$598
H 29.93 in W 22.84 in
Architect : Pictograms of Genesis (Pink) - Original Screenprint, HANDSIGNED
Located in Paris, IDF
Yona FRIEDMAN (1923-2019) Pictograms of Genesis (Pink), 1975 Original screenprint (Silium workshop) Signed in pencil Numbered / 100 copies On Arches vellum 76 x 58 cm Very good con...
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Shooting Star, Gene Davis
By Gene Davis
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Gene Davis (1920-1985) Title: Shooting Star Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Edition: 202/250, plus proofs Size: 37.25 x 37 inches Condition: Good Inscription: S...
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$800Sale Price|20% Off
H 31 in W 22.5 in D 1 in
Derek Boshier ONE 1967 Signed Limited Edition Silkscreen
By Derek Boshier
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Derek Boshier ONE - 1967 Print - Silkscreen 22½'' x 31'' in. Edition: Signed in pencil, titled
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$1,250
H 32 in W 36 in D 1 in
Pierre Clerk Black and White 1973 Signed Limited Edition Large Silkscreen
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Pierre Clerk Black and White - 1973 Print - Silkscreen on Somerset paper 32'' x 36'' Edition
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$1,250
H 32 in W 36 in D 1 in
Pierre Clerk Plate II Green 1973 Signed Limited Edition Large Silkscreen
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Pierre Clerk Plate II : Green - 1973 Print - Silkscreen on Somerset paper 32'' x 36'' Edition
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Blue and Yellow 1973 Limited Edition Silkscreen
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Pierre Clerk Plate IV : Blue Yellow - 1973 Print - Serigraph on Somerset paper 32'' x 36'' Edition
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$1,500
H 32 in W 36 in D 1 in
Pierre Clerk Plate V Yellow-Red 1973 Signed Limited Edition Silkscreen
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Pierre Clerk Plate V : Yellow-Red - 1973 Print - Serigraph on Somerset paper 32'' x 36'' inches
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Evolution Series - Blue, Silkscreen by Thomas W. Benton
By Thomas W. Benton
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas W. Benton, American (1930 - 2007) Title: Evolution Series Blue Year: 1981 Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, XLV, HC Image Size: 32 ...
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$1,500
H 29.5 in W 29.5 in
Relation Couleur, Silkscreen on velincarton, hand signed numbered 62/100 Op Art
By Hugo Demarco
Located in New York, NY
died in 1995 in Paris, France. Published by Les Editions Denise Rene, Paris; Printed by L'atelier
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Lilac, Gene Davis
By Gene Davis
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Gene Davis (1920-1985) Title: Lilac Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 247/250, plus proofs Size: 22.5 x 28.5 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed a...
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Yellow Jack, Gene Davis
By Gene Davis
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Gene Davis (1920-1985) Title: Yellow Jack Year: 1979 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 241/250, plus proofs Size: 22.5 x 25 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription:...
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Green Giant, Gene Davis
By Gene Davis
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Gene Davis (1920-1985) Title: Giant Green Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 43/250, plus proofs Size: 29.75 x 32.5 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Si...
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$750
H 33 in W 20 in
Untitled 7 - Conceptual Art Screenprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled 7 Chryssa, Greek (1933–2013) Date: circa 1975 Screenprint Size: 33 in. x 20 in. (83.82 cm x 50.8 cm)
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$1,200
H 38 in W 31 in
Chinatown 6, Conceptual Art Screenprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Chinatown 6 Chryssa, Greek (1933–2013) Date: circa 1979 Screenprint, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition of 66/250 Size: 38 x 31 in. (96.52 x 78.74 cm)
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$750
H 30 in W 22 in
Untitled-27 - Conceptual Art Screenprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled-27 Chryssa, Greek (1933–2013) Date: circa 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 125 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm)
Screen
$750
H 30 in W 22 in
Untitled - Chinese Characters - Conceptual Art Screenprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled - Chinese Characters (Red on Mauve) Chryssa, Greek (1933–2013) Date: circa 1979 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 125 Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
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$1,200
H 38 in W 31 in
Chinatown 8, Conceptual Art Screenprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Chinatown 8 Chryssa, Greek (1933–2013) Date: circa 1979 Screenprint, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition of 66/250 Size: 38 x 31 in. (96.52 x 78.74 cm)
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$1,200
H 38 in W 31 in
Chinatown 3, Conceptual Art Screenprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Chinatown 3 Chryssa, Greek (1933–2013) Date: circa 1979 Screenprint, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition of 66/250 Size: 38 x 31 in. (96.52 x 78.74 cm)
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$750
H 37 in W 25 in
Times Square Fragment XII - Conceptual Art Screenprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Times Square Fragment XII Chryssa, Greek (1933–2013) Date: circa 1979 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of AP 11 Size: 37 in. x 25 in. (93.98 cm x 63.5 cm)
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$1,200
H 38 in W 31 in
Chinatown 2, Conceptual Art Screenprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Chinatown 2 Chryssa, Greek (1933–2013) Date: circa 1979 Screenprint, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition of 66/250 Size: 38 x 31 in. (96.52 x 78.74 cm)
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$1,200
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in
Series 1, Conceptual Art Screenprint by Chryssa
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Series 1 Chryssa, Greek (1933–2013) Date: circa 1979 Screenprint on Arches, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition of AP 11/20 Size: 31.5 in. x 31.5 in. (80.01 cm x 80.01 cm)
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Formulation: Articulation, Portfolio I, Folder 29
By Josef Albers
Located in White Plains, NY
," published by Harry N. Abrams, 1972, and printed by Ives - Stillman. The individual images are unsigned
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Formulation : Articulation Portfolio I, Folder 30 (B)
By Josef Albers
Located in White Plains, NY
by Harry N. Abrams, 1972, and printed by Ives - Stillman. The individual images are unsigned. Albers
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Tage Slawischer Kulture
Located in Spokane, WA
abstract color panel that could be a scarf or material that blends the styles and colors inlocking together
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Homage to the Square - P2, F24, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 24, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
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Problem in Linear Construction - P2, F10, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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$1,450
H 21 in W 21.5 in
Colossal Building - P1, F22, I1 from Formulation: Articulation (Portfolio)
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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Homage to the Square - P1, F5, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 5, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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$3,000
H 22 in W 22 in
Homage to the Square - P2, F13, I1, Josef Albers Silkscreen 1972
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 13, Image 1 " from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origi...
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Relation Couleur
By Hugo Demarco
Located in New York, NY
Hugo Demarco Relation Couleur, 1973 Silkscreen on velincarton Hand signed and numbered 63/200 on lower front. Bears the publisher's blind stamp on the front 29.5 x 29.5 inches Unfram...
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Relation Couleur
By Hugo Demarco
Located in New York, NY
Hugo Dermaco Relation Couleur, 1973 Silkscreen on velincarton Hand-signed by artist, Hand signed and numbered 62/200 on lower front. Bears the publisher's blind stamp on the front. 2...
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$2,000
H 39 in W 25 in
Richard Anuszkiewicz Celebrate New York, hand signed inscribed silkscreen poster
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Celebrate New York (hand signed limited edition poster), 1974 Silkscreen on wove paper Hand-signed by artist, signed, dated and inscribed "to Lowell" on the fron...
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$960Sale Price|20% Off
H 21 in W 24 in
Rectangular Backgrounds - P1, F6, I2, Minimalist Silkscreen by Josef Albers 1972
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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$1,250
H 21 in W 24 in
Rectangular Backgrounds - P1, F6, I1, Minimalist Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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Scholes I
By Al Held
Located in New York, NY
This screenprint was created by the artist in 1991. Signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 80 measuring 29 x 34 in. (73.7 x 86.4 cm.). Published by The Metropolitan Museu...
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Untitled #1
By Ian Tyson
Located in San Francisco, CA
. About the artist: Ian Tyson, British painter, print maker and book artist, was born in Wallasey
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$1,000
H 11 in W 8.5 in
Peace, Dedicated to art writer Eleanor Marko and her husband Ted
Located in New York, NY
important abstract artist, historian, author, scholar, professor and former student of Burgoyne Diller and
Monoprint, Screen
Homage to the Square - P2, F19, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 19, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
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Homage to the Square - P2, F24, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 24, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
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Bowers (Lauben) - P2, F12, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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Biconjugate - P2, F7, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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Homage to the Square - P2, F4, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 4, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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Homage to the Square - P1, F15, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 4, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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Homage to the Square - P1, F15, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 4, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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Homage to the Square - P2, F27, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
Screen
$900
H 40 in W 26 in
Times Square Fragment #10, Pop Art Screenprint by Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
By Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: Times Square Fragment #10 Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300; AP 35 Paper Size: 40 x 25 inches
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$1,850
H 64 in W 40 in
100th Anniversary Lincoln Center, Signed Pop Art Screenprint by William Conlon
Located in Long Island City, NY
100th Aniversary Lincoln Center by William Conlon, American (1941) Date: 1985 Screenprint, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil Edition of 27/72 Image Size: 56 x 36 inches Size: 64 ...
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$2,368
H 29.93 in W 22.84 in
Untitled from "Kinderstern" - Max Bill, Hard Edge, Color Field, Bright Colors
By Max Bill
Located in Köln, DE
Screenprint by Max Bill. From the portfolio "Kinderstern". No Title, 1989 76 x 58 cm Copy 61/100 Edition of 100 (approx.)
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$8,500
H 46.5 in W 32 in
Werkubersicht/Work-Overview D, Large Silkscreen by Leon Polk-Smith
By Leon Polk Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed and numbered minimalist silkscreen from the Werkubersicht/Work-Overview Portfolio. Leon Polk Smith is credited with the founding of the hard-edge art movement...
Screen
$8,500
H 46.5 in W 32 in
Werkubersicht/Work-Overview E, Large Silkscreen by Leon Polk-Smith
By Leon Polk Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed and numbered minimalist silkscreen from the Werkubersicht/Work-Overview Portfolio. Leon Polk Smith is credited with the founding of the hard-edge art movement...
Screen
$8,500
H 46.5 in W 32 in
Werkubersicht/Work-Overview I, Large Silkscreen by Leon Polk-Smith
By Leon Polk Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed and numbered minimalist silkscreen from the Werkubersicht/Work-Overview Portfolio. Leon Polk Smith is credited with the founding of the hard-edge art movement...
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$8,500
H 46.5 in W 32 in
Werkubersicht/Work-Overview J, Large Silkscreen by Leon Polk-Smith
By Leon Polk Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed and numbered minimalist silkscreen from the Werkubersicht/Work-Overview Portfolio. Leon Polk Smith is credited with the founding of the hard-edge art movement...
Screen
$8,500
H 46.5 in W 32 in
Werkubersicht/Work-Overview F, Large Silkscreen by Leon Polk-Smith
By Leon Polk Smith
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed and numbered minimalist silkscreen from the Werkubersicht/Work-Overview Portfolio. Leon Polk Smith is credited with the founding of the hard-edge art movement...
Screen
$1,200
H 34 in W 26 in
Untitled (Wire Mill Variant), Screenprint by Nicholas Krushenick
By Nicholas Krushenick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Nicholas Krushenick, American (1929 - 1999) Title: Untitled (Wire Mill Variant) Year: 1979 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 30 Paper Size: ...
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Yellow Dunes, Silkscreen by Thomas W. Benton
By Thomas W. Benton
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas W. Benton, American (1930 - 2007) Title: Yellow Dunes Year: 1981 Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, HC 3 Image Size: 32 x 32 inches ...
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Earth Series Red II, Silkscreen by Thomas W. Benton
By Thomas W. Benton
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas W. Benton, American (1930 - 2007) Title: Earth Series - Red II Year: 1981 Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, III Image Size: 32 x 32...
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Homage to the Square - P2, F27, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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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.
Explore a vast range of abstract prints on 1stDibs to find a piece to enhance your existing collection or transform a space.
Unlike figurative paintings and other figurative art, which focuses on realism and representational perspectives, abstract art concentrates on visual interpretation. An artist may use a single color or simple geometric forms to create a world of depth. Printmaking has a rich history of abstraction. Through materials like stone, metal, wood and wax, an image can be transferred from one surface to another.
During the 19th century, iconic artists, including Edvard Munch, Paul Cézanne, Georgiana Houghton and others, began exploring works based on shapes and colors. This was a departure from the academic conventions of European painting and would influence the rise of 20th-century abstraction and its pioneers, like Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian.
Some leaders of European abstraction, including Franz Kline, were influenced by the gestural shapes of East Asian calligraphy. Calligraphy interprets poetry, songs, symbols or other means of storytelling into art, from works on paper in Japan to elements of Islamic architecture.
Bold, daring and expressive, abstract art is constantly evolving and dazzling viewers. And entire genres have blossomed from it, such as Color Field painting and Minimalism.
The collection of abstract art prints on 1stDibs includes etchings, lithographs, screen-prints and other works, and you can find prints by artists such as Joan Miró, Alexander Calder and more.