There Goes My Love, (Diptych)
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Archival Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Dancing with the Night (2)
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Archival Ink, Oil, Archival Paper
Dancing with the Night (1)
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Oil
Composition No. 4
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Wax, Oil, Panel
City Walkers, Sanguine Drawing on Canvas
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Canvas
Latvian Modernist 'The Sky Hides All It's Birds' Intaglio Etching Embossing
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Etching
Blind Man's White Collage painting
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Mixed Media
Composition Study No.1
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Archival Paper, Acrylic
Composition Study No.2
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Composition Study No. 4
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Composition Study No. 5
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Composition Study No. 3
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Transitions and Thresholds No. 1
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Wax, Oil, Archival Paper
$8,500
Mixed Media Collage Oil Painting Latvian American Modernist Artist Adja Yunkers
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, and Adja Yunkers.
Mixed Media, Fabric, Oil
Transitions and Thresholds No. 2
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Wax, Oil, Archival Paper
Winter Vista
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Wax, Oil, Panel
Transitions and Thresholds No. 3
By Amy Meyer
Located in Columbia, MO
In doing so, I looked to the work of a number of artists who intrigued me primarily with their use of materials, processes, and technique, including Jasper Johns, Richard Diebenkorn,...
Wax, Oil, Archival Paper
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H 21.8 in W 25.1 in
Large Silkscreen Abstract Latvian American Modernist Artist - Rosh Hashana
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Mixed Media
City Walkers, Sanguine Drawing on Canvas
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Canvas
Blind Man's White Collage painting
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Mixed Media
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H 41.88 in W 30 in
Latvian Modernist 'The Sky Hides All It's Birds' Intaglio Etching Embossing
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Etching
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H 44.5 in W 29.88 in
Large Mixed Media Collage Etching Latvian American Modernist Artist
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Mixed Media, Etching
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H 44.5 in W 29.88 in
Large Mixed Media Collage "Pink One" Etching Latvian American Modernist Artist
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Mixed Media, Etching
Blind Man's White Collage painting
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
City Walkers, Sanguine Drawing on Canvas
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Sold
H 41.88 in W 30 in
Latvian Modernist 'The Sky Hides All It's Birds' Intaglio Etching Embossing
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Etching
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H 44.5 in W 29.88 in
Large Intaglio Lithograph Abstract Latvian American Modernist Artist Embossing
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Mixed Media, Intaglio, Lithograph
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H 44.5 in W 29.88 in
Large Red Intaglio Etching Abstract Latvian American Modernist Artist Embossing
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Mixed Media, Etching
Red Echo
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
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H 44.5 in W 29.88 in
Large Mixed Media Collage "Pink One" Etching Latvian American Modernist Artist
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Mixed Media, Etching
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H 44.5 in W 29.88 in
Large Mixed Media Collage Etching Latvian American Modernist Artist
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Mixed Media, Etching
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H 21.8 in W 25.1 in
Large Silkscreen Abstract Latvian American Modernist Artist - Rosh Hashana
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Surfside, FL
Among the many featured artists were Josef Albers, Leonard Baskin, Ralston Crawford, Adolf Dehn, Fritz Glarner, Grace Hartigan, Jasper Johns, Ynez Johnston, John Paul Jones, Misch Ko...
Mixed Media
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.”
Beneath the inky blackness, the painter’s irrepressible energy electrifies this pair of intaglio prints.
The New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx, has mounted a multifaceted show honoring the polymath modernist's legacy, including new work by contemporary landscape maker Raymond Jungles.
In his current show at New York's Lehmann Maupin gallery, the Puerto Rican–born talent reveals new paintings with a semiautobiographical aspect.