"Waiting" by Dan McCaw, Abstracted, Figural Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Waiting" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in an interior setting.
Oil, Board
"Textures" (2025) by Dan McCaw, Abstracted, Figural Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Textures" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in a moody interior setting.
Oil, Board
"Waiting" (2025) by Dan McCaw, Abstracted, Figural Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Waiting" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in a warm interior setting.
Oil, Board
"Symbiotic" (2025) by Dan McCaw, Abstracted, Figural Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Symbiotic" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts three abstracted figures in an interior setting.
Oil, Board
"Reverie" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Reverie" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 48 x 42 inches.
Oil, Board
"Textures" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Textures" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 30 x 24 inches.
Oil, Board
"Harmony" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Harmony" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 30 x 24 inches.
Oil, Board
"Invitation" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Invitation" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 24 x 18 inches.
Oil, Board
"Resilient" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Resilient" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 22 x 18 inches.
Oil, Board
"Untitled, " Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Untitled" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure standing in a striped interior setting.
Oil, Board
"'Anticipation" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Anticipation" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure seated within a brown interior.
Oil, Panel
"Unadorned" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Unadorned" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure of gray and white standing within a black interior where two orange and gre...
Oil, Panel
"Sisters" Interior Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Sisters" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts two abstracted feminine figures sitting together as sunlight streams through a window as the rest ...
Oil, Board
"Standing Figure" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Standing Figure" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure of gray and white standing within a neutral interior.
Oil, Panel
"Seated Figure" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Seated Figure" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure of gray and white seated at an abstracted table within a neutral interi...
Oil, Panel
"Expectations" (2024), Abstract Colorful Figurative Oil Painting on Board
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Transformation" is a beautiful original handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in a warm and colorful interior setting.
Oil, Board
"Reverie" by Dan McCaw, Abstracted, Figural Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Reverie" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in an interior setting.
Oil, Board
Sold
H 22.5 in W 19 in
"Reflective" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Reflective" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 16 x 12 inches.
Oil, Board
"Tempered" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Tempered" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted feminine silhouette of white standing out starkly against the red and brown backgro...
Oil, Panel
"Untethered" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Untethered" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts the abstracted feminine form standing in situ with black, gray and red forms that coalesce into...
Oil, Panel
"Reverie" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Reverie" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted silhouette sitting at a red table that overlaps with the geometric grey that becomes...
Oil, Panel
"Hidden Treasures" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Hidden Treasures" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a cherry red background interrupted by an abstracted feminine figure made of gray hues th...
Oil, Panel
"Landscape Within, " Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Landscape Within" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted dark patterned figure standing with green tree-like shapes in the backgroun...
Canvas, Oil
"Figure in Landscape" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Figure in Landscape" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a full moon hanging above a sloping black horizon interrupted by a single feminine fig...
Oil, Board
Sold
H 26.25 in W 20.25 in
"Reverie" (2024) By Dan McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's "Reverie" created in 2024, is a striking oil painting measuring 24 x 18 inches.
Oil, Board
"Serenity" Oil Painting
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Serenity" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted woman standing with her hand clasping her arm, looking away as the brown and blue h...
Oil, Board
Sold
H 16 in W 12 in
"Transformation" (2024), Abstract Figurative Oil Painting on Board
By Dan McCaw 1
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Transformation" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure in a greyscale interior setting.
Oil, Board
What Did She Say, Oil Painting
By Faye Vander Veer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Words that describe this painting: figures, people, men, bar, restaurant, cafe, interior, impressionism, Degas, Manet, Anne Blair Brown, Dan McCaw, , impressionism, people, represent...
Oil
"Conversations" Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Conversations" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two ambiguous figures with orange and red patterns stretching between them onto the...
Oil
$1,900
H 12 in W 9 in
"Rich to Grey" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Rich to Grey" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure. Bio/artist statement: Danny McCaw is ...
Oil, Board
$1,800
H 12 in W 9 in
"Echoes" (2023) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Echoes" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an abstracted female figure. Bio/artist statement: Danny McCaw is the ...
Oil, Board
$6,400
H 24 in W 30 in
"Everyday Shapes" by Danny McCaw (2024) Abstracted Figures, Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Everyday Shapes" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two abstracted figures. Bio/artist statement: Danny McCaw is the youngest son o...
Oil
$2,300
H 16 in W 12 in
"Shaping Landscapes" by Danny McCaw (2024) Abstracted Figures, Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Shaping Landscapes" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two abstracted figures in an interior of black and grey. Bio/artist statemen...
Oil
$1,900
H 12 in W 9 in
"Stripes" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Stripes" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure leaning against a bed. Bio/artist statement...
Oil, Board
$950
H 15 in W 13.25 in
"Shadows" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Shadows" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure on a black, grey, red, and yellow background...
Oil, Board
$950
H 8 in W 6 in
"Red Line" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Red Line" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure. Bio/artist statement: Danny McCaw is the ...
Oil, Board
$2,200
H 24 in W 18 in
"Impressions" (2023) By John McCaw, Expressionist Mixed Media Painting
By John McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
John McCaw's (US based) "Impressions" is a beautiful original expressionist mixed media on board painting that depicts poppies and stems growing upwards, resting in a shelf on of art...
Mixed Media, Board
$1,300
H 14 in W 14 in D 2 in
"Last Light" (2025) Abstract Figurative Oil and Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
By John McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
John McCaw's (US based) "Last Light" is framed at 16.25 x 16.25 inches, and is wired and ready to hang. John McCaw (b. 1967), the eldest son of American expressionist Dan McCaw and ...
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
$1,900
H 12 in W 9 in
"Patterned Rug" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Patterned Rug" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure. Bio/artist statement: Danny McCaw is...
Oil, Board
$2,300
H 16 in W 12 in
"Warm Thoughts" by Danny McCaw (2024) Abstracted Figures, Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Warm Thoughts" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts two abstracted figures in an interior with a green chair. Bio/artist statement: D...
Oil
$6,400
H 31.5 in W 25.5 in
"Shapes and Patterns" (2025) By Danny McCaw, Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
"Shapes and Patterns" is a beautiful original abstract expressionist oil portrait, created by American artist Danny McCaw. His highly varied and technical use of brushstroke create l...
Oil, Board
$950
H 8 in W 6 in
"Red Line" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Red Line" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure of white and grey on a black and red backgr...
Oil, Board
$950
H 8 in W 6 in
"Figure with Textures" by Danny McCaw (2024) Abstracted Figure, Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Figure with Textures" is an oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an abstracted figure in an interior with a grey and red background. Bio/ar...
Oil
$1,900
H 12 in W 8.5 in
"Night Light" (2024) By Danny McCaw, Original Abstract Portrait Oil Painting
By Danny McCaw
Located in Denver, CO
Danny McCaw's (US based) "Night Light" is an original, handmade oil painting with impasto brushstrokes that depicts an ambiguous human figure standing in the moonlight. Bio/artist s...
Oil, Board
Alma Upholstered Accent Chair in Faux Mohair Velvet
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
Introducing the Alma Accent Chair – a timeless piece crafted for comfort and style. Upholstered in a faux mohair style velvet, the color is our french havane, a warm honey, caramel t...
Metal
Art Deco Discometal Vase by Just Andersen, 1930s, Denmark
By Just Andersen
Located in Værløse, DK
Discometal Vase designed by Just Andersen in the 1930s. An eye-catching piece for a beautiful table. • Diskometal metal vase with curvy opening • Designer: Just Andersen • Style: D...
Metal
$2,200
H 40 in W 32 in
Golden - large format photograph of conceptual iconic object in urban landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
GOLDEN by Frank Schott from a series of photographic observances - environmental still life capturing found objects in urban cityscapes 40 x 32 inches (102 x 81cm) signed edition ...
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
$2,950
H 19 in W 15 in D 15 in
Solid Stoneware Green Patchwork Side Table with Hand-Carved Mosaic Surface
By Ethan Streicher, Streicher Goods
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Each Patchwork Side Table is handmade by Ethan Streicher of Streicher Goods in Brooklyn, New York. Built using hand-formed slab construction, each piece is sculpted from solid stonew...
Ceramic
$2,880 / item
H 34.5 in W 16.5 in D 28 in
Brass Trolley with Cane, Majuli Bronze, Viya by Vikram Goyal
By Viya by Vikram Goyal
Located in Noida, DL
Brass Trolley with Cane, Majuli Bronze, Viya by Vikram Goyal Trolley in brass & cane. Handmade in India. Sinuous forms in a captivating rhythm of deftly woven cane evoke the dynami...
Brass
$1,359 / item
H 13.39 in W 10.63 in D 10.63 in
Set Antique Vintage Acorn Opaline White Milk Glass Ceiling Pendant Light Lamp
Located in Sale, GB
- A fabulous run of church opaline acorn pendant lights with steel galleries, circa 1950. - Wear commensurate with age, all in excellent condition, the steel galleries are aged worn...
Glass
$6,291 / item
H 51.19 in W 23.63 in D 3.94 in
Murano Art Glass and Brass Midcentury Chandelier / Wall Light, 2000
Located in Roma, Lazio
Amazing Murano piece which can be mounted both as applique and as a ceiling chandelier. Particular and original applique from the manufacture of Murano glassworks. The wall Light / ...
Brass
Rock Crystal Ephorus Sconces by David Duncan
By David Duncan
Located in New York, NY
A pair of custom single-light Ephorus sconces with a satin brass finish and three graduated, hand carved rock crystal balls. These Transitional sconces are sold as a pair but can als...
Rock Crystal, Metal
$5,491
H 34.26 in W 34.26 in D 0.79 in
Vers l'equilibre, Contemporary Large Abstract Geometric Oil Painting, 34 x 34 in
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Vers l'Équilibre - Oil on canvas Unframed: 80 x 80 x 2 cm (31.50 x 31.50 x 0.79 in) Framed: 87 x 87 x 3.5 cm (34.25 x 34.25 x 1.38 in) Black or natural wood floater frame available S...
Canvas, Oil
Golden Hammered Rim Round Wall Mirror Vintage 1960s
Located in Bochum, NRW
Golden Hammered Rim Round Wall Mirror Vintage 1960s. This beautiful vintage mirror is mounted in a round brass frame with a slightly hammered surface and a naturally aged patina. It ...
Brass
Italian Cesca Chair 1952 After Marcel Breuer
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Čelinac, BA
Marcel Breuer Cesca Chair Italy 1952
Chrome
Vintage Handwoven Wool Moroccan Rug, Mid-20th Century, Geometric
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This hand woven wool vintage Moroccan rug features bold geometric patterns and lively colors. The rug has a terracotta-red field covered in an all-over abstract design with color blo...
Wool
$1,100
H 23.75 in W 20 in D 2.25 in
Beautiful Murano Glass Wall Mirror Clear and Gold Flakes Glass 1930s, Italy
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A stunning beautiful Murano glass mirror surrounded with handmade gold flake glass flowers. Age circa 1930s or older. With signs of wear as expected with age and use. The mirror fiel...
Mirror, Murano Glass, Wood
Gracie Floral Pillow in 100% Linen with Down Insert 20" 20"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
The Gracie Floral Pillow brings rich color and timeless charm to any space. Featuring a deep, moody green background adorned with romantic rose patterns in soft shades of pink, this ...
Linen, Down
Reverto Bronze Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Reverto Bronze all in solid bronze in polished finish, Edition of 75, numerated pieces.
Bronze
$7,500
H 32.25 in W 48 in
German American Neo Abstract Expressionist Contemporary Oil Painting Mixed Media
By Bernd Haussmann
Located in Surfside, FL
Berndt Haussmann (German / American, b. 1957) Das Lied von der Erde, mixed media painting on canvas signed, titled and numbered on verso unframed 32 1/4 x 48 inches. BERND HAUSSMAN...
Mixed Media, Oil
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.
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.
The Italian-American’s 2020 abstract painting “The Hoe” personifies his “art of not knowing.”
In his current show at New York's Lehmann Maupin gallery, the Puerto Rican–born talent reveals new paintings with a semiautobiographical aspect.