Abstract Expressionist American Modernist Oil Monotype Monoprint Painting
By Larry Brown
Located in Surfside, FL
Larry Brown Long-time established New York painter as well as faculty member the The Cooper Union, Brown works in oil on canvas and tempera paints on paper. He deals with themes of s...
Monoprint, Monotype
The Grey Wall, Large Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century Oil Painting
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Andres described himself as a 1950’s painter, not fully accepting the designation of ‘Abstract Expressionist’ or ‘Abstract’ he saw his work as an extension of those styles, but roote...
Oil
$926Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
By Andre Guillou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) oil on board stuck on board, mounted mount: 25.5 x 19.75 inches board: 19 x 13 inches provenance: the artists ...
Oil
$925Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
By Andre Guillou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) oil on board stuck on board, mounted mount: 25.5 x 19.75 inches board: 11.5 x 9 inches provenance: the artists...
Oil
$925Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
By Andre Guillou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) oil on board stuck on board, mounted mount: 19.75 x 25.5 inches board: 16 x 22 inches provenance: the artists...
Oil
$926Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
By Andre Guillou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed oil on board stuck on board, mounted mount: 20.75 x 14.5 inches board: 13.5 x 9 inches provenance: the a...
Oil
$925Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
By Andre Guillou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed oil on board stuck on board, mounted mount: 25.5 x 19.75 inches board: 22 x 16 inches provenance: the ar...
Oil
$925Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
By Andre Guillou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed oil on board stuck on board, mounted mount: 19.75 x 25.5 inches board: 13.75 x 20 inches provenance: th...
Oil
$926Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
By Andre Guillou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed oil on board stuck on board, mounted mount: 25.5 x 19.75 inches board: 19 x 13 inches provenance: the a...
Oil
$925Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
By Andre Guillou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed oil on board stuck on board, mounted mount: 25.5 x 19.75 inches board: 21.75 x 15.75 inches provenance:...
Oil
$926Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
By Andre Guillou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed oil on board stuck on board, mounted mount: 25.5 x 19.75 inches board: 18.5 x 12.75 inches provenance: ...
Oil
$926Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
By Andre Guillou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed oil on board stuck on board, mounted mount: 25.5 x 19.75 inches board: 19 x 13 inches provenance: the a...
Oil
$925Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
By Andre Guillou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed oil on paper stuck on board, mounted mount: 26 x 20 inches board: 19 x 13 inches provenance: the artists...
Oil
$925Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
By Andre Guillou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017) signed oil on board stuck on board, mounted dated 2000 mount: 25.75 x 19.75 inches board: 19 x 14 inches proven...
Oil
Large Abstract Expressionist Color Monotype, Oil Painting Tom Lieber
By Tom Lieber
Located in Surfside, FL
Tom Alan Lieber, (American, born 1949), GTW #11 -7, 1986, Oil and mixed media on paper, 30.25 x 44 inches, Hand signed and dated lower right Provenance: Garner Tullis Workshop, ...
Mixed Media, Oil, Monotype
Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso. Measuring: 48 by 56 inches overall, and 46 by 54 painting alone. In excellent origina...
Canvas, Oil
$1,850
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil Pastel on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil Pastel on Cardboard San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist composition by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985).
Oil Pastel, Cardboard
$866Sale Price|20% Off
Parisian Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting - Neutrals, Rose and Ochre
By Yvette Dubois Habasque
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by the French abstract artist, Yvette Dubois-Habasque (1929-2016). The painting has excellent provenance having come from the artists studio sale in Pa...
Oil
$865Sale Price|20% Off
Parisian Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting - Stone Neutrals and Ochre
By Yvette Dubois Habasque
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by the French abstract artist, Yvette Dubois-Habasque (1929-2016). The painting has excellent provenance having come from the artists studio sale in Pa...
Oil
$16,347Sale Price|20% Off
Red Idol 2 - Scottish 1959 Abstract Expressionist art oil painting
By William Gear
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Abstract Expressionist Scottish oil painting is by noted artist William Gear.
Oil
$4,141Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Expressionist Abstract Portrait Very Thick Impasto Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Portrait Expressionist work, painted with very thick impasto oil paint.
Oil
Court of the Red King - Oil on canvas Abstract Expressionist
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a grand and majestic oil painting by Alexis Portilla. The use of a unique pale gray blue against vibrant shades of a golden yellow and bright colors makes a bold statement, w...
Canvas, Oil
$2,612Sale Price|20% Off
Large French Abstract Expressionist Purple Gold Red Oil Painting c2000
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title Large French Abstract Expressionist Purple Gold Red Oil Painting c2000 Key Details Artist: French School, circa 2000 Title: Purple, Gold and Red Abstract Medium: Oil painting o...
Oil
$827Sale Price|20% Off
French 20th Century Vibrant Abstract Expressionist Still Life Oil Painting
By Gilbert Pelissier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924) oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 16.5 x 13 inches condition: overall very good, a few minor s...
Canvas, Oil
$647Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting Soft Muted Palette of Colors
By Yvette Dubois Habasque
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting signed and dated by the French abstract artist, Yvette Dubois-Habasque (1929-2016). oil painting on board, unframed painting : 12 x 12 inches The p...
Oil
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
Important and Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting by Ken Munowitz. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$1,980Sale Price|20% Off
Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Vintage Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
$620Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Framed Original Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$460Sale Price|20% Off
American Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Mid Century Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
$1,982
Oil on Canvas, Hans van Drumpt, Abstract Expressionist Painting, Dated 1989
Located in NANTES, FR
This abstract painting by the dutch artist Hans van Drumpt is signed and dated 1989. Late 20th-century European abstraction, expressionist influence. Very expressive and energetic. ...
Oil
$2,830Sale Price|20% Off
Large Expressionist Abstract Oil Painting on Board, Late 20th Century
By Armand Rottenberg
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Expressionist Composition by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000) oil painting on board, framed Provenance: the artists estate Framed 37 x 28 inches Stunning original Cubist painti...
Oil
$18,000
Large Oil Painting Color field, Minimalist, Abstract Expressionist John Zinsser
By John Zinsser
Located in Surfside, FL
John Zinsser (American, b. 1961) Iron City, 1997 oil on canvas signed John Zinsser, titled and dated (verso) 72 x 60 inches Done in bright vibrant shades of red. American artist Jo...
Canvas, Oil
$2,200Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Cubist Oil Painting
By elsie orfuss
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist abstract painting by Elsie Orfuss (Born 1913). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Nicely framed. `
Canvas, Oil
$1,820Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Cubist Oil Painting
By elsie orfuss
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist abstract painting by Elsie Orfuss (Born 1913). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Nicely framed. `
Canvas, Oil
$1,088Sale Price|20% Off
1950's French Expressionist Abstract Oil Painting Thickly Painted original
By French mid 20th
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract composition French mid 20th century oil on board, unframed board: 16.5 x 28 inches provenance: private collection, Brittany, France condition: coarse edging to the board, bu...
Oil
$700Sale Price|20% Off
Carnival Abstract Expressionist Composition
By Allie William Skelton
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist piece infused with vibrant colors of a carnival by Allie Bill Skelton (American, 1942-1986). This original painting is primarily yellow, with swirls of red, bl...
Linen, Oil
$3,580Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist abstract painting by Elsie Orfuss (Born 1913). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Nicely framed. Image size, 36L x 48H
Canvas, Oil
Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Edward Avedisian Color Field Oil Painting
By Edward Avedisian
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian Unsigned, (bears name signed verso in pencil.) Dimensions: 15" X 15" (round tondo) Circa late 1970s This is a mod, brutalist portrait of a man Edward Avedisian (J...
Oil, Board
$5,500
American Abstract Expressionist Artist Melissa Meyer Oil Painting Flaming Heart
By Melissa Meyer
Located in Surfside, FL
The Wall Street Journal has referred to her as a "lighthearted Abstract Expressionist". She works in various formats, large abstract paintings, watercolors, prints, monotype, monopr...
Canvas, Wax, Oil
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Etude (abstract expressionist painting)
By Fredric Karoly
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
There are elements still reminding one of Abstract Expressionist concerns as such painters as Clifford Still.
Masonite, Oil
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)
By Jesse Redwin Bardin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Jesse Redwin Bardin (1923-1997). Untitled, ca. 1960. Oil on canvas, 18 x 31 inches; 21.5 x 36.5 inches framed. Signed lower right. Provenance: Private collection, Philadelphia; F...
Canvas, Oil
$2,915
Without Title - abstract expressionist space in black, grey, green oil painting
By Willi Bucher
Located in Schierensee, SH
It depicts an abstract space in grey and black with spots of green in thick oil colors with great depth an intensity. 60 x 50 cm, signed and dated on back.
Oil
$1,196Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker (1929-2021). Oil on cavnas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$396Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
Cubist Cityscape (Abstract Expressionist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Anne Farber (American) Abstract Cityscape, ca. 1955/ Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches. Measuring 33 x 38 inches in periof wormy chestnut frame. Signed by artist on back of canvas an...
Canvas, Oil
Sunset Abstract Painting, Neo-Expressionist, Oil Crayon & Pastel
By Jean Sanglar
Located in Miami, FL
Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...
Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Bright Colorful Abstract Expressionist
By Anthony Rappa
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright, colorful abstract expressionist piece by Monterey, California artist Anthony Rappa (American, 20th Century). Heavy, textured paint application. Unsigned, from a collection of...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$980Sale Price|20% Off
20th Century Original French Signed Expressionist Oil Painting - Abstract Face
By P Vilette
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century) signed and dated 91' oil on canvas, unframed size: 32 x 23.5 inches condition: very good provenance: from the a...
Canvas, Oil
Bold German American Abstract Expressionist Color Field Oil Painting Carl Holty
By Carl Holty
Located in Surfside, FL
Carl Robert Holty (American 1900-1973) Abstract Expressionism Oil on Masonite board. Abstract with greens blues and red, Dimensions 12 x 9-1/2 inches. Framed 17 X 14 inches Hand...
Masonite, Oil
$1,800Sale Price|20% Off
Crows On The Field - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Canvas
By Kristin Cohen
Located in Soquel, CA
Crows On The Field - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil on Canvas Compelling abstract expressionist painting "Crows on the Field" by Kristin Cohen (American, b. 1963).
Canvas, Oil
$975Sale Price|35% Off
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist Painting)
By Bertha Davis
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Bertha G. Davis (1911-1997) Untitled, ca. 1960's Oil on cradled masonite panel. 16 x 20 inches; 24 x 28 inches framed. Signed lower left. Artist estate stamp on verso. Vintage...
Masonite, Oil
$489Sale Price|20% Off
Colourful Abstract, French Expressionist Original Oil Painting
By Akos Biro
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) watercolour/ gouache on card size: 7.5 x 11 inches Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hungarian/ French...
Acrylic
Mid-century Abstract Expressionist painting
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca. 1960-70 abstract painting in the style of Vietnamese artist, Hoi Lebadang (1921-2015) Oil on canvas measures 22 x 28 inches. Framed measurement 29.5 x 33.5 inches. Un...
Oil
$1,166
Abstract Expressionist Figure in Pink and Gold Contemporary Spanish Oil Painting
By Nerea Caos
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Abstract Expressionist Figure in Pink and Gold – Contemporary Spanish Oil Painting Artist: Nerea Caos (Spain, born 1993) Title: Explosion de Color Technique: Oil on canvas Dimension...
Canvas, Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pace I" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. The artist signed the painting on the side. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in green, yellow, purple...
Canvas, Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pace II" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. The artist signed the painting on the side. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in green, yellow, purpl...
Canvas, Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pace III" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. The artist signed the painting on the side. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in green, yellow, purp...
Canvas, Oil
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.
Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.
When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.
Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.
No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel.
Download the 1stDibs app, which includes a handy “View on Wall” feature that allows you to see how a particular artwork will look on a particular wall, and read about how to arrange wall art. And if you’re searching for the perfect palette for your interior design project, what better place to turn than to the art world’s masters of color?
On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive collection of paintings and other fine art for your home or office. Browse abstract paintings, portrait paintings, paintings by emerging artists and more today.
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