Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, ink, glue & pencil on paper
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Glue, Ink, Pencil, Acrylic
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, ink, glue & pencil on paper
Paper, Glue, Ink, Pencil, Acrylic
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, glue, pencil & ink on paper
Glue, Ink, Paper, Pencil, Acrylic
Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, charcoal, glue & ink on paper
Ink, Glue, Charcoal, Acrylic, Paper
Chrysler Building No 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chrysler Building No 1 by Frederic Choisel. From a series of large scale urban-scape drawings in mixed media. Atwork is 60 x 42 inches: Mixed media includes graphite, charcoal, ink, ...
Charcoal, Graphite, India Ink, Pastel
Freedom Ink On Paper
By Keith Carrington
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Freedom Butterfly ink watercolor Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express his talents through the fluid & exacting mediums of watercolor & ink. He has honed his skill...
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
$750
Prize Blade 1, abstract male nude, expressionist brushwork, dark, monochromatic
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett creates...
Monotype, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$1,343
Lily in Charcoal No.2 - Limited Edition of 10 Abstract Expressionist Photograph
By Ugne Pouwell
Located in London, GB
'Lily in Charcoal no.2' 2023 From raw energy to sublime. 'Lily in Charcoal No.2' is an expression piece combining an abstract charcoal drawing with a live lily emerging from a gash....
Paper, Photographic Film, Charcoal, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$330Sale Price|30% Off
Original drawing-Golden Summer- British Awarded Artist-work on paper-plein air
By Shizico Yi
Located in London, GB
Shizico spent three days painting this plein air in her sunlit garden. She applied 550 Ture Gold paint and Van Gogh Yellow creating a stunning backdrop which served as the canvas for...
Gold
$5,500
Ellen Hackl Fagan, Seeking the Sound of Cobalt Blue_Delft, 2015, Rag Paper
By Ellen Hackl Fagan
Located in Darien, CT
Ellen Hackl Fagan is an interdisciplinary abstract painter who uses synaesthesia, digital media and interactive performance as tools for developing a corresponding language between c...
Archival Ink, Acrylic, Rag Paper, Pigment
Foundational Series No 24A: Minimalist Raw Cotton Study
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Status: ON HOLD Collection: Studio Archive No. 87 Official Release: April 2026 This foundational work, FS No. 24(A), is currently reserved and held in the atelier vault. To maintai...
Paper, Glaze, Crayon, Oil Pastel, Ink, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acryli...
Foundational Series No 24B: Minimalist Mixed Media Painting
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Archive Status: FS No. 24(B) If FS No. 24(A) was the manifesto of arrival, FS No. 24(B) is the execution of a "silent symmetry." This study documents the transition from linguistic...
Paper, Glaze, Crayon, Oil Pastel, Ink, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acryli...
Foundational Series No 23C: Minimalist Textural Earth Tone Study
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Collectors’ Note: FS No. 23(C) FS No. 23(C) is the emotional and figurative resolution of Studio Archive No. 86. Where the previous studies established the linguistic soul and the ...
Paper, Glaze, Crayon, Oil Pastel, Ink, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acryli...
Foundational Study No. 25 (B) Gestural Form & Crimson Pigment
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Foundational Studies 25(B) The Composition A refined entry point into the studio’s practice, Foundational Studies 25(B) is a deliberate exploration of form and verse. Executed on ha...
Paint, Crayon, Oil Pastel, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival ...
Assemblage of inflatable paint islands silkscreen printing on paper, tapestry
By Ruth Vidal
Located in Carballo, ES
Work belonging to the latest exhibition of the Manolo Eirin contemporary art gallery in A Coruña, Spain. The work is a drawing made by the artist for the exhibition using the assemb...
Cotton Canvas, Printer's Ink, Archival Paper
#2203D By David Jones, nude, black and white, affordable, ink paper
By David Jones, CH, CBE
Located in Deddington, GB
original Black ink on paper Image size: H:39 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:39 cm x W:30 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an ...
Ink
Rise Blue Butterfly Ink Watercolor on Paper
By Keith Carrington
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Rise Blue Butterfly Watercolor, ink on archival paper Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express his talents through the fluid & exacting mediums of watercolor & ink. ...
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
HANS HOFMANN Provincetown Drawing - Pen & Ink - 1942 - Massachusetts
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Title: "Provincetown Drawing" Medium: pen and ink on paper Dimensions: 14 x 16 3/4 inches Signed: Initialed and dated 1942 Provenance: Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, Californi...
Paper, Ink, Pen
Abstract Composition
By John Harrison Levee
Located in Boca Raton, FL
John Levee (April 10, 1924 – January 18, 2017) was an American abstract expressionist painter who had worked in Paris since 1949. His father was M. C. Levee. John Harrison Levee rece...
Ink, Oil
Wild Horse, Framed Ink and Pastel Equestrian Drawing
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown Title: Wild Horse Medium: Pastel and ink on paper, signed lower right Image Size: 19 x 25 inches Frame Size: 28.5 x 34.5 inches
Pastel, Ink
Summer Mists, Contemporary Expressionist Style Seascape Painting, Coastal Art
Located in Deddington, GB
This painting reflects the summer sun over Skye on the break of day as the mist lies low in the valleys and the promise of a beautiful day. Using vibrant turquoises to convey the fee...
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
$1,000
'Redefined Threaded Beams' by Janice Tayler, Acrylic, Ink & Newspaper Collage
By Janice Tayler
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 24" x 24" mixed media work by Washington based artist, Janice Tayler presents a vibrant, layered composition that exemplifies contemporary abstract expressionism. The piece comb...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Newsprint
$8,000
Seated Male, Mid-Century Male Nude Figurative Expressionist Drawing on Paper
By Joseph Glasco
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996) Seated Male, 1969 Ink on paper Signed and dated lower right 25 x 19.5 inches 27.5 x 22 inches, framed Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Okl...
Ink
INK ME IN, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Original art painting created with acrylics and mediums on stretched canvas. Unframed canvas. Colors are greys, white, black, cream. One-of-a-kind original art painting - A neutral-t...
Acrylic
$7,000
Standing Nude Man, Mid-Century Figural Expressionist Painting, New York Artist
By Joseph Glasco
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996) Standing Man, 1955 India ink and gouache on textured paper Signed, dated and titled verso 10 x 8 inches 16.75 x 13.5 inches, framed Joseph Glasco...
India Ink, Gouache
March story, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Canvas
By LE HAI LINH
Located in Yardley, PA
March Story is a painting created by the artist using acrylic, greso, inspired by the afternoon sunset, the red lake surface with reflected red ripples, awakening strong creative emo...
Pen
Moonlit Acacia by Gabrielle Pool. Ink on Paper with Wooden Frame
By Gabrielle Pool
Located in Coltishall, GB
Gabrielle Pool’s inks on paper are simple and charming. Using an unforgiving medium she produces work that is delicately poised between reality and abstraction with an underlying hu...
Wood, Paper, Ink
$8,000
Black and white ink still life painting of a fern, 20th century New York artist
By Joseph Glasco
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925–1996) Fern 1973 Ink on paper Signed and dated lower right 18 x 24 inches 22.5 x 28.5 inches, framed Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma a...
Ink
$45,000
Henri Matisse Drawing 'Femme souriante' Pen and India Ink Drawing on Paper 1942
By Henri Matisse
Located in Miami, FL
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) 'Femme souriante' This beautiful Henri Matisse Drawing 'Femme souriante'' was conceived in July of 1942. It is in excellent condition, signed and dated 'H...
Paper, India Ink
$2,400
"Blue Planet, " Acrylic Monoprint and India Ink on Paper, circa 1980
By Yannick Ballif
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yannick Ballif, French (b. 1927) Title: Blue Planet Year: circa 1980 Medium: Acrylic Monoprint with India Ink on Rag Paper Size: 30 x 44 inches
India Ink, Acrylic, Monoprint
Vintage Abstract Figurative Etching -- "Embrace"
By Patricia Way
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Abstract Figurative Etching - "Embrace" Vintage abstract figural "Embrace", a lithograph by Patricia Ann Way (American, 20th Century). Signed "Patricia Way" and dated "76"...
Paper, Ink, Etching
Red Planet, Acrylic Monoprint with India Ink by Yannick Ballif
By Yannick Ballif
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yannick Ballif, French (b. 1927) Title: Red Planet Year: circa 1975 Medium: Acrylic Monoprint with India Ink on Rag Paper Size: 30 x 44 inches
India Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Monoprint
Ganges : abstract work of art on paper
By Miranda Maher
Located in New York, NY
An artwork on paper by New York artist Miranda Maher. Ink, Indian marble paper and Chiyogami papers on Chinese “Cicada Wing” calligraphy paper. Miranda Maher’s artistic journey is a...
Paper, Ink
Mississippi : abstract work of art on paper
By Miranda Maher
Located in New York, NY
An artwork on paper by New York artist Miranda Maher. Ink, Indian marble paper and Chiyogami papers on Chinese “Cicada Wing” calligraphy paper. Miranda Maher’s artistic journey is a...
Paper, Ink
Infestations Vertical 2 : abstract work of art on paper
By Miranda Maher
Located in New York, NY
An artwork on paper by New York artist Miranda Maher. Black archival ink on pale blue archival paper with historical Audubon images of American birds, mounted on Arches paper. Miran...
Paper, Ink, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Three Female Nudes - Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully evocative abstracted figurative study of three nudes by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century) who used a ground etching technique for added depth and movement. Signe...
Paper, Ink, Etching
Infestation Horizontal 1 : abstract work of art on paper
By Miranda Maher
Located in New York, NY
An artwork on paper by New York artist Miranda Maher. Black archival ink on pale blue archival paper with historical Audubon images of American birds, mounted on Arches paper. Miran...
Paper, Ink, Archival Paper
Infestations Vertical 1 : abstract work of art on paper
By Miranda Maher
Located in New York, NY
An artwork on paper by New York artist Miranda Maher. Black archival ink on pale blue archival paper with historical Audubon images of American birds, mounted on Arches paper. Miran...
Paper, Ink, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Foundational Studies 25(D) Elongated Forms & Abstract Gestures
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Foundational Studies 25(D) The Composition A refined entry point into the studio’s practice, Foundational Studies 25(D) is a deliberate exploration of form and verse. Executed on ha...
Ink, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Birds are Missing B - 1 : abstract work of art on paper
By Miranda Maher
Located in New York, NY
An artwork on paper by New York artist Miranda Maher. Giclee print on watercolor paper with Sumi Ink and Indian Marble Paper elements. Miranda Maher’s artistic journey is a profound...
Paper, Ink, Giclée
Birds are Missing B - 2 : abstract work of art on paper
By Miranda Maher
Located in New York, NY
An artwork on paper by New York artist Miranda Maher. Giclee print on watercolor paper with Sumi Ink and Indian Marble Paper elements. Miranda Maher’s artistic journey is a profound...
Paper, Ink, Giclée
Folklore - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Miniature, Emotions, Colors
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Nothing lasts forever, even our pains too" Folklore is a profound work from the Life in Circles series, delving into the richness of African proverbs, myths, riddles, and nighttime ...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$480
Ephemeral - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Miniature, Emotions, Colors
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Nothing lasts forever, even our pains too" Ephemeral is a captivating piece from the Life in Circles series that explores the transient nature of existence. The artwork evokes the i...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$480
Ellipsism - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Miniature, Emotions, Colors
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Ellipsism is a reflective piece from the "Life in Circles" series, delving into the profound awareness of life's transience and the inevitable separation from the future of humanity....
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$480
Tacenda - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Miniature, Emotions, Colourful
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Tacenda” beautifully encapsulates the concept of unspoken words and the weight of silence. The illustration portrays a figure whose expression conveys a deep sense of introspection,...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Hiraeth - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Miniature, Emotions, Colors
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Hiraeth is a poignant artwork that beautifully encapsulates a sense of longing for an unreachable home—a place of comfort and belonging that either no longer exists or perhaps never ...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$420
Relentique - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Miniature, Emotions, Colors
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Relentique is an evocative artwork that delves into the profound emotional state of feeling isolated and invisible, even amidst a crowd. The title, derived from the sensation of "int...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$420
Veridream - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Miniature, Emotions, Colors
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Veridream is a mesmerizing artwork that captures the bittersweet yearning for an idealized version of oneself, glimpsed only in dreams. The painting evokes a sense of deep longing fo...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Abstract Modernist Colorful Mixed Media Painting Handmade Paper
By Sandy Kinnee
Located in Surfside, FL
Sandy Kinnee is known for paper making, printmaking and collage. This has the artists stamp verso and is signed, titled and dated verso. Sandy Kinnee lives and works in Colorado Sp...
Paint, Ink, Handmade Paper
Abstract Modernist Colorful Mixed Media Painting Handmade Paper
By Sandy Kinnee
Located in Surfside, FL
Sandy Kinnee is known for paper making, printmaking and collage. This has the artists stamp verso. Sandy Kinnee lives and works in Colorado Springs, CO. Kinnee was born on March, 3...
Paint, Ink, Handmade Paper
Silence, Abstract Expressionism Photograph, Giclee Print, 3/5, 2022
By Hatice Besun
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Silence / From the series of Portraits of Hidden Wounds / Photograph Creator: Hatice Besun Creation year: 2022 Dimension: 18 x 24" External Dimension( with white border) : Height:2...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
$950
Metanoia - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Pop Culture, Love, Forgiveness
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Forgiving myself for the times I judged myself and let my flaws define me. The times I didn't think I deserved the life that was aligning for me, so I ruined every beautiful thing. T...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$950
Anhedonia - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Pop Culture, Love, Loneliness
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Anhedonia describes the inability to feel pleasure or connection, often accompanied by feelings of emptiness, isolation, or disconnection. “I feel like I have no one, even when ther...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$480
Reticence -21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Pop Culture, Miniature, Africa
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
The things I didn't get to say, and the things you'll never get to hear, both are my regrets to carry. I'm just hoping I can lessen the weight and maybe some of the guilt I've been h...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$950
Sonderlust -21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Pop Culture, Anxiety, People
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
All of us can change the past. We cannot take back what has happened, who we love, what we have done. Just like we cannot change our current situation. I think life is a funny thing,...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$480
Ataraxia -21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Pop Culture, Anxiety, Miniature
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Ataraxia describes living without anxiety because anxiety has a way of confining you inside The walls you've built and calling it a sanctuary. After a while, this place becomes such ...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$950
Heartsease - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Pop Culture, People, Peace
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Good people close inside when they're broken, but those who look from the outside think they're clever." People will use your prejudice when they can't figure you out. Cause ain't no...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$480
Choices - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract, Miniature, Emotions, Art Brut
By Olumide Ajayi
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Everyone gets exhausted differently in life; while waiting for the right person, someone putting up with the wrong person. And everybody pays for something; sometimes your choices, s...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
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.
Find original abstract paintings, sculptures, prints and other art on 1stDibs.
The Italian-American’s 2020 abstract painting “The Hoe” personifies his “art of not knowing.”
Beneath the inky blackness, the painter’s irrepressible energy electrifies this pair of intaglio prints.
The New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx, has mounted a multifaceted show honoring the polymath modernist's legacy, including new work by contemporary landscape maker Raymond Jungles.
In his current show at New York's Lehmann Maupin gallery, the Puerto Rican–born talent reveals new paintings with a semiautobiographical aspect.