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
Returnable Items Only
Cloud Waves . Organic Sculpture on wood backlit with an LED light
By Cari Cohen
Located in Miami, US
Cloud sculpture. It is made up of a sculpture made of plaster and painted with acrylic and spray paint. The sculpture is assembled to a piece of painted wood, which in turn is assembled to a larger one, composing a single piece with several layers. The artwork is backlit with an LED light box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Plaster, Wood, LED Light, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Chance Encounters #4
Located in Singapore, SG
Consistent with Yeo Shih Yun’s long-standing fascination with spontaneous gestures, random occurrences and use of unconventional tools, the seven ink drawings in Chance Encounters《偶然...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto. Other sizes are available. The work is unframed...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Inside Out Love
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Acrylic on canvas. Subtle colors. White. Blues.
About the Artist:
All McAleer ever wanted to be and all she's ever been is an artist. From a very young age...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
S/T, 2017
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Noel Dobarganes (b. Matanzas, Cuba, 1977) Graduated from Escuela Profesional de Artes Plásticas “Roberto Diago”, Dobarganes focuses on time and memory ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Creativity of Mind
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Painting. Can be hung vertically or horizontally. Muted hues. The surface is the result of an intriguing contrast. Acrylics glazed with resin. The acrylic’s softness an...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Resin, Acrylic, Canvas
RECTUS XVI
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Morphology 1101
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 cur...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
F6
By Julian Teran
Located in New York, NY
Julián Terán
F6, 2016
Ink on paper
19.7 x 19.7 in
(50.04h x 50.04w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Red Diamond
By Peter Lodato
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Peter Lodato offers new oils on canvas, whose layers of paint and scumbled surfaces resonate like tuning forks to the soul.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Uptown Series No. 1, ca. 1975
Located in Quogue, NY
Crayon on paper
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Wooden Row Boats: Green, Blue and Red, Central Park, New York City
Located in Miami, FL
Stacked wooden row boats in Central Park form a beautiful abstract pattern with fading paint.
Signed dated and numbered 3/15 lower right recto, other ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Inkjet
Bank Street Series No. 44, 1978-1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Yellow Square, Red Square and Blue Triangle
By Marcel Janco
Located in London, GB
MARCEL JANCO 1895-1984
Bucarest 1895-1984 Ein Hod (Rumanian/Israeli)
Title: Yellow Square, Red Square and Blue Triangle
Technique: Original signed Oil ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Big Red Shoe On Fremont Street In Downtown Las Vegas
Located in Miami, FL
Abstract image of large red high heel shoe in downtown Las Vegas Nevada.
Shipping should be around $100. This archival color photograph by fine art phot...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Drawing Boards I (grey / purple)
Located in London, GB
Edition of 60, Set of 5
74.9 x 56.5 cms (29.5 x 22.25 ins)
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
Maraschino
By Eric Johnson
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Inspired by both art and science, Eric Johnson creates composite works of pigment, wood and resin that reference a kinship with other artists: to the sensuality of Brancusi, the arch...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Resin
Silhouetted Figures on New York Street
Located in Miami, FL
500mm lens and high angle transforms pedestrians into a Rorschach test of abstract and intertwined black shapes . Signed and dated on lower right, num...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Untitled 518, 1990s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Buscar Blue
By Peter Lodato
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A California native, Peter Lodato began making work in the late 1960s as part of the West Coast-specific Light and Space movement. Aligned with the concerns of his contemporaries, Lo...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Royal Poinciana Abstract in Lavender, Purple and Green
By Robert Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping is $100.
Art made by God.
The first photo enlarged should be most accurate for color. You will see delicate purple, lavender and green hues
Shot with a Hi-res 36 megap...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Inkjet
No. 72, September 1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Paper
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Topologie II
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Photogravure, Lithograph
Topologie IV
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Photogravure, Lithograph
Stuttgart Series II No. 7, 1960s
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Riopolis
By Isabel Pena
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Peña
Riopolis, 2006
Photo-painting on parchment paper
33h x 60w in
83.82h x 152.40w cm
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Vaiven
Located in New York, NY
Throughout Isabel Turban work process, collected maps gathered from various travels are the most significant material as they fuel inspiration for the work.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
F.P.L.P.1
By Rex Yuasa
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Yuasa achieves a brilliant, sensory color experience by layering acrylic, oil and alkyd paint over large square canvases. The artist uses the language of abstraction to express the c...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Alkyd
Origin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Drawing from the ever-changing nature of California light, Gregg Renfrow works in translucent layers, pouring mixtures of polymer and pigment over sheets of cast acrylic. A disciple...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Pigment, Polymer
Cry me a River
Located in New York, NY
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pons and William Scharf. Her spontaneous and...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Paintings on paper "Nature-Universe-Tool" ( 50 pieces folder)
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
One piece made of a folder with 50 acrylic paintings on paper, with measures 29.5 x 20 cm each paper.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Abrazo de Elefante
Located in New York, NY
Valeria Vilar dissolves and gives rise to strokes of abstraction through figuration allowing viewers to recompose the story. She reconstructs and creates spaces from memories, tales...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Topologie III
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Photogravure, Lithograph
Teorema chino del resto
Located in New York, NY
Cecilia Biagini
Teorema chino del resto, 2009
Vinyl paint on canvas
55 x 55 in
(139.7h x 139.7w cm)
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Vinyl, Canvas
Untitled
By Gilad Efrat
Located in Houston, TX
Gilad Efrat
Untitled, 2016
oil on canvas, 175 x 250 x 5 cm (68.9 x 98.4 x 2 in)
This painting is part of new series of work by Israeli artist Gilad Efrat. The paintings comprise th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Caliber Abstraction (Navy Blue on Burnt Gold #1)
By Nick Hunt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Born February 4th, 1985 in Newport Beach, California. Nicholas Hunt grew up surrounded by business minded entrepreneurs and Southern California art icons. These experiences in business, art, California culture, and the unmistakable beauty and variety of Southern California landscapes...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Caliber Abstraction (Magenta on Blue #1)
By Nick Hunt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Born February 4th, 1985 in Newport Beach, California. Nicholas Hunt grew up surrounded by business minded entrepreneurs and Southern California art...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Parterre
Located in London, GB
52 x 52 cms (20 1/2 x 20 1/2 ins)
Edition of 75
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Color, Screen
Far Arden
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Geometric style. Acrylic & Satin Varnish on Canvas.
About the Artist:
Manhattan based mural and studio artist Tony “Rubin” Sjöman...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tenri Composition
Located in New York, NY
Vicky Barranguet
Tenri Composition, 2016
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 60 in
(101.6h x 152.4w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Tomboy
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A student of art, architecture and theoretical physics, Michael Braden utilizes polychromatic lines to examine what he calls “transitional environments, the spaces of the in-between”...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Psychedelic Hippie Guitar Player Groovy Washington Square Park
Located in Miami, FL
Shipping should be around $100. In-Camera Multiple Exposure with colored filters and emulsion match burn on 35mm slide
Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto. Edition 4 of 15, ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Inkjet
Sonnet #2
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Curtis Ripley's paintings have always presented the viewer a space where images are as important as the depth of the atmosphere in which they exist. The images are more evocative tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sostenido 15
Located in New York, NY
Miriam Peralta
Sostenido 15, 2015
Graphite and charcoal on canvas
65h x 68.10w in
165.10h x 172.97w cm
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Graphite
Should I go
Located in New York, NY
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry Pons and William Scharf. Her spontaneous an...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Drawing Boards II (No.3)
Located in London, GB
Edition of 30, Set of 5
74.9 x 59.1 cms (29 1/2 x 23 1/4 ins)
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
Dragons Eye By Troy Smith Fine Art Abstract Art
Located in Toronto, CA
Title - Dragons Eye.
Acrylic Painting by Artist Troy Smith. The painting is signed by the artist on the back and comes with a small brass plaque with the a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
Serie de los rosas #4
Located in New York, NY
Rebeca Mendoza
Serie de los rosas #4, 2015
Oil on canvas
55 x 79 in
(139.95h x 199.9w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rincon #4
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jennifer Wolf grew up in Southern California hiking the Santa Ynez and Santa Monica Mountains. This intimate connection with the landscape led Wolf to explore using the earthen color...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Pigment
Sign (black), Floating Noise Series
Located in Miami, FL
"Sign (black)" is an artwork created by Gianluca Patti in 2019. This piece is the part of the Floating Series, which Patti created in 2019. Made using n...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mesh, Epoxy Resin, Plastic, Synthetic Resin, Acrylic, Pigment
Cat Who A-1
By Ed Moses
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ed Moses has been a prominent figure in the Los Angeles art scene for almost six decades. Born in 1926 in Long Beach, CA, Moses studied art at UCLA, and trained under the expressionist painter, Rico Lebrun.
He first exhibited work in 1949, and was part of the original group of artists from the legendary Ferus Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Buddha in the Snow
Located in New York, NY
Rodolfo Choperena
Buddha in the Snow, 2010
Digital print on metal
36 x 48 in
(91.44h x 121.92w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
Yards of Love III C (amarillo, oxido)
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas
78 x 89 in
Unstretched
Vicky Barranguet found her own voice and colorful expression of life, emotions, and music through her studies with master painters, Larry P...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
The Explorer
By Nella Lush
Located in New York, NY
Abstract, oil on canvas. Subtle hues. Framed in natural wood. 2 inch deep.
About the Artist:
Nella was born, raised and educated in Italy in a family with a long heritage o...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Linescape 9
By Julian Teran
Located in New York, NY
Julián Terán
Linescape 9 , 2017
Ink on paper
16.5 x 35.5 in
(41.91h x 90.17w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Helen Frankenthaler: Reflections (Catalog of 12 Prints) /// Abstract Female Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011)
Title: "Helen Frankenthaler: Reflections (Catalog of 12 Prints)"
Series: (after) Reflections
*Issued unsigned
Year: 1995
Med...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Full Circle
Located in New York, NY
Cecilia Biagini
Full Circle, 2013
Acrylic on canvas
65 x 45 in
(165.1h x 114.3w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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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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