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
Preliminary drawing for the painting entitled Trapezoids
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ink, graphite and colored pencil on graph paper
The final composition measured 28 x 28 inches
Annotated #615 in the lower right corner of the sheet
Provenance: Francine Seders Galler...
Category
1950s Abstract Art
Materials
Color Pencil
Workers
Located in Riga, LV
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard, Canvas
Abstract Blue and White Fish Patterns, Mediterranean, Expressionist Seascape
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Summer Bliss" very large impressionistic floral painting on linen canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness." – Eckhart Tolle
Abstract te...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Fig. 9 BASE. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fig. 9 BASE, 2025 by Rodrigo Spinel
From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Indian ink on 350g Strathmore Bristol paper
Frame size: 73.4 H x 58.1 W x 3 D cm.
Image size: 61 H x 45.7 W cm....
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, India Ink
"Orange Colors" by Rehfeld - Large Abstract Geometric in Orange and Yellow
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954)
"Orange Colors" 2018
Oil paint, Paper, Glue, Canvas, Stretcher bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
In "Orange Colors," Rehfeld o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Paper, Glue, Stretcher Bars
Original Abstract Painting on Canvas "Optimistic Creativity" by Serg Graff COA
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is a unique original acrylic/oil painting on canvas in a fantasy abstract style by Serg Graff Titled "Optimistic Creativity".
It comes signed, dated, and with a COA (Certificat...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Huge French 20th Century Bright Colorful Dual Abstract Faces Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
inscribed verso
canvas size: 35 x 46 inches
condition: overall very...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ABSTRACT Mirko Baricchi Oil Gestural Landscapes Flora Earth Tones Mixed media
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mirko Baricchi (born 1970) is an accomplished Italian painter who currently lives and works between Vicenza and La Spezia, regions located in Veneto and Liguria, Italy, respectively....
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
#18, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
Located in München, BY
Unique piece
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket of realism to...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Pigment
Sinjerli Variation I Lithograph & Screenprint Hand Signed Ed 100. Created 1977
By Frank Stella
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frank Stella b.1936
Sinjerli Variation I
1977
lithograph and screenprint in colors on Arches Cover
31¾ h × 42 w in (81 × 107 cm)
Signed, dated and numbered to lower right edition of...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Honey and Smoke, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Warm clouds of muted cream and brown drift across the upper portion of a dark and moody background. A deep, black section at the bottom creates a strong horizon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Complementary Patterns 13 - Large Abstract Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
READY TO HANG with the edges painted.
Size: 80x80X2 cm, 31.5x31.5x0.8 inches.
I signed and dated on the front and I also put my relief signet as you can see an example at the last pi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Growing
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
“Growing” is 40”x30” The impasto surface stages a predominance of bold greens in the shadowy figure. Frank Arnold’s paintings exhibit the highest quality materials for a truly archiv...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
$22,800
Rainbow Landing - Thick Impasto Tall Textural Colorful Long Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Glitter
23 , 100x100cm, acrylic, canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
23v, 100x100 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
$1,050 Sale Price
25% Off
Mesh and Metal, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece contrasts an irregular, linear mesh grid with small, structured metallic circles. The background, built from layered papers, creates an organic and s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Lumiere des labours, Landscape, Oil, Expressionism, Multicolor, French, Abstract
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Framed dimensions: 47 x 47 cm (18.5 x 18.5 in)
Unframed – 15.75 x 15.75 in (40 x 40 cm)
Frame available in natural wood or black
Original signed artwork by Sophie Dumont
Sophie Dumo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Spring, bright mulitcolored abstract encaustic painting on board
Located in New York, NY
Pressman works in various media. The oil paintings require a different approach as they dry more slowly than the encaustic work. As such, the oils sit with the artist often for month...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Encaustic, Board
$4,000 Sale Price
43% Off
Diorama, abstract landscape oil painting
Located in Basalt, CO
This 96" x 72" monumental original abstract oil landscape painting sets the tone for a room, adding an element of abstract nature to any setting.
The piece comes wired for hanging a...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Art Deco Geometry in Blue, Vertical Architecture, Primary Shapes, Suprematist
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-light.
Details:
+ Title: Art Deco Geometry...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Emulsion, Watercolor, Monotype
Large Abstract Cubist Style Multicoloured Original Oil Painting Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Art, Picasso Style, Multicoloured, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist Beatrice Werlie, early 21st Century
Signed by the artist
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Left Sweep
By Tom Lieber
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lieber's paintings are in the permanent collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NY, Tate London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MOCALA, Bolinas Museum, Honolulu Contemporary Museum, Fleming Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, Farnsworth Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Newport Art Museum, Mount Holyoke College Museum of Art, Bowdoin College...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pablo Picasso steppe"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Summer blooming Ukrainian field. Inspired me to create this picture. I really like to paint abstract pictures. I paint them with feelings and energy of the inner body. This picture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Geometric Abstraction
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
A unique, beautifully composed, large-scale geometric abstraction encaustic, with fresh colors, on fibrous buff, wove paper; the image extending ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Encaustic
Alain Le Yaouanc 'Study I' 1970- Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Study I is part of the Derrière le Miroir No. 188 series, showcasing French artist Le Yaouanc’s distinctive geometric abstraction. Influenced by architectural and mechanical structur...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Original Color Field Oil Painting Multi-Color Geometric Abstract - "Commute"
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Color Field Oil Painting Multi-Color Geometric Abstract - "Commute"
Dramatic multi-color geometric abstract painting by Virginia Sevier Rogers (American, 1917-2015). Vivid ...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monumental Gold Tone Abstract Painting by MacMillan c.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Magnificent monumental abstract painting circa 1970s.
Signed lower right "MacMillan".
This painting will be the centerpiece of any interior. It's a large, and elegant painting fill...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Big Size Abstract Pastel Dots Colors Artist Christina Gschwantner
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...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 11 x 7.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Bruno Bruni - "Fiore"
By Bruno Bruni
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Edition: limited
In great condition
Minimal marginal defects
A beautiful artwork that looks good in every room and especially in the living room or bedroom
Can be framed accordingly....
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
$208 Sale Price
20% Off
El Faro del Fin del Mundo
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Antonio Gritón
(Mexico City, 1953) Lives and works in Mexico City.
Antonio Griton is a visual artist and tireless promoter of Mexican culture. He captures a visual discourse that r...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Window with Pears - original surreal realism seascape oil painting- still life
By Luis Fuentes
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Window with Pears" by Luis Fuentes is a serene oil on canvas ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Light blue waves 2024 - geometric abstract painting
Located in New York, NY
This hand-painted piece by Lucchetta is part of the op art series where he is able to catch movement with his unique technique. Lucchetta is challenging himself. His precise stable h...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Wood, Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard
Misty Underwater Shapes, Mid-Century Modern Organic Blue, Handmade Monotype 2021
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted unique cyanotype that takes its inspiration from the mid-century modern shapes.
It's made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures using uv-...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Mulberry Paper
Fils I Colors DCLXXII - Muted Color Abstract Contemporary Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Barcelona native artist Raul de la Torre's vibrant abstract mixed media artworks pay homage to textiles. De La Torre allows the materials to take over during the process and collabor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Thread, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
garden city
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Frank Chiodo is a contemporary painter whose dynamic work centers on organic abstraction. Through the interplay of color and gesture on the canvas, he creates a compelling dialogue t...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Contemporary abstract acrylic woman's portrait on canvas "The power within"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In "The Power Within", French artist Natalya Mougenot places a strong emphasis on authenticity, suggesting that true empowerment for women arises when they embrace their most genuine...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
Josette Urso "Beach Day Violet" Water Color on Paper
By Josette Urso
Located in New York, NY
Of her recent works, Urso states, "I make exploratory paintings, working in response to my immediate environment. My approach involves moment-to-moment extrapolation governed by intu...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
1980s "Cityscape of Black and White" Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Leon Collard (1916-2011)
"Cityscape of Black and White"
c. 1980s
Acrylic on Paper
23.25"x18" unframed
Signed lower right in paint
Leon Collard (1916-2011...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Large French Abstract Oil Painting Palette Knife Original Mid 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Abstract Expressionist work,
mid/ late 20th century
indistinctly signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 25.5 x 18 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a coll...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Green, Yellow, and Blue Abstract Impressionist Western Desert Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Green, yellow, and blue abstract impressionist Western landscape by Texas artist Fred Darge. The painting depicts an arid desert with a huge desert sage bush against a mountainous landscape with overcast clouds. Signed by the artist at the bottom right corner. Unframed but framing options are available.
Artist Biography: Friedrich Ernst (Fred) Darge was born in Rendsburg, Germany March 1, 1900, and died in Dallas, Texas April 10, 1978.
He entered the U.S. at Port Arthur, Texas in 1923. By 1924 he was in Chicago painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Drylands
By David Bolduc
Located in Vancouver, CA
This exquisite monochrome painting from 1971 showcases David Bolduc's command of color and nuanced texture. Rendered in a soft pink hue, the canvas is alive with subtle variations i...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$8,450 Sale Price
35% Off
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 12.75 x 10 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Exotica Series, Abstract Woven Tapestry by Ritzi Jacobi and Peter Jacobi
Located in Wilton, CT
Exotica Series, Abstract Woven Tapestry, Textile Sculpture. Cotton, goat hair and sisal, 114" x 60" x 6", 1975.
Ritzi Jacobi (1941 - 2022) and Peter Jacob...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Cotton, Thread
Coralina, pink, orange and coral abstract expressionist painting on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Mexican Era Composition
By Eve Peri
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1945 painting by American artist, Eve Peri. Watercolor on tissue paper, image measures 18 x 14 inches; 20.5 x 24.5 inches matted behind scratched plexiglass. Artwork and ma...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
Shark Fin Rock, Santa Cruz, with a Burst of Yellow Flowers, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Samuel Pretorius paints a bright sunny day at Shark Fin Cove near Santa Cruz in impressionism. A breathtaking cove stre...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Prefer Kindness - Original Impasto Abstract Blue Landscape Painting with Houses
By Dana Cowie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Using an impasto, painterly technique Dana Cowie creates cubist-inspired farm and rural landscapes. Working within controlled color schemes, her artworks ap...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
"Body Abstract Series" F2RK , Abstract, Painting, 21st Century, Acryl and Clay
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Julien Airault (B.1979)
Untitled
Oil on canvas
89 x 116 cm / 35.04 x 45.67 inches
With frame : 95 x 122 cm / 37.40 x 48.03 inches
2024
Born in 1979, Julien Airault is a French paint...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Graffiti, Abstract Expressionist Etching by Robert Savoie
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Savoie, Canadian (1939 - ) - Graffiti, Year: 1977, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, titled on verso, Edition: 39/50, Image Size: 2...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"DANCING SOULS" abstract painting
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original art by Daria Kusto.
Acrylic , acrylic spray on canvas
Shipped rolled in a tube,
From Spain.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Signe paysage II
Located in Columbia, MO
Lithograph
Ed. EA
Biography
Olivier Debré is a French abstract painter born in Paris in 1920. He is one of the main representatives of lyrical abstraction, along with Hans Hartung, P...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Daydream - abstract black and white photography, Limited edition 2 of 20
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Daydream'
London United Kingdom, 2022
Photographed using large format 4x5 film camera.
From limited edition of 20.
The photograph is signed front bottom right corner and comes ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Film, Photographic Film, Giclée
Off The Knob - Abstract Large Organic Shape Pastel Original Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rue Bootay, a New York-born artist now rooted in the vibrant artistic landscape of Los Angeles, navigates the avant-garde realm of nonrepresentational surrealism with a style uniquel...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Oil Pastel
Encierro Siete. Mixed media Abstract painting on Canvas
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
" The work resists framing in concepts, it overflows the contours and borders of the rational. It is through the presence of color, combined with an abstraction at times with express...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Subway Sonnet #151 - Collage Mixed Media Abstract Expressionism Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The surfaces Susan Washington works with are derived from her memories of the graffitied subway car, public telephone booths, and rolling steel cages that secure neighborhood stores ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Paint
Cuerpos Magnéticos, Wall Sculpture.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Cuerpos Magnéticos was born searching for the relationship between nature and our bodies: we see rocks, bones, structures, flexibility, attractions, spaces, movement, stillness. Cuer...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Resin, Pigment
Vintage American School Abstract Expressionist Giltwood Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
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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.