$8,000
H 60 in W 40 in D 2 in
Geometric Abstract #8, multi colored, Philadelphia artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Geometric Abstract #8" is a 60 x 40 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis
Oil, Board
$8,000
H 60 in W 40 in D 2 in
Geometric Abstract #1, multi colored, Philadelphia artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Geometric Abstract #1" is a 60 x 40 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis
Oil, Board
$8,000
H 61 in W 41.5 in D 2 in
Geometric Abstract #3, multi colored, Philadelphia artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Geometric Abstract #3" is a 59.5 x 40 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis
Oil, Board
$10,000
H 55 in W 33 in D 2.5 in
Expressionist Abstract #8, multi colored, Philadelphia artist, signed
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Expressionist Abstract #8" is a 50 x 28 inches oil on canvas work by Philadelphia artist Morris
Oil, Canvas
$8,000
H 38 in W 56 in D 3 in
Geometric Abstract #7, multi colored, Philadelphia artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Geometric Abstract #7" is a 30 x 48 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis
Oil, Board
$8,000
H 38 in W 56 in D 3 in
Geometric Abstract #6, multi colored, Philadelphia artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Geometric Abstract #6" is a 30 x 48 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis
Oil, Board
$8,000
H 76 in W 64 in D 3 in
Geometric Abstract #5, multi colored, Philadelphia artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Geometric Abstract #5" is a 68 x 38 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis
Oil, Board
$8,000
H 38 in W 56 in D 3 in
Geometric Abstract #4, multi colored, Philadelphia artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Geometric Abstract #4" is a 30.5 x 48 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis
Oil, Board
$8,000
H 38 in W 56 in D 3 in
Geometric Abstract #2, multi colored, Philadelphia artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Geometric Abstract #2" is a 30 x 48 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis
Oil, Board
$15,000
H 42 in W 62 in D 2.5 in
Expressionist Abstract #1, multi colored, Philadelphia artist, signed
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Expressionist Abstract #1" is a 40 x 60 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris
Oil, Board
$6,500
H 42 in W 32 in D 2.5 in
Expressionist Abstract #7, multi colored, Philadelphia artist, signed and framed
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Expressionist Abstract #7" is a 40 x 30 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris
Oil, Board
$10,000
H 47 in W 41 in D 2.5 in
Biomorphic Abstract #1 by Philadelphia Expressionist Painter
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Biomorphic Abstract #1" is a 46 x 30 inches oil on canvas work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis
Canvas, Oil
$15,000
H 52 in W 62 in D 2.5 in
Expressionist Abstract #5, multi colored, Philadelphia artist, signed
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Expressionist Abstract #5" is a 50 x 60 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris
Oil, Board
$15,000
H 44 in W 52 in D 2.5 in
Expressionist Abstract #2, multi colored, Philadelphia artist, signed
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Expressionist Abstract #2" is a 42 x 50 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris
Oil, Board
$15,000
H 52 in W 57 in D 2.5 in
Expressionist Abstract #3, multi colored, Philadelphia artist, signed
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Expressionist Abstract #3" is a 50 x 55 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris
Oil, Board
$15,000
H 48 in W 64 in D 2.5 in
Expressionist Abstract #4, multi colored, Philadelphia artist, signed
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Expressionist Abstract #4" is a 46 x 62 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris
Oil, Board
$15,000
H 42 in W 62 in D 2.5 in
Expressionist Abstract #6, multi colored, Philadelphia artist, signed
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Expressionist Abstract #6" is a 40 x 60 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris
Oil, Board
$5,000
H 25.5 in W 17.5 in D 1 in
Pair of Geometric Abstracts, Green Dot on Black and Grey, Philadelphia Artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
, geometric abstracts by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The paintings are estate stamped on verso
Oil, Board
$5,000
H 25.5 in W 17.5 in D 1 in
Pair of Geometric Abstracts, Red Dot on Black and Grey, Philadelphia Artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
abstracts by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The paintings are estate stamped on verso. The
Oil, Board
$5,000
H 25.5 in W 17.5 in D 1 in
Pair of Geometric Abstracts, Purple Dot on Black and Grey, Philadelphia Artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
, geometric abstracts by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The paintings are estate stamped on verso
Oil, Board
$5,000
H 25.5 in W 17.5 in D 1 in
Pair of Geometric Abstracts, Orange Dot on Black and Grey, Philadelphia Artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
, geometric abstracts by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The paintings are estate stamped on verso
Oil, Board
$5,000
H 25.5 in W 17.5 in D 1 in
Pair of Geometric Abstracts, Yellow Dot on Black and Grey, Philadelphia Artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
, geometric abstracts by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The paintings are estate stamped on verso
Oil, Board
$5,000
H 25.5 in W 17.5 in D 1 in
Pair of Geometric Abstractions, Blue Dot on Black and Grey, Philadelphia Artist
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
, geometric abstracts by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The paintings are estate stamped on verso
Oil, Board
$12,500 / set
H 35 in W 35 in D 0.07 in
Large Thomas W. Benton 1970's Attractive Period Prints / Set of 4
By Thomas W. Benton
Located in Chicago, IL
include the great Oriental artist Hokusai, Paul Jenkins, Mark Rothko, and Morris Lewis. Still, as fellow
Paper
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 18 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
Etude III (abstract expressionist painting)
By Fredric Karoly
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
emerge from Karoly’s studio in 1958 presaged the Morris Lewis fan motifs and Friedl Dzubas’s epic and
Oil, Masonite
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 18 in W 24 in D 0.1 in
Etude (abstract expressionist painting)
By Fredric Karoly
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
emerge from Karoly’s studio in 1958 presaged the Morris Lewis fan motifs and Friedl Dzubas’s epic and
Masonite, Oil
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
H 22.25 in W 30 in
New York City Street Scene (L.18), Fairfield Porter
By Fairfield Porter
Located in Fairfield, CT
issue with contemporary art critics, including Clement Greenberg, George L. K. Morris, Wyndham Lewis
Lithograph
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Untitled [Abstraction]
By George L.K. Morris
Located in New York, NY
descendent of General Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. From 1918 until 1924, he
Paper, Gouache
"Light Echo" by David Einstein, 1975
By David Einstein
Located in Palm Springs, CA
field painters Morris Lewis, Helen Frankenthaler and others. In this Light Echo series he deals with
Acrylic, Canvas
Maxine Wishnick Painting "Cityscape - Winter Sunset"
Located in Highland, IN
orientation. The rich colorful stripes remind us of both Barnett Newman's "zips" and Morris Lewis' soft
Acrylic, Linen
RED LINES
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Kenneth Noland, Morris Lewis and Jules Olitski to mention a few. Frankenthaler was married to fellow
Screen
Helen Frankenthaler "Red Lines A" Screenprint, 1970
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Kenneth Noland, Morris Lewis and Jules Olitski to mention a few. Frankenthaler was married to fellow
Screen
Smoke and Mirrors
By Frederic Karoly
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
studio in 1958 presaged the Morris Lewis fan motifs and Friedl Dzubas’s epic and romantic color spewing
Masonite, Oil
Lundi (Abstract Expressionist Action Drip Painting)
By Frederic Karoly
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
emerge from Karoly’s studio in 1958 presaged the Morris Lewis fan motifs and Friedl Dzubas’s epic and
Oil
Untitled (abstract expressionist painting)
By Fredric Karoly
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
works that began to emerge from Karoly’s studio in 1958 presaged the Morris Lewis fan motifs and Friedl
Metal
Black Boom w/ Twine (Abstract Expressionist painting)
By Fredric Karoly
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
studio in 1958 presaged the Morris Lewis fan motifs and Friedl Dzubas’s epic and romantic color spewing
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 44.25 in W 22 in D 2.5 in
Biomorphic abstract in red, orange, and yellow, Philadelphia artist, signed
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Biomorphic Abstract" is a 42 x 20 inches oil on canvas work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis
Canvas, Oil
What Red Lines Can Do
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Kenneth Noland, Morris Lewis and Jules Olitski to mention a few. Frankenthaler was married to fellow
Screen
What Red Lines Can Do A
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Kenneth Noland, Morris Lewis and Jules Olitski to mention a few. Frankenthaler was married to fellow
Screen
What Red Lines Can Do B
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Kenneth Noland, Morris Lewis and Jules Olitski to mention a few. Frankenthaler was married to fellow
Screen
Untitled (abstract expressionist painting)
By Fredric Karoly
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
emerge from Karoly’s studio in 1958 presaged the Morris Lewis fan motifs and Friedl Dzubas’s epic and
Oil
New York City Street Scene (L.18), Fairfield Porter
By Fairfield Porter
Located in Fairfield, CT
issue with contemporary art critics, including Clement Greenberg, George L. K. Morris, Wyndham Lewis
Lithograph
New York City Street Scene (L.18)
By Fairfield Porter
Located in Fairfield, CT
issue with contemporary art critics, including Clement Greenberg, George L. K. Morris, Wyndham Lewis
Lithograph
Isle au Haut (L. 31)
By Fairfield Porter
Located in Fairfield, CT
. K. Morris, Wyndham Lewis, and other proponents of Abstract Expressionism, whom he saw as “manifesto
Lithograph
Interior
By Fairfield Porter
Located in New York, NY
critics, including Clement Greenberg, George L. K. Morris, Wyndham Lewis, and other proponents of Abstract
Color, Screen
Belgian Constructivist Inlaid Dining Table with Two Leaves
By De Coene Frères
Located in New York City, NY
An original Belgian Art Deco dining table featuring a parquetry inlaid table top defined by expert woodworking and a curved double pedestal base with polished aluminum decorative acc...
Aluminum
$6,413 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Neatly proportioned with exceptional detailing, the constant nightstand is your perfect bedside partner. In our furniture making, the IDEA is to create special pieces that you can bu...
Hardwood
$3,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 11 in W 14 in
"Blue Jay" Original Oil Painting by Susan McDonnell, Avian Art
By Susan McDonnell
Located in Denver, CO
Susan McDonnell's "Blue Jay," created in 2021, is a masterful oil on panel that captures the vibrant essence and lively demeanor of its avian subject. Measuring 11 x 14 inches and fr...
Oil, Panel
$6,000
H 29 in W 35 in D 2 in
18th Century Painting of "Port Scene with the Villa Medici" after Claude Lorrain
By Claude Lorrain
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A late 18th century copy of a painting by Claude Lorrain titled, "Port scene with the Villa Medici" the original painted in 1637 and now hanging in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Th...
Canvas
$6,000
H 24 in W 20 in D 2 in
Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing
By Jean Xceron
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing. A modernist artist who emigrated to America from Greece in 1904, when he was fourteen years old, Jean Xc...
Paper, Gouache
Mid-Century Two Tier Coffee Table
Located in Trenton, NJ
This stylish midcentury coffee table features a striking matched wood finish with sturdy chrome frame. The two tier design features substantial vintage construction and makes a strik...
Chrome
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 52 in W 39.5 in D 22 in
Fabulous Sculptural Walnut Tall Dresser Mid-Century Modern
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Bowed front sculptural walnut tall dresser. This gorgeous piece has beautifully carved double curved doors that open to reveal and nice bank of drawers. Just look at the two large dr...
Walnut
Large Abstract Expressionist painting by Oskar D'Amico
By Oskar D'Amico
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Oskar Maria D'Amico, Italian (1923 - 2003) Title: Untitled Year: 1967 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 66 x 48 in. (167.64 x 121.92 cm)
Oil
$5,100Sale Price|40% Off
H 23 in W 29 in D 1.875 in
Geometric Abstraction Oil Painting on Masonite by Juliette Steele, Framed
By Juliette Steele
Located in Encino, CA
Untitled Geometric Abstraction, an original oil on masonite by Juliette Steele, is a piece for the true collector. Steele's use of color and patterns immediately captivates the viewe...
Oil
Mid Century American Craft Turned Oak Table Lamps, a Pair
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Mid century modern designed turned oak table lamps. Clean lines with a simple and organic design. Beautifully selected wood specimen. Handmade in the 1970s. In good working condition...
Oak
$12,000
H 25.5 in W 21.5 in
"Wellfleet, Cape Cod, " Gerrit Beneker, American Impressionism, Provincetown
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in New York, NY
Gerrit Beneker (1882 - 1934) Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, 1926 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches Signed, titled, and dated lower left Provenance: Louis H. Barnett, Fo...
Canvas, Oil
$60,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 60 in W 40 in
"Ouverture, with Cypress Forms" Stephen Edlich, Abstract Geometric Painting
By Stephen Edlich
Located in New York, NY
Stephen Edlich Ouverture, with Cypress Forms, 1982 Signed, dated and titled on the stretcher Acrylic paint, mixed media, and burlap on canvas 60 x 40 inches An artist who worked in ...
Canvas, Burlap, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$26,695 / item
H 28.3 in Dm 33.1 in
Extra Large Poul Henningsen 'PH Artichoke' Chandelier for Louis Poulsen in White
By Louis Poulsen, Poul Henningsen
Located in Glendale, CA
Extra large Poul Henningsen 'PH Artichoke' chandelier for Louis Poulsen in White. The PH Artichoke pendant light was designed in 1958 by Poul Henningsen for the Langelinie Pavillo...
Aluminum, Steel
TR-UR, Victor Vasarely
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) Title: TR-UR Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 116/250, plus proofs Size: 39.25 x 30.75 inches Condition: Good Inscription: S...
Screen
Kovacs Lucite Table / Bedside Lamps
By Kovacs
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A pair of sleek Mid Century table or bedside lamps with opaque cylindrical Lucite shades . To the top of each is a turn styled switch with the rotating shades mounted on chrome stems...
Steel, Chrome
On Hold|$11,136
H 51.19 in W 51.19 in D 0.79 in
"Near to Romont, Vaud" by Claude Sauthier - Oil on Canvas - 130x130 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Claude Sauthier was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1929 and passed away in the same city in 2016. He studied at the Geneva School of Decorative Arts and initially worked as a graphi...
Canvas, 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.
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.