Evans Deventer
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Dye
Nicholas Evans"Of Cerulean" (abstract green, ivory, blue, floral, oil painting, antique linen), 2024
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
India Ink, Graphite, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Acrylic, Chalk
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Crayon
Nicholas Evans"It's Not True" (abstract, surreal, dark, black, gold, leopard, canvas painting), 2022
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
Nicholas Evans“Argot of Late” (Large Abstract Painting, Bold, Graphic, Type on Wood-120x80cm) , 2020
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Nicholas Evans"An Urgent Man" (Abstract, Black & White, Figurative Oil Painting, Neutral Tone), 2020
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, India Ink, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, India Ink, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Wood
Nicholas Evans"A Lush Spring" (Abstract Statuesque Lion, Rich Color Palette, Painting on Wood), 2021
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Paint, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Oil Pastel, Glass, Paper, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
India Ink, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Plaster, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Glue
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Nicholas Evans“Scarce XVII” (Abstract, Contemporary, Neutral, Black & White, Graphic Painting), 2021
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
India Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Nicholas Evans"Auspice" (Abstract, Colorful, Textured Skull Painting on Antique Wood, 65x50cm), 2020
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
Nicholas Evans"Silo" (Abstract, Red, Navy, Bold Shapes; Plaster on Wood; Gold and Black Frame), 2019
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Found Objects, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Dye, Oil
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Dye, Ink
Nicholas Evans"Vesuvius" (abstract, pink, white, figure painting, historical, framed on linen), 2022
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Nicholas Evans"Wombs, Tombs, Tools" (Abstract Painting, Bold, Graphic, Type, Text, Found Wood), 2020
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil, Linen
Nicholas Evans"Saudade" (black & white, rich, text, type, abstract, surreal, natural, neutral), 2024
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Dye, Oil
Nicholas Evans"Day Remains II" (abstract, blue dye, deep red, yellow, framed painting, cotton), 2023
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Dye, India Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Paint, Glue
Nicholas Evans"Traces Of" (Abstract, Bold, Painting and Collage on Antique Wood, 50 x 26, 5cm), 2020
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Glass, Paper, Ink, Wood
Nicholas Evans"Pierced" (Four Abstract, Bold, Dye and Black Paintings on Stained Paper, Glass), 2021
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Oil, Plaster, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Wood, India Ink, Acrylic
Nicholas Evans“Oh Etruria" (Figurative, Black & White, Graphic, Bold Abstract Statue, Neutral), 2022
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Nicholas Evans"Magdalena" (black & white, red, text type, abstract, surreal, dark, mysterious), 2024
2010s Abstract Paintings
Wood, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Wood, India Ink, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Dye, Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, India Ink
Nicholas Evans"Rosettes II" (abstract, animal, bold, deep green-blue indigo, neutral, diptych), 2022
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Wood, India Ink, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Linen, Wood, India Ink
Nicholas Evans“So Plant, So Animal” (Graphic, Bold, Abstract, Neutral, Framed, Linen Painting), 2022
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Dye
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
Nicholas Evans"Hind Legs" (Text, Type, Abstract, Animal, Bold, Graphic, Sustainable, Raw Wood), 2020
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, India Ink, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, India Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, India Ink, Acrylic
Nicholas Evans"Lus Osculi" (Abstract Black & White, Graphic Painting, Roman-inspired, Neutral), 2023
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Plywood, Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
Nicholas Evans"Le Pare-Brise" (Soft Colors, Cracked Texture, Abstract, Bold, Painting on Wood), 2022
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Plaster, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Nicholas Evans"Anchoress II" (Abstract, Graphic, Surreal Landscape Painting, Custom Oak Frame), 2021
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic
Nicholas Evans"Dulcie Dreamt II" (green floral, energetic, abstract optional diptych painting), 2023
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic
Nicholas Evans"Ghost of the Gardens II" (green floral, energetic, abstract, optional triptych), 2022
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Linen, Oil
Nicholas Evans"Envoi II" (abstract, blue, pink floral, oil painting on antique linen, diptych), 2022
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Nicholas Evans is an American, Paris-based artist, designer and creative director. Painting is a cornerstone of Evans’s artistic expression, which is largely inspired by personal events, religious symbolism, and historical allegories.
In addition to traditional oil and acrylics, Evans uses materials such as plasters, wax, salt and found objects in his works, presenting a way to seek new meaning in elements that have collapsed or eroded over time. Threads of poetry convey the fragmented logic of suffering, lost love and redemption that push him to create.
After early success in New York’s fashion and creative industry — followed by nearly losing his life to addiction — a liver transplant gave way to a new perspective and allowed Evans to reinvent himself. Inspired to revisit the rudiments of expression through his first love of painting, Nicholas began working under the moniker of Evans Deventer to present his art.
Through Evans Deventer, he is continuously intrigued by the “decayed decadence” of long-held traditions and the looming past, and how to represent them visually. Evans Deventer is also represented as a brick and mortar space, which he designed in 2015, featuring furniture, jewelry and objects, in addition to artwork.
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(Biography provided by Evans Deventer)
A Close Look at abstract Art
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.
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Finding the Right abstract-paintings for You
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.