CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN ART, Graphite on Canvas, Black, 2018
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Mexican Art, Painting Los Sueños de Carbon, 2018 Graphite on canvas
Mixed Media
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H 31.5 in W 43.31 in D 1.97 in
Aquamarine, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Mixed on canvas 80x110cm Contemporary Art Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and invoking th...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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H 23.63 in W 19.69 in D 1.58 in
Menina, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Menina Contemporary Art Mixed media on canvas 60x50cm Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses an...
Acrylic, Canvas, Pastel
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H 31.5 in W 43.31 in D 1.97 in
Deep Dreams, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Mixed on canvas 80x110cm Contemporary Art Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and invoking th...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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H 59.06 in W 39.38 in D 1.97 in
Biometry, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Oil on canvas 150x100cm Contemporary Art Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and invoking the...
Canvas, Oil
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H 35.44 in W 19.69 in
Visionary, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Visionary, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 90x50cm Contemporary Art Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing sense...
Canvas, Acrylic
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H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Maquinaria, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art Mixed media on wood Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and invoking the myt...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
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H 31.5 in W 43.31 in D 1.97 in
Rupestre, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Mixed on canvas 80x110cm Contemporary Art Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and invoking th...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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H 48.82 in W 40.95 in D 1.97 in
Magic, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Mixed on canvas 124x104cm Contemporary Art Framed Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and inv...
Canvas, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil
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H 31.5 in W 43.31 in D 1.97 in
Bacalar, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Bacalar, 2019 Contemporary Mexican Art, Abstract Painting Mixed media on canvas, oil and acrylic Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inev...
Mixed Media, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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H 43.31 in W 35.44 in D 2.76 in
Recuerdos de Carbon, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Recuerdos de Carbon, 2019 Contemporary Mexican Art, Abstract Painting Mixed media on canvas, oil and acrylic Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point...
Mixed Media
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H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 2.76 in
La Mascara Cobalto, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
La Mascara Cobalto, 2018 Contemporary Mexican Art, Abstract Painting Mixed media on canvas, oil and acrylic Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point ...
Mixed Media
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H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 2.76 in
Fenomeno Natural, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Fenomeno Natural, 2019 Contemporary Mexican Art, Abstract Painting Mixed media on canvas, oil and acrylic Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of...
Mixed Media
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H 59.06 in W 59.06 in
Hybrid, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Hybrid, 2020 Contemporary Art Mixed media on canvas Signed and dated Can be shipped rolled up (complimentary shipping) About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the...
Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic
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H 59.06 in W 39.38 in D 2.76 in
Grados Bajo Cero, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Grados Bajo Cero, 2018 Contemporary Mexican Art, Abstract Painting Oil on canvas Framed (silver color) Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of th...
Oil
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H 59.06 in W 59.06 in
Bionic, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Bionic, 2020 Contemporary Art Mixed media on canvas Signed and dated Can be shipped rolled up (complimentary shipping) About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the...
Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic
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H 35.44 in W 47.25 in
Maquina Nebular, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Maquina Nebular, 2019 Contemporary Mexican Art, Abstract Painting Mixed media on canvas, oil and acrylic Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of ...
Mixed Media
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H 55.12 in W 78.75 in D 2.76 in
Danza entre la Vida y la Pintura, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Danza entre la Vida y la Pintura, 2018 Contemporary Mexican Art, Abstract Painting Mixed media on canvas Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of ...
Mixed Media
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H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 2.76 in
Versos Purpura, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Versos Purpura, 2018 Contemporary Mexican Art, Abstract Painting Mixed media on canvas Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and...
Mixed Media
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H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.97 in
Manolo, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Enrique Pichardo
Located in Mexico City, MX
Miguel Cuauhtemoc Manolo Wood and acrylic
Acrylic
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H 27.56 in W 39.38 in D 1.97 in
Industrial Dreams, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Industrial Dreams, 2019 Oil on canvas 70x100cm Contemporary Art Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing ...
Canvas, Oil
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H 38.19 in W 26.38 in D 1.58 in
Grabador, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art Mixed media on wood Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and invoking the myt...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
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H 31.5 in W 51.19 in D 1.97 in
Alucinaciones, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Mixed media on canvas 80x130cm Contemporary Art Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and invok...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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H 44.89 in W 65.75 in D 1.58 in
Premonitions, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art Mixed media on wood Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and invoking the myt...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
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H 29.53 in W 29.53 in D 1.19 in
Maquinaria Custom Made, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art Mixed media on wood Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and invoking the myt...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
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H 59.06 in W 43.31 in D 1.97 in
Nebular, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Nebular, 2019 Oil on canvas 150x110cm Contemporary Art Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses an...
Canvas, Oil
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H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Minerva, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art Mixed media on wood Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and invoking the myt...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
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H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Electroshock, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art Mixed media on wood Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and invoking the myt...
Acrylic, Wood Panel
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H 31.5 in W 47.25 in D 2.76 in
Sueños Morados, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Sueños Morados, 2018 Contemporary Mexican Art, Abstract Painting Mixed media on canvas Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and...
Mixed Media
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H 47.25 in W 63 in D 1.97 in
Sueños, Máquinas y Alebrijes, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Miguel Cuauhtemoc
Located in Mexico City, MX
Mixed media on canvas 120 x 160 cm Contemporary Art Signed and dated About the artist Cuauhtemoc´s work is the meeting point of the inevitable and the immovable, mixing senses and i...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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.