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Abstract Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Photorealist
"Hold That Thought" Black Woman in Blue With Fridge Magnet Letters
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Hold That Thought" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and measures approximately 50"h x 46"w. This oil on canvas work marks a new chapter in Fraser's prac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Singing Like a Flame" Portrait of Woman on Red, Pink, and Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Singing Like a Flame" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and measures approximately 22"h x 20"w. This oil on canvas work marks a new chapter in Fraser's p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"How to Heal a Broken Heart" Self-Portrait on a Pink and Purple Colorscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "How to Heal a Broken Heart" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and measures approximately 52"h x 44"w. This oil on canvas work marks a new chapter in Fra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Elements - contemporary abstract graffiti mixed media painting on canvas
Located in London, GB
Based in Cornwall, UK Brad creates expressive and abstract paintings with a graffiti influence that scale smaller mounted works to larger street art murals...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Portrait of a Black Bear
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a painted-framed original painting. Bayard Hollins' work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation. Although the lines back to classical realism can...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Medium Rare" 2024 oil on canvas
Located in New York, NY
Maeve D'Arcy Medium Rare, 2024 oil on canvas 54 x 60 in. (dar145)
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Summer Song, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
"Summer Song" is a vibrant and colorful acrylic painting on canvas. It is full inspired by the colors of summer, the flowers and the active life of nature ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Puzzle 2, David E. Peterson, Modern French Flag Painted Wooden Wall Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
For you Francophiles...! Puzzle #2 by David E. Peterson is part of an ongoing series featuring beautiful, exotic woods and abstract painting. This 3-dimensional wall sculpture is painted using the colors of the French flag. David E. Peterson Artist Statement “Industrial Design informs my work. Inspiration might come from a brightly coloured sneaker, an eye- catching dress, an intricate watch...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Resin, Wood, Acrylic

Cityscape, Acrylic on Canvas, Brown, Red, Grey by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Tapas Ghosal - Untitled - 12 x 12 inches ( unframed size) ) Acrylic on Canvas , 2021 *** Framed ( packing :complimentary; shipping cost would need to be extra) Style : In Hindu ph...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Chum Line" 2025 oil and acrylic on canvas 24 x 20 in.
Located in New York, NY
Maeve D'Arcy Chum Line, 2025 oil and acrylic on canvas 24 x 20 in. (dar139)
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

contemporary abstract colorful acrylic painting impasto textured stripes signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Sapphire Sea Spruce' is an excellent example of the paintings of Daniel Klewer, coming from his series 'Linear Tactility.' The paintings in this series all share a consistent, linea...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Patch of Blue Camellia #2
Located in New Orleans, LA
Margaret Evangeline is a contemporary painter, sculptor, and installation artist who lives and works in New York City. She was the first female recipient of an MFA in Fine Arts from ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contrapuntal (4/19) by James Lumsden -Abstract vivid colour painting, blue, pink
Located in Paris, FR
Contrapuntal (4/19) is a unique acrylic on canvas, gloss finish painting by contemporary artist James Lumsden, dimensions are 50 × 50 cm (19.7 × 19.7 in). The artwork is signed, sol...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

San Antonio Orange
Located in New Orleans, LA
Margaret Evangeline is a contemporary painter, sculptor, and installation artist who lives and works in New York City. She was the first female recipient of an MFA in Fine Arts from ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Jean-Marc Teillon - Recouvrement n°1
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Even Before Anything Happens, " Abstract Oil on Canvas by Deirdre Schanen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Even Before Anything Happens" is an oil on canvas by Deirdre Schanen. The blue expanse is calm. At the bottom right is a cream colored expanse with a line of red down it and some ch...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Astro
Located in New Orleans, LA
BONNIE MAYGARDEN is a multimedia artist who received her MFA in Studio Arts from Tulane University. She attended Pratt Institute in New York, where she received her Bachelor's of Fin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Agnangkere Growth
Located in Miami, FL
Gloria Petyarre, sometimes referred to as Gloria Pitjara, was one of Australia s most successful and significant female artists. Her depiction of the Kurrajong bush medicine leaves-with her layered, free-flowing, swirling brushstrokes that scatter across the canvas-became her iconic motif. Her career took off when she won the coveted 'Wynne Prize for Landscape' at the New South Wales Gallery in 1999. It was a triumph for Aboriginal art. Gloria became the first Indigenous Australian artist ever to win a major art prize at the Gallery of New South Wales. The painting was an extraordinary new artistic statement, quite unlike any other Aboriginal artwork at that time. A huge, gold and green abstract work, it was made up of swirling leaf shaped brush strokes positioned close together on a black background. It brilliantly captured the energy and flow of leaves being scattered by a fitful wind, seaweed swirling in a change of tide, or grass billowing in the wind. So much did this artwork fascinate the essentially nature-loving people of this country, that it was to become one of the most popular styles in Aboriginal art, bringing many a devotee to the genre because of its resonance with the viewer. Gloria continued to paint this style for the next 20 years until her retirement in 2019 due to health issues. During that time and subsequently, the style has been adopted and adapted by several generations of her family members. However, Gloria was and is credited with being the creator of this popular style and its most collectable proponent. Gloria's origins are in a region called Utopia, covering an area approximately 230 - 300km from Alice Springs, itself a remote town to many people. Many of Australia's foremost Indigenous artists spring from this area, including Gloria's renowned aunt, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, deceased since 1996, and the most famous and accomplished female Indigenous Artist Australia has produced. Gloria, her family members and her skin family, first became interested in art making by participating in the Utopia Women's Silk Batik Group introduced in 1977 and initiated by CAAMA (the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association). Both Gloria and Emily were founding members of the group. With up to 80 members at a time, the Batik and Tie-die project became the seeding inspiration for the artists, and its tremendous success both in Australia and overseas led to another successful project introduced in 1988, again by CAAMA. This time, the artists were to paint on primed, stretched canvas, and many of the women took to the new medium with ease and enthusiasm, finding it more exciting to work with than the silk and batik techniques they had hitherto used. The resulting works were exhibited at the S.H.Erwin Gallery in Sydney and several other notable galleries across Australia. It was the beginning of the Utopian Art Movement, and it was impressive enough to gain international attention. Gloria was one of the artists at the very centre of it. As demand for Utopian art grew, so did Gloria's career. She travelled with her art to many countries and exhibited in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, the USA and Japan, and of course in regional and commercial galleries throughout Australia. It would be easy to think that Gloria's works were limited to bush medicine leaves works, so popular were they. In fact she had quite a number of Dreamings in her portfolio. She painted the 'Thorny Mountain Devil Lizard Dreaming', a pattern of swirling coloured lines which imitate the tracks made in the sand by the lizard's tail. Yam Dreaming, popularly executed by her aunt Emily, was also one of her commonly painted stories. She also painted Grass Seed, Pencil Yam, Emu, Bean, Small Brown Grass and Body Paint Dreamings. This breadth of subject matter and style has made her an extremely versatile artist. Later in her career, Gloria began to paint massive 'Big Leaf' paintings, expressionistically rendered with giant brush...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Brigitte Mathé - Abstract 24
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork in acrylic on linen sold with a white frame
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Acrylic

"Untitled, " Thiago Rocha Pitta, Contemporary Grey Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Thiago Rocha Pitta Untitled, 2006 Watercolor on paper 30 x 23 inches Brazil-based artist Thiago Rocha Pitta’s (b. 1980) temporal and sensitive body of work depicts interventions wit...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

You Are Always on my Mind (Diptych), Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
"You Are Always on my Mind (Diptych)" is a lively, colorful diptych on paper. It is painted gesturally and dynamically and is part of abstrac...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Fils I Colors DXC - Colorful Mixed Media Abstract Blue Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Barcelona native artist Raul de la Torre's vibrant abstract mixed media artworks pay homage to material. De La Torre allows the materials to take over during the process and collabor...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic

In the Eye of the Wave Landscape Oil Painting on Wood by Lyora Pissarro, Framed
Located in New York, NY
In the Eye of the Wave by Lyora Pissarro, Represented by Tuleste Factory 2023 Oil paint on board 39 inch diameter Signed and dated on the reverse Shipping is not included. Please c...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Board

Leaner #55, David E. Peterson, Contemporary Colorful Wooden Wall Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
David E. Peterson is a Painter, Sculptor, and Deconstructive Designer. His "Leaners" are stunning and will add a contemporary feel to any space. Peterson sources each exotic wood pie...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Resin, Wood, Acrylic

Life Force - 21st Century, Contemporary, Abstract Acrylic Painting
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Ron Mills-Pinyas’ paintings point to what in creation is, fragile, even possibly frail in a world of powerful simmering explosions of colour and beautiful molecular sub-realities. Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Resin, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Francis Moreau - Emportement 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Francis Moreau is a French artist (1940-2021) who lived and worked in Paris, France. Like many others, he wasn't born with a brush from childhood but through hard wor...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Romance Peregrino, colorful abstract handpainted photography with male acrobat
Located in Dallas, TX
"Romance Peregrino" is a wildly colorful, abstract painting layered on top of a photographic print. The subject is a strong male acrobat standing upside down on his hands. This is a ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Epoxy Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper, Digital

"The New Age" Textile Painting 43" x 18" inch by Neama El Sanhoury
Located in Culver City, CA
"The New Age" Textile Painting 43" x 18" inch by Neama El Sanhoury Medium: fabric appliqué on linen "Fragments of Time" series: Ultimately, El Sanhoury’s work is contemplated and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Fabric, Linen, Mixed Media, Mesh

Silk Road 479 - Contemporary Color Field Painting Pink, Peach Bright Red, 2019
Located in Kent, CT
A contemporary abstract, vibrant iridescent pink and bright red encaustic (pigmented beeswax) painting accented with coral, peach and orange details on birch panel. Signed, dated and...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Encaustic, Panel

SOUND AND VISION – Budgies by Doris Marten - Installation on vinyl
Located in Paris, FR
SOUND AND VISION – Budgies is a unique oil on vinyl installation by German contemporary artist Doris Marten, dimensions are 100 × 100 cm (39.4 × 39.4 in). Every piece is 30 cm in dia...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil

French Contemporary Art by Marie-Pierre Autonne - Cocons Bleus
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & oil on wooden panel Marie-Pierre Autonne is a French artist born in 1960 who lives & works in Angers, France. She studied at Penninghen in Paris, France. She worked for se...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Wood Panel

A Dance with Dragons, Mixed Media, Abstract, Blue, Black, Painting, Colorful
Located in Riverdale, NY
Kimber Berry, A Dance With Dragons, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas, 72x48. It is in a float white frame. This is a layered, dimensional contempora...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Abstract Landscape" Original Paint on Canvas, Marilina Marchica 2020
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape mixed media on canvas 50x70 cm 2020 Marilina Marchica was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works, In 2008 she graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Pastel, Acrylic

Joy - Abstract Painting By Beverly Bigwood
Located in Carmel, CA
Joy - Abstract Painting By Beverly Bigwood About the artist, Beverly Bigwood Award-winning Artist Beverly Bigwood (Bigwood Art) received the highest compliment an artist can receive...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Oil on Canvas: 'Radiance'
Located in New York, NY
Carol John's art reflects her encounters with mainstream modern artists-showing the obvious influence of Guston and other individualists like Marsden Hartley and Alfred Julio Jensen-...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Shellacked Cowboy XV
Located in Bozeman, MT
Like the Westerns I grew up with, my own work is camouflaged in a veil of nostalgia. The figures in my work are often portrayed against a stark background. This forces the viewer to recognize the myth before the critique exposes itself. I work from observation and my imagination using watercolor and traditional printmaking methods. The figurative images I create are heavily researched. By using the West, a subject that I am both familiar with and continue to question, I aim to engage with our inherent perceptions of the past and the myths embedded within. - Jed Webster Smith
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

"Abstract Composition 3" Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition 3" Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami ABOUT A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Swiftly as a Thought" Fashion Sunglasses Portrait in Blue and Yellow Background
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Swiftly as a Thought" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and measures approximately 22"h x 18"w. This oil on canvas work marks a new chapter in Fraser's ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Girl Next Door" Green, Pink, and Green Background with Female in Sunglasses
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Girl Next Door" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and measures approximately 32"h x 38"w. This oil on canvas work marks a new chapter in Fraser's pr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"What Was Lost, What Remains" Blond Female Portrait in Red, Pink, and Purple
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "What Was Lost, What Remains" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and measures approximately 32"h x 24"w. This oil on canvas work marks a new chapter in Fra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"As I Am" Expressive Male Portrait Floating in Red and Purple Colorscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "As I Am" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas and measures approximately 22"h x 20"w. This piece ships with a gallery-issued Cer...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Belgium Contemporary Art by Corine Lescope - Entre Ciel & Terre
Located in Paris, IDF
Hand signed on the back Corine Lescop is a French-Canadian artist born in 1960 who lives & works in Wolowe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. As visual artist in oil painting & calligraphy, Co...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas

Georgian Contemporary Art by Vakho Bugadze - Untitled 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Pigment, spray paint, collage on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Spray Paint, Pigment

Ashgreylime - Beige Light Green Sage Lemon Yellow Stripes Geometric Abstract
Located in Kent, CT
Clean and precise, carefully ordered stripes and blocks of color in light green, dark sage, yellow ochre, pale lemon yellow and burnt orange are lively and vibrant against the neutra...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Korean Contemporary Art by Soonnam Kim - New Symphony No. 22: Four Noble Truth 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen Soonnam Kim is a Korean artist born in 1969. Kim studied painting at Changwon National University (BFA) in Korea and New Jersey City University (MFA) in the US. She tau...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Point Series (1/19) by James Lumsden -Abstract colour painting, vivid blue tones
Located in Paris, FR
Point Series (1/19) is a unique acrylic on canvas, gloss finish painting by contemporary artist James Lumsden, dimensions are 71 × 61 cm (28 × 24 in). The artwork is signed, sold un...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Frank Shifreen 'Family 2'
Located in New York, NY
Frank Shifreen Family 2 2021 18 x 24 inches Acrylic on Canvas Signed, titled and dated on verso These new works start from polar opposite impulses which juxtapose the purity and be...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Reconstruction of the Wanda Mound - Contemporary Landscape Painting, Nature
Located in Salzburg, AT
Series: Departure of Mounds Bogumił Książek was educated at the Cracow’s Academy of Fine Arts (1995-2000). 2003 -2009 he lived and worked in Florence...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Abstract Painting -- Strata
Located in Troy, NY
This unique abstract painting combines several smaller paintings on canvas to produce a richly textured work framed on wood. This acrylic work on canvas shows in the background what...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"The Lotts" Contemporary Pink, Blue, & Grey Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Pink, blue, and grey abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse. Artist Statement: The wor...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Enamel

"Pontiac 87" Contemporary Green and White Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Green and white abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse. Artist Statement: The work is ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Enamel

"City of Angels" Contemporary Blue, Pink, & White Concentric Circle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, pink, and white abstract contemporary circular painting by Houston, TX artist David Hardaker. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the reverse. Artist Statement: The wo...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Enamel

Voyeur, Cityscape, Black, White, Textured, Buildings, Architectural
Located in Riverdale, NY
Voyeur is a monochromatic architectural painting and a cityscape. It is Oil and Acrylic on Wood Panel, 30x30. It is sold individually or as a diptych with Ruled by Shapes/Destroyed by Geometry. Jason Wright was born in the United States (1975). He studied Painting and Graphic Design at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, DC. Jason was immersed in art from a young age, illustrating and designing graphics for the surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding industry. Apart from his current body of work, he is an accomplished mix media painter, as well as a medaled action sports athlete. His current work focuses on the theory of shelter, and explores the relationship between the simplistic shape of a home and it's ever presence in our lives, his work is generally rendered in a dusk, dawn, or full moon setting. Wright’s passion for HDR and long exposure photography...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

French Contemporary Art by Brigitte Mathé - Abstract 11
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork in acrylic on linen sold with a white frame
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Linen, Acrylic

Frank Shifreen 'The Other'
Located in New York, NY
Frank Shifreen Study 2 2021 18 x 24 inches Acrylic on Canvas Signed, titled and dated on verso These new works start from polar opposite impulses which juxtapose the purity and bea...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

“American Rural, Signed #3” Contemporary Colorful Country Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful pastoral landscape by Texas based artist Jacob Spacek. The work features a truck parked in the middle of a field advertising "Wood Stove Center" in Seguin, TX. ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Contemporary Art by Jean-Marc Teillon - Recouvrement No.5
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Brud" Contemporary Abstract Colorful Pink Tone Western Cowboy Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract cowboy portrait painting by contemporary artist Ian Francis. The work features a western inspired figure with a shadowed face dressed in a coat and yellow ochre hat...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original Abstract Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs

Bring audacious experiments with color and textures to your living room, dining room or home office. Abstract paintings, large or small, 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.

Draw your guests into abstract oil paintings across different eras and countries of origin. On 1stDibs, you’ll find an expansive range of abstract paintings along with a guide on how to arrange your wonderful new wall 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.

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