Arctic Polar Bear by Helen Ray Harris
By Helen Ray Harris
Located in Soquel, CA
artists Elizabeth Palmer, Mary Titus, and Joseph Nordmann. Harris was a long time member of the Artists
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Garden - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic
White Sky - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
Sea Blues - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 14 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
Untitled - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 48 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Flirtation - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil on canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
Spring - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 18 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
Untitled - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 48 in W 72 in D 1.5 in
Untitled - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil on canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 14 in W 14 in D 1.5 in
Untitled - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 24 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
Untitled - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 18 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
Untitled - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
Untitled - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
Serenity - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 60 in W 72 in D 1.5 in
Mystified - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Acrylic
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H 36 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
Pathway - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 36 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
Untitled - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 48 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Underwater - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 48 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
Untitled - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 48 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
The Purple - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
Blue Hearts - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 60 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Sideways - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 40 in W 16 in D 1.5 in
Touching - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 72 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Elavate - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 36 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Alone time - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Acrylic
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H 48 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Triplets - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 48 in W 30 in D 1.5 in
Sudden breeze - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Acrylic
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H 20 in W 16 in D 1.5 in
A Spree - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Acrylic
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H 36 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
Colors - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 20 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
Masi Mara 3 - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 20 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
Masi Mara 1 - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 72 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Water and Earth - Mary Titus - Abstract Mixed Media Large Painting
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Gold Leaf
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H 20 in W 10 in D 1.5 in
Masi Mara 2 - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 60 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
Golden Touch - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 48 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Triplets Painting - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 40 in W 40 in D 1.5 in
Dream Catcher - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 36 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Tree And Ocean Painting - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 60 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Earth And Sky - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 14 in W 14 in D 1.5 in
Back To Back - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Mixed Media
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H 18 in W 14 in D 1.5 in
Brothers - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Oil On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Oil
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H 60 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
Title Silken Passage - Mary Titus - Abstract Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
By Mary Titus
Located in Carmel, CA
Mary Titus is widely recognized in Carmel, CA, as a top abstract painter. Artist & teacher Mary
Acrylic
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H 28.25 in W 22.25 in D 0.88 in
Surrealist Waterfall / Abstracted Hillside Landscape on Verso - Double Sided
By Mary Titus
Located in Soquel, CA
full moon in a deep blue sky, by California artist Mary Titus (American, 20th Century). Signed "MARY
Acrylic, Watercolor
$750
H 15.75 in W 0.33 in D 21.75 in
Mid Century Signed Landscape -- Old Country Cottage with Chickens
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century country landscape with cottage with thatched roof and chickens foraging. Signed "H. H." and dated "1955." Condition: good; some edge and corner wear consistent w...
Oil, Board
$1,995
H 29.5 in W 35.5 in D 0.75 in
1950s Western Mountain Landscape Oil Painting "Little Bear" Framed Art
By Harold Vincent Skene
Located in Denver, CO
"Little Bear" is a captivating mid-century oil painting by American artist Harold Vincent Skene (1883–1978). This traditional Western landscape, painted in the 1950s, features a stri...
Oil
$2,122Sale Price|20% Off
H 28.5 in W 40.5 in D 1 in
LARGE AMERICAN SIGNED OIL PAINTING - CATTLE HERDER ON HORSEBACK WIDE LANDSCAPE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: American School, signed lower corner. Title: Leading them Home. Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed Size: painting: 25.5 x 37.5 inches, frame: 28.5 x 40.5 inch...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board (Two Sided) Lush vineyard landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009)....
Acrylic, Board
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Bison in the Aspen Forest - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Bison in the Birch Forest - Western Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Lush Western landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009). A large white a...
Acrylic, Board
$2,500
H 36 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
Elk in the Forest - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Elk in the Forest - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Board Lush Western landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009). Several elk are grazing in a cl...
Acrylic, Board
Pheasant Hunting
By John Terelak
Located in Greenwich, CT
John Terelak Biography American, b. 1942 John Charles Terelak is recognized as one of America's finest living impressionists. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he received formal art i...
Canvas, Oil
$25,000
H 28 in W 56 in
Alaskan Husky Dogs - The Howl of the Malamute - Men's Adventure Story
By Dan Content
Located in Miami, FL
Daniel Content painted in the grand tradition of the Golden Age of Illustration, in the style of Dean Cornwell, N.C. Wyeth, J.C Leyendecker and shared a studio with Mead Schaeffer an...
Oil, Canvas
$900
H 10 in W 10 in D 1 in
“Temptation” (Cat) 10" x 10" gouache on Aquabord, sealed with Renaissance Wax
By E. Melinda Morrison
Located in Houston, TX
“Temptation” (Cat) 10" x 10" gouache on Aquabord, sealed with Renaissance Wax.Also shown are other animal paintings in this series of gouache . Gouache (/ɡuˈɑːʃ, ɡwɑːʃ/; French: ...
Gouache, Wood Panel
Grey Whale Eating Kelp
By Lise Lang Crowley
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful close up portrait of a gray whale named "Pearl" feeding on kelp in the dark blue ocean by Aptos, California artist Lise Lang Crowley (American, 20th century). Great texture...
Oil, Board
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.75 in
Desert Ranch with Longhorn Steer - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Desert Ranch with Longhorn Steer - Plein Aire Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas Vibrant desert landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009). At the edge o...
Acrylic, Canvas
CanadianMountie Gazing at Butte
By Frederic Kimball Mizen
Located in Miami, FL
A majestic Canadian mountain rises to the sky with a small Canadian Mountie on hours viewing the scene, Mizen uses a creative technique of exposing the support to form the clouds' s...
Gouache, Fiberboard
Mary Titus was born in Florida. She started selling her artwork at 15, in local coffee shops. Titus studied under Valfred Thëlin and Nicholas Reale. She currently teaches in painting workshops and private students. She owns a gallery named Titus Contemporary Gallery. Titus has won many awards including, a People’s Choice award, at Longboat Key Art Center, in Sarasota, Florida.
(Biography provided by Robert Azensky Fine Art)
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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.