"Waiting" by Dan McCaw, Abstracted, Figural Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Waiting" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in an interior setting.
Oil, Board
"Textures" (2025) by Dan McCaw, Abstracted, Figural Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Textures" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in a moody interior setting.
Oil, Board
"Waiting" (2025) by Dan McCaw, Abstracted, Figural Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Waiting" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in a warm interior setting.
Oil, Board
"Symbiotic" (2025) by Dan McCaw, Abstracted, Figural Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Symbiotic" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts three abstracted figures in an interior setting.
Oil, Board
"Reverie" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Reverie" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 48 x 42 inches.
Oil, Board
"Textures" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Textures" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 30 x 24 inches.
Oil, Board
"Harmony" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Harmony" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 30 x 24 inches.
Oil, Board
"Invitation" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Invitation" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 24 x 18 inches.
Oil, Board
"Resilient" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Resilient" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 22 x 18 inches.
Oil, Board
"Untitled, " Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Untitled" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure standing in a striped interior setting.
Oil, Board
"'Anticipation" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Anticipation" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure seated within a brown interior.
Oil, Panel
"Unadorned" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Unadorned" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure of gray and white standing within a black interior where two orange and gre...
Oil, Panel
"Sisters" Interior Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Sisters" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts two abstracted feminine figures sitting together as sunlight streams through a window as the rest ...
Oil, Board
"Standing Figure" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Standing Figure" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure of gray and white standing within a neutral interior.
Oil, Panel
"Seated Figure" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Seated Figure" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure of gray and white seated at an abstracted table within a neutral interi...
Oil, Panel
"Transformation" (2024), Abstract Figurative Oil Painting on Board
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Transformation" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in a greyscale interior setting.
Oil, Board
"Expectations" (2024), Abstract Colorful Figurative Oil Painting on Board
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Transformation" is a beautiful original handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in a warm and colorful interior setting.
Oil, Board
"Reverie" by Dan McCaw, Abstracted, Figural Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Reverie" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in an interior setting.
Oil, Board
Sold
H 22.5 in W 19 in
"Reflective" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Reflective" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 16 x 12 inches.
Oil, Board
"Tempered" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Tempered" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted feminine silhouette of white standing out starkly against the red and brown backgro...
Oil, Panel
"Untethered" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Untethered" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the abstracted feminine form standing in situ with black, gray and red forms that coalesce into...
Oil, Panel
"Reverie" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Reverie" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted silhouette sitting at a red table that overlaps with the geometric grey that becomes...
Oil, Panel
"Hidden Treasures" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Hidden Treasures" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cherry red background interrupted by an abstracted feminine figure made of gray hues th...
Oil, Panel
"Landscape Within, " Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Landscape Within" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted dark patterned figure standing with green tree-like shapes in the backgroun...
Canvas, Oil
"Figure in Landscape" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Figure in Landscape" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a full moon hanging above a sloping black horizon interrupted by a single feminine fig...
Oil, Board
Sold
H 26.25 in W 20.25 in
"Reverie" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Reverie" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 24 x 18 inches.
Oil, Board
"Serenity" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Serenity" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted woman standing with her hand clasping her arm, looking away as the brown and blue h...
Oil, Board
What Did She Say, Oil Painting
By Faye Vander Veer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Words that describe this painting: figures, people, men, bar, restaurant, cafe, interior, impressionism, Degas, Manet, Anne Blair Brown, Dan McCaw, , impressionism, people, represent...
Oil
"Conversations" Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Conversations" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two ambiguous figures with orange and red patterns stretching between them onto the...
Oil
$1,800
H 12 in W 9 in
"Echoes" (2023) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Echoes" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an abstracted female figure. Bio/artist statement: Danny McCaw is the ...
Oil, Board
$950
H 15 in W 13.25 in
"Shadows" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Shadows" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure on a black, grey, red, and yellow background...
Oil, Board
$1,900
H 12 in W 9 in
"Rich to Grey" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Rich to Grey" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure. Bio/artist statement: Danny McCaw is ...
Oil, Board
$2,300
H 16 in W 12 in
"Shaping Landscapes" by Danny McCaw (2024) Abstracted Figures, Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Shaping Landscapes" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two abstracted figures in an interior of black and grey. Bio/artist statemen...
Oil
$1,900
H 12 in W 9 in
"Stripes" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Stripes" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure leaning against a bed. Bio/artist statement...
Oil, Board
$6,400
H 24 in W 30 in
"Everyday Shapes" by Danny McCaw (2024) Abstracted Figures, Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Everyday Shapes" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two abstracted figures. Bio/artist statement: Danny McCaw is the youngest son o...
Oil
$1,300
H 14 in W 14 in D 2 in
"Last Light" (2025) Abstract Figurative Oil and Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
By John McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
John McCaw's (US based) "Last Light" is framed at 16.25 x 16.25 inches, and is wired and ready to hang. John McCaw (b. 1967), the eldest son of American expressionist Dan McCaw and ...
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
$1,900
H 12 in W 9 in
"Patterned Rug" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Patterned Rug" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure. Bio/artist statement: Danny McCaw is...
Oil, Board
$2,200
H 24 in W 18 in
"Impressions" (2023) By John McCaw, Expressionist Mixed Media Painting
By John McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
John McCaw's (US based) "Impressions" is a beautiful original expressionist mixed media on board painting that depicts poppies and stems growing upwards, resting in a shelf on of art...
Mixed Media, Board
$950
H 8 in W 6 in
"Red Line" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Red Line" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure. Bio/artist statement: Danny McCaw is the ...
Oil, Board
$2,300
H 16 in W 12 in
"Warm Thoughts" by Danny McCaw (2024) Abstracted Figures, Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Warm Thoughts" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two abstracted figures in an interior with a green chair. Bio/artist statement: D...
Oil
$950
H 8 in W 6 in
"Red Line" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Red Line" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure of white and grey on a black and red backgr...
Oil, Board
$6,400
H 31.5 in W 25.5 in
"Shapes and Patterns" (2025) By Danny McCaw, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
"Shapes and Patterns" is a beautiful original abstract expressionist oil portrait, created by American artist Danny McCaw. His highly varied and technical use of brushstroke create l...
Oil, Board
$3,500
H 15.5 in W 13.5 in
"Bather" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Bather" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure sitting in a bathtub. Bio/artist statement: ...
Oil, Board
$1,200
H 14 in W 16 in
"Layers" (2018) By John McCaw, Original Abstract Mixed Media Painting
By John McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
John McCaw's (US based) "Layers" is a mixed media painting that depicts geometric white and black shapes filled with textural, impasto paint. John McCaw (b. 1967), the eldest son o...
Mixed Media, Board
$1,500
H 16 in W 16 in D 2 in
"Still Life" (2025) Abstract Figurative Oil and Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
By John McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
John McCaw's (US based) "Still Life" is an abstract oil painting in greens, grey, black and yellow. John McCaw (b. 1967), the eldest son of American expressionist Dan McCaw and bro...
Canvas, Oil
$18,244Sale Price|20% Off
H 58 in W 48.5 in
Huge 1700's Florentine Old Master Oil Painting Eros Triumph over Pan Male Nudes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Triumph of Eros over Pan Florentine School, early 1700's period, unsigned oil on canvas, framed framed: 58 x 48.5 inches canvas: 50 x 40 inches Provenance: private collection, Pa...
Oil
$2,052 / item
H 40 in W 30 in D 0.03 in
"Les Terrains" Signed Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 30"x40"
Located in New York, NY
Our first limited edition fine art print “Les Terrains” is an emotive abstract landscape translated in gouache, charcoal and pastel. Created by artist Christiane Lemieux, there will ...
Paper
$1,570 / item
H 30 in W 30 in D 0.03 in
"La Ligne" Signed Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 30" x 30"
Located in New York, NY
Introducing "La Ligne" is a limited edition fine art print that captivates the viewer with its gorgeous abstract linework, demonstrating the beauty of simplicity and the power of for...
Paper
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
Sasco Semi-Flush Mount Brass Light Fixture, Custom Finishes
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
The Sasco is a versatile custom-made solid brass and glass globe light fixture, which can be mounted on the ceiling or wall. Shown here in our factory brass, an uneven unfinished br...
Brass
Classic Empire Center Table, Oatmeal
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Classic Empire style grey cerused oak oatmeal stained center table with a carved ogee edge, raised on an octagonal pedestal base. Dimensions: 42" W x 42" D x 30" H. Clearance: 27"
Wood
$2,500 / item
H 8.5 in Dm 17.5 in
Vintage Inspired Handcrafted Fluted Farmhouse Porcelain Pendant Light
By DBO Home
Located in Sharon, CT
Classic, elegant, with a perfectly imperfect touch. We just love our new porcelain Parasol Fluted Pendants. Inspired by a vintage pie cover, we designed them to hang over our kitchen...
Brass
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By Ky Anderson
Located in Dallas, TX
Acrylic & oil on paper
Paper, Acrylic, Oil
$2,052 / item
H 40 in W 30 in D 0.03 in
"Vigne Fleurie" Signed Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 30"x40"
Located in New York, NY
"Vigne Fleurie" is an exquisite limited edition fine art print that offers a modernist interpretation of a flowering vine set against a lush green colorfield. Each print is a view of...
Paper
Glossy Cream Ceramic Chandelier in Antique Brass 5-Arm 42.5" DIA
By Lostine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Five antique brass patina arms curve up from a ceramic cluster dish to five tall stoneware ceramic shades in a glossy glaze with a subtle off-white hue. With a fixed black walnut orb...
Brass
On Hold|$11,000
H 49.5 in W 37.5 in D 2.5 in
"Divine Spontaneity II" Acrylic, Oil Pastels, Pencils Abstract in Reds 48"x36"
By Karina Gentinetta
Located in New York, NY
"Divine Spontaneity II" 2023, 48" H x 36" W. An original vertical abstract painting consisting of acrylics, house paint, oil pastels, color pencils, and carbon pencils on canvas by ...
House Paint, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil, Oil Pastel, Color Pencil
$235,000
H 29.63 in W 24.44 in
Pablo Picasso, "Grand Tête" original linocut in colors, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Grand Tête, Portrait of Jacqueline with sleek hair Color linocut printed in beige, yellow, red, blue, and black on cream wove paper with Arches watermark Numbered 14/50 from the edit...
Linocut
$9,750
H 40 in W 32 in D 2 in
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$3,000
H 14 in W 23 in
"Rising Moon on the Marsh" Dennis Sheehan, Bright Moon, Evening Marsh Landscape
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Sheehan Rising Moon on the Marsh, circa 2025 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 14 x 23 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon Sc...
Canvas, Oil
$1,371
H 13.04 in W 8.59 in
Promenade – Geometric Cubist Acrylic Painting on Wood, Earth Tones, 33 x 21cm
By Grégoire Mathias
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Promenade Acrylic on wood 33.1 x 21.8 cm A compact yet striking cubist composition by French artist Grégoire Mathias, “Promenade” explores human figures through layered geometries ...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
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.