatoly Kost Triptych “Aftertaste of the Aroma of Sakura” 2019y. Canvas.Oil. Painting Flat: 70/190 cm Framed: 74/202 cm Triptych “Aftertaste of the Aroma of Sakura” is a transforma...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

JAZZU - Cartes sur table
JAZZU - Cartes sur table

JAZZU - Cartes sur table

By Jazzu

Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Jazzu Cartes sur table Techniques mixtes sur papier fort 2024 65 x 50 cms Signé et daté au recto Titré , signé et daté au verso 690 euros

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Harold Town

Located in New York, NY

Harold Town Untitled, 1973 Silkscreen and Lithograph. Pencil Signed. Dated. Numbered. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist on the front 39 1/4 × 27 1/2 inches Unframed Pencil signed and numbered from the limited edition of 55. De-accessioned from the Sears, Robuck & Co. art collection Harold Town (1924-1990) has been dubbed the "Picasso of Canada" for his ever-changing aesthetic and perennial creativity, and he exhibited widely throughout Canada. He is best known as a founding member of the Painters Eleven, having coined the term for this artistic group himself. The name refers to the eleven Abstract Expressionist artists who banded together in Toronto between 1953 and 1960: Tom Hodgson, Jack Bush, William Ronald, Alexandra Luke, Oscar Cahén, Jock MacDonald, Ray Mead...

Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

Dreamy Day - Colorful Impasto Abstract City Scene Textural Oil Painting
Dreamy Day - Colorful Impasto Abstract City Scene Textural Oil Painting

Dreamy Day - Colorful Impasto Abstract City Scene Textural 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 inspirations are the expressionistic skylines of big cities like Manhattan, Philadelphia, or Chicago filled with colorful skyscrapers. The urban, scenic views are abstracted and rich with vivid and textured layers. Ermilkina’s emotional architectural patchwork and mosaic cityscapes radiate a life of balance and positive energy. This artwork measures 15 inches high by 30 inches wide. Ermilkina carefully adds thick cube-like dots of oil paint with a palette knife in distinct patterns onto the surface, adding an intricate three-dimensional texture to her oil paintings. The color spots partially blend into a fuller range of background tones and give the artworks a significant depth. She signs the front of the artwork and paints the sides as a continuation of the front. It does not require framing. It is wired and ready to hang. Convenient local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping. A certificate of authenticity issued by the gallery is included. Born in 1975, Saratov, Russia, Ekaterina Ermilkina now lives and works in New Jersey. She grew up in the beautiful city of Yalta in Crimea on the North coast of the Black Sea, where in 1985 she enrolled as a student to the School of Art of F.Vasiliev, graduating in 1991. After her first introduction to fine art in Yalta, in 1992, Ekaterina Ermilkina moved to Saint-Petersburg, Russia. In 1998 she received her MFA from State Art and Industry Academy. The unique beauty and rich culture of the city inspired her to paint cityscapes. In late 2005, Ermilkina moved to the U.S. Her works has been presented in various solo and group exhibitions in international galleries and art fairs and have been collected throughout the United States, as well as Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, and Russia. Her artworks pop with color and motion, casting a candied haze across the urban landscape. “I am focused on art all my life. It makes me optimistic, full of energy and happy. The vivid colors of Crimea where I grew up, the beautiful marine of the Black Sea, inspired me to paint for the rest of my life. I believe that paintings can reflect our desires for beauty, poetics and perfection.” Artspace Warehouse has been representing and exhibiting Ekaterina Ermilkina's original oil paintings since 2013. The gallery has been a 1stdibs partner since 2014 with consistently excellent reviews from clients worldwide. The gallery exhibits a large selection of affordable original artworks from established and emerging international artists with diverse backgrounds at high standards. Artspace Warehouse is known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA EXHIBITIONS 2024 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY 2023 “Urban Ecologies: Cities Are Built for Art”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ 2022 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY 2022 Alcheringa, IIT Guwahati, India 2021 Affordable Art Fair New York 2021 Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, NY 2021 “The Real Presence”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2020 High Point Market, North Carolina 2020 Hamptons Virtual Art Fair 2020 Six Summit Gallery, Westbrook CT 2019 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2019 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2019 Leo House, Chelsea, New York City, NY 2019 David Parker Gallery, New York City, NY 2019 High Point Market, NC 2018 Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong 2018 Artspace Warehouse Gallery, Los Angeles 2018 Gallery 104, New York, NY 2018 Discovery in the Details, SMI, Montclair NJ...

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.