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
Period: 1990s
Untitled (SFE-081) - 1992 - American Abstract Expressionism
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994
San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American)
Title: Untitled (SFE-081), 1992
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Aquatint in Colours on ...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"Hoop-It-Up", David L. Deming, Stainless Steel Contemporary Sculpture, 80x25x26
Located in Dallas, TX
David L. Deming’s world of lively canine sculptures captures the artist’s love for dogs and presents a whimsical look at four-legged behavior at its best.
His extensive and unique collection of painted steel and lacquered steel dog sculptures...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Steel
Will Faber by Lourdes Cirlot
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper
Red Brick Building Facade Street Scene in New York City by Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Late light skims off the brick facade of a historic red brick building in Manhattan. Street Photographer Mitchell Funk creates an image that is both a realistic document of an urban...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Untitled
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled
1995
Etching in colours, Edition of 35
53.3 x 45.7 cms (21 x 18 ins)
SF17887
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled 518, 1990s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Violet III
Located in SAINT-PAUL-DE-VENCE, FR
Collection personnelle de l'artiste Monique Frydman.
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment
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
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Handmade Paper
Bachantata
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas
Layers of Each Other
Located in San Francisco, CA
This abstract monotype is by Sarah Smelser (1971-). It measures 6 x 6 inches the plate and 16.5 x 12.75 inches framed. It is titled in the lower left, “Layers of Each Other” and sign...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Monotype
Pattern Painting by George McClancy
Located in Washington, DC
George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern painting.
Acrylic on canvas
48" x 72"
George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic University in Washington DC, where he wa...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Pattern Painting by George McClancy
Located in Washington, DC
George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern painting.
Acrylic on canvas
48"H x 72"W
George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic University in Washington DC, where he ...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Whale Watch
By Frank Stella
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City.
This hand signed silk textile scarf work is acquired directly from the publisher. Extremely uncommon to find this piece in new condition and comes in the original red silk box.
This art piece can be framed and hung on the wall or be a worn as a wearable art piece. This dazzling, large, hand signed, silkscreen on 100% Italian silk shawl was created by Frank Stella in collaboration with his longtime publisher Kenneth Tyler of the famed Tyler Graphics Studio.
"The Whale Watch...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Textile, Silk, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment
IN TANGIER Limited Edition Serigraph, Art Poster, Abstract Palm Tree Morocco
Located in Union City, NJ
Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017), one of Britain’s greatest contemporary artists became best known for his vibrantly colored paintings that chronicle his personal experiences. IN TANGIER...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Exhibition Print from “Vibrazioni” by Miller Null - Vintage Photograph - 1990
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition 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 ...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Exhibition 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 1992
Hand signed and dated on the lower rig...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Exhibition Print from “Vibrazioni” by Miller Null - Vintage Photograph - 1990
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition 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 ...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Exhibition Print from “Vibrazioni” by Miller Null - Vintage Photograph - 1990
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition 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 r...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Exhibition 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 ri...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
A Flower In the Forest, from The Geldzahler Portfolio
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1997, on Rives BFK paper, signed with initials in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75 (there were also 15 artist’s proofs), printed by Solo Impressions, In...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
E. Jacobson 18 Colors.. original painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Ellis Jacobson (San Diego, 1925 - Palma de Mallorca, August 23, 2013) was an American cartoonist and painter who lived most of his life in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), where he develop...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Detail Sketch from January 1986, Pure pigment collage, acrylic painting; Signed
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen
Detail Sketch from January 1986, 1991
Pure pigment collage, acrylic painting and drawing
Hand-signed by artist, Hand signed, hand initialed, annotated, dated by hand ...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Devoroción (Devotion)
Located in Washington, DC
Major painting by Cuban/American artist Julio Antonio (b. 1950). Painting is acrylic on canvas and titled "Devoroción". Painting is signed and dated 1992. Measures: 70" W x 78" H. ...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Robert Natkin Abstract Lithograph Signed Numbered
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
Soft pastel colors in floating smudges lay between and around lyrical abstract geometric and organic forms giving a diaphanous color and shape harmony to the work...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled, from The Geldzahler Portfolio
By Jasper Johns
Located in London, GB
Etching, 1997, on Hahnemühle copperplate paper, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75 (there were also 15 artist’s proofs), printed by Gemini G.E.L. LLC, publis...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching
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
Untitled, 1993, Oil on paper, Analytical Painting, Abstract
Located in Milano, IT
In this masterpiece Claudio Olivieri experimented with palette brightening, using a spray gun to distribute the oil and achieve an unprecedented result. In addition, this painting gi...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Oil
Lardy Cat. Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Widely exhibited and collected from Cornwall to Scotland and New Zealand to the USA, Clare works from the beautiful Porthmeor Studio on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, UK. Her work h...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Jean Miotte - Abstract Composition - Original Signed Lithograph
By Jean Miotte
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Miotte - Rare Original Signed Lithograph
Title: Abstract Composition
Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm
Edition: 64/99
Signed and Numbered in pencil
Jean Miotte, 1926 - 2016
Miotte came o...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Aquatint
Drawing - Papier Dechiré
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Drawing - Papier Dechiré
1998
Mixed media & collage on card
20.3 x 26.6 cm
33.8 x 39.0 cm
Provenance: The George & Ann Dannatt Collection and The Geo...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Seeker 1: Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Widely exhibited and collected from Cornwall to Scotland and New Zealand to the USA, Clare works from the beautiful Porthmeor Studio on the Atlantic coast of Cornwall, UK. Her work h...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
composition 1 - gouache on paper, 95x70 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Very impressive gouache on paper by the french (nice) painter Gerard Seree in the scale of pink and green. Framed
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Gouache
original woodcut
By Joan Miró
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Reference: Dupin 1294. Published for the Jacques Dupin catalogue raisonne "Miro Graveur III" in 1992. Size: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (320 x 247 mm). A rich imp...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Woodcut
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...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
"The Ship “, acrylic on paper, 46x65
Located in Brooklyn, NY
acrylic paint.
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Argimon 13 Black, Vertical, original abstract canvas acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Black- original abstract canvas acrylic painting. framed
Argimon (Sarriá 1929 - Barcelona 1996) is one of the great Catalan informalist artists. This painter, engraver and sculptor ...
Category
1990s 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...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
Josep Guinovart IMATGES I TERRA II Hand colored Spanish Contemporary Abstraction
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Josep Guinovart - IMATGES I TERRA II
Date of creation: 1991
Medium: Hand colored etching on paper
Edition: 50 + 10 H.C.
Size: 76 x 57 cm
Condition: In very good conditions and never ...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Etching
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...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
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...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
" Under the moonlight", Silkscreen, 1996.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Silkscreen
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
" Spring " , silkscreen. 1998
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Silkscreen is another name for the screenprinting technique, a printmaking process in which an ink-blocking stencil is applied to a screen, allowing ink that is wiped across the scre...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Celebrations" , silkscreen, 1998.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Silkscreen is another name for the screenprinting technique, a printmaking process in which an ink-blocking stencil is applied to a screen, allowing ink that is wiped across the scre...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
White & Green Pattern Triptych Painting by George McClancy
Located in Washington, DC
George McClancy (1930-2014) abstract pattern triptych painting.
Acrylic on canvas
75W" x 48H"
George McClancy received a MA in painting from Catholic University in Washington DC, ...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Large Sky Blue Color Iris Print Text Based Conceptual Muse X LA Artist 1 of 2 A
By Fred Fehlau
Located in Surfside, FL
Fred Fehlau is an American a Postwar & Contemporary artist. He was born in 1958. Known for his sculpture.
EDUCATION
ArtCenter College of Design MFA, with Honors 1986–1988
ArtCente...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Large Sky Blue Color Iris Print Text Based Conceptual Muse X LA Artist 1 of 2 B
By Fred Fehlau
Located in Surfside, FL
Fred Fehlau is an American a Postwar & Contemporary artist. He was born in 1958. Known for his sculpture.
EDUCATION
ArtCenter College of Design MFA, with Honors 1986–1988
ArtCente...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Digital Pigment
Argimon Red and Brown, Vertical, original litograph painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Red and brown- original litograph painting. framed
Argimon (Sarriá 1929 - Barcelona 1996) is one of the great Catalan informalist artists. This painter, engraver and sculptor touche...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Ombre proprie ed ombre portate
Located in Milano, MI
In the compositions, the gaze is attracted by an interplay of harmonious balances
between full and empty spaces, which compel the regarding to an observation
dynamic approach in orde...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Color Double, signed & annotated geometric abstraction sculptural lithograph PP2
By John Newman
Located in New York, NY
John Newman (b.1952)
Color Double, 1990
Color Lithograph
Signed, annotated, and dated in graphite pencil on the front. Edition of 2 (PP II, aside from the regular edition of 32)
27 ×...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Pencil, Lithograph
Words and Deeds
By Ben Wilson
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Words and Deeds
Oil and collage on wood panel, c. 1990
Signed recto lower right (see photo)
Verso: See photo
Signed, verso: Ben Wilson
Dated: c. 1990
Titled: Words and Deeds
Conditio...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Image au Carre, Geometric Kinetic Painting by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Image au Carre" or "Square Image" is an original painting on linen mounted to wood by Israeli Kinetic artist, Yaacov Agam. The painting is signed, titled and dated verso and signed/...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Soaring II
Located in Greenwich, CT
Robert Goodnough was a well known artist in New York during the Post-War era and represented by important dealers. This tall graceful panel has a mate in case someone needs a pair o...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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