Skip to main content

USA - Abstract Paintings

to
4,132
5,854
5,582
5,056
5,741
12,849
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
2
29
5,683
29,321
7
10
34
82
264
445
873
837
879
745
21,281
6,705
986
873
543
439
304
289
146
131
115
56
5
3
14,947
11,438
8,049
331
254
156
89
79
61
57
51
48
34
28
28
25
24
24
24
24
18
18
17
31,410
17,423
17,343
15,249
14,177
663
626
341
218
212
6,965
4,683
35,086
20,825
Item Ships From: USA
Forces of Nature 16 - Textural Abstract Minimalist Artwork on Canvas
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. Klikunas focuses on the larger idea behind his original abstract minimalist artworks. The work is ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Santa Cruz
By Donna McGinnis
Located in Burlingame, CA
Donna McGinnis’ abstract paintings are composed freely, without concrete ideas of what they will ultimately be. As an intuitive painter, McGinnis’s paintings come into being without ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Florida Oil Painting African American Woman Art Annie Nobles Miller Indian River
Located in Surfside, FL
"Annie Nobles Miller" Abstract Florida landscape oil on board painting Hand signed lower left Inscribed on verso St. Lucie County. Measures: Board 24"H x 30"W; Framed - 32"H x 38"W. Annie Miller was a member of the Indian River School of Painting, which was not a formal school but was a group of mostly African-American Florida working class people who wanted to paint. Following is the explanation of that school and its participants. Indian River School is a name applied to Floridian artists in the 1950's and 1960's. They were heavily influenced by nature. Most of the artists in this movement were African American. Their work is characterized by quick strokes and eschews traditional methods of paintings. The main influence for the group was a man named A.E. Backus, a Bohemian white man who mentored the group of young black artists. The group used to congregate in his studio and learnt to paint from 'Beanie' (as he was called) as a way out of their lower class labour jobs. Their work was powerful, dramatic yet captured the serenity and beauty of the Florida Although the exact count of artists mentored by A.E. Backus remains unknown, experts estimate it to be around 20 individuals, many of whom he supported through college. Albert Ernest "Beanie" Backus (1906–1990) was famous for his vivid, naturalist Florida landscapes capturing a fast-vanishing Florida wild lands. Backus would come to be seen as the seminal Florida landscape painter, and others who followed would emulate him. Primarily of the Indian River and Everglades areas of Florida. Backus was a Native Floridian artist of great importance recreating scenes of Florida's sky, rivers, ocean, back country, unpredictable weather, clouds, and birds. Born in Fort Pierce, FL to a family of talented boat designers and builders. His "Uncle" Reg Goodwin helped Backus as a young painter go to the Parsons School of Fine Art in New York in 1924. He was referred to as “Florida’s painter laureate,” and the “Dean of Florida’s landscape painters.”In addition to his influence on the Florida Highwaymen painters (Alfred Hair...
Category

1960s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Elemental " Acrylic on Raw Canvas, Framed
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Ali Enache is an American abstract painter based in Los Angeles, California. A Washington D.C. native and a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ali Enache worked as a design...
Category

2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Silent Morning, Abstract Oil Painting
By Ronda Waiksnis
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting evokes a serene yet mysterious landscape, where muted greens, soft blues, and gentle grays invite a sense of calm. Abstract brushstrokes hint at...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Facing Gravity - Original Colorful Pop Portrait by Gary John Street Art for Sale
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

Blue Dream, Abstract Painting
By Lisa Carney
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
As part of her ongoing GeoHorizon series, artist Lisa Carney explores an abstract landscape. Soft blues with hints of gold layer over a subtly obscured horizo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

'Ephemeral Spring' - still life - floral, botanical, impressionism, landscape
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of yellow, orange and purple. Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel’s “Turning Towards the Sun” features paintings that reflect an intentional turn towards beauty in the face of the tension & uncertainty of recent years. Through nourishing periods of focused observation, she has allowed herself to delight in jubilant color, playful pattern & sensual gesture. Her works delight in the delicate unfurling of a tender leaf & the gentle turn towards an open window, as flowers seek warmth & stretch towards sunlight in the space of a painting session. “Bringing plants...
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

A Cubist "Nob Hill" Becomes San Francisco's "Oz"
By Jean Kalisch
Located in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco’s elegant Nob Hill caught the eye of Japanese-born, Californian painter Jean Kalisch ((1912-1995). In this atmospheric cityscape, the artist has rendered the famously e...
Category

1960s Cubist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Solitude, Abstract Oil Painting
By Janet Hamilton
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Rich blues and teal streaks suggest the depth of the sea, while cream and white accents mimic light piercing the water. Thick paint applied using drywall knives...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hacked
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mexican-American visual artist Javier Arizmendi-Kalb’s expressive and texturally rich paintings are nuanced with symbolic and narrative motif in oil and oil-crayon on canvas. 'Hacked...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Byzantium, original signed painting by renowned Abstract Expressionist, Framed
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Ben Wilson Byzantium, 1975 Oil on Masonite painting Hand signed reverse, Titled, "Byzantium", dated 1975 by the artist and also with estate stamp - in addition to Ben Wilson's hand s...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Woman & Child
By Christopher Mudgett
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mother & Child, 2016 By Christopher Mudgett This powerful and emotive original oil painting from the artist's 2016 "Mother & Child" series encapsulates a profound moment of tenderne...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Painting on Canvas by Serg Graff, "Welding Spatter", COA
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This painting is a vibrant explosion of color and texture, presenting an abstract composition that radiates energy and spontaneity. The canvas is densely packed with swirling lines, ...
Category

2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

"Petite Merchand" Modern Abstract Neutral Toned Seated Merchant Figure Painting
By Gabriel Godard
Located in Houston, TX
Modern neutral toned abstract figure painting by French artist Gabriel Godard. The work features an abstract merchant figure dressed in white robes seated with their wares. Signed in...
Category

20th Century Modern USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lyrical Abstraction Acrylic Painting Ronnie Landfield Color Field Abstract
By Ronnie Landfield
Located in Surfside, FL
Ronnie Landfield (1947- American) "Untitled" 1982 Acrylic on Paper Dimensions: Sheet 30" X 42" Frame 32 X 44 Hand signed and dated lower right Provenance: Denman Associates, Seattle gallery Ronnie Landfield (American, 1947-) is an abstract painter. During his early career from the mid-1960s through the 1970s his paintings were associated with Lyrical Abstraction (related to Postminimalism, Color Field painting, and Abstract expressionism), and he was represented by the David Whitney Gallery and the André Emmerich Gallery. Landfield is best known for his abstract landscape paintings, and has held more than seventy solo exhibitions and more than two hundred group exhibitions. Born and raised in Pelham Parkway in the Bronx, Landfield first exhibited his paintings in Manhattan in 1962. He continued his study of painting by visiting major museum and gallery exhibitions in New York during the early sixties and by taking painting and drawing classes at the Art Students League of New York and in Woodstock, New York. He graduated from the High School of Art and Design in June 1963. He briefly attending the Kansas City Art Institute before returning to New York in November 1963. At sixteen Landfield rented his first loft at 6 Bleecker Street near The Bowery (sublet with a friend from the figurative painter Leland Bell), during a period when his abstract expressionist oil paintings took on hard-edged and large painterly shapes. In February 1964, Landfield traveled to Los Angeles; and in March he began living in Berkeley where he began painting Hard-edge abstractions primarily painted with acrylic. He briefly attended the University of California, Berkeley and the San Francisco Art Institute before returning to New York in July 1965. From 1964 to 1966 he experimented with minimal art, sculpture, hard-edge geometric painting, found objects, and finally began a series of 15 - 9' x 6' mystical "border paintings". After a serious setback in February 1966 when his loft at 496 Broadway burned down, he returned to painting in April 1966 by sharing a loft with his friend Dan Christensen at 4 Great Jones Street. The Border Painting series was completed in July 1966, and soon after architect Philip Johnson acquired Tan Painting for the permanent collection of The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska. In late 1966 through 1968 he began exhibiting his paintings and works on paper in leading galleries and museums. Landfield moved into his loft at 94 Bowery in July 1967; there, he continued to experiment with rollers, staining, hard-edge borders, and painted unstretched canvases on the floor for the first time. Briefly in 1967-1968 he worked part-time for Dick Higgins and the Something Else Press. Landfield was part of a large circle of young artists who had come to Manhattan during the 1960s. Peter Young, Dan Christensen, Peter Reginato, Eva Hesse, Carlos Villa, William Pettet, David R. Prentice, Kenneth Showell, David Novros, Joan Jonas, Michael Steiner, Frosty Myers, Tex Wray, Larry Zox, Larry Poons, Robert Povlich, Neil Williams, Carl Gliko, Billy Hoffman, Lee Lozano, Pat Lipsky, John Griefen, Brice Marden, James Monte, John Chamberlain, Donald Judd, Frank Stella, Carl Andre, Dan Graham, Robert Smithson, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Kenneth Noland, Clement Greenberg, Bob Neuwirth, Joseph Kosuth, Mark di Suvero, Brigid Berlin, Lawrence Weiner, Rosemarie Castoro, Marjorie Strider, Dorothea Rockburne, Leo Valledor, Peter Forakis...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Take Life the Way It Is - Bold Figurative Portrait Celebrating Life with Humor
By Gerdine Duijsens
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gerdine Duijsens’ spirited and evocative figures are instantly recognizable and unforgettable. Through lush, bold colors and energetic marks, her paintings emit a sense of pleasure a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hunt Slonem "Iris" Flowers
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Iris" Flowers Purple, yellow, green and orange Cattleya orchids on a white background. Unframed Hunt Slonem is a well-renowned American artist known for his neo-express...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Light Refraction #23, Abstract painting on canvas mounted in a stretcher
By Natasha Zupan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Natasha Zupan beautifully unites the old and new, combining the innovation of her highly crafted technique with her wonder for tradition and the great Masters. This body of work expl...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold

Disk with Quiescent Corona - Circular Abstract Minimalist Sculptural Artwork
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His art is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and sculpture. It employs shiz...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Post-Minimalist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Antique American School Signed Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 19L x 13H.
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Martos, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
"Martos" is an abstract oil painting on canvas by Stanley Bate featuring what appears to be a high horizon line of white and muted yellow. Beneath that line is a combination of textu...
Category

1960s Modern USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bubble Gum Town
By Nicholas Wilton
Located in Park City, UT
NICHOLAS WILTON’s paintings are visual poems, informed by Nature and his personal experience of life. Color, texture, and organic forms are layered into a complex visual weave that h...
Category

2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Water #424 - Contemporary Abstract Landscape Sunset Oil Painting
By Louise LeBourgeois
Located in East Quogue, NY
Contemporary abstract landscape oil painting titled "Water #424" by Louise LeBourgeois. Size: 12 x 12 inches. Oil on panel. Muted orange, earth tones. LeBourgeois’s paintings are in...
Category

2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Ritual Object Locus 1 - Sculptural Abstract Original Painting Minimalist
By Len Klikunas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist Len Klikunas paints to modify experienced reality through visual perception. His art is a mix of art and architecture, hovering between painting and sculpture. It employs shizen (自然): the Japanese concept of naturalness, absence of pretense, or artificiality. Material is stretched over a supporting three-dimensional framework, like a tent, and coated with paint. This multi-dimensional 18-inch square and 3.25-inch deep post-minimalist artwork is wired and ready to hang. It is created with mixed media on canvas, stretched over a three-dimensional wooden form. The sides of this artwork are finished by the artist as a continuation of the front, and it does not require framing. The artist signs and titles the artwork on the back. Convenient delivery is available for those in the local Los Angeles area, and affordable worldwide shipping is available for US and international art collectors. A certificate of authenticity issued by the gallery is included. Klikunas focuses on the larger idea behind his original abstract minimalist artworks. The work is characterized by “mindful artlessness” and simplicity. The natural-like radiation that comes from the structure of the materials and color schemes expresses calmness. With a fusion of art and architecture, Klikunas presents compositions that defy conventional perceptions. Through strategic placement and a rich color palette, he creates three-dimensional structures that engage viewers in a captivating visual experience. Len Klikunas' sculptural minimalist works are represented by Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles. They have been exhibited and collected throughout the world. REPRESENTATION Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 Lacy Lines, The District, Boise, Idaho Horizons, Landscapes, The District, Boise, Idaho 2013 Block in the Void, The District, Boise, Idaho 2012 Back of the Light, The District, Boise, Idaho 1979 Nudes by Klikunas, Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1976 Solar Votives, Clackamas College Gallery, Oregon City, Oregon SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023 “Fluro Colour Forever”, Civic Center, Nampa, ID 2022 “Lines In Motion”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2020 Midnight Blue, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA Reflections and Shadows, Meridian Library, ID Behind the Red Door, Initial Point Gallery, ID 2019 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY Roots, Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, ID Binary Response, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA After Dark: A Duality, Nampa Civic Center, Nampa, ID 2018 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA Art Palm Springs, CA 2017 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2016 6 by Six, Art Source Gallery, Boise, Idaho (juried) This American Life, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried) Celebrating Private Idaho, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried) Inner Workings, Surel's Place, Winston C. Mitchell and Surel L. Mitchell Family Foundation honorarium, Garden City, Idaho (juried) 2015 Hunting and Gathering Exhibition, Treasure Valley Artists Alliance, Boise, Idaho (juried) Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California 2nd 2015 Showcase Competition, winner, Artslant Bellingham National Salon des Refusés, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington 2011 Elon University Gallery, Elon, North Carolina 2010 Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho 1987 La Quinta Juried Art Festival, La Quinta, California 1984 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1983 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1982 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1981 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1980 Salon de Refuses, Portland Center for the Visual Arts (PCVA), Portland, Oregon Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1979 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1978 Artists of Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon (juror: Wayne Thiebaud) Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon Gazebo Gallery, Lake Oswego, Oregon 1977-1974 Courtyard Gallery, Portland, Oregon Gazebo Gallery, Lake Oswego, Oregon PUBLICATIONS 2010 ArtDaily, Feb 5–May 25, 2010 2010 Boise Weekly Vol. 19 Issue 15, Oct 6–12, 2010 2010 Sustain + Expand, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho 2010 Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho, Taking the Pulse of Idaho’s Art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Ethetic Influence" Colorful Abstract Geometric by Ron Childers
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ron Childers’ works represent a series of artistic experiments, with each piece highlighting a distinct approach and technique in painting. This piece's central grid of interlocking ...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)
By De Hirsch Margules
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
De Hirsh Margules (1899-1965). Christopher Street, 1939. Watercolor on Arches wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil by artist lower margin. Sheet measures 15.5 x 20 inches. Window in matting measures 15 x 19 inches. Framed measurement: 23 x 30 inched. Bears fragment of original label affixed on verso. Incredibly vibrant and saturated color with no fading or toning of sheet. Provenance: Babcock Galleries, NYC Exhibited: The American Federation of Arts Traveling Exhibition. From the facade of The Waverly at Christopher is depicted One Christopher Street, the 16-story Art Deco residential building erected in 1931. It is not a casual coincidence that the structure appears in this cityscape: 1 Christopher Street is the subject. The original intention of this project was to transform the neighborhood, bring a bit of affluence and make a bid to rival the Upper West Side. Margules, a sensitive aesthete, understood how a massive piece of architecture such as One changes a neighborhood. Sound, scale and focal points are forever altered. A pedestrian's sense of depth and distance becomes pronounced. All of these factors contribute to the intent behind this image. Tall buildings disrupt the human scale, change the skyline and carve up space. In this piece, negative space conforms to the man-made geometries. Clouds become gems fixed in settings. De Hirsh Margules (1899–1965) was a Romanian-American "abstract realist" painter who crossed paths with many major American artistic and intellectual figures of the first half of the 20th century. Elaine de Kooning said that he was "[w]idely recognized as one of the most gifted and erudite watercolorists in the country". The New York Times critic Howard Devree stated in 1938 that "Margules uses color in a breath-taking manner. A keen observer, he eliminates scrupulously without distortion of his material." Devree later called Margules "one of our most daring experimentalists in the medium" Margules was also a well-known participant in the bohemian culture of New York City's Greenwich Village, where he was widely known as the "Baron" of Greenwich Village.[1] The New York Times described him as "one of Greenwich Village's best-known personalities" and "one of the best known and most buoyant characters about Greenwich Village. Early Life De Hirsh Margules was born in 1899 in the Romanian city of Iași (also known as Iasse, Jassy, or Jasse). When Margules was 10 weeks old, his family immigrated to New York City. Both of his parents were active in the Yiddish theater, His father was Yekutiel "Edward" Margules, a "renowned Jewish actor-impresario and founder of the Yiddish stage." Margules' mother, Rosa, thirty-nine years younger than his father, was an actress in the Yiddish theater and later in vaudeville. Although Margules appeared as a child actor with the Adler Family[11] and Bertha Kalich, his sister, Annette Margules, somewhat dubiously continued in family theater and vaudeville tradition, creating the blackface role of the lightly-clad Tondelayo (a part later played on film Hedy Lamarr) in Earl Carroll's 1924 Broadway exoticist hit, White Cargo. Annette herself faced stereotyping as an exotic flower: writing about her publicist Charles Bouchert stated that "Romania produces a stormy, temperamental type of woman---a type admirably fitted to portray emotion." His brother Samuel became a noted magician who appeared under the name "Rami-Sami." Samuel later became a lawyer, representing magician Horace Goldin, among others. A family portrait including a young De Hirsh, a portrait of Rosa and Annette together, and individual photos of Rosa and Edward can be found on the Museum of the City of New York website. At around age 9 or 10, Margules took art classes with the Boys Club on East Tenth Street, and his first taste of exhibition was at a student art show presented by the club. By age 11, he had won a city-wide prize (a box camera) at a children's art show presented by the department store Wanamakers. As a young teenager, Margules was already displaying a characteristic kindness and loyalty. Upon hearing that two friends (one of them was author Alexander King), were in trouble for breaking a school microscope, the nearly broke Margules gave them five dollars to repair the microscope . Margules had to approach a wealthy man that Margules had once saved on the subway from a heart attack. Margules didn't reveal the source of the five dollars to King until twenty-five years later. In his late teens, Margules studied for a couple of months in Pittsburgh with Edwin Randby, a follower of Western painter Frederic Remington. Thereafter he pursued a two-year course of studies in architecture, design and decoration at the New York Evening School of Art and Design, while working as a clerk during the day at Stern's Department Store. He was encouraged in these artistic pursuits by his neighbor, the painter Benno Greenstein (who later went by the name of Benjamin Benno). Artistic career In 1922, Margules began work as a police reporter for the City News Association of New York .Margules then considered himself something of an expert on art, and the painter Myron Lechay is said to have responded to some unsolicited analysis of his work with the remark "Since you seem to know so much about it, why don't you paint yourself?" This led to study with Lechay and a flurry of painting. Margules' first show was in 1922 at Jane Heap's Little Review Gallery. Thereafter Margules began to participate in shows with a group including Stuart Davis, Jan Matulka, Buckminster Fuller (exhibiting depictions of his "Dymaxion house") in a gallery run by art-lover and restaurateur Romany Marie on the floor above her cafe. Jane Heap, left, with Mina Loy and Ezra Pound During the 1920s, Margules traveled outside of the country a number of times. In 1922, with the intent of reaching Bali, he took a job as a "'wiper on a tramp steamer where [he] played nursemaid to the engine." He reached Rotterdam before he turned back. He would return to Rotterdam shortly thereafter. In 1927, Margules took a lengthy leave of absence from his day job as a police reporter in order to travel to Paris, where he "set up a studio in Montmartre's Place du Tertre, on the top floor of an almost deserted hotel, a shabby establishment, lacking both heat and running water." He studied at the Louvre and traveled to paint landscapes in provincial France and North Africa. Margules also joined the "Noctambulist" movement and experimented with painting and showing his artwork in low light.Jonathan Cott wrote that: the painter De Hirsch Margulies sat on the quays of the Seine and painted pictures in the dark. In fact, the first exhibition of these paintings, which could be seen only in a darkened room, took place in [ Walter Lowenfels'] Paris apartment. Elaine de Kooning remarked that studying the works of the Noctambulists confirmed Margules' "direction toward the use of primary colors for perverse effects of heavy shadow." It was also in Paris that Margules initially conceived his idea of "Time Painting", where a painting is divided into sectors, each representing a different time of day, with color choices meant to evoke that time of day. In Paris, his social circle included Lowenfels, photographer Berenice Abbott, publisher Jane Heap, composer George Anthiel, sculptor Thelma Wood, painter André Favory, writer Norman Douglas, writer and editor George Davis, composer and writer Max Ewing, and writer Michael Fraenkel. Upon his return to New York in 1929, Margules attended an exhibition of John Marin's paintings. While at the exhibition, he "launched into an eloquent explanation of Marin to two nearby women", and was overheard by an impressed Alfred Stieglitz. The famous photographer and art promoter invited Margules to dine with his wife, the artist Georgia O'Keeffe, and his assistant, painter Emil Zoler. Stieglitz thereafter became a friend and mentor to Margules, becoming for him "what Socrates was to his friends." Alfred Stieglitz Stieglitz introduced Margules to John Marin, who quickly became the most important painterly influence upon Margules. Elaine de Kooning later noted that Margules was "indebted to Marin and through Marin to Cézanne for his initial conceptual approach - for his constructions of scenes with no negative elements, for skies that loom with the impact of mountains." Margules himself said that Marin was his "father and ... academy." The admiration was by no means unreciprocated: Marin said that Margules was "an art lover with abounding faith and sincerity, with much intelligence and quick seeing." Stieglitz also introduced Margules to many other artistic and intellectual figures in New York. With the encouragement of Alfred Stieglitz, Margules in 1936 opened a two-room gallery at 43 West 8th Street called "Another Place." Over the following two years there were fourteen solo exhibitions by Margules and others, and the gallery was well-respected by the press. It was in this gallery that the painter James Lechay, Myron's brother, exhibited his first painting. In 1936, Margules first saw recognition by major art museums when both the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston purchased his works. In 1942, Margules gave up working as a police reporter, and apparently dedicated himself thereafter solely to an artistic vocation. "The Baron of Greenwich Village"[edit] Margules made his mark not only as an artist, but also as an outsized personality known throughout Greenwich Village and beyond. To local residents, Margules was known as the "Baron", after Baron Maurice de Hirsch, a prominent German Jewish philanthropist. Margules was easily recognizable by the beret he routinely wore over his long hair. Writer Charles Norman said that he "dressed with a flair for sloppiness." He was said to "know everybody" in Greenwich Village, to the extent that when the novelist and poet Maxwell Bodenheim was murdered, Margules was the first one the police sought to identify the body. Margules' letters show him interacting with art world figures such as Sacha Kolin, John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz, as well as with prominent figures outside the art world such as polymath Buckminster Fuller and writer Henry Miller. Most of his friends and acquaintances found Margules a generous and voluble man, given to broadly emotionally expressive gestures and acts of kindness and loyalty. In 1929, he exhibited an example of this loyalty and fellow-feeling when he appeared in court to fight what the wrongful commitment of his friend, writer and sculptor Alfred Dreyfuss, who appeared to have been a victim of an illicit attempt to block an inheritance. The Greenwich Village chronicler Charles Norman described the bone-crushing hugs that Margules would routinely bestow on his friends and acquaintances, and speaks of the "persuasive theatricality" that Margules seemed to have inherited from his actor parents. Norman also wrote about Margules' routine acts of kindness, taking in homeless artists, constantly feeding his friends and providing the salvatory loan where needed. Norman also notes that Margules was blessed with a loud and good voice, and was apt to sing an operatic air without provocation. The writer and television personality Alexander King said I think the outstanding characteristics of my friend's personality are affirmation, emphasis, and overemphasis. He chooses to express himself predominantly in superlatives and the gestures which accompany his utterances are sometimes dangerous to life and limb. Of the bystanders, I mean. King also spoke with affectionate amusement about Margules' pride in his cooking, speaking of how "if he should ever invite you to dinner, he may serve you a hamburger with onions, in his kitchen-living room, with such an air of gastronomic protocol, such mysterious hints and ogliing innuendoes, as if César Ritz and Brillat-Savarin had sneaked out, only a moment before, with his secret recipe in their pockets." Margules was such a memorable New York personality that comic book writer Alvin Schwartz imagined him at the Sixth Avenue Cafeteria in a risible yet poignant debate with Clark Kent about whether Superman had the ability to stop Hitler. Margules' entrenchment in the Greenwich Village milieu can be seen in a photograph from Fred McDarrah's "Beat Generation Album" of a January 13, 1961 writers' and poets' meeting to discuss "The Funeral of the Beat Generation", in Robert Cordier [fr]'s railroad flat at 85 Christopher Street. Among the people in the same photograph are Shel Silverstein...
Category

1930s American Modern USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

Xavi Carbonell, Untitled 2024, Abstract, Mixed media on canvas
By Xavi Carbonell
Located in New York, NY
Xavi Carbonell (b. 1971) is a Spanish artist celebrated for his playful, childlike creations that ignite the imagination and encourage personal interpretation. By leaving his works u...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Permanent Marker, Graphite

Contemporary Black, Gray, & Tan Neutral Toned Geometric Hard-Edge Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Geometric abstract painting by contemporary artist Stephanie Beukers. The work features layers of hard-edged shapes in black, grey, and tan set against a light background. Signed and...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Summer Cafe" - Colorful Bright Abstract Impressionism of a Sunlit Cafe Scene
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956) "Summer Cafe" 2025 Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom right of the painting. In “Summer Cafe,” Maura Petersen re...
Category

2010s Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars

Batik, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Terri Bell presents an abstract grid in various colors and arrangements. She pays homage to Batik, a traditional Indonesian technique of dyeing wax-cov...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Yeah - Minimalist Abstract Painting on Natural Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Taylour Martin creates captivating abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas, showcasing a dynamic interplay of emotions and colors. Martin's art is a reflection ...
Category

2010s Minimalist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil

"Sky Blue and Multi Color Abstract" Large Painting Cobalt Yellow Red Gestural
By Tom Reno
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Tom Reno Measurements: 72 x 50 in. Medium: Acrylic on Canvas A brilliant, large scale, abstract painting by Tom Reno, executed in acrylic on canvas. This 72 x 50 inch canva...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Paper collage Abstract Expressionist painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful collage painting by unknown artist. Acrylic on torn paper segments, reassembled as collage. Art object assempled on rectangular sheet of hand made rag paper measures 12.5...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Pink & Yellow Figurative Abstract
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract painting with pink, yellow, black, brown and white forms by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the es...
Category

1970s Post-War USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Original Abstract Painting on Canvas by Serg Graff, COA, Titled "Phoenix"
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This mesmerizing original painting by Boston-based artist Serg Graff invites the viewer into a swirling dreamscape of mystical symbols and mythic energy. Ti...
Category

2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Mary Corita (Sister Corita Kent), I Love You Very, Watercolor on paper, signed
By Mary Corita (Sister Corita) Kent
Located in New York, NY
Sister Mary Corita Kent I Love You Very, ca. 1975 Original watercolor on paper Unique works on paper by Sister Corita Kent, like this charming hand signe...
Category

1970s Pop Art USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Pacific Tide Pool
By Lawrence Kupferman
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower right: "Kupferman". Inscribed lower right: "2317". Titled, signed, dated, and inscribed verso: "GK:2,317.D / "Pacific Tide Pool" / Lawrence Kupf...
Category

1970s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Antique American School Surreal Cloudscape Rare Vintage Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing surreal cloudscape modernist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas.
Category

1960s Surrealist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vibrant Shoreline - Abstract Impressionist Landscape in Oil on Canvas
By Kristin Cohen
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant Shoreline - Abstract Impressionist Landscape in Oil on Canvas Gorgeous, vibrant abstract impressionist shoreline landscape by artist Kristin Cohen (American, b. 1963). The s...
Category

1990s Abstract Impressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Chinensis Next Week" Black Bunnies on Multicolored Background w Gold & Silver
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A stunning composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts gestural figures of Bunnies against a multicolored background. Slonem traces these 26 bunn...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media

Xavi Carbonell, Untitled 2024, Abstract, Mixed media on canvas
By Xavi Carbonell
Located in New York, NY
Xavi Carbonell (b. 1971) is a Spanish artist celebrated for his playful, childlike creations that spark imagination and invite personal interpretation. By leaving all of his works un...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Oil, Permanent Marker, Graphite

"Dripping Dots - The Maldives" Jewel Toned Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold flakes with thick textured oils and glass...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Calm Before - Text Based Contemporary Abstraction, Red and Black
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Calm Before," is a text based contemporary abstraction by artist Vivian Liddell. This piece is built with washes of ink layered up leaving detailed forms through the piece inviting viewers to take it in up close. Liddell often walks the line between contemporary art and craft. Working to bring materials that are traditionally labeled as "craft" and lesser into the contemporary conversation. Mixing craft with one of the most respected and oldest forms of fine art, painting, really encourages the viewer to view the two on the same playing field. The idea of craft is settled into these gestural, layered works, constantly critiquing contemporary culture. This piece is currently unframed, but framing options are available. For more works follow our storefront at Gallery 1202. "As a painter, I often work on large, raw canvas. My abstract paintings merge formal painting and “bad” craft to challenge the high-low separation of materials (and related gender hierarchies) that have traditionally been present in the art world. The monotypes are like a calligraphic practice. I use them as a warm up to allow me to feel confident with a gesture before committing it to a larger scale. I work in layers, often sewing or incorporating fabric into the finished piece, and incorporate chance into each stage of my process. The text/titles often come from song lyrics, local radio commercials, and news headlines. I edit these snippets and piece them together to reflect my interpretation of current politics and social norms, especially as they relate to gender. Liddell often walks the line between contemporary art and craft. Working to bring materials that are traditionally labeled as "craft" and lesser into the contemporary conversation. Mixing craft with one of the most respected and oldest forms of fine art, painting, really encourages the viewer to view the two on the same playing field. The idea of craft is settled into these gestural, layered works, constantly critiquing contemporary culture. Vivian Liddell is an interdisciplinary artist in Athens, Georgia who works with painting, fiber and craft techniques, sculpture, printmaking, photography, animation and sound. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she received her BFA from the University of Georgia and her MFA from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Liddell’s work has been featured in solo and curated exhibitions throughout the United States, including at the Wiregrass Museum of Art, the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, and Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn. In 2019 she had two solo exhibitions of her “Men” series at the Versa Gallery in Chattanooga and 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, with a review of the Versa exhibition in BURNAWAY and was recently picked by Berlin curator Tina Sauerlaender as a featured artist on Foundwork. Liddell hosts a podcast (Peachy Keen) as an extension of her art practice, interviewing women on art and the South. She is an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of North Georgia...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Spray Paint, Ink, Monotype

Color Film - Textural Abstract Geometric Colorful Oil Painting
By Petra Rös-Nickel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Petra Rös-Nickel’s original paintings merge playful forms, bright colors and architectural compositions in oil and mixed media on canvas. Her contemporary artworks contain rich textu...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Forest Park Path, Contemporary Figurative Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Cathy Diamond (American, 20th Century) Forest Park Path, 2023 Watercolor and acrylic on paper Signed lower right 11 x 14 inches 19 x 16 inches, framed Cathy Diamond currently lives ...
Category

2010s USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Watercolor

Contemporary Abstract Three Dimensional Bright Blue Geometric Wall Sculpture
By Matthew Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract wall sculpture featuring three dimensional geometric shapes painted with bright blue paint. The uniqueness of this blue does not derive from the ultra...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic, Pigment

Blue Rain III Large Abstract
By Alexander Gore
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Blue Rain III Artist signed verso, natural pigment, mixed media with texture on canvas 60"x50" framed 64x54x2. This painting by Alexander and Natalia Gore hu...
Category

2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Pigment

"Song of Spring", Landscape Abstract, Emotional, Pastel, Blue, Peach, Green
By Michelle Thomas Artist
Located in Woodstock, GA
“Song of Spring” – Textured Vertical Abstract Painting with Natural Renewal by Michelle Thomas. “Song of Spring” is a lively original abstract expressionist painting that captures t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic

Between Heaven and Earth: Untitled #1 acrylic, graphite, oil pastels on canvas
By Stephanie Visser
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Stephanie Visser, a native of southwestern Michigan, was educated at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids Michigan. She continued her education in fine arts and painting...
Category

2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

45's and Lines - Dynamic Linear Design Composition Aboriginal Inspired Painting
By Ilan Leas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ilan Leas uses graffiti-like strokes and bold angles to converge creating an intriguing balance of organized chaos in his drawings. With a unique artistic approach, Leas draws inspir...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Street Art USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Contemporary Painting, Black Painting, Mixed Media Art-Tethered Ash
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Contemporary Painting, Black Painting, Mixed Media Art-Tethered Ash A B O U T T H I S P I E C E : “Tethered Ash” is a piece of graffiti art by Addison Jones featuring her unique t...
Category

2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Golden Palms #2 - Modern Textural Abstract Original Painting
By Zabel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Guided by her passion for life and her spirit, French Canadian painter Zabel creates vibrant artworks filled with romance and immersive textures. With a belief that art is all about ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Daisy's" 3 White with Yellow Flowers on a Golden Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Daisy's. This piece depicts 3 gestural figures of big bold Daisy's on a golden background with thick use of paint. Inspired ...
Category

2010s Neo-Expressionist USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media

Electric Pink Excess 3 (thick impasto painting square monochrome pop design)
By Chloe Hedden
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Electric Pink Excess 3 from Chloe Hedden’s Excess series is an electrifying explosion of color and texture, a vivid declaration of energy and movem...
Category

2010s Pop Art USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"Seedling 25.11" 2025 acrylic on watercolor paper
By Ky Anderson
Located in New York, NY
Ky Anderson Seedling 25.11, 2025 acrylic on watercolor paper 42 x 38 in. (and480) Artist Statement: My work falls somewhere between abstraction, formalism and narrative painting. ...
Category

2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

AWH 165 - Original Figurative Abstract Neutral Soothing Still Life Oil Painting
By Bernhard Zimmer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bernhard Zimmer has created a positive stir at major international art fairs (Art Basel, Kunst Köln, etc.). His lively and mysterious compositions pique the taste of the serious art ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Time Zone 2 - Blue Modern Acrylic Abstract Geometric Resin Artwork
By Ricky Hunt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

"Dark Sun" 2025 acrylic on watercolor paper
By Ky Anderson
Located in New York, NY
Ky Anderson Dark Sun, 2025 acrylic on watercolor paper 57 x 42 in. (and478) Artist Statement: My work falls somewhere between abstraction, formalism and narrative painting. I see ...
Category

2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Owl Flower Potted Plant - Original Radiant Abstract Botanical Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Recently Viewed

View All