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
Furungle Orange
By Kenny Scharf
Located in Atlanta, GA
Archival pigment ink prints with silkscreened high-gloss varnish and diamond dust on Innova 315 gsm paper
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Varnish, Archival Pigment
Affordable Slacks
Located in New York, NY
Abstract geometric painting on canvas.
About the Artist:
My text based paintings build upon the theme of myth vs. memory, which has been the f...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Acrylic
SF64-045, Sam Francis, Acrylic, American Abstraction, Postwar, Work on paper
By Sam Francis
Located in Geneva, CH
SF64-045, Sam Francis, Acrylic, American Abstraction, Postwar, Work on paper
1964
Acrylic on paper
73 x 56.5 cm
94 x 75 cm / 37 x 29.5 in. (w...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled
By Bruce McLean
Located in London, GB
Ink, card and painted collage on paper
Edition of 10
101.6 x 80 cms (40 x 31 1/2 ins)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink
SHAPED PAINTINDS #013
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic paint on galvanized steel plates X2
125X82 CM, Thickness 5.5 CM, 2022
Signed on the back
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
Line Color Form Number 1
By Albert Manchak
Located in New York, NY
Line, Color, Form Number 1, 1959, by Albert Manchak (b. 1925)
Oil on canvas
35 ½ x 35 ½ inches unframed
37 x 37 inches framed
Signed on bottom right
Lab...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Lantern Flowers (Red and Black)Color silkscreen with flocking 2-ply museum board
Located in Atlanta, GA
Donald Sultan (Born 1951)
Lantern Flowers (Red and Black), 2017
Color silkscreen with over-printed flocking on Rising, 2-ply museum board
32 x 32 in.
Edition 34 of 50
Signed by artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Color, Screen
From OJ to Merlot
By Zammy Migdal
Located in Miami, FL
This interactive work can fit in any format the collector desires and can contain as many elements, both big and small, that the space requires.
From the artist's Levitation series...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Steel
Grey Folded Clouds - II Blue and white
By Joe Goode
Located in London, GB
Joe Goode
Grey Folded Clouds - II Blue and white (blue paper sky)
1971
Lithograph, Edition of 50
41 x 61 cms (16 x 24 ins)
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Conjugations
By Cleve Gray
Located in New York, NY
Cleve Gray
Conjugations, 1975
Vermont Series
Mixed media on paper
14 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches each
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Lipstick Building, Citicorp New York Multiple Exposure
Located in Miami, FL
In Camera Multiple Exposure of two iconic New York Landmarks merge together in a harmony of soft colors and overlapping shapes . Signed and dated on ...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Carioca No. 1"
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Lamar Briggs (1935 – 2015)
Abstract artist, Lamar Briggs, was born November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He initially attended the University of Southern Louisiana for architec...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
Candle Box
Located in New York, NY
2022
Vinyl
20 x 22 in. (50.8 x 55.9 cm)
Edition of 5
Signed and numbered in pencil, verso
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Vinyl
Hudson
By Eugene Healy
Located in Quogue, NY
Abstract, mixed media coastal landscape
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Black Unicorn
By Mark Wilson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The artist constructs his spirit animal through mixed media.
48" x 60"
Spray Paint, Oil, Construction Paper, Acrylic, Pastel, Marker
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Mother and Child Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
Mother and Child Abstract
Signature: Signed , dated lower right and numbered verso 3 /15, Unframed, Other sizes available.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Labyrinth XXXI
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Painting. Geometric style. Oils on canvas.
About the Artist:
I work in a style I call Geometric Surrealism, abstracting physical ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reminiscence
By Behzad Tabar
Located in ATLANTA, GA
About Behzad Tabar
My background is in fine and graphic arts, working in a wide range of styles and mediums. My painting has evolved from realism, to surrealism, to abstract. I am mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
"Resting Boats"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed verso.
Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984)
He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicag...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Artemis
By Ed Haugevik
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Sculpture.
About the Artist:
Ed Haugevik has established a career as professional sculptor placing his work at numerous private and public sites throughout the country. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
ca. 1965
Acrylic on canvas
54 1/4 x 54 in. (137.8 x 137.2 cm)
Signed, verso
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Nova
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Abstract artist Paul Light Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1966. Before earning his MFA in painting at SCAD-Atlanta in 2012, Light had an extensive business career where he fueled his creative side as a graphic artist, and product designer. It was in these years that he met and was mentored and greatly influenced by Paul Chelko...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Resolution by Louis Shields, Abstract Mixed Media on Canvas, 2012
Located in Middleburg, VA
Mixed media on canvas.
Signed Delu 2012
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
L'appareil digestif, 2000
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Jean-François LARRIEU (1960) (France) is an artist born in 1960 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Unruffled
By Behzad Tabar
Located in ATLANTA, GA
About Behzad Tabar
My background is in fine and graphic arts, working in a wide range of styles and mediums. My painting has evolved from realism, to surrealism, to abstract. I am mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Whoosh
By James Walsh
Located in Boca Raton, FL
An abstract painter who has been an active member of the New York art scene since the early 1980s, James Walsh follows in the modernist tradition of Pollock in using art to reveal it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Yellow Car with Woman and Puppet
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Composition V, from: Trous, 1996
Located in London, GB
ENRICO CASTELLANI 1927-2005
Castelmassa 1930 - 2017 Viterbo (Italian)
Title: Composition V, from: Trous, 1996
Technique: Original Hand Signed and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Il Castello dei Destini Incrociati, 2012
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Donatella Violi was born in Ovada (AL), moved to Milan and subsequently to Reggio Emilia. As she was taking lessons at the Institute of Science, she wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Butterfly
Located in Quogue, NY
Vibrant, colorful and dynamic mixed media on canvas with high gloss resin finish
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Emerging from a history of innovative West Coast artists, who pioneered the Finish Fetish and Light and Space movements, Casper Brindle has mastered the industrial materials at his d...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Resin, Automotive Paint, Acrylic, Panel
Abstract Expressionist painting- Namaste
Located in Beijing, CN
Description:
Wan Rui
acrylic on canvas
150 x 170cm
dated 2020
About Wan Rui
Wan rui is a chinese contemporary artist, born in 1970 in Hunan, China. The artist received her MA fro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sostenido 7
Located in New York, NY
Miriam Peralta
Sostenido 7, 2012
Mixed media on paper
24h x 29.50w in
60.96h x 74.93w cm
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Estructura Rosa y Verde #2
Located in New York, NY
39.40 x 59 unstretched
Oil on canvas
Rebeca Mendoza plays with simultaneity, superimposition, and ambiguity in her work as she goes through the stages of oil painting. The artist se...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Geodesy 1218
By Andy Moses
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A Los Angeles-based artist with a unique take on color and the relationship between space, shape and light. Andy Moses paints with pearlescent pigments on concave canvases, which curve inward like the old Cinerama movie screens...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Canvas, Acrylic
Hasidic Jewish Family Williamsburg Brooklyn In Golden Light, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Silhouette of a Hasidic Jewish Family walking in front of the Williamsburg Bridge bathed in Godly light.
This archival color photograph by fine art photographer Mitchell Funk is sig...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Night Pilgrim
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Yari Ostovany is an American abstract artist of Iranian origins. He has lived in Tehran, Cologne, Los Angeles, San Francisco and in Reno. He is currently based in New York City. His ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Seductress
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Spatial Environs: Blue Rising
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Christopher Ruess large scale painting, spatial environs, blue rising, encapsulated polymer & acrylic on canvas. A Pennsylvania-born artist, Chris Ruess later studied at the Memphis ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Polymer
Still Life, 2008
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Eugenio Ramos Alvarez Eugenio Ramos born in Madrid And individual awards and exhibitions Painting Prize 1966 of the Ministry of the Army.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Solidly grounded in Abstract Expressionist tradition, process-oriented painter Thomas Nozkowski’s method is predicated on relinquishing the idea of an end result. To highlight this, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Woodcut
Emerald Sky By Troy Smith Fine Art Abstract Art
Located in Toronto, CA
Emerald Sky was painted By Troy Smith in acrylic on canvas. A beige cream backdrop offers a contrasting pop for the emerald greens and blues. Dashes of golden-copper metallic paint a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Chrysler Building Top, Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver
Located in Miami, FL
In the is photograph "Chrysler Building Top Art Deco Architecture Blue And Silver", the photographer makes a statement about new and old architectural forms.
Signed dated and number...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment, Inkjet, Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Las Vegas Motel with Mid-Century Street Sign and Palm Tree
Located in Miami, FL
Gaudy commercial street signs for cigarettes visually align with a mid-century Motel sign to form a formal composition of vertical and horizontals. Pioneering color photographer, Mi...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Northwest Harbor II
Located in Fairfield, CT
Oil on canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waterfront Theatre
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Painting. Can be hung vertically or horizontally. Vibrant Colors. The surface is the result of an intriguing contrast. Acrylics glazed with resin. The acrylic’s softnes...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Canvas
L.A. Nocturne #6
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Chromesthesia is a neurological phenomenon experienced in the synthesis of binary sensorial modalities (synesthesia) where sound and color converge into a joint perception. In his pa...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ANGRY BANNER
By Mist
Located in Marrakech, MA
Mixed media on canvas.
Work signed on the front & back
Black exterior frame included
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Manizales
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Manziales, Colombia in 1987, Esteban received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art before returning to his native country. Related works are featured in top collections, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Perspective 2
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
Canvas, Acrylic
Camino
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Manziales, Colombia in 1987, Esteban received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art before returning to his native country. Related works are featured in top collections, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Front
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Carlos J. Tirado (born on April 3, 1964 in Caracas, Venezuela) is an artist, painter and sculptor who has developed a very personal and precise line of work linked to Neo-Pop art. With plenty of personal art exhibitions, Tirado has participated in numerous collective exhibitions, receiving different awards such as “III Premio de Escultura” del Certamen Aires de Córdoba in 2004 and other recognitions, among them, at the Venezuelan Embassy in DC (2005), and the X Latin Art Festival of Atlanta (2005).
Childhood
Tirado grew up in an upper-middle-class family environment. His inclination for the arts started from an early age. At 8 years old, he was already experimenting with tridimensional forms, creating molds out of cast lead from pieces previously gathered on the streets. These first artistic experiences led by his inquisitive nature, provided the ground to continue exploring the possibilities with different materials like wood, waste and plaster. His childhood games were centered around painting and sculpting, which played an important role that ranged from recreational to aesthetics.
When Tirado turned 12 years of age, his parents agreed for him to attend private art classes with professor Javier Hernandez in Caracas. Later on, he realized that Art was a profession that required investment in materials, reason that led him to work at a furniture store painting landscapes and figurative art to decorate the exhibit room. He created numerous paintings of Caracas’ famous mountain: El Avila, and other art pieces that not only served as a source of income, but more importantly, led him to deepen his figurative expression.
In 1985, he started drawing comic sets for a renowned newspaper El Diario de Caracas, alongside Jorge Blanco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Angel with Red Stripe
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mixed Media on Paper
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
NorEaster
By Ed Haugevik
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Sculpture. Painted White.
About the Artist:
Ed Haugevik has established a career as professional sculptor placing his work at numerous private and public sites througho...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Stainless Steel
Interject
By Behzad Tabar
Located in ATLANTA, GA
About Behzad Tabar
My background is in fine and graphic arts, working in a wide range of styles and mediums. My painting has evolved from realism, to surrealism, to abstract. I am mo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Sail Boats with Two Men in a Boat on a Silver Gray Sea, Monochromatic
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Simmering silver water underpins a group of sailboats punctuated by a small boat in the foreground.
The image takes on the look of traditional Asian art with its simplicity and per...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Portal-Glyph IV
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Working within the constraints of unyielding ninety-degree angles, Brindle applies color with a Fauvist abandon, creating works with an otherworldly presence.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Silver, Gold Leaf
Bali Pink Sands
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Acrylic on canvas. Subtle colors. Landscape.
About the Artist:
All McAleer ever wanted to be and all she's ever been is an artist. From a very young age, he...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
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