![Painting, The Ivy, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/766497_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract Explorations
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![Painting, The Ivy, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/766497_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gestural abstraction, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/744906_1_grid.jpg)
Gestural abstraction
Maria Esmar
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,600
![Painting, Love is where you look for it, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/709167_1_grid.jpg)
Love is where you look for it
Maria Esmar
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1 inch
€3,000
![Painting, Late night talking, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165731_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Uncensored, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159071_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beyond the horizon, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147566_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Green tropical leaves, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147226_1_grid.jpg)
Green tropical leaves
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 200 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€18,000
![Painting, Mountain landscape. Ehrwald, Tirol, Austria, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145500_1_grid.jpg)
Mountain landscape. Ehrwald, Tirol, Austria
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€10,000
![Painting, Pink seascape, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145232_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunset in the city, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145216_1_grid.jpg)
Sunset in the city
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
€7,000
![Painting, Journey of discovery, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136992_1_grid.jpg)
Journey of discovery
Maria Esmar
Painting - 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€4,200
![Painting, The last illustration, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135452_1_grid.jpg)
The last illustration
Maria Esmar
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€2,800
![Painting, Botanical beauty, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129662_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Photographic acknowledgements, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2114478_1_grid.jpg)
Photographic acknowledgements
Maria Esmar
Painting - 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€4,000
![Painting, Into the storm, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101845_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Contours of the subconscious, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084022_1_grid.jpg)
Contours of the subconscious
Maria Esmar
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,800
![Painting, Fluid fantasies, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2028414_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Timeless Allure, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011398_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reality is a dream, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1983441_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Defying gravity, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1983399_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Summer fields, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1954770_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Midnight dreams, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1947576_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Remember, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1945881_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Escape into bliss, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1765620_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Better Days, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1675083_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, To the stars, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1593909_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aurora, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1571796_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A life in colour, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1539579_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The unforgettable, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1523244_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Native treasures, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515732_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I love you more, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514232_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Angels of the night, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1514190_1_grid.jpg)
Angels of the night
Maria Esmar
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,700
![Painting, Dancing in the moonlight, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1486902_1_grid.jpg)
Dancing in the moonlight
Maria Esmar
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,700
![Painting, Dreaming of Montmartre, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1472661_1_grid.jpg)
Dreaming of Montmartre
Maria Esmar
Painting - 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€3,700
![Painting, Daily dream, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1388427_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Levitating, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1374834_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A long time ago, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1318506_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, In Shape, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314900_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Four seasons, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1286016_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reflections, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1285995_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Break the ice, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1211763_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A world of our own, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1161780_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, LolliPop, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1051953_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Graceful emergence of the light, Andrada Anghel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026266_1_grid.jpg)
Graceful emergence of the light
Andrada Anghel
Painting - 193 x 193 x 0.3 cm Painting - 76 x 76 x 0.1 inch
€8,434
![Painting, Short-term change 2, Andrada Anghel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026221_1_grid.jpg)
Short-term change 2
Andrada Anghel
Painting - 165.1 x 274.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 65 x 108 x 0.1 inch
€13,201
![Painting, Short-term change 8, Andrada Anghel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026218_1_grid.jpg)
Short-term change 8
Andrada Anghel
Painting - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€9,535
![Painting, Perplexe, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1796268_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Short-term change, Andrada Anghel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1772796_1_grid.jpg)
Short-term change
Andrada Anghel
Painting - 165.1 x 226.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 65 x 89 x 0.1 inch
€10,945
![Painting, Lastro #4, Paulo Canilhas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/904467_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lastro #3, Paulo Canilhas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/904464_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coleção Libertação - Liberation Collection, Paulo Canilhas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/904437_1_grid.jpg)
Coleção Libertação - Liberation Collection
Paulo Canilhas
Painting - 110 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€4,500
![Painting, Beach Scene Abstraction, Maxwell Stevens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171770_1_grid.jpg)
Beach Scene Abstraction
Maxwell Stevens
Painting - 105 x 131 x 5.5 cm Painting - 41.3 x 51.6 x 2.2 inch
€10,000
![Painting, Pepe Frog, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145522_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pepe Frog, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145521_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pepe Frog, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145515_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pepe Frog, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145512_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tourbillon bleu, Christiane Hess](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2041293_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Soft Focus Male Nude 1, Maxwell Stevens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1912884_1_grid.jpg)
Soft Focus Male Nude 1
Maxwell Stevens
Painting - 131 x 105 x 5.5 cm Painting - 51.6 x 41.3 x 2.2 inch
€16,000
![Painting, Thin Space, Sewing, Maxwell Stevens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1912881_1_grid.jpg)
Thin Space, Sewing
Maxwell Stevens
Painting - 41 x 30.5 x 2.1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 12 x 0.8 inch
€6,000
![Painting, Untitled, François Xavier Fagniez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405671_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Let me jump in your game #2, Paulo Canilhas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1376226_1_grid.jpg)
Let me jump in your game #2
Paulo Canilhas
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€3,000
![Painting, Let me jump in your game #1, Paulo Canilhas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1376223_1_grid.jpg)
Let me jump in your game #1
Paulo Canilhas
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€3,000
![Painting, The book I didn’t read #1, Paulo Canilhas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1375839_1_grid.jpg)
The book I didn’t read #1
Paulo Canilhas
Painting - 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
€5,000
![Painting, Quantas formas tens para contar o tempo 3, Paulo Canilhas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1017096_1_grid.jpg)
Quantas formas tens para contar o tempo 3
Paulo Canilhas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,400
![Painting, Quantas formas tens para contar o tempo 1, Paulo Canilhas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1017093_1_grid.jpg)
Quantas formas tens para contar o tempo 1
Paulo Canilhas
Painting - 93 x 115 x 4 cm Painting - 36.6 x 45.3 x 1.6 inch
€2,600
![Print, Hommage à Gustave Doré (coffret), Jean-Pierre Stholl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/460663_1_grid.jpg)
Hommage à Gustave Doré (coffret)
Jean-Pierre Stholl
Print - 34 x 25 cm Print - 13.4 x 9.8 inch
€2,800
![Painting, Free your mind, Saverio Filioli Uranio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/289189_1_grid.jpg)
Free your mind
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€150
![Painting, Heart on white - Love, Amour, Amore, Liebe 3D white plaster, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172780_1_grid.jpg)
Heart on white - Love, Amour, Amore, Liebe 3D white plaster
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 7 x 7 x 1 cm Painting - 2.8 x 2.8 x 0.4 inch
€100
![Painting, Heart - Love, Amour, Amore, Liebe 3D white plaster, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172779_1_grid.jpg)
Heart - Love, Amour, Amore, Liebe 3D white plaster
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 7 x 7 x 1 cm Painting - 2.8 x 2.8 x 0.4 inch
€100
![Print, Bikini Girl, Maxwell Stevens](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171781_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Notes Of Color, Karen Hale](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2073420_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunset landscape, Saverio Filioli Uranio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1512762_1_grid.jpg)
Sunset landscape
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 11.5 x 14 x 0.2 cm Painting - 4.5 x 5.5 x 0.1 inch
€150
![Painting, Donna universo, Saverio Filioli Uranio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/295123_1_grid.jpg)
Donna universo
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
€480
![Painting, Il cammino del Tolteca, Saverio Filioli Uranio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/280477_1_grid.jpg)
Il cammino del Tolteca
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€390
![Photography, Amsterdam View opus 47, Geert Lemmers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2059086_1_grid.jpg)
Amsterdam View opus 47
Geert Lemmers
Photography - 89.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€1,184
![Painting, Red and black face, Saverio Filioli Uranio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1208586_1_grid.jpg)
Red and black face
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 30 x 21 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
€80
![Painting, Impact, Francis L'Huillier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/705315_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, LOL, Sabrina Viola](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130658_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fleeting time, Barbora Sika](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1897263_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Before sunrise, Barbora Sika](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1897260_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, First Time's a Charm, Jon Gilchrist](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1639254_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Retour de flamme, Sabrina Viola](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1588902_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Diamond, Sabrina Viola](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1374606_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled - 17L07-02, Helga Gendriesch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1366305_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fraktion de contre vagues IV, Jean-Pierre Stholl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1105122_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Energie, Josette Dubost](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/560821_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Escapade de lumière, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174649_1_grid.jpg)
Escapade de lumière
Christine Marie Nobre
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,260
![Painting, Trouée en lumière, Christine Marie Nobre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174648_1_grid.jpg)
Trouée en lumière
Christine Marie Nobre
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,260
![Painting, Red big lips, Paskal Hotman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173949_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White dog, Paskal Hotman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173947_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Marido, Paskal Hotman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173916_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les pommes de Ste Victoire, Paskal Hotman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173915_1_grid.jpg)
Les pommes de Ste Victoire
Paskal Hotman
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,030
![Painting, Buterfly teory 2, Paskal Hotman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159046_1_grid.jpg)
Abstract Explorations
Abstract art as we know it today has its roots in the 19th century, when artists began to privilege imagination and the unconscious over purely representational art. Art, during this period, became less about idealizing its subjects, instead placing emphasis on their emotive and sensory qualities. Artists in the early 20th century took abstraction a step further – instead of looking to represent tangible reality in an abstract way, they began to create works that were completely untethered from the visible world. The first known “true" abstract artist is Swedish painter Hilma af Klint, who produced a number of monumental works rooted in spiritualism. Other influential abstract artists of the 20th century include Piet Mondrian, Vassily Kandinsky, and Mark Rothko.
Today, contemporary artists of all kinds are continuing the legacy of these creators, using color, line and form to produce abstract works. At Artsper, we have curated a selection of artists exploring the boundaries of abstraction in experimental and unique ways, from Sophie Mangelsen to Anna Masiul-Gozdecka. Join us to discover the world of contemporary abstraction today!