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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
IN THE PINK LIGHT
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto.
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary abstract interior colorful acrylic painting on canvas “Way Out”
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
“A Way Out” (2023) – Contemporary abstract acrylic painting on canvas by French artist Natalya Mougenot. Colorful modern wall art symbolizing growth, resilience, and transformation. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Reflexion ritmique I - contemporary modern geometric sculpture painting relief
By Olivier Julia
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Reflexion ritmique I is one of a series of three different unique medium size contemporary modern sculpture painting relief by French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia. The relief is made f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Contemporary expressive floral pink roses acrylic painting of roses on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant, expressive abstract floral painting, titled "Splash of Color," was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot. The piece celebrates the timeless beauty of flowers, espec...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
ABSTRACT Mirko Baricchi Oil Gestural Landscapes Flora Earth Tones Mixed media
By Mirko Baricchi
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mirko Baricchi (born 1970) is an accomplished Italian painter who currently lives and works between Vicenza and La Spezia, regions located in Veneto and Liguria, Italy, respectively....
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Jetty 16 February 09:43, Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Abstract
By Robert Motelski
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Selected pieces_1" abstract painting varnishes pigment on wood 77x125cm 2020
By Olivier Ebel
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
abstract pigment varnish masks on wooden panel 77x125cm send in wooden crate at cost
Worked in successive layers like a lacquer, The interpretation of a background based on random pr...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Pigment
Girls Playing - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Beach View, Realism, Joyful
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Complementary Patterns 8- Large Abstract Painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
In crafting this piece, I poured my soul into an exuberant celebration of color and monochromy, using the brushes and palette knife's bold strokes to invite a dance of joy and freedo...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$855 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract impressionist floral oil painting on canvas "The summer wind field"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract expressive impressionist painting, depicting nature in the height of summer, was created by French artist Natalya Mougenot. Known for her bold and emotive ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Landscape #15, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Yardley, PA
Landscape Original Painting Marilina Marchica Italy Painting, Oil on Canvas Size: 37.4 W x 31.5 H x 1.2 D in :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an officia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Light 21 September 16:21 - Contemporary Seascape Painting, Minimalistic, Water
By Robert Motelski
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
JUST SO
By Sandra Salamonová
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Acrylic paint on canvas, abstract, size with the frame 52x52 cm, signed by the author.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$393 Sale Price
67% Off
#223, Abstract, Photography, Painting, Expressionism
By Joachim Schmeisser
Located in München, BY
Unique piece in this size
More sizes and an Essay from Lyle Rexer about this series on request.
Joachim Schmeisser’s work rescues photography from the centuries-old straightjacket ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pigment
Blue Edition No.02m by Doris Marten - Oil on vinyl, music, circle, lines
By Doris Marten
Located in Paris, FR
Blue Edition No.02m is a unique oil on vinyl painting by German contemporary artist Doris Marten, dimensions are 25 × 25 cm (9.8 × 9.8 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cool Magenta Mountain Dusk, Abstract Geometric Landscape Duo, Pink Fractal Grid
By Natalia Roman
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism. The subtle but chic color combina...
Category
2010s Bauhaus Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil Crayon, Paper
Halloween oil on canvas painting abstract expressionist
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - Halloween - Oil on canvas
Signed to verso
Canvas size 40 cm. diameter.
Frameless.
Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 199...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$384 Sale Price
60% Off
Kidney Pool Landscape in Pastel Tones, Naïf Shapes Painting in Vivid Tones, 2021
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Pastel Kidney Pool" is an abstract painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. It is a beautiful series of organic large forms combined with subtle tones and unique shapes that is bot...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Woman face oil on canvas painting abstract expressionism
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Nerea Caos (1993) - Woman - Oil on canvas
Canvas size 30X24 cm.
Frameless.
Nerea Sánchez Castro, born in Ferrol, Galicia in 1993, an art student since high school, with constant pri...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$432 Sale Price
40% Off
Light 5 July 04:23, Modern Landscape Painting, Minimalistic, Abstract, Sea View
By Robert Motelski
Located in Salzburg, AT
Robert Motelski's paintings are exceptional visions of nature, visions of space which surrounds us. They tell about being, fate and passing. They depend on the season of year, the ti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Composition XVIII - XXI Century, Oil painting, Contemporary, AbstractIon
By Marta Gębalska
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARTA GEBALSKA
She finished painting studies at the Wladyslaw Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz in 2007, graduating with honors from prof. Ryszard Hunger's painting aterlier....
Category
2010s Other Art Style Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ABSTRACT Geometry Grey Painting by Contemporary German Artist Carolin Kreutzer
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Flying Shapes
Located in BARCELONA, ES
This painting reflects the ego and how, at our worst, we feel like the center of everything, dismissing the world around us as insignificant, like meaningless, flying shapes. It expl...
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The jacket oil and collage on board abstract painting
By Miquel Torner de Semir
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Miquel Torner de Semir (1938) - The jacket - Oil and collage on board
Signed and dated lower right
Measures work 103x78 cm.
Frameless.
Miquel Torner de Semir (1938)
Catalan painter attracted by the Middle Ages and Italian Renaissance art. His influences and tastes also include the Romanesque and the Gothic.
He trained artistically at the School of Fine Arts in Sant Jordi and at the San Fernando School in Madrid.
Miquel Torner was a disciple of the muralist and engraver Ricard Marlet, with him he learned the discipline of drawing and got to know movements such as Catalan Modernism and Nuevocentisme.
His first individual exhibition was in 1968 in Terrassa, later he exhibited in other Spanish cities, in Paris and in Europe. The painter Miquel Torner became one of the best known representatives of Mediterranean painting...
Category
1990s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$720 Sale Price
50% Off
Lavande II
Located in Dallas, TX
Oil on 300gr Bristol paper
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Geometric Gems, Yellow, Purple, Pink Checker Pattern Squared Grid, Bauhaus Tiles
By Natalia Roman
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...
Category
2010s Color-Field Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Handmade Paper
Pink Is The New Black IV (Abstract painting)
By Daniela Schweinsberg
Located in London, GB
Pink Is The New Black IV (Abstract painting)
Acrylic / mixed media on canvas - Unframed.
This work is exclusive to IdeelArt.
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
IMAGINATION
By Daria Kusto
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Mixed media on paper
by artist Daria Kusto.
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Untitled 1 - Contemporary Portrait, Modern Expressive Painting
By Anna Ładecka
Located in Salzburg, AT
Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter.
Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithography and obtained a scholar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Peace IX, - Modern Figurative Oil Painting, Beach View, Landscape, Sea View
By Julita Malinowska
Located in Salzburg, AT
Artodyssey
"Julita Malinowska's paintings belong to those, which once seen - are never forgotten. The open spaces, sometimes cool and bright, at other times heavily saturated with co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ABSTRACT Artwork Colors Raw Canada Contemporary Celia Lees 2025 NEW
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of Au...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Contemporary Artist French Rose Madone New Artwork forms earth colors
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
At Escat Gallery, we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of trust and professionalism for our collectors. Every artwork in our collection comes with a Certificate of A...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Side by Side - Gold Leaf Contemporary abstract painting
By Katharina Hormel
Located in DE
Katharina Hormel creates minimalistic landscape paintings featuring everyday scenes of life. Her art often portrays people engaged in their daily activities, such as taking a leisure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Contemporary expressive vibrant art acrylic painting on paper -"Heaven of peace"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant and expressive artwork is part of the abstract paintings series created by French artist Natalya Mougenot, dedicated to exploring emotions and feelings. It captures a sp...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Whispers of a Whole
By Juan Jose Garay
Located in LAS ROZAS DE MADRID, ES
Painting: Acrylic on Canvas.
"Whispers of a Whole" is a visual reflection on the dissolution of identity in a hyperconnected world. Through the layering of geometric shapes, transl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Blue Spring II” long floral art, landscape format, textured art
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Blue Spring" embodies a unique characteristic that differentiates it from other paintings. It can be experienced both individually and in conjunction with another piece from the ser...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Noise. Acrylics Painting, Waterscape
Abstract, Green
blue, Polish artist
By Tomek Mistak
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Tomek Mistak. Painting depicts landscape reflection on the water surface. Painting is almost an abstraction. Main colors are ...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
A journey - Gestural Abstraction, Blue, White, Modern art
By Piotr Butkiewicz
Located in Warsaw, PL
PIOTR BUTKIEWICZ (born in 1966) Butkiewicz obtained his education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. He graduated in 1991 in the sculpture studio of prof. Leon Podsiadły. He pra...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Painting on Cut Paper and Board, Figural Gestures in Sunset Landscape
By Gozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Surrealist acrylic painting on cut paper mounted on board, featuring two figural hand gestures against a vivid sunset landscape. This original work by Gozo Collective combines classi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Board
"Red splendor"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover,
I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to the scenes of everyday life.
This painting is called "Re...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Old Black Schoolboard Minimalist Small painting 30x30cm by Anastasia Vasilyeva
By Anastasia Vasilyeva
Located in Zofingen, AG
Monochrome abstract conceptual artwork uses the principle of color field painting.
30x30x1,7cm, Ready to hang and signed on the backside.
Shipping worldwide in a safe package with ...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic, Engraving
Abstract composition
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas mounted on cardboard
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Contemporary Abstract Art by J.-L. Veret - Macadam XIV
By Jean-Luc Veret
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & marouflaged paper mounted on canvas
Jean-Luc Veret is a French artist born in 1953 who lives & works between Paris & Corancy, France. He recognizes himself as a protean ar...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Tu me Manques - Acryl on canvas - Mixed technique - Handsigned Cert. of auth.
By Suzanne Visser
Located in Sint-Truiden, BE
Acrylic paint on canvas
Mixed technique
Hand signed
Certificate of authenticity
Visual artist Suzanne Visser, was born on March 23, 1972 in Oostburg. After completing her studies at...
Category
2010s Modern Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Les Brindilles". Mid-Century French Expressionist Oil on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-Century oil on board by 20th century artist Ahlan Achoy, signed bottom left.
Ahlan Achoy was known for his figurative art and portraiture often in the cubist style. This colourf...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$691 Sale Price
32% Off
#1691 (Abstract painting)
By Arvid Boecker
Located in London, GB
#1691 (Abstract painting)
Oil on Canvas/Wood — Unframed.
Boecker begins each new work by penciling in his composition. But the work ultimately is about the colors and layers that wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Présence" Collection - N°17 by Gilbert Pauli - Acrylic on Canvas
By Gilbert Pauli
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Delicatesse, White Monochrom, Abstract, french artist, oil and collage, library
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont's canvas, a testament to her artistic finesse, unfolds a captivating tableau of a library rendered in monochrome. The meticulous application of oil on canvas, coupled w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mountaintop Pinnacle in Granate, Duo of Abstract Geometric Alpine Landscape Dune
By Natalia Roman
Located in Barcelona, ES
These series of paintings by Natalia Roman gather their inspiration from geometric, minimalist shapes and paintings from the beginning of Modernism, with a special emphasis on Art De...
Category
2010s Analytic Cubist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
"Rassembler" by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 19x23 cm
By Gilbert Pauli
Located in Geneva, CH
The work is framed with two plexiglas plates, total size with frame: 33x38x5 cm
Born in the canton of Friborg, Gilbert Pauli (1944 - 2020) lived in Geneva, where he devoted himself...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$552 Sale Price
20% Off
The terrace
By Gilbert Pauli
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
Category
1990s Art Deco Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$480 Sale Price
68% Off
SCATTERING DREAMS-VII
Located in Zofingen, AG
This collection brings together many small-format paintings, each of which is a unique butterfly, unique and full of inner light. They soar upward like light fragments of dreams, sca...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Cardboard
Sea wave and sun. Abstract painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting, created using the fluid acrylic on canvas technique, conveys the dynamic and natural harmony of nature, reminiscent of the play of waves on the seashore and the pattern...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Forest fairy tale. Abstract painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
This artwork is created using the liquid acrylic technique on canvas. The painting features a swirling, dynamic composition, with intricate patterns formed by the merging of various ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mystery of Bloom
Located in Zofingen, AG
This canvas captures the fleeting moment when flowers seem suspended on the verge of unfolding. Radiant shades of yellow, crimson, violet, and copper blend into the living breath of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
Whispers of Bloom
Located in Zofingen, AG
This vibrant painting unites flowers of striking contrast — a golden-yellow rose, a crimson-orange blossom, a deep violet bloom, and a radiant pink lily. Their bold colors emerge fro...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
The Secret Language of Flowers
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting captures the beauty and mystery of nature. Each flower seems to hold its own story — roses in warm shades of red and gold, tender anthuriums with heart-shaped petals, a...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Acrylic
Vivid Looping Lines on Turquoise, Red, Green
Ocre Brushstrokes Diptych, Urban
By Natalia Roman
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Vivid Looping Lines on Turquoise" is an abstract painting diptych by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. It is a beautiful series of rhythmic brushstrokes combined with subtle tones and u...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Paper
The light and the heavy (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
The light and the heavy (Abstract Painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed
This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt.
German artist Petra Schott uses colour, line...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
CLOTO TESSE IL FILO DELLA VITA - Oil on canvas painting, Antonio Minopoli
By Antonio Minopoli
Located in Napoli, IT
CLOTO TESSE IL FILO DELLA VITA - Oil on canvas painting cm.70x100, Antonio Minopoli Italia 2009
Frame available on request from our workshop.
Category
Early 2000s Modern Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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