Early Marks No. 4
Located in Columbia, MO
My palette is limited in color and value serving as a suggestion for problem solving on the canvas. The process of painting, scraping back and repainting brings each canvas to a pers...
Charcoal, Wood Panel, Archival Paper, Acrylic
Temptest
Located in Columbia, MO
My palette is limited in color and value serving as a suggestion for problem solving on the canvas. The process of painting, scraping back and repainting brings each canvas to a pers...
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Tangle No. 2
Located in Columbia, MO
My palette is limited in color and value serving as a suggestion for problem solving on the canvas. The process of painting, scraping back and repainting brings each canvas to a pers...
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Tangle No. 1
Located in Columbia, MO
My palette is limited in color and value serving as a suggestion for problem solving on the canvas. The process of painting, scraping back and repainting brings each canvas to a pers...
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Early Marks No. 1
Located in Columbia, MO
My palette is limited in color and value serving as a suggestion for problem solving on the canvas. The process of painting, scraping back and repainting brings each canvas to a pers...
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Early Marks No. 2
Located in Columbia, MO
My palette is limited in color and value serving as a suggestion for problem solving on the canvas. The process of painting, scraping back and repainting brings each canvas to a pers...
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Ethereal Abstraction 27, Abstract Painting
By Patrick O'Boyle
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Using fluid acrylics, ink, and collage papers, I apply layers & layers of color. Scraping, scratching & painting back into it to reveal subtle texture, color, shape & patterns."
Mixed Media
Ethereal Abstraction with Pink, Abstract Painting
By Patrick O'Boyle
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Using fluid acrylics, ink, collage papers I apply layers & layers of color. Scraping, scratching & painting back into it to reveal subtle texture, color, shape & patterns."
Mixed Media
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, The Wheel of Light, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, Shaving the Walls, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, Electra, from XXe Siecle 1959
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst invented frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping), techniques that revolutionized modern painting by revealing hidden textures and allowing chance to guide creation.
Lithograph
Signed Lithograph from Ten Painters on War and Peace, 115/190, 1978
Located in Aventura, FL
Nikel uses many varied techniques: paintbrush, scraping, carving, finger painting, dripping and collage.
Paper, Lithograph
Max Ernst, Electra, from XXe siecle, 1939
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, After Me, from XXe siecle, 1971
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, Homage to San Lazzaro, from San Lazzaro et ses Amis, 1975
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, Coelacanthe, from XXe Siecle, 1974
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
About the Artist: Max Ernst (1891–1976) was a German-French painter, sculptor, printmaker, and poet whose groundbreaking imagination and experimental techniques made him one of the m...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, System of Solar Currency, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, A Song of Love, from XXe Siecle, 1958
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernsts invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become ...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, The Hundred Headless Woman, from XXe Siecle, 1958
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
About the Artist: Max Ernst (1891–1976) was a German-French painter, sculptor, printmaker, and poet whose groundbreaking imagination and experimental techniques made him one of the m...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, She Keeps Her Secret, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, The Idol, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, Come into the Continents, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, The Vaccinated Bread, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, The Scars, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, The Fascinating Cypress, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, The Conjugal Diamonds, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, Teenage Lightning, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, The Palette of Caesar, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, The Origin of the Clock, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, The Sea and the Rain, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, The False Positions, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, The Confidences, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, He Will Fall Far from Here, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, A Glance, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, Iceflower Shawl and Gulf Stream, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, Little Tables Around the Earth, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, The Chestnut Trees Take-Off, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, Whip Lashes or Lava Threads, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, The Lime Tree Is Docile, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, The Scarecrows, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, The Fugitive, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, To Forget Everything, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, The Repast of Death, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, In the Stable of the Sphinx, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, The Pampas, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, The Earthquake, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Max Ernst, Bird, from XXe Siecle, 1958 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernsts invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become ...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, Eve, the Only One Left to Us, from Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, Fields of Honor, Flood, Seismic Plants, Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, The Stallion and the Bride of the Wind, Natural History, 1972 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernst’s invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become...
Lithograph
Max Ernst, Portrait of an Insect, from Cahiers d'Art, 1949 (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Ernsts invention of frottage (rubbing) and grattage (scraping) revolutionized modern painting, revealing textures and hidden images beneath the surface and allowing chance to become ...
Lithograph
Ethereal Abstraction 25, Abstract Painting
By Patrick O'Boyle
Located in San Francisco, CA
"Using fluid acrylics, I apply layers and layers of color, scraping, scratching and painting back into it to reveal subtle texture, color, shape and patterns."
Acrylic
Unavailable|$2,500
Untitled 3
By Victor Victori
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original scrape paintings created using wood panels as both the backboard and applicator of paint.
Oil, Wood Panel
Unavailable|$2,500
Untitled 2
By Victor Victori
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original scrape paintings created using wood panels as both the backboard and applicator of paint.
Oil, Wood Panel
Unavailable|$2,400
Untitled 1
By Victor Victori
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original scrape paintings created using wood panels as both the backboard and applicator of paint.
Oil, Wood Panel
Unavailable|$4,500
Scraped Landscape
By Michelle Gagliano
Located in Charlottesville, VA
To explore the recent works of Michelle Gagliano is to explore both the artist’s profound connection to nature and the commitment to her practice. Born in upstate New York, Gagliano ...
Oil, Panel
Unavailable|$2,200
Chrysalis 171, Abstract Painting
Located in Bluffton, SC
I love building layers using painting and drawing, scraping back, then adding more, pooling juicy paint, and pouring glossy translucent glazes over the surface.
Canvas, Mixed Media
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.
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