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Medium: Oil
Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Mid-Century Visions IV
By STM
Located in London, GB
'Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Mid-Century Visions IV', oil on board (circa 1970s), initialed 'STM'. Step into a world where the spirit of early 20th-century modernism meets the bold ex...
Category
1970s Cubist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Mid-Century Visions IX
By STM
Located in London, GB
'Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Mid-Century Visions IX', oil on board (circa 1970s) by STM. Step into a world where the spirit of early 20th-century modernism meets the bold experimentat...
Category
1970s Cubist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Golden Girl" Black Outline Bunny on Gold Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a gestural figure of bunny against a gold background. Inspired by nature and a genuine love for animals, Slonem's paintings encompass unique inspirations drawn fro...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
"Willing Game 1" (floral, pink, green, vibrant, energetic, optimistic, pair)
Located in Paris, IDF
WILLING GAME 1
This vibrant and dynamic floral painting features cropped roses and their stems, offering a lively and uplifting subject matter. Created on antique linen canvas, thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil, Acrylic
Gratitude - Original Blue Green Impasto Abstract Rural Landscape Painting
By Dana Cowie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Using an impasto, painterly technique Dana Cowie creates cubist-inspired farm and rural landscapes. Working within controlled color schemes, her artworks appear abstract up close and...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Orchestra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Orchestra, 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches, labeled verso “Brown University, Trustee, The Walter Feldman Trust for Artwork” titled verso,...
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geometric Landscape, Oil Paint on Canvas , Made in Italy By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
OIl on Canvas
116x89 cm
2025
Ready to Hang
certificate of authenticity
Description: An original artwork representing a minimalist geometric landscape. Created using oil ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Original Triptych Landscape Memories-Gold Leaf with Oil-British Awarded Artist
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Wild and Beautiful" by Sveta - Stunning Textured Colorful Oil Flower Bouquet
Located in Carmel, CA
Sveta Hessler (Russian, born 1973)
"Wild and Beautiful" 2025
Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the bottom right and back of the painting.
"Wild and Beautiful" by S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Un mot après l'autre, Abstract books, Expressionism, Contemporary library
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
In One Word After Another, Sophie Dumont continues her exploration of the library motif, a recurring theme in her work, infusing it with a tactile and meditative dimension. Through a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original-Moonlight in Snowy Night-Gold Leaf-British Awarded Artist-impressionist
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
A Distant Sky - Soft Blue-Green Atmospheric Abstract Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"My Red Butterfly" Contemporary Pop Art Oil Painting with Black Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Butterfly Collection” is a vibrant and energetic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"West Texas Fern" Contemporary Colorful Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract expressionist oil painting by contemporary Houston artist Benji Stiles. The work features gestural marks in pastel orange, tan, blue, and green set against an off-white back...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Triptych-gold leaf+Ink on canvas-British Awarded Artist-Drawing Time
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Modern Love - Large Warm Red Abstract Geometric Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Harrison Gilman's large original artworks begin with a layer of fast-paced gestural abstraction followed by organic shapes and geometric structures. Some of his paintings remain in t...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1960's French Cubist Abstract Portrait of Woman Colorful Clothing signed Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman
Andre Dalloz ( French School, circa 1960's)
signed oil on canvas, in a wooden frame
framed : 24 x 15.5 inches
canvas: 23.5 x 15 inches
Provenance: private collect...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A serene moorland scene with rich hues, misty hills, and a reflective waterway
Located in Preston, GB
A serene moorland scene with rich hues, misty hills, and a reflective waterway by 20th Century British Artist. Impasto, abstract landscape.
Art measures 32 x 12 inches
Frame measures 39 x 19 inches
This landscape painting depicts a serene, atmospheric scene of a moorland with a reflective body of water winding through vibrant fields. The composition features a soft, diffused light illuminating the middle ground, where golden and green hues contrast with the rich purples and deep earthy tones of the surrounding vegetation. The distant mountains are enveloped in misty blues and grays, adding depth and a sense of vastness to the piece. The artist’s expressive, textured brushstrokes create movement, enhancing the raw beauty of the natural setting. Framed in a neutral, elegant frame, the painting exudes tranquility and captures the essence of the rugged landscape.
Born in Birmingham in 1948, Rex Preston...
Category
1970s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
bibliotheque azur, Abstract, Contemporary Library, Expressionism, French
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Choose the frame black or wood
About the Artist:
Sophie Dumont is a renowned painter whose works are a perfect blend of figuration and abstraction. Working primarily with oil on ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
landscape painting blue Mountains
Located in Roma, GB
one-of-a-kind painting on canvas
XXL Large size
102x172cm (105X175cm)
the painting will be shipped rolled
without frame
without stretcher bars
original painting on canvas
hand sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Original Diptych-Landscape Memories-Gold Leaf with Oil-British Awarded Artist
Located in London, GB
Shizico's unique approach to paintings, erasing, rewriting, and destroying the landscape in the background through bold strokes of gold leaf on the top layers in this series, works o...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
When time stands Still - Contemporary Architecture Pool House Oil Painting
Located in DE
Lilly Muth's architectural paintings transport viewers on a visual journey to a different world, where imagination knows no bounds and the boundaries between reality and fantasy blur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three Sisters: large abstract expressionist figural painting & breast feeding
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Please contact me for best shipping rates and speediest delivery.
Ellen Powell Tiberino, matriarch of the Tiberino artist dynasty that includes her artist-husband Joseph and three artist-children (Raphael, Gabriel, and Ellen), often looked to Black women and girls as subjects, in the contexts of motherhood, pregnancy, and childhood, as well as subjects drawn from her neighborhood communities. Her work is expressionistic and passionate with dramatic gestures and dark colorism in her figures, but it is also intimate and highly personal. At this point in her career, Tiberino had been struggling with cancer, and as a result, her palette became brighter and more colorful than her former dark palette.
"Three Sisters" includes Ellen Powell Tiberino’s self-portrait in the front of the composition, nursing an infant. Tiberino’s two sisters, Joyce and Anne, sit behind her. Tiberino likely paints from memory or imagination here, since her four children were well beyond nursing age when she created this painting. "Three Sisters" is likely among the last large-scale canvases Tiberino completed, opting to work on a smaller scale and while seated as her illness progressed. Tiberino ultimately lost her battle in 1992.
"Three Sisters" comes from a private Main Line, PA collection, acquired directly from the artist immediately upon its completion. Framed in original wood strip frame.
It is in excellent condition.
Tiberino graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1959, where she was awarded a prestigious Cresson scholarship to study in Europe. After returning to the US, she lived and worked in New York until she married fellow artist (Joseph) and returned to her hometown of Philadelphia where she continued to create oil paintings, oil pastels drawings, sculptures, murals, and mosaics. In Philadelphia, she was part of social and professional circles that included Moe Brooker, Barbara Bullock, Walter Edmonds, Charles Pridgen, Leroy Johnson, John Simpson, James Dupree...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nicole" Black Bunny on White Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on white background with thick use of paint. It is hou...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Huge Contemporary French Expressionist Abstract Modernist Still Life Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Modernist Still Life
by Andree de Fremont (French, contemporary)
signed painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 39.5 x 39.5 inches
Provenance: from a collection in France
Condition: ver...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
The garden XIV. Butterflies
Located in Zofingen, AG
In my creation, I've poured my soul into a vibrant dance of colors, an abstract symphony that harmonizes with nature's profound beauty. Brush strokes of oil paint create a dynamic te...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dynamic Blue and Black Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting by Jean Soyer
By Jean Soyer
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
A powerful abstract oil painting on canvas (57.5 x 44.9 inches) by contemporary artist Jean Soyer. This dynamic composition features bold strokes of deep blue and black, created with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ode aux livres, Abstract library, Colors, Geometric Contemporary, Oil, French
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
With Ode aux Livres, Sophie Dumont offers a visual and textural exploration of the literary world. This 23.6 x 23.6-inch oil on canvas, worked with a palette knife, captures the dens...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Veiled Morn" Contemporary Abstract Landscape Oil on Canvas Framed
By Eric Abrecht
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Veiled Morn" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Eric Abrecht, depicting an abstracted landscape with warm coloring. The artist's technique of painterly, smooth brushstrokes gives...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Black & White Abstract Geometrical Oil Painting, Late 20th Century Ohio Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
James Massena March (American, 1953-2021)
Untitled
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches
31 x 31 inches, framed
"My paintings are about space, form and energy. I generally start painting wit...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Lavender Fluffle" Double Bunnies on Lavender Diamond Dust Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 4 gestural figures of white bunnies on a Light Lavender background with thick use of pain...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Glass
Huge 20th Century French Cubist Modernist Signed Painting Female Musicians
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Musicians
French Modernist artist, circa 1960's period
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 35.5 x 36 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Large Abstract Expressionist Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 40H by 30L.
Category
1960s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dancing
Located in Zofingen, AG
A rhythmic play of movements and spaces unfolds on the canvas. The background, done in muted gray tones, introduces a stage-like setting on which a dance is being performed. The gray...
Category
2010s Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period impressionist giltwood frame. Excellent condition.
Category
1910s Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Fauvist French Village Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6002 A French vintage fauvist oil painting of a French village on artist board
displayed in a wood frame,
signed lower left by Groendain
Category
1960s Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
French Modernist Oil Painting Nice Coastal Mediterranean French Rivera City
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nizza (Nice, South of France)
by Artan Shabani, signed and dated 1999
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 28 x 32 inches
canvas : 20 x 24 inches
inscribed verso
Provenance: private ...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Abstract Dramatic Seascape Clouds Textured Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seascape with Clouds
Swedish, mid century
signed indistinctly
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 15.5 x 19 inches
Canvas: 15 x 18 inches
Provenance: priv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Layers of history, abstract, Minimalism, library, Colors, books, Contemporary
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
The artist offers you a choice between an oak veneer crate or a black wood crate.
Sophie Dumont, a renowned artist celebrated for her mastery of oil painting and her unique techniq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
City Sketches 2
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vibrant canvas, I've melded acrylics, oils, oil pastels, and colored pencils to capture the pulsating energy of urban life. The abstract and expressive strokes create a symph...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Mid 20th-Century French Oil Cubist Nude Woman Reading Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Woman Reading
by Therese Hummel (French, 1911-1999)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 10.75 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection of this artists work, Paris
Condition: soun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Dreaming of Cy Twombly" Gold Abstract Oil Painting on Wood Panel Framed
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils, whisking brush strokes, and thrown paint, Shaoul captures a love story through her paint pallet and abstract expression. The artist explores something new...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Solar Series: Yellow - contemporary, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract painting was created by a prominent Canadian artist.
Inspired by colors warmed by the intense sunlight of Cuba, David Sorensen, considered to be one of Ca...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Julian Bailey, Contemporary Art, Corfu landscape
By Julian Bailey
Located in Harkstead, GB
A fabulous image by this very talented artist of a vibrant Mediterrnean scene.
Julian Bailey (born 1963)
Agni Bay, Corfu
Signed with initials, labels to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Sailing Yachts Flotilla at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Flotilla, Sailing Yachts at Sea
French cubist artist, circa 1950's
oil on board, unframed
board: 23 x 49.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original-Dahlias-Impasto-Jardin d'Hiver Series-British Awarded Artist-Impression
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Originals-Magic Bell Triptych-British Awarded Artist-After Monet-Impressionism
Located in London, GB
To Shizico Yi a triptych is a visual prayers; it embodies a meditative journeylike the form of meditation.
The repetition of motifs within the triptych serves as a method to revisit...
Category
2010s Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Dream of Isles" (2023) by Leigh Ann Van Fossan, Original Acrylic &Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "Dream of Isles" (2023) is an original, handmade oil and acrylic abstract painting with bright colors.
Van Fossan was born in Vail, Colorado, and began oil ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"St. Barths" Black Bunny on Turquoise Background Oil Painting in Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on Belize Turquoise background with thick use of paint...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Some Surmount" (abstract, dynamic, floral, sky, clouds, blue, blush, pink)
Located in Paris, IDF
SOME SURMOUNT
2024
Paris, France
This charming painting on canvas visually represents the notion of being unshackled from a burden, and an ascension from a darker place. A black, e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Chinensis Travel Plan" Multicolor Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Chinensis Travel Plan" Multicolor Bunnies
A family of six rabbits gestured in black on a colorful metallic background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 38 x 19.5 inches
Fram...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Shattered Tiles, Red and Blue Abstract Memphis Shapes Diptych, Acrylic on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This exquisite acrylic painting on paper draws inspiration from the modernist masters of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, featuring a refined composition of organic, gem-like shapes. The art...
Category
2010s Analytic Cubist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"My Lime Green Butterfly" Contemporary Pop Art Oil Painting Black Floater Frame
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Butterfly Collection” is a vibrant and energetic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Original Triptych Landscape Memories-British Awarded Artist-Gold Leaf and oil
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
'Cityscape', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco, California Woman Artist, Tokyo
By Jean Kalisch
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Cityscape', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco, California Woman Artist, Tokyo, Large Mid-century Abstract Oil
Signed lower left, "Jean Kalisch" (American, 1912-1995) and painted...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
October Dusk - Original Atmospheric Mountain Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rob Katkowski’s original oil painting, October Dusk, is an atmospheric and contemplative work that captures the essence of twilight, blending symbolic abstraction with the quiet beau...
Category
2010s Surrealist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The sleeping blackbird - Green and blue abstract moon and sky painting
Located in Broomfield, CO
There are blackbirds in the valley where I live in Italy. They are so plain, seemingly so unremarkable, until they cut loose their sweet song. Here, the blackbirds sing in a cacopho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Village
Located in Belgrade, MT
This oil painting is original and signed by the artist. I have owned this piece since the early 1970's.
The oil depicts a village and is vibrant in color.
Category
20th Century Impressionist Oil Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original Abstract Oil Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
With original abstract oil paintings, bring audacious experiments with color and textures to your living room, dining room or home office.
Whether they're large or small, abstract paintings 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.
When you've found the work(s) you'd like to bring into your home, think about how you want to arrange the 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.
On 1stDibs, you’ll find a wide range of original abstract oil paintings along with a guide on how to arrange your wonderful new wall art.
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