Abstract Art
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
Tribal - Lithograph by Nani Tedeschi - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Tribal is a contemporary artwork realized by Nani Tedeschi in 1971.
Black and white lithograph.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Numbered on the lower margin.
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sign Board - Lithograph by Mario Persico - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Sign Board is a contemporary artwork realized by Mario Persico in 1970.
Mixed colored lithograph.
Title and date on the lower margin.
Hand signed by the artist.
Numbered on the l...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
tracing the unseen
Located in London, GB
Artist:
Olga Volha Piashko
"Tracing the Unseen" 100x100x0,,1cm (104x110x0,1cm full size) cm acrilyc on canvas.
Frame:Not Framed
hand signed
A world of energy and vibration, of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Caelestis I, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
“Caelestis Iâ€
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
"Exhale I" Abstract Painting 59" x 98" inch by Ahmed Farid
By Ahmed Farid
Located in Culver City, CA
"Exhale I" Abstract Painting 59" x 98" inch by Ahmed Farid
mixed media on canvas
Born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1950 where he currently lives and works, Farid is an autodidact Egyptian p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media
Baram 128
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
You Are My Energy
Located in Yuba City, CA
This artwork has the power of simplicity and positive colors for you good mood . It is original ,modern and unique .
Ready to hang ,either way .Signed by artist -front and back .Side...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Diamante I, Acrylic on Canvas Painting, by Jon James REP by Tuleste Factory
By Jon James
Located in New York, NY
"Diamond I"
72x72 (vertical) / 101.82x101.82 (diagonal)
Diagonally hanging drip paint painting by artist Jon James. Depth layers created by several drip layers of red, white, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Baram 114
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Caelum Et Terram, Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Jon James REP by Tuleste Factory
By Jon James
Located in New York, NY
"Caelum Et Terram"
Acrylic on Canvas
72 x 72 in.
Abstract acrylic painting by Jon James. Repetitive straight drip white lines creating a cross figure over a green and blue backgroun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rajasthan Gypsy Dance. Large Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Paul Wadsworth is one of the UK’s leading exponents of Expressionist paintings. His pieces are heavily worked with layers of richly applied paint, the result is paintings that sing w...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
White Nights (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
White Nights (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on canvas — Unframed
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube.
This method is especially safe for large works, and provi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Expressionist Abstract Original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) watercolour painting on thick card
unframed: 26 x 20 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011) watercolour painting on thick card
unframed: 26 x 20 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we h...
Category
20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor
Caeruleum Continuum Acrylic on Canvas Painting Jon James REP by Tuleste Factory
By Jon James
Located in New York, NY
"Caeruleum Continuum"
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 96 in.
By dripping blue shades of paint across and down the canvas in repetition Jon Jame's creates an illusion of depth in his painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Soft Blue Beach - Lifeguard Stand on Beach Original Oceanscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. With a high level of technical virtuosity Keifer creates...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Baram 211
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
In Search of Harmony, 49x39 original abstract impressionist floral landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
When the flowers bloom and catch the wind, summer will soon be in full swing with joy in the air! In this exciting garden paradise abstract expressionist floral landscape you can env...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
RUZ Square Big Green Glack Square original abstract acrylic canvas painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original abstract acrylic canvas painting. framed
, Rafael (Barcelona 1956)
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are inclined to talk about real ‘psychodrama’, in the same ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Yantra #7, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
4.5" x 4.5" collage, vintage and antique paper ephemera on archival museum rag board, composed of .5" squares of collage material. Contains elements of old litho-printed advertising...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Yantra #9, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
4.5" x 4.5" collage, vintage and antique paper ephemera on archival museum rag board, composed of .5" squares of collage material. Contains elements of 19th century hand-written let...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Baram 113
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract 2415
Located in Sempach, LU
"This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by me, Alex Senchenko
This high quality acrylic painting is done on gallery wrapped canvas,...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Ines I and III, Diptych. Abstract paintings from the Ines series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ines I and III, Diptych. Abstract paintings from the Ines series, 2012 by Clemens Wolf
From the series Ines
Oil on canvas
Overall size: 190 H x 280 W CM
Individual size: 190 H x 140...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ines IV and II, Diptych. Abstract paintings from the Ines series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Ines IV and II, Diptych. Abstract paintings from the Ines series, 2012 by Clemens Wolf
From the series Ines
Oil on canvas
Overall size: 190 H x 280 W CM
Individual size: 190 H x 140...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Take Me Out of the Blue #12, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
By Ellen Brooks
Located in Yardley, PA
My series Take Me Out Of The Blue emerged from a specific set of letters written by my grandfather (whom I never met) to my grandmother while he was a young man serving in the US Arm...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
The Lyrics are in the Silence by Amy Sullivan Contemporary Landscape Painting
By Amy Sullivan
Located in Atlanta, GA
It only took us a second to fall in love with Amy Sullivan's abstracted barns and structures. Oozing with texture and media, her large-scale and slightly off-kilter renditions of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Escaping from Darkness, Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting, 21st Century
By Ana Valdes
Located in Mexico City, MX
Escaping from Darkness
Contemporary Art, Abstract Painting
Acrylic on canvas
120x170cm
2024
Signed and dated on the side
About the Artist
Painting was always present in Ana Valdes'...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Yantra #16, Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
4.5" x 4.5" collage, vintage and antique paper ephemera on archival museum rag board, composed of strips of collage material. Contains 19th century hand-written and envelope element...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media
A Gardenera's Design, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A large bouquet burst with vibrancy, leaves spreading from its sides. Loose strokes bring an expressive energy, while the pale blue background adds a calming to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
ST0034-Contemporary, Abstract, Expressionism, Modern, Pop art, , Geometric
Located in London, London
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. Edition of 25 (Unframed)
His work has been shown in R...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Inkjet, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Antique American School Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist abstract painting by Elsie Orfuss (Born 1913). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Nicely framed.
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Category
1950s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Baram 115
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
The Music I Hear by Amy Sullivan Contemporary Painting with Still Life floral
By Amy Sullivan
Located in Atlanta, GA
It only took us a second to fall in love with Amy Sullivan's abstracted barns and structures. Oozing with texture and media, her large-scale and slightly off-kilter renditions of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Baram 172
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Baram 146
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Baram 145
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Astres Egares (Lost Astral)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Astres Egares (Lost Astral)" 1970, is an original colors lithograph on Japan paper by noted Italian artist Berto (Roberto) Lardera, 1911-1989. Published by Les Biblioph...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Abstract 2412
Located in Sempach, LU
"There’s something ethereal, almost magical, about contemporary paintings. The
incredible Expressionism bleeds through the canvas, transforming any room into an
entirely new experien...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Optimism Painting - original abstract painting
Located in London, GB
Optimism Painting I - acrylic & mixed media on wood, 2019
16 x 16" inches / 41 x 41 cm
mint condition - original and unique piece.
Christian Möller, German and born in Kabul Afgha...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Mid Century Airplane Abstract Original Painting Collage on Paper -- "Airfoul 1"
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Airplane Abstract Original Painting Collage on Paper -- "Airfoul 1"
This is dynamic figurative abstract painting by Marc Foster Grant...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Foil
Baram 144
By Geonwoo Lee
Located in Goyang-si, KR
The word "Baram" has two meanings in Korean: "wish (feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable)" and "wind (the perceptible natural movement ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Abstract 2409
Located in Sempach, LU
"This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by me, Alex Senchenko
This high quality acrylic painting is done on gallery wrapped canvas,...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Expressionist Abstract #3, multi colored, Philadelphia artist, signed
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Expressionist Abstract #3" is a 50 x 55 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The painting is signed in the artist's monogram "MLB" and dated 1964-6...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Epergne" (black & white, abstract, surreal, dark, mysterious, natural, canvas)
Located in Paris, IDF
EPERGNE
2024, Paris, France
This painting conveys the sense of knowing something is under the surface, in the dark, while not fully understanding it - as if looking into a cave. An ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Flock of Sheep. Large Pastel.Modern British.West Wales.Welsh. Animal & Farming.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Susan Pomery Wilks.
English ( 20th Century ).
Flock of Sheep.
Pastel & Charcoal on Paper. Signed.
Image size 13.6 inches x 23 inches ( 34.5cm x 58.5cm ).
Frame size 21.1 inches x 30...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Untitled 46
Located in Las Condes, CL
UNTITLED 46, is an abstract painting, Tea on canvas, measuring 150x105 cm. Created by Chilean artist Jorge Reyes Zepeda.
Jorge works with the canvas on the floor or a table, basicall...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Tea
A Hawaiian Tapestry - Oil Paint By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Tropical plants and flowers are assembled along with partially hidden figures in this tropical scene.
A Hawaiian Tapestry - Oil Paint By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is exhibite...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Array of Brightness, Abstract Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Red, white, and beige suggest blooming flowers on a soft blue background. Green leaves and stems bring cohesion to the colors. The composition's loose and spont...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Tigresses. 120x180cm
By Max Orlitsky
Located in Yerevan, AM
This is a painting from the Lycanthropy series. This is a mental illness in which, usually as a result of trauma, the individual refuses to associate himself with a human being and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
"Saudade" (black & white, rich, text, type, abstract, surreal, natural, neutral)
Located in Paris, IDF
SAUDADE
2024, Paris, France
An abstract, original painting on linen, which is primarily black & white with hand-painted typography detail. Centered at the bottom of the work reads t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Linen
Gem I, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
2021 / 11 x 14 / metallic oil, graphite and Swarovski crystal rhinestones on canvas Abstract metallic bubbles form a composition derived from dream state, representative of a pen...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Stb01-Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Pop art, Geometric, Acrylic
Located in London, London
Stfk097, 1997
His work has been shown in Reina Sofía Museum of Madrid, Royal Academy of London, Arco Madrid, Pinta Art Fair, London, London Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, London, an...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Vintage Signed Mid Century Framed Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract expressionist painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed on back.
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Second Skin, Photoengraving, Contemporary Art, 21st Century, Japanese Art
Located in Zug, CH
"Second Skin", 2014
Photoengraving
Signed and numbered
Edition of 30
In mint condition (as acquired from the publisher)
The pieces are offered unframed
Edition numbers might vary fro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Photogravure
M00ba4-Contemporary, Abstract, Minimalism, Modern, Expressionist, Surrealist
Located in London, London
Digital pigment print Ultrachrome ink on Fabriano Rosaspina paper. Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. (Unframed)
His work has been shown in Reina Sofía M...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lavender Mist Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Jon James, REP by Tuleste Factory
By Jon James
Located in New York, NY
Lavender Mist by Jon James
Acrylic on Canvas
80 × 50 in
203.2 × 127 cm
Characterized by magnificent fields of paint and color, Jon James’ work utilizes a familiar method, dripping...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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