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Contemporary Abstract Paintings

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Color:  Gray
Fragmento de Hauntopolis x
Located in BARCELONA, ES
The central axis of Santiago Talavera's work is the reflection on the human condition through the investigation of the landscape and its symbolic, narrative and spatial possibilities...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

MONOLITH I
Located in Tulsa, OK
Kim Fonder, MONOLITHI I, Mixed Media on Burlap, 60.00 X 42.00 in, $4,400.00, Grey, White, Abstract, contemporary, mixed media, minimal Kim Fonder loves texture and touch. Her painti...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Burlap, Mixed Media

Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - Pathos 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, mixed media on canvas Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent in pencil drawing as a teenager. ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic

Embodied IX
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pelias expounds on her new works . . .   In this group of oil paintings on canvas, I am inspired and informed by my personal history and collective lived experience, as well as the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Sumi Ink

Embodied VI
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pelias expounds on her new works . . .   In this group of oil paintings on canvas, I am inspired and informed by my personal history and collective lived experience, as well as the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Sumi Ink

Embodied V
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pelias expounds on her new works . . .   In this group of oil paintings on canvas, I am inspired and informed by my personal history and collective lived experience, as well as the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Sumi Ink

Embodied IV
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pelias expounds on her new works . . .   In this group of oil paintings on canvas, I am inspired and informed by my personal history and collective lived experience, as well as the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Sumi Ink

Embodied II
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pelias expounds on her new works . . .   In this group of oil paintings on canvas, I am inspired and informed by my personal history and collective lived experience, as well as the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Sumi Ink

Sleeping Beauty, Beauty Sleeping
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Candy Shop
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas (Reactive UV Light) Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the expressioni...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Evanescence 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, texture on canvas Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the expressionist movement...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Evanescence 5
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, texture on canvas Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the expressionist movement...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Evanescence 6
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, texture and crushed concrete on canvas Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the e...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Marie-Anne Decamp - Evanescence 7
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas Marie Anne Decamp is a French artist born in 1973 who lives and works in Chambly in Oise in Picardy, near Paris. She belongs to the expressionist movement. She is ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Chinese Contemporary art by Du Ke - Facing the Sea
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Du Ke is a Chinese male artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tongzhou district, Beijing, China. He was graduated from the Painting Departmen...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chinese Contemporary art by Du Ke - Country Dance
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Du Ke is a Chinese male artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tongzhou district, Beijing, China. He was graduated from the Painting Departmen...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chinese Contemporary art by Du Ke - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Du Ke is a Chinese male artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tongzhou district, Beijing, China. He was graduated from the Painting Departmen...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chinese Contemporary art by Du Ke - Blue Sofa
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Du Ke is a Chinese male artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tongzhou district, Beijing, China. He was graduated from the Painting Departmen...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Abstraction N0678 - Mixed media on Canvas by Denis Osso - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Abstraction N0678 is an artwork realized by Denis Osso (1965) Mixed media on Canvas, 2018. 80x60x3.5 cm, unframed. Signature, title, date, measurements and artist's stamp on the b...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Deborah Bigeleisen - Rapture, Painting 2019
Located in Greenwich, CT
Having started my career by painting Rembrandt-like portraits of luminous white roses, I credit my discovery of fractals for transforming my artistic vision, and changing the direction and force of my work. Always working with a single image of a flower, or a component thereof, I have stripped away the mask of the exterior form and magnified the interior thousands of times to depths beyond what is visible to the naked eye. My subject is no longer simply a flower; it is a dynamical system existing in a chaotic universe filled with energy, turbulence, mystery and beauty. Additionally, I have discovered that the system repeats itself through multiple phenomena. This is where I have taken the literal definition of fractals, and put my creative voice to the principles. Though the non-representational work may suggest a natural likeness - a wing, a wave, a shell, or even a human form - my vision invites a fresh dialogue between aesthetics and science. Whether creating evocative representational images or boldly deceptive non-objective work, my focus is always on the choreography of the movement, the organization of the space, the subtlety in the tonal transitions, and the intricacy of the brushwork. Exclusively painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paint, Oil

Spectral Envelope
Located in Westport, CT
Brooklyn artist, Molly Herman, creates beautiful, colorful abstract paintings. Her work has beautiful color as in this piece with pink, green and blue. She is most interested in pla...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Josette Dubost - Dans la Ville
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Josette Dubost - Clarté Lunaire
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1612, 2074, 0835, Triptych. Mixed Media. ONE Series. Ink and acrylic on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
1612, 2074, 0835, Triptych, 2022 by Salvatore Arnone From the series ONE Ink and acrylic on canvas Overall size: 90 H x 270 W cm. Individual size: 90 H x 90 W cm. Unframed __________...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

"Rune #4"- Richly Colored Reds, Abstract Fine Art Painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Loy Luo is a Chinese artist based in New York. She received a Master's Degree from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology in 2010 and taught art at the Beijing Institute of Science and Technology Management from 2010 to 2012. Though Luo's main focus has been painting and sculpting, she is also a conceptual and performance artist...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Light Refraction #59, Abstract painting on canvas mounted in a stretcher
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Light Refraction #59, 2015 by Natasha Zupan From the series Light Refraction Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D. Canvas on a stretcher Unique ______...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Francis Moreau - Dérive
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Francis Moreau - Hippocampe
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Final Sprint - Tour de France Stage 15 2015, bicycle art, affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
The Final Sprint- Tour de France Stage 15 2015 is an original painting by Garth Bayley cycling artwork, sportive, Tour de France, This Painting was worked from a sketch. I created a sketch a day for the Tour of France and this just had the energy and movement to work into a bigger artwork...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Color Boundaries #13 Abstract painting on canvas, mounted on a stretcher.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Color Boundaries #13, 2018 by Natasha Zupan From the series Color Boundaries Oil, fabric, medium on canvas Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D. Unique _____________________________...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Stormy Life Unfolding Beauty 5
Located in Tulsa, OK
Ramona Stelzer is a contemporary artist. She is fascinated and inspired by nature, its process, lifecycle, transformation, and alteration. She loves to ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paint

Stormy Life Unfolding Beauty 4
Located in Tulsa, OK
Ramona Stelzer is a contemporary artist. She is fascinated and inspired by nature, its process, lifecycle, transformation, and alteration. She loves to ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paint

A person who used to be an enemy
Located in New Orleans, LA
Akihiko says of his work… My body of work is an experiment in rejecting conventional views of painting, reconsidering the very act of viewing, and reassessing traditional oil painti...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Glass, Oil

Color Derivatives #132, From the series Color Derivatives. Abstract painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Color Derivatives #132, 2017 by Natasha Zupan From the series Color Derivatives Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D. Unique ____________________________________ Natasha Zupan beautifully unites the old and new. A Yale-educated, internationally renowned artist, combines the innovation of her highly crafted technique with her wonder for tradition and the great Masters. This body of work explores the manipulation of surface texture, light, and the interweaving of time. It is not about translating a world that already exists, but about an entrance into a different universe. A timeless, tactile world of sensation and overlapping memory. Natasha shows annually throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States, including multiple exhibitions at the Columbus Museum of Art...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Light Refraction #7, Abstract painting on canvas, mounted on a stretcher.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Light Refraction #7, 2013 by Natasha Zupan Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D. Unframed ____________________________________ Natasha Zupan beautifully unites the old and new. A Yale-educated, the internationally renowned artist, combines the innovation of her highly crafted technique with her wonder for tradition and the great Masters. This body of work explores the manipulation of surface texture, light, and the interweaving of time. It is not about translating a world that already exists, but about an entrance into a different universe. A timeless, tactile world of sensation and overlapping memory. Natasha shows annually throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States, including multiple exhibitions at the Columbus Museum of Art...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Color Derivatives #161, From the series Color Derivatives. Abstract painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Color Derivatives #161, 2016 by Natasha Zupan From the series Color Derivatives Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas Size: 9.5 in. H x 7.5 in. W x 3 in D. Unique _________________________...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Fabric, Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Tamta Chachanidze - Room 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, pastel & marker on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Georgian Contemporary Art by Tamta Chachanidze - Pray
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, pastel & marker on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Georgian Contemporary Art by Tamta Chachanidze - Izolda One More Time
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, pastel & marker on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Georgian Contemporary Art by Tamta Chachanidze - Freedom
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & marker on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Georgian Contemporary Art by Tamta Chachanidze - Coco
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, soft pastel & marker on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Harry Fleenors Dick, Abstract Painting, Watercolor & Gouache on Paper
Located in Austin, TX
Ryan Thayer Davis is a University of Texas alumni still living and working in Austin, and a pure painter. He approaches his work by creating compos...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Light refraction 59 and 60, Mixed Media paintings on canvas, mounted stretchers
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Light refraction #59 and #60 (Diptych), 2015 by Natasha Zupan Oil, fabric, medium, on canvas Overall size: 9.5 in. H x 15 in. W x 3 in D. Individual ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Fabric, Mixed Media, Oil

Summer Hope, Abstract Style Contemporary Artwork, Blue Colourfield Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Summer Hope [2021] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Summer Hope is part of a series of paintings made in 2021 inspired by early morning walks on the fell landscape. Her expressive paintings are very much influenced by the idea of a new day representing a new beginning, a hopeful emotional moment. This searching for hope was undoubtedly a subconscious response to an extraordinary time and her paintings celebrate the joy and freedom of being in the landscape. Jill is inspired by the landscape of the North East and most of her work is based on an ancient mining landscape called Cockfield Fell where she walks nearly every day. Her atmospheric paintings are a result of her exploration of the interplay between what is seen and what is felt about the landscape. She uses elements of what she sees and combines these with her imagination to create her paintings. She is fascinated by the Fell’s strange, other-worldly, abstract shapes defined by the morning shadows...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mystic, Bright Light Abstract Style Art, Spring Summer Art, Colour Field Style
Located in Deddington, GB
Mystic by Wioletta Gancarz [2021] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Beautiful Original Colourful painting on canvas 100x80x4cm. Was cre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Luis Miguel Valdés ¨Andar La Habana II¨, 2020, Acrylic, 45.3x55.1 in
Located in Miami, FL
"Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Andar La Habana II', 2020 acrylic on canvas 45.3 x 55.2 in. (115 x 140 cm.) ID: VAL- "
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Francis Moreau - Lorelei
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

0835, From The series ONE.Abstract. Ink and acrylic on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
0835, 2022 by Salvatore Arnone From the series ONE Ink and acrylic on canvas Image size: 90 H x 90 W cm. One of a kind Unframed ______________________ The artist graduated in chemic...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

1612, From The series ONE. Abstract. Ink and acrylic on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
1612, 2022 by Salvatore Arnone From the series ONE Ink and acrylic on canvas Image size: 90 H x 90 W cm. Unframed ______________________ The artist graduated in chemical engineering...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Ink

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nestan Mikeladze - Soft Force
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nestan Mikeladze - Sulphur
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nestan Mikeladze - Formation
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nestan Mikeladze - Butterfly Bone
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bird's Eye View VIII
Located in Stamford, CT
Hazra’s artworks contemplate the complex and precarious relationship between man and land. The artist acts as a witness to the transfiguration of the metropolitan landscape and terri...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Thread, Paper, Board, Color

Austrian Contemporary Art by Peter Hofmann Gir - Neapel Strategie
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on jute
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Jute, Mixed Media

Austrian Contemporary Art by Peter Hofmann Gir - Andalusien
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media on jute, diptychon
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Jute, Mixed Media

Beach Walking III, Diane Whalley, Abstract painting, Contemporary art, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
Beach Walking III by Diane Whalley [2022] original and hand signed by the artist acrylic on canvas Image size: H:20 cm x W:20 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:20 cm x W:20 cm x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Blue Hour, Elaine Fox, Original painting, Atmospheric art, Landscape art, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
Blue Hour by Elaine Fox [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Oil paint on canvas Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:5...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary abstract paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Anastasia Pelias, Chelsea Davine, Waleria Matelska, and Anna Maria Caboni. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Fabric and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 1.63 inches across are also available.

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