Antique American Abstract Expressionist Large Colorful Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Measuring 16 by 36 inches.
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School 1958 Monogrammed Abstract Expressionist Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 36 inches overall and 20 by 30 painting alone.
Canvas, Oil
$620Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas board.
Canvas, Oil
$636Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Framed Original Vintage Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist painting. OIl on canvas. Framed. Finely painted with wonderful color palette.
Canvas, Oil
$476Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Framed Original Vintage Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist painting. OIl on canvas. Framed. Finely painted with wonderful color palette. Signed. Dated Verso.
Canvas, Oil
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Forest Interior Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. No signature found. Image size, 24L x 20H. Framing available.
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Forest Interior Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. No signature found. Image size, 24L x 18H. Framing available.
Canvas, Oil
$396Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Forest Interior Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. No signature found. Image size, 24L x 20H. Framing available.
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American School Modernist Gilt Framed Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract painting. Mixed media watercolor on board. Framed. Measuring: 16 by 18 inches. Handsomely framed in giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready...
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,340Sale Price|20% Off
Oversized Abstract Expressionist Black and Orange Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6108 Oversized abstract expressionist oil painting. Rapped canvas no frame required Edge painted black
Oil
$540Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Southwest Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 16H by 20L.
Canvas, Oil
$1,980Sale Price|20% Off
Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Modernist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 50H by 40L.
Canvas, Oil
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Geometric Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract geometric oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas.
Canvas, Oil
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 24L. Excellent ready to hang condition. Impressive colors and compo...
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Colorful Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 36H by 28L.
Canvas, Oil
"Celebration" Vintage Signed American Abstract Expressionist Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 26H by 32L.
Canvas, Oil
$540Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Modernist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Canvas, Oil
$858Sale Price|20% Off
‘Sun 2’ Huge British Abstract Oil Painting Expressionist Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
‘Sun 2’ Large British Abstract, Oil Painting By British artist, 21st Century Titled 'Sun' and dated '2018' on the back of the painting Oil painting on board, unframed Board size: 39....
Oil
$858Sale Price|20% Off
‘Sun 1’ British Huge Abstract Oil Painting Expressionist Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
‘Sun 1’ Large British Abstract, Oil Painting By British artist, 21st Century Titled 'Sun' and dated '2018' on the back of the painting Oil painting on board, unframed Board size: 39....
Oil
$3,800Sale Price|20% Off
Large Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting by Alton S. Tobey (1914 - 2005). Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 48H by 36L.
Canvas, Oil
$556Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American School Abstract Expressionist Giltwood Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$396Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American School Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
1992 Modernist Swedish Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting - Cobalt Collision
Located in Bristol, GB
COBALT COLLISION Size: 32 x 42 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A striking abstract composition that explores depth and tension through bold, jagged forms that evoke architectural...
Canvas, Oil
$918Sale Price|20% Off
1950s French Cubist Expressionist Abstract Oil Painting Autumn Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title Mid Century French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting in Autumn Colours Key Details Artist: French School, mid 20th century Title: Cubist Abstract Medium: Oil painting on canvas Size...
Oil
$316Sale Price|20% Off
American School Modernist Large Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 36L x 36H.
Canvas, Oil
American Abstract Expressionist Framed Mid Century New York School Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Unsigned. Measuring: 31 by 31 inches overall, and 30 by 30 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready t...
Canvas, Oil
$396Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 28L x 20H.
Canvas, Oil
$596Sale Price|25% Off
Antique American Abstract Expressionist Signed Large Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Signed. Image size 46L x 36H. Framing is available!
Canvas, Oil
Oversized Abstract Expressionist Black and Orange Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6108 Oversized abstract expressionist oil painting. Rapped canvas no frame required Edge painted black
Oil
Shades of Red Abstract Expressionist Painting by Vanz
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6151 Abstract Expressionist shades of red Rapped and painted edges no frame required
Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist New York School Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
Canvas, Oil
Figurative Abstract Expressionist Large Oil on Canvas
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Large figurative abstract expressionist oil on canvas. Modern about 1970's, bold and expressive composition featuring a highly stylized figural subject with exaggerated, distorted f...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Red, Gray, and Black Modernist Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Red, gray, and black abstract expressionist painting by an unknown artist.
Archival Pigment, Acrylic
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Expressionist NYC Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas.
Canvas, Oil
American Abstract Expressionist Framed Mid Century New York School Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Signed verso. Framed. Measuring: 31 by 34 inches overall, and 26.5 by 29.5 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to...
Canvas, Oil
$420Sale Price|20% Off
The Flood - Textured Abstract Expressionist Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly textured composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). Thick diagonal swatches of blue and white are layered over an off white background in a nearly parallel pattern. Sand...
Oil, Cardboard
$640Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Expressionist Composition in Magenta and Green
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Composition in Magenta and Green Bold contemporary abstract piece by an unknown artist signed "C.B".
Spray Paint, Acrylic, Foam Board
$2,592Sale Price|20% Off
Large French Abstract Expressionist Blue Gold Cityscape Oil Painting c2000
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title Large French Abstract Expressionist Blue Gold Cityscape Oil Painting c2000 Key Details Artist: French School, circa 2000 Title: Blue and Gold Abstract Medium: Oil painting on c...
Oil
$4,861Sale Price|20% Off
Neo Expressionist Huge French Abstract Oil Painting Color Forms and Movement
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lyrical Abstraction French School, circa 1960's oil painting on canvas, 55.5 x 28 inches provenance: private collection, France Superb original 1960's French oil painting, typical ...
Canvas, Oil
$620Sale Price|20% Off
Large Framed American Modernist Abstract Expressionist New York Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 14H by 20L.
Canvas, Oil
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Large Scale Antique American Abstract Expressionist Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
$1,871Sale Price|25% Off
Vintage American School Abstract Expressionist Large Neutral Tone Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Mid Century Cubist Nocturnal Moody Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Cloud Study Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modern abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Unsigned. Image size, 48L x 36H. Unframed.
Canvas, Oil
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American School Framed Modern Abstract Expressionist NYC Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 30L x 24H.
Canvas, Oil
$636Sale Price|20% Off
Period Abstract Expressionist 1960 Signed Oil on Paper Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nice quality abstract painting. Oil on paper. Signed. Framed. Image size, 8.5 by 8.
Canvas, Oil
$1,036Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American School Abstract Expressionist Artist Studio Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract interior painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1930. No signature found. Image size, 20L x 16H. Framing available.
Canvas, Oil
Signed Spero Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 43 by 33 inches overall and 40 by 30 painting alone.
Canvas, Oil
$375Sale Price|44% Off
Blue and White Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting, 1970s, Framed
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6131 Blue and white abstract Expressionist painting Image size 18x14"
Oil
$476Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American NYC School Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found. Strong color and composition.
Canvas, Oil
Monumental Signed Abstract Expressionist 1965 Modernist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract painting. Signed. Measuring: 52 by 82 inches overall. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Oil, Canvas
$540Sale Price|20% Off
Abstract Expressionist Golden Gate Bridge and Coastal Highway
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic abstract landscape painting in the San Francisco Bay Area Abstract Expressionist School-style by an unknown California artist (American, 20th Century), c.1965.
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Mid-century American Expressionist Painting “Truck Evolution"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This vibrant and dense artwork is a mid-century American expressionist painting steeped in industrial narrative, provenance, and historical context. The painting portrays a crowded, ...
Paper, Oil Pastel
Vintage American Modernist Framed Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Oil, Board
$345Sale Price|40% Off
1980s Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Artist Board, Framed
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3280 Abstract on artist board .Set in a black wood frame with gold stripe. Image size 15.50 H x 17.50 W
Oil
Vintage American Modernist Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 13 by 25 inches overall. Handsomely framed in...
Oil, Board
Abstract Cityscape 1960 Oil Painting Signed Chait Expressionist NYC City Scene
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a bold, abstracted city scene. It appears to be New York City, It could be any large metropolis with skyscrapers and a bustle to it. It is signed S. Chait and signed with ini...
Oil, Board
Monumental American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Original NYC Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Measuring: 40 by 49 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Canvas, Oil
$300Sale Price|20% Off
Holy Fire, Abstract Expressionist Figurative Pastel
Located in Soquel, CA
A unique abstract expressionist pastel drawing by an unknown artist. Depicting a mans face as the focal point with what appears to be churches and buildings burning down in the backg...
Paper, Pastel, Cardboard
$476Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage New York School Abstract Expressionist Original Painting Street Pop Art
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American school abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Framed. Image size, 11L x 14H.
Canvas, Oil
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.
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.
The Italian-American’s 2020 abstract painting “The Hoe” personifies his “art of not knowing.”
In his current show at New York's Lehmann Maupin gallery, the Puerto Rican–born talent reveals new paintings with a semiautobiographical aspect.