$64,000
H 114 in W 60 in D 6 in
Exotica Series, Abstract Woven Tapestry by Ritzi Jacobi and Peter Jacobi
Located in Wilton, CT
Cotton, goat hair and sisal, 114" x 60" x 6", 1975. Ritzi Jacobi (1941 - 2022) and Peter Jacobi (1935) Ritzi and Peter Jacobi collaborated on textile works for 15 years, from 1967 t...
Fabric, Textile, Cotton, Thread
$1,650 / item
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
Picasso Marble Cone Side Table
By Kiwano Concept
Located in Eindhoven, NB
Introduce monumental elegance and a grounded detail to your interior with the stunning Picasso marble CONE side table. The sculptural geometric shape of this contemporary design piec...
Marble
$592 / item
H 23.5 in W 23.5 in D 2 in
Set of 2 Brutalist Whitewashed Reclaimed Wood Collage Tiles by Peter Glassford
By Peter Glassford
Located in San Antonio, TX
A sculptural White wash collage tiles part of the Brutal Nature collection by Peter Glassford, handcrafted from reclaimed wood fragments and assembled into a richly textured, one-of-...
Wood
$1,570 / item
H 30 in W 30 in D 0.03 in
"La Ligne" Limited Edition Art Print by Christiane Lemieux - 30" x 30"
Located in New York, NY
Introducing "La Ligne" is a limited edition fine art print that captivates the viewer with its gorgeous abstract linework, demonstrating the beauty of simplicity and the power of for...
Paper
La Carmencita by John Singer Sargent
By John Singer Sargent
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 American Stamped by artist's estate (en verso) Oil on canvas John Singer Sargent, widely regarded as one of history's most distinguished portraitists...
Canvas, Oil
Appuntito Vase Large
By Project 213A
Located in Macieira de Sarnes, PT
Appuntito Vase Large in White Designed by Project 213A in 2023 Artisanal ceramic vase created by skilled artisans in Project 213A's own ceramic workshop. The entire vase is covered ...
Ceramic, Clay
$350
H 7 in W 7 in D 3 in
abstract 7/7, Minimalist Contemporary Abstract Custom Multi-Panel Painting
By Michele Renée Ledoux
Located in Boston, MA
abstract 7/7 7 x 7 x 3 inches. 1.5 lbs each Encaustic Paint Hand signed. by the artist Artist's Commentary: "The “abstract 7/7’s” are smaller encaustic works that, together, crea...
Encaustic
$95,000
H 130 in W 126 in D 24 in
Robert Salleroli American Abstract Wood Assemblage Monumental Cabinet
By Robert Salleroli
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Looking for a statement piece to add to your home or office? Look no further than this one-of-a-kind monumental cabinet, by Robert Salerolli, purchased directly from the original cli...
Wood, Birch
$2,800 / set
H 31.5 in W 11.82 in D 5.91 in
Brutalist Hand-Carved African Black Wooden Totem Sculpture Set, Egg Designs
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
Raw, expressive, and deeply sculptural, this Brutalist totem sculpture set by Egg Designs celebrates the intersection of African craft traditions and contemporary collectible design....
Wood
$1,800
H 48 in W 60 in
"The Peacock & The Crane" Contemporary Gestural Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Neutral toned gestural abstract painting by contemporary artist Ian Francis. The work features a variety of gestural marks accented by black and white triangular shapes set against a...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$13,000
H 70 in W 48 in D 5 in
En Face, Mica and Steel Woven Wall Hanging and Installation, Agneta Hobin
By Agneta Hobin
Located in Wilton, CT
En Face, Agneta Hobin, mica and steel, 70" x 48", 2007. This 7-piece mica and steel hanging installation and sculpture is by Finnish artist, Agneta Hobin. En Face "It has become mo...
Steel
$5,500
H 63.25 in W 19 in D 16.75 in
Salvatore Messina, Italian Mid-Century Modern, Abstract Sculpture, Steel, 1970s
Located in Stamford, CT
Salvatore Messina, Italian Mid-Century Modern, 'Vertical Refraction' Sculpture, Steel, Italy, 1970s Indoor or outdoor modernist geometric sculpture designed by Salvatore Messina and...
Steel
$2,738Sale Price|20% Off
H 45.28 in W 34.65 in D 1.58 in
ABSTRACT Contemporary Artwork White Brown Earth Minimal Texture On Hansen
By On Hansen
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
$50,519
H 25.2 in W 16.54 in D 0.04 in
Mucha, Salon des Cent, Original Art Nouveau Belle Epoque Vintage Poster, 1896
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Art Nouveau Vintage Poster dating from 1896 by Alphonse Mucha. Poster for the 20th edition of the Salon des Cent in March-April 1896. The Salon des Cent (also known as "Sa...
Paper
Stone Luana S Green Marble Vase by Jacopo Simonetti
By Editions Milano
Located in Milan, IT
The Luana S vase is carved from green Luana marble sourced from the unique quarry in the apuan alps in tuscany. This vase features a dark background enriched with green and multicolo...
Marble
A Constructivist MODERNIST Ceramic SCULPTURE France 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
A superb architectural sculpture, Modernist, Free-Form, Geometric Abstraction, an asymmetrical assembly of matte white glazed ceramic quarter-spheres around an invisible vertical axi...
Ceramic
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.
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