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Kuraszewo. Garden at Night
Andrzej Fogtt
Painting - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€6,500
Atelier bleu rouge
Jean-Claude Libert
Painting - 46 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
€3,250
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€160
Iridescent Blue Centrality
Luigi Boille
Painting - 73 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€9,000
Transformation through the imagination of lovers VI
Cordula Rock
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€5,500
Mégalodon - Interprétation abstraite du requin
Jocelyne Texier dite Joce
Painting - 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
€365
Raccordement
Mehdi Cibille Le MoDuLe De ZeeR
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€6,998
The lost Caspar David II.
Christine Keruth
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.8 inch
€9,542
Free Red Transformed
Nel ten Wolde
Painting - 102 x 137 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 53.9 x 1.2 inch
€5,855
Caminos que vienen y van
Regina Lotti
Painting - 100 x 180 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 70.9 x 2 inch
€7,290
1 ) Insomnia #darkseries
Amarildo Ruçi
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€14,456
Can you keep a secret
Marisol Evora
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.7 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.5 inch
€12,155
Fractal Figure Red Flower
Anya Rubin
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€7,196
Choice with whom to be...
Tetiana Kalivoshko
Painting - 145 x 137 x 4 cm Painting - 57.1 x 53.9 x 1.6 inch
€9,595
Composition abstraite
Ahmed Boubker
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€250
Argnac - Composition abstraite
Murielle Vallot dite MucheArt
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€225
Attraction
Vincent Bargis M7
Painting - 100.3 x 100.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.5 x 39.5 x 1 inch
€6,045
Evasion Mordorée
Brigitte Rochas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
Being Earth V
Guillaume Liffran
Painting - 44.5 x 37 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.5 x 14.6 x 0.1 inch
€350
Eight Colour Abstract No.9
Kevin Jones
Painting - 120 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.9 x 1 inch
€7,200
Shiny Black Landscape
Ximena Giraudi
Painting - 158 x 138 x 3 cm Painting - 62.2 x 54.3 x 1.2 inch
€11,763
Forme, luci, il colore
Francesca Diana Martines
Painting - 46 x 28 x 0.2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 11 x 0.1 inch
€350
It would be nice to live here
Soh Ee Shaun
Painting - 42 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€400
Quotes, nude & nature WALK THE PATH OF BEAUTY - Series Hidden Treasures
Oswin Gesselli
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€5,900
Walls - 'Free jazz (Red) #1'
Marco Guglielmi (Reimmortal)
Painting - 160 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
€30,000
The kiss of Venus
François Bonnel
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€5,170
A blink in hell
Kenneth Arturo Chan
Painting - 76 x 101 x 1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 39.8 x 0.4 inch
€8,060
Soul-processed landscape work N1
Elisabetta Pienti
Painting - 30 x 91 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.8 x 1.6 inch
€5,836
Clair de lune/ Totem
Marie Javouhey
Painting - 110 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€5,200
Serie Papelitos de Color
Sara Stewart Brown
Painting - 94 x 152 x 1 cm Painting - 37 x 59.8 x 0.4 inch
€8,320
I love NY more than ever
Glenn Moust
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
€250
N°1302 - from the collection " Saturation "
Arno Ohanian
Painting - 120 x 200 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 2 inch
€3,500
Mina Mina Dreaming
Margaret Napangardi Lewis
Painting - 152.4 x 241.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 95 x 1 inch
€6,716
RIU MIN JA Bouddhas de RIU MIN JA 1979
Min Ja Ryu
Painting - 144 x 112 x 0.4 cm Painting - 56.7 x 44.1 x 0.2 inch
€9,500
1978 Porte pour l'éternité Eternity Door
Ha IN-DOO
Painting - 65 x 50 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
€9,950
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Abstract Painting for Sale
Abstract painting is a form of expression which contrasts with representational art, where capturing the likeness of the subject is presented as the artist's ultimate objective. Abstract painting is in fact the very opposite of figurative art. Even if we are not able to understand the meaning behind an abstract work without additional information, it can nonetheless succeed in conveying a sense of emotion and feeling.
We tend to associate the birth of abstraction with the artist Vassily Kandinsky and the artistic revolution he initiated during the 20th century. As one of the movement's pioneers, he was at the forefront of the breakaway from representational art along with Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian and Kupka. Kandinsky not only shared his views on abstraction through his art but also in his written work. In 1910 he published his book “Concerning the Spiritual in Art" in which he defended the symbolic importance of each of the elements present in painting and which gave each artwork a spiritual dimension. In the same year, he unveiled his first abstract piece, entitled “Abstract watercolor". Abstract art was born. Figurativism had been left to one side in favour of a new movement where artists dealt directly with the intangible and immaterial, without explicitly identifying a subject matter. Several sub-genres started to emerge. Kazimir Malevich became known for his legendary 1915 painting “Black Square", followed by “White on White" in 1918, with which he laid the foundations for Suprematism. Malevich believed that a painting was composed of an ensemble of independent forces which could evolve together in the order to find a sense of harmony and equilibrium within the work. Abstraction can also take on a more lyrical form, especially when accompanied by music. Kandinsky's the “Picture with the Black Arch" is an excellent example of this. The large-scale painting was painted in 1912 and is seen as a marking the turning point for a new era in the history of art.
As well as his work on the composition of shapes and colors, Kandinsky had synesthesia. His condition can be seen as a decisive factor in triggering the artist's desire to create a new artistic language. His senses intertwined and became one, transforming sounds into shapes and colors. Kandinsky's use of color is much more than a question of aesthetics; it was inherent to the way he perceived the world. In this abstract painting, each color has been carefully chosen and is filled with symbolic meaning. In his abstract two-dimensional painting, Kandinsky succeeds in ensuring that the spectator can feel and hear an entire orchestra playing a Wagner opera.
Geometric abstraction both stems from and contrasts with lyrical abstraction, which geometric abstract artists summarized as “abstract landscaping". As its name suggests, this new form of abstraction is centred around the use of geometric shapes to create a sense of purity in the painting. Lines, squares, triangles and circles all collide with the use of bold, block colors on a two-dimensional surface. Kupka was one of the movement's leading figures but nonetheless did not want to be associated with it, believing that art should be the very opposite of abstract; it should be concrete and real. Alongside him, Mondrian laid the foundations for geometric abstraction with his characteristic use of neat shapes and rectangles. The artist developed his unique style by structuring his paintings around an underlying orthogonal grid and using sharp right angles.
And last but not least, it is important to remember the influence that both Sonia and Robert Delaunay had on the development of abstraction. The couple seduced the French critic and poet Guillaume Apollinaire with their circular shapes and use of color. Apollinaire christened their art Orphism, a reference to the mythological Greek figure Orpheus as well as to the title of one of his own poems, which he felt was reminiscent of the 'luminous language' conveyed in their paintings. In this regard, Orphism seems to have more in common with lyrical rather than geometric abstraction.
Although abstract art marked a decisive break from prior artistic traditions, the movement can also be seen as the inevitable and logical result of the work and thinking of previous artists. At the start of the century the Fauvist movement explored the importance of color, whilst the Cubists started to deconstruct shapes and play with geometry. In a similar way, German Expressionism, which was born in 1905, encouraged the idea that independent emotions, detached from reality, should be the focus of an artist's work. Thanks to abstraction, modern art has been able to excel and reach its very peak. By no longer focusing on physical subjects, artists are no longer limited to representing recognisable reality.
Abstract art has a universal language to share and convey. Since its beginnings, abstraction has been significantly shared across the world and has contributed a great deal to contemporary thinking today. Explore abstract artworks from renowned artists like Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and more on Artsper!
Abstract painting refers to the type of painting that does not make visual reference to the real world. Art that does aim to do this is called figurative art. Instead, abstract art uses some combination of color, shape, line, forms and marks to achieve an outcome. This often allows the viewer the freedom to interpret the work independently and to assign to it their own meaning.
Like most art forms, abstract painting is as easy as the effort that is put into it. While someone could theoretically create an easy abstract artwork, the ones that are remembered and that resonate with their audience are certainly not easy to create. They require an excellent understanding of visual language such as shape, color and form, as well as advanced technical skills to execute them.
To create an abstract painting, you will require at least some form of surface, such as canvas, paper or wood, and paint, such as acrylic, oil or watercolor.