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
FLUID NETTING 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
FLUID NETTING 2
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
FLUID NETTING 3
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Fractal, Modern Colorful Abstract Painting 100x100cm by Anna Selina
Located in Zofingen, AG
Spiritual and metaphysical artwork about peace in your heart, when you are a part of this big world, open-hearted, and sincerely love life. This painting is like a spiritual way, whi...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
NIGHT IN PARIS, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
NOCTURNO EN PARIS IS A WORK EXECUTED WITHIN THE ABSTRACT NONCONFORMIST MOVEMENT. AS PART OF ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM. THE PAINTER USES THE MEMORIES OF HIS TRIPS TO PARIS, AND THOSE NIG...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Euphoria. Floral Abstraction, acylic on synthetic paper by Vika Flartina
Located in Zofingen, AG
I create my paintings by applying many translucent layers, just as people are made up of different layers, among them layers of other people's opinions, influences as well as memorie...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
Greenery Floral Abstraction, acylic painting on synthetic paper
Located in Zofingen, AG
A work from the series "Secrets of Memories".
I create my paintings by applying many translucent layers, just as people are made up of different layers, among them layers of other pe...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
A Path to You III
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Ruz Vertical Blue Black Abstract Acrylic on paper Painting
By Rafael Ruz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Original work of the artist RUZ
Ruz. astract. Vertical. blue .black - Abstract Acrylic on paper Painting
Perfect state
virtual frame
While contemplating the painting of Ruz, we are i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Black and grey II, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original artwork, acrylic on paper. Unframed Layered colour expertly moulds vivid compositions which flirt with optical transcendence. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: T...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
The Hand (La Main) - Limited Edition Red Abstract Etching Print
Located in East Quogue, NY
Bright red, blue, and white abstract etching print on paper by Moroccan artist Malika Agueznay. Limited edition. Edition 12/20. Signed. Offered framed.
Malika Agueznay (1938) is a p...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
La Vida Sin Ti (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
La Vida Sin Ti (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 pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Leda and the Swan
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Nataliia Svitlychna "Leda and the Swan"
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Northern legends.White expansion
Located in Oslo, NO
Movement of white color that give impression of power and victory.Working on abstraction is often very intuitive and sometimes the artist has to rein in this "beast" to achieve the ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Southern Exposure
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, 2005, on Somerset wove paper, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 128, printed by Brand X Editions, Ltd., New York, published by Lincoln ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
Northern legends.In a dream world
Located in Oslo, NO
Abstract ,symbolic and decorative painting . Shape , movement and colour that creates one fantasy world.Working on abstraction is often very intuitive and sometimes the artist has ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Separated By A Line by Murray Duncan, mix media on canvas, abstract geometric
Located in Toronto, CA
Separated By A Line by Murray Duncan, 2024
Mix media on canvas
Size 60" x 48" x 1.5
Unframed
Murray Duncan is a self-taught creative visionary. Know for his large-scale, expressive ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Restless Spring, Original painting, Landscape, Abstract, Abstract art
Located in Deddington, GB
'Restless Spring' is inspired by the mist laden spring mornings in the hills of Scotland and uses lush colour and expressive marks to draw you in to explore more. The painting is the...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
R. Poch 7 Blue Daisies Castle acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
3.-Castle acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production company La Cosa de las Pelicu...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
TBG Origins: Grounded in Peace - Meditative Green Black Gold Abstract Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract minimalist artist Jason DeMeo creates artworks that work to serve as a meditation for the viewer, drawing them toward the timeless concepts of truth, beauty, and goodness. H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Steven Baris "Stations of Attention Q3" Oil on Mylar
By Steven Baris
Located in New York, NY
Steve Baris considers his abstract painting to be diagrams that he creates in a persistent attempt to visually define and articulate the amorphous, and ineffable processes of everyda...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mylar, Oil
Steven Baris "Stations of Attention Q5" Oil on Mylar
By Steven Baris
Located in New York, NY
Steve Baris considers his abstract painting to be diagrams that he creates in a persistent attempt to visually define and articulate the amorphous, and ineffable processes of everyda...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mylar, Oil
Wild and Free, Original Painting, Semi Abstract Seascape, Ocean art, Blue
Located in Deddington, GB
Wild and Free is a semi-abstract seascape painting by Helen Howells. It was inspired by the coast of South Wales, which is my homeland. It is not of any specific place, but is a comb...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bright Jade Ghost
By Sam Francis
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sam Francis (1923-1994) is one of the most distinctive and collected 20th-century abstract artists.
After serving in the Air Force in WW II, Francis returned to California immersin...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Her Blue Deeps
By Sam Francis
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Sam Francis (1923-1994) is one of the most distinctive and collected 20th-century abstract artists.
After serving in the Air Force in WW II, Francis returned to his native Californ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Black sun
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint
Handsigned by the artist in pencil
Edition : 14/75
66.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.98 in. x 19.69 in. (paper)
30.00 cm. x 26.00 cm. 11.81 in. x 10.24 in. (image)
BFK ...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Northern legends.End of winter.
Located in Oslo, NO
Abstract composition that based on floral forms.Working on abstraction is often very intuitive and sometimes the artist has to rein in this "beast" to achieve the desired image.In ab...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
virtualité corporelle 23
Located in Washington, DC
Faced with the pursuit of an unrealistic virtual aesthetic, body dysmorphia has become a prevalent form of social anxiety in our times. The series 'virtualité corporelle' reflects on...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Found It Anyway by Murray Duncan, mix media on canvas, abstract geometric modern
Located in Toronto, CA
Found It Anyway by Murray Duncan, 2023
Mix media on canvas
Floating black frame
Size is 49.5 x 49.5 x 2"
Murray Duncan is a self-taught creative visionary. Know for his large-scale,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Ramblas
Located in London, GB
Lithograph, drypoint, etching in colours, 1987/88, on handmade wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75, printed and published by Polígrafa Obra Gráfica, Barcelo...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Lithograph
"Desert Fire" - Textured Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Desert Fire" - Textured Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Textured abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Blended colo...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Reflections II
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, 1995, on BFK Rives paper, signed and dated in pencil, inscribed ‘P.P.’ a printer’s proof, aside from the standard edition of 30, published by Tyler Graphics Lt...
Category
1990s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Georgian Contemporary Art by Lali Kakubava - Moon Dancer
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor, oil pastel & pencil on paper
Lali Kakubava is a Georgian artist born in 1976 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She is philologist by degree, former producer, and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil, Oil Pastel
Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Composition No.2.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
This vibrant and dynamic artwork by Koko Hovaguimian is a celebration of jazz through color and form. Measuring 20x24 inches, the painting features a lively composition that captures...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
Bunt im Dreieck
Located in London, GB
Wassily Kandinsky
Bunt im Dreieck, 1965
Lithograph in colours on Arches paper
Signed in the plate
50 x 37.5 cm
Sheet: 74 x 45.5 cm
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Flotilla
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colors, 2006, on Rives BFK paper, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 120, published by the Naples Art Museum, Florida, 78.7 x 93.7 cm. (31 x 37 i...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Art
Materials
Screen
"Only in the Blue Night" Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Only in the Blue Night" Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Bold abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). A bright yellow ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Colored Conversions - Abstract Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Colored Conversions - Abstract Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Abstract watercolor and ink painting depicting hues of yellow and orange, with a contrast of black paint in the center.
Si...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
Soho Dreams
Located in London, GB
Etching, aquatint and drypoint in colours, 1987, on Magnani paper, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 71 (there were also 8 artist’s proofs), published by 2RC E...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
Joan Miró - MARAVILLAS CON VARIACIONES... Lithograph Contemporary Art Abstract
By Joan Miró
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Joan Miró - Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró XVIII
Date of creation: 1975
Medium: Lithograph on Gvarro paper
Edition: 1500
Size: 49,5 x 35,5 cm
Observations...
Category
1970s Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Flowers in the mountains, 80х80cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Limited edition of 5 pieces
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Color
Madron. Signed lithograph by Stanley Jones
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
’Madron’
By Stanley Jones
Medium - Lithograph
Signed - Yes
Edition - 13/65
Date - 1970
Published by - The Curwen
Size - 505mm x 655mm
Condition - 10
Colour of print may not be accura...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Art
Materials
Lithograph
Font Diaz.11 STUDY OF COLORS. Original abstract pastel painting
By Font Diaz
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Manel Font Díaz (Barcelona, 1950) es un artista centrado especialmente en la pintura, primero formado en la facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Barcelona y luego en la Escu...
Category
1980s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel
Blue Tranquility 8
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original, uniquie cyanotype.
“I love this means of directly using sun and water to create my art,” says Terri Dilling. “It is a collaboration with nature. The weather and the season...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic
Wintermärchen (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Wintermärchen (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on canvas - Framed
Canvas size: 75 x 75 x 2 cm / 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
Andreas Durrer is a Swiss abstract painter. His work is character...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Fusion, Abstract Painting
By Alicia Dunn
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A color field portrays an abstract landscape with a serene blend of blues, purples, and creams. The transition between hues creates a dreamlike quality and exud...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic
In silence Watercolor painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
"A watercolor painting for the interior on cotton paper measuring 38x56cm.
This interior painting with nature is about a warm summer evening by the Volga River, the pacification of n...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Weaver Diptych -Artist's Proof #1 of 3 - Abstract-UK awarded artist
Located in London, GB
"The Weaver" Series inviting viewers into a world where memory and present interweaving in a mesmerizing display of visual creativity.
2024, Shizico Yi takes on a ground-breaking art...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Metal
Florida Oil Painting African American Woman Art Annie Nobles Miller Indian River
Located in Surfside, FL
"Annie Nobles Miller"
Abstract Florida landscape oil on board painting
Hand signed lower left Inscribed on verso St. Lucie County.
Measures: Board 24"H x 30"W; Framed - 32"H x 38"W...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Françoise LANDOWKSI (1917-2007) “Pierrot” Claude Debussy
Located in Holywell, GB
Françoise LANDOWKSI (1917-2007) “Pierrot” Claude Debussy
An ethereal painting of a pierrot with the image repeated until it fades away across the canvas. The pierrot is also shown i...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Oil
"Bas Relief II" Painting 59" x 59" inch by Ibrahim Khatab
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bas Relief II" Painting 59" x 59" inch by Ibrahim Khatab
Ibrahim Khatab was born in Cairo 1984, works as a co-teacher in Cairo University, he mixes between painting, video art and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
1960s Blue & Yellow II Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler
Untitled
c.1960s
Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper
3.75"x1.75" site unframed
Signed in ink lower right
Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russi...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Intaglio
1960s Blue & Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler
Untitled
c.1960s
Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper
3.75"x1.75" site unframed
Signed in ink lower right
Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russi...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Intaglio
1960s Blue & Pink Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler
Untitled
c.1960s
Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper
3.75"x1.75" site unframed
Signed in ink lower right
Very Good Condition- Wear consistent with age and history. Fo...
Category
1960s Abstract Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Intaglio
White Abstract #10 by Murray Duncan, mix media on artist board, resin, geometric
Located in Toronto, CA
White Abstract #10 by Murray Duncan, 2023
Mix media on artist board, resined
Size 48" x 60" x 1.5
Unframed
Murray Duncan is a self-taught creative visionary. Know for his large-scal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Pencil
Up Memory by Murray Duncan, mix media on artist board, abstract geometric
Located in Toronto, CA
Up Memory by Murray Duncan
2023
Mix media on artist board
Size 84" x 72" x 1.5"
Unframed
Murray Duncan is a self-taught creative visionary. Know for his large-scale, expressive cont...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Steven Baris "Stations of Attention Q4" Oil on Mylar
By Steven Baris
Located in New York, NY
Steve Baris considers his abstract painting to be diagrams that he creates in a persistent attempt to visually define and articulate the amorphous, and ineffable processes of everyda...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Mylar, Oil
STCBS-Contemporary, Abstract , mixedmedia, sculture, pop art, wood, acrylic
Located in London, London
"Diario de un TOC"
Cut wood, acrylic, and printed interlining, 2024 Hand signed by the artist, and certificate of authenticity. (Unframed)
His work has been shown in Reina Sofía M...
Category
2010s Abstract Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
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