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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
Deepan Still
By Sam Peacock
Located in Nottingham, GB
Original Artwork ~ Sugar, Coffee, Wax and Oil onto Steel
Each steel sheets hangs onto the wall with a bracket which is fastened to the reverse of the steel. The painting therefore s...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Steel
Israeli Abstract Expressionist Dina Recanati Cosmos Painting, Sculpture in Metal
Located in Surfside, FL
Dina Recanati
Cosmos Series
(they look like outer space or abstract desert landscapes)
2002
Metallic paint, acid etched on aluminum, wood
Hand signed and dated on side
Dina Reca...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
ABSTRACT Painting Landscape Extintion 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
Fels und Fluss (Strömung) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Fels und Fluss (Strömung) (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 wor...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Milder Frühling (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Milder Frühling (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Framed
Canvas size: 130 x 130 x 2 cm / 51.1 x 51.1 x 0.7 inch
Andreas Durrer is a Swiss abstract painter. His work is chara...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Black, White and Yellow - Abstract Expressionist Assemblage in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Black, White and Yellow - Abstract Expressionist Assemblage in Acrylic on Canvas
Bold sculptural composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). This ...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Other Medium
Pareja con Mascota, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
110x150cm
Signed
About the artist
Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Flow (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Flow (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 characterised by a d...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spiegelung (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Spiegelung (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 characterise...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Rafel Egea 7 Vertical Policrom II Mixed Media . 130x90 cm. Acrylic Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Policrom II Mixed Media . 130x90 cm. Acrylic Painting
Rafel Egea no other training than the natural impulse, he works looking for the final result of the work. He likes to search fo...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
A Rose is a Rose - Abstract Expressionist Assemblage in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
A Rose is a Rose - Abstract Expressionist Assemblage in Acrylic on Canvas
Bold sculptural composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). This piece i...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Other Medium
Olive Papaya, Original painting, Landscape, Abstract, Abstract art
Located in Deddington, GB
'Olive Papaya' is all about colour and nature and is a vibrant and expressive walk through woodland bursting with life. Part of a collection of work based on a palette drawn from a 1...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Akzentuiert (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Akzentuiert (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Framed
Canvas size: 100 x 100 x 2 cm / 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.7 inch
Andreas Durrer is a Swiss abstract painter. His work is character...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Au bord de la Seine (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Au bord de la Seine (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 char...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Into The Abyss, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Into The Abyss 76 x 76 cm My abstract interpretation of space. The initial first layers to this piece is various iridescent acrylics to give it depth, in certain light the pie...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Flussnebel (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Flussnebel (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Framed
Canvas size: 85 x 85 x 2 cm / 33.4 x 33.4 x 0.7 inch
Andreas Durrer is a Swiss abstract painter. His work is characterise...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Zwischen Himmel und Erde (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Zwischen Himmel und Erde (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Framed
Canvas size: 110 x 140 x 2 cm / 39.3 x 63 x 0.7 inch
Andreas Durrer is a Swiss abstract painter. His work i...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wintermärchen (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Wintermärchen (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Framed
Canvas size: 75 x 75 x 2 cm / 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
Andreas Durrer is a Swiss abstract painter. His work is character...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Überwölbt (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Überwölbt (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Framed
Canvas size: 100 x 160 x 2 cm / 43.3 x 63 x 0.7 inch
Andreas Durrer is a Swiss abstract painter. His work is characterised...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
What is is what is not is not, small red abstract oil painting
Located in BUNGENDORE, AU
Original artwork by Peter Jordan.
What is is what is not is not, oil on board, 30cm x 25cm, 2024, Signed on reverse. Hardware: D-rings. A small oil painting with a lot of energy and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Retrato en Rojo, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
Located in Mexico City, MX
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
152x122cm
Signed
About the artist
Enrique Pichardo (Mexico City, 1973) graduated from Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultur...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cubist Studio, Abstract, Green, Geometric, Contemporary, Oil, Minimalism, French
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
"Atelier Cubiste" by Sophie Dumont is a captivating piece that immerses the viewer in the world of cubism. This abstract painting employs a bold combination of geometric shapes and r...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Nostalgia" abstract acrylic on canvas 120x120cm 2020
Located in Roscoff, FR
"Nostalgia" abstract acrylic marble powder parchment gluing on canvas 120x120cm send in wood crate at cost
evanescent memories, softened colours, the breath of passing time…
need to ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Marble
"Parents", abstract, family, home, domestic, oil painting
By Anita Loomis
Located in Natick, MA
“Parents” is a very lively and colorful 30 x 60-inch oil painting on canvas by Anita Loomis. A work from her “Family” series, this vibrant scene has the feel of an animated and busy ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Israeli Abstract Expressionist Dina Recanati Cosmos Painting, Sculpture in Metal
Located in Surfside, FL
Dina Recanati
Cosmos Series
(they look like outer space or abstract desert landscapes)
2003
Metallic paint, acid etched on aluminum, wood
Hand signed and dated on side
Dina Reca...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Ruz black on green 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
"Formation process" abstract acrylic, collage, marble powder.
Located in Roscoff, FR
I am struck to find in the form of constellations, in the clouds of starlings, in schools of small fish, in the projections of fluids under the microscope of
spirals.
I find fascinat...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
S Chapel, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The composition is inspired by the artist's visit to Italy: its cathedrals and churches. There are colors and movements from the ceiling paintings on the painting, but of course in t...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grey and blue composition, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original artwork, acrylic on paper. Unframed Geometry with minimal form in acrylic on paper. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authen...
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 ...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
In the Space Before Time large abstract wax and egg tempera painting
Located in BUNGENDORE, AU
Original artwork by Sara Freeman.
In the space before time, wax and egg tempera on board, 120cm x 120cm, 2023. Signed on reverse. Hangs on D-rings.
‘The process of making, and the q...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Egg Tempera, Board
Parallel - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Parallel - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Brightly colored composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). A layer of tissue ...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Stretcher Bars
Cotton Candy Crackle - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Cotton Candy Crackle - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant and colorful composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Br...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Ruz black on maroon 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
Ruz gray range 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
Damien Hirst, Sitting Across from Somebody (The Currency) - Abstract Art
By Damien Hirst
Located in Hamburg, DE
Damien Hirst (British, born 1965)
Sitting Across from Somebody (The Currency), 2016
Medium: Enamel paint on handmade paper
Dimensions: 20 x 30 cm (7.8 x 11.8 in)
Series: Unique varia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Enamel
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
The Approach of Spring
By Mark Pomilio
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil on linen
Mark Pomilio’s current research has focused on creating images, which embody principles of geometry, fractals, cloning and single-cell manipulation. These interests hav...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Earth XXII - 4 - Mixed Media Textural 3-D Abstract Landscape Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Victoria Kovalenchikova’s abstract artworks are an outlook on the transformation of the world surrounding us; a shout in the cold infinity of cosmos. Kovalenchikova expresses through...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Concrete
E 2c, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original artwork, acrylic on paper 75.5x56x0.1 cm. Unframed Geometry with minimal form in acrylic on paper. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificat...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Matter and Antimatter - Abstract Expressionist Painting, Pastel Colors, Sky
Located in New York, NY
Ruggero Vanni's "Matter and Antimatter" is a 52 x 76-inch abstract expressionist painting. Yellow, blue, and rust colors collide to create a tempestuous sky filled with disintegratio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Sower
By Mark Pomilio
Located in Phoenix, AZ
oil on linen
Mark Pomilio’s current research has focused on creating images, which embody principles of geometry, fractals, cloning and single-cell manipulation. These interests hav...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
'City of Dreams' Unique Painting
By Peter Tunney
Located in New York, NY
Peter Tunney 'City of Dreams' is a Unique Painting and Mixed Media on Canvas made in 2015. Made of Acrylic paint and collaged with newspaper clipping and book pages, stenciled typogr...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Children of the World: Midnight #1
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
August Watercolor painting Summer flowers
Located in Zofingen, AG
Watercolor painting with summer flowers is a delicate, refined watercolor, made in a charismatic technique without the use of clear graphic lines. Bright inflorescences of phlox in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Forms 4, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic on canvas 70x70x3.5 cm. Ready to hang. No framing required A minimalism concept of the fusion of geometric forms with the abstract expressionism :: Painting :: Abstract Expre...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Virginia Barry Original Abstract Painting on Board, Custom Frame
Located in Framingham, MA
This is a one-of-a-kind original acrylic painting on canvas board in a fantasy abstract style.
This piece has a wonderful color scheme with a modern contemporary feel.
Presented in...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Texcollage (M11). Colorful abstract geometric painting
Located in Segovia, ES
Texcollage (M11). Colourful abstract geometric painting
Mixed media on wood panel, 2015.
Dimensions in cm.: 87 x 47 x 5 cm. (Without frame 80x40 cm.)
In inches: 34.25" x 18.5" x 1.97...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Ruz Ocher Vertical original abstract acrilic canvas painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
ocres original abstract acrilic canvas painting
Ruz, Rafael (Barcelona 1956)
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the same ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Apeiron 79. Acrylic abstract painting, Texture, Colorful, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Franciszek Ledochowski. Artist used strong colors. The painting is very dynamic. Composition is rather minimalistic however i...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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