Bluster East To West. Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Martha Winter employs a unique technique to create visually stunning 3 dimensional pieces where painting meets sculpture.
Sandstone
Winter Glow
By Martha Mans
Located in Santa Fe, NM
oil on panel MARTHA MANS A master realist painter, she was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she attended Carlow University and received a degree in art and art education. ...
Oil, Panel
Weather ii : Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel, frame not necessary as it has worked edges. Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly differ...
Pigment
Weather i : Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel, frame not necessary as it has worked edges. Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly differ...
Pigment
Breaking Circle 120 x120 : Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel, frame not necessary as it has worked edges. Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly differ...
Pigment
"Disperse Out ii". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Disperse Out i". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Constant 1" Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sand Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel, frame not necessary as it has worked edges. 3 panels total size 100 x 240 cm. 39.5 x 94.5 inches Artist Statement My artistic practice has bee...
Pigment
"Constantly" Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Sand Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel, frame not necessary as it has worked edges. Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly diff...
Pigment
"Warm Day Breaking Circle iv" Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel, frame not necessary as it has worked edges. Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly diffe...
Pigment
"Full On Circle" Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel, frame not necessary as it has worked edges. Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly diff...
Pigment
" Intermitent To Consistent i" Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel, frame not necessary as it has worked edges. Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly differ...
Pigment
" Drifted Rhythm i" Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel, frame not necessary as it has worked edges. Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly differ...
Pigment
Breaking Circle V : Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel, frame not necessary as it has worked edges. Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly differ...
Pigment
"Breaking Circle i." Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel, frame not necessary as it has worked edges. Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly diffe...
Pigment
Universal Flow Circle iii. Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lond...
Pigment
" Flow ii". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
Adjacent Forces Finding Rhythm i, Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Stone, Sandstone
"Raised Dot". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Universal Flow". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Breaking Circle". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
Winter Solstice
By Martha McAleer
Located in New York, NY
Abstract painting. Acrylic on canvas. Subtle colors. Landscape. White and greys. About the Artist: All McAleer ever wanted to be and all she's ever been is an artist. From a ve...
Canvas, Acrylic
$935Sale Price|44% Off
Martha Graham dancer Ethel Winter performing 'Frontier', signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Martha Graham dancer Ethel Winter performing "Frontier" in 1964.
Silver Gelatin
Winter Abstract Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Framed, 21st Century
By Martha Rea Baker
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Blue white beige teal green khaki orange brown aqua Martha Rea Baker’s technique of choice is driven by her selection of mediums. She has successfully moved between the unique pro...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Winter Moots" Virginia Berresford, Modernist, Precise Dunes, Blue Horizon, Sea
By Virginia Berresford
Located in New York, NY
She passed the summers in Martha’s Vineyard, MA and the winters in Key West, FL.
Canvas, Oil, Board
$3,128Sale Price|20% Off
"Pond in Back of Her House" Virginia Berresford, Modernist, Abstract Landscape
By Virginia Berresford
Located in New York, NY
She passed the summers in Martha’s Vineyard, MA and the winters in Key West, FL.
Oil, Board
Winter / Guided by the Stars
Located in Portland, ME
Winter / Guided by the Stars
Oil, Panel
Winter Frosting
By Martha Mans
Located in Santa Fe, NM
oil on panel MARTHA MANS A master realist painter, she was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she attended Carlow University and received a degree in art and art education. ...
Oil, Panel
Winter Sage
By Martha Mans
Located in Santa Fe, NM
oil on panel MARTHA MANS A master realist painter, she was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she attended Carlow University and received a degree in art and art education. ...
Oil, Panel
Winter's Textures
By Martha Mans
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Martha Mans 31 x 31 inches framed oil on canvas yellow orange lavender purple gray blue white The painting process has been an evolving experience for me from the time I was very yo...
Flow vi : Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"East West Building". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
"East West Building" is a reference to the UK's shipping forcast for weather and referes to bad weather building up from the East. Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Stateme...
Pigment
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H 31.5 in W 47.25 in
Adjacent Forces: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Triptych Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Adjacent Forces, Finding Rhythm ii Each panel 31.5" x 15.75" Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to ...
Pigment
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H 31.5 in W 48.04 in
Flow iv: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Triptych Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
Deposit i. Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lond...
Pigment
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H 31.5 in W 31.5 in
Universal Flow Circle i. Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lond...
Pigment
Minera ii. Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lond...
Pigment
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H 31.5 in W 31.5 in
"Breaking Circle iv" Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel, frame not necessary as it has worked edges. Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly diffe...
Pigment
"Dispersed Ring vii". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
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H 31.5 in W 31.5 in
"Frosted Dispersed Ring. Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
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H 11.82 in W 35.44 in
"Material Studies 2 Blues". Contemporary Mixed Media Triptych
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
Ocean Flow: Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Universal Flow". Contemporary Mixed Media Diptych
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Origin". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
Sold
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in
Universal Flow Circle ii. Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lond...
Pigment
"Disperse Out ii". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Ocean Flow iv". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Warm Earth Ring". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Swell i". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Mixed Media, Pigment
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H 11.82 in W 35.44 in
"Diverse Studies 4:Blues". Contemporary Mixed Media Triptych
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
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H 31.5 in W 63 in
"Light and Dark Raised Rings". Contemporary Mixed Media Diptych
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Diverse Studies 5". Contemporary Mixed Media Triptych
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
Sold
H 11.82 in W 35.44 in
"Materials Studies 1 Browns". Contemporary Mixed Media Triptych
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
Sold
H 11.82 in W 35.44 in
"Material Studies 3 Blues". Contemporary Mixed Media Triptych
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Forming Sand Ring". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Effervesce iii". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Mica, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in London...
Pigment
"Effervesce i". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Mica, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in London...
Pigment
"Effervesce ii". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Mica, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in London...
Pigment
Winter Trees
By Martha Mans
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Martha Mans lavender gray white blue green framed in brown frame The painting process has been an evolving experience for me from the time I was very young and first started paintin...
Canvas, Oil
Winter's Last Breath
By Martha Mans
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Martha Mans lavender gray white blue green yellow peach brown orange framed in brown frame The painting process has been an evolving experience for me from the time I was very young...
Canvas, Oil
Old Barn in Winter
By Martha Elizabeth Burchfield Richter
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor on paper by American female artist Martha Burchfield created in 1968. Martha Burchfield Richter was one of Charles Burchfield's two daughters each who became ...
Paper, Watercolor
Winter Color
By Martha Mans
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Winter Color 8 x 8" orange white brown MARTHA MANS A master realist painter, she was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she attended Carlow University and received a degree i...
Oil, Panel
"Tide Ring ii". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
"Tide Ring i". Contemporary Mixed Media Painting
By Martha Winter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Pebbles, sand and pigment on panel Artist Statement My artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. Firstly, growing up in Lon...
Pigment
Winter Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Winter Landscape" 2002 is an oil painting on hardboard by American artist Royce Thyberg Gordon, 1938-2021. It is signed and dated at the lower left corner by the...
Oil
Peace
By HELEN MOUNT
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting captures a winter day, frozen on the canvas. The pristine white hills transition into soft blue shadows, creating a sense of coldness and tranquility. The high sky stre...
Acrylic
$2,279
H 35.99 in W 30.01 in D 3 in
Going: Abstract Mixed Media on Wood Panel, Framed, 91.4x76.2 cm
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Stephen identifies the delicate texture and beauty of the natural oxidation process. Oftentimes a found object initiates his work: By incorporating an object directly, imprinting, or...
Mixed Media, Wood, Wood Panel
$2,600
H 36 in W 2 in D 36 in
Neutral Abstract Painting Contemporary Mixed Media on Panel Textured Square
By Susan Thornbury
Located in Atlanta, GA
Forget Me Not by Susan Thornbury is a contemporary abstract painting defined by its layered surface and softly structured composition. Created with mixed media on panel, the work fea...
Mixed Media, Wax, Board
Snowy countryside
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Silver wooden frame 64.5 x 91.5 x 3 cm This captivating work, a winter landscape painting, masterfully illustrates the tranquility and beauty of a snow-covered villa...
Oil
$1,823
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 1.58 in
Contemporary Mixed-Media Abstract Painting on Canvas by Emma Labattaglia 2025
By Emma Labattaglia
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery, we are committed to upholding the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection includes a Certificate of Authe...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Winter Sunset
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Winter Sunset" c.1990, is an oil painting (mixed media) on hardboard by German/American artist Frank Kecskes Jr. It is signed at the lower right corner by the ar...
Oil
Winter landscape
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 85 x 104 x 5 cm
Oil
Breath of Winter, Original Painting
By Art Clark
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A stark, nearly monochromatic landscape stretches beneath a full moon. Its light casts a silver glow on snow-dusted trees, while a black lake below holds drif...
Acrylic
Textures of Autumn
By Martha Mans
Located in Santa Fe, NM
oil on panel MARTHA MANS A master realist painter, she was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she attended Carlow University and received a degree in art and art education. ...
Oil, Panel
$1,750
H 20.5 in W 26.5 in
Migration: Mixed Media Contemporary Painting by Peter Rossiter
By Peter Rossiter
Located in Brecon, Powys
Thoughtful work by this well measured British artist. Framed 20.5" x 26.5" Image 18" x 24"
Oil, Spray Paint
Winter Journey
By HELEN MOUNT
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Winter Journey" captures the essence of a snowy hike through untouched mountain ranges, where the wind whispers across the peaks, and the horizon is layered in soft blues, whites, a...
Acrylic
First Snowfall
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Rodrigo First Snowfall, 2025 Medium: Oil on Canvas Artwork Size: 36 x 48 in
Oil
Winter Retreat
By Lisa House
Located in Deddington, GB
Lisa House Winter Retreat 40 x 40 cm x 4 cm depth box style Atmospheric landscape painting with heavily textured surface. Muted blues and neutral shades creating a soft representat...
Oil
Winter Dreams/8
By HELEN MOUNT
Located in Zofingen, AG
This work from the series “Winter Dream/8” reflects the massiveness and majesty of the mountain landscape, wrapped in winter snow. The large, snow-white peaks depicted in the paintin...
Acrylic
Solstice, Contemporary Encaustic Abstract Painting
By Andrew Francis
Located in Brecon, Powys
Solstice 2020 Encaustic wax on board Image 652 x 585 mm Signed in a Welsh Oak frame Image 50cm x 50cm 2020
Wax, Encaustic, Oil, Board
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.
Find original abstract paintings, sculptures, prints and other art 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.
The Italian-American’s 2020 abstract painting “The Hoe” personifies his “art of not knowing.”
In his current show at New York's Lehmann Maupin gallery, the Puerto Rican–born talent reveals new paintings with a semiautobiographical aspect.