Oil Abstract Paintings
Color: Silver
Medium: Oil
"Un poco mas lejos 03" Abstract Painting 39" x 29.5" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Located in Culver City, CA
"Un poco mas lejos 03" Abstract Painting 39" x 29.5" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Oil and silver leaves on paper
From "Looking for Happiness" series
LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS
Like "el d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Just a Little Further" Abstract Painting 79" x 59" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Located in Culver City, CA
"Collaboration 02" Abstract Painting 39" x 59" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
From "Looking for Happiness" series
LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS
Like "el dorado...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
QUEEN/Seagulls, 70x70cm
Located in Yerevan, AM
QUEEN/Seagulls, 70x70cm
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Dream in Silver
Located in Toronto, ON
72" x 50" Unframed
Original - Oil and Acrylic on Canvas with Silver Leaf
Hand Signed by Johnathan Ball
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
COLOUR BANDS
Located in New York, NY
COLOUR BANDS
44" x 44" $10,000
About the Series:
For Dray, Philosophy deals in the abstract and abstraction is an indispensable tool in art and culture. Through his paintings, he reasserts that abstraction has been a part of humanity, all cultures in all ages. It’s an indispensable tool, as we create symbols, vessels to fill with allusions and messages. The resulting artwork have a strong sense of purpose.
Each painting contains hundreds of hand coloured trapezoid shapes, hand drawn with a sharp blade onto silver or gold leaf. Each coloured shape can be interpreted to represent an ‘atomic’ element. On its own a block of colour is insignificant but seen as part of a whole it becomes dynamic and alive reflecting on how nature works. The phenomena of light is also important to the work. The light of the sun in a room illuminates and reflects off the paintings as they come alive and change through time.
About the Artist:
Benjamin Dray...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Templos Papel" Painting 39" x 29.5" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Located in Culver City, CA
"Templos Papel" Painting 39" x 29.5" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Oil and silver leaves on paper
From "Looking for Happiness" series
LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS
Like "el dorado", a cultural construction, a myth, the Looking for happiness series talks about the illusion of happiness.
Using coordinates between different geographical points and world views, seeking to generate a dialogue between stories.
In this way, places speak to tell us about degraded utopias, religious crusades, martyrs and oppressors, wars, victories, and defeats. All searches for what cannot be found.
The infinite existing possibilities, in this continuous present and its accumulation, to be history. The utopian idea of achieving completeness or completeness.
The transformation of the fabric into jewelry, the transmutation that moves from the sacred to the economic.
The "object of desire" is the engine of life and its different permutations.
Curriculum vitae
Born on February 14, 1974, Santiago, Chile. Study at the School of Fine Arts of t
he University of Chile and the University Complutense Hotels guest, Spain.
He also attended workshops in painting, drawing and engraving the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. Work in the study of Guillermo Muñoz Vera, Madrid.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Kadoshiro Art Gallery “Looking for Happiness” Eduardo Lira Art Gallery “IT ́s not here”
2017
Off the wall / serie Golden Bitches/Beaches>(march 9) Galeria Artium-Miami,Usa
2016
”Razones para la venganza” Galeria Artium-Miami,Usa.
2015
"Out Doors", Gallery Latam Santiago-Chile.
2013
"Coming down like flies" Latam Gallery Santiago, Chile.
2012
"Coto de Caza" Artium Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2010
"Reasons for permanecia" Praxis Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2009
"Fissure postcard" fifhy one Dot Gallery, Miami USA.
2008
"Connotations Sinister Galeria Trece, Santiago-Chile.
2007
"From the periphery to the center" Gallery 000 ", Santiago-Chile.
2005
"Lost Time" Gallery Forest, Consepcion- Chile.
2006
"Permanent Revolution" Artium Gallery, Santiago-Chile.
2005
Providencia Santiago Chile-Cultural Center, “Carrera”
2004
"personal mythologies", Praxis Gallery, Santiago-Chile
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
West palm Beach Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"My Silver Lining Heart" Silver Blue + Pink Pop Art Oil Painting Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Follow me / Like me" Oil painting 79" x 59" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Located in Culver City, CA
"Follow me / Like me" Oil painting 79" x 59" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
oil and silver leaves on canvas
From "Looking for Happiness" series
LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS
Like "el dorado", a cultural construction, a myth, the Looking for happiness series talks about the illusion of happiness.
Using coordinates between different geographical points and world views, seeking to generate a dialogue between stories.
In this way, places speak to tell us about degraded utopias, religious crusades, martyrs and oppressors, wars, victories, and defeats. All searches for what cannot be found.
The infinite existing possibilities, in this continuous present and its accumulation, to be history. The utopian idea of achieving completeness or completeness.
The transformation of the fabric into jewelry, the transmutation that moves from the sacred to the economic.
The "object of desire" is the engine of life and its different permutations.
Curriculum vitae
Born on February 14, 1974, Santiago, Chile. Study at the School of Fine Arts of t
he University of Chile and the University Complutense Hotels guest, Spain.
He also attended workshops in painting, drawing and engraving the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. Work in the study of Guillermo Muñoz Vera, Madrid.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Kadoshiro Art Gallery “Looking for Happiness” Eduardo Lira Art Gallery “IT ́s not here”
2017
Off the wall / serie Golden Bitches/Beaches>(march 9) Galeria Artium-Miami,Usa
2016
”Razones para la venganza” Galeria Artium-Miami,Usa.
2015
"Out Doors", Gallery Latam Santiago-Chile.
2013
"Coming down like flies" Latam Gallery Santiago, Chile.
2012
"Coto de Caza" Artium Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2010
"Reasons for permanecia" Praxis Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2009
"Fissure postcard" fifhy one Dot Gallery, Miami USA.
2008
"Connotations Sinister Galeria Trece, Santiago-Chile.
2007
"From the periphery to the center" Gallery 000 ", Santiago-Chile.
2005
"Lost Time" Gallery Forest, Consepcion- Chile.
2006
"Permanent Revolution" Artium Gallery, Santiago-Chile.
2005
Providencia Santiago Chile-Cultural Center, “Carrera”
2004
"personal mythologies", Praxis Gallery, Santiago-Chile
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
West palm Beach Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Oil Painting of River Bank with Silver Birch Trees and Misty Hills & Mountains
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of River Bank with Silver Birch Trees and Misty Hills & Mountains by British Artist Charles Wyatt Warren (1908-1993)
Art measures 35...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Silver Ocean, Arial Seascape Seaside Painting, Contemporary Beach House Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Silver Ocean [2021]
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
Inspired by the northern coast of Cornwall, Silver Ocean reflects the beautiful colours of a winter cornish seascape. The use of oil paint allows the layers to convey a sense of movement and depth whilst the aerial perspective creates an usual abstract composition.
Lenny Cornforth original art paintings for sale with Wychwood Art online and through their gallery in Oxfordshire. Endlessly enthralled by the Atlantic ocean, Lenny Cornforth takes inspiration from the northern coast of Cornwall, using layers of translucent colour and texture to construct vibrant and emotional paintings...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Illusion
Located in Dallas, TX
As we go through different phases of life and experience the change of seasons, we learn more about ourselves and perhaps unite with a deeper part that finds ourselves evolving and d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Endless Summer
Located in Dallas, TX
As we go through different phases of life and experience the change of seasons, we learn more about ourselves and perhaps unite with a deeper part that finds ourselves evolving and d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"My Rising Star Heart" Colorful Silver Abstract Oil Painting with Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Mixed Media
Silver Pond V
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A representational abstract depiction of "Silver Pond" on Long Island. Darius Yektai dives back into his popular "Silver Pond" palette in this dreamy waterscape. He paints his canvas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Resin, Oil, Acrylic
Silver Springs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Taking cues from the anti-figurative aesthetic of American Abstract Expressionists, Ripley’s process is one of spontaneity and gesture. Color is applied in broad strokes atop a black...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
THE SILVER MOON - Massimo Caiafa Abstract Oil on Canvas, Italy.2021
Located in Napoli, IT
Massimo Caiafa (Naples 23/05/1965) is a contemporary painter who currently lives in Naples. Trained in a family of artists and antique dealers, he lived in New York for many years, e...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"If not now when" Abstract Painting 85" x 76" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Located in Culver City, CA
"If not now when" Abstract Painting 85" x 76" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Oil and gold leaves on cargo blanket
From "Looking for Happiness" series
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Silver Tree, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting is telling a story. There are a lot of different characters. We all don't see the same things but overall this means love and interaction. The shapes communicate with each other like in a dance. And the silver tree...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Horizon In Silver Steel - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Painting, Silver
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Diptych. Oil and silver leaf on steel.
For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold, silver and copper leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver, Steel
Silver Lining VI
Located in Fairfield, CT
Karen has always been interested through readings and travel in ancient cultures and their customs, dance, music, poetry, and visual arts and other forms of creative expression. Her travels took her to American Indian sites in many areas of the United States, the Mayan ruins in Central America, Cambodia, Greece, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Turkey, the British Isles, the Caribbean, and Canada. Using these travels as an impetus for further exploration as she became more fascinated with each culture that she studied, the influences and mark making techniques of the cultures were absorbed into her psyche and in her artwork. She decided to focus on these ideas and finished an MFA degree in painting at Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford. In this program, she studied with N.Y. artist, Susan Wilmarth Rabineau, wife of the deceased minimalist sculptor, Christopher Wilmarth...
Category
2010s Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rising Moon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Exploding Star
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Infinity Square
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Seas Raging
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Take Off
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
ARC OVERLAND
Located in New York, NY
ARC OVERLAND
40" x 60", $12,000. Oils on Silver leaf
Frame option is available.
About the Series:
For Dray, Philosophy deals in the abstract and abstraction is an indispensable tool in art and culture. Through his paintings, he reasserts that abstraction has been a part of humanity, all cultures in all ages. It’s an indispensable tool, as we create symbols, vessels to fill with allusions and messages. The resulting artwork have a strong sense of purpose.
Each painting contains hundreds of hand coloured trapezoid shapes, hand drawn with a sharp blade onto silver or gold leaf. Each coloured shape can be interpreted to represent an ‘atomic’ element. On its own a block of colour is insignificant but seen as part of a whole it becomes dynamic and alive reflecting on how nature works. The phenomena of light is also important to the work. The light of the sun in a room illuminates and reflects off the paintings as they come alive and change through time.
About the Artist:
Benjamin Dray...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Collaboration 02" Abstract Painting 39" x 59" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Located in Culver City, CA
"Collaboration 02" Abstract Painting 39" x 59" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
From "Looking for Happiness" series
LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS
Like "el dorado...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Selling Hope" Oil on Paper painting 30" x 39" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
Located in Culver City, CA
"Selling Hope" Oil on Paper painting 30" x 39" inch by Patricio Gonzalez
From "Looking for Happiness" series
LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS
Like "el dorado", a cultural construction, a myth, the Looking for happiness series talks about the illusion of happiness.
Using coordinates between different geographical points and world views, seeking to generate a dialogue between stories.
In this way, places speak to tell us about degraded utopias, religious crusades, martyrs and oppressors, wars, victories, and defeats. All searches for what cannot be found.
The infinite existing possibilities, in this continuous present and its accumulation, to be history. The utopian idea of achieving completeness or completeness.
The transformation of the fabric into jewelry, the transmutation that moves from the sacred to the economic.
The "object of desire" is the engine of life and its different permutations.
Curriculum vitae
Born on February 14, 1974, Santiago, Chile. Study at the School of Fine Arts of t
he University of Chile and the University Complutense Hotels guest, Spain.
He also attended workshops in painting, drawing and engraving the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. Work in the study of Guillermo Muñoz Vera, Madrid.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Kadoshiro Art Gallery “Looking for Happiness” Eduardo Lira Art Gallery “IT ́s not here”
2017
Off the wall / serie Golden Bitches/Beaches>(march 9) Galeria Artium-Miami,Usa
2016
”Razones para la venganza” Galeria Artium-Miami,Usa.
2015
"Out Doors", Gallery Latam Santiago-Chile.
2013
"Coming down like flies" Latam Gallery Santiago, Chile.
2012
"Coto de Caza" Artium Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2010
"Reasons for permanecia" Praxis Gallery, Santiago, Chile.
2009
"Fissure postcard" fifhy one Dot Gallery, Miami USA.
2008
"Connotations Sinister Galeria Trece, Santiago-Chile.
2007
"From the periphery to the center" Gallery 000 ", Santiago-Chile.
2005
"Lost Time" Gallery Forest, Consepcion- Chile.
2006
"Permanent Revolution" Artium Gallery, Santiago-Chile.
2005
Providencia Santiago Chile-Cultural Center, “Carrera”
2004
"personal mythologies", Praxis Gallery, Santiago-Chile
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
West palm Beach Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Mid Century Modern Silver & Earthtone Abstract Expressionist - Corban Lepell
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century modernist abstract combining earth-tones and subtlest metallic silver background by Corban LePell (American, b. 1933), 1955. Signed ...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Adonis The Beautiful. Contemporary Mixed Media Figurative Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
Adonis The Beautiful. Oil and silver leaf on canvas. The effect of the silver leaf is mesmerizing, constantly changing with the light. The additional images show the painting at a sl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Year of the Dragon, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract painting Stanley Bate features an earthy and warm palette and textured paint application. The painting is signed by artist lower right and is framed in the origi...
Category
1960s Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Silver Jumping, Contemporary Abstract Oil Painting by Sue Bleakley
Located in Brecon, Powys
Beautifully intricate piece from Sue's studio nestling above the Atlantic Ocean.
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Silver Lining
Located in Burlingame, CA
Swans in 'Silver Lining' are used as metaphors by Diana Tremaine for beauty and resilience rising above chaos during difficult times. Rich colors — blue...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Teresa Pemberton Buried Treasure Wychwood Art 100 x 100 cm BY TERESA PEMBERTON
Located in Deddington, GB
Teresa Pemberton for sale Inspired by the Bronze Age archeology of Dartmoor: treasure underground. Landscape. Colourist. Pattern. Decorative. Texture. Contemporary. Unframed. Oil pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Espiritualidad
Located in White Plains, NY
Bustamante has evolved as an artists with a consistent progression, with over 80 solo shows and over 200 group exhibitions. Today, his works reside within significant Museums and Pri...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Paisaje de los dioses del Sol/Landscapes of the Sun Gods XII
Located in White Plains, NY
This piece is part of a beautiful collection which includes twenty oil paintings, with silver/gold leaf on canvas. The astonishing light that this world-renowned artist has captured ...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Paisaje de los dioses del Sol/Landscapes of the Sun Gods I
Located in White Plains, NY
This piece is part of a beautiful collection which includes twenty oil paintings, with silver/gold leaf on canvas. The astonishing light that this world-renowned artist has captured ...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Paisaje de los dioses del Sol/Landscapes of the Sun Gods XVI
Located in White Plains, NY
This piece is part of a beautiful collection which includes twenty oil paintings, with silver/gold leaf on canvas. The astonishing light that this world-renowned artist has captured ...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Wind Magism
Located in White Plains, NY
Wind Magism, 2017
From the series The Power of the South Wind Across Borders
Oil on Canvas with Silver Leaf
31 1/2 × 27 1/2 × 2 in each piece. Composed of 3 pieces.
The artist studi...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Paisaje de los dioses del Sol/Landscapes of the Sun Gods XI
Located in White Plains, NY
This piece is part of a beautiful collection which includes twenty oil paintings, with silver/gold leaf on canvas. The astonishing light that this world-renowned artist has captured ...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Paisaje de los dioses del Sol/Landscapes of the Sun Gods IX
Located in White Plains, NY
This piece is part of a beautiful collection which includes twenty oil paintings, with silver/gold leaf on canvas. The astonishing light that this world-renowned artist has captured ...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Black, White, Silver
By Martin Canin
Located in New York, NY
This untitled painting by Martin Canin's is an historic, large, 24 x 57 color-field oil painting, dating ca.1980. Color is freed from objective context and becomes the subject in its...
Category
1980s Color-Field Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paisaje de los dioses del Sol/Landscapes of the Sun Gods VI
Located in White Plains, NY
This piece is part of a beautiful collection which includes twenty oil paintings, with silver/gold leaf on canvas. The astonishing light that this world-renowned artist has captured ...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Mt.S 14
Located in New York, NY
Leign Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Mt.S 13
Located in New York, NY
Leign Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"My Silver Lining Heart" Contemporary Monochrome Pop Oil Canvas Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...
Category
2010s Pop Art Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Dripping Dots - Calypso" Colorful Contemporary Gradient Oil Painting on Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses thick textured oils to add a very contemporary...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
"My Malibu Sunset Heart" Contemporary Multicolored and Silver Oil Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. This piece displays a beautiful lavender color with white hea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Attraction Silver
Located in New York, NY
2020
Oil on canvas
S. 36 x 48 in.
Signed and dated on verso
Unframed, stretched canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
TIERRA DEL SOL / Sun Land 2016
Located in White Plains, NY
Oil Painting / Silver Leaf on Canvas, by Master Colorist Jose Luis Bustamante.
Exhibited at the Jose Luis Cuevas Museum in Mexico City in September 2016 and at the National Arts Clu...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Original Abstract Oil Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
With original abstract oil paintings, bring audacious experiments with color and textures to your living room, dining room or home office.
Whether they're large or small, abstract paintings will stand out in your space, encouraging conversation and introducing a museum-like atmosphere that’s welcoming and conducive to creating memorable gatherings.
Abstract art has origins in 19th-century Europe, but it came into its own as a significant movement during the 20th century. Early practitioners of abstraction included Wassily Kandinsky, although painters were exploring nonfigurative art prior to the influential Russian artist’s efforts, which were inspired by music and religion. Abstract painters endeavored to create works that didn’t focus on the outside world’s conventional subjects, and even when artists depicted realistic subjects, they worked in an abstract mode to do so.
In 1940s-era New York City, a group of painters working in the abstract mode created radical work that looked to European avant-garde artists as well as to the art of ancient cultures, prioritizing improvisation, immediacy and direct personal expression. While they were never formally affiliated with one another, we know them today as Abstract Expressionists.
The male contingent of the Abstract Expressionists, which includes Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Robert Motherwell, is frequently cited in discussing leading figures of this internationally influential postwar art movement. However, the women of Abstract Expressionism, such as Helen Frankenthaler, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell and others, were equally involved in the art world of the time. Sexism, family obligations and societal pressures contributed to a long history of their being overlooked, but the female Abstract Expressionists experimented vigorously, developed their own style and produced significant bodies of work.
When you've found the work(s) you'd like to bring into your home, think about how you want to arrange the art. If you’re working with a small living space, a colorful, oversize work can create depth in a given room, but there isn’t any need to overwhelm your interior with a sprawling pièce de résistance. Colorful abstractions of any size can pop against a white wall in your living room, but if you’re working with a colored backdrop, you may wish to stick to colors that complement the decor that is already in the space. Alternatively, let your painting make a statement on its own, regardless of its surroundings, or group it, gallery-style, with other works.
On 1stDibs, you’ll find a wide range of original abstract oil paintings along with a guide on how to arrange your wonderful new wall art.
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