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Abstract Mixed Media

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
Color:  Purple
essen 25, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Before we can evolve, balance must be restored. The word goddess contains the syllables expressing both the masculine, god, and the feminine, ESS, sound tones. The suffix ESS and t...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

SHIZEN SERIES I
Located in Tulsa, OK
Kim Fonder, SHIZEN SERIES I, Mixed Media on Handmade Paper with Plexi, 12.00 X 12.00 in, $600.00, Blue White, Abstract, works on paper Kim Fonder loves texture and touch. Her painti...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Plexiglass, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper

Magical Night - Large Oversized Colorful Blue Red Yellow Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Clara Berta’s acrylic and mixed-media paintings blend texture and color to create harmony, mystery, and depth on the painted surface. Her paintings transform spaces into Zen environm...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Divergent Paths #7, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Pastel on heavy duty archival paper with architectural photographs mounted. Size given is image size. Comes in a traveling frame for shipping purposes - can be re-framed if desired. ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

"Untying the Lariat" - Non-Objective Paper Collage - Abstract - Diebenkorn
Located in Atlanta, GA
"The Play Behind the Play" is an artist painted & found paper collage on wood panel featuring hues of red, green, black and white. Aimée Farnet Siegel is inspired by the work of Mark...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Colors (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Colors (Abstract Photography) Photography/painting, mixed media - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Artworks are of the highest archival standards. Wood supports are sealed...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Nuclei Conductor
Located in Santa Monica, CA
DeFrancesca’s mixed media “picture-objects” explore the intersections between digital media, photography and painting. Working in hyper-saturated, supernatural shades, DeFrancesca cr...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Resin, Mixed Media, Panel

Aerosol Vibe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
DeFrancesca’s mixed media “picture-objects” explore the intersections between digital media, photography and painting. Working in hyper-saturated, supernatural shades, DeFrancesca cr...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Resin, Mixed Media, Panel

Femme á la Pipe (Magenta)
Located in Quogue, NY
Vibrant, colorful and dynamic mixed media on panel with high gloss resin finish
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Resin, Mixed Media, Panel

Velocity Field
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Resin coated and mounted to layers of plywood, these digital/mixed media ‘picture objects’ represent interpretations of contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Digital Pigment, Resin, Panel

Vesicle
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Resin coated and mounted to layers of plywood, these digital/mixed media ‘picture objects’ represent interpretations of contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment

Twilight
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Resin coated and mounted to layers of plywood, these digital/mixed media ‘picture objects’ represent interpretations of contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment

Neuralpath Epicentre
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Resin coated and mounted to layers of plywood, these digital/mixed media ‘picture objects’ represent interpretations of contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment

Inhalation
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Resin coated and mounted to layers of plywood, these digital/mixed media ‘picture objects’ represent interpretations of contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment

Colors (Abstract Photography)
Located in London, GB
Colors (Abstract Photography) Photography/painting, mixed media - Unframed. Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt. Artworks are of the highest archival standards. Wood supports are sealed...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Abstract Composition - Drawing by Maurizio Gracceva - 2010
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva (Roma, 1955) in 2010. Good condition. Hand-signed. China ink and watercolor. Aut...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Ink, Watercolor

Higher Energy, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Higher Energy is part of the Lagoon Nebula in Blue series. This series has even more refined texture, more interesting details and blue as major color, instead of turquoise. Lagoo...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Image
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic mixed media and lacquer Benjamin Masi (b. 1963, New York) is a New York-based artist whose artistic practice draws upon his formal design training and life experiences steep...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Lacquer

Free Flyin', mixed media on canvas, 2020
Located in Atlanta, GA
Free Flyin' is mixed media on canvas, signed by the artist. Justin Lyon's credits his introduction into the world of street art as the spark that led him to his style of work. Over the next several years, Justin started to take his art production more seriously. Inspired by the li- ves and work of Cy Twombly, Barry McGee, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Justin refined his process and worked to develop a style all his own which is both thought- provoked and thought-provoking. Justin’s mediums include wood, acrylic, house paint, spray paint, oil stick, epoxy resin and pencil. He aims to produce art that sticks with the viewer long after they seen it. “What I am after is capturing the thoughts and feelings of the human condition with images and words that make you stop and think about what's in front of you.” Justin wants “to make honest art, raw art, vulnerable art...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Cabello, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Robert creates paintings notable for their texture, and sculptural presence with layers of impasto paint. His richness of palette and his use of strong colors that he put on linen ca...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Balancing IV, 2019, Abstract geometry, non-objective, plaster, black, white gray
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Balancing IV, 2019, Abstract geometry, non-objective, Italian plaster and acrylic on panel. Gray, black and white.
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Plaster, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Options VIII, 2020, Abstract geometry, non-objective, plaster, gray, blue, white
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Options VIII, 2020, Abstract geometry, non-objective, Italian plaster and acrylic on panel. Gray, blue and white.
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Plaster, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Habitat Fragmentation I, 2020, Abstract geometry, non-objective, plaster, gray
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Habitat Fragmentation I, 2020, Abstract geometry, non-objective, Italian plaster and acrylic on panel. Gray, blue and green.
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Plaster, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Big Fish, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Very abstract colorful fish; there is a lot of collage incorporated into this art work. Painted on paper and dry mounted on rigid foam core ready for framing :: Mixed Media :: Abstr...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Rue des Fantasques 3
Located in New York, NY
Abstract piece on canvas. Vibrant colors. About the Artist: Sylvie Perrin graduated from the National Fine Arts Academy of Lyon. She began her artistic career in the Netherland...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media

"Above the Watermark" - Non-Objective Purple Paper Collage - Diebenkorn
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Above the Watermark" is an artist painted paper collage piece with purple hues. Aimée Farnet Siegel is inspired by the work of Mark Bradford, Richard Diebenkorn and Leonardo Drew. ...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Paper, Acrylic

Floating Heart, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Lagoon Nebula series is a combination of the artist's ongoing collections Hydroexperiences and Skyexperiences. It is inspired by textures and color sensations of the universe and creatures in it. Nature is always the artist's greater inspiration. Nature inside us, around us, and further away. Yet, all is one. Reminds of land texture in a unique combination with water, expressed in the art language by color in blue hues, black background and gold elements, as well as by art resin and its wet, transparent sensation. A harmonious and yet explosive result, a journey definitely exciting. Floating Heart...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Purple Dawn, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Inspiration for this piece was the color purple. Such a beautiful color. This is an authentic, original, one of a kind Robin Jorgensen painting. Colors may vary with different monit...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Kinetic e- Mini Collection III
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fun work by Hawaiian artist. The glitter and resin are carefully composed and then paint spashed ontop of the composition.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Circus Act, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Circus Act is a mixed media painting on canvas. Various collaged papers were adhered to the canvas to create shape and form. Paint was applied layer after lay...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Transcendental motion, Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic abstract travel inspired color field orange, purple, red, blue, iridescent effects all over with other bright contrasting colors. Textured and layered with acrylics and mediu...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

DZOGCHEN SERIES II
Located in Tulsa, OK
Kim Fonder, DZOGCHEN SERIES II, Mixed Media on Burlap, 17.00 X 18.00 in, $600.00, Blue, Abstract, contemporary, fine art Kim Fonder loves texture and touch. Her paintings and furnit...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Burlap, Mixed Media

PR 23
Located in New York, NY
Andre Costa, PR 23, Abstract Acrylic Painting on Vinyl, 19.75 x 19.75, 2015 Colors: Black, White, Green, Purple, Orange, Blue, Red, Yellow Andre Costa is Brazilian visual artist and...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Acrylic, Mixed Media

Terraform, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Set against a deep blue background, cut-outs of the sky, a tree, and the moon's surface are enclosed within a strip of paper and geometric-shaped thread. The ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Mont Blanc Lake Blanc - contemporary glass mixed media landscape mountain art
Located in London, Chelsea
This original artwork is created using mixed media on plexiglas composite. This painting is sold with its original charcoal sketch. Drawing and sketching has been integral behind M...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Plexiglass, Mixed Media

Untitled (Abstraction with musical notes)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Musical notes abstraction) Mixed media on paper, 1991 Signed lower right center Condition: Very good Archival framing with conservation glass Provenance: ...
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1990s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Trophy
Located in Montreal, Quebec
There is rarely any forward planning, materials and choices are made randomly, colors and mediums are selected in accordance with the needs of what transpires at the moment. At times...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Lavender Field II - Textured Purple Original Abstract Landscape Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The delicate and poetic artworks of painter Frederic Paul reference his Asian roots in expressive and elaborate compositions. Inspired by the bold colors, spices, flora, and landscap...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Rice Paper

Defying Gravity - abstract blue white painting and collage on panel
Located in New York, NY
Deborah T Colter is a contemporary abstract painter who lives on the Island of Martha’s Vineyard. Deborah graduated from the Rhode Island School of D...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Untitled Quilt.D #8
Located in Detroit, MI
Vintage Fade Poly/Cotton, Satin Cotton, and Twill Cotton, 70 x 74 inches, 2022 (Hanging hardware included) Julian J. Jones quilts made from images taken from the artist’s gestural, abstract drawings are inspired by traditional African American quilting...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Textile, Digital, Cotton

Contemporary Geometric Abstraction- Mixed Media Painting-440201202
Located in Beijing, CN
Description: Liu Gang(b.1965) 440201202 water-based and oil-based pigments on rice paper 272 by 130.6 cm Dated 2021 mounted and framed The artwork comes wi...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Rice Paper, Pigment

Comically, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Scott Dykema demonstrates a roaring lion with a fierce look in its eyes. One of the biggest pieces in his series of collaged mixed media portraits and an...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Among People, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Anna Yoo depicts two distant people sitting away from each other. She paints from imagination and portrays how we move through the world and the people w...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Hunt Slonem "Trio March" Pink and Purple Ombre Lightbox with Painted Bunnies
Located in Baltimore, MD
Hunt Slonem LED Lightbox with acrylic painted bunnies and pink and purple ombre. A nearby electrical outlet is required for installation. Inspired b...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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LED Light, Acrylic

Window, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Anna Yoo paints an expressionist scene from a dance party through two windows. She depicts it as a visual bridge between the inside and the outside. Anna...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

Little Pattern Green
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 textures and patterns, referencing popular European textile design of the fifties and sixties. Rös-Nickel’s work translates the geometric and organic elements of an era which hoisted the flags of modernism and which, due to a trend to return to a rather retro style, has become topical once more. This colorful 28 inch high by 16 inch wide contemporary oil painting can be installed horizontally or vertically. The sides of this artwork are painted and it does not require framing. This one-of-a-kind painting is signed by the artist on the back. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable U.S. and global shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Petra was born 1963 in Wathlingen near Celle, Germany, and breaks completely new ground with her abstract forms of painting and expression. After studying fashion design at the professional school for clothing in Bremen, 1980, Petra Rös-Nickel changed her field of study to architecture in Eckernförde, 1982. She now lives in Hamburg, Germany. Preferring the creative aspects of the studies to the technical ones, the artist developed the basics of her painting, never denying the roots of applied design and soon ending in a refreshing, distinctive style. Petra Rös-Nickel experiments with form, along with the use of a technique that draws attention to the processes used in creating a painting. Essential is the color space presented in multiple layers that offers the beholder access to more profound color planes. These details, scratchings, and rubbings lead to various elements of tension, such as “patchwork” or harmonious-contemplative forms (“windows”) and “oscillating lines”. Rös-Nickel's modernist paintings develop an energetic impact on the space they‘re displayed in, conveying her joy of life and self-confidence. Her abstract geometric textured artworks have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including Germany, Belgium, USA, Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong. Notable collectors include Chris Rock...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Kidney Pool Landscape in Pastel Tones, Naïf Shapes Painting in Vivid Tones, 2021
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Pastel Kidney Pool" is an abstract painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. It is a beautiful series of organic large forms combined with subtle tones and unique shapes that is bot...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

The Purple Dress 4 - Original Ink Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Linen, Ink

#29 School of Paris, Contemporary Modern Abstract Oil Paint on Stretched Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Small Size stretched Oil paint on Canvas. Contact Gallery for Framing Options. BIO David Headley was born in Washington, PA, in 1946. He has a BA in Li...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Oil, Canvas

GA1220 Limited edition 2/10 giclee geometric abstraction signed print
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This work is a limited edition print for a GA1220 work from the "Geometric Abstraction" series. Limited edition 2/10 Giclee print on Fine Art Paper - Canson® Infinity is a 100% co...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Archival Paper, Giclée

In Perpetuity, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Part of artist Scott Dykema's series on Native American chiefs on horseback. This piece features bright neon colors with darker indents of royal blue and black....

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

In HAL We Trust
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A native of Toronto, Franco graduated from the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD) in 1990 and returned to the University of Guelph in 2004-05 to further his studies after 12 years wor...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Resin, Mixed Media, Panel

Ubiquitin
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Resin coated and mounted to layers of plywood, these digital/mixed media ‘picture objects’ represent interpretations of contemporary visual culture charmed by minimalism, modernism, technology and futurism. Recalling the colour-field and the elemental geometry of mid to late twentieth century post painterly abstraction, minimalism and op-art, these works use digital imaging as a means to navigate the territory between photography and painting, mixing references to photography, painting and television...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Resin, Panel, Digital Pigment

Another Rush
Located in Solana Beach, CA
William LaChance's pictures are associations of displaced forms and colors cribbed from graphic design, fashion, art history and nature itself cobbled together using a variety of met...
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2010s Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Acrylic

537, Jessie Woodward, Original Abstract Acrylic And Glitter Painting, Colourful
Located in Deddington, GB
537 by Jessie Woodward [2021] original Acrylic, Posca Pen and glitter on canvas Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:30 cm x W:30 cm x D:4cm Sold Unframed...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Glitter, Acrylic, Pen

Ethereal Abstraction with Pink, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Part of artist Patrick O'Boyle's Ethereal Abstraction series. A play of electric pink and cool blues stands out with dynamic paint application. Various patterns...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

"From the Window, Cuernavaca" Purple & Blue Modern Abstract Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and purple modern abstract mixed media painting by Texas artist Carole Myers. The work features expressive strokes of color loosely forming a view from a window in Cuernavaca, M...
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1980s Abstract Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Canvas

Is That A Banana In Your Pocket?
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sarah Svetlana's original abstract artworks offer a captivating glimpse into the intricacies of the human experience, drawing inspiration from a diverse range of sources and influenc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media

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Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Abstract mixed media for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract mixed media 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 mixed media 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 Francisco Nicolás, Melisa Taylor Metzger, Aimée Farnet Siegel, and Franco DeFrancesca. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Mixed Media 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 mixed media, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for mixed media made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $385,000, while the average work sells for $2,221.

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