Miami River - blues, white, yellow 48 X 60
By Antonio Ugarte
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Miami River, 48 x 60 Antonio Ugarte paints water as a reflection of the spirit, a form of meditation. He sees water as “a primordial element” in life and the physical environment as...
Canvas, Oil
"Doberman" Limited Edition Giclee Print, 60" x 48"
By Russell Miyaki
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted print of a dog by artist Russell Miyaki features a unique palette and captures a black Doberman dog from the shoulders up, with warm accents in front of a gold backgr...
Digital, Giclée
$17,500
"Acacia ARM11" Abstract Photography 60" x 48" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor
By Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"Acacia ARM11" Abstract Photography 60" x 48" in Edition 1/4 by Giuliano Bekor Acacia series Title of artwork: ARM5 Year: 2020 Printed on a high-quality museum-grade archival photo ...
Archival Pigment
Peace & Power-white bursts on blue 48 X 60
By Nancy Seibert
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Peace & Power- bursts of white on blue 48 x 60 acrylic, mixed media on canvas Nancy Seibert began her art studies in Washington D.C. at George Washington University. She graduated ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$7,000
"Lost Keys", Abstract, Red, Blue, Orange, Purple, White, Oil Painting
By Katherine Borkowski-Byrne
Located in Franklin, MA
Katherine Borkowski-Byrne’s “Lost Keys” is a colorful abstract 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch oil painting on canvas with very thick spontaneous brushwork in saturated reds, blues, oranges and p...
Canvas, Oil
Sunrise Sunset- Blues, cream and gold 48 X 60
By Nancy Seibert
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sunrise Sunset Blue, cream and gold 48 X 60 Acrylic, rock and sand on canvas. Nancy Seibert began her art studies in Washington D.C. at George Washington University. She graduated f...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Acrylic Polymer, Canvas
Shimmering Sand-white, grey, black, brown 48 X 60
By Nancy Seibert
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Shimmering Sand - White, grey, black and brown48 x 60" Acrylic, sand and semi precious stone on canvas. Nancy Seibert began her art studies in Washington D.C. at George Washington U...
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,500
"Planet Earth" - Large Blue, Red, and Earth Tone Abstract Expressionist Artwork
By Nan Van Ryzin
Located in Carmel, CA
"Planet Earth" is a commanding 48” x 60” abstract painting that evokes the raw textures, shifting tones, and layered complexity of our world.
Canvas, Stretcher Bars, Acrylic
Lake Jewel -Fools Gold on Blue Vertical 60 X 48
By Nancy Seibert
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lake Jewel-Fools Gold on Blue Vertical 60 X 48 Fools Gold is pyrite, considered a protective stone, shielding the user from negative energy. it is a symbol of prosperity and good lu...
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Windswept II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 60"
By S. Cora Aldo
Located in Westport, CT
This limited edition print by S. Cora Aldo depicts an impressionistic ocean view. Sand-colored tones extend from the bottom of the composition and fade to a muted blue, with strokes ...
Digital, Giclée
$5,600Sale Price|20% Off
'Waterfalls' - Vibrant Contemporary Fluid Abstract Painting in Blue and Yellow
By Lori Poncsak
Located in Carmel, CA
'Waterfalls' by Lori Poncsak is a mesmerizing 60" x 48" contemporary abstract acrylic painting that captures the ethereal beauty of cascading water amidst a rugged landscape.
Canvas, Acrylic
Meeting Together, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Christine Frisbee
Located in Yardley, PA
It will be sent rolled up because of its size 48 x 60. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang:...
Oil
Large Modern Abstract Oil Painting "Morning Glory" by Peter Caruso, NYC Artist
By Marcelo Caruso
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large 60" x 48" modern abstract oil on canvas painting.
Canvas, Paint
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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