Holland Tunnel
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Constructivist Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Archival Pigment
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Woodcut
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Board, Archival Paper
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Board
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Board
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Board
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Board
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Board
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Board
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic
1970s American Modern Color Photography
Photographic Paper, C Print
1980s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Bronze
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Woodcut
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Vintage 1950s American Industrial Floor Lamps
Aluminum, Iron
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Walnut
Vintage 1920s Italian Posters
Paper
Vintage 1910s Italian Posters
Paper
1950s Modern Figurative Photography
C Print
Antique 19th Century Austrian Prints
Paper
Mid-20th Century French Modern Posters
Paper
Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Wood
20th Century French Art Nouveau Posters
Paper
1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Lithograph
Early 2000s Posters
Linen, Paper
Recent Sales
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paint, Paper
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pastel
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Color Pencil, Paint, Paper, Permanent Marker
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paint, Paper
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paint, Paper, Pastel
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Paint, Paper
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paint, Paper
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paint, Paper
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paper
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paper, Wood
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink
Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media
Paint, Paper
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paper, Paint
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Gouache
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Paint, Paper
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Watercolor
Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media
Paint, Paper
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
18th Century Landscape Prints
Etching
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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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