Roger Davis
19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Oil
1940s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Linen
1990s Swiss Modern Link Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Swiss Modern Link Necklaces
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil
2010s Street Art Interior Prints
Screen
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Other Medium
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Screen
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Street Art Still-life Prints
Lithograph
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Gouache
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Archival Paper
1960s American Modern Black and White Photography
Silver Gelatin
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
Margo Margolis"Night into Day" Playful Abstract Matisse Calder Quality Blue Yellow Black White, 2022
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
Margo Margolis"Overview" Playful/Sophisticated Abstract Matisse Calder Quality Turquoise Pink , 2022
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
Margo Margolis"All the Greens" Playful Abstract Dark, Light, Olive Green - Orange, Red, Yellow, 2022
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
Margo Margolis"Mapping the Day" Playful/Sophisticated Abstract Calder/Matisse-Like Pink/ Green, 2022
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
Margo Margolis"White and Green" Playful/Sophisticated Abstract Matisse Calder Qualities Orange, 2022
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Photogravure
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Monoprint
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
Margo Margolis"Red/Yellow"Large Abstraction, Red, Yellow, Black, Cream, White, Pop Sensibility, 2017
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Other Medium
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Other Medium
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Other Medium
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Other Medium, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Other Medium
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Other Medium
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Other Medium, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Monoprint
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Vinyl, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Vinyl
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Vinyl, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Other Medium
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Oil, Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern North and South American Rugs
Wool
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Other Medium
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Other Medium
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Vinyl
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media, Canvas
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Canvas
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Vinyl
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Other Medium
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Monoprint
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Vinyl
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A Close Look at abstract Art
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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