"Princess Ruby, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small ceramic vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a deep red and nearly eggplant-colored palette
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Gold
"Princess Ruby, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small ceramic vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a deep red and nearly eggplant-colored palette
Gold
"Princess Hilda, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This petite ceramic vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a textured turquoise base with a deep colored
Gold
"Princess Scarlet, " Abstract Porcelain Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This ceramic vessel sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli is made with glazed porcelain and 18K gold luster
Luster, Porcelain, Glaze
"Queen Alice, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small abstract vessel by ceramicist, Jon Puzzuoli, is made with glazed turquoise porcelain
Gold
"Queen Cleopatra, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small abstract vessel by ceramicist, Jon Puzzuoli, is made with glazed turquoise porcelain and
Gold
"Duchess of Wedgewood, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small, modern vessel by Connecticut-based ceramicist, Jon Puzzuoli, is made with turquoise
Gold
"Princess Gina, " Ceramic Vessel
Located in Westport, CT
This small glazed porcelain vessel by ceramicist Jon Puzzuoli features a dark glaze over a
Gold
Small Teal and Burgundy Ceramic Sculptural Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small glazed porcelain sculptural vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a blue, teal, magenta and
Ceramic, Porcelain
Small Red and Blue Ceramic Sculptural Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small glazed porcelain sculptural vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a red and blue palette with
Ceramic, Porcelain
Small Green Wave Ceramic Sculptural Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small glazed porcelain sculptural vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a light green palette with a
Ceramic, Porcelain
"Dip Bowl (Maroon), " Abstract Porcelain Bowl Set
Located in Westport, CT
This handmade glazed turquoise porcelain dip bowl (two bowls joined together) by Jon Puzzuoli
Ceramic, Porcelain
"Princess Ella, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed porcelain vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a dark colored base which fades to a creme
Ceramic, Porcelain
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"Princess Iris, " Abstract Crystalline Glazed, Porcelain Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This ceramic vessel by Jon Puzzuoli is made with porcelain, a crystalline glaze, and features a
Ceramic, Porcelain
"Princess Mariana, " Ceramic Vessel
Located in Westport, CT
This crystalline glazed porcelain vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a blue and cream palette. The
Ceramic, Porcelain
"Queen Vail, " Ceramic Vessel
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed porcelain vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a light cream and white palette, a
Gold
"Queen Exosphere" Ceramic Sculptural Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small glazed porcelain sculptural vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a blue palette with a
Ceramic, Porcelain
"Princess Vespertine, " Ceramic Vessel
Located in Westport, CT
This porcelain vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a light blue palette with white "crystals" formed on
Ceramic, Porcelain
"Halley's Comet" Ceramic Vessel
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed porcelain vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a neutral, off white and white palette and a
Gold
"Lavender Pumpkin, " Abstract Ceramic Pumpkin
Located in Westport, CT
finished in 18K gold luster. Jon Puzzuoli is a full time ceramicist of 16 years. His life is absorbed in
Gold
"Abalone 1" Multicolored Stoneware Serving Bowl
Located in Westport, CT
base of the bowl. Jon Puzzuoli is a full time ceramicist of 16 years. His life is absorbed in clay
Ceramic, Porcelain
Cream Colored Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
. Jon Puzzuoli is a full time ceramicist of 16 years. His life is absorbed in clay, both creating and
Ceramic, Porcelain
"Queen Amelia, " Abstract Crystalline Glaze, Porcelain Vase
Located in Westport, CT
smooth. Jon Puzzuoli is a full time ceramicist of 16 years. His life is absorbed in clay, both creating
Ceramic, Porcelain
Blue and Creme Ceramic Serving Bowl
Located in Westport, CT
also produces cracking—known as crackling since it is deliberate. Jon Puzzuoli is a full time
Ceramic, Porcelain
Blue Ceramic Serving Bowl
Located in Westport, CT
. Jon Puzzuoli is a full time ceramicist of 16 years. His life is absorbed in clay, both creating and
Ceramic, Porcelain
Green Porcelain Bowl
Located in Westport, CT
also produces cracking—known as crackling since it is deliberate. Jon Puzzuoli is a full time
Ceramic, Porcelain
Blue Stoneware Serving Bowl
Located in Westport, CT
also produces cracking—known as crackling since it is deliberate. Jon Puzzuoli is a full time
Ceramic, Porcelain
"Queen Freya, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This vessel by Connecticut-based ceramicist, Jon Puzzuoli, is made with turquoise porcelain, which
Gold
"Catherine the Great, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This modern ceramic vessel by Connecticut-based ceramicist, Jon Puzzuoli, is made with glazed
Gold
"Queen Sophie, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small abstract vessel by ceramicist, Jon Puzzuoli, is made with glazed turquoise porcelain
Gold
"Princess Sarah, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small abstract vessel by ceramicist, Jon Puzzuoli, is made with glazed turquoise porcelain
Gold
"Princess Margot, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small ceramic vessel by ceramicist, Jon Puzzuoli, is made with porcelain. The smooth, white
Gold
"Queen Elizabeth II, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small abstract vessel by Connecticut-based ceramicist, Jon Puzzuoli, is made with glazed
Gold
"Queen Hepburn, " Abstract Ceramic Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This glazed porcelain vessel by Jon Puzzuoli features a deep blue glaze which extends down in wispy
Gold
"Queen Sonoran, " Porcelain Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This small ceramic vessel sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli is made with glazed porcelain. It has a vibrant
Porcelain, Glaze
"Queen Kalahari, " Porcelain Vase
Located in Westport, CT
This ceramic vessel sculpture by Jon Puzzuoli is made with glazed porcelain. It has a vibrant red
Porcelain, Glaze
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.
If you’re thinking about decorating your space with abstract sculpture, there are a couple of things to keep in mind.
You don’t have to look for a piece that demands attention. Find a work of abstract sculpture that speaks to you. As is the case with any abstract art, whether it’s sculpture, an abstract painting or a grouping of prints, you can select a work for your living room or dining room, for example, that will either casually fade into the background or serve as a focal point. When you’re thinking about how to arrange your furniture and decor, consider color, texture and what kind of energy you’d like a specific room or corner to evoke. Abstract sculpture can go a long way in elevating a home, and its history is interesting if you’re shopping for a new piece today.
As a pioneer in naturalistic forms and figures that vividly express emotion, Auguste Rodin is often called the father of modern sculpture. His work in the 19th and early 20th century broke with artistic conventions and inspired modernism, leading to a new period of avant-garde abstraction.
Among the first artists to push abstract sculpture into the mainstream were Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. They helped define the movement of Cubism, which focused on deconstructing the world abstractly.
Later in the 20th century, the artistic movements of Italian Futurism, Dadaism, Neo-Dadaism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and minimalism all contributed to the advancement of new and more abstract sculpture designs. Italian Futurism, for example, celebrated movement, dynamics and technology in abstract sculpture. These movements passed down ideas that continue to inform abstract sculpture today.
Browse a range of modern abstract sculptures, postmodern abstract sculptures and other kinds of sculpture on 1stDibs.