Contemporary Abstract Paintings
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
Resonance #1
19/21 + 3/19 -set of 3 abstract paintings by James Lumsden
Located in Paris, FR
Resonance #1
19/21 + 3/19 is a set of 3 paintings by James Lumsden. From left to right, it is composed of:
*Resonance #1/21, a unique acrylic on canvas with a gloss finish, 20...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Brigitte Mathé - Camouflage
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
72 x 96 in / 6 x 8 ft "Three of Us" Oil on Canvas (black white minimalist oil)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a beautifully nuanced, and deeply soulful abstract contemporary oil painting on linen, that speaks volumes with its quietly furious brushstrokes multi-layered in monochromati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sound of Sakura #3 by Maho Maeda - Acrylic paint, ink, nature, flowers
Located in Paris, FR
Sound of Sakura #3 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Maho Maeda. This painting is made with acrylic, coloured pencil and ink on cotton canvas and carved wood, dimensions ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil
NOT by Ramon Enrich - Abstract painting, typography, letters, orange
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
NOT is a unique acrylic on canvas painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 116 × 89 cm (45.7 × 35 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a certi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Unforgotten Series #6 - Handpainted photography, colorful abstract, graphic pink
Located in Dallas, TX
"Unforgotten Series No 6" is an archival pigment print on fine art paper, mounted on birch panel and resin coated. This is a wonderful colorful abstract artwork with text and pink ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Birch, Wood Panel, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Korean Contemporary Art by Soonnam Kim - New Symphony No. 24: Buddha with Lotus
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 Universi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Flower VII /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Botany Floral Painting Colorful Black
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Flower VII"
Series: Other
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2022
Medium: Original A...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
Chinese Contemporary Art by Cao Fan - Ballet on The Rain
By Cao Fan
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Brigitte Mathé - Abstract 13
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork in acrylic on linen sold with a white frame
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Light’n’Lines No.20 by Doris Marten - Abstract painting, lines, blue
By Doris Marten
Located in Paris, FR
Light’n’Lines No.20 is an abstract painting by contemporary German artist Doris Marten, featuring a striking composition of vertical lines in intense hues of blue that merges into d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Art by Christiane Hess - Lueur Du Soir
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Christiane Hess (Chrystral) is a French abstract artist born in 1951 who lives and works in Lalinde, near Bergerac in France. Her conversion to abstract art gives ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
March First 35x48" framed oil pastel
By Roy Wilce
Located in Loveland, CO
March 1st by Roy Wilce
Oil Pastel on Paper
image 30x42"
framed 35x48"
Landscape in pink hues, trees on plains.
Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for safe transpo...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Georgian Contemporary Art by Vakho Bugadze - Untitled 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on fabric
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Fabric
Rhythmical
Located in Loveland, CO
"Rhythmical" by Alyson Kinkade
Abstract Landscape, Undulating Clouds over Plains
Oil on Canvas 40x36" image
41x37" framed in black shadow-box wood as pictured
"There is great beauty...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Dripping Dots - Day in Cannes" Colorful
Gold Contemporary Oil Painting Canvas
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
With layers of bright oils and whisking brush strokes, the paint is able to shine and shimmer in a very unique pattern. The artist uses gold leaf with thick textured oils and glass t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Silver
Layers Object No. 16 by Doris Marten - Abstract relief painting, lines
By Doris Marten
Located in Paris, FR
Layers Object No. 16 is a unique ink drawings on Alu-Dibond painting by contemporary artist Doris Marten, dimensions are 41 × 91 cm (16.1 × 35.8 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unfr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
"Oblivion" Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary abstract painting by David Paul Kay ""Oblivion", 2024
48x60 in. mixed media on canvas
About the Artist
David Paul Kay is an American contemporary artist based in New ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Flowing Sound #10 by Maho Maeda - Abstract painting, blue flowers, wood, canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Flowing Sound #10 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Maho Maeda. This painting is made with acrylic, coloured pencil and ink on cotton canvas and carved wood, dimensions are...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil
Under One Sky no.2, 44x44" oil on linen
Located in Loveland, CO
"Under One Sky no.2" by Alyson Kinkade
44x44" oil on linen 45x45" framed, black wood
"We're all looking at the same sun, it just has a different setting based on where we stand. pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Deep End IV by Joachim van der Vlugt - Semi-abstract painting, sea, dark colors
Located in Paris, FR
Deep End IV is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 59 x 74 cm (23.2 × 29.1 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and come...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Karen
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: oil stick on Arches paper
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon
$23,000
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies at the Tbilisi S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary modern light blue sculptural painting Farblichtung hellblau
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Farblichtung hellblau is a unique one-of-a-kind contemporary modern sculptural painting by German artist Sybille Pattscheck. Her sculptural paintings are made by applying numerous la...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plexiglass, Wax, Pigment
Uruguayan Contemporary art by Mauricio Paz Viola - Lunar Eclipse
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Self-taught artist Mauricio Paz Viola (b 1985; Carmelo, Uruguay) embarked on his artistic journey early in life. Dabbling in plastic ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
APARTMENT FOR SALE: 15-E, Abstract Mixed Media 3-D Collage, Real Estate Listing
Located in Union City, NJ
APARTMENT FOR SALE: 15-E, created in 1982, is an original mixed media painted collage on paper by the Israeli-American artist Zigi Ben-Haim. APARTMENT FOR SALE: 15-E is an imaginativ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Untitled - Contemporary Expressive Abstract Painting, Conceptual Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
Urszula Wilk – artist statment:
I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting and its opposite – that is the physical finiteness of the painting. This phys...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Summer Horizon, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Summer Horizon is a contemporary abstract landscape painting that uses acrylic paint to stain the canvas and form large areas of color and shape. The open area of blue brings to min...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Floating Lightly - Painting, Oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
Neda’s art is inspired by Persian poetry and Eastern philosophy. Her works reflect the images of the past, the myths, the fluent stories that change shape with time and yet carry wit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Villon - Acrylic by Maurizio Gracceva - 2008
Located in Roma, IT
A Villon is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2008.
Black and white acrylic on paper
Hand signed by the artist.
Author of n...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"She
s Like a Rainbow" colorful portrait of woman on abstract oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"She's Like a Rainbow" is a colorful portrait of a woman within an abstract oil painting.
Nick Weber (b.1971), living and painting in Springs, NY (about a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Frank Shifreen
Landscape with Figures
Located in New York, NY
Frank Shifreen
Landscape with Figures
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Original The Weaver Diptych-Tartan inspired-British Awarded Artist-oil on paper
Located in London, GB
"The Weaver" Series inviting viewers into a world where memory and present interweaving in a mesmerizing display of visual creativity.
- An Artist Proof's of only Three is offered as...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Neon God II by Joachim van der Vlugt - Semi-abstract painting, blue tones, tree
Located in Paris, FR
Neon God II is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 120 × 100 cm (47.2 × 39.4 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Japan - Acrylic by A.M. Caboni - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Japan is an fascinating acrylic painting on canvas realized by the Italian artist Anna Maria Caboni in 2014.
The artwork is hand-signed and hand-dated "AMC 14" by the artist in blac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Point Series (Strata) by James Lumsden - Set of 9 abstract paintings
Located in Paris, FR
Point Series (Strata) is an installation composed of 9 unique acrylic on canvas, gloss and matt finish paintings by contemporary artist James Lumsden, dimensions are 125 × 125 cm (49...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Cabin
By Mike Piggott
Located in Bozeman, MT
Piggott finds resonance and beauty in the familiar. His subjects, anchored in the stuff of the every day, are quietly captured in a moment of time. Each composition speaks to the art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Leaner 69, Contemporary Colorful Painted Design, 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Wood, Acrylic
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Oasis between two Souls - 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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rectangles - Painting on Canvas by Laura Placa - 2010s
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful abstract painting Rectangles was realized by the artist Laura Placa, an Italian documentary director, street photographer, and abstractionist painter.
Acrylic paint o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Frank Shifreen
The Hug
Located in New York, NY
Frank Shifreen
The Hug
2021
30 x 48 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
Signed, titled and dated on verso
These new works start from polar opposite impulses which juxtapose the purity and bea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Brigitte Mathé - Solitudes
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The quiet shape of love - 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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figure 002, Geometric Abstraction in Red, Yellow
Black, 48 x 36 in.
Located in New York, NY
Scott VanderVoort’s Figure 002 is a 48 x 36 inch contemporary abstract painting that can be installed vertically or horizontally (as shown in the accompanying images). In either orie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blanconegro#2, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Large Abstract portrait Painting, black&White on canvas ,work by Dimitris Pavlopoulos Painting created with acrylic . Colors: Black &White , Abstract Canvas Collection 2021 Size:...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Josette Dubost - Arches Marines
Located in Paris, IDF
Josette Dubost is a French artist born in 1936 who lives & works in Solliès-Pont, France.
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Windy day - Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
Aliaa Essam is an Egyptian-Spanish painter. Currently lives in Geneva.
She started her art journey at a very early age. Spending hours watching her mother and grandmother drawing an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Christiane Hess - Sous Le Soleil
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Framed, 30 x 30 x 3 cm
Christiane Hess (Chrystral) is a French abstract artist born in 1951 who lives and works in Lalinde, near Bergerac in France. Her conversion...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ramon Poch 17 Vertical 111 mujer en azul acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
111. mujer en azul acrylic painting
Born in Badalona (Barcelona).
Photographer and advertising film director.
Founding partner of the advertising production company La Cosa de las P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Intesa 1 - Original Abstract Vibrant Colorful Geometric Artwork on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designs, shapes, and colors find a balance between a polite instinct and a domesticated confusion within the cubist-inspired artworks by Tuscan artist Federico Pinto Schmid. Pinto Sc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Soliloquy in Bloom - Colorful Abstract Feminine Figurative Still Life Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Southern California native Courtney Simone seamlessly blends her passion for abstract art with the exploration of everyday beauty, resulting in exuberantly inspired abstract figurati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
French Contemporary Art by Francis Moreau - Bateau Ivre
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Leaner 63, David E. Peterson, Contemporary Green
White 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Wood, Acrylic
Woman
Child
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mother & Child, 2016
By Christopher Mudgett
This powerful and emotive original oil painting from the artist's 2016 "Mother & Child" series encapsulates a profound moment of tenderne...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Symbol of Our Dreams - Painting, Mixed media and collage on canvas
Located in London, GB
The use of paper is deliberately reminiscent of calligraphy and arabesques. It harks back to a variety of western and eastern influences: Aborigines' myths of origins, Villeglie's t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Vast no.9, Restore
Located in Loveland, CO
"Vast no.9, Restore" by Alyson Kinkade
Abstract Landscape
Oil on Linen 36x36" image
Black Metal cradle styled Frame, 37x37"
After a year of storms, light...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
"CITY OF HIDDEN MEMORIES" Painting 22" x 55" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Located in Culver City, CA
"CITY OF HIDDEN MEMORIES" Painting 22" x 55" inch by Khoren Keshishyan
Khoren Keshishyan is a celebrated American-Armenian painter and artist whose ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Beach
Located in Kansas City, MO
Katherine Bello
Title: Beach
Oil, Oil stick and graphite on canvas
Year: 2021
Dimensions: 28"x22"x1.5"
Signed by hand
Canvas on stretcher frame - ready to hang
COA provided
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Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil, Graphite
$1,250 Sale Price
48% Off
Summers Heath, Original painting, landscape, Woods, trees, nature
Located in Deddington, GB
This piece was painted by Fiona Pearce. This artwork was painted with orange and green tones that depicts a landscape.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Acrylic on Canvas
76 H x 122 W x 4 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ares - Original Abstract Vibrant Colorful Geometric Shape Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Designs, shapes, and colors find a balance between a polite instinct and a domesticated confusion within the cubist-inspired artworks by Tuscan artist Federico Pinto Schmid...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary abstract paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary abstract paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Anastasia Pelias, Chelsea Davine, Waleria Matelska, and Anna Maria Caboni. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Fabric and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary abstract paintings, so small editions measuring 1.63 inches across are also available.