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Rolando DuartesUnknown Figure, Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Paper Blue, 2019

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H 10.24 in W 7.09 in D 0.4 in

Unknown Figure, Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Paper Blue

By Rolando Duartes

Located in London, England

It is an oil painting on paper with strong expressionist elements.

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Paint

Large Orange And Black Abstract Expressionist Painting by Shirley Bleviss, 1970s

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H 37.25 in W 49.25 in D 1.5 in

Large Orange And Black Abstract Expressionist Painting by Shirley Bleviss

Located in Pasadena, CA

This vast abstract canvas stages a confrontation between shapes and colors, evoking the hues of autumn leaves. It is crossed by a dark, horizontal band, like a slash cleaving the spa...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Dario CampanileUnknown Treasures by Dario Campanile, Abstract Expressionism Oil Painting, 2020, 2020

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Unsigned abstract composition ca.1950

Located in Hudson, NY

oil on canvas 16 x 32 in.

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Layered Orange Abstract Oil, 1960s

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H 31 in W 25 in D 1.5 in

Layered Orange Abstract Oil

Located in Pasadena, CA

This oil-on-canvas is a vibrant abstract composition built from bold planes of saturated color. Deep oranges, reds, and ochres dominate the surface, counterbalanced by earthy greens ...

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Unidentified French artist Abstract Composition 1954, 1954

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Unidentified French artist Abstract Composition 1954

Located in Hudson, NY

gouache signed, dated 1954 on verso image 14 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

ABS, Gouache

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H 24 in W 14 in D 1 in

Abstract Expressionist in Blue and Red

Located in Buffalo, NY

Modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Unsigned. Displayed in a wood frame. Image size, 13"L x 23"H, overall 14"L x 24"H.

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Category

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A Close Look at Abstract Art

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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Finding the Right Abstract-paintings for You

Bring audacious experiments with color and textures to your living room, dining room or home office. Abstract paintings, large or small, will stand out in your space, encouraging conversation and introducing a museum-like atmosphere that’s welcoming and conducive to creating memorable gatherings.

Abstract art has origins in 19th-century Europe, but it came into its own as a significant movement during the 20th century. Early practitioners of abstraction included Wassily Kandinsky, although painters were exploring nonfigurative art prior to the influential Russian artist’s efforts, which were inspired by music and religion. Abstract painters endeavored to create works that didn’t focus on the outside world’s conventional subjects, and even when artists depicted realistic subjects, they worked in an abstract mode to do so.

In 1940s-era New York City, a group of painters working in the abstract mode created radical work that looked to European avant-garde artists as well as to the art of ancient cultures, prioritizing improvisation, immediacy and direct personal expression. While they were never formally affiliated with one another, we know them today as Abstract Expressionists.

The male contingent of the Abstract Expressionists, which includes Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell, is frequently cited in discussing leading figures of this internationally influential postwar art movement. However, the women of Abstract Expressionism, such as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell and others, were equally involved in the art world of the time. Sexism, family obligations and societal pressures contributed to a long history of their being overlooked, but the female Abstract Expressionists experimented vigorously, developed their own style and produced significant bodies of work.

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If you’re working with a small living space, a colorful, oversize work can create depth in a given room, but there isn’t any need to overwhelm your interior with a sprawling pièce de résistance. Colorful abstractions of any size can pop against a white wall in your living room, but if you’re working with a colored backdrop, you may wish to stick to colors that complement the decor that is already in the space. Alternatively, let your painting make a statement on its own, regardless of its surroundings, or group it, gallery-style, with other works.