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
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Jam Session III" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in bright green and yellow over a bright pink background. ...
Canvas, Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Jam Session I" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in bright green and yellow over a bright pink background. 6...
Canvas, Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Jam Session II" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in bright green and yellow over a bright pink background. ...
Canvas, Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gypsy Wind II" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. The artist signed the painting in the lower left. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in green, y...
Canvas, Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gypsy Wind I" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. The artist signed the painting in the lower left. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in green, ye...
Canvas, Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"To Look Again #3" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. The artist signed the painting in the lower right. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in brig...
Canvas, Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"To Look Again #1" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. The artist signed the painting in the lower left. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in brigh...
Canvas, Oil
"New Horizons", Abstract, Expressionist, Red, Blue, White, Oil Painting
By Katherine Borkowski-Byrne
Located in Franklin, MA
Katherine Borkowski-Byrne’s” New Horizons” is a colorful abstract oil painting on canvas 24 x 30 x 1.5 inch oil painting on canvas with very thick spontaneous brushwork in saturated ...
Canvas, Oil
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Abstract Expressionist New York School Circa 1940 Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board, circa 1940.
Canvas, Oil
"Calling Jackson", Abstract, Expressionist, Red, Blue, Black, Oil Painting
By Katherine Borkowski-Byrne
Located in Franklin, MA
Katherine Borkowski-Byrne’s “Calling Jackson” is a colorful abstract oil painting, 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch, on canvas with very thick texture and spontaneous brushwork in saturated reds ...
Canvas, Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This abstract painting features a variety of gestural and expressionist marks in various colors--green, blue, orange, white, black--over a background of bright red and pink.
Canvas, Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
37 x 32 x 0.75 inches, canvas Signed 'Alayna' lower right Unframed (custom framing is available upon request) Alayna Rose is a painter, jewelry designer and former illustrator. Her ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,240Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Expressionist Composition on an Orange Field - Oil on Canvas
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
Multi-Color Abstract Expressionist Textural Mid-Century Abstract by Peter Witwer A bold mid-century abstract expressionist piece exploding with heavy texture and vivid color by San ...
Linen, Plaster, Oil
Oil Landscape of Palm Tree, Abstract Expressionist, Mid-19th Century
By Eugene Savage
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This painting was bought from the artist's estate in Woodberry, CT and is signed verso. Eugene Savage studied at the Chicago Art Institute, the American Academy in Rome, and received...
Canvas, Oil
"Small Abstract #125" Expressionist Oil Orange, Yellow, White, Red, Green, Blue
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
Small Abstract #125," Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush abstraction, very expressionist and fluid in style in shades of orange, yellow, white,...
Oil
"Small Abstract #138" Expressionist Oil in White, Blue, Green, Yellow Ochre
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Small Abstract #138," Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush abstraction, very expressionist and fluid in style in shades white, blue, green and y...
Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist busy signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Into the Sun II" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. It features a variety of abstract marks in pale colors. The expressive pink marks seem to be swimming in the c...
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Composition with Heart Jay Milder Rhino Horn Oil Painting
By Jay Milder
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed verso Jay Milder (born 1934) is an American artist and a figurative expressionist painter of the second generation New York School. Old Testament themes such as Jacob's ...
Oil
Mid Century Modern Oil Painting Abstract Expressionist Forms Purple Green purple
By Toma Yovanovich
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid-century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich. This work comes housed in an original artist made frame. The painting is signed,...
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Oil Painting Abstract Expressionist Forms Purple Green purple
By Toma Yovanovich
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original mid-century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich. This work comes housed in an original artist made frame. The painting is signed ...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Abstract Expressionist
By Sandro von Lorsch
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Abstract Expressionist Composition With Orange and Blue Colors Canvas size 24"x32" gold leaf frame 27"x35", signed lower right corner. Sandro von Lorsch German painter born 1921-19...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
Continental Drift, Contemporary Large Scale Abstract with Found Object Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Continental Drift, Contemporary Large Scale Abstract with Found Object Collage A gorgeous, substantial contemporary abstract expressionist oil painting/collage with bright blue and...
Canvas, Oil, Paper
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
Monumental American Abstract Expressionist Signed Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A large and very impressive late 20th century painting by listed Ohio artist, James Massena (1953 - 2021). Oil on canvas. Titled "Storm Surge".
Canvas, Oil
Signed Castro Abstract Expressionist 1960s Latin American Oil Painting Collage
Located in Surfside, FL
'La Multitud Sodomita Rodea la Casa de Lot' Titled and signed in Spanish. it refers to the biblical story of Lot with the Sodomites. It is a very well executed piece signed Castro an...
Mixed Media, Oil
$780Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Abstract Expressionist Large Framed New York City Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Figural Oil Painting, Framed, 1970s, 23.25x17.5
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3057 Abstract Expressionist Figurative oil painting Set in a vintage gilt wood frame
Oil
$1,494Sale Price|20% Off
Large Crimson Abstract Symbolic Painting Neo Expressionist Contemporary Art oil
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Large Crimson Abstract Symbolic Painting, Neo Expressionist Contemporary Art Artist: Dios y medio Title: Genesis 1 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 40 × 40 cm (15.75 × 15.75 in) Da...
Oil
$1,800
Joan Kahn Indigo Denim Blue Color Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting
By Joan Kahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil paint on heavy paper. (this might possibly be acrylic paint) This does not appear to be signed. Joan Kahn (USA 1953-) grew up in New York City; Princeton, New Jersey; and Vermon...
Oil
$2,400
Joan Kahn Rome Vibrant Bold Color Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting
By Joan Kahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil paint on heavy tar paper. Hand signed and dated verso. Joan Kahn (USA 1953-) grew up in New York City; Princeton, New Jersey; and Vermont; in an environment that patronized th...
Oil
$7,900
"Disconnected", Abstract Expressionist, Faces, Red, Black, White, Oil Painting
By Sorin Bica
Located in Franklin, MA
Sorin Bica's "Disconnected" is a 60 x 80 inch abstract expressionist oil painting is a graffiti like composition packed with energy and motion.
Canvas, Oil
$2,400
Joan Kahn Rome Vibrant Bold Color Abstract Expressionist Modernist Oil Painting
By Joan Kahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil paint on heavy tar paper. Hand signed and dated verso. Joan Kahn (USA 1953-) grew up in New York City; Princeton, New Jersey; and Vermont; in an environment that patronized th...
Oil
$460Sale Price|20% Off
In the Garden Abstract Expressionist
By Kristin Cohen
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous abstract expressionist landscape by Kristin Cohen (American, 20th Century). From a collection of her works. Unsigned and unframed. Image size: 24"H x 18"W. A California ab...
Canvas, Oil
$3,300
"Beyond the Wall" Oil on Canvas, Brilliant Blues, Red, Abstract Expressionist
By Robert Piatek
Located in Detroit, MI
Robert's brilliant abstract paintings are easily identified with energized aspects of the universe as in sun burst, nebula, black hole, or far away. His Zen practice allows him rele...
Canvas, Oil
Large Abstract Expressionist New York Modernist Woman Artist Bold Oil Painting
By Berenice D'vorzon
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from her celebrated Drip Series, Titled, "Small Dark Center" Signed and dated verso 1980. Berenice Dvorzon was an extraordinary artist who began as an active young painter d...
Canvas, Oil
colorful contemporary abstract oil painting expressionist red figure signed
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"And She Was Red" is an original oil painting on canvas created by Alayna Rose. Layers of red with expressionist mark making, this contemporary abstract painting depicts the complexi...
Oil
1974 California Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Bold Oil Painting Don Clausen
By Don Clausen
Located in Surfside, FL
Don Clausen American (b. 1930) Untitled (1974) Oil on board Hand signed lower left and verso Framed 11.25 X 13.5 sight 9 x 11.25 inches Don Clausen is an American Postwar & Contem...
Oil, Board
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Cityscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century abstract expressionist landscape of bridge over water cityscape, circa 1960. Illegible signature lower left ("Aioli"?). Condition: Good; some edge and corner we...
Masonite, Oil
$986Sale Price|20% Off
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) oil painting on un stretched canvas unframed: 13 x 12.5 inches condition: excellent provenance: all the paintings we...
Oil
$1,370
Blooming, Abstract Shapes Landscape Oil Painting, Soft Expressionist, Pastel
By Natalia Roman
Located in Barcelona, ES
Details: Title: Blooming Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 130x130 cm (51.2x 51.2 inches) Year: 2012 * Certificate of authenticity provided. * Painting is shipped carefully rolled in a tu...
Canvas, Linen, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Painting in Acrylic & Oil Pastel, 21st Century -Untitled
By Zahra Shahcheraghi
Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT
Untitled, from Zahra Shahcheraghi’s Enchanters of Heaven series (2024) Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas · Zahra Shahcheraghi’s monumental abstraction bridges Persian artistic herita...
Oil, Acrylic, Cardboard, Paper, Archival Paper
$16,500
OIL on CANVAS “Delight Green” Abstract Expressionist, Gestural Painting POST WAR
By Jules Olitski
Located in New York, NY
Jules Olitski 2002 “Delight Green” Acrylic on Canvas Signed and Dated Verso Private Collection New York City Fresh from a private collection New York! Color Field painter, Jules ...
Oil, Acrylic
$4,500
1960's Large Colorful Abstract Expressionist Swiss Oil Painting Robert Lauro
By Roberto Lauro
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting on canvas Hand signed to lower right Lauro. Provenance: Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco, CA Work Size: 39.5 x 39.5 in. framed 44 X 44 inches. Roberto Lauro i...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
1960's Large Colorful Abstract Expressionist Swiss Oil Painting Robert Lauro
By Roberto Lauro
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting on canvas Hand signed to lower right Lauro. Provenance: Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco, CA Work Size: 39.5 x 39.5 in. framed 44 X 44 inches. Roberto Lauro i...
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Abstract Expressionist Gold Giltwood Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Signed verso. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and ...
Oil, Board
$1,980Sale Price|20% Off
Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Modernist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 50H by 40L.
Canvas, Oil
$20,000
"Thelo #8" Diana Kurz, circa 1959 Abstract Expressionist Large Oil Painting
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Thelo #8, circa 1959 Signed lower left Signature and address on verso Oil on canvas 47 x 41 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 24L. Excellent ready to hang condition. Impressive colors and compo...
Canvas, Oil
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Geometric Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract geometric oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas.
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Colorful Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 36H by 28L.
Canvas, Oil
$540Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Southwest Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 16H by 20L.
Canvas, Oil
"Celebration" Vintage Signed American Abstract Expressionist Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 26H by 32L.
Canvas, Oil
48 x 104 in. / 4 x 8.6 ft (2 panels) "Chromatic Fantasy" Large Oil on Linen
By Alexis Portilla
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautiful, abstract expressionist oil painting on linen by Alexis Portilla.
Canvas, Oil
$326
Abstract Expressionist woman oil on cardboard "Sun-kissed in a red swimsuit"
By Mougenot Natalya
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressionist woman in a red swimsuit was created by the French artist Natalya Mougenot and makes part of her ongoing series dedicated to Women.
Oil, Cardboard
$871Sale Price|20% Off
‘Sun 2’ Huge British Abstract Oil Painting Expressionist Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
‘Sun 2’ Large British Abstract, Oil Painting By British artist, 21st Century Titled 'Sun' and dated '2018' on the back of the painting Oil painting on board, unframed Board size: 39....
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.
The Italian-American’s 2020 abstract painting “The Hoe” personifies his “art of not knowing.”
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