$11,000
Creatures of a Day (Paradise Paintings) - large, colourful abstract group series
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A lemon yellow rectangle held by a whisper white band is flanked by squares of pink, navy, blood red and white on a washed ground of pale lime. A conversation about visual and philos...
Canvas, Acrylic
Avalon Dusk - contemporary bright colourful abstract acrylic painting
By Brian Bartlett
Located in London, GB
Artist's statement: ‘My paintings start with an idea, often of an image remembered, it might be a landscape, an interior or a still-life. As I paint, I try to reduce and simplify th...
Canvas, Acrylic
$11,092
Untitled LXVI by Ferle - Large abstract painting, red and orange, colourful
By Elvire Ferle
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled LXVI is a unique oil on free-standing canvas painting by contemporary artist Ferle, dimensions are 200 cm × 140 cm (78.7 × 55.1 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and...
Canvas, Oil
Renewal - colourful, lyrical, gestural, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Alice Teichert
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Teichert's undulating line and dot notation are singular this time and rest upon a field of sensual rose. This painting is Renewal and offers a calming impression that we are arrivin...
Canvas, Acrylic
$11,000
Time and Motion - rich, dark, colourful, geometric abstract acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Milly Ristvedt continues her exciting exploration of colour and form in this stunning new work. Hard-edged geometric shapes—rectangles and squares almost appear to be dancing around ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,500
My Autumn Garden - bright, lively, colourful, layered abstract, oil on canvas
By Noreen Taylor
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian artist Noreen Taylor’s expressive abstract work is often inspired by the natural world found in her own garden. This piece is a tapestry of rich fall colours in orange, yell...
Canvas, Oil
$34,498
Shirley Goldfarb, Colourful Abstract Painting, Oil and Watercolour, 1963
By Shirley Goldfarb
Located in London, GB
Signed and dated Oil and watercolour on paper, mounted on board 18 x 22 inches Shirley Goldfarb is known for infusing the Abstract Impressionist movement with light and colour. Foll...
Canvas, Oil
$24,000
"In Memory of Clement Greenberg" - colourful, impasto abstract acrylic on canvas
By Joseph Drapell
Located in Bloomfield, ON
An explosion of colour radiates from one side of the canvas in this extraordinary abstract painting dedicated to renowned NY art critic, Clement Greenberg. As a student, Joseph Drape...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,311Sale Price|20% Off
Colourful Abstract Painting using Orange & Turquoise Resin on a White Canvas
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Abstract Painting using Orange & Turquoise Resin on a White Canvas by 20th Century British Artist Art measures 30 x 30 inches (Unframed) Philippe Aird was born in 1961.
Canvas, Resin, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic Polymer, Acrylic
Colourful Abstract Poured Enamel Painting "Atom Shimmer Anew 1"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A colourful, unique and vivid small poured enamel painting on canvas. Framing on request.
Enamel
$1,076Sale Price|35% Off
Abstract Piece - Mid 20th Century Colourful Oil on Canvas by Metchiled Naviasky
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Keywords: Abstract, art, piece, colourful, colours, pattern, splat, pure, mid 20th century.
Canvas, Oil
Evening Light - soft, colourful, minimalist, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The stunning subtlety of evening light is captured in the wash of colours that flow across the canvas in this contemporary abstract by Milly Ristvedt. The Canadian artist is renowned...
Canvas, Acrylic
Colourful geometric abstract painting with orange, blue, green and brown
Located in Oostende, BE
Colourful geometric abstract painting with orange, blue, green and brown
Canvas
$1,655Sale Price|20% Off
Swirling Clouds Foaming Seas Colourful Modern British Bright Blue Sea Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporary British artist, 21st century oil on board, unframed size: 20 x 30 inches This came from a private collection of artworks by the artist, a few of which are signed 'Andrew...
Oil
Galaxy - vivid, colourful, lyrical, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Alice Teichert
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Translucent layers of periwinkle, blue and steel-grey compose the background of this rich and energetic painting. Dragged horizontally across the canvas are thick bands of black, wh...
Canvas, Mixed Media
Large Colourful Abstract Painting "Studio Floorworks - Exploding Moon Drops"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A large colourful, unique and vivid oil and enamel painting on canvas. Framing on request.
Enamel
Air Prism - colourful, impasto, abstract expressionist, acrylic on canvas
By Adam Cohen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Deep, rich colours--blues, purple and orange punctuated by a background of bright white add depth and energy to this painting by abstract artist, Adam Cohen.The New York-based artist...
Canvas, Acrylic
$4,248Sale Price|20% Off
Colourful Orange and Red Abstract Painting "New Unfolding 7"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A colourful, unique and vivid surreal oil painting of flowing streamer elements in reds and oranges on stretched canvas. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Canvas, Oil, Varnish
$8,000
Inner Retreat - painting, abstract, colourful, contemporary, acrylic on canvas
By Alice Teichert
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The luminous, elegantly colourful paintings of Alice Teichert have garnered her an international audience. Known for her refined sense of colour, and her contemporary form, Teichert’...
Acrylic
$6,400Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract 36 Red Orange Yellow Green Colourful Painting from British Artist
By Margaret Francis
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Abstract Painting by British Artist Art measures 33 x 24 inches Frame measures 40 x 31 inches Gold frame behind glass Margaret Francis received her Degree in Fine Art...
Gold Leaf
$138
Spike, Affordable Contemporary Art, Silkscreen Prints, Colourful Abstract Prints
By Chris Keegan
Located in Deddington, GB
This handmade screen print depicts an imaginary spiked sphere shape in five colours including fluorescent Yellow, metallic Gold and Red. The Gold ink layer gives the abstract print a...
Paper, Screen
$12,600
Sirocco - earthy, impasto, colourful, abstract expressionist, acrylic on canvas
By Adam Cohen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Layered impasto swaths in a palette of orange, pink, white and grey are incised with dynamic sharp lines in this powerful composition by Adam Cohen. The painting is aptly titled Siro...
Canvas, Acrylic
$20,000
Metamorphosis (DUO) - colourful, lyrical, diptych, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Alice Teichert
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The grand scale of Metamorphosis Duo has a magnified cellular quality - as though they are strands of DNA recombining and bringing forth new life. The primary colours used here reinf...
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Wax Crayon, Acrylic
$15,300
Perpetuum - colourful, music inspired, gestural, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Alice Teichert
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Soft rays of white pigment filter out from the pulsing line and lead our eyes into fields of colour that are so fresh and so deep that you may have gotten lost in them were it not fo...
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Wax Crayon, Acrylic
Among The Worst, Something Left - colourful, abstract, oil on canvas on panel
By Mel Davis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this vibrant abstract painting, Mel Davis appears to be commenting on the crisis of climate change. Organic shapes and an eclectic, masterful use of colour—bright green, orange, b...
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Door of the Cosmos- Abstract, Sculpture, Sphere, Ball, Colourful
By Richard Slee
Located in London, GB
Door of the cosmos, made from Fluorescent Acrylic Sheets, Resin and Black Milliput, 19.5 cm Diameter ,2023. Richard Slee’s sculptural work grew from his “love of the Afrofuturist M...
Resin, Plywood
Scottish, oil on board, abstract colourful harbour scene, 1973 by Edi Swan
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edi Swan (Scottish, 1935 – 2009) Harbour scene Oil on board, unframed Signed and dated ‘edi swan 1973’ (middle right) 24 x 48 in. (61 x 122 cm.)
Oil, Board
Colourful Abstract Painting "New Remnants of a Broken Order 2"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A colourful, unique and vivid abstract oil painting on canvas. Framing on request.
Enamel
Colourful Detailed Poured Enamel and Oil Abstract Painting "Cosmos Beneath"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A colourful, detailed, unique and vivid abstract oil and enamel painting on stretched canvas. Poured enamel paint creates a marbled effect, with added oil paint details. Ready to han...
Enamel
$4,543
October Moon by Richard Perry - Abstract sculpture, Alabaster, colourful, paint
By Richard Perry 1
Located in Paris, FR
October Moon is a unique ink, paint and wax on Alabaster sculpture by contemporary artist Richard Perry, dimensions are 21.5 × 21.5 × 19 cm (8.5 × 8.5 × 7.5 in). The sculpture is si...
Alabaster
$4,838
Theia by Richard Perry - Abstract sculpture, Carrara marble, colourful, pink
By Richard Perry 1
Located in Paris, FR
Theia is a unique ink, paint and wax on Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary artist Richard Perry, dimensions are 20.5 × 23 × 19 cm (8.1 × 9.1 × 7.5 in). The sculpture is signed...
Marble
Large Colourful Abstract Painting on Canvas "New Studio Floorworks 4"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
An oversized colourful, unique and vivid oil and enamel painting on canvas. Framing on request.
Enamel
$29,000
Summer Window - large, bright, colourful, yellow, abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Milly Ristvedt
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Washes of sun yellow are edged in dashes of bright colors - mauve, cerise, lime and rust -- in this monumental color-field canvas by Milly Ristvedt. "Summer Window" from 1973 was cr...
Canvas, Acrylic
$18,800
Re-Write - vivid, colourful, lyrical, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Alice Teichert
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Alice Teichert’s luminous paintings are created using shiny, colourful gels meticulously applied in layers. Her work is influenced by a background in typography as gestural imagery a...
Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic
Large Colourful Abstract Poured Enamel Painting "Garden of Magic Shimmer"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A unique, colourful and vivid poured enamel painting with lots of texture on canvas. Ready to hang - can be displayed in portrait or landscape orientation. Framing on request.
Enamel
$761Sale Price|20% Off
Modern French Cubist Abstract Colourful Signed Oil Painting in Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist composition French school, late 20th century signed oil on board, framed with glass cover framed: 13 x 13 inches board: 9.5 x 9.5 inches Provenance: private collection, France...
Oil
Large Colourful Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting With Pastel Tones
By Martie de Wet
Located in Cape Town, ZA
"Nature is the indirect perception of human personification, emotion and imagination which is emphasised in colour, texture, patterns and line as it is captured in my paintings, with...
Mixed Media, Oil
Large Colourful Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting With Floral Tones
By Martie de Wet
Located in Cape Town, ZA
"Nature is the indirect perception of human personification, emotion and imagination which is emphasised in colour, texture, patterns and line as it is captured in my paintings, with...
Mixed Media, Oil
$5,800
Capriccio 2 - bright, colourful, geometric abstract, modernist, acrylic on panel
By Burton Kramer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In musical terms, a capriccio is a short, lively, free-form piece of music. Modernist Burton Kramer’s Capriccio 2 envisions shapes and colours inspired by beautiful music. In this wa...
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,800
Cycle - warm, vivid, colourful, lyrical, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Alice Teichert
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Swirling calligraphic marks and symbols swirl at the center of a burnished warm ground in this luminous canvas by Alice Teichert. The artist works with thin layers of acrylic gel and...
Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic
$7,800
Morning Smile (DUO) - colourful, lyrical, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Alice Teichert
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The radiance of a smile seems to be symbolically captured in the silvery shiny multiple layers of this gorgeous duo by Alice Teichert. In these elegant compositions, Teichert uses tr...
Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic
$15,300
Going Deeper - rich, colourful, layered, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Alice Teichert
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Going Deeper has a novel orientation in relation to the rest of Teichert's Connectivity series and with this orientation she has achieved a distinct feeling of falling - or possibly ...
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Wax Crayon, Acrylic
$3,500
Markings No. 9 - bold, colourful, gestural, expressive abstract, oil on canvas
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
He has exhibited his post-Pop inspired paintings, prints and colourful abstract sculptures at the Muramatsu Gallery in Tokyo, The Armory Show in NYC, Art Chicago and in Toronto.
Canvas, Oil
San Remo Sunset - Bold, Colourful & Abstract Painting: Acrylic on Canvas
By Brian Bartlett
Located in London, GB
Following a BA in Fine Art at Portsmouth, Brian Bartlett was awarded a travel scholarship to the USA, where he gained his Masters Degree at the University of Eastern Illinois. Brian...
Canvas, Acrylic
ca, Original colourful painting, landscape work
By Lucy Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Original Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:1.5cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indica...
Acrylic, Canvas
Small Colourful Abstract Oil and Enamel Painting "New Small Cosmos 4"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A colourful, detailed, unique and vivid abstract oil and enamel painting on stretched canvas. The artwork measure 20 x 30 cm, ready to hang. Framing on request. FREE SHIPPING!
Enamel
Coloured Grid, no.IX (July) - 20th Century Colourful Abstract Gouache Painting
Located in Kingsclere, GB
John Milnes-Smith 1912-1998 Coloured Grid, no.IX (July), 1951 gouache 34 x 44 cm 13 3/8 x 17 3/8 in signed, dated and dated again John Milnes-Smith was a painter of abstracts. B...
Gouache
$2,276
In Ancient Aswan - contemporary abstract bright colourful large acrylic painting
By Brian Bartlett
Located in London, GB
Brian said: ‘My paintings start with an idea, often of an image remembered, it might be a landscape, an interior or a still-life. As I paint, I try to reduce and simplify the image t...
Canvas, Acrylic
Luna by Richard Perry -Abstract sculpture, Carrara marble, colourful, paint, wax
By Richard Perry 1
Located in Paris, FR
Luna is a unique ink, paint and wax on Carrara marble sculpture by contemporary artist Richard Perry, dimensions are 20 × 20 × 17 cm (7.9 × 7.9 × 6.7 in). The sculpture is signed an...
Marble
$1,800
Graffiti Study No 2 - colourful, layered, pop art, spray painted study on paper
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Viktor Mitic He earned a BFA from the University of Toronto in 1995 with studies in art history at Sheridan College. He has exhibited his post-Pop inspired paintings, prints and co...
Spray Paint, Archival Paper
Large Colourful Vivid Blue and Yellow Abstract Painting "Diurnal Rhythm Flow"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
An large colourful, unique and vivid oil and enamel painting on canvas. Framing on request.
Enamel
Blue Over Yellow #2 - bold, colourful, modern, abstract, oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
David Sorensen’s brightly coloured abstract work is visually arresting, fresh and modern. The venerated Canadian artist was initially inspired by the vivid palette of Mexico where he...
Canvas, Oil
Large Colourful Poured Enamel Abstract Painting "Atom Shimmer Over The Top"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A vibrant and colourful, unique painting on stretched canvas, ready to hang. The painting consists of shiny pools of enamel paint that was thickly poured onto the canvas to create a...
Enamel
Large Colourful Abstract Oil on Canvas Floral Painting With Pastel Tones
By Martie de Wet
Located in Cape Town, ZA
"Nature is the indirect perception of human personification, emotion and imagination which is emphasised in colour, texture, patterns and line as it is captured in my paintings, with...
Mixed Media, Oil
$1,500
Graffiti Study No 3 - colourful, layered, pop art, spray painted study on paper
By Viktor Mitic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Viktor Mitic He earned a BFA from the University of Toronto in 1995 with studies in art history at Sheridan College. He has exhibited his post-Pop inspired paintings, prints and co...
Spray Paint, Archival Paper
$590
Untitled III by Matthieu Venot - Fine art photography, colourful, architecture
By Matthieu Venot
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled III is a photograph by contemporary French artist Matthieu Venot. This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 3 dimensions: *30 cm × 30 cm (11.8" ...
Photographic Paper, Pigment
$3,256Sale Price|20% Off
Colourful Golden Orange Impasto Abstract Landscape of Chrysler in New York City
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Golden Orange Impasto Abstract Landscape of Chrysler in New York City by leading British Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield (b.1978) entitled “Chrysler Glow, New York City”.
Gesso, Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas, Cotton Canvas
$13,500
Let There Be Love - colourful, lyrical, gestural abstract, acrylic on canvas
By Alice Teichert
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this beautiful new work by Alice Teichert, a universal symbol of love--the image of flames appears to explode from the canvas in golden hues against a deep red, green and blue bac...
Canvas, Crayon, Acrylic
$2,714
Colourful Green Blue Abstract Poured Enamel Painting on Canvas "New Intuition 7"
By Tay Dall
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A colourful, unique and vivid poured enamel painting on stretched canvas. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Enamel
$22,000
Entry 3: Orange, Yellow, Green, Violet - bold, colourful, abstract oil on canvas
By David Sorensen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A scaffold of dark violet gives structure to painterly hot orange and teal bands in this confident abstract canvas by David Sorensen. The curated strata of fresh colors points to an...
Canvas, Oil
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.
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