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
Fern Blue
Located in Fairfield, CT
Cyanotype on rag paper
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Rag Paper, Digital
Dal più al meno (14)
Located in New York, NY
Roberto CARACCIOLO
Dal più al meno (14), 2016
Oil on canvas
57 1/2 x 72 inches
146 x 183 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Undulating Trio in White Outdoor Large Abstract Metal Sculpture
By Zammy Migdal
Located in Miami, FL
This large monumental white sculpture is actually painted in three colors of white. The outdoor/indoor work is suited for any environment as it is fabricated from aluminum and poly...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Aluminum
Da Vinci diu
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink
Three Years
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 has painted all over the world and his works have been shown in galleries throughout the US and Europe.
Sjöman’s roots are in Finland and Sweden and he draws inspiration from his Scandinavian heritage for his complex abstract geometrical murals and studio works. Sjöman has become a staple of the art scene of New York City and beyond. His murals can be seen in a wide variety of spots in and around the city:
on churches, in hotels and high-end boutiques, in luxury high-rises throughout Manhattan and on the 69th floor of WTC 4.
Sjöman’s studio works are based on canvases, prints and installations and he is no stranger to painting on metal and wood. Rubin's studio works have been on display at Scope New York, Scope Miami and Art Miami during Art Basel, as well as in galleries throughout New York City, Miami and Los Angeles.
Sjöman’s art has been featured in NBC News, New York Post...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, 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
Circle III
By Kim Seungwoo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Kim Seungwoo is a contemporary Korean sculptor, based in Seoul, South Korea, famous for his sculptures made of coins or buttons.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Plastic
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
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
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
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
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
Topologie IV
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Photogravure, Lithograph
Topologie II
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Photogravure, Lithograph
No. 72, September 1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Paper
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, 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
Street Art Houston Street, Soho - Early Street Art
Located in Miami, FL
Early Street Art in New York City documented in color in 1971. Street Art is not a recent phenomenon. The appreciation of it by the art world is. The horizontal white painted lines...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Klari Reis, Bliss, Mixed Media and epoxy polymer on wood panel
By Klari Reis
Located in London, GB
Mixed Media and epoxy polymer on wood panel
40.6 x 40.6 cm
16 x 16 in
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Klari Reis uses the tools and techniques of science in her creative proces...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Polymer, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Glass Sculpture Above One of a Kind Made in France
Located in Paris, FR
Above by Perrin & Perrin, Galerie Negropontes in Paris, France. One of a Kind Glass Sculpture
Martine and Jacki Perrin have formed an inseparable artistic duo since 1967. They start...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Glass
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
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
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
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
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
Untitled 518, 1990s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
Immemorial Wind 2017
Located in White Plains, NY
Immemorial Wind 2017
From the Crittically Acclaimed series The Power of the South Wind Across Borders
Oil on Canvas with Silver Leaf
43.3 × 43.3 × 2 in
The artist studied the images...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
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
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
Topologie III
By Matt Magee
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Edition of 20
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Photogravure, Lithograph
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
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
Untitled (pool III), vibrant purple, colorful, abstract, geometric, oil tondo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lucía Rodríguez Pérez was first drawn to painting on a circular canvas while studying in Santiago, Chile. This early body of work experimented with color and featured ivy or plants i...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Unseen New York. Manhattan sky line in pinks, golds and blues
Located in Miami, FL
Unseen New York conjured up images of secret hideaways, architectural details, or some undiscovered treasure. Mitchell Funk gives a new twist to the term "unseen". His subject matt...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
Reflection
Located in Greenwich, CT
b. 1960
Elizabeth Higgins describes herself as an abstract figurative and landscape painter. Everything around her serves as a potential subject, an inspiration to begin a painting. Fidelity to the landscape, the figure, or the still life is relative, as she isn’t interested in literal depictions; instead, it’s the abstract relationships of these shapes and colors, the abstract pictorial design.
Her work is rooted in the tradition stemming from Courbet, Derain, Bonnard, Matisse, Morandi, German Expressionism, the Canadian Group of Seven, to her artist-teachers Paul Resika, Robert de Niro Sr., and finally, the contemporary artist, Peter Doig. Her artistic evolution stretches across this continuum.
It is the “in-between”, the hovering between representation and abstraction, that interests her, not the labeling effect of details; instead, she aims directly at the spirit of the painting – of making something come to life.
John Goodrich wrote in her catalog essay, “Elizabeth Higgins’ direct brushwork and simplified forms suggest an energy, but crucially, reveal a painter who knows the power of color…”
Elizabeth Higgins was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1960. As a Helena Rubenstein Award recipient, Higgins earned her MFA from Parsons School of Design, where she studied with Leland Bell, Paul Resika, Albert Kresch and Robert deNiro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Bank Street Series No. 44, 1978-1985
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
Gate
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Canvas. Vibrant colors. Blues. Pinks. Greens. Whites.
About the Artist:
Francine Tint is a New York based abstract expressionist painter. She studied painting at P...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Stuttgart Series II No. 7, 1960s
Located in Quogue, NY
Acrylic on Canvas
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
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
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
Vénus
Located in New York, NY
Kyoko SASAÏ
Vénus
2021
Acrylic painting on canvas with interior trim
15 x 5 x 1 in, 38 x 14 x 2.5 cm
Unique Piece
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Thaw #8
Located in Fairfield, CT
This piece is framed.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mylar, Color Pencil, Graphite
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
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
le Bois
By Martin Reyna
Located in New York, NY
Martin Reyna
le Bois, 2015
Mixed media on paper
59.05 x 76.77 in
(149.99h x 195w cm)
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Subway Topos #1
Located in Fairfield, CT
Bastienne Schmidt is a mixed media artist working with photography, painting and large scale drawings. She was born in Germany, raised in Greece and Italy and has lived in New York f...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Pink Lady"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right
Titled and Numbered Lower Left
Josef Zenk (1904-2000)
Josef Zenk was born in New York City in 1904. After graduating from high school he studied for three years...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Color
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
Luminous Black Waves . Organic sculpture on wood backlit with an LED light
By Cari Cohen
Located in Miami, US
LUMINOUS BLACK WAVES . A sculpture made by plaster and painted with acrylic and spray paint is assemble to the wood piece creating a unique peace illuminated from behind with a LED light box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Plexiglass, Spray Paint, Plaster, Wood, LED Light, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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
Woman on Water 2
Located in Fairfield, CT
Miesmer began painting in the open air during the summers in Nantucket. Using a pad of Arches paper as an easel and working out of the back of his pickup truck, the quietude and pea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Untitled III
Located in Fairfield, CT
This series on paper, Topologies of Blue, possesses layers of delicate texture and structure in the blue tones, created through a process that combines inks, polymer paints, leaves, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
SAGG STORM DIPTYCH
Located in Fairfield, CT
SAGG STORM DIPTYCH is sold together for $18,000 or individually for $9,000 each.
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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