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Item Ships From: Continental Europe
Landscape - XXI century, Contemporary Oil
Acrylic Painting, Abstraction
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA
studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Board
STRUCTURE - Abstract Italian Oil on canvas painting, Massimo D
Orta, 2013
By Massimo D
Orta
Located in Napoli, IT
Structure - Massimo d'Orta Italia 2013 - Oil on canvas cm. 100x80
His vision of the "doing" is very similar to the one of the Paleolithic era painters who made their graffiti in the...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract composition
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Beige frame
Dimensions with frame : 92 x 71 x 2.5 cm
This abstract work immediately captures attention with its bold interplay of colors and shapes. The vivid blue ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Painting on Fabriano Paper with Dancing Bears and Crimson Horizon
By Gozo
Located in FISTERRA, ES
A surrealist acrylic painting on Fabriano paper featuring dancing bear-like figures set against a vivid crimson horizon and deep blue landscape.
This striking composition by Gozo Col...
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Spray Paint
$671 Sale Price
37% Off
Untitled IX (Resublimation) - Young artist, Contemporary abstract oil painting
By Klaudia Lata
Located in Warsaw, PL
KLAUDIA LATA (b. 1993).
Graduate of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Diploma in 2017 in the studio of prof. Ireneusz Walczak.
Scholarship from the Ministry of Cul...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Romans, Abstract library, oil and Collage on canvas, minimalism, textured
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
to confront the arts, to merge them, to mix writing and brush, such is the challenge of the artist. Table of a library with collage of fabric allowing the painting to vibrate more. C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,830 Sale Price
20% Off
AWAKENING INK ACRYLIC PAINTING BY SVETLANA MARTIN
Located in Zofingen, AG
2023
Alcohol ink, acrylic, canvas on cardboard.
On the canvas, where a white butterfly with a golden hue hovers against a gray background, unfolds the secret narrative of change and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
"Fossils and shells" Oil cm. 100 x 120 Yellow, Brown 1960
Located in Torino, IT
Giacomo Soffiantino (Turin 1929 - Turin, 2013)
He taught at the artistic high school and at the Albertina Academy in Turin. He was a pupil of Francesco Menzio, Aldo Bertini and Mario...
Category
1960s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Permanescence TN694-T by Hachiro Kanno - Calligraphy-based abstract painting
By Hachiro Kanno
Located in Paris, FR
Permanescence TN694-T is a unique triptych painting by Japanese contemporary artist Hachiro Kanno. The painting is made with ink and acrylic on canvas. It is composed by 3 panels, to...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Contemporary Abstract Gestural Landscape Black Brown Jonathan Freemamantle
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, Oil, Pigment
Two people - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art Minimalism, Vibrant
By Waleria Matelska
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Gestalt, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Delaplace Remi
Located in Yardley, PA
An idea of space and perception. It is through the practice of dance that Rémi Delaplace addresses the question of space. In this painting, he proposes a thought around form and c...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
arge Abstract Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas, 110×120 cm – Marilina Marchica
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: Landscape
Artist: Marilina Marchica
Year: 2022
Medium: Oil paint on cotton canvas
Size: 110 × 120 cm
Condition: Excellent
Authenticity: Certificate of Authenticity included
Un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Oil
Untitled (Ref 19008)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper - Unframed.
Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings delight the eye and activate the mind with the...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Arezzo, my love - XXI century, Oil abstract painting, Vibrant colors, Geometric
By Ellis Ostrowska
Located in Warsaw, PL
ELŻBIETA "ELLIS" OSTROWSKA She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1974. She was born to artistic parents from whom she inherited the love for art, especially painti...
Category
Early 2000s Other Art Style Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Sunny Day - Large Abstract Oil Painting Blue Black White Yellow
By Plamen Bonev
Located in Sofia, BG
"A sunny day" is an abstract painting by Maestro Plamen Bonev,
The painting is unframed.
“The impressions of Plamen's paintings on the viewer is so mighty, mesmerizing, grand, th...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Russian Contemporary Art by Indie Ru - Gold Circle of Abundance
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, gold on canvas,
Indie Ru is a Russian artist born in 1988 who lives and works in Podgorica, Montenegro Her abstract paintings and conceptual objects explore emotional conne...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold
"Blue Spring" floral textured painting on canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
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""Blue Spring"" embodies a unique characteristic that sets it apart 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
Patchwork
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
White wooden frame with glass pane
88 x 105 x 3 cm
Category
1990s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Space - black blue contemporary modern abstract sculpture painting relief
By Michiel Jansen
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Space is a unique contemporary modern sculpture painting by Dutch artist Michiel Jansen. This wall relief is made from dozens of indivually cut strips of pure grey black slate. First...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Slate
French Contemporary Art by Danielle Maillet-Vila - Métamorphose
By Danielle Maillet-Vila
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork sold with American box in white color
Danielle Maillet-Vila is a French artist born in 1945 who lives and works in Barbizon, France. She first moved into fashion industry an...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Open space 3" figuratif landscape acrylic on linen panel 50x100cm 2017
By Emmanuelle Vroelant
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
landscape acrylic marble powder on linen panel 50x100cm send in wood crate at cost
Having the good fortune to live in this beautiful Breton country of North Finistère I can walk alon...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,110 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract informal 2024-2130-1 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube.
Robert Niesse is a contemporary German abstract artist, renowned for his ""Abstract Informal"" paintings that masterful...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
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, Pigment
Passages (4 Panels Polyptych)
By Karen Silve
Located in BARCELONA, ES
This four-panel polyptych explores a sense of continuity through layered brushwork and color transitions. While each canvas stands on its own, together they form a cohesive visual fi...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Green Landscape, Abstract Countryside, Fields, Modern, Contemporary, Oil, French
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Abstract landscape with colored plots in a dominant green. The landscape evolves in modulations with blurred contours, to suggest volumes more than to draw a precise pattern. The pal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
LAY LADY LAY_0498
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Esta obra de arte es un collage ingenioso que combina magistralmente colores vibrantes y formas geométricas para crear una experiencia visual dinámica. Dominando la composición se en...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Euphoria. Floral Abstraction, acylic on synthetic paper by Vika Flartina
Located in Zofingen, AG
I create my paintings by applying many translucent layers, just as people are made up of different layers, among them layers of other people's opinions, influences as well as memorie...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
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, Pigment
"Flower Sonata" beige golden blue floral acrylic artwork on canvas, textured art
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract textured acrylic painting on canvas 100x100x2 cm (39,4 x39,4 x 0,8 inches). Mixed Media on gallery wrapped canvas. The work is ready to hang. No framing required. The sides ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Fanasy with Flowers 171
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 300+ pictures) paper 59x42cm
On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media.
Sold and sent unframed -V...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
The River (La Meuse) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
The River (La Meuse) (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on raw canvas - Unframed
"This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt.
This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube.
Thi...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Orange Composition - Oil Painting 2019 by Giorgio Lo Fermo
By Giorgio Lo Fermo
Located in Roma, IT
Orange Composition is an original oil on canvas realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo in 2019
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the back.
The artwork represents an abstract compositio...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
All I got (Abstract Painting)
By Nikolaos Schizas
Located in London, GB
Size without the frame: 130 x 100 cm (51,18 x 39,37 in)
Size including the frame: 132 x 102 cm (51,97 x 40,16 in)
Barcelona based painter Nikolaos Schizas creates dynamic abstract p...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wear of time 1
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
White wooden frame
52.3 x 41.7 x 2.8 cm
Category
1980s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Composition R. Contemporary oil painting, AbstractIon, Colorful, Polish artist
By Marta Gębalska
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary colorful oil on canvas geometrical abstraction painting by Polish artist Marta Gebalska. Artwork is rich in colors such as red, gold and royal blue.
MARTA GEBALSKA
Sh...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PaperLandscape – Mixed Media and Collage on Canvas by Marilina Marchica (2019)
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
Title: PaperLandscape – Mixed Media and Collage on Canvas by Marilina Marchica (2019)
Artist: Marilina Marchica (b. 1984, Italy)
Title: PaperLandscape
Year: 2019
Medium: Mixed media...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Oil, Canvas, Handmade Paper
Blue and Yellow Composition - Painting by Giuseppe Zumbolo - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Blue and Yellow Composition is one of the best works of the artist Giuseppe Zumbolo. It is made on canvas painted in acrilyc in 2021.
The canvas is f...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Golden Morning" textured vertical format floral acrylic painting on canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract textured acrylic painting on canvas 100x50x2 cm (39,4 х 19,7 х 0,8 inches). Mixed Media on gallery-wrapped canvas. The work is ready to hang. No framing required. The sides ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Artwork Landscapes Contemporary Artist Giorgio Petracci Red Grey
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
Acrylic, Gesso, Wood
Landscape - Acrylic by Paul Nicholls - 2018
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original Contemporary Artwork realized by Paul Nicholls (b. 1944) in 2018.
Acrylic on cardboard.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Nothing ever Stops, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Karin Goeppert
Located in Yardley, PA
"Nothing ever stops" is a lively, abstract composition. The flow of the colour makes it very dynamic. The texture is in some parts rough and in others very smooth. As so often natu...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled Jacques Rouby (1953-2019) Contemporary abstract art painted cardboard
Located in Paris, FR
Painted sculpted cardboard
Unique work
Coming from the artist's studio
Jacques ROUBY, the aesthetics of mystery
"Experimental dreamer, passionate about graphic adventures, delibera...
Category
1990s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Energy - Contemporary oil abstract painting by Polish Young Artist
By Klaudia Lata
Located in Warsaw, PL
ABOUT THE ARTIST
KLAUDIA LATA (born in 1993) Graduate of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Diploma in 2017 in the studio of prof. Ireneusz Walczak. Scholarship hold...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Blossoming Metamorphosis I" long floral art, landscape format, textured art
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Blossoming Metamorphosis" embodies a unique characteristic that sets it apart from other paintings – it can be experienced both individually and in conjunction with another piece fr...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Blue Spring" long floral art, landscape format, textured art
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Blue Spring" embodies a unique characteristic that sets it apart from other paintings. It can be experienced both individually and in conjunction with another piece from the series,...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Small contemporary modern yellow wall sculpture painting relief YEN15LHV
By Dieter Kränzlein
Located in Doetinchem, NL
YEN15LHV is a unique small size contemporary modern wall sculpture painting relief by German artist Dieter Kränzlein. This sculpture relief is carved from a single block of limestone...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Limestone
Contemporary Multi Color Abstract Painting On Handmade Paper by Martha Holden
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
With its extra-large dimension and joyful composition this painting by American artist Martha Holden is a rare piece. It is a contemporary abstract that ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Roses. oil/canvas, 50x38 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$806 Sale Price
20% Off
ABSTRACT Geometry Artwork Contemporary German Artist Carolin Kreutzer 2024
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
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Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
ABSTRACT Colors Blue Green Water Artwork Contemporary Artist Tete Alurralde 2025
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
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Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled XXV by Ferle - Large abstract painting, green tones, spiritual, yellow
By Elvire Ferle
Located in Paris, FR
Untitled XXV is a unique oil on free-standing canvas painting by contemporary artist Ferle, dimensions are 280 × 200 cm (110.2 × 78.7 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and co...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chaud (Abstract painting)
By Jérémie Iordanoff
Located in London, GB
Chaud (Abstract painting)
Oil on canvas - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
French abstract artist Jérémie Iordanoff blends the visual languages of Western Modernist...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dance De Fleurs" floral art in light blue, landscape format, textured art
Located in Zofingen, AG
Abstract textured acrylic painting on canvas 50x100x2 cm (39,4 x 19,7 x 0,8 in). Mixed Media on gallery wrapped canvas. The work is ready to hang. No framing required. The sides of t...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
New ABSTRACT Artwork Contemporary Artist Adam Dora Brown Pastel
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ádám DÓRA was born in 1993, Vác (Hungary). He lives and works in Budapest.
He graduated at Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Painting (MA) in 2017. From 2019 to 2020
he was a Men...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Mixed Media Wall Composition with Oil Painting of Caterpillar Floral Textile
By María Magán
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This wall-mounted mixed media work combines oil painting, floral textile, and color-saturated wood in a vivid visual assemblage that invites close inspection. Oruga is part of María ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Textile, Wood
"Selfie in Christ"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The theme of religion is an integral part of my author's paintings. This work was inspired by the painting by Rembrandt, The Removal of Christ.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Village. Oil on cardboard, 79. 5 x 100. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Village. Oil on cardboard, 79.5 x 100.5 cm
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, S...
Category
1970s Expressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$815 Sale Price
20% Off
Gray sky, Marine, Seaside, Oil on canvas, Semi-abstract, Blue, Impressionism
By SOPHIE DUMONT
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont's "Gray Sky over the Sea on the Normandy Coast" is a captivating piece that immerses the viewer in the atmospheric nuances of the Normandy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Continental Europe - Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
ABSTRACT New Diptych Black White Ink Artwork Contemporary Artist Joan Salo 2024
By Joan Saló
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, Ink, Acrylic
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