Welcome drink
Located in Zofingen, AG
The “11 PM” series is an artistic exploration of human vulnerability and privacy through the lens of light voyeurism. What do we do when we’re left alone in the dark? While one perso...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
"The Game"
Located in Zofingen, AG
«The Game», 2026 Stretched (on stretcher bars): 120х100x2cm Materials: acrylic\oil pastel on canvas\metal leaf Shipping: rolled In the painting "The Game", I explore social interact...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Routine
Located in Zofingen, AG
«Routine», 2026 11PM series Stretched (on stretcher bars): 125х100x2cm Overall canvas size (unstretched / flat):133x107cm Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic\oil pastel on canvas Shipping:...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Vinyl
Located in Zofingen, AG
«Vinyl», 2026 Anima Animus series Stretched (on stretcher bars): 125х110x2cm Year: 2025 Materials: acrylic\oil pastel on canvas Shipping: rolled Exhibited at the personal exhibition ...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Hiper Organico 35
By Laura Manino
Located in Dallas, TX
pastel & chalk on paper
Paper, Pastel, Chalk
Determination
Located in Zofingen, AG
«Determination», 2026 11PM SERIES Stretched (on stretcher bars): 100х125x2cm Overall canvas size (unstretched / flat):107x133cm Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic\oil pastel on canvas Shi...
Acrylic, Canvas, Oil Pastel
$48,000Sale Price|20% Off
Impresario
By Barbara Rachko
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original Soft Pastel on Sandpaper
Pastel
Expansions 9
By Laura Manino
Located in Dallas, TX
pastel on paper
Paper, Pencil, Pastel
$353Sale Price|20% Off
"Silent strength" Contemporary figurative woman's portrait painting on paper
By Mougenot Natalya
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
"Silent Strength" – Original Contemporary Female Portrait Painting, Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Paper, 29.7 x 42 cm (11.7 x 16.5 inches) Acrylic paints and Sennelier oil pastels on hea...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Visions of Joanna
By Patrick Collins
Located in Brooklyn, NY
New York based artist Patrick Collins is both an accomplished musician and painter. He has studied music and art in Madrid, Paris and Manhattan, and lived in Vietnam, Greece, Yugosla...
Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic
Energy painting. Expressive drawing of a female figure. Wild Dance.
By Sve Gri
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Wild Dance" is an improvised expressive drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and blue pastel on white paper. "Every time I draw such a...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Foundational Series – Studio Blueprint No. 334 Studio Process Art
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Foundational Series – Studio Blueprint No. 334 Dimensions: A2 – 42 × 59.4 cm Medium: Acrylic & Oil Pastel on Premium Archival Paper – Custom Made‑to‑Order Frame Framed Dimensions: A...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Foundational Series – Studio Blueprint No. 333 Studio Process Art
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Foundational Series – Studio Blueprint No. 333 Dimensions: A2 – 42 × 59.4 cm Medium: Acrylic & Oil Pastel on Premium Archival Paper – Custom Made‑to‑Order Frame Framed Dimensions: A...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Foundational Series – Studio Blueprint No. 332 Studio Process Art
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Foundational Series – Studio Blueprint No. 332 Dimensions: A2 – 42 × 59.4 cm Medium: Acrylic & Oil Pastel on Premium Archival Paper – Custom Made‑to‑Order Frame Framed Dimensions: A...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Foundational Series – Studio Blueprint No. 331 Studio Process Art
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Foundational Series – Studio Blueprint No. 331 Dimensions: A2 – 42 × 59.4 cm Medium: Acrylic & Oil Pastel on Premium Archival Paper – Custom Made‑to‑Order Frame Framed Dimension...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Time to Bloom
By Olena Kishkurno
Located in Zofingen, AG
Time to Bloom from the Inner Landscapes series Acrylic on canvas Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting Time to Bloom is a contemporary abstract landscape acrylic painting from th...
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel
Vigilantes II, From the Mediterránea Series. Marcio Marquez Massa
Located in Villa Allende, AR
Vigilantes II Marcio Marquez Massa 2025 From the Mediterránea Series Oil on Canvas 290 × 140 cm (114.2 × 55.1 in) Vigilantes II is a monumental oil painting from Marcio Marquez Mas...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil
“Untitled”
By Leon Wall
Located in Southampton, NY
In the late 1950's and early 1960's, Leon Wall was represented and exhibited many times at the Betty Parsons Gallery, which was known for its early promotion of Abstract Expressionis...
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
$353Sale Price|20% Off
The lonely demon. 2003, paper, mixed media, 15x19, 5 cm
By Gunta Liepina Griva
Located in Riga, LV
The lonely demon. 2003, paper, mixed media, 15x19,5 cm Colorful, stylized portrait on black background. Portrait with lilac face and long nose Gunta Liepina Griva Born 1942 in Riga,...
Paper, Pastel
Latent Defect
By Peter Gethin Thomas
Located in Surfside, FL
22X30 without frame, 29X36 with frame Peter (Gethin) Thomas is active/lives in District Of Columbia. Peter Thomas is known for abstract expressionist painting. He was Dean of the C...
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Watercolor
“Untitled”
By Leon Wall
Located in Southampton, NY
In the late 1950's and early 1960's, Leon Wall was represented and exhibited many times at the Betty Parsons Gallery, which was known for its early promotion of Abstract Expressionis...
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Gouache
“Untitled”
By Leon Wall
Located in Southampton, NY
In the late 1950's and early 1960's, Leon Wall was represented and exhibited many times at the Betty Parsons Gallery, which was known for its early promotion of Abstract Expressionis...
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Gouache
Where the Light Falls, Elaine Fox, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Where the Light Falls [2022] Signed by the artist oil and oil pastel on canvas Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:50 cm x D:4cm Frame Size: H:5...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
$883Sale Price|20% Off
"Sensuality" ( contemporary figurative expressive colorful woman oil on canvas)
By Natalya Mougenot
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork makes part of my new period in my artistic expression. This painting dedicated to "Women" series is a special one since it is all about my strong deep personal transfor...
Canvas, Oil, Oil Pastel
$3,490
Foundational Series Studio Archive No. 325, Female Blue Period Piece
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Item Details Title: Foundational Series Studio Archive No. 325 Medium: Acrylic, Oil Crayon, and Oil Pastel on Premium Archival Paper Dimensions: A2 – 420 × 594 mm / 16.5 × 23.4 in Fr...
Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Exploring Every Path 3 Magdalena Morey Bright Landscape Painting, Affordable Art
By Magdalena Morey
Located in Deddington, GB
Magdalena Morey Exploring Every Path 3 Original Cubist Inspired Landscape Painting Mixed Media on Canvas Canvas Size: H 30cm x W 30cm x D 3.5cm Sold Unframed (Please note that in sit...
Canvas, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Foundational Series Studio Archive: No 221 Structural Acrylic and Pigment Stick
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Foundational Series Studio Archive: No. 221 The Work "Studio Archive: No. 221" is a compelling study of introspection and the architectural weight of the solitary figure. As part o...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Foundational Series Studio Archive: No. 220 Mix Media Study
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Foundational Series Studio Archive No. 220 The Work "Studio Archive No. 220" is a sophisticated mixed-media study exploring the quietude and structural elegance of the solitary hu...
Archival Ink, Acrylic, Gesso, Oil Pastel
Foundational Series Studio Archive No. 219 Composition in Sienna and Charcoal
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Studio Archive: No. 219 The Work "Studio Archive No. 219" is a sophisticated mixed-media study exploring the fluidity and shared geometry of the human form in unison. Part of a cu...
Gesso, Oil Pastel, Archival Ink, Acrylic
Foundational Series: Studio Archive No. 222 Archival Works on Paper
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Foundational Series: Studio Archive No. 222 The Work "Studio Archive No. 223" is a compelling study of introspection and the architectural weight of the solitary figure. As part of...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
$2,870
F.S Studio Archive No. 222: Figuration in Burnt Sienna and Earth Pigment
By Rebecca Wing Sze Lam
Located in STRETTON, AU
Foundational Series Studio Archive No. 222: Mixed Media Figuration in Burnt Sienna and Earth Pigments The Work "Foundational Series Studio Archive No. 222" is a powerful exploratio...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
$325Sale Price|20% Off
"True Friends" ( contemporary colorful painting of three women in swimsuits)
By Natalya Mougenot
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork makes part of my new period in my artistic expression. This painting dedicated to "Women" series is a special one since it is all about my strong deep personal transfor...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic
"Blue Fall 2" Still Life, Impasto Flowers, Cool Tones
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Blue Fall 2" is a Still Life of falling impasto flowers painted on a canvas of blue and yellow. Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his ho...
Canvas, Epoxy Resin, Oil Pastel, Oil
Sweet Emotions Mixed Media on Paper
By Malgosia Kiernozycka
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Sweet Emotions Mixed media acrylic, watercolor, ink marker, pastel on archival. Malgosia Kiernozycka was born in Wroclaw, Poland. She graduated high school at the School of Fine Art...
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pastel
Figurative Painting in Mixed Media, Acrylic and Spray on Canvas, 16x16 Red Gold
By Revolue
Located in New York, NY
This painting comes with an Acrylic QR code plaque - when the QR code is scanned you can then point the camera at the physical painting and it will become augmented reality. To crea...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$599Sale Price|51% Off
First Floor Biogram
By Kory Twaddle
Located in Kansas City, MO
Twaddle's biograms are records of the lived moment, of specific periods of time and particular spaces, of her own life. Abstract art, abstract painting, watercolor, watercolor paint...
Paint, Paper, Acrylic, Tempera, Watercolor, Graphite, Conté, Oil Pastel,...
"Sicktina" figurative spray and acrylic on canvas, street art
By Revolue
Located in New York, NY
This painting comes with an Acrylic QR code plaque - when the QR code is scanned you can then point the camera at the physical painting and it will become augmented reality. To crea...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
"Weekend" red, street art graffiti, mixed media on canvas contemporary, pop art
By Revolue
Located in New York, NY
We can also roll the painting and ship for free - you can have it re-stretched in your city and we will pay for it. To create those pieces, Revolue focused on the intuitive process...
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
City Walkers, Sanguine Drawing on Canvas
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Ashton became an art critic for the New York Times in 1955, and through her, Yunkers was introduced to the artists who would become known as the Abstract Expressionists. He began dra...
Canvas
Latvian Modernist 'The Sky Hides All It's Birds' Intaglio Etching Embossing
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Ashton became an art critic for the New York Times in 1955, and through her, Yunkers was introduced to the artists who would become known as the Abstract Expressionists. He began dra...
Etching
Seated Woman (Elizabeth)
By Franz Kline
Located in New York, NY
EX COLL.: the artist; to I. David Orr (1904–1997), Long Island, New York; to his estate, 1997 until the present Originally trained as a figurative painter, Kline was an exceptional ...
Paper, Pastel, Ink
$1,295Sale Price|30% Off
Reflections Abstract - Two Sided Abstract Expressionist Painting on Paper
By Jack Madson
Located in Soquel, CA
Reflections Abstract - Two Sided Abstract Expressionist Painting on Paper Brilliant abstract expressionist work by Jack Madson (American, b-1927). A Felton, Caliornia artist. Madson ...
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
"Abstract Composition (Black, Yellow and Grey)" Mixed Media Painting
By Suki Maguire
Located in New York, NY
This piece is an abstract composition done with mixed media, oil and acrylic paints on paper. The artist explores an incredible world filled with color and expressive brushstrokes. T...
Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
"Abstract Composition (Blue, Amber and Green)" Mixed Media Painting on Paper
By Suki Maguire
Located in New York, NY
This piece is an abstract composition done with mixed media, oil and acrylic paints on paper. The artist explores an incredible world filled with color and expressive brushstrokes. T...
Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
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.”
In his current show at New York's Lehmann Maupin gallery, the Puerto Rican–born talent reveals new paintings with a semiautobiographical aspect.