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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
Pink Summer
Pink Summer

Pink Summer

Located in Zofingen, AG

Size: 97×115 cm (Total canvas size including stretching margins: 107×125 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled This painting immerses the viewer into the lang...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Orange Shadow
Orange Shadow

Orange Shadow

Located in Zofingen, AG

Size: 92×92 cm (overall size with stretching 102×102 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: Ready to hang The canvas “Orange Shadow” is an exploration of how color co...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Effervescent Squares
Effervescent Squares

Effervescent Squares

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Effervescent Squares exemplifies Tina Bluefield’s ability to create visual complexity through a highly restrained formal language. Composed of hand-painted white squares that shift f...

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

At Sea No. 3

At Sea No. 3

By Stephen Gammell

Located in Columbia, MO

Renowned career illustrator Stephen Gammell now devotes his energy to a full-time studio practice, and we’re honored to bring the current work of an artist who, with dozens of public...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Abstracted Screen, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Unknown Artist
Abstracted Screen, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Unknown Artist

Abstracted Screen, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Unknown Artist

Located in Long Island City, NY

Unknown Artist - Abstracted Screen, Medium: Lithograph, Image Size: 12 x 12.5 inches, Size: 15 x 16 in. (38.1 x 40.64 cm), Description: Signed "Kathy Salleut" in pencil lower right

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20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Ocean Waves #09" Mixed Media Painting

"Ocean Waves #09" Mixed Media Painting

By Ana Hefco

Located in Denver, CO

Ana Hefco's (US based) "Ocean Waves #09" is an original, hand made mixed media painting that depicts an abstracted color field of blue, teal and beige, that is reminiscent of an aerial/satellite image of a coastal beach where the waves crash on shore. Artist Bio and Statement: Born and raised in Bucharest Romania, I am a self-taught dreamer and artist. To dream is my path and to paint is my dream. Lack of control is not my strong suit, but in the painting process things are different. The resin (also known as liquid glass) has a mind of its own and I learn to mindfully let go every time I paint. I allow those liquid color induced emotions I feel to drive me and take lead of my hands and at the end of the process, it’s just music and bliss. My inspiration is always nature's force, balance, perfection in purpose and beauty. It can be a place I travelled or sailed to or just a feeling floating on our boat docked in a Turkish marina or just on anchor nearby a Greek taverna on a remote tiny island in the Mediterranean or Aegean Sea. It can be this artist as a little girl reading...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Resin, Wood, Mixed Media

Unfolding
Unfolding

Unfolding

By Kseniia Ivanova

Located in Zofingen, AG

This work embodies the state of opening oneself to new experience. “Unfolding” is the moment of meeting your own strength and vulnerability at once — where chaos transforms into harm...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Piero Dorazio

Located in Summit, NJ

Gorgeous aquatint in reds and oranges by Piero Dorazio (Italian 1927-2005). This aquatint is on heavy "Umbria" Fabriano paper. It is signed and dated 1964 in the lower margin in penc...

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1960s Abstract Art

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Aquatint

Transposition 2
Transposition 2

Sophie DixonTransposition 2, 2007

$8,600Sale Price|32% Off

Transposition 2

By Sophie Dixon

Located in Burlingame, CA

Warm abstract, etherial large-scale mixed media painting in red, maroon, white, orange, and Payne's grey, in mixed media, including oil paint and charcoal on canvas, in this calm, se...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil

Pietro Consagra Italian Mod Abstract Expressionist Forma Brutalist Lithograph
Pietro Consagra Italian Mod Abstract Expressionist Forma Brutalist Lithograph

Pietro Consagra Italian Mod Abstract Expressionist Forma Brutalist Lithograph

By Pietro Consagra

Located in Surfside, FL

Pietro Consagra (Italian, 1920-2005). Hand signed in pencil and numbered limited edition color lithograph on Magnani paper. Embossed stamp with limited edition numbers in pencil to lower left, and having artist pencil signature to lower right. (from a limited edition of 80 with 15 artist's proofs) Published by Stamperia 2RC, Rome Italy and Marlborough Gallery, Rome, Italy. Abstract Modernist work in colors, produced in the style of the Forma art movement of Postwar Italy, of which the artist was a prominent member. Pietro Consagra (1920 – 2005) was an Italian Post war artist working in painting, printmaking and sculpture. In 1947 he was among the founding members of the Forma 1 group of artists, proponents of structured abstraction. Consagra was born on 6 October 1920 in Mazara del Vallo, in the province of Trapani in south-western Sicily, to Luigi Consagra and Maria Lentini. From 1931 he enrolled in a trade school for sailors, studying first to become a mechanic, and later to become a captain. In 1938 he moved to Palermo, where he enrolled in the liceo artistico; despite an attack of tuberculosis, he graduated in 1941, and in the same year signed up at the Accademia di Belle Arti, where he studied sculpture under Archimede Campini. After the Invasion of Sicily and the Allied occupation of Palermo in 1943, Consagra found work as a caricaturist for the American Red Cross club of the city; he also joined the Italian Communist Party. Early in 1944, armed with a letter of introduction from an American officer, he travelled to Rome. There he came into contact with the Sicilian artist Concetto Maugeri, and through him with Renato Guttuso, who was also Sicilian and who introduced him to the intellectual life of the city and to other postwar artists such as Leoncillo Leonardi, Mario Mafai and Giulio Turcato. Consagra signed up at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in September 1944 and studied sculpture there under Michele Guerrisi, but left before completing his diploma. In 1947, with Carla Accardi, Ugo Attardi, Piero Dorazio, Mino Guerrini, Achille Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo and Giulio Turcato, Consagra started the artist's group Forma 1, which advocated both Marxism and structured abstraction. Steadily Consagra's work began to find an audience. Working primarily in metal, and later in marble and wood, his thin, roughly carved reliefs, began to be collected by Peggy Guggenheim and other important patrons of the arts. He showed at the Venice Biennale eleven times between 1950 and 1993, and in 1960 won the sculpture prize at the exhibition. During the 1960s he was associated with the Continuità group, an offshoot of Forma I, and in 1967 taught at the School of Arts in Minneapolis. Large commissions allowed him to begin working on a more monumental scale, and works of his were installed in the courtyard of the Foreign Ministry in Rome and in the European Parliament, Strasbourg. His work is found in the collections of The Tate Gallery, London, in Museo Cantonale d'Arte of Lugano and the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.. Consagra returned to Sicily where he sculpted a number of significant works during the 1980s. With Senator Ludovico Corrao, he helped created an open-air museum in the new town of Gibellina, after the older town had been destroyed in the earthquake of 1968. Consagra designed the gates to the town's entrance, the building named "Meeting" and the gates to the cemetery, where he was later buried. In 1952 Consagra published La necessità della scultura ("the need for sculpture"), a response to the essay La scultura lingua morta ("sculpture, a dead language"), published in 1945 by Arturo Martini. Other works include L'agguato c'è ("the snare exists", 1960), and La città frontale ("the frontal city", 1969). His autobiography, Vita Mia, was published by Feltrinelli in 1980. In 1989 a substantial retrospective exhibition of work by Consagra was shown at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome; in 1993 a permanent exhibition of his work was installed there. In 1991 his work was shown in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. In 2002 the Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart opened a permanent exhibition of his work. He was one of ten artists invited by Giovanni Carandente, along with David Smith, Alexander Calder, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Lynn Chadwick, and Beverly Pepper, to fabricate works in Italsider factories in Italy for an outdoor exhibition, "Sculture nella città", held in Spoleto during the summer of 1962. He was included in the The 1962 International Prize for Sculpture the jury included Argan, Romero Brest and James Johnson Sweeney the former director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The participants included Louise Nevelson and John Chamberlain for the United States; Lygia Clark for Brazil; Pietro Consagra, Lucio Fontana, Nino Franchina, and Gió Pomodoro for Italy; Pablo Serrano for Spain; and Eduardo Paolozzi, William Turnbull, and Kenneth Armitage for England. Gyula Kosice, Noemí Gerstein...

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1960s Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Large-Scale Abstract Painting in Earth Brown and Black, Textural Contemporary
Large-Scale Abstract Painting in Earth Brown and Black, Textural Contemporary

Large-Scale Abstract Painting in Earth Brown and Black, Textural Contemporary

By Jonathan Freemantle

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Pigment

Abstract 5, Oil Painting on Paper by Isabel Gamerov
Abstract 5, Oil Painting on Paper by Isabel Gamerov

Abstract 5, Oil Painting on Paper by Isabel Gamerov

By Isabel Gamerov

Located in Long Island City, NY

Although pioneered by Jackson Pollock, many artists have taken abstract expressionism and brought it into the contemporary. Gamerov captures movement and color with bold enthusiasm i...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Oil

"Birthday Everyday" by Hessler - Colorful Abstract Expression in Bright Palette
"Birthday Everyday" by Hessler - Colorful Abstract Expression in Bright Palette

"Birthday Everyday" by Hessler - Colorful Abstract Expression in Bright Palette

By Sveta Hessler

Located in Carmel, CA

Sveta Hessler (Russian, born 1973) "Birthday Everyday" 2024 Acrylic paint, canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the painting. "Birthday Everyday" by Sveta Hessler is...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

"Black House"  acrylic on canvas
"Black House"  acrylic on canvas

"Black House" acrylic on canvas

By Bret Hanson

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Bret Hansen originally from Baltimore, Maryland is a painter and graphic designer based in Los Angeles, California. His design career spans art direction roles in publishing, branding and advertising at firms in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. His bold, dynamic designs can be seen in everything from album covers to advertising campaigns. Bret received his MFA in design from Virginia Commonwealth University and later taught design courses at Pratt Institute’s graduate program in Manhattan. Bret’s paintings blend expression with a graphic design sensibility and explore themes of alienation, disorientation, authenticity and hope. Incorporating a graphic design sensibility, the artist’s approach in his painting emphasizes clean lines, geometric shapes, and a vibrant, synthetic palette. Elements like artificial paint drips and pixellated stars form a visual language that bridges a digital aesthetic with painterly expression. Bret’s canvases reflect our struggle to find footing in a world turned upside down and our persistent, sometimes defiant, drive to seek out light and balance amid chaos. Bret’s work is a testament to his ability to evoke emotion and provoke thought through his art. His paintings serve as a mirror to the complexities of the human experience, capturing the essence of our society's constant evolution and the individual journeys we all embark on. "Black House...

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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mosaic Style French Abstract, Original Oil Painting
Mosaic Style French Abstract, Original Oil Painting

Mosaic Style French Abstract, Original Oil Painting

By Beatrice Werlie

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Mosaic Style French Abstract, Original Oil Painting By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Titled and dated '2004' verso Oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas size: 21.5 x 18 inches Sensational abstract oil painting by a French female artist named Beatrice Werlie. The mosaic style painting shows a medley of coloured flecks, based on a neutral background, with a soft range of pinks and turquoise. There is a faint outline of a face lost amongst the cubist paint...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

"Many For The Empath" (abstract, flora, fauna, roses, oil painting, green, pink)
"Many For The Empath" (abstract, flora, fauna, roses, oil painting, green, pink)

"Many For The Empath" (abstract, flora, fauna, roses, oil painting, green, pink)

By Nicholas Evans

Located in Paris, IDF

MANY FOR THE EMPATH 2026 Paris, France This complex and layered floral painting of an abundant, overflowing bouquet presents an energetic and mesmerizing subject. This original mixe...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil Crayon, Dye, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Oil, Acrylic

The triple echo: resilience of the soul
The triple echo: resilience of the soul

The triple echo: resilience of the soul

Located in Zofingen, AG

Three women emerge together against a vivid graffiti backdrop, their calm expressions holding steady amid the surrounding chaos. A quiet strength beneath layers of color and noise. S...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Lacey Abstract
Lacey Abstract

Lacey Abstract

By Spe

Located in Houston, TX

Abstract painting on light bluish/green background with shades of gold/borwn by English artist Spe, 2013. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Flourish Now! Large Abstract Floral Painting, Acrylic Oil Pastel, 101x76 cm
Flourish Now! Large Abstract Floral Painting, Acrylic Oil Pastel, 101x76 cm

Flourish Now! Large Abstract Floral Painting, Acrylic Oil Pastel, 101x76 cm

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

Title: Flourish Now! Painting Floral Abstract Bold Freedom Contrast Statement Maximalism In this painting, I expressed the feeling of aliveness into vibrant pink blossoms bursting...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

After the Sunset
After the Sunset

After the Sunset

By Barry Wilson

Located in London, GB

Barry Wilson is a UK-based contemporary artist renowned for his innovative gold-leaf works. He trained at the Camberwell School of Art and was mentored by acclaimed artists including...

Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Abstract Graphite Composition on Tracing Paper by Joseph Lawrence Gardella
Abstract Graphite Composition on Tracing Paper by Joseph Lawrence Gardella

Abstract Graphite Composition on Tracing Paper by Joseph Lawrence Gardella

Located in Astoria, NY

Joseph Lawrence Gardella (American, XX-XXI), Untitled (Abstract Composition), Graphite on Tracing Paper and Wove Paper, unsigned, estate stamp to reverse, black frame. Image: 8.75" ...

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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite, Wove Paper

Somewhere Feeling Calm, Abstract Painting
Somewhere Feeling Calm, Abstract Painting

Somewhere Feeling Calm, Abstract Painting

By Kajal Zaveri

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Shades of blue, green, and white suggest a peaceful landscape. The painting reflects the quiet, expansive spaces in nature that always draw artist Kajal Zaver...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Ballet Dancers Theatre Stage Study Charcoal Drawing Mid Century Figurative
Ballet Dancers Theatre Stage Study Charcoal Drawing Mid Century Figurative

Ballet Dancers Theatre Stage Study Charcoal Drawing Mid Century Figurative

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Ballet Dancers Theatre Stage Study Charcoal Drawing Mid Century Figurative Medium: charcoal and white chalk on toned paper unframed image size: 8.75 x 11.75 inches (height x w...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal

Abstract Expressionist Bay Area Hills Landscape
Abstract Expressionist Bay Area Hills Landscape

Abstract Expressionist Bay Area Hills Landscape

By Honora Berg

Located in Soquel, CA

Abstract Expressionist painting of Bay Area Hills by Honora Berg Berkeley San Francisco Bay Area abstract expressionist landscape by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). A brilliant e...

Category

1950s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Gouache

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.