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
"Butterfly" Ink on Fabric Painting 60" x 36" inch by Mohamed Monaiseer
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly" Ink on Fabric Painting 60" x 36" inch by Mohamed Monaiseer
Trinity series (2015)
In this work, I am a developing personal philosophy of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Ink
'Abstract, Indigo and Ivory', Large SF Bay Area Modernist oil, Legion of Honor
By Fenton Kastner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso "F. Kastner" for Fenton Kastner (American, 1915-2008), dated 1955, and titled "Waterfront-IV".
Old label verso inscribed with artist's name and title.
A dynamic, mid-...
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"1369 Gold/White/Turquoise "Landscape, Abstract Painting, 21st Century, Acrylic
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany. König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way, h...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Clay
"umbrella girl series" RKT1, Abstract Painting, 21st Century, Acryl, Clay
By Roger König
Located in Dessau-Rosslau, Sachsen Anhalt
Artist: Roger König b. Dessau, Germany (1968) Master student of Kurt Schönburg, HWK Halle, Germany.
König combines modern painting with acrylic with old techniques and in this way,...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Clay, Acrylic
“So Plant, So Animal” (Graphic, Bold, Abstract, Neutral, Framed, Linen Painting)
Located in Paris, IDF
Bold yet delicately portrayed, "So Plant, So Animal I" is an abstract piece framed to perfection, offering a timeless neutral color palette. The central theme captures the essence of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen, Wood, India Ink
Locked in Love Huge French Modernist Original Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Locked in Love, Abstract Portrait, Original Oil Painting, Signed
By French artist Elisabeth Dujarric, b.1930-2005
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 46 x 35 inches
Elisabeth Dujarric de la Rivière...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Open space 4" landscape painting acrylic on linen canvas 60x180cm 2017
Located in Roscoff, FR
"Open space 4" landscape painting abstract acrylic marble powder on linen canvas 60x180cm black white and grey send in wood crate at cost
after a long walk on the Breton coasts of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Marble
Mini abstraction 1, Modern Colorful Abstract Painting 15x15cm by Anna Selina
Located in Zofingen, AG
My new series for gift- mini abstractions with wooden frame. Bright, colorful minis with strong energy will be a great gift idea for yourself or some special people. You can just put...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Dawn at the Grand Canyon, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"For a few brief moments on the south rim, the morning sun lights up the canyon walls like neon while casting blue shadows into its depths," says artist Cryst...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 fluid acrylics...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1960's Modern British Abstract Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning array of strong colors stand out in this original mid-20th century British abstract painting. The work dates to the 1950's-60's period and is of British authorship.
The pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Original-Magic Bell in the Day -UK Awarded Artist-Botanical Abstract Expression
Located in London, GB
In her latest series, "The Weaver," Shizico explores forms, layers, and time onto canvases. Applying the format of diptychs and triptychs, she creates lyrical narratives, capturing t...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Colorful Love Lilly Muth - Contemporary geometric abstraction - Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's geometric abstractions are colourful works full figures that of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. Her use of colour is bold yet ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Gold Veins' by Lori Poncsak - Silver, Gold, and Gray Abstract Expressionism
Located in Carmel, CA
'Gold Veins' by Lori Poncsak is an abstract acrylic painting that captures a powerful interplay of natural elements and emotions. This 40" x 30" canvas combines a deep, moody palette...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Polzeath, Sunset, Rupert Aker, Original Expressionist Landscape Painting, Coast
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Polzeath, sunset by Rupert Aker [2021]
original
Acrylic on canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:60 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:4cm
Framed Size: H:64 cm x W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
We Are the Fire, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Brent Hanson
Located in Yardley, PA
Painting is on heavy paper and varnished with a semi-gloss finish. For an additional $100 shipping cost,at purchaser’s request, the art can be permanently mounted on a wood panel w...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aaron Levy was born in New York City in 1899. After retiring in 1951 from a career as president of E. Milius & Company, a textile company, Levy began a new career as a fine artist. ...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
History of Modern Painting (Crown For Basquiat), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Exhibited at... "Zip, Bang, Pop! Run! It's The Cops!: Contemporary Pop Art and It's Influence On Street Art" National Invitational Exhibition, June 29-July 20, 2018 Hue Gallery of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Nu-Life, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Nancy Kramp
Located in Yardley, PA
Abstract Expressionism is "taking the random and giving it shape" and defies description. The viewer sees it with their unique imagination as to make the experience their own and not...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Nocturnal Train In The City Abstract Expressionism
By Tom Hamil
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright, small abstract expressionist painting of train and town at night by Tom Hamil (American, b. 1928). Signed upper left corner "Hamil". Condition: Excellent. Presented in rustic wooden shadow box frame. Image size: 8"H x 6"W.
Tom Hamil, was born in New York in 1928 and raised primarily in California. After attending the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, he returned to California to begin his formal art training at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco (now known as the San Francisco Art Institute). He completed his education at the University of Washington with a Master’s Degrees and Doctorate in Fine Arts and Education. His first solo exhibition was held in 1956. Since then, he has participated in numerous one man shows, group shows, and has been represented in galleries in the US and Mexico.
In addition to his painting, Hamil has authored and illustrated a number of books. While at the Naval Academy, he received recognition for his paintings, drawings, and illustrations. Listed among Hamil’s many awards and honors are a Ford Foundation Fellowship and an Award of Excellence from the American Graphics Society.
Currently, he lives in Zirahuen, Michoacan, Mexico and Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Hamil’s statement: “I am a man...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
In The White Giants Thigh: Mixed Media Contemporary Painting by Peter Rossiter
Located in Brecon, Powys
In The White Giants Thigh - where the rivers met and the curlews cried, can you walk through darkness into the white giants thigh? Inspired by the hauntingly beautiful Dylan Thomas poem this is a hauntingly beautiful abstract from Peter Rossiter.
Mixed media on board. Excellent condition.
Peter Rossiter was born in Cambridge, UK in 1950 and studied at York University & The Courtauld Institute, London. Peter's background is rooted in the global art world; his Grandfather was the German born British painter, Martin Bloch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Parisian Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting - Pinks, Greens, Charcoal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stunning original oil painting by the French abstract artist, Yvette Dubois-Habasque (1929-2016). The painting has excellent provenance having come from the artists studio sale in Pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bird's Eye (Framed Abstract Contemporary Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charles Collins hails from a family of New Orleans artists. His late mother was a noted painter as his sister currently is, and he has a son who is a glassblower. His work has not be...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Puzzle" No8, Absrtact Oil Painting, 2018
Located in London, GB
An upcoming exhibition of oil paintings by Hsu Tung Lung at the The Tainan Art Museum in Tainan, Taiwan. The exhibition is scheduled for March, 2025 and will feature a selection of H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Imagine-Original abstract painting- contemporary artwork- contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Imagine" by Roman Goss is a captivating original abstract painting that invites viewers to explore a world of imagination and possibility. Through a harmon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink Energy, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
It is important for Budanov to capture the rhythm, tonality, and tempo of the music with a brush on canvas. Having lived in Cyprus for many years she is also inspired by the sea an...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Silence, Expessionnist Landscape, French, Modern, Oil on canvas, Contemporary
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont is a french artist . She has been painting the landscapes of Normandy for 40 years. His painting is today recognized throughout the world.
Sophie Dumont captures the fl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
YVETTE DUBOIS-HABASQUE (1929-2016) FRENCH CUBIST ABSTRACT PAINTING
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Abstract Composition"
original Oil Painting by Yvette Dubois Habasque (1929-2016)
signed and dated lower right hand-side, oil on card
card: 9 x 11.5 inches
Fine original abstract...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Fragments" Modern Textured Neutral Toned Abstract Mixed Media Painting
By Carole Myers
Located in Houston, TX
Modern neutral toned abstract mixed media painting by Texas artist Carole Myers. The work features a collage of different textured papers combined with pa...
Category
1980s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Sin Título Nº 13. Serie Criaturas
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
This artwork was painted during the pandemic and belongs to the series 'Creatures.' It speaks of the fragility, vulnerability, and loneliness I felt at that time, as well as serving ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Bamboo Paper
"Signs" Black and White, Abstract Painting Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Signs
Mixed Media Paint
80x80 cm
Original Art
Made in Italy
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painting at the Aca...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
1960's British Abtract Oil Painting - Stunning Colours
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Superb Modern British abstract painting dating to the 1960's. The work is signed with the artists initials "RG".
The painting captures an amazing array of bright and colourful shap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Peinture 5, 1961 - Oil on canvas, 65x92 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on Canvas by Carlos Carnero. He was friend and pupil of Fernard Léger and friend of the most important artist of his time, such as Picasso and Matisse. This is from his abstract ...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Waves No.1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Summer, beach, holiday. Noisy seagulls, waves crashing and the smell of salt in the air. When I create art I create something that holds a memory as if we are looking through a windo...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Etageres colorees, Abstract, Green, Geometric, Contemporary, Oil, Minimalism
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
The color palette of this painting is vibrant and varied, using shades of blue, red, yellow, white, beige, and black. The colors are applied in broad, flat areas, creating a striking...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dark Skies, Stylised Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dark Skies, Stylised Surrealist Oil Painting
French School, 1970's
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 19.5 x 24 inches
Stylised Surrealist interpretation of a stormy, dar...
Category
1970s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Orange Infusion - Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Orange Infusion - Watercolor and Ink On Paper
Abstract painting depicting colors of orange, black and green. The black contrasts against the orange burst.
Signed and dated on verso...
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
Beach Palms La Cala with Oil Paint on Canvas, Painting Mid century
Located in Deddington, GB
Beach Palms La Cala By Eleanor Woolley [April 2023]
Palm Trees La Cala is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. The striking Palm Trees on La Cala beach in La Cala de Mijas were ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Oil Painting, "Compassion"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original abstract oil on canvas painting by San Diego artist, Khalid Alkaaby. It's framed dimensions are 21.25x21.25x2. It comes framed. A certificate of authenticity will...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rainbow of Knowledge, Abstract library, colors, Geometric, Contemporary, Oil
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
This painting, titled "Rainbow of Knowledge," captures the essence of literary diversity and richness through an abstract representation of a bookshelf. The books, aligned on three d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Plexus, Modern Colorful Abstract Painting 100x100cm by Anna Selina
Located in Zofingen, AG
This abstract painting is like a plexus in a dance, of 3 different main color energies:red, blue yellow. And in result of this plexus, there is something new and original and very st...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Margaret Balzer, 1946
Located in Washington, DC
Modern abstract painting by Margaret Balzer Cantieni (1914-2002). Tempera on wood board. Signed in lower right corner "Balzer '46". Painting measures 1 1" x 14" with frame 16 1/2" x 19 1/2".
Margaret Balzer studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Lyonel Feininger, Josef Albers and William Stanley Hayter...
Category
1940s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
Evidence
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In this semi-abstract expressive artwork named "Evidence" I experience the world of nature through various colors such as purple, green, blue, red.
While painting, I sought to capt...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Untitled #510 by Murray Duncan, mix media on paper, abstract geometric, modern
Located in Toronto, CA
Untitled #510 by Murray Duncan, 2024
Mix media on paper
Size is 32" x 40
Unframed
Murray Duncan is a self-taught creative visionary. Know for his large-scale, expressive contemporar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Pencil
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
Singularity I-Modern abstract geometric graphic atwork-painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
"Singularity I" by Heny Steinberg is a mesmerizing exploration of abstract geometrical minimalism that invites viewers to contemplate the convergence of form and space. Crafted with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Untitled- Spheres - XXI century, Contemporary oil abstract painting, Canvas
By Klaudia Lata
Located in Warsaw, PL
KLAUDIA LATA (born in 1993) Graduate of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Diploma in 2017 in the studio of prof. Ireneusz Walczak. Scholarship holder of the Ministry ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Across Blue
Located in King, ON
In this abstract painting repetitions of geometric forms provide a sense of harmony, rhythm and explore the mediative relationships of patterns on the surface. Original painting, sig...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
Stinchcombe Hill, Rupert Aker, Landscape Painting, Textured Art, Oil Painting
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Stinchcombe Hill by Rupert Aker [2022]
View along the Cotswold escarpment from Stinchcombe Hill
Additional information:
Original
Oil on board
Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm
Complete...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage American School Mid Century Modern Abstract Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 12H by 16L.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sun with Bridge (Contemporary Abstract Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charles Collins hails from a family of New Orleans artists. His late mother was a noted painter as his sister currently is, and he has a son who is a glassblower. His work has not be...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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
Ethereal Coastline, Original Painting, Semi Abstract Seascape, Ocean art, Blue
Located in Deddington, GB
Ethereal Coastline is an original seascape painting by Helen Howells. It was inspired by the coastline of South Wales which is my homeland. It is not of any specific place, but is a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orange is a mess / Paintin / Signed
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
The painting "Orange is a mess" was inspired by my continual utilization of a coffee of a concrete brand...., I like the various shapes of color and the positive feeling from the pi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Metal
Vintage American Modernist Mid Century Abstract Assemblage Original Modern Art
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mixed media composition on wood. Very finely executed.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Nothing superfluous. Floral Abstraction, acylic painting by Vika Flartina
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Nothing superfluous." The painting is inspired by spring, when everything is just beginning to awaken, like man and his awakening, when everything superfluous is cut off.
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
"Color Moves" Abstract, Geometric, Linear, Colorful
Located in Detroit, MI
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"Color Moves" is a colorful abstract with a broad linear element. Artist David Rubello studied and painted naturalism for many years...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Greener Pastures
Located in WOOLLAHRA, AU
Sharon Candy is a Sydney-based contemporary artist. Predominantly self-taught, Sharon finds freedom in creating on her own terms.
“Painting is an emotional landscape and an artistic...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
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