Forest on the Edge of Town
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This piece is a diptych. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Lupine Trail
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Flat Top Sunrise
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of a Black Bear
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a painted-framed original painting. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Flat Tops Sunrise
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original painting. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
High Country Bear 2
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original painting. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Sangre De Cristo
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a two paneled painting of the Rocky Mountains. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Adobe Landscpae
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Night Train
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Here's A Little Feedback
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
$14,500
Keep On
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Foothills
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard uses what he sees as a starting point. Sometimes he uses aerial photos. He puts as much as he can on the canvas initially and then subtracts, scraping down and repeating and s...
Canvas, Acrylic
Uncompahgre Foothills
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard uses what he sees as a starting point. Sometimes he uses aerial photos. He puts as much as he can on the canvas initially and then subtracts, scraping down and repeating and s...
Canvas, Acrylic
Mountain Stream
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard uses what he sees as a starting point. Sometimes he uses aerial photos. He puts as much as he can on the canvas initially and then subtracts, scraping down and repeating and s...
Canvas, Acrylic
Frying Pan River
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard uses what he sees as a starting point. Sometimes he uses aerial photos. He puts as much as he can on the canvas initially and then subtracts, scraping down and repeating and s...
Canvas, Acrylic
Life in the Mountains
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Sun Down
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
The Bear
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Sticks and Stones
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Barbarians
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Forest Floor
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Down the Canyon
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Storm on my Tongue
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Bathers
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Hanging Lake
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Ajax and Aspens
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Mountain Stream
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
I Need Some Old Magic Potion
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Uncompahgre (triptych)
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a triptych, with each panel being 36 x 24 inches each totaling dimensions of 36 x 72 inches. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative represe...
Canvas, Acrylic
Storm on the Mountain
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original painting. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Missouri Breaks
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original painting. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Missouri Breaks 2
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original painting. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Bear Country
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original painting. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Missouri Breaks Sunday
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original painting. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Lupine Bear
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original painting. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Rising Moon Bear
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a framed original painting. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Acrylic
Last Night
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Acrylic, Laid Paper
Coming Down
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Acrylic, Laid Paper
Woody Creek
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
Mountain Walk
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation.
Canvas, Oil
The Henry Mountains
By Bayard Hollins
Located in Bozeman, MT
Bayard uses what he sees as a starting point. Sometimes he uses aerial photos. He puts as much as he can on the canvas initially and then subtracts, scraping down and repeating and s...
Canvas, Acrylic
Animal Painting 16-1363
By Les Thomas
Located in Bozeman, MT
A silhouetted bear is the figurative focus in the painting. The bear's inside form is composed of abstracted shapes, and colors. These shapes are a mix of navy blue patterns and brig...
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Big Bear
By Shelley Reed
Located in Bozeman, MT
Reed borrows visual fragments from predominantly seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Northern European art, citing the artists of these works like a dutiful scholar. She copies and r...
Paper, Oil
A Higher Place
Located in Napa, CA
Adele Moore Yonchak holds a BA in Studio Art from Hollins University with additional coursework from Lorenzo de' Medici Art Institute in Florence, Italy. While her formal training a...
Charcoal, Acrylic
$4,312
H 47.25 in W 33.47 in D 1.58 in
Antirhinums and Wildflowers, Original painting, Abstract Landscape art
Located in Deddington, GB
This large canvas is inspired by the wonderful Lower Flower Farm in Hampshire. It was begun in August when the green leaves of the flower beds were beginning to fade and the wildflow...
Canvas, Oil
Extase, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Emily STARCK
Located in Yardley, PA
Ecstasy is predominantly green and blue artwork, enhanced with yellow. Its title is linked to the feelings of the artist during its creation. The emotions were very strong and indesc...
Acrylic
$9,277
H 63 in W 78.75 in D 1.58 in
What's Seldom Is Wonderful-Revisited, contemporary abstract, large abstract
By Lloyd Tabing
Located in Jönköping, SE
"What's Seldom Is Wonderful REVISITED" holds a distinct course in my studio practice. Initially considered complete months ago, I lived with the surface until its underlying architec...
Acrylic
"Untitled"
By Clayton Mitropoulos
Located in Southampton, NY
This abstract oil on canvas painting was done in 2005 and was exhibited at RVS Fine Art the same year. In good condition and housed in a contemporary gold gilt frame. Overall size 2...
Oil, Canvas
Trees Park Slope
By Harriet Holden Nash
Located in Buffalo, NY
Harriet was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and lived with her husband in Park Slope for over 35 years. She attended the Brooklyn Museum School at age 14 where she establis...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled California Landscape
By Carl Thorp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Carl Thorp – American (1912-1989 ) Title: Untitled, California landscape Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on canvas Image size: 24.5 x 29.5 inches Framed size: 27.5 x 32.5 inche...
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Bear
Located in Buffalo, NY
A fantastic original painting on paper by an unknown but highly talented artist. This work is signed lower right what appears to be Chappell, although the exact artist has not been ...
Paper, Watercolor
Midcentury Pacific Trail Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Midcentury Pacific Trail Landscape Beautiful mid century landscape of a path leading through the woods by California artist Florence Belle Boosey (American, 1906-1999), c.1960. Pai...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$795
H 19 in W 25 in D 2 in
Vintage American Modernist Sunset Cloudscape Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist sunset cloudscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 19 by 25 inches overall. Handsomely framed ...
Oil, Canvas
Summer Dream
By HELEN MOUNT
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Summer Dream" by Helen Mount is a visual embodiment of a peaceful summer season. The painting impresses with the contrast of rich green tones of the meadows and deep blue sky, whic...
Oil
As You See Fit, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Hal Mayforth
Located in Yardley, PA
A colorful, wild composition of abstract signs and symbols. One of the last paintings, for 2023, I thought I would leave the year with a bang. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece ...
Acrylic
$539Sale Price|20% Off
H 11.5 in W 15.25 in D 1 in
Original French Abstract Portrait
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Abstract Portrait Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014) Medium: Acrylic on paper Size: 11.5 (Height) x 15.25 (Width) Signed: No Condition: Good Descriptio...
Acrylic
Untitled (Abstraction)
By Jerry Opper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstraction (Untitled), 1949, oil on canvas, signed and dated verso, 30 x 32 inches, presented in a new wooden strip frame Jerry Opper was an American painter, printmaker, and comm...
Canvas, Oil
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures 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.