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Nocturnal Train In The City Abstract Expressionism
Nocturnal Train In The City Abstract Expressionism

Nocturnal Train In The City Abstract Expressionism

By Tom Hamil

Located in Soquel, CA

Bright, small abstract expressionist painting of train and town at night by Tom Hamil (American, b

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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Out of the Blue, Miniature Red & Blue Abstract
Out of the Blue, Miniature Red & Blue Abstract

Tom HamilOut of the Blue, Miniature Red & Blue Abstract, c.1980s

$440Sale Price|20% Off

H 3.5 in W 7.5 in D 2 in

Out of the Blue, Miniature Red & Blue Abstract

By Tom Hamil

Located in Soquel, CA

Bright, small abstract expressionist painting of red, white and blue hues by California artist Tom

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Caldentey Small Green and Black original neo-expressionist acrylic
Caldentey Small Green and Black original neo-expressionist acrylic

Caldentey Small Green and Black original neo-expressionist acrylic

By Toni Caldentey

Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL

sailboat in a storm. original neo-expressionist acrylic painting contemporary work by the

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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Acrylic

Small Matilija 2
Small Matilija 2

Frédéric ChoiselSmall Matilija 2, 2013

$2,800

H 24 in W 18 in D 2 in

Small Matilija 2

By Frédéric Choisel

Located in Burlingame, CA

Abstract painting with floral references that bridges geometry, in yellow, red, green, and gold

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Navigator (Small)
The Navigator (Small)

Michael DavidThe Navigator (Small), 2010

$11,000

H 21.75 in W 32 in D 2 in

The Navigator (Small)

By Michael David

Located in Phoenix, AZ

large abstract paintings. A practitioner of Abstract Expressionism, David layers beeswax and pigment to

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Panel, Wax, Oil

Fishermen’s small boat harbor backside
Fishermen’s small boat harbor backside

Fishermen’s small boat harbor backside

Located in Barcelona, CT

This abstract artwork vividly captures a surreal landscape through its dynamic use of color and

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Small Pink Temple. Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting

Small Pink Temple. Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting

By Paul Wadsworth

Located in Brecon, Powys

With hints of hot spicy colour this piece also reflects the cooling effect the water has on the surrounding temple area. It's a more pastel coloured work offering time for contemplat...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Small Abstraction #141"   White,  turquoise, green and yellow
"Small Abstraction #141"   White,  turquoise, green and yellow

"Small Abstraction #141" White, turquoise, green and yellow

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

"Small Abstract #141," Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Maelstrom (Ref 854) (Abstract drawing)
Small Maelstrom (Ref 854) (Abstract drawing)

Small Maelstrom (Ref 854) (Abstract drawing)

By Jaanika Peerna

Located in London, GB

Small Maelstrom (Ref 854) (Abstract drawing) Pigment pencil on Mylar. Unframed. The Maelstrom

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mylar, Pencil, Pigment

Small maelstrom (Ref 855) (Abstract drawing)
Small maelstrom (Ref 855) (Abstract drawing)

Small maelstrom (Ref 855) (Abstract drawing)

By Jaanika Peerna

Located in London, GB

Small maelstrom (Ref 855) (Abstract drawing) Pigment pencil on Mylar - Unframed. The Maelstrom

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mylar, Pencil, Pigment

Small Maelstrom (Ref 854) (Abstract drawing)
Small Maelstrom (Ref 854) (Abstract drawing)

Small Maelstrom (Ref 854) (Abstract drawing)

By Jaanika Peerna

Located in London, GB

Small Maelstrom (Ref 854) (Abstract drawing) Pigment pencil on Mylar. Unframed. The Maelstrom

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mylar, Pencil, Pigment

Small maelstrom (Ref 855) (Abstract drawing)
Small maelstrom (Ref 855) (Abstract drawing)

Small maelstrom (Ref 855) (Abstract drawing)

By Jaanika Peerna

Located in London, GB

artist whose work encompasses drawing, video, installations and performances. She creates abstract

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mylar, Pencil, Pigment

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CALL ME THE BREEZE - small gestural abstract multi colored painting
CALL ME THE BREEZE - small gestural abstract multi colored painting

CALL ME THE BREEZE - small gestural abstract multi colored painting

By Lowell Boyers

Located in New York, NY

canvas Size: 24 x 18 inches Unframed Lowell Boyers’s paintings are explorations of how multiple images

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Resin, Ink, Acrylic

ABOUT HER EYES - small gestural abstract painting in gold, red and blue
ABOUT HER EYES - small gestural abstract painting in gold, red and blue

ABOUT HER EYES - small gestural abstract painting in gold, red and blue

By Lowell Boyers

Located in New York, NY

Size: 24 x 18 inches Unframed Lowell Boyers’s paintings are explorations of how multiple images can

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Resin, Ink, Acrylic

What is is what is not is not, small red abstract oil painting
What is is what is not is not, small red abstract oil painting

What is is what is not is not, small red abstract oil painting

Located in BUNGENDORE, AU

, Signed on reverse. Hardware: D-rings. A small oil painting with a lot of energy and passion. The artist

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The vast breath of the universe this is called wind, small abstract oil painting
The vast breath of the universe this is called wind, small abstract oil painting

The vast breath of the universe this is called wind, small abstract oil painting

Located in BUNGENDORE, AU

Original artwork by Peter Jordan. The vast breath of the universe this is called wind, oil on board, 30cm x 25cm, 2024, Signed on reverse. Hardware: D-rings 'I really enjoying playi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Small Red Dot

Amaranth EhrenhaltSmall Red Dot, 1967

Unavailable

H 22.25 in W 22.25 in

Small Red Dot

By Amaranth Ehrenhalt

Located in Lawrence, NY

second generation of Abstract Expressionists, working first in New York in the early 1950s, and then in

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Small Island #1
Small Island #1

Michael K PaxtonSmall Island #1, 2019

Unavailable

H 60 in W 108 in D 1 in

Small Island #1

Located in Palm Beach, FL

and Painting from The University of Georgia, 1979. Paxton’s career spans more than four decades of one

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Chalk, Charcoal, Acrylic

Small Abstract  # 83

Small Abstract # 83

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #83, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract  # 53

Small Abstract # 53

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #53, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract  # 8

Small Abstract # 8

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #8, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract #2
Small Abstract #2

Linda HoltSmall Abstract #2, 2013

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H 8 in W 8 in D 1.25 in

Small Abstract #2

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #2, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract #30
Small Abstract #30

Linda HoltSmall Abstract #30, 2013

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H 8 in W 8 in D 1.25 in

Small Abstract #30

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #30, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract #76
Small Abstract #76

Linda HoltSmall Abstract #76, 2016

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H 8 in W 8 in D 1.25 in

Small Abstract #76

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #76, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract #28
Small Abstract #28

Linda HoltSmall Abstract #28, 2013

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H 8 in W 8 in D 1.25 in

Small Abstract #28

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #28, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract #47
Small Abstract #47

Linda HoltSmall Abstract #47, 2014

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H 8 in W 8 in D 1.25 in

Small Abstract #47

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #47, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract #65
Small Abstract #65

Linda HoltSmall Abstract #65, 2015

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H 8 in W 8 in D 1.25 in

Small Abstract #65

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #65, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract #41
Small Abstract #41

Small Abstract #41

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #41, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract #9
Small Abstract #9

Linda HoltSmall Abstract #9

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H 8 in W 8 in D 1.25 in

Small Abstract #9

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #9, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract #25
Small Abstract #25

Linda HoltSmall Abstract #25

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H 8 in W 8 in D 1.25 in

Small Abstract #25

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #25, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract #75
Small Abstract #75

Linda HoltSmall Abstract #75, 2018

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H 8 in W 8 in D 1.5 in

Small Abstract #75

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

"Small Abstract #75" Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract #97
Small Abstract #97

Linda HoltSmall Abstract #97, 2018

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H 8 in W 8 in D 1.5 in

Small Abstract #97

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

"Small Abstract #97" Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Small Abstract # 44
Small Abstract # 44

Linda HoltSmall Abstract # 44, 2016

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H 8 in W 8 in D 1.25 in

Small Abstract # 44

By Linda Holt

Located in Wellesley, MA

Small Abstract #44, Oil on Canvas, 8 x 8 Inches, is a brilliantly colored, gorgeous and lush

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Small Abstract Expressionist Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate small abstract expressionist painting for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Contemporary style, while we also have 1 Contemporary versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking for a small abstract expressionist painting from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right small abstract expressionist painting is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, beige, brown and orange. Finding an appealing small abstract expressionist painting — no matter the origin — is easy, but Linda Holt, Ruggero Vanni, Theresa Girard, Jenny Nelson and Jaanika Peerna each produced popular versions that are worth a look. These artworks were handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and paper. A large small abstract expressionist painting can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 7.8 high and 8 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.

How Much is a Small Abstract Expressionist Painting?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a small abstract expressionist painting in our inventory may begin at $400 and can go as high as $15,000, while the average can fetch as much as $650.

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.

Find original abstract paintings, sculptures, prints and other art on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Abstract-paintings for You

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.