$88,000
H 89 in W 62 in D 32 in
David L Deming Centurion II Abstract Modern Sculpture in Flat Black Steel, 1985
Located in Dallas, TX
An astounding abstract sculpture hand crafted by renowned Texas artist David Deming executed in
Steel
$10,500
H 14 in W 12 in D 9 in
Contortionist Nude, 20th Century Bronze of Nude Female, Cleveland Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
David Deming (American, 20th Century) Contortion Nude Bronze Signed on base 14 x 12 x 9 inches
Bronze
$40,000
H 67 in W 37 in D 24 in
"Rocker VI", David L. Deming, Stainless Steel Contemporary Sculpture, 67x37x24
By David L. Deming
Located in Dallas, TX
David L. Deming's "Rocker VI" is skillfully welded together with stainless steel and polished to a
Stainless Steel
Dog with Bird
By David L. Deming
Located in Sante Fe, NM
David L. Deming’s world of lively canine sculptures captures the artist’s love for dogs and
Steel
$2,800
H 48 in W 31.5 in
“Familial Pedestal” Contemporary Gestural Red Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David Deming. Upon
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,200
H 32 in W 32 in
“Silent Lament” Contemporary Gestural Blue, Brown, & Tan Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,000
H 48 in W 40 in
“Welcome Back Home, My Love” Contemporary Gestural Neutral Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,900
H 48.5 in W 72.75 in D 2 in
“Whispers of Mothering” Contemporary Gestural Tan and Pink Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,450
H 24 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
“Too Late, Too Much” Contemporary Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,000
H 37.5 in W 26.5 in D 1.5 in
“Helping You Say Goodbye To Me” Contemporary Gestural Blue Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,200
H 29 in W 40 in D 2 in
“The Trees of Comfort 1” Contemporary Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold
H 40 in W 30 in
“The Coastal Breeze That Almost Broke Me” Contemporary Neutral Gestural Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold
H 60 in W 48 in
“Mourning Barricade” Contemporary Gestural Red, Blue, & Green Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold
H 50 in W 40 in
“That Against This, Why” Contemporary Gestural Green & Red Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
Sold
H 24 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
“Ethereal Concession” Contemporary Blue Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
and challenged by many talented art professors, including Michael Mogavero, John Yancey and David
Canvas, Acrylic
Apollo Belvedere Sculpture
By Raffaello Romanelli
Located in Milan, IT
This magnificent bust of Apollo, the Greek god of art, medicine, and music is directly inspired by the Classic marble statues in the Roman tradition. The stunning god appears here in...
Plaster
$4,803 / item
H 35.44 in Dm 39.38 in
Large chandelier with smoked Murano glass pendants inspired mid-century design
Located in Trebaseleghe, IT
Large chandelier with smoked Murano glass pendants, inspired by mid-century Italian design Direct from the source: We are not just retailers, but direct manufacturers! Located near ...
Blown Glass
Gio Ponti 'F.A. 33' Half Length Mirror in Brass for GUBI
By Gio Ponti, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Gio Ponti 'F.A. 33' Half Length Mirror in Brass for GUBI The 'F.A. 33' mirror was originally designed by Gio Ponti in 1933 for Fontana Arte, the period’s most prominent lamp, glass...
Brass
Talitha Nickel and Abalone Console Cabinet
By Jonathan Adler
Located in New York, NY
Our Talitha collection is crafted from nickel-plated metal with hand-stamped patterns applied to minimalist, modernist forms. The surface is reminiscent of silver leaf it emits that ...
Nickel
Set of 8 Costantini Lacquered Dining Chairs
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Dallas, TX
Chic set of post modern dining chairs designed by Pietro Costantini in San Vito al Torre Italy. The iconic chairs feature sculptural style piano black lacquered frames with conformin...
Wood, Lacquer
$650
H 5.5 in W 16 in D 9 in
Antique Anglo-Indian Fluted Writing Box With Secret Drawers. Early 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful writing box made from a tropical hardwood Fabulous shape and plain fluted carving. It gives it a modernist appearance Probably Sri Lankan 3 secret drawers* Replaced lea...
Wood
Green Spatters Murano Glass Wall Sconces
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Free shaped wall sconces made of layers of green splatter like Murano glass pieces covering a metal structure with three sources of light.
Murano Glass
$2,236Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 15.75 in Dm 25.6 in
Grande plafoniera con pendagli vetro di Murano ispirato al mid-century italiano
Located in Trebaseleghe, IT
Grande lampadario plafoniera con pendagli in vetro di Murano ispirato al mid-century italiano Direttamente dalla fonte: Non siamo semplici rivenditori, ma produttori diretti! Situat...
Blown Glass
$2,186
H 9.45 in W 4.53 in D 1.97 in
Bust of a Man - Sculpture after Aurelio Mistruzzi - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Bust of a man is an original sculpture in bronze realized after Aurelio Mistruzzi in the late 1990s. Bronze casting. 18 cm height, 24 cm height with wooden base. Good conditions.
Bronze
UASA-OK Star Base
Located in Chicago, IL
The USA-OK Star table base is made of brake-formed aluminum with a tough powder-coat finish. It is excellent for indoor and outdoor use. Available white and minty green. Custom color...
Steel
$50,032Sale Price|20% Off
H 8.67 in W 9.85 in D 4.73 in
'Pichet Espagnol' from the Madoura Pottery 'AR 245' by Pablo Picasso '1954'
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
'Pichet Espagnol' ceramic piece from the Madoura Pottery (A.R. 245) by Pablo Picasso (1954). A fired, unglazed ceramic pitcher in the form of a stylised bird with elegant, Minimalist...
Ceramic
Long Chandelier in Murano Glass by Studio Glustin
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Long chandelier in patinated brass with globes and plates in Murano glass. Creation by Studio Glustin.
Brass
$33,007
H 44.3 in W 61.62 in D 16.34 in
A large Antique French Louis XVI Fireplace Mantel In Breche Violette Marble
Located in London, GB
A large late 18th century Louis XVI period fireplace executed in superior quality and very fine Breche Violette marble, with much variation of colour and depth from purple to green. ...
Marble
$1,814
H 9.2 in W 17.2 in D 8.2 in
Marvelous Design & Warm Color Burl Walnut Art Deco, Bauhaus Mantel / Desk Clock
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and also practical in size Bauhaus style clock. Over the years we have sold a number of striking (no pun intended) Art Deco clocks, but rarely one as timeless, as stylish,...
Chrome, Brass, Iron
$3,484Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 130 in Dm 70 in
Pair of Italian 50 Multicolored Glass Disks Chandeliers, Murano
Located in Budapest, HU
Each chandelier has 50 Murano multicolored glass disks. The glasses are now unavailable, they have the particularity of reflecting a multiplicity of colors, which makes the chandelie...
Metal
Antique English Carved Oak Hall Sofa Table British Tudor c1900
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique English carved oak hall sofa table British Tudor c1900. Direct from England, a very highly carved and elegant antique English hall table in a perfect size for anywhere fr...
Oak
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.
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.