$556Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Latin American School Abstract Expressionist Composition
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 30"H x 22"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic
Blue Striped Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 19"H x 16"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic
Red Black and Grey Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic and Pastel on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 15"H x 15"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic, Pastel
Lace Swirls - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 30"H x 22.25"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic
$575
Three Spots of Gold - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Handmade Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 25.5"H x 19"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
$1,295Sale Price|30% Off
Signed 1990s Abstract Expressionist Yellow Red Umber Acrylic Painting on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Signed lower right, acquired with a collection of the artist's work Paper size: 22.5"H x 32"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Braz...
Paper, Acrylic
$1,590Sale Price|40% Off
Bold Abstract and Figurative Composition in Blue and red Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
(Certified to be by the artist) Paper size: 30"H x 22.25"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,295Sale Price|30% Off
Women in Purple and Shadow - Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
(Certified to be by the artist) Paper size: 30"H x 22"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$920Sale Price|20% Off
Show Poster Monoprint (Works on Paper) - Vintage Latin American School
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 22.5"H x 30"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic
$1,295Sale Price|30% Off
Abstract Color Field Composition in Watercolor on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Frame size: 24.75"H x 18.75"W Image size: 15.75"H x 11.75"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. Ricardo DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Ange...
Paper, Watercolor
Two Face Abstract on Wrapper of Interview Magazine in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Signed and dated in the lower right corner: R. de Silva 87 Presented in a black frame. Frame size: 22.25"H x 16.25"W Image size: 21.75"H x 15.75"W From a collection of Ricardo de Si...
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
$540Sale Price|20% Off
Orange Portal - Vintage Latin American School Original Abstract
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 22.5"H x 30"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic
Vintage Latin American School Original Minimalist Painting
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 16"H x 12"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic
$420Sale Price|20% Off
Red Strike - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 30"H x 22.5"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic
$920Sale Price|20% Off
Verticality - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Signed and dated at bottom: R. de Silva 87 Paper size: 30"H x 22.25"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia.
Paper, Acrylic
Blocks of Color on a Red Field in Acrylic on Textured Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic
$1,012Sale Price|25% Off
Red Monument - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Signed and dated in the lower left: R. de Silva 86 Paper size: 30"H x 22.25"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia.
Paper, Acrylic
$875
Get in Gear II- Geometric Abstract Expressionist Mandala in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Signed and dated in the lower left corner: R. de Silva - 86 Paper size: 22.5"H x 17.5"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia.
Paper, Acrylic
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
"Changing Seasons" - Red Over Blue Tribute to Mark Rothko in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Signed, dated, and titled at the bottom: "R. de Silva - 89" Paper size: 30"H x 22.25"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia.
Paper, Acrylic
$1,295Sale Price|30% Off
Alan Partridge's Bleeding Heart - Abstract Expressionism
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic, Charcoal, Gouache
$795
Folded Red and Gold Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Mat size: 24"H x 20"W Paper size: 16"H x 12"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic
Mimming - Abstract Expressionist Composition
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 16"H x 6"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic
Green and Orange Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 19"H x 16"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic
$1,150
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Painting - Red and Black Strokes on Canvas
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Canvas size: 20"H x 16"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Canvas, Acrylic
Original Abstract Portrait in Mixed Media on Paper I (1987)
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Mat size: 40"H x 32"W Paper size: 29.75"H x 22.5"W Image size: 28.75"H x 21.25"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up...
Paper, Acrylic, Pastel, Watercolor, Pencil
$1,155Sale Price|30% Off
The Kiss - Abstract Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Signed and dated in the lower right: R. de Silva 86 Paper size: 19"H x 12.5"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia.
Paper, Acrylic
"Soweto" Figurative Abstract Expressionist in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Signed, dated, and titled at the bottom edge: R. de Silva 15-8-86 Soweto Paper size: 30"H x 22.25"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia.
Paper, Acrylic
$850
Red, White, and Purple - Abstract Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Signed and dated in the lower right: R. de Silva 86 Paper size: 19"H x 12.5"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia.
Paper, Acrylic
$675
Abstract Shape with Red, Yellow, and Black - Vintage Latin American School
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Archival Paper
$875
Color Field in Red, White, and Black - Vintage Latin American School, Signed
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 22.5" H x 30. 25 "W Paper is watermarked "Arches France" and has a deckle edge From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil a...
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
$1,000
Vintage Latin American School Abstract Portrait in Mixed Media on Paper II
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Mat size: 40"H x 32"W Paper size: 29.75"H x 25.25"W Image size: 28.25"H x 24.25"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew u...
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil
$460Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Latin American School Original Abstract — “Triple Monument”
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 22.5"H x 30"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic
$875
Figures and Portal in Red, Yellow, and Black - Abstract Latin American School
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Rag Paper
Vintage Latin American School - Rectangles in Cyanotype Blue and Van Dyke Brown
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 14" H x 11" W Frame size: 20.44" H x 16.44" W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Other Medium
Latin American School - Abstract Van Dyke Brown Cyanotype on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 11.5" H x 7" W Frame size: 15.88" H x 10.82" W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Other Medium
Vintage Figurative Abstract of Lady on Red
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Intriguing and moody piece by California-based Latin American artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece features a dark red abstracted background.
Acrylic, Canvas
Andy Warhol Gouache on Interview Magazine Back Page 1989 Modernism
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Andy Warhol Gouache on Interview Magazine Back Page 1989 Modernism Portrait of Andy Worhol on Andy Worhol's Interview Magazine back page and painted over in Gouache by Ricardo (Richa...
Paper, Gouache
$1,150
The Berlin Wall in Gouache on Interview Magazine Back Page 1989 Modernism
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Gouache
Vintage Chicano Abstract Expressionist Painting-- Pez Angel (Angel Fish), Signed
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Angel Fish by Latino Artist Ricardo de Silva This 1986 painting offers an Abstract Expressionist figurative of an Angel Fish by Latino artist Ricardo (Richard) de Silva ( Rick De Si...
Acrylic, Synthetic Paper
$440Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Latin American School Minimalist Portrait in Acrylic on Paper
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Latin American School titled "Mask" Minimalist Portrait in Acrylic on Paper Fine example of Latin American School minimalist portrait by California-based artist, Ricardo de ...
Paper, Acrylic
Chicano Abstract Expressionist Urban Painting-- Downtown San Jose, Signed
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Downtown San Jose Abstract Expressionist Original Painting by Latino Artist Ricardo de Silva This 1986 painting offers an Abstract Expressionist perspective of downtown San Jose by ...
Acrylic, Synthetic Paper
Chicano Abstract Expressionist Portrait -- The Red Headed Woman, Signed
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Portrait -- The Red Headed Woman by Chicano Artist Ricardo de Silva This striking abstract expressionist portrait is by Latino artist Ricardo (Richard) de Sil...
Charcoal, Acrylic, Gouache, Rice Paper
Vintage Latin American School Blue & Black Abstract Monotype, Signed
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Latin American School Blue & Black Abstract Monotype by Ricardo de Silva Abstract Monotype by Ricardo (Richard) de Silva ( Rick De Silva) (Brazil/American, 20th C), 1988.
Paper, Watercolor
Vintage Chicano Social-Themed Painting -- "America's One Trick Pony"
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Taxes, taxes, taxes to the bone." Ricardo de Silva, 1990 This 1990 painting offers a cultural and political visual critique in the form of a American flag pony alo...
Canvas, Acrylic
$700Sale Price|20% Off
Late 20th Century Latin American School Painting — Artist’s Self Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. Image with mat: 30" H x 38" W Image: 20"H x 28" W Sheet size: 30"H x 22"W.
Paper, Watercolor
Pan with Flutes - Original Bay Area Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
This piece was acquired with a collection of works by and from Ricardo de Silva, who owned galleries in San Jose, CA in the 1980s.
Parchment Paper, Ink, Woodcut
$800
Sweeny and A Nightingale - Original Bay Area Etching inspired by T.S. Eliot
Located in Soquel, CA
This piece was acquired with a collection of works by and from Ricardo de Silva, who owned galleries in San Jose, CA in the 1980s.
Paper, Printer's Ink, Etching
"Uranus Devouring a Son" - Mythological Bay Area Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
This piece was acquired with a collection of works by and from Ricardo de Silva, who owned galleries in San Jose, CA in the 1980s.
Paper, Printer's Ink, Etching
"Relaxing at Camarillo" - Abstract Expressionism
By Ricardo de Silva
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper size: 22"H x 30"W From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles.
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Pencil
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.
Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.
When we look at paintings, particularly those that originated in the past, we learn about history, other cultures and countries of the world. Like every other work of art, paintings — whether they are contemporary creations or works that were made during the 19th century — can often help us clearly see and understand the world around us in a meaningful and interesting way.
Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
Today, creating a wall of art is a wonderful way to enhance your space, showcase beautiful pieces and tie an interior design together.
No matter your preference, whether you favor Post-Impressionist paintings, animal paintings, Surrealism, Pop art or another movement or specific period, arranging art on a blank wall allows you to evoke emotions in a room while also showing off your tastes and interests. A symmetrical wall arrangement may comprise a grid of four to six pieces or, for an odd number of works, a horizontal row. Asymmetrical arrangements, which may be small clusters of art or large, salon-style gallery walls, have a more collected and eclectic feel.
Download the 1stDibs app, which includes a handy “View on Wall” feature that allows you to see how a particular artwork will look on a particular wall, and read about how to arrange wall art. And if you’re searching for the perfect palette for your interior design project, what better place to turn than to the art world’s masters of color?
On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive collection of paintings and other fine art for your home or office. Browse abstract paintings, portrait paintings, paintings by emerging artists and more today.
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