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It's Time for CHRISTMAS, it's Time for MYSELF Acrylic on Paper Abstract Painting
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Created in 2024, the piece is part of Aurelian Razvan Dinu’s ongoing exploration of painting as a space for emotional honesty.
Paper, Acrylic
$987Sale Price|28% Off
It's Time for CHRISTMAS, it's Time for US - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Created in London in 2024, the piece is part of Aurelian Razvan Dinu’s exploration of love, memory, and vulnerability through abstract expression.
Paper, Acrylic
$1,009Sale Price|20% Off
IN This Life, My Soul is at the... - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2024
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Direct from the studio of Aurelian Razvan Dinu, this painting is both a testament and a release — a fragment of a soul’s journey rendered in pure color and gesture.
Paper, Acrylic
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HUGGING You is the Best Thing Ever - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2024
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
This painting is part of Aurelian Razvan Dinu’s ongoing exploration of abstract language as a mirror of lived emotion.
Paper, Acrylic
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MY Nights Have No More Eyelids Gold Leaf and Oil on Panel Abstract Painting 2024
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Direct from the studio of Aurelian Razvan Dinu, this painting is both an act of honesty and a poetic fragment of lived experience.
Gold, Gold Leaf
After Everything, the Body Still Knows - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
"After Everything, the Body Still Knows" is a new, original acrylic painting on paper by Aurelian Razvan Dinu, created in 2026 and measuring 41 × 31 cm.
Acrylic
Mr. ‘Likewise’ - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2026
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
“Mr ‘Likewise’” is an original acrylic painting on paper by Aurelian Razvan Dinu, created in 2026 and measuring 41 × 31 cm.
Acrylic
Your Love Is Made of Pink Layers - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2026
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
"Your Love Is Made of Pink Layers” is a new, original acrylic painting on paper by Aurelian Razvan Dinu, created in 2026 and measuring 41 × 31 cm.
Acrylic
Mama (Mother) - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2026
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Although abstract, “Mama (Mother)” reflects Aurelian Razvan Dinu’s ongoing exploration of embodiment, memory, and surface as a site of emotional resonance.
Acrylic
I Kept Your Light. Your Smile. Your Love. - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Your Love.” is a new, original acrylic painting on paper by Aurelian Razvan Dinu, created in 2026 and measuring 41 × 31 cm.
Acrylic
I Still See You There - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2026
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
“I Still See You There” is a new, original acrylic painting on paper by Aurelian Razvan Dinu, created in 2026 and measuring 41 × 31 cm.
Acrylic
I’m Hiding Behind the Poppies - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2026
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
“I’m Hiding Behind the Poppies” is a new, original acrylic painting on paper by Aurelian Razvan Dinu, created in 2026 and measuring 41 × 31 cm.
Acrylic
$1,989
Your Love Made Me Feel Again - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2026
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
“Your Love Made Me Feel Again” is a new, original acrylic painting on paper by Aurelian Razvan Dinu, created in 2026 and measuring 41 × 31 cm.
Acrylic
My Honest Confession: A Love Chapter - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2025
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Through texture, layering, and movement, Aurelian Razvan Dinu translates vulnerability into color, turning a private confession into visual form.
Paper, Acrylic
Between Notifications. I Feel... - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting 2025
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Between Notifications stands as part of Aurelian Razvan Dinu’s ongoing exploration of how technology reshapes sensitivity and perception.
Paper, Acrylic
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MY Biggest Dream is to Sleep Next to - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2024
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Title: "My Biggest Dream Is to Sleep Next to You" Medium: Acrylic on paper Dimensions: 41 x 31 cm (A3) Year: 2024 Condition: New Provenance: Direct from the artist, Aurelian Raz...
Paper, Acrylic
Veins of Silence - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2026
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
"Veins of Silence" continues Aurelian Razvan Dinu’s exploration of surface as a site of inscription — where emotion is embedded rather than illustrated, and abstraction becomes a for...
Acrylic
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EVERY Night, I Dreamed That You Would - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting 2024
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Title: "Every Night, I Dreamed That You Would Love Me" Medium: Acrylic on paper Dimensions: 41 x 31 cm (A3) Year: 2024 Condition: New Provenance: Direct from the artist, Aurelia...
Paper, Acrylic
$1,262
TOUCH Me. Feel Me. Heal Me - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2024
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Heal Me" Medium: Acrylic on paper Dimensions: 41 x 31 cm (A3) Year: 2024 Condition: New Provenance: Direct from the artist, Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Paper, Acrylic
A Body Learning to Fly - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2026
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
This interplay creates a sense of tension and anticipation, as if the form is testing its own limits. Part of Aurelian Razvan Dinu’s recent body of work, "A Body Learning to Fly", c...
Acrylic
$1,989
Self-portrait (with light) - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting 2026
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
The work resists narrative clarity, offering instead an atmosphere of attentiveness and introspection. Part of Aurelian Razvan Dinu’s recent body of work, "Self-portrait (with light...
Acrylic
$1,989
Your Absence Is Not Empty - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting 2025
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
"Your Absence Is Not Empty" continues Aurelian Razvan Dinu’s ongoing exploration of emotional residue, relational memory, and contemporary intimacy.
Acrylic
$1,138
LIFE is Just a Way Through YOU - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2024
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Title: "Life is just a way through You" Medium: Acrylic on paper Dimensions: 41 x 31 cm (A3) Year: 2024 Condition: New Exhibition history: Annual Exhibition, Barbican Art Societ...
Paper, Acrylic
$1,138
YOU Never Told Me You Love Me - Oil on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2024
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Title: "You Never Told Me You Love Me" Medium: Oil on paper Dimensions: 41 x 31 cm (A3) Year: 2024 Condition: New Exhibition history: Brancusi Inspire, Macadam Gallerie – Romani...
Paper, Oil
MY Blood is All I Have - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2023
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Title: "My Blood Is All I Have" Medium: Acrylic on paper Dimensions: 41 x 31 cm (A3) Year: 2023 Condition: New Exhibition history: Brancusi Inspire, Macadam Gallerie – Romanian ...
Paper, Acrylic
LUXURY Under My Skin - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2023
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Title: "Luxury Under My Skin" Medium: Acrylic on paper Dimensions: 41 x 31 cm (A3) Year: 2023 Condition: New (with intentionally irregular top edge) Exhibition history: Brancusi...
Paper, Acrylic
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TODAY is the Day... Textured Gold Leaf and Oil on Panel, Abstract Painting, 2024
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Title: "Today is the day you took me out of your life" Medium: Oil and gold leaf on panel Dimensions: 31 x 31 cm Year: 2024 Condition: New Provenance: Direct from the artist, Au...
Gold Leaf, Gold
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TU M’as Dit Que J’étais Beau - Textured Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting 2024
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Title: "Tu M'as Dit Que J’étais Beau" (French) / "You Told Me I Am Beautiful" (English) Medium: Acrylic on paper Dimensions: 41 x 31 cm (A3) Year: 2024 Condition: New Provenance...
Paper, Acrylic
I Will Never Know How My Life Would Be If - Oil on Paper, Abstract Painting 2024
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Title: "I Will Never Know How My Life Would Be If You Were Here" Medium: Oil on paper Dimensions: 41 x 31 cm (A3) Year: 2024 Condition: New Exhibition history: Annual Exhibition...
Paper, Oil
$1,344
Fabric of a Heartless Storm - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2025
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
Created in 2025, Fabric of a Heartless Storm is an original acrylic on paper (41 x 31 cm) presented in new and excellent condition. This contemporary abstract painting showcases Aure...
Acrylic, Paper
Your Body Speaks a Language My Hands Have Always Known - Abstract Painting, 2025
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
“Your Body Speaks a Language My Hands Have Always Known” (2025) is an original acrylic on paper (41 x 31 cm), presented in new / excellent condition. This richly layered abstract pai...
Paper, Acrylic
$2,002
The Orchard of Your Body - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2025
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
"The Orchard of Your Body" (2025) is an original acrylic on paper (41 x 31 cm), presented in new and excellent condition. This richly textured abstract painting glows with layers of ...
Paper, Acrylic
What Did Not Leave - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2026
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
"What Did Not Leave" (2026) is a new, original acrylic painting on paper, measuring 41 × 31 cm. Built as a surface of accumulation rather than expression, the work unfolds around wha...
Acrylic
I Have Learned How Much Strength... - Acrylic on Paper, Abstract Painting, 2025
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
“I Have Learned How Much Strength It Takes to Stay. In Love.” (2025) is a new, original acrylic painting on paper, measuring 41 x 31 cm. The work is built from horizontal bands of de...
Paper, Acrylic
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TU M’as Dit Que J'étais Belle - Textured Acrylic on Paper Abstract Painting 2024
By Aurelian Razvan Dinu
Located in London, GB
The provenance comes directly from me, the artist Aurelian Razvan Dinu. The style is abstract painting, and the country of origin is the United Kingdom.
Paper, Acrylic
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.
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.
Draw your guests into abstract oil paintings across different eras and countries of origin. On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive range of abstract paintings along with a guide on how to arrange your wonderful new wall art.
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.
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.