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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
Body Motion Target 1 - bold, contemporary, geometric abstract, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
With its bold form and striking black palette, this large circular painting by Yvonne Lammerich makes a dramatic contemporary statement. The actual scale of the circle is related to ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Dancing Blossom - Extra Large Oversized Soft Abstract Floral Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing inspiration from an immersive and impressionistic interpretation of nature, Canadian artist Vé Boisvert paints textural original artworks that capture the fleeting effects of...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

ST1826-Contemporary , Abstract, Gestual, Street art, Pop art, Modern, Geometric
Located in London, London
Edition of 25 Unframed Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity, (Unframed) His work has been s...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Parallel Curves
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) is an important contributor to the 20th century's most cerebral "isms" notably minimalism and conceptual art. Many of his works were created from elaborate a...
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Early 2000s Abstract Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

R. Poch 115 Yellow original acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
115. original acrylic painting Born in Badalona (Barcelona). Photographer and advertising film director. Founding partner of the advertising production company La Cosa de las Pelicu...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Exibition Print from “ Vibrazioni” by Miller Null - Vintage Photograph - 1990
Located in Roma, IT
Exibition print from “ Vibrazioni”  is a vintage photographic print on color paper applied on cardboard realized by Harold Miller Null in 1990 Hand signed and dated on the lower rig...
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1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

The good Neighbor by Laura Petrovich Cheney Contemporary Geometric Wood Artwork
Located in DE
This piece began with squares on point. At some point, I decided to add smaller triangles. The randomness of these shapes felt like dancing firefly wings. Laura Petrovich-Cheney: L...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Exibition Print from “ Vibrazioni” by Miller Null - Vintage Photograph - 1990
Located in Roma, IT
Exibition print from “ Vibrazioni”  is a vintage photographic print on color paper applied on cardboard realized by Harold Miller Null in 1990 Hand signed and dated on the lower rig...
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1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Book of Flowers 4 (small)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "Book of Flowers" series is a collection of pages from a Botanical book in which he plastered them onto the canvas and proceeded to paint his own botanicals over them. ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Book of Flowers 3 (small)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "Book of Flowers" series is a collection of pages from a Botanical book in which he plastered them onto the canvas and proceeded to paint his own botanicals over them. ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

A Little pink I
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Carnival in the Favela-original abstract impressionist painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Carnival in the Favela, with a View of Ipanema" by Caio Nascimento transports viewers into the heart of a vibrant Brazilian carnival, teeming with life and energy. This piece presen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled from Atelier International Portfolio, rare signed/n etching by sculptor
Located in New York, NY
Jackie Ferrara Untitled, from the Atelier International Portfolio, 1986 Hand Colored Etching on paper with deckled edges. Publisher's and Printer's Blind Stamps. Hand Signed. Numbere...
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1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Pencil, Etching

Savage Purple Tulip
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's Ground breaking "Savage Garden" series painted onto a plastic camo tarp stretched over canvas showing the contrast between the beauty of the flower and the savagery of ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Omen II
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Grosse Pointe, Michigan native Mara Millich created this interesting mixed media abstract in 2004. It is an original and hand signed by Mara Millich.
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Girl with Flowers
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection. It is limited in edition artist signed lower right and is in very good condition. Walter Becker was a German artist. Another impress...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Zebra Bouquet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A 4 painting series with a zebra like pattern by Jordi Molla.
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Multivariance, Modern Colorful Abstract Painting 100x100cm by Anna Selina
Located in Sempach, LU
Multivariance is very philosophical and deep painting. I have put there lots of senses and meanings about variancy of our world, our choices, our life vision. Gradient colors, minim...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Starfall. Item 2
Located in Sempach, LU
The series of drawings is called Starfall. I was inspired by space, the starry sky, clouds and natural phenomena. I also like to play with linear rhythms and spots of color. Paintin...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Color

City Streets - Original Oil Painting
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 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 unique artwork measures 16 inches square. 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 is wired and ready to hang, it does not require framing. Affordable Continental U.S. and global shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art 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. Ermilkina moved to the U.S. in 2005. Her paintings have been exhibited and collected throughout the United States, as well as Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, and Russia. Her contemporary 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 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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Big Net)
Located in Detroit, MI
"Untitled (Big Net)" is a painting by Martyna Alexander from her second gallery solo exhibition, "Courts."
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Pastel, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Space, beyond Faraway VIII
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

SPRING BLOMING TREE, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Welcome to my Gallery and thanks for your visit! Bright, colorful and expressive original painting, inspired by the beauty of nature, flowers and bright colors. A beautiful fl...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Gloria Saez, Campos de Castilla, Oil on canvas, 2022
Located in New York, NY
"Campos de Castilla" by Gloria Saez is a horizontal landscape in oil paint on canvas in cool blues, warm yellows and dark blue contrasts. This is an abstract representation of an ag...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Giorgi Vepkhvadze. Composition N28. Acrylic on canvas. 2019
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art pieces of Giorgi Vepkhvadze are Abstract expressionism for modern interior designs for Residential and Commercial spaces. Well suited for New York Apartments and Houses. Artist g...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Study # 7 Polychrome
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
“STUDY #7 POLYCHROME” Abstract Constructive Painting of 35" x 35" inches, Mixed Technique. Oil on canvas done with professional Rembrandt and Winsor & Newton colors, protected with g...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Space, beyond Faraway VI
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media

ABSTRACT Colors Artwork by Contemporary Mexican Artist Ana Lucia Sandoval 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Ana Lucía Sandoval (Mexico, 1979) A multidisciplinary artist, born in Guadalajara, Jalisco; grew up and resides in Morelia, Michoacán. From an early...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

BLOOMING SPRING FLOWERS, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
LARGE Original Abstract painting on canvas This bright, abstract landscape pays homage to the arrival of spring and the beauty and bursting color that it brings along. This paint...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Savage White Rose
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's Ground breaking "Savage Garden" series painted onto a plastic camo tarp stretched over canvas showing the contrast between the beauty of the flower and the savagery of ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Heartfelt Purple I
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Alles fließt
Located in New York, NY
Alles fließt, 2013 Woodcut in colors, on wove paper 22 x 14 1/5 in. (56 x 36 cm) Unique Signed in pencil, lower margin
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Space, beyond Faraway IX
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Space, beyond Faraway VII
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

Original Painting of Urban Flower Patterns in Mauve, Pink, Turquoise, Street Art
Located in Barcelona, ES
Borneo's pieces are deeply influenced by various creative sources, with a particular focus on the culture of the late '80s and '90s: from high-brow Memphis-inspired design to urban c...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Oil

Space, beyond Faraway V
Located in Rockville, MD
Cymn Wong’s style of mixed media paintings are developed alongside with pastel, crayon, acrylic and ink. Rooted from traditional Chinese ink-brush painting to contemporary New York ...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

11 Cybergraph (M7). Colourful abstract geometric painting.
Located in Segovia, ES
11 Cybergraph (M7). Colourful abstract geometric painting Mixed media on wood panel, 2023. Dimensions in cm.: 42 x 42 x 2.5 cm. (Without frame 35x35x2 cm.) In inches: 16.54" x 16.54"...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Blue
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
In this work, I have poured my passion using acrylics to evoke depth and movement. Blues and whites intertwine, reflecting abstract emotions that flow freely, like ocean waves on a s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Book of Flowers 1 (large)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jordi Molla's "Book of Flowers" series is a collection of pages from a Botanical book in which he plastered them onto the canvas and proceeded to paint his own botanicals over them. ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Not a cute bunny, 80x80cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Not a cute bunny , 80x80cm, print on canvas
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Color

"A Summer Day in Nantucket" Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 24"
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, "A Summer Day in Nantucket," by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and r...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Digital, Giclée

Study for Two Communicating Signals - Lithograph by Mario Persico - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Study for two communicating signals is an contemporary artwork realized by Mario Persico in 1970s Mixed colored lithograph Title on the lower margin. Hand signed by the artist Nu...
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1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Golden Proportion Pink
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas 59 x 39.40 in Unstretched Rebeca Mendoza plays with simultaneity, superimposition, and ambiguity in her work as she goes through the stages of oil painting. The artist...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil

Parallel N4. Oil on canvas. 2015
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art pieces of Giorgi Vepkhvadze are Abstract expressionism for modern interior designs for Residential and Commercial spaces. Well suited for New York Apartments and Houses. Artist g...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, ABS

I. Cahue. Colors. landscape original abstract acrylic paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
landscape original abstract acrylic paper painting. Artwork by Spanish artist ISIDRO CAHUE. Acrylic on paper Perfect state The personality of the artist is reflected in different f...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Cardboard

Summer Water
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writ...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Aubrey Penny Abstract Watercolor, Biological Structure Series Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aubrey Penny Abstract Watercolor. Signed and Dated. Biological Structure Series 10-2098-H, 1962 Aubrey Penny (American 1917-2000) was an innovative California abstract artist who wo...
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1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Watercolor

(Blue Harbor)
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Marcel Mouly was a master of abstraction and color. Here he depicts a harbor at night. This is a serigraph on paper, limited edition numbered 176/245. The frame has a few nicks; we...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Art

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Lithograph

Untitled (Calvesi 50)
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Calvesi 50), 1973-76 Screenprint in colors, on wove paper 16 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. (42.5 x 34.6 cm) Edition: 44/90 Signed and numbered in pencil, lower margin
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1970s Abstract Art

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Paper, Screen

Graphic Composition Black and White.Mixed media.2020.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art pieces of Giorgi Vepkhvadze are Abstract expressionism for modern interior designs for Residential and Commercial spaces. Well suited for New York Apartments and Houses. Artist g...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Mixed Media

ABSTRACT Black Artwork by Contemporary Mexican Artist Ana Lucia Sandoval 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Due to its special dimensions, the artwork must be shipped rolled in a tube so that it can be framed by a local framer upon arrival. For more information about shipping, please contact us. Ana Lucía...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hourglass Vows
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This new series of colorful abstract paintings continues the artist’s exploration of memory - delving into those aspects of life that can be controlled and those that cannot. “I oft...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

" Under the moonlight", Silkscreen, 1996.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Silkscreen
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1990s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Starfall. Item 5
Located in Sempach, LU
The series of drawings is called Starfall. I was inspired by space, the starry sky, clouds and natural phenomena. I also like to play with linear rhythms and spots of color. Paintin...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Digital

Staying on Course large abstract painting
By Michele Zuzalek
Located in Washington, DC
This large abstract painting was inspired by a chart of ocean currents. It captures the essence of navigating life's currents. The abstract portrayal of ocean currents serves as a m...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Acrylic, Graphite

Untitled (Multi-Court)
Located in Detroit, MI
"Untitled (Multi-Court)" is a painting by Martyna Alexander from her second gallery solo exhibition, "Courts."
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Pastel, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic

Mid March Bloom, pink, orange, green, textile, floral, texture
Located in New York, NY
Silk, wool, and thread Padma Rajendran was born in Klang, Malaysia. She studied at Bryn Mawr College and received her M.F.A. from Rhode Island School of Design. She has exhibited at...
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2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Textile

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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.

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