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
Les saisons de Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies - La Tilleuse
Located in Westmount, QC
Jean-Paul Riopelle, 1923-2002, Canadian
Les saisons de Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies - La Tilleuse
Original lithograph in colours on Arches paper
20 ½ x 27 ¾ in
Signed in pencil “Riopelle” lo...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Wild Flower no. 4
Located in Dallas, TX
M aka Michael Chow was born in 1939 into a family of theater in Shanghai, China. His father, Zhou Xinfang, the grandmaster of Beijing Opera, is regarded as a national treasure to thi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hike Flow
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Lynn Sanders is an artist excited by beauty: architecture, foliage, landscapes, seascapes, interiors. She finds palettes and shapes in her environment and propels them into her work,...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Acrylic
Untitled, from The Geldzahler Portfolio
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1997, on Rives BFK paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75 (there were also 15 artist’s proofs), printed by Gemini G.E.L. LLC, published by Th...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tropical Migration
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mixed Media Collage UV Ink on Brushed Silver Aluminum folded into a 2 inch deep rectangle panel
Thomas’s professional photo career began at the age of seventeen with extensive appre...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Book of Flowers 2 (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. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Artist Tree
Located in Boxholm, SE
The Artists Tree – 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. T...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LittleBrickWall
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
In 2024 Jordi Molla embarked on a new series based on life itself; painting 6 paintings in 6 different settings using the same color scheme.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Team Colours
Located in Toronto, CA
Alexander Rasmussen’s “Better Days Are Comin’.” This vibrant new series of abstracts was presented in part at Art Miami 2023, and the remaining pieces are now being exhibited for the...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Reflex
Located in New York, NY
Reflex, 2022
Acrylic on paper
16 1/2 x 11 4/5 in. (42 x 30 cm)
Unique
Signed and dated, lower right
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled
By Paul Brach
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right.
41.75 x 61 in.
44 x 63 in. (framed)
Custom framed in a hardwood floater with a matte white finish.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Eri...
Category
1950s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Near the Church - abstract black and white landscape depicted in the Luminogram
Located in London, GB
NEAR THE CHURCH, 2016
Unique Luminogram Silver Gelatin Print, Framed; Framing options available, also can be shipped unframed if preferable
Framed; museum mount board, white metal fr...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram, Silver Gelatin
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
Astronaut - Abstract on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Browns, black, white and silver. No frame needed.
About the Artist:
Michael has been working as a painter and designer for over 20 years. His work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums throughout the country including The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Austin Museum of Digital Art, The Westmoreland Museum of Art, UICA/Michigan, and The Mattress Factory. His paintings have been featured in Atlantic Homes and Lifestyles, Beaux Arts, Table Magazine, Perlora Contemporary Home Magazine, The Wall Street International Magazine and the cover of Housetrends. His work will also be featured in Design Within Reach’s 2019 Catalog.
His clients have included The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Nintendo, IBM, Sony Pictures and Panasonic. His work has been published widely in various publications including TIME, The Wall Street Journal, How Magazine, Graphis, London’s Computer Arts, BIg Magazine, The Book of Probes by Marshall Mcluhan (designed by David Carson), Big Magazine and Speak.
His collaboration with José Muniain on the short film installation “Navarro”, which documented his painting process, was a finalist in the D.C. Independent Film Festival. Some recent projects include the main lobby...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
André Butzer, Untitled - Etching on wove paper, Signed Print, Contemporary Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
André Butzer (German, b. 1973)
Untitled (Smileys), 2019/2022
Medium: Etching in colors on wove paper
Dimensions: 43 x 33 cm
Edition of 15: Hand-signed, numbered and dated in pencil
C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
Rebirth
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Atmospheric gradations of color are encased in hardened surfaces in a constant push and pull between depth, light and texture. Capturing the effect of light purely with color is wher...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Panel
Untitled
By Dorothy Hood
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is an oil on canvas painting made by Dorothy Hood in the 1980s. The artwork size is 70 x 60 inches.
Hood often acknowledged that Arshile Gorky, Edvard Munch, Henri Matiss...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
NOR Cliff dwelling
Located in Ranchos De Taos, NM
Ceramic sculpture of combined clay bodies, unique processes developed by Anna Bush Crews, looks to inherent qualities in the material, the way it smoothes, or not, the way it stretch...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ceramic
Happy Party 45" x 30"
Located in Toronto, ON
With a vision of paintings that literally break free of the canvas, Blady + Van Mil invented moulage (molded collage) through experimentation in the early days of the pandemic. It be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas
Composition N27. Oil on Canvas. 28.5X 47 Inch. 2015. By Giorgi Vepkhvadze.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Giorgi Vepkhvadze’s art is an Abstract expressionism for modern interior designs for Residential and Commercial spaces. Well suited for New York Apartments and Houses. Artist graduat...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Gently Does It
Located in Manchester, GB
An original acrylic painting on wood panel by artist Laura Pedley, signed on reverse by the artist, finished with archival UV protective varnish, this art...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
untitled
Located in Queenston, ON
Can be purchased as a diptych, or individual art work .
custom framing options available. Adam makes bespoke one fo a kind furniture and frames.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Alkyd
Twee haantjes
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
Two birds
1966
Gouache on paper
39,5 x 48 cm.
Signed and dated: lower right ‘Quirijn 66’
Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Gouache
NOR Bracket
Located in Ranchos De Taos, NM
Ceramic sculpture of combined clay bodies, the unique processes developed by Anna Bush Crews, looks to inherent qualities in the material, the way it smoothes, or not, the way it st...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ceramic
Night Falls - On Canvas
By Sara Conca
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting on canvas. Rich texture and vibrant colors.
About the artist:
Sara Conca is a world renowned, American, contemporary abstract artist of French-Italian descent...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
No.6
Located in Bantam, CT
Steven Miller trained at Parsons School of Design, Miller derives inspiration from electron microscope images that reveal the invisible building blocks of natural world. His pursuit ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
Large Billy Lee Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Billy Lee (Chinese/British)
Additional Information: Billy Lee is well exhibited worldwide and known for his large abstract minimalist sculptures. He has received nu...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Steel
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled
Located in København S, DK
Explore Mila Francesca Cali's abstract watercolors, inspired by her plein-air studies of space and nature. With echoes of modernist painting in a contemporary context, each piece res...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Crayon, Watercolor
Red King - Enamels on Plexi
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting on plexi. Vibrant red with black and yellow and charcoal hues. No frame needed. King theme.
About the Artist:
Michael has been working as a painter and des...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Elsewhere, Suite #7 - Small Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Kennedy Contemporary is proud to announce a solo exhibition by Laguna Beach artist, Chris Gwaltney. This will be Gwaltney’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and will remain on...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
original lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1965 by Mourlot Freres in an edition of 1000 on Arches paper for the "L'Atelier Mourlot" catalogue. Size: 10 x 7 1/4 inches (255 x 186 mm). Si...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Elsewhere, Suite #10 - Small Colorful Oil Painting
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Kennedy Contemporary is proud to announce a solo exhibition by Laguna Beach artist, Chris Gwaltney. This will be Gwaltney’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and will remain on...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Raw Linen, Oil
Bearbrick Kaws Grey Dissected 1000%
By KAWS
Located in PARIS, FR
2010 Japan Medicom Toy Be@rbrick 1000% x OriginalFake Kaws Dissected Companion Grey. Edition of 500
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Vinyl
Marine Landscape done by Charles Movalli Painting "Covered Snow"
Located in Rockport, MA
Charles Movalli (1945–2016) had a BA from Clark University and a PhD from the University of Connecticut. He painted and wrote about art for over thirty years. He belonged to the Nort...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Purple and Black
By Paul Resika
Located in Provincetown, MA
Paul Resika was born in New York City in 1928. He began taking painting lessons at age nine, greatly encouraged by his Russian émigré mother. At twelve years old, he began studying w...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Cerulean Flora
Located in Readsboro, VT
Infused with a tranquil palette, this textile sculpture was crafted to evoke serenity and growth, drawing inspiration from the resilience of nature. Its cerulean hues and wood founda...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Cotton, Wood, Latex
Drip, Drip, Drip.
Located in Toronto, CA
Acrylic painting on canvas by artist Troy Smith. The Drip, Drip, Drip painting measures 48" x 72" and is painted on canvas. Painted in his studio in the summer of 2022, Troy experime...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Copper Grey/Green
By Joel Perlman
Located in New York, NY
Joel Perlman is best known for his sculptures that juxtapose flat geometries of welded steel, aluminum, and bronze in three-dimensional space. His sculptures sketch themselves out in...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Copper
Children of the World: Midnight #4
Located in Southampton, NY
The latest in the wide world of J. Oscar Molina's "Children of the World" Collection--a profound collection of paintings and sculptures in assorted sizes and mediums which have been ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Rising
Located in Belgravia, London, London
"Rising"
by Michael Thacker
British, 21st Century
Bardiglio Marble with Platinum Leaf
Sculpture size (HxWxD): 19.75 x 15 x 6 inches
Monogrammed and dated 9 5 21
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Stone, Platinum
"Stripe Drawing #11" Contemporary Original Abstract Drawing
Located in Roselle Park, NJ
My drawings and paintings are an examination of three major elements - color, surface and mark making. These nonrepresentational pieces give me the freedom to concentrate on and inve...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel
Loie Hollowell, Cascade: Porcelain Plate, Contemporary Art
Located in Hamburg, DE
Loie Hollowell (American, b. 1983)
Cascade, 2020
Medium: Porcelain plate
Dimensions: 10 7/10 in diameter (27.3 cm diameter)
Edition of 175: Signed in plate
Condition: Mint (sold in i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Ceramic
Down Comes the Sky
Located in San Diego, CA
"Down Comes the Sky" in "Urban Peace" collection is an original painting by San Diego Artist Shima Shanti in the ancient art form of Encaustic. Up to 50 layers of purified beeswax m...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Oil
Autres mouches no 3
Located in Westmount, QC
Jean-Paul Riopelle, 1923-2002, Canadian
Autres mouches no 3, 1985
Lithograph on Japan paper
20 1/2 x 26 3/4 in
Signed and numbered in pencil, edition of 75
Catalogue raisonné refer...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Autres mouches no 2
Located in Westmount, QC
Jean-Paul Riopelle, 1923-2002, Canadian
Autres mouches no 2, 1985
Lithograph on Japan paper
20 1/2 x 26 3/4 in
Signed and numbered in pencil, edition of 75
Catalogue raisonné refer...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Four & Six, No. 1 painting by Naohiko Inukai
Located in Hudson, NY
Strong vertical and horizontal elements woven into a repeating pattern, Naohiko Inukai's painting Four & Six, No. 1 offers a calming rhythmic symmetry. As was noted the the March 196...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joy Factory
Located in Covington, LA
"The nostalgia of a tropical climate is the undercurrent that inspires my process. Bright and vibrant pigments live on my palette. I treat each canvas with an intuitive approach, nev...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Wayvox
Located in New York, NY
Wayvox, 1986
Ballpoint pen on paper
11 x 8-1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated, lower margin
At the heart of Bousfield's work lies a lyrical celebration of color and ...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
original etching for Paroles Peintes
By Henry Moore
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This etching was executed in 1970 for Paroles Peintes IV, and is from the edition of 150 on Johannot wove paper. A limited number of signed proofs were also...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
Lets Not Think About Tomorrow
Located in Jönköping, SE
Keeping with my passion of nature, this collection focusses on the movement and structure of nature. Primarily that from trees. I am fascinated by trees and their amazing beauty. Co...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
New Space Arabia 1979 Colossal Abstract Red Blue Green Museum Canvas James Yohe
By James Yohe
Located in Miami, FL
James Yohe painted this large scale red and deep hues of blue and green powerful and beautiful original work on canvas in 1979. This early work by this famous artist of the 1980's a...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic Polymer
Birchband
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Michael Kessler was born in 1954 in Hanover, Pennsylvania and had his first art show in 1080. His abstract art awards include the Rome Prize for Painting from the American Academy in Rome in 1990 and the Pollock/Krasner Award in Painting. His modern artwork has been widely exhibited in the US and abroad via international and national galleries, and has been featured in over 150 SOLO exhibitions since 1983. Michael Kessler’s abstract contemporary paintings are widely collected and appear in over 20 museum collections in the US, including the Brooklyn Museum in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Appearances are deceptive, and anyone who is interested in the true nature of the universe knows that there are far more questions than answers. The more we know, the more we know we don’t know. I want my paintings to reflect both the desire to know and the futility of trying to know. I’m building a surface and not so much an image. I see my work as a metaphor for nature – about wondering how it (nature) got that way, realizing that we may never find out. I’m interested in beauty, but not a superficial or superfluous beauty – something deeper. It is daunting, but if you go through the forest at night...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
O.P. 88 collage on paper by Glenn Goldberg
Located in Hudson, NY
O.P. 88 (1988)
Pencil, ink, enamel and collage on paper
46" x 30"
48 ½" x 32 ½" x 2" framed
Stamped "GG88" lower right by artist with his signature stamp.
Provenance: M. Knoedler &...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Enamel
"Les Gouttes" dessin/volume. Origami, optical art sculpture
Located in Brussels, BE
Origami/kinetic artpiece, folds completely flat. Provides a fun and strong visual illusion , with a feeling of jelly.
Signed and numbered 5/6, dated 2018.
Led pedestal comes extra. It is optional, but recommended (looks wonderful in darkness). It can be taylor made...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Other Medium
Forgotten Landscape
Located in Greenwich, CT
Elizabeth Higgins Biography
b. 1960
Elizabeth Higgins describes herself as an abstract figurative and landscape painter. Everything around her serves as a potential subject, an insp...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Tin Tiles with Rods
By Koji Takei
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Koji Takei works reference synthetic cubism in the most literal of senses. In cubist artworks, the objects are broken up, analyzed and re-assembled in abstracted form. These pieces...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
El Ravel - Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Browns and blues.
About the Artist:
Michael has been working as a painter and designer for over 20 years. His work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums throughout the country including The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Austin Museum of Digital Art, The Westmoreland Museum of Art, UICA/Michigan, and The Mattress Factory. His paintings have been featured in Atlantic Homes and Lifestyles, Beaux Arts, Table Magazine, Perlora Contemporary Home Magazine, The Wall Street International Magazine and the cover of Housetrends. His work will also be featured in Design Within Reach’s 2019 Catalog.
His clients have included The Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Nintendo, IBM, Sony Pictures and Panasonic. His work has been published widely in various publications including TIME, The Wall Street Journal, How Magazine, Graphis, London’s Computer Arts, BIg Magazine, The Book of Probes by Marshall Mcluhan (designed by David Carson), Big Magazine and Speak.
His collaboration with José Muniain on the short film installation “Navarro”, which documented his painting process, was a finalist in the D.C. Independent Film Festival. Some recent projects include the main lobby...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
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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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