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
Artist: Carla Sá Fernandes
The Emotional Creation #315, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #321, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #327, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blue No. 5, Painting, Oil on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
My cork series is a statement of my Portuguese origins. It's a coming back to nature, to raw, to minimalism, to simplicity,... This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely sp...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Emotional Creation #229, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
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2010s Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #196, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
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2010s Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #182, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
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2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #190, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
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2010s Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #329, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
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2010s Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #248, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #366, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #353, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Black Gold No. 7, Painting, Acrylic on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
My cork series is a statement of my Portuguese origins. It's a coming back to nature, to raw, to minimalism, to simplicity,... This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spon...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #367, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #190, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #196, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #229, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #182, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blue Gold No. 5 (On Cork), Painting, Acrylic on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by me, Carla Sá Fernandes. This high quality acrylic painting is done on natural cork fa...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
UnderCover Cork No. 2, Painting, Acrylic on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
My cork series is a statement of my Portuguese origins. It's a coming back to nature, to raw, to minimalism, to simplicity... This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spon...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #276, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Black Variegated No. 2, Painting, Acrylic on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
My cork series is a statement of my Portuguese origins. It's a coming back to nature, to raw, to minimalism, to simplicity... This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spont...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #287, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Undercover Cork No. 1, Painting, Acrylic on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
My cork series is a statement of my Portuguese origins. It's a coming back to nature, to raw, to minimalism, to simplicity... This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spont...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #41, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
Green No. 1 (On Cork), Painting, Oil on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
My cork series is a statement of my Portuguese origins. It's a coming back to nature, to raw, to minimalism, to simplicity,... This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely sp...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Emotional Creation #299, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #314, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #322, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #305, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #306, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Black Gold No. 8, Painting, Acrylic on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
My cork series is a statement of my Portuguese origins. It's a coming back to nature, to raw, to minimalism, to simplicity,... This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontan...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #368, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #344, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #342, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic
Black Silver No. 2, Painting, Acrylic on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
My cork series is a statement of my Portuguese origins. It's a coming back to nature, to raw, to minimalism, to simplicity,... This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #349, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a one of a kind mixed media painting: acrylic on a manipulated photo on canvas. This high quality painting is done on gallery wrapped canvas, with no need for framing, as ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #346, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a one of a kind mixed media painting: acrylic on a manipulated photo on canvas. This high quality painting is done on gallery wrapped canvas, with no need for framing, as ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #348, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a one of a kind mixed media painting: acrylic on a manipulated photo on canvas. This high quality painting is done on gallery wrapped canvas, with no need for framing, as ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
UnderCover Cork No. 14, Painting, Acrylic on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
My cork series is a statement of my Portuguese origins. It's a coming back to nature, to raw, to minimalism, to simplicity... This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #337, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exuberant luminous impulsive genuine happy undefined vibrant CREATION This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by me, Carla Sá Fernandes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation 338, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exuberant luminous impulsive genuine happy undefined vibrant CREATION This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by me, Carla SÃ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #335, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exuberant luminous impulsive genuine happy undefined vibrant CREATION This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by me, Carla SÃ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #330, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exuberant luminous impulsive genuine happy undefined vibrant CREATION This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by me, Carla Sá Fernandes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #323, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exuberant luminous impulsive genuine happy undefined vibrant CREATION This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by me, Carla SÃ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blue No. 2 (On Cork), Painting, Acrylic on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by Carla Sá Fernandes. This high quality acrylic painting is done on natural cork fabric...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #157, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #320, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #310, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #311, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #222, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #303, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #175, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #216, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #292, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Emotional Creation #294, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Aqua No. 1 (On Cork), Painting, Oil on Other
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by me, Carla Sá Fernandes. This high quality iridescent oil painting is done on cork fabr...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Emotional Creation #282, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exube...
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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