1950s Abstract Oil Paintings
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil
1950s Folk Art Portrait Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1950s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Board
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Oil
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
1950s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Oil
1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Board, Oil
1950s Abstract Paintings
Foil
Late 20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Oil
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil
1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Foil
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
Henriette "Yetti" StolzMid-Century Modern Abstract Bird Oil Painting by Henriette Yetti Stolz, 1950s
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Oil
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Victorian Abstract Paintings
Oil
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Paper, Oil, Watercolor
Mid-20th Century Cubist Portrait Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Mid-20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Alfred CohenOff Boulogne, French Harbor Scene, Chicago Artist, Large 1950s Abstract Oil, circa 1950s
1950s Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings
Oil
1950s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Oil, Panel
1950s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Oil, Panel
1950s Abstract Impressionist Nude Paintings
Oil, Panel
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Finding the Right Abstract-paintings for You
Bring audacious experiments with color and textures to your living room, dining room or home office. Abstract paintings, large or small, will stand out in your space, encouraging conversation and introducing a museum-like atmosphere that’s welcoming and conducive to creating memorable gatherings.
Abstract art has origins in 19th-century Europe, but it came into its own as a significant movement during the 20th century. Early practitioners of abstraction included Wassily Kandinsky, although painters were exploring nonfigurative art prior to the influential Russian artist’s efforts, which were inspired by music and religion. Abstract painters endeavored to create works that didn’t focus on the outside world’s conventional subjects, and even when artists depicted realistic subjects, they worked in an abstract mode to do so.
In 1940s-era New York City, a group of painters working in the abstract mode created radical work that looked to European avant-garde artists as well as to the art of ancient cultures, prioritizing improvisation, immediacy and direct personal expression. While they were never formally affiliated with one another, we know them today as Abstract Expressionists.
The male contingent of the Abstract Expressionists, which includes Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell, is frequently cited in discussing leading figures of this internationally influential postwar art movement. However, the women of Abstract Expressionism, such as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell and others, were equally involved in the art world of the time. Sexism, family obligations and societal pressures contributed to a long history of their being overlooked, but the female Abstract Expressionists experimented vigorously, developed their own style and produced significant bodies of work.
Draw your guests into abstract oil paintings across different eras and countries of origin. On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive range of abstract paintings along with a guide on how to arrange your wonderful new wall art.
If you’re working with a small living space, a colorful, oversize work can create depth in a given room, but there isn’t any need to overwhelm your interior with a sprawling pièce de résistance. Colorful abstractions of any size can pop against a white wall in your living room, but if you’re working with a colored backdrop, you may wish to stick to colors that complement the decor that is already in the space. Alternatively, let your painting make a statement on its own, regardless of its surroundings, or group it, gallery-style, with other works.
- What is abstract oil painting?1 AnswerLilac Gallery Ltd.March 17, 2021An abstract oil painting and an artwork that is made with oil paint on a medium like canvas, wood board, or other panels like canvas board. And the 'abstract' term refers to the Movement & Style of the piece. As abstraction indicates a departure from reality in the depiction of imagery in art, the artist creates a painting where the subject, shape, form, color, and line, is created with no particular references of the world but as a composition that may exist with a degree of independence from its vision.
- Which artist became famous for his series of black paintings in the late 1950s and early 1960s?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025Frank Stella is the artist who became famous for his series of black paintings in the late 1950s and early 1960s. These works featured bands of black paint separated by thin, precise stripes of bare canvas. At a time when contemporary painting was all about wild gestures, thick paint and formal abandon, the “Black Paintings” created a sensation. Explore a range of Frank Stella art on 1stDibs.
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