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Orange abstract geometric art  . original painting
Orange abstract geometric art  . original painting

Orange abstract geometric art . original painting

Located in Zofingen, AG

in pink, red, yellow, and blue. Inspired by Ad Reinhardt's abstract works and geometric abstract art

Category

2010s Pop Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Orange on Orange Tree Trunks
Orange on Orange Tree Trunks

Alex BertainaOrange on Orange Tree Trunks, 2026

$2,899

H 31.5 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in

Orange on Orange Tree Trunks

By Alex Bertaina

Located in London, GB

his passion for drawing and bold colours originated. Though Alex considers art to be his primary tool

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Orange on Camogli
Orange on Camogli

Alex BertainaOrange on Camogli, 2026

$3,700

H 31.5 in W 39.38 in D 0.79 in

Orange on Camogli

By Alex Bertaina

Located in London, GB

his passion for drawing and bold colours originated. Though Alex considers art to be his primary tool

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rooms Orange

Marina SternRooms Orange, 1969

$20,000

H 50 in W 50 in D 1.5 in

Rooms Orange

By Marina Stern

Located in Los Angeles, CA

and Pop Art to the Neo Immaculate paintings and pastels for which she is best known. A native of

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue, Orange and Pink Geometric Abstract Painting
Blue, Orange and Pink Geometric Abstract Painting

Blue, Orange and Pink Geometric Abstract Painting

By John O'Neil

Located in Houston, TX

Blue, orange and pink pastel work done in an abstract geometric style. It is framed in a black

Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Karma - abstract contemporary geometric orange square oil on canvas
Karma - abstract contemporary geometric orange square oil on canvas

Karma - abstract contemporary geometric orange square oil on canvas

By Brian Neish

Located in London, GB

Brian Neish is fascinated by painted surfaces, particularly surfaces having to endure the extremes of sunlight, wind, frost and rain. He calls the appearance of these debilitating ef...

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Orange Circle
Orange Circle

Paul ReedOrange Circle, 1965

$15,000

H 54 in W 40 in D 3 in

Orange Circle

By Paul Reed

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

exhibition that began at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art in 1965. All of the other painters had been

Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Adjusted Light (Orange)
Adjusted Light (Orange)

Andy HarwoodAdjusted Light (Orange), 2023

$6,000

H 48 in W 40 in D 1 in

Adjusted Light (Orange)

Located in West Hollywood, CA

a warm range of orange hues. These delicate tones, filling the scene with passion and vibrancy

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic Polymer

"orange water" abstract cityscape, water motif, geometric
"orange water" abstract cityscape, water motif, geometric

"orange water" abstract cityscape, water motif, geometric

By Miriam Singer

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "orange water" is an original artwork made from pencil, marker, watercolor, lino

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Watercolor, Panel, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Linocut

"Geometric Design"

Rolph Scarlett"Geometric Design"

$5,625

H 17 in W 15 in D 1 in

"Geometric Design"

By Rolph Scarlett

Located in Lambertville, NJ

grandmother. He later took art classes at the secondary school level. Upon graduating, he began an

Category

20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Blue, Orange, and Green Abstract Geometric Figurative Collage
Blue, Orange, and Green Abstract Geometric Figurative Collage

Blue, Orange, and Green Abstract Geometric Figurative Collage

By Dick Wray

Located in Houston, TX

work depicts colorful shapes and geometric birds. Signed and dated by the artist at the top of the work

Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil

Shelter (Geometric, Abstract, Gestural, Vibrant)
Shelter (Geometric, Abstract, Gestural, Vibrant)

Shelter (Geometric, Abstract, Gestural, Vibrant)

By Susan Kiefer

Located in Kansas City, MO

Susan Kiefer Shelter (Geometric, Abstract, Gestural, Vibrant) Oil on Canvas 2023 Size: 16 x 16 x

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

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GEOMETRIC PATTERN ORANGE GREEN BLACK

GEOMETRIC PATTERN ORANGE GREEN BLACK

Located in Tokyo, 13

LOT:20240521N09 Barry McGee [GEOMETRIC PATTERN ORANGE GREEN BLACK] Die-cut vinyl multiple on

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2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Holding Together",  geometric shapes in oranges and blues
"Holding Together",  geometric shapes in oranges and blues

"Holding Together", geometric shapes in oranges and blues

By Fred Bendheim

Located in New York, NY

Holding Together, its interlocking organic shapes in oranges and blues, plays with colorful

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

Materials

Oil, Panel

Stone Upon Stone 2 Geometric Abstract Orange Painting Melissa Dupont
Stone Upon Stone 2 Geometric Abstract Orange Painting Melissa Dupont

Stone Upon Stone 2 Geometric Abstract Orange Painting Melissa Dupont

Located in Madrid, MD

My first works are digital, in that aspect each decision can be rethought and changed as many times as necessary. Unlike my previous works, this was the first time that I was faced w...

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Stone Upon Stone 1 Melissa Dupont Orange Abstract Geometric Painting
Stone Upon Stone 1 Melissa Dupont Orange Abstract Geometric Painting

Stone Upon Stone 1 Melissa Dupont Orange Abstract Geometric Painting

Located in Madrid, MD

My first works are digital, in that aspect each decision can be rethought and changed as many times as necessary. Unlike my previous works, this was the first time that I was faced w...

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Materials

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Orange Diagonal

Richard DahnOrange Diagonal, 1969

Unavailable

H 36 in W 36 in

Orange Diagonal

By Richard Dahn

Located in Glenview, IL

from 1965 to 1997. He studied and worked with Joseph Albers at Yale. This beautiful geometric

Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Orange Field
Orange Field

Richard DahnOrange Field, 1968

Unavailable

H 24 in W 24 in

Orange Field

By Richard Dahn

Located in Glenview, IL

Dahn studied painting, printmaking and graphic design, receiving a BFA degree from Miami University and a MFA degree from Yale University. He taught graphic design at the University ...

Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

Lined Space Orange 2

Jeff KellarLined Space Orange 2, 2020

Unavailable

H 36 in W 24 in

Lined Space Orange 2

By Jeff Kellar

Located in Fort Worth, TX

resin, clay and pigment on aluminum composite

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Clay, Resin, Pigment

Todd Kelly, "Orange/Blue Grid #1"
Todd Kelly, "Orange/Blue Grid #1"

Todd Kelly, "Orange/Blue Grid #1"

By Todd Kelly

Located in New York, NY

Working in oil, spray paint, and collage, Todd Kelly creates geometric, painterly and textured

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Todd Kelly, "Orange/Blue Grid #2"
Todd Kelly, "Orange/Blue Grid #2"

Todd Kelly, "Orange/Blue Grid #2"

By Todd Kelly

Located in New York, NY

Working in oil, spray paint, and collage, Todd Kelly creates geometric, painterly and textured

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Fresh Wind", large abstract geometric monoprint, sea green, red orange, blue.
"Fresh Wind", large abstract geometric monoprint, sea green, red orange, blue.

"Fresh Wind", large abstract geometric monoprint, sea green, red orange, blue.

By John Schiff

Located in Long Island City, NY

printed in a rich sea green, with blues, reds, yellows and orange on 100% cotton rag paper, signed in

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio, Monoprint, Monotype

untitled (Orange)

Mae Engronuntitled (Orange), ca 2000

Unavailable

H 40 in W 34 in D 1 in

untitled (Orange)

By Mae Engron

Located in Culver City, CA

Indiana University Herron School of Art, Engron defyied many stereotypes by graduating in her 40s and

Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blue Diamond (Orange Ground)
Blue Diamond (Orange Ground)

Blue Diamond (Orange Ground)

By Karl Benjamin

Located in West Hollywood, CA

This serigraph by the renowned California abstract classicist Karl Benjamin (1925-2012). Benjamin was known for filling his prints with orchestrated colors, and for his sensitivity t...

Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Shift Orange

Luc HoekxShift Orange, 2006

Unavailable

H 19.69 in W 39.38 in

Shift Orange

By Luc Hoekx

Located in Dordrecht, NL

This 2006 work by Luc Hoekx is, both sides, painted on plexiglass.

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Plexiglass, Oil, Acrylic, Alkyd

Blue Orange Stack
Blue Orange Stack

Ruby PalmerBlue Orange Stack, 2020

Unavailable

H 41 in W 5 in D 1 in

Blue Orange Stack

Located in New York, NY

Ruby Palmer’s new wall constructions and cut paper pieces occupy her favorite format: the liminal space between painting and sculpture. Though decidedly three-dimensional, Palmer’s w...

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Geometric Abstract Painting. Title - Composition # 85
Geometric Abstract Painting. Title - Composition # 85

Geometric Abstract Painting. Title - Composition # 85

Located in East Hampton, NY

T.C. Murphy is one of the most important Irish artists of the last thirty years. in his art, we are

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Red & Blue Stripes (orange ground)
Red & Blue Stripes (orange ground)

Red & Blue Stripes (orange ground)

By Karl Benjamin

Located in West Hollywood, CA

This serigraph by the renowned California abstract classicist Karl Benjamin (1925-2012) is the artist's proof for an edition of only 35. Benjamin was known for filling his prints w...

Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Perspective in Orange
Perspective in Orange

Mark Beltchenko StudioPerspective in Orange, 2000

Unavailable

H 14 in W 10 in D 7 in

Perspective in Orange

By Mark Beltchenko Studio

Located in Grosse Pointe Park, MI

"Perspective in Orange" is a profound exploration of life's journey and the dynamic nature of

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Orange, On and Off

John GoodyearOrange, On and Off

Unavailable

H 23.5 in W 20 in

Orange, On and Off

By John Goodyear

Located in New York, NY

SELECTED COLLECTIONS Art-in-Embassies Collection, United States Department, Washington, DC

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

Untitled, abstract oil painting with colorful geometric blocks
Untitled, abstract oil painting with colorful geometric blocks

Untitled, abstract oil painting with colorful geometric blocks

By Karl Benjamin

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Divided into various shaped squares and trapezoids, this painting has bright colors that range from yellow, green, and blue to a light pink. This original oil on canvas composition...

Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Orange To Green Painted Bands
Orange To Green Painted Bands

Jean Alexander FraterOrange To Green Painted Bands, 2015

Unavailable

H 34.07 in W 32.13 in D 1.25 in

Orange To Green Painted Bands

By Jean Alexander Frater

Located in Chicago, IL

"Orange to Green Painted Bands" by Jean Alexander Frater is a starburst of warm colors and tones

Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Hidalgo #3, abstract acrylic painting with red, blue and orange geometric design
Hidalgo #3, abstract acrylic painting with red, blue and orange geometric design

Hidalgo #3, abstract acrylic painting with red, blue and orange geometric design

By Matsumi Kanemitsu

Located in West Hollywood, CA

This acrylic painting is an abstract expressionist work with with strong primary red, blue and green colors with a swirly pattern and design in the upper left corner. An original a...

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Orange with Blue
Orange with Blue

Ellsworth KellyOrange with Blue, 1964-1965

Unavailable

H 35.32 in W 23.57 in

Orange with Blue

By Ellsworth Kelly

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Lithograph 35 5/16 x 23 9/16 inches Edition of 75 Signed and numbered KELLYX012A

Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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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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