Abstract Paintings
ABSTRACT STYLE
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.
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Style: Abstract
"Spring 2024" Abstract Floral Still Life Statement Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This original painting by Christine Averill-Green features a cool blue and metallic silver palette with a vibrant yellow accent. A blue and white vase holding a yellow forsythia flow...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Graphite
ABSTRACT Artwork White Grey Wood Panels by Spanish Alicia Gimeno 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Three wood panels composition with grey white acrylic paint.
Paulonia Wood
RAMA - Light Freezes II
Alicia Gimeno, born in Barcelona (1989), trained in graphic design during her time...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
ABSTRACT Artwork White Grey Wood Panels by Spanish Alicia Gimeno 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Three wood panels composition with grey white acrylic paint.
Alicia Gimeno, born in Barcelona (1989), trained in graphic design during her time in Mexico. From the beginning, she wa...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
ABSTRACT Artwork Black Dark Wood Panels by Spanish Alicia Gimeno 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Diptych of two wood panels with black lava paint.
Alicia Gimeno, born in Barcelona (1989), trained in graphic design during her time in Mexico. From the beginning, she was captivat...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Brightness, Modern Colorful Abstract Painting 100x100cm by Anna Selina
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting is my ode to bright life in every single day. You can feel your own reality so bright and focus on positivity. This painting is pure energy of joy and happiness, full ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Font Diaz.11 STUDY OF COLORS. Original abstract pastel painting
By Font Diaz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Manel Font Díaz (Barcelona, 1950) es un artista centrado especialmente en la pintura, primero formado en la facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Barcelona y luego en la Escu...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
ABSTRACT Artwork Black Dark Wood Panels by Spanish Alicia Gimeno 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Diptych of two wood panels with black lava paint.
Alicia Gimeno, born in Barcelona (1989), trained in graphic design during her time in Mexico. From the beginning, she was captivat...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Be Happy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
“Be Happy” by Amanza Smith is a work teeming with a blend of colors and forms that evoke a sense of controlled chaos. The background is a blend of blues and grays, overlaid with burs...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Ruz black on golden original abstract acrylic painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Ruz- original abstract acrylic painting. Virtual frame
Original work of the artist RUZ
Acrylic on paper
Perfect state
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to ta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Tharrats collage original acrylic paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original acrylic paper painting. framed
Son of Josep Tharrats i Vilà, in 1932 he moved to Béziers until 1935, when he returned to Barcelona to study at the Massana School. The Spani...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
ABSTRACT Artwork Black Dark Lines Canvas by Spanish Alicia Gimeno 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Alicia Gimeno, born in Barcelona (1989), trained in graphic design during her time in Mexico. From the beginning, she was captivated by calligraphy, the gestuality of brush strokes, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Edward Avedisian Color Field Art Gouache
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian Gouache Watercolor Abstract Painting on Arches paper. (notebook cover not included)
Unsigned, (bears name verso in pencil.)
Dimensions: 10" X 14"
Inscribed: "Sept 79...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
virtualité corporelle 22
Located in Washington, DC
Faced with the pursuit of an unrealistic virtual aesthetic, body dysmorphia has become a prevalent form of social anxiety in our times. The series 'virtualité corporelle' reflects on...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Constant Gardener-Original Large Oil-British Awarded Artist-Gold Leaf-Expression
Located in London, GB
[Constant Gardener] and [Memory Landscape Series] are projects Shizico Yi began in 2015. She explores the forms, layers, and materials to express the relationship between space, time...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Landscape BW Original Drawing Large Size , by Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: Black and white landscape
Artist: Marilina Marchica
Medium: Mineral oxide on Arches paper
Dimensions: 75 x 55 cm
certificate of authenticity included
Marchica's technique t...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pigment
Leda and the Swan
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Nataliia Svitlychna "Leda and the Swan"
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Painting Landscape Green Erawan Gold Spanish Artist Pau Escat 2024
By Pau Escat
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Pau Escat is an asbtract artist originating from Barcelona, Spain, born in 1984. His passion for art has led him to develop a prominent career in the field of contemporary art. His a...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
virtualité corporelle 18
Located in Washington, DC
Faced with the pursuit of an unrealistic virtual aesthetic, body dysmorphia has become a prevalent form of social anxiety in our times. The series 'virtualité corporelle' reflects on...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Smell The Roses - Impasto Thick Paint Bright Colorful Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impasto-painted strokes of bright colors are the framework of artist Shiri Phillips’ abstract artworks. Her paintings are flooded with texture through the layering of acrylic paint i...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glitter, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Flowing Energy 29 - Small Colourful Modern Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Ready to hang with certificate of authenticity.
Dimensions: 50x70X2 cm - 27.6x19.7x0.8 inches.
Some neon nuances could not be caught by the camera.
The technique: colorful varnished ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Ruz black on golden original abstract acrylic painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Ruz- original abstract acrylic painting. Virtual frame
Original work of the artist RUZ
Acrylic on paper
Perfect state
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to ta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Les compagnons, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Small and large creatures from the artist's imagination.. Luc Villard has been drawing these strange animals since 2012, to which he tries to give their own uniqueness Produced...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Edward Avedisian Color Field Art Gouache
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian Gouache Watercolor Abstract Painting on Arches paper. (notebook cover not included)
Unsigned, (bears name verso in pencil.)
Dimensions: 10" X 14"
Late 1970s, early 1...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Moonrise Over the Mountains -Abstracted Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Moonrise Over the Mountains -Abstracted Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Mountain landscape by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). An abstracted landscape ...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Other Medium
"AD 4.23" Abstract Painting 39" x 28" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"AD 4.23" Abstract Painting 39" x 28" inch by Ahmed Dafrawy
Dafrawy’s fine arts academic background started in 2014 when he received the certificate of drawing course completion fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
#711, Original Painting, Abstract, Cloud, Vibrant, Gold
Located in Deddington, GB
Original abstract painting, exploring the language of paint and colour.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Original Painting by Jessie Woodward
Acrylic on Canvas
80 H x 80 W x 4.5 D cm (31.50...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sojourn-original abstract modern landscape oil painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Mark Acetelli's "Sojourn" unveils an exquisite original abstract painting that beckons viewers into a realm of tranquility and contemplation. In his signature abstract expressionism ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Body in the Field #1 - 21st Century, landscape painting, blue, yellow, velvet
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Body in the Field #1, 202
oil on canvas
19 ¹¹/₁₆ H x 15 ³/₄ W in.
50 H x 40 W cm
Zsolt Berszán embodies in his works the dissolution of the human body through the prism of the fragm...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Personajes Bailando en Verde, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
100x150cm
Signed
About the artist
Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultur...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
virtualité corporelle 20
Located in Washington, DC
Faced with the pursuit of an unrealistic virtual aesthetic, body dysmorphia has become a prevalent form of social anxiety in our times. The series 'virtualité corporelle' reflects on...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
ABSTRACT Painting Landscape Red Tarkine Gold Spanish Artist Pau Escat 2024
By Pau Escat
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Pau Escat is an asbtract artist originating from Barcelona, Spain, born in 1984. His passion for art has led him to develop a prominent career in the field of contemporary art. His a...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Vintage Framed Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Will Hollingsworth. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Passage (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Passage (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Framed
Canvas size: 80 x 150 x 2 cm / 31.4 x 59 x 0.7 inch
Andreas Durrer is a Swiss abstract painter. His work is characterised by...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ruz Grey Black Vertical original abstract acrylic painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
landscape- original abstract acrylic painting
, Rafael (Barcelona 1956)
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the same sense...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Children of the World: Midnight #8
Located in Southampton, NY
Inspired by various facets of his own life story, Salvadoran-American artist J Oscar Molina creates work that seamlessly bridges cultures, industries, and feelings. With a commitment...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
TBG Origins: Trust Is Learned - Meditative Blue Black Gold Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract minimalist artist Jason DeMeo creates artworks that work to serve as a meditation for the viewer, drawing them toward the timeless concepts of truth, beauty, and goodness. H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
TBG Origins: Grounded in Peace - Meditative Green Black Gold Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract minimalist artist Jason DeMeo creates artworks that work to serve as a meditation for the viewer, drawing them toward the timeless concepts of truth, beauty, and goodness. H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
No limit to the sky
Located in London, GB
Artsit: Olga Volha Piashko
"Tracing the Unseen" 100x200x0,1cm (105x210x0,1cm full size) cm (2020) acrilyc,oil on canvas.
hand signed
A world of energy and vibration, of subtle n...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Sonnenbogen (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Sonnenbogen (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Framed
Canvas size: 120 x 200 x 2 cm / 47.2 x 78.7 x 0.7 inch
Andreas Durrer is a Swiss abstract painter. His work is character...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Edward Avedisian Color Field Art Gouache
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian Gouache Watercolor Abstract Painting on Arches paper. (notebook cover not included)
Unsigned, (bears name verso in pencil.)
Dimensions: 10" X 14"
Late 1970s, early 1...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Tagesanbruch (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Tagesanbruch (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Framed
Canvas size: 60 x 60 x 2 cm / 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
Andreas Durrer is a Swiss abstract painter. His work is characteri...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ruz black red blue original abstract acrylic painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Ruz- original abstract acrylic painting. Virtual frame
Original work of the artist RUZ
Acrylic on paper
Perfect state
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to ta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
ABSTRACT Artwork Landscape by Contemporary Artist Italian Giorgio Petracci 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
If painting still respects a logic that legitimizes its practice and existence in our hyper-saturated civilization of the image, it is its ability to break the representation, to ope...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Wood, Acrylic
Carnival Block - original impressionist abstract painting - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Carnival Block in Arcos da Lap" captures the vibrant essence of Brazilian culture against the backdrop of a bustling favela. In the foreground, rows of colorful buildings line the s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY. Original work The Currency Project. Dots. Colors
By Damien Hirst
Located in Madrid, Madrid
DAMIEN HIRST - THE CURRENCY: 6274. NOBODY SHOULD HEAR IT
Date of creation: 2016
Medium: Enamel paint on handmade paper
Edition: 5.149 unique works on paper
Size: 21.5 x 30 cm
Conditi...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Copoeira in Favela - original impressionist abstract painting - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Copoeira in Favela, with a View of Copacabana" depicts the rich tapestry of Brazilian culture through the lens of city life. In the foreground, individuals engage in the traditional...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Achilles-original modern figurative abstract oil painting-contemporary Artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
Mark Acetelli's "Achilles" is a captivating original abstract figurative painting that beckons viewers into a realm of emotion and form. With a masterful command of abstract expressi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Painting Blue Pigments Contemporary Artist Gabriela Meunie 2024
Located in BARCELONA, ES
GABRIELA MEUNIÉ. Mallorca, 1987. Based in Bordeaux.
Franco-American artist Gabriela Meunié began her career as a painter following her studies in art at the Escola Massana, Art and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Peak temperatures in the next few days, 2024, Enamels, Swipe
Located in Milano, IT
Luca Lombardi
Peak temperatures in the next few days
2024
Enamel on canvas on wood
cm 61 x 49
Signed and dated en verso.
Mostre:
Calderara, Casentini, Iacchetti, Lombardi, Painting-...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Fireflies in the Forest - Abstracted Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Fireflies in the Forest - Abstracted Landscape in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant, mystical composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). This piece resem...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Tissue Paper
Everything you need to know about offshore survival, 2024, Swipe
Located in Milano, IT
Luca Lombardi
Everything you need to know about offshore survival
2024
Enamel on canvas on wood
cm 110 x 83
Signed and dated en verso.
Mostre:
Calderara, Casentini, Iacchetti, Lomba...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Space 4, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Composition as result of combination of minimal shapes and geometric forms This work included in the 20th anniversary catalog of the Ormolu Gallery (Spain), I will send it also. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Nature is waking up. Tempera on paper, 27 x 33 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Nature is waking up. Bilateral. Tempera on paper, 27 x 33 cm
Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monume...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Paper
Blue Downs - Original British abstract landscape painting - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Blue Downs of the Dawn" by Tania Rutland is an original abstract landscape painting that transports viewers into the ethereal realm of the British countryside at daybreak. Framed an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sheltering Folds- Original British abstract landscape painting- contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Sheltering Folds" by Tania Rutland is an original abstract landscape painting that delves into the mysterious allure of nature's embrace. Framed and signed by the artist, this capti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wolkenlücken (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Wolkenlücken (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Framed
Canvas size: 150 x 150 x 2 cm / 59 x 59 x 0.7 inch
Andreas Durrer is a Swiss abstract painter. His work is characterise...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Foundation" - Abstract Expressionist Assemblage in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Foundation" - Abstract Expressionist Assemblage in Acrylic on Canvas
Bold sculptural composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). This piece is te...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Other Medium
Abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Giorgio Lo Fermo, Sumit Mehndiratta, Nestor Toro, and Cindy Shaoul. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Synthetic Resin Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available.