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Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Expressive Oil Painting - Through the Tunnel
Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Expressive Oil Painting - Through the Tunnel

Mid Century Modern Vintage Swedish Expressive Oil Painting - Through the Tunnel

Located in Bristol, GB

The artist has used a semi-abstract approach, reducing forms into rhythmic blocks of colour and simplified shapes that emphasise geometry over realism.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Boxer Posse

Boxer Posse

By Anne Siems

Located in Bozeman, MT

My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on waxed paper bags, to my current work of you...

Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Cast Brassknuckles

Cast Brassknuckles

By Anne Siems

Located in Bozeman, MT

My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on waxed paper bags, to my current work of you...

Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Birdish

Birdish

By Anne Siems

Located in Bozeman, MT

My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on waxed paper bags, to my current work of you...

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Mystical Modernist Oil Painting by Edward Marecak “The Gold Witch”
Mystical Modernist Oil Painting by Edward Marecak “The Gold Witch”

Mystical Modernist Oil Painting by Edward Marecak “The Gold Witch”

By Edward Marecak

Located in Denver, CO

“The Gold Witch” is a captivating 1980 semi-abstract oil painting by celebrated Colorado modernist Edward Marecak, whose visionary works merged mythology, folklore, spirituality, and...

Category

1980s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Roses in a turquoise green vase" ( acrylic floral painting on paper)
"Roses in a turquoise green vase" ( acrylic floral painting on paper)

"Roses in a turquoise green vase" ( acrylic floral painting on paper)

By Mougenot Natalya

Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR

These blossoms are nestled in a semi-abstract vase, depicted in contrasting shades of turquoise and azure, creating a visually arresting focal point.

Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

French Village Landscape Oil Painting with Church Spire Reflection and Tree
French Village Landscape Oil Painting with Church Spire Reflection and Tree

French Village Landscape Oil Painting with Church Spire Reflection and Tree

By Fanch Lel

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

A large, abstracted tree to the right adds balance and movement with thick brushstrokes in olive, sage, and charcoal. Executed in a semi-abstract impressionist style, the piece lean...

Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hidden Poppy. Floral, Mixed media, Miniature Painting
Hidden Poppy. Floral, Mixed media, Miniature Painting

Hidden Poppy. Floral, Mixed media, Miniature Painting

By Tatiana Hellum

Located in Oslo, NO

"In this semi abstract floral painting I wanted to create a feeling of being inside a garden rather than looking at it from the outside," said Tatiana about this painting, "I built t...

Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Summer Dreams, Oil Painting
Summer Dreams, Oil Painting

Summer Dreams, Oil Painting

By Oksana Johnson

Located in San Francisco, CA

With loose brushwork and bold palette knife techniques, this piece exudes a dreamy, semi-abstract quality. Rich textures and a harmonious blend of pinks and blues create depth and mo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Side profiles, sketch by Keith Vaughan
Side profiles, sketch by Keith Vaughan

Side profiles, sketch by Keith Vaughan

By Keith Vaughan 1

Located in London, GB

Keith Vaughan Side profiles Ballpoint pen sketch 17 x 13 cm Born in 1912, Keith Vaughan was a British painter known for his modernist and semi-abstract depictions of the male fig...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

Water Lilies No 6

Water Lilies No 6

By Missak Terzian

Located in PARIS, FR

Missak Terzian is a Lebanese-American contemporary visual artist of Armenian descent born in 1949 in Beirut. Renowned for his semi-abstract figurative and modern abstract expressioni...

Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Wind Across the Gorse, Original painting, Contemporary Landscape Art, Yellow art
Wind Across the Gorse, Original painting, Contemporary Landscape Art, Yellow art

Wind Across the Gorse, Original painting, Contemporary Landscape Art, Yellow art

By Elaine Kazimierczuk

Located in Deddington, GB

Many of Elaine Kazimierczuk’s works are based on interpretations of intimately-known localities, frequently, but not exclusively, in her native Nottinghamshire. In her semi-abstract ...

Category

2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Golden Forest – José Palou, Modernist, Expressionist Landscape
Golden Forest – José Palou, Modernist, Expressionist Landscape

Golden Forest – José Palou, Modernist, Expressionist Landscape

Located in Genève, GE

Jose Palou, José Palou, Jose Palou painting, French artist, French Modernist painting, French School painting, Golden Forest painting, forest landscape painting, forest painting, woo...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Charles Bunnell 1940s WPA Watercolor Golden Cycle Mill Colorado
Charles Bunnell 1940s WPA Watercolor Golden Cycle Mill Colorado

Charles Bunnell 1940s WPA Watercolor Golden Cycle Mill Colorado

By Charles Ragland Bunnell

Located in Denver, CO

A rare and historically significant original 1940s watercolor by Charles Ragland Bunnell, this striking composition depicts the iconic Golden Cycle Mill in Colorado Springs through a...

Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Youth attacked by an eagle, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Youth attacked by an eagle, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Youth attacked by an eagle, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Derek Overfield

Located in Yardley, PA

In this painting, a youth is pursued by an eagle, its talons inches from his skin. Above is a semi-abstract figurative work done from life. The work is completed using a subtracti...

Category

2010s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Remembering, Original Seascape Painting, Contemporary Art
Remembering, Original Seascape Painting, Contemporary Art

Remembering, Original Seascape Painting, Contemporary Art

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ever Changing Day, Ocean Landscape Art, Contemporary Oil Painting
Ever Changing Day, Ocean Landscape Art, Contemporary Oil Painting

Ever Changing Day, Ocean Landscape Art, Contemporary Oil Painting

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fire and Rain, Oil Painting
Fire and Rain, Oil Painting

Fire and Rain, Oil Painting

By Yangzi Xu

Located in San Francisco, CA

Words that describe this painting: Chicago, riverwalk, evening, city, urban, cityscape, skyline, buildings, urbanscape, downtown, semi-abstract, architecture, building, bridge, expre...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mountain Top, Welsh Landscape Painting, Contemporary Textured Landscape Painting
Mountain Top, Welsh Landscape Painting, Contemporary Textured Landscape Painting

Mountain Top, Welsh Landscape Painting, Contemporary Textured Landscape Painting

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tidal Retreat, Helen Howells, Contemporary painting, Original art, 2022
Tidal Retreat, Helen Howells, Contemporary painting, Original art, 2022

Tidal Retreat, Helen Howells, Contemporary painting, Original art, 2022

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marilyn
Marilyn

Marilyn

By Mimmo Rotella

Located in Toronto, Ontario

After tearing the eroded posters from public walls, he would affix them to canvases and further tear, modify, and paint them into semi-abstract compositions. From images of pop cultu...

Category

1990s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Screen

Coastal Shifting, Helen Howells, Contemporary Landscape painting, Seascape art
Coastal Shifting, Helen Howells, Contemporary Landscape painting, Seascape art

Coastal Shifting, Helen Howells, Contemporary Landscape painting, Seascape art

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Foraging for Seaweed, Helen Howells, Landscape painting, original art for sale
Foraging for Seaweed, Helen Howells, Landscape painting, original art for sale

Foraging for Seaweed, Helen Howells, Landscape painting, original art for sale

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marco
Marco

Marco

By Nicola Simbari

Located in San Francisco, CA

About the artist: Nicola Simbari is a painter of semi-abstract impressionist works. He is a colorist who favors brilliant tones, richly layered with a palette knife.

Category

1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

All in a Days Ramble
All in a Days Ramble

All in a Days Ramble

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wintry Seas
Wintry Seas

Wintry Seas

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Looking Towards Home, Helen Howells, Original Painting, Cloudy Sky Landscape Art
Looking Towards Home, Helen Howells, Original Painting, Cloudy Sky Landscape Art

Looking Towards Home, Helen Howells, Original Painting, Cloudy Sky Landscape Art

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blasphemy upon the wall, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Blasphemy upon the wall, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Blasphemy upon the wall, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

By Derek Overfield

Located in Yardley, PA

This painting exists in a space of motion and contortion, inhabiting a moment that could be interpreted in numerous stages of the story. Above is a semi-abstract figurative work ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Helen Howells, An Easterly Wind Across the Valley, Contemporary Landscape Art
Helen Howells, An Easterly Wind Across the Valley, Contemporary Landscape Art

Helen Howells, An Easterly Wind Across the Valley, Contemporary Landscape Art

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Helen Howells. Morning Walk, Original Landscape Painting, Contemporary Art
Helen Howells. Morning Walk, Original Landscape Painting, Contemporary Art

Helen Howells. Morning Walk, Original Landscape Painting, Contemporary Art

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Helen Howells, A Call Across The Valley, Landscape Art, Affordable Art
Helen Howells, A Call Across The Valley, Landscape Art, Affordable Art

Helen Howells, A Call Across The Valley, Landscape Art, Affordable Art

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Helen Howells, For All Our Tomorrows, Contemporary Art, Landscape Painting
Helen Howells, For All Our Tomorrows, Contemporary Art, Landscape Painting

Helen Howells, For All Our Tomorrows, Contemporary Art, Landscape Painting

By Helen Howells

Located in Deddington, GB

Working predominantly in oil on canvas, she uses brush and palette knife marks to create rich textures which have been described as sensitive and expressive. Helen uses a semi abstra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spenger's Fish Grotto, Berkeley CA
Spenger's Fish Grotto, Berkeley CA

Spenger's Fish Grotto, Berkeley CA

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Barbara A. Wood Limited Edition Floral Still Life Serigraph Print 414/750
Barbara A. Wood Limited Edition Floral Still Life Serigraph Print 414/750

Barbara A. Wood Limited Edition Floral Still Life Serigraph Print 414/750

Located in Nottingham, GB

Produced using multilayered screenprinting, the composition combines broad expressive brush-like marks, layered washes, and varied textures across a palette of ochre yellows, muted b...

Category

Late 20th Century Prints

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Puerto Escondido
Puerto Escondido

Puerto Escondido

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Animal Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Skull
Skull

Skull

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Animal Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Pine Cones
Pine Cones

Pine Cones

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Paris, Le Pont Neuf
Paris, Le Pont Neuf

Paris, Le Pont Neuf

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

The Old House
The Old House

The Old House

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Paris, Le Pont Neuf
Paris, Le Pont Neuf

Paris, Le Pont Neuf

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Bird
Bird

Bird

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Etching

Keukenhof
Keukenhof

Keukenhof

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

The Old Trestle, San Rafael, California
The Old Trestle, San Rafael, California

The Old Trestle, San Rafael, California

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Bali Beach
Bali Beach

Bali Beach

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

California Landscape
California Landscape

California Landscape

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Oaxaca Coast
Oaxaca Coast

Oaxaca Coast

By Arnold A. Grossman

Located in San Francisco, CA

He was especially known for his colorful watercolor depicting San Francisco Bay Area scenes, he also randomly created semi abstract paintings and watercolors. Arnold was a supporter ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Puppet Theater" Japanese Figurative Wood Block Print
"Puppet Theater" Japanese Figurative Wood Block Print

"Puppet Theater" Japanese Figurative Wood Block Print

By Junichiro Sekino

Located in Houston, TX

The subject of his work varies, though he commonly focused on portraits, landscapes, and semi-abstract designs. Junichiro Sekino passed away in 1988.

Category

1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Swedish Interior Oil Painting - Sunlit Parlour
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Swedish Interior Oil Painting - Sunlit Parlour

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Swedish Interior Oil Painting - Sunlit Parlour

Located in Bristol, GB

Executed in a modernist, semi-abstract style, the artist simplifies the furnishings into geometric shapes and broad planes of colour.

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antoine Callebaut Monumental Table Lamp in Patinated Bronze Belgium 1970s
Antoine Callebaut Monumental Table Lamp in Patinated Bronze Belgium 1970s

Antoine Callebaut Monumental Table Lamp in Patinated Bronze Belgium 1970s

By Jules Wabbes, Jan Vlug

Located in Meer, VAN

The main body of the lamp is made out of cast bronze and shows a remarkable semi abstract bas-relief pattern of floral nature.

Category

Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass, Bronze

"Early Blooming Lilacs" Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Impressionist Impasto
"Early Blooming Lilacs" Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Impressionist Impasto

"Early Blooming Lilacs" Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Impressionist Impasto

By Mougenot Natalya

Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR

This contemporary semi-abstract impressionist painting "Early blooming lilacs" offers a luminous vision of spring: a vibrant bouquet of purple and blue lilacs rising from a vase like...

Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

A Celebration, Original Painting, Contemporary, Food, Still Life
A Celebration, Original Painting, Contemporary, Food, Still Life

A Celebration, Original Painting, Contemporary, Food, Still Life

By Kerry Louise Bennett

Located in Deddington, GB

Her previous lives working in set design, upholstery and photography, and her passion for music and literature, all feed into the semi-abstract interior and still life compositions s...

Category

2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel

Central Pier Blackpool, landscape, cityscape, London art
Central Pier Blackpool, landscape, cityscape, London art

Central Pier Blackpool, landscape, cityscape, London art

Located in Deddington, GB

A striking piece in blues and orange and light, to depict the vibrancy and life of the seaside town in its heyday. The painting is semi-abstract and done in an impressionist style.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

London Eye 1712, landscape, cityscape, London art
London Eye 1712, landscape, cityscape, London art

London Eye 1712, landscape, cityscape, London art

Located in Deddington, GB

A striking piece in purples and orange and light, to depict the vibrancy and life of the capital city. The painting is semi-abstract and done in an impressionist style.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Sunset After Storm, " Stain Glass Window after a Woodcut by Carol Summers
"Sunset After Storm, " Stain Glass Window after a Woodcut by Carol Summers

"Sunset After Storm, " Stain Glass Window after a Woodcut by Carol Summers

By Carol Summers

Located in Milwaukee, WI

His art is known for it’s large scale, saturated fields of bold color, semi-abstract treatment of landscapes from around the world and a luminescent quality achieved through a printm...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist More Art

Materials

Glass

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Semi Abstract For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the semi abstract you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. In our selection of items, you can find Abstract examples as well as a Contemporary version. Finding the perfect semi abstract may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a semi abstract to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of black, gray, beige, gold and more. There have been many interesting semi abstract examples over the years, but those made by Edward Marecak, Antony Squizzato, Joachim van der Vlugt, Ethel Magafan and Tessa Houghton are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and fabric — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much is a Semi Abstract?

The average selling price for a semi abstract we offer is $3,422, while they’re typically $80 on the low end and $24,500 for the highest priced.